PDC Order of Merit...

Following the PDC World Championships, the order of merit has some interesting movements.

Michael van Gerwen is, of course, still number 1 by a distance. Peter Wright has retained the number 2 spot despite a disappointing Worlds.

The first name of interest is Rob Cross. He has jumped to 3rd in the world despite only playing for 1 year. The OoM is done on a 2 year rolling basis, so that is an amazing achievement.

Phil Taylor returns to the top 4 - and despite retiring there is a good chance he will remain a top 16 player for some time!

Gary Anderson and Daryl Gurney are the two who drop out of the top 4 - they are now 5th and 6th respectively.

7th to 11th are Dave Chisnall, Simon Whitlock, James Wade and Raymond van Barneveld.

Two PL players, Michael Smith and Gerwyn Price, sit in 12th and 13th.


Adrian Lewis form has dropped alarmingly, and this means he sits in 21st position of the OoM after starting the Worlds as 7th seed.
Jelle Klaasen has also dropped out of the top 16, sitting in 18th.


PDC Order of Merit - as at 05/01/18

1 - van Gerwen - £1,799,250
2 - P.Wright - £754,250
3 - R.Cross - £611,250
4 - P.Taylor - £508,000
5 - G.Anderson - £458,250
6 - D.Gurney - £416,750
7 - M. Suljovic - £373,500
8 - D.Chisnall - £332,500
9 - S.Whitlock - £310,250
10 - J.Wade - £276,250
11 - R. van Barneveld - £273,750
12 - M.Smith - £267,750
13 - G.Price - £264,750
14 - B.van de Pas - £255,000
15 - I.White - £253,250
16 - A.Norris - £244,250
17 - K.Huybrechts - £236,750
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18 - J.Klaasen - £233,000
19 - J.Cullen - £219,250
20 - D.Webster - £209,000
21 - A.Lewis - £209,000
22 - S.Bunting - £192,500
23 - K.Anderson - £182,50
24 - M.King - £180,500
25 - S.Beaton - £180,000
26 - J.Pipe - £152,000
27 - R.Thornton - £151,750
28 - J.Henderson - £150,750
29 - C.Reyes - £147,750
30 - J.Lewis - £147,000
31 - J.Wilson - £143, 250
32 - J.Clayton - £143,000




The top 16 (well 17 minus Taylor) qualify for the next major PDC tournament - the Unibet Masters in the last weekend of January.