Wright leads Van Gerwen on post PDC World Championship Order of Merit

Michael van Gerwen's World Number One spot in the PDC Order of Merit is becoming very much endangered with Peter Wright currently in pole position to take over after the PDC World Championship.

Since January 2014, Van Gerwen has been dominant in the PDC Order of Merit and darts as a whole but as of late, he has been unable to defend titles and is losing prize money rapidly.

Of the five ranking majors this year, the three-time World Champion only managed to win the UK Open. Wright on the otherhand has claimed the World Championship and European Championship.

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With his last title at the European Championship, Wright has now passed his Dutch rival in the virtual Order of Merit after the World Championship Darts. The margin is in favour of the Scot by £ 78,250.

If Snakebite wins the world title again, he will be the new number one in the world after the World Championship come what may. However, Gerwyn Price also has the chance to take over also with a possible World Championship.

On the virtual Order of Merit, all the prize money that players have to defend has been removed. That is a big amount especially for Van Gerwen who won the World Championship two years ago, reached the final at the Players Championship Finals and reached the Grand Slam semi-final.

As a result, Van Gerwen will likely have to win the World Championship to erode this gap and stay World Number One.

Post PDC World Championship Order of Merit

Prize money in the tables is in units of £ 1,000. Source: Dartsrankings.com

1 Peter Wright 970

2 Michael van Gerwen 891.75

3 Gerwyn Price 789

4 Rob Cross 505.5

5 Nathan Aspinall 424.25

6 Michael Smith 361.25

7 James Wade 355

8 Ian White 340.75

9 Dave Chisnall 340.25

10 Glen Durrant 336.75

11 Dimitri Van den Bergh 325.75

12 Daryl Gurney 318.25

13 Krzysztof Ratajski 278.5

14 Mensur Suljovic 249.75

15 Joe Cullen 24 1.5

16 Jonny Clayton 234.75

17 Gary Anderson 227.75

18 Simon Whitlock 204

19 Adrian Lewis 203

20 Jeffrey de Zwaan 199.75

21 Chris Dobey 198

22 Danny Noppert 190.25

23 Mervyn King 187.75

24 Stephen Bunting 187.75

25 Jamie Hughes 185.25

26 Jermaine Wattimena 174.75

27 Steve Beaton 160.25

28 Ricky Evans 160

29 Vincent van der Voort 158.25

30 Jose de Sousa 153.25

31 Gabriel Clemens 1515.25

32 Devon Petersen 139.25

33 Keegan Brown 133.25

34 William O'Connor 126

35 Brendan Dolan 124.5

36 John Henderson 115.5

37 Max Hopp 114.75

38 Kim Huybrechts 112.25

39 Dirk van Duijvenbode 107

40 Luke Humphries 105.5

41 Ross Smith 102.5

42 Darius Labanauskas 102.5

43 Darren Webster95

44 Ryan Searle 92.75

45 Steve West 90.25

46 Ryan Joyce 84

47 Steve Lennon 74.5

48 Luke Woodhouse74

49 Justin Pipe 73.25

50 Josh Payne 62

51 Ron Meulenkamp 60.5

52 Jelle Klaasen 59.5

53 Madars Razma 56

54 Harry Ward 54.75

55 Mickey Mansell 54.5

56 Kyle Anderson 49.25

57 Cristo Reyes49

58 Ted Evetts 47.5

59 Andy Boulton 47.25

60 Benito van de Pas 45

61 Mark McGeeney 43.5

62 James Wilson 41.75

63 Maik Kuivenhoven 40.5

64 Matthew Edgar 39.25

65 Martin Schindler 39

66 Martijn Kleermaker 38.75

67 Scott Baker 37.25

68 Rowby-John Rodriguez 36.5

69 Jan Dekker 34

70 Robert Thornton 32.5

71 Damon Heta 32.25

72 Simon Stevenson 31

73 Jason Lowe 29

74 Jeff Smith 24.5

75 Scott Waites 23.5

76 Derk Telnekes 23.5

77 Andy Hamilton 23

78 Geert Nentjes 23

79 Joe Murnan 22.5

80 Richard North 22

81 Gavin Carlin 21.75

82 Mike De Decker 20.5

83 Conan Whitehead 20

84 Wayne Jones 19

85 Niels Zonneveld 19

86 Kirk Shepherd 19

87 Marko Kantele 18

Lisa Ashton 17.5

89 Boris Krcmar 17.5

90 Kai Fan Leung 17.5

91 Adam Hunt 17.5

92 Christian Bunse 17

93 Jamie Lewis 16.5

94 Reece Robinson 16

95 Jesus Noguera 15.75

96 Matt Clark 15.75

97 Toni Alcinas 15

98 Ryan Meikle 14

99 Carl Wilkinson 13

100 Adrian Gray 13

101 William Borland 12.5

102 Vincent van der Meer 12.5

103 John Michael 12

104 Yordi Meeuwisse 12

105 Nico Kurz 11.5

106 Karel Sedlacek 11.5

107 David Pallett 11.5

108 Daniel Larsson 11

109 Jonathan Worsley 10.5

110 Scott Mitchell 10

111 Alan Tabern 10

112 David Evans 9.5

113 Danny Baggish 7.5

114 Gordon Mathers 7.5

115 Keane Barry 7.5

116 Kim Viljanen 7.5

117 Matt Campbell 7.5

118 Ryan Murray 7.5

119 Callan Rydz 7.5

120 Nathan Derry 7.5

121 Kyle McKinstry 7.5

122 Barrie Bates 7.5

123 Nick Kenny 7

124 Martin Atkins (Wigan) 7

125 Mike van Duivenbode 7

126 Steve Brown 6.5

127 Bradley Brooks 6

128 Robert Collins 6

129 Peter Jacques 5

130 Andrew Gilding 5

131 Gary Blades 4.5

132 Adam Gawlas 4

133 Franz Roetzsch 4

134 Steffen Siepmann 4

135 Darren Penhall 4

136 Ciaran Teehan 4

137 Wesley Harms 4

138 Robert Marijanovic 3

139 Ronny Huybrechts 3

140 Harald Leitinger 3

141 Eddie Lovely 3

142 Arjan Konterman 2.5

143 Michael Barnard 2.5

144 Andreas Harrysson 2

145 Michael Unterbuchner 2

146 Ricardo Pietreczko 2

147 Dragutin Horvat 2

148 Luke Wenig 2

149 Jitse Van der Wal 2

150 Matthew Dennant 2

151 Lewis Williams 2

152 Rhys Hayden 2

153 Wesley Plaisier 2

Brian Raman 1.5

155 Scott Taylor 1.5

156 Krzysztof Kciuk 1.5

157 Nathan Rafferty 1.5

158 Arsen Ballaj 1

159 Mario Vandenbogaerde 1

160 Michael Rosenauer 1

161 Philipp Hagemann 1

162 Scott Marsh 1

163 Sebastian Pohl 1

164 Simeon Heinz 1

165 Tytus Kanik 1

166 Kai Gotthardt 1

167 Markus Buffler 1

168 Mindaugas Barauskas 1

169 Pero Ljubic 1

170 Stefan Bellmont 1

171 Boris Koltsov 1

172 Cody Harris 1

173 Aaron Beeney 1

174 Graham Usher 1

175 Carl Hamilton 1

176 Dom Taylor 1

177 Adam Huckvale 1

178 Jason Askew 1

179 Kevin Doets 1

180 Stephen Burton 1

181 Benjamin Pratnemer 1

182 Geert De Vos 1

183 Jeffrey van Egdom 1

184 Ryan Harrington 1

185 Justin Hood 0.5

186 Maikel Verberk 0.5

187 Cameron Menzies 0.5

188 James Hubbard 0.5

189 Connor Scutt 0.5

190 Diogo Portela 0.5