World Grand Prix shakes up the PDC Order of Merit: Gian van Veen provisional No. 2 ahead of Luke Humphries, 2024 champion drops out of the top 32
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The World Grand Prix is only halfway, but it already has major implications for the PDC Order of Merit. After the first two rounds, eight players remain in Leicester and the live world rankings show several striking shifts.
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For Luke Littler, the impact of his surprise first-round exit to Luke Woodhouse is limited. The Englishman remains the clear world number one. Littler sits on £3.1 million, more than £2 million clear of his nearest chasers.
Right behind him there is a notable change. Van Veen has climbed to second on the live list, edging past Luke Humphries for now.
Humphries is defending the prize money from his 2024 runner-up spot at this World Grand Prix. The Englishman is still in the tournament but must win the title to keep second place. Van Veen can also strengthen his excellent position further. The Dutchman faces James Wade in the quarter-finals.
Gian van Veen rises above Luke Humprhies... for now
Price, Clayton and Wade firmly in the hunt
There is no movement yet from places four to six. Gerwyn Price, Jonny Clayton and Wade hold those spots in that order. All three are still active in Leicester, so plenty can still change in the coming rounds.
Clayton and Wade can still overhaul Price, but only by winning the World Grand Prix. That will be a tough ask for Clayton regardless, as he meets Price in Friday night’s quarter-finals. ‘The Iceman’ can personally prevent his compatriot from reaching the semi-finals.
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Danny Noppert has gained one place in the meantime. By reaching the second round, the Dutchman moves up to seventh, ahead of Josh Rock.
Van Gerwen safe in ninth for now as Aspinall looks up the order
The World Grand Prix proved disappointing again for Michael van Gerwen. The three-time world champion went out in the first round and could not take advantage of having no prize money to defend in Leicester.
Van Gerwen does remain world number nine for now. He even risked dropping out of the top ten initially, but many of his pursuers have since been eliminated as well.
Only Nathan Aspinall can still pass Van Gerwen during this World Grand Prix. ‘The Asp’ started the tournament as world number fifteen and has moved up live to fourteenth. To overtake Van Gerwen, Aspinall must reach the final.
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Should the Englishman go on to win the title, he would make a huge leap. With the trophy, Aspinall would rise to either sixth or seventh in the world. His exact position in that case depends on Wade’s further results.
Michael van Gerwen collected little prize money at the World Grand Prix and is only just inside the top 10
Joyce and Zonneveld on the rise
Ryan Joyce and Niels Zonneveld are the two lowest-ranked players still in the tournament. Both have already made significant gains.
Joyce opened his World Grand Prix with a win over Van Gerwen, then knocked out Noppert. That does not yet fully defend his 2024 run to the semi-finals. Still, ‘Relentless’ has climbed one live spot to 25th. If he wins his quarter-final against Aspinall, Joyce moves further up to 22nd.
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The swing is even bigger for Zonneveld. The Dutchman is enjoying an excellent World Grand Prix debut. After a 2-1 win over Josh Rock, he beat Gary Anderson 3-1 in the last 16.
Zonneveld started the tournament in 35th, but has climbed live to 29th. That guarantees his first ever top-32 world ranking regardless of what follows. Humphries awaits in the quarter-finals.
Former champion loses £120,000, and subsequently plummets
The World Grand Prix affects not only those competing in Leicester. Absentees also see the two-year-old sums drop off their ranking. For some big names, that has major consequences.
Martin Schindler failed to qualify and slips four places, from nineteenth to 23rd. Raymond van Barneveld also drops four spots and sits 44th on the live list. Brendan Dolan suffers the same slide, from 49th to 53rd.
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For Mike De Decker the damage is far greater. The Belgian produced a huge shock by winning the World Grand Prix in 2024. The £120,000 he earned then now drops off in one go because he failed to qualify for the 2026 edition. De Decker tumbles from 24th to 33rd and falls out of the top 32.
Mike De Decker's ranking money from his World Grand Prix title run has come off
Van den Bergh drops thirteen places
The biggest loser for now, however, is Dimitri Van den Bergh. The Belgian drops no fewer than thirteen places and sits only 59th in the live world rankings.
That also pushes Van den Bergh’s Tour Card status firmly into focus. If he is outside the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit after the World Darts Championship, he will lose his Tour Card.
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PDC Order of Merit
| Rank | +/- | Name | Prize money (in units of £1,000) |
| 1 | Luke Littler | 3124 | |
| 2 | 1 | Gian van Veen | 1029.75 |
| 3 | -1 | Luke Humphries | 966 |
| 4 | Gerwyn Price | 748 | |
| 5 | Jonny Clayton | 684 | |
| 6 | James Wade | 671.25 | |
| 7 | 1 | Danny Noppert | 615 |
| 8 | -1 | Josh Rock | 613 |
| 9 | Michael van Gerwen | 608.5 | |
| 10 | Gary Anderson | 591.75 | |
| 11 | 1 | Wessel Nijman | 577 |
| 12 | -1 | Stephen Bunting | 570.75 |
| 13 | Ryan Searle | 569.75 | |
| 14 | 1 | Nathan Aspinall | 568 |
| 15 | -1 | Ross Smith | 562.25 |
| 16 | 1 | Jermaine Wattimena | 547.75 |
| 17 | -1 | Chris Dobey | 537.25 |
| 18 | Luke Woodhouse | 511 | |
| 19 | 1 | Krzysztof Ratajski | 440 |
| 20 | 1 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | 427.5 |
| 21 | 2 | Damon Heta | 413.25 |
| 22 | Rob Cross | 397 | |
| 23 | -4 | Martin Schindler | 392.75 |
| 24 | 1 | Ryan Joyce | 391 |
| 25 | 1 | Cameron Menzies | 375 |
| 26 | 1 | Kevin Doets | 373 |
| 27 | 1 | Andrew Gilding | 358.75 |
| 28 | 1 | Daryl Gurney | 305 |
| 29 | 6 | Niels Zonneveld | 291.25 |
| 30 | 1 | Dave Chisnall | 280.75 |
| 31 | -1 | Joe Cullen | 280 |
| 32 | Ritchie Edhouse | 278 | |
| 33 | -9 | Mike De Decker | 274 |
| 34 | -1 | William O'Connor | 273.5 |
| 35 | -1 | Ricardo Pietreczko | 245.5 |
| 36 | 1 | Peter Wright | 237 |
| 37 | 1 | Niko Springer | 236.25 |
| 37 | -1 | Michael Smith | 236.25 |
| 39 | Callan Rydz | 194 | |
| 40 | 2 | Justin Hood | 193.25 |
| 41 | Martin Lukeman | 192.5 | |
| 42 | 1 | Mickey Mansell | 191.25 |
| 43 | 1 | Jeffrey de Graaf | 184.25 |
| 44 | -4 | Raymond van Barneveld | 180.25 |
| 45 | Madars Razma | 177.75 | |
| 46 | 1 | James Hurrell | 175.25 |
| 47 | 1 | Gabriel Clemens | 171.5 |
| 48 | 5 | Karel Sedlacek | 169.25 |
| 49 | 3 | Scott Williams | 167.5 |
| 50 | Connor Scutt | 166.75 | |
| 51 | Kim Huybrechts | 166.5 | |
| 52 | 2 | Ricky Evans | 165 |
| 53 | -4 | Brendan Dolan | 163 |
| 54 | 1 | Sebastian Bialecki | 162 |
| 55 | 1 | Keane Barry | 152.25 |
| 56 | 1 | Mensur Suljovic | 149.5 |
| 57 | 1 | Ian White | 145 |
| 58 | 1 | Richard Veenstra | 138.75 |
| 59 | -13 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 135.5 |
| 60 | 1 | Alan Soutar | 127 |
| 61 | -1 | Rob Owen | 123.25 |
| 62 | 2 | Bradley Brooks | 119.5 |
| 63 | Ryan Meikle | 119.25 | |
| 64 | -2 | Lukas Wenig | 117.25 |
| 65 | 1 | Max Hopp | 113 |
| 65 | Nick Kenny | 113 | |
| 67 | -1 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | 112 |
| 68 | 1 | Cam Crabtree | 104.5 |
| 69 | -1 | Thibault Tricole | 101.75 |
| 70 | Wesley Plaisier | 98 | |
| 71 | Cristo Reyes | 87 | |
| 72 | Maik Kuivenhoven | 82 | |
| 73 | Adam Lipscombe | 80 | |
| 74 | Beau Greaves | 72 | |
| 75 | Tom Bissell | 71.25 | |
| 76 | Darryl Pilgrim | 69.5 | |
| 77 | Cor Dekker | 68.75 | |
| 78 | Dominik Gruellich | 62.25 | |
| 79 | Christian Kist | 60.5 | |
| 80 | Tom Sykes | 57.75 | |
| 81 | Andy Boulton | 56 | |
| 82 | Jim Long | 55.25 | |
| 83 | Oskar Lukasiak | 47.25 | |
| 83 | Charlie Manby | 47.25 | |
| 85 | Joe Hunt | 46 | |
| 86 | Thomas Lovely | 43 | |
| 87 | Jimmy van Schie | 41.5 | |
| 88 | Leon Weber | 41.25 | |
| 89 | Darius Labanauskas | 40.75 | |
| 90 | Marvin van Velzen | 37.75 | |
| 91 | Tavis Dudeney | 37.25 | |
| 92 | Viktor Tingstrom | 37 | |
| 93 | Shane McGuirk | 36.75 | |
| 94 | Alexander Merkx | 34.75 | |
| 95 | Henry Coates | 34 | |
| 96 | Adam Gawlas | 33.75 | |
| 97 | Kai Gotthardt | 33 | |
| 98 | Adam Paxton | 32.75 | |
| 99 | Greg Ritchie | 32.25 | |
| 100 | David Sharp | 31.25 | |
| 101 | Jeffrey De Zwaan | 29.75 | |
| 101 | Owen Bates | 29.75 | |
| 103 | Mervyn King | 29 | |
| 104 | Adam Warner | 28.75 | |
| 105 | Jurjen van der Velde | 28.5 | |
| 106 | Martijn Dragt | 28.25 | |
| 107 | Dennie Olde Kalter | 27.5 | |
| 108 | Chris Landman | 26.75 | |
| 109 | Benjamin Pratnemer | 26.5 | |
| 110 | Tommy Morris | 26.25 | |
| 111 | Stephen Burton | 26 | |
| 112 | Jeffrey Sparidaans | 25.75 | |
| 113 | Tyler Thorpe | 24 | |
| 114 | Tommy Lishman | 23 | |
| 115 | Niall Culleton | 22.75 | |
| 116 | Scott Waites | 22.5 | |
| 117 | Jack Tweddell | 21.75 | |
| 118 | Arno Merk | 21.5 | |
| 119 | Sietse Lap | 21.25 | |
| 120 | Maximilian Czerwinski | 20 | |
| 121 | Rhys Griffin | 19.25 | |
| 121 | Adam Leek | 19.25 | |
| 123 | Derek Coulson | 19 | |
| 124 | Steve Lennon | 17.75 | |
| 125 | Stephen Rosney | 17 | |
| 126 | Stefaan Henderyck | 16.75 | |
| 127 | Stefan Bellmont | 16.5 | |
| 128 | Tytus Kanik | 15 | |
| 129 | Harry Ward | 14.25 | |
| 130 | Samuel Price | 14 | |
| 131 | Carl Sneyd | 13.5 | |
| 132 | Nathan Potter | 13 | |
| 133 | Daniel Ayres | 12.75 | |
| 134 | Yorick Hofkens | 12.5 | |
| 135 | Pascal Rupprecht | 12.25 | |
| 136 | Andy Baetens | 11.5 | |
| 137 | Daniel Klose | 10.75 | |
| 138 | Lewis Pride | 10.25 | |
| 139 | Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | 10 | |
| 140 | Marvin Kraft | 9.5 | |
| 140 | Paul Krohne | 9.5 | |
| 142 | Boris Krcmar | 8.5 | |
| 143 | Michael Unterbuchner | 7.5 | |
| 144 | Jan Schmidt | 7 | |
| 144 | Patrik Kovacs | 7 | |
| 146 | Pero Ljubic | 6.5 | |
| 147 | Christopher Wickenden | 6.25 | |
| 148 | Johan Engstrom | 6 | |
| 149 | Nandor Major | 5.5 | |
| 149 | Jonas Masalin | 5.5 | |
| 149 | Dragutin Horvat | 5.5 | |
| 149 | Marcel Hausotter | 5.5 | |
| 153 | Jack Aldridge | 5.25 | |
| 154 | Oliver Mitchell | 4.25 | |
| 155 | Finn Behrens | 4 | |
| 155 | Callum Goffin | 4 | |
| 155 | Anton Ostlund | 4 | |
| 158 | Ted Evetts | 3.75 | |
| 158 | Aden Kirk | 3.75 | |
| 158 | Filip Bereza | 3.75 | |
| 158 | Scott Campbell | 3.75 | |
| 162 | Laszlo Kadar | 3.5 | |
| 162 | Valters Melderis | 3.5 | |
| 164 | Archie Self | 3.25 | |
| 165 | Patrik Williams | 3 | |
| 166 | Gilbert van der Meijden | 2.5 | |
| 166 | Graham Hall | 2.5 | |
| 168 | Jaimy Jacobs | 2 | |
| 168 | Jeroen Caron | 2 | |
| 168 | Kevin Lankhuizen | 2 | |
| 168 | Michael Hansen | 2 | |
| 168 | Petr Tous | 2 | |
| 168 | David Rosi | 2 | |
| 168 | Jiri Brejcha | 2 | |
| 168 | Martin Homola | 2 | |
| 168 | Andras Borbely | 2 | |
| 168 | David Pisek | 2 | |
| 168 | Milan Biro | 2 | |
| 168 | Jaimy Van de Weerd | 2 | |
| 168 | Michal Smejda | 2 | |
| 168 | Mio Varila | 2 | |
| 168 | Adrian Dudek | 2 | |
| 168 | Gabriel Varaljay | 2 | |
| 168 | Jan Sliacky | 2 | |
| 168 | Juraj Holub | 2 | |
| 168 | Peter Kelemen | 2 | |
| 168 | Jason Riedtke | 2 | |
| 168 | Teemu Harju | 2 | |
| 168 | Gyorgy Jehirszki | 2 | |
| 168 | Liam Maendl-Lawrance | 2 | |
| 168 | Aaron Hardy | 2 | |
| 168 | Nick Zwittnigg | 2 | |
| 168 | Zoran Lerchbacher | 2 | |
| 168 | Michael Hurtz | 2 | |
| 168 | Petr Krivka | 2 | |
| 168 | Robin Masino | 2 | |
| 168 | Kevin Troppmann | 2 | |
| 168 | Francois Schweyen | 2 | |
| 168 | Jani Haavisto | 2 | |
| 168 | Pascal Devroey | 2 | |
| 168 | Florian Hempel | 2 | |
| 168 | Florian Preis | 2 | |
| 168 | Wojciech Brulinski | 2 | |
| 168 | Sam Spivey | 2 | |
| 168 | Andreas Harrysson | 2 | |
| 168 | Dawid Robak | 2 | |
| 168 | Krzysztof Kciuk | 2 | |
| 168 | Miroslaw Grudziecki | 2 | |
| 168 | Piotr Maciejczak | 2 | |
| 210 | Danny Trueman | 1.25 | |
| 210 | Matthias Ehlers | 1.25 | |
| 210 | Jack Todd | 1.25 | |
| 210 | Jamai van den Herik | 1.25 | |
| 210 | Oliver King | 1.25 | |
| 210 | Ron Meulenkamp | 1.25 | |
| 210 | Samuel Whittaker | 1.25 | |
| 217 | Danny van Trijp | 0.75 | |
| 217 | Jesus Salate | 0.75 |
Source: dartsrankings.com
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