Wright regains World Number One spot, Aspinall heads back towards top ten and huge rises for Lukeman and Razma in updated PDC Order of Merit after World Grand Prix
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The PDC Order of Merit has been updated after the double in delight of the World Grand Prix in Leicester with Peter Wright back to World Number One for now.
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Always going to be the case since Price didn't make the final, Wright is just ahead of Price heading into a pivotal part of the year for both defending money at the European Championship and Grand Slam of Darts meaning this could yet change multiple times.
Michael van Gerwen just behind in third is heading back towards £1million after his latest ranking TV major and will look to regain the World Championship with the World Number One spot also set to be on the line.
While for Nathan Aspinall, he is up to 11th after reaching the final going up five spots. Dimitri van den Bergh heads back further into the top 15, while for Dirk van Duijvenbode, he is down three places after not defending his final from two years ago.
Rises also for Ross Smith (up five to 27th), Madars Razma (up five to 36th) and Martin Lukeman (up 16 to 43rd), while Jeffrey de Zwaan plummets down 11 spots to 62nd.
PDC Order of Merit as of 10th October
Position Name Value
1 Peter Wright £1,262,000
2 Gerwyn Price £1,186,250
3 Michael van Gerwen £914,250
4 Michael Smith £617,750
5 James Wade £559,750
6 Jose de Sousa £494,000
7 Jonny Clayton £452,000
8 Rob Cross £427,750
9 Danny Noppert £415,500
10 Gary Anderson £411,250
11 Nathan Aspinall £401,250
12 Luke Humphries £400,500
13 Joe Cullen £383,250
14 Dimitri Van den Bergh £374,500
15 Dave Chisnall £342,250
16 Dirk van Duijvenbode £330,250
17 Ryan Searle £323,000
18 Krzysztof Ratajski £314,500
19 Damon Heta £276,500
20 Stephen Bunting £273,250
21 Mervyn King £238,250
22 Gabriel Clemens £231,250
23 Daryl Gurney £230,000
24 Callan Rydz £226,750
25 Brendan Dolan £225,250
26 Chris Dobey £206,000
27 Ross Smith £175,750
28 Vincent van der Voort £173,750
29 Ian White £171,250
30 Simon Whitlock £165,250
31 Mensur Suljovic £164,250
32 Kim Huybrechts £157,250
33 Devon Petersen £155,000
34 Adrian Lewis £141,750
34 William O'Connor £141,750
36 Madars Razma £137,250
37 Martin Schindler £129,000
38 Ricky Evans £115,250
39 Martijn Kleermaker £115,000
40 Ryan Joyce £110,000
41 Jermaine Wattimena £108,750
42 Darius Labanauskas £97,250
43 Martin Lukeman £94,750
43 Jamie Hughes £94,750
45 Keane Barry £90,000
46 Alan Soutar £89,500
47 Steve Lennon £88,250
48 Glen Durrant £87,000
49 Luke Woodhouse £86,500
50 Adam Hunt £84,250
51 Andrew Gilding £84,000
52 Ryan Meikle £79,750
53 Raymond van Barneveld £79,250
54 Maik Kuivenhoven £76,000
55 Ron Meulenkamp £74,500
56 Jason Lowe £73,500
57 Boris Krcmar £73,250
58 Ritchie Edhouse £72,250
59 Florian Hempel £67,500
60 Steve Beaton £67,250
61 Andy Boulton £64,750
62 Jeffrey De Zwaan £63,750
63 Mike De Decker £62,500
64 Jeff Smith £62,250
64 Keegan Brown £62,250
66 Steve West £61,000
67 Rowby Rodriguez £57,250
68 Max Hopp £55,000
69 John Henderson £54,250
70 Joe Murnan £53,500
71 Lewy Williams £51,250
71 William Borland £51,250
73 Scott Mitchell £49,250
74 Adam Gawlas £40,750
75 Jason Heaver £40,250
76 Niels Zonneveld £39,750
77 Josh Rock £36,000
78 Jim Williams £35,750
78 Scott Williams £35,750
80 Geert Nentjes £33,250
81 Boris Koltsov £31,750
82 Gordon Mathers £30,250
83 Danny Jansen £28,000
84 Karel Sedlacek £27,500
85 Matt Campbell £25,000
86 Cameron Menzies £23,500
87 Scott Waites £23,250
87 Peter Hudson £23,250
89 John O'Shea £22,250
90 Mickey Mansell £21,750
91 Eddie Lovely £21,000
92 Berry van Peer £19,750
93 John Michael £19,000
94 Kevin Doets £18,750
95 Jon Worsley £18,250
96 Krzysztof Kciuk £18,000
97 Danny Baggish £17,750
97 Nathan Rafferty £17,750
99 Geert De Vos £17,500
100 Sebastian Bialecki £16,500
101 Mario Vandenbogaerde £16,250
102 Brian Raman £16,000
103 Brett Claydon £15,750
103 Jack Main £15,750
105 Rusty Rodriguez £15,250
106 Jose Justicia £14,750
107 Connor Scutt £14,500
108 Ted Evetts £13,500
109 Radek Szaganski £13,250
110 Lee Evans £12,750
111 Shaun Wilkinson £12,000
112 Lukas Wenig £11,750
112 Luc Peters £11,750
114 Bradley Brooks £11,250
114 Ricardo Pietreczko £11,250
114 James Wilson £11,250
117 David Evans £11,000
117 Jamie Clark £11,000
117 Wesley Plaisier £11,000
120 Zoran Lerchbacher £10,750
121 George Killington £10,500
122 John Brown £10,250
123 Richie Burnett £9,750
124 Jimmy Hendriks £9,500
125 Ross Montgomery £9,000
126 Kevin Burness £8,750
127 Damian Mol £8,500
127 Tony Martinez £8,500
129 Jelle Klaasen £8,000
129 Robert Owen £8,000
131 Stephen Burton £7,750
132 Danny van Trijp £7,250
133 Daniel Larsson £7,000
133 Jake Jones £7,000
135 Nick Fullwell £6,500
136 Dragutin Horvat £6,000
137 Jules van Dongen £5,500
138 Pete Burgoyne £5,250
139 Dennis Nilsson £5,000
140 Darren Webster £4,250
140 Matthew Edgar £4,250
140 Gary Blades £4,250
140 Michael Unterbuchner £4,250
144 Thibault Tricole £4,000
144 Johan Engstrom £4,000
144 Niko Springer £4,000
147 Gian van Veen £3,500
148 Scott Marsh £3,250
148 Darren Penhall £3,250
150 Stefan Bellmont £3,000
150 Nico Kurz £3,000
152 Jim McEwan £2,750
152 David Pallett £2,750
152 Graham Hall £2,750
155 Kenny Neyens £2,250
155 Steve Haggerty £2,250
155 Stu Wilson £2,250
158 Janos Vegso £2,000
158 Vitezslav Sedlak £2,000
158 Patrik Gosnak £2,000
158 Vladimir Andersen £2,000
158 Fabian Schmutzler £2,000
163 Jim Moston £1,500
163 Colin Osborne £1,500
165 Nathan Girvan £1,250
165 Owen Roelofs £1,250
167 Wouter Vanrolleghem £1,000
167 Remo Mandiau £1,000
167 Andy Baetens £1,000
167 Roberto Vandaele £1,000
167 Francois Schweyen £1,000
167 Franz Roetzsch £1,000
167 Levente Sarai £1,000
167 Pal Szekely £1,000
167 Andras Borbely £1,000
167 Rene Eidams £1,000
167 Arjan Konterman £1,000
167 Dennie Olde Kalter £1,000
167 Ondrej Plsek £1,000
167 Filip Sebesta £1,000
167 Miloslav Navratil £1,000
167 Martijn Dragt £1,000
167 Michael Rasztovits £1,000
167 Dietmar Burger £1,000
167 Rainer Sturm £1,000
167 Thomas Junghans £1,000
167 Marko Kantele £1,000
167 Danny Lauby £1,000
167 Ryan Harrington £1,000
167 Wayne Jones £1,000
167 David Schlichting £1,000
192 Jeremy van der Winkel £750
192 Gavin Carlin £750
192 Jacques Labre £750
192 Leighton Bennett £750
192 Steven Noster £750
192 Carlo van Peer £750
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