Van Gerwen returns to World Number Three after one week in latest Order of Merit after German Darts Championship
PDCTuesday, 15 March 2022 at 15:00
Michael van Gerwen has regained third place on the PDC Order of Merit after claiming his first European Tour title since May 2019 at the German Darts Championship.
This after only a week after he dropped to World Number Five initially but his European Tour title allowed Mighty Mike to add another ÂŁ25,000, passing Michael Smith and James Wade.
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Van Gerwen is still well behind Peter Wright and Gerwyn Price, who have more than twice as much prize money as the Dutchman on the PDC Order of Merit. The difference between Wright and Price is ÂŁ23,250, in favor of the Scot.
At the top of the rankings, there was one other change. Dimitri van den Bergh took over eighth place from Jonny Clayton. Karel Sedlacek also managed to dive into the top 100 in one go without ranking. The Czech darts player surprisingly reached the quarterfinals in Hildesheim, which means that he is now 97th.
PDC Order of Merit after German Darts Championship
1 Peter Wright ÂŁ1,192,250
2 Gerwyn Price ÂŁ1,169,000
3 Michael van Gerwen ÂŁ573,000
4 Michael Smith ÂŁ571,500
5 James Wade ÂŁ562,000
6 Gary Anderson ÂŁ471,500
7 Jose de Sousa ÂŁ438,000
8 Dimitri Van den Bergh ÂŁ417,250
9 Jonny Clayton ÂŁ416,250
10 Rob Cross ÂŁ355,000
11 Joe Cullen ÂŁ339,500
12 Danny Noppert ÂŁ322,000
13 Krzysztof Ratajski ÂŁ297,750
14 Dave Chisnall ÂŁ293,500
15 Dirk van Duijvenbode ÂŁ270,250
16 Ryan Searle ÂŁ264,750
17 Nathan Aspinall ÂŁ250,500
18 Mervyn King ÂŁ237,250
19 Luke Humphries ÂŁ235,500
20 Stephen Bunting ÂŁ219,250
21 Daryl Gurney ÂŁ208,500
22 Gabriel Clemens ÂŁ206,750
23 Damon Heta ÂŁ201,500
24 Simon Whitlock ÂŁ198,750
25 Devon Petersen ÂŁ195,500
26 Brendan Dolan ÂŁ192,000
27 Mensur Suljovic ÂŁ188,750
28 Callan Rydz ÂŁ182,250
29 Vincent van der Voort ÂŁ180,500
30 Ian White ÂŁ178,250
31 Glen Durrant ÂŁ157,500
32 Chris Dobey ÂŁ151,250
33 Ross Smith ÂŁ140,250
34 Ryan Joyce ÂŁ126,750
35 William O'Connor ÂŁ126,500
36 Kim Huybrechts ÂŁ125,000
37 Jermaine Wattimena ÂŁ115,250
38 Ricky Evans ÂŁ105,500
39 Martijn Kleermaker ÂŁ102,500
40 Adrian Lewis ÂŁ101,000
41 Jamie Hughes ÂŁ97,750
42 Darius Labanauskas ÂŁ86,500
43 Adam Hunt ÂŁ85,500
44 Steve Lennon ÂŁ80,250
45 Jason Lowe ÂŁ76,500
46 Jeffrey De Zwaan ÂŁ74,750
47 Madars Razma ÂŁ73,750
48 Alan Soutar ÂŁ73,500
49 Luke Woodhouse ÂŁ70,250
50 Ron Meulenkamp ÂŁ68,000
51 Maik Kuivenhoven ÂŁ67,750
52 Keane Barry ÂŁ67,250
53 Boris Krcmar ÂŁ62,000
54 Steve Beaton ÂŁ61,750
55 Raymond van Barneveld ÂŁ58,000
56 Andy Boulton ÂŁ57,500
57 Ryan Meikle ÂŁ57,000
58 William Borland ÂŁ55,250
59 Martin Schindler ÂŁ55,000
59 Jeff Smith ÂŁ55,000
61 Steve West ÂŁ53,750
62 Florian Hempel ÂŁ53,500
63 Ritchie Edhouse ÂŁ52,000
64 Keegan Brown ÂŁ51,250
65 Max Hopp ÂŁ50,500
66 Mike De Decker ÂŁ48,750
67 John Henderson ÂŁ42,750
68 Lewy Williams ÂŁ41,750
69 Joe Murnan ÂŁ39,750
70 Scott Mitchell ÂŁ39,500
71 Jason Heaver ÂŁ35,750
72 Adam Gawlas ÂŁ23,250
73 Boris Koltsov ÂŁ23,000
74 Niels Zonneveld ÂŁ21,750
75 Gordon Mathers ÂŁ21,500
76 Martin Lukeman ÂŁ18,750
77 Eddie Lovely ÂŁ14,250
77 Peter Hudson ÂŁ14,250
77 John Michael ÂŁ14,250
80 Geert Nentjes ÂŁ13,500
81 Sebastian Bialecki ÂŁ12,500
82 Geert De Vos ÂŁ11,250
83 Danny Baggish ÂŁ9,750
84 Andrew Gilding ÂŁ9,500
85 Berry van Peer ÂŁ9,000
86 Danny Lauby ÂŁ8,500
86 Jon Worsley ÂŁ8,500
86 Jack Main ÂŁ8,500
89 John Brown ÂŁ8,000
90 Diogo Portela ÂŁ7,500
91 Connor Scutt ÂŁ7,000
91 Zoran Lerchbacher ÂŁ7,000
93 Scott Waites ÂŁ6,750
94 Brian Raman ÂŁ6,000
94 Lee Evans ÂŁ6,000
94 David Evans ÂŁ6,000
97 Brett Claydon ÂŁ5,750
98 Krzysztof Kciuk ÂŁ5,500
99 Karel Sedlacek ÂŁ5,000
99 Kevin Doets ÂŁ5,000
101 Scott Williams ÂŁ4,750
102 Jose Justicia ÂŁ4,250
102 George Killington ÂŁ4,250
102 Jake Jones ÂŁ4,250
105 Niko Springer ÂŁ4,000
105 Jim Williams ÂŁ4,000
105 Cameron Menzies ÂŁ4,000
108 Danny Jansen ÂŁ3,750
108 Stephen Burton ÂŁ3,750
110 Luc Peters ÂŁ3,500
111 Mario Vandenbogaerde ÂŁ3,250
112 Jimmy Hendriks ÂŁ3,000
112 John O'Shea ÂŁ3,000
112 Ross Montgomery ÂŁ3,000
115 Radek Szaganski ÂŁ2,750
115 Jamie Clark ÂŁ2,750
117 Nathan Rafferty ÂŁ2,500
118 Damian Mol ÂŁ2,250
118 Rowby-John Rodriguez ÂŁ2,250
120 Lukas Wenig ÂŁ2,000
120 Jelle Klaasen ÂŁ2,000
120 Graham Hall ÂŁ2,000
120 Fabian Schmutzler ÂŁ2,000
120 Nico Kurz ÂŁ2,000
120 Jim McEwan ÂŁ2,000
120 Richie Burnett ÂŁ2,000
127 Ted Evetts ÂŁ1,750
128 Darren Webster ÂŁ1,500
128 Ricardo Pietreczko ÂŁ1,500
128 Michael Unterbuchner ÂŁ1,500
131 Stefan Bellmont ÂŁ1,000
131 Gian van Veen ÂŁ1,000
131 Marko Kantele ÂŁ1,000
131 Ryan Harrington ÂŁ1,000
131 Kenny Neyens ÂŁ1,000
131 Janos Vegso ÂŁ1,000
131 Danny van Trijp ÂŁ1,000
131 David Schlichting ÂŁ1,000
131 Dragutin Horvat ÂŁ1,000
131 Wayne Jones ÂŁ1,000
131 Dennis Nilsson ÂŁ1,000
142 Bradley Brooks ÂŁ750
142 Jules van Dongen ÂŁ750
142 Steve Haggerty ÂŁ750
142 Tony Martinez ÂŁ750
142 Matt Campbell ÂŁ750
142 Stu Wilson ÂŁ750
142 Nick Fullwell ÂŁ750
142 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez ÂŁ750
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