Just a week after losing his second spot in the PDC Order of Merit to Michael van Gerwen, Peter Wright has returned to world ranked number 2 following his victory at the Czech Darts Open.
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Wright defeated Dave Chisnall in the final in Prague on Sunday night. Van Gerwen meanwhile could only manage a run to the quarter-final before suffering a defeat to Rob Cross.
Wright's narrow lead over Van Gerwen in the Order of Merit is now less than £20,000 which means his position is far from secure and there is a big chance that 'Mighty Mike' could soon be back ahead of 'Snakebite'.
Elsewhere in the rankings, Chisnall's run to the final has seen him rise to 12th, Damon Heta is up to a career-high 15th and Mike de Decker is up to 48th after rising two places.
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PDC Order of Merit after Czech Darts Open
Position Name Prize money
1 Michael Smith £1,273,250
2 Peter Wright £1,183,250
3 Michael van Gerwen £1,162,000
4 Gerwyn Price £773,250
5 Rob Cross £551,500
6 Luke Humphries £545,500
7 Jonny Clayton £525,250
8 Danny Noppert £494,750
9 Nathan Aspinall £487,000
10 Dimitri Van den Bergh £457,250
11 Dirk van Duijvenbode £424,000
12 Dave Chisnall £382,250
13 Joe Cullen £377,250
14 Ryan Searle £369,000
15 Damon Heta £354,500
16 James Wade £347,000
17 Jose De Sousa £344,500
18 Ross Smith £334,500
19 Krzysztof Ratajski £300,500
20 Gabriel Clemens £294,000
21 Chris Dobey £285,500
22 Gary Anderson £272,250
23 Stephen Bunting £255,750
24 Andrew Gilding £250,500
25 Callan Rydz £238,250
26 Martin Schindler £231,500
27 Brendan Dolan £225,500
28 Daryl Gurney £213,500
29 Josh Rock £192,500
30 Kim Huybrechts £186,250
31 Raymond van Barneveld £178,250
32 Mervyn King £173,500
33 Vincent van der Voort £165,000
34 Alan Soutar £154,250
35 Mensur Suljovic £153,750
36 Madars Razma £145,250
37 Adrian Lewis £142,750
38 William O'Connor £136,750
39 Martin Lukeman £132,500
40 Keane Barry £128,750
41 Simon Whitlock £127,000
42 Ian White £122,750
43 Martijn Kleermaker £117,750
44 Ryan Joyce £105,000
45 Ryan Meikle £104,500
46 Luke Woodhouse £101,500
47 Jermaine Wattimena £101,000
48 Mike De Decker £98,250
49 Adam Gawlas £97,750
50 Ritchie Edhouse £97,500
51 Florian Hempel £94,250
52 Ricky Evans £93,750
53 Steve Beaton £93,250
54 Rowby-John Rodriguez £92,250
55 Jim Williams £89,250
56 Boris Krcmar £88,000
57 Scott Williams £80,250
58 Jamie Hughes £79,250
59 Darius Labanauskas £75,250
60 Matt Campbell £70,000
61 Lewis Williams £68,250
62 Steve Lennon £65,000
63 Cameron Menzies £58,000
64 Joe Murnan £56,500
65 Mickey Mansell £55,750
66 Nathan Rafferty £54,250
67 Danny Jansen £53,000
68 Jeff Smith £52,250
69 Devon Petersen £51,500
70 Ricardo Pietreczko £43,750
71 John O'Shea £43,500
72 Richie Burnett £40,250
73 Mario Vandenbogaerde £39,750
74 Ted Evetts £38,250
75 Kevin Doets £34,250
76 Scott Waites £31,750
76 Jose Justicia £31,750
78 Bradley Brooks £31,000
79 Krzysztof Kciuk £28,000
80 Jimmy Hendriks £27,750
81 Connor Scutt £27,500
82 Brian Raman £26,000
83 Radek Szaganski £22,250
84 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £20,750
85 George Killington £20,250
86 James Wilson £20,000
87 Dylan Slevin £19,250
87 Richard Veenstra £19,250
87 Jeffrey De Zwaan £19,250
90 Damian Mol £19,000
90 Shaun Wilkinson £19,000
92 Ross Montgomery £17,500
93 Tony Martinez £16,500
94 Luc Peters £16,250
94 Keegan Brown £16,250
96 Gian van Veen £13,750
96 Chris Landman £13,750
98 Jules van Dongen £13,250
99 Jamie Clark £12,750
100 Karel Sedlacek £12,250
100 Andy Boulton £12,250
102 Kevin Burness £11,250
103 Berry van Peer £10,750
103 Lee Evans £10,750
105 Jeffrey Sparidaans £10,500
106 Darren Webster £10,250
107 Jurjen van der Velde £10,000
108 Geert Nentjes £9,750
109 Niels Zonneveld £9,250
110 Graham Hall £9,000
110 Maik Kuivenhoven £9,000
112 Graham Usher £8,750
113 Pascal Rupprecht £8,250
114 Adam Warner £7,750
115 Arron Monk £7,500
116 Robert Owen £7,250
116 Nick Fullwell £7,250
118 Jelle Klaasen £7,000
119 Niko Springer £6,500
120 Stefan Bellmont £6,250
120 Owen Roelofs £6,250
122 Stephen Burton £5,750
123 Nick Kenny £5,500
123 Daniel Klose £5,500
125 Martijn Dragt £5,250
125 Josh Payne £5,250
125 Cam Crabtree £5,250
128 Adam Smith-Neale £5,000
128 Liam Maendl-Lawrance £5,000
130 Robbie Knops £4,250
131 Andy Baetens £4,000
131 Thibault Tricole £4,000
131 Lukas Wenig £4,000
131 Vladimir Andersen £4,000
135 Dalibor Smolik £3,750
135 John Henderson £3,750
137 Christian Kist £3,500
138 Ronny Huybrechts £3,250
139 Danny van Trijp £2,750
140 Roman Benecky £2,500
140 Hannes Schnier £2,500
140 Dennis Nilsson £2,500
140 Marko Kantele £2,500
140 Dragutin Horvat £2,500
140 Jeroen Mioch £2,500
140 Rene Eidams £2,500
140 Filip Sebesta £2,500
140 Thomas Banks £2,500
140 Luke Littler £2,500
150 James Hurrell £2,250
151 Darryl Pilgrim £2,000
151 Jacques Labre £2,000
153 James Richardson £1,750
154 Lewis Gurney £1,500
154 Conor Heneghan £1,500
154 Dan Read £1,500
157 Patrik Kovacs £1,250
157 David Pisek £1,250
157 Jani Laurila £1,250
157 Francois Schweyen £1,250
157 Sven Hilling £1,250
157 Marcel Hausotter £1,250
157 Marcus Haider £1,250
157 Vitezslav Sedlak £1,250
157 Dmitrijs Zukovs £1,250
157 Oskar Lukasiak £1,250
157 Tytus Kanik £1,250
157 Paavo Myller £1,250
157 Nico Kurz £1,250
157 Owen Bates £1,250
171 Michael Flynn £1,000
171 Christopher Holt £1,000
171 Gary Davey £1,000
171 Joshua Richardson £1,000
171 Jitse Van der Wal £1,000
171 Jim Moston £1,000
171 Jim McEwan £1,000
178 Dom Taylor £750
178 Callum Goffin £750
🗣️ "My averages will go up and they need to go up, because the standard of player around at the moment is unbelievable."
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) May 15, 2023
Peter Wright insists his performances will improve after celebrating victory at the Gambrinus Czech Darts Open in Prague on Sunday! 🏆🇨🇿
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