BAt the Players Championship 11 on April 3rd in Barnsley there were only two changes within the top 32 of the Order of Merit. With his tournament victory, Ryan Searle pushed past Dirk van Duijvenbode to 15th place, Vincent van der Voort jumped to 29th place. Ian White is only 30th.
Gabriel Clemens remains the best German in 23rd place, Martin Schindler had to give up one place on his way into the top 50 and is now back behind Ron Meulenkamp from the Netherlands in 52nd place.
No German has ever been better: Gabriel Clemens’ highest placing in the Order of Merit was 21st
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The Northern Irish youngster Josh Rock made the biggest jump. The 20-year-old, who knocked out Schindler in the second round, improved 12 places with his quarter-final appearance and is now number 96 in the world.
The order of merit is calculated on the basis of the prize money won over the past 24 months. The top 16 are seeded for the major tournaments World Matchplay and World Grand Prix. The top 32 automatically qualify for the second round of the World Championship and the fourth round of the UK Open. In addition, the best 24 professionals play the Masters among themselves.
After the World Cup, players ranked 1-64 will receive a tour card for the following year. This does not apply to anyone who had only secured their right to play twelve months earlier.
Darts, PDC Order of Merit (Stand: 8. April 2022)
1. Peter Wright (Scotland) £1,202,750
2. Gerwyn Price (Wales) 1.186.250
3. Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands) 602,000
4. Michael Smith (England) 575.750
5. James Wade (England) 569.750
6. Gary Anderson (Scotland) 481,500
7. Jose de Sousa (Portugal) 452,750
8. Dimitri Van den Bergh (Belgium) 424.750
9. Jonny Clayton (Wales) 424.000
10. Rob Cross (England) 372.500
11. Joe Cullen (England) 349.750
12. Danny Noppert (Netherlands) 334,750
13. Krzysztof Ratajski (Poland) 305,750
14. Dave Chsinall (England) 304.250
15. Ryan Searle (England) 280.750
16. Dirk van Duijvenbode (Netherlands) 279.000
17. Nathan Aspinall (England) 263.500
18. Luke Humphries (England) 249.750
19. Mervyn King (England) 244.500
20. Stephen Bunting (England) 228.750
21. Damon Heta (Australia) 223,500
22. Daryl Gurney (Nordirland) 216.500
23. Gabriel Clemens (Germany) 213,250
24. Simon Whitlock (Australien) 202.750
25. Brendan Dolan (Northern Ireland) 200,250
26. Devon Petersen (South Africa) 198,500
27. Mensur Suljovic (Austria) 192,750
28. Callan Rydz (England) 191.250
29. Vincent van der Voort (Netherlands) 185,500
30. Ian White (England) 184.750
31. Glen Durrant (England) 158.750
32. Chris Dobey (England) 157.000
33. Ross Smith (England) 143.000
34. Kim Huybrechts (Belgium) 133,500
35. William O‘Connor (Irland) 132.250
36. Ryan Joyce (England) 131.000
37. Jermaine Wattimena (Niederlande) 119,250
38. Ricky Evans (England) 118.000
39. Adrian Lewis (England) 114.500
40. Martijn Kleermaker (Netherlands) 108,500
41. Jamie Hughes (England) 102.000
42. Darius Labanauskas (Lithuania) 91,750
43. Adam Hunt (England) 88.250
44. Madars Razma (Lettland) 86,500
45. Steve Lennon (Ireland) 84.250
46. Jason Lowe (England) 79.750
47. Jeffrey De Zwaan (Netherlands) 78.750
48. Alan Soutar (Scotland) 75,000
49. Luke Woodhouse (England) 74.250
50. Keane Barry (Ireland) 73,250
51. Ron Meulenkamp (Netherlands) 71.250
52. Martin Schindler (Germany) 71,000
53. Maik Kuivenhoven (Netherlands) 71,000
54. Steve Beaton (England) 66.500
55. Raymond van Barneveld (Netherlands) 65,000
56. Boris Krcmar (Croatian) 64.000
57. Ryan Meikle (England) 61.750
58. Andy Boulton (Scotland) 61,000
59. Jeff Smith (Kanada) 60.750
60. William Borland (Scotland) 56,000
61. Mike De Decker (Belgium) 55,250
62. Ritchie Edhouse (England) 55.250
63. Steve West (England) 55.250
64. Florian Hempel (Germany) 54,250
65. Keegan Brown (England) 54.000
66. Max Hopp (Germany) 52,500
67. Lewy Williams (Wales) 45.250
68. John Henderson (Scotland) 43,500
69. Joe Murnan (England) 42,750
70. Scott Mitchell (England) 41.000
71. Jason Heaver (England) 38.750
72. Adam Gawlas (Czech Republic) 27,000
73. Gordon Mathers (Australien) 25.000
74. Niels Zonneveld (Netherlands) 23,750
75. Boris Koltsov (Russia) 23.000
76. Martin Lukeman (England) 22.250
77. Andrew Gilding (England) 20.750
78. Geert Nentjes (Netherlands) 19.750
79. Jim Williams (Wales) 18.750
80. Danny Jansen (Netherlands) 17,750
81. Eddie Lovely (England) 17.000
82. Peter Hudson (England) 16.250
83.John Michael (Greece) 14,250
84. Geert De Vos (Belgian) 13,250
85. Sebastian Bialecki (Poland) 12,500
86. Berry van Peer (Netherlands) 11.750
87. Jon Worsley (Wales) 11.500
88. Kevin Doets (Netherlands) 11,000
89. Scott Williams (England) 11.000
90. Danny Baggish (USA) 10.500
91. Mario Vandenbogaerde (Belgium) 9,750
92. Brett Claydon (England) 9.500
93. Connor Scutt (England) 9.250
94. Cameron Menzies (Scotland) 9,000
95. Jack Main (England) 8.500
96. Josh Rock (Northern Ireland) 8.250
97. Brian Raman (Belgien) 8.000
98. John Brown (England) 8.000
99. Rowby-John Rodriguez (Austria) 7,750
100. David Evans (England) 7.500
All world number ones in history
1.1. 2007 to 1.1. 2008: Phil Taylor
1.1. 2008 to 8.6. 2008: Raymond van Barneveld
8.6. 2008 to 1.1. 2014: Phil Taylor
1.1. 2014 to 3.1. 2021: Michael van Gerwen
3.1.2021 bis 6.3. 2022: Gerwyn Price
since 6.3. 2022: Peter Wright
Until the end of 2006, only the number of tournament wins was taken into account in the ranking. Since it was introduced in 1993, the leaders of the ranking have been the Englishmen Alan Warriner-Little, Dennis Priestley, Rod Harrington, Peter Manley and Colin Lloyd as well as the Canadian John Part. The highest placing for a German is rank 21, achieved by Max Hopp and Gabriel Clemens.
