Van Gerwen returns to World Number Three after one week in latest Order of Merit after German Darts Championship
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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.
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This after only a week after he dropped to World Number Five initially but his European Tour title allowed Mighty Mike to add another £25,000, 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 £23,250, 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 £1,192,250
2 Gerwyn Price £1,169,000
3 Michael van Gerwen £573,000
4 Michael Smith £571,500
5 James Wade £562,000
6 Gary Anderson £471,500
7 Jose de Sousa £438,000
8 Dimitri Van den Bergh £417,250
9 Jonny Clayton £416,250
10 Rob Cross £355,000
11 Joe Cullen £339,500
12 Danny Noppert £322,000
13 Krzysztof Ratajski £297,750
14 Dave Chisnall £293,500
15 Dirk van Duijvenbode £270,250
16 Ryan Searle £264,750
17 Nathan Aspinall £250,500
18 Mervyn King £237,250
19 Luke Humphries £235,500
20 Stephen Bunting £219,250
21 Daryl Gurney £208,500
22 Gabriel Clemens £206,750
23 Damon Heta £201,500
24 Simon Whitlock £198,750
25 Devon Petersen £195,500
26 Brendan Dolan £192,000
27 Mensur Suljovic £188,750
28 Callan Rydz £182,250
29 Vincent van der Voort £180,500
30 Ian White £178,250
31 Glen Durrant £157,500
32 Chris Dobey £151,250
33 Ross Smith £140,250
34 Ryan Joyce £126,750
35 William O'Connor £126,500
36 Kim Huybrechts £125,000
37 Jermaine Wattimena £115,250
38 Ricky Evans £105,500
39 Martijn Kleermaker £102,500
40 Adrian Lewis £101,000
41 Jamie Hughes £97,750
42 Darius Labanauskas £86,500
43 Adam Hunt £85,500
44 Steve Lennon £80,250
45 Jason Lowe £76,500
46 Jeffrey De Zwaan £74,750
47 Madars Razma £73,750
48 Alan Soutar £73,500
49 Luke Woodhouse £70,250
50 Ron Meulenkamp £68,000
51 Maik Kuivenhoven £67,750
52 Keane Barry £67,250
53 Boris Krcmar £62,000
54 Steve Beaton £61,750
55 Raymond van Barneveld £58,000
56 Andy Boulton £57,500
57 Ryan Meikle £57,000
58 William Borland £55,250
59 Martin Schindler £55,000
59 Jeff Smith £55,000
61 Steve West £53,750
62 Florian Hempel £53,500
63 Ritchie Edhouse £52,000
64 Keegan Brown £51,250
65 Max Hopp £50,500
66 Mike De Decker £48,750
67 John Henderson £42,750
68 Lewy Williams £41,750
69 Joe Murnan £39,750
70 Scott Mitchell £39,500
71 Jason Heaver £35,750
72 Adam Gawlas £23,250
73 Boris Koltsov £23,000
74 Niels Zonneveld £21,750
75 Gordon Mathers £21,500
76 Martin Lukeman £18,750
77 Eddie Lovely £14,250
77 Peter Hudson £14,250
77 John Michael £14,250
80 Geert Nentjes £13,500
81 Sebastian Bialecki £12,500
82 Geert De Vos £11,250
83 Danny Baggish £9,750
84 Andrew Gilding £9,500
85 Berry van Peer £9,000
86 Danny Lauby £8,500
86 Jon Worsley £8,500
86 Jack Main £8,500
89 John Brown £8,000
90 Diogo Portela £7,500
91 Connor Scutt £7,000
91 Zoran Lerchbacher £7,000
93 Scott Waites £6,750
94 Brian Raman £6,000
94 Lee Evans £6,000
94 David Evans £6,000
97 Brett Claydon £5,750
98 Krzysztof Kciuk £5,500
99 Karel Sedlacek £5,000
99 Kevin Doets £5,000
101 Scott Williams £4,750
102 Jose Justicia £4,250
102 George Killington £4,250
102 Jake Jones £4,250
105 Niko Springer £4,000
105 Jim Williams £4,000
105 Cameron Menzies £4,000
108 Danny Jansen £3,750
108 Stephen Burton £3,750
110 Luc Peters £3,500
111 Mario Vandenbogaerde £3,250
112 Jimmy Hendriks £3,000
112 John O'Shea £3,000
112 Ross Montgomery £3,000
115 Radek Szaganski £2,750
115 Jamie Clark £2,750
117 Nathan Rafferty £2,500
118 Damian Mol £2,250
118 Rowby-John Rodriguez £2,250
120 Lukas Wenig £2,000
120 Jelle Klaasen £2,000
120 Graham Hall £2,000
120 Fabian Schmutzler £2,000
120 Nico Kurz £2,000
120 Jim McEwan £2,000
120 Richie Burnett £2,000
127 Ted Evetts £1,750
128 Darren Webster £1,500
128 Ricardo Pietreczko £1,500
128 Michael Unterbuchner £1,500
131 Stefan Bellmont £1,000
131 Gian van Veen £1,000
131 Marko Kantele £1,000
131 Ryan Harrington £1,000
131 Kenny Neyens £1,000
131 Janos Vegso £1,000
131 Danny van Trijp £1,000
131 David Schlichting £1,000
131 Dragutin Horvat £1,000
131 Wayne Jones £1,000
131 Dennis Nilsson £1,000
142 Bradley Brooks £750
142 Jules van Dongen £750
142 Steve Haggerty £750
142 Tony Martinez £750
142 Matt Campbell £750
142 Stu Wilson £750
142 Nick Fullwell £750
142 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £750
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