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After the Flanders Darts Trophy 2025, there have been some shifts again on the PDC Order of Merit. Not much has changed at the top, but lower down the rankings a number of players have made a big jump.

In the top 10, almost everything has remained the same. Luke Humphries is still proudly at the top with 1,782,750 pounds, but feels the hot breath of Luke Littler increasingly on his neck. 'The Nuke' managed to add another title to his trophy cabinet in Antwerp and now stands at 1,533,000, bringing him ever closer to the No. 1 position. Van Gerwen, despite winning very little this year, is still in third place with £742,500. However, the gap to both Luke's is currently unbridgeable as the Czech Darts Open is next on the horizon.

In the top 10, only Rob Cross and Gerwyn Price changed places. Voltage' is now eighth and Price has dropped one spot to ninth. The Welshman decided to skip the tournament in Antwerp due to a hand injury, so he could not add any prize money to his total. Cross, who lost to Mensur Suljovic in the first round, moved up one spot despite his early elimination.

Furthermore, Josh Rock managed to move up to No. 11 in the world rankings thanks to his final place in Antwerp, at the expense of Scot Gary Anderson, who thus dropped one spot to No. 12. 'Rocky' played against Littler in the final and seemed to be on his way to the title for a long time. The Northern Irishman led 5-2, but then saw the 18-year-old come all the way back to 6-7. Rock managed to force a last leg decider with a spectacular 161 finish, but in that last leg Littler managed to claim the title with an 11-darter. Rock has been in magnificent form over the last few months, and if he continues to do so in the final months of this year, it won't be long before he enters the top 10.

Another name that has risen after the tenth Euro Tour tournament is Daryl Gurney. 'Superchin' managed to reach the semifinals in Antwerp, in which he did lose rather hopelessly 7-1 to eventual winner Luke Littler. The Northern Irishman moved up to 25th place, at the expense of Dutchman Jermaine Wattimena and Andrew Gilding, who both dropped one place.

Otherwise, there were only a few minor shifts in the top 64. Names like Ricardo Pietreczko (now 28th), Krzysztof Ratajski (now 33rd), Kevin Doets (now 41st), Madars Razma (now 45th), Kim Huybrechts (now 49th), Jeffrey de Graaf (now 51st), Jim Williams (now 58th) and Dylan Slevin (now 64th) all moved up one spot on the Order of Merit. As a result, Cameron Menzies (now 34th), Callan Rydz (now 42nd), Richard Veenstra (now 50th), Florian Hempel (now 52nd) Rob Owen (now 59th), Stephen Burton (now 62nd) and Thibault Tricole (now 65th) all dropped one spot.

Lower down the rankings, however, there were several players who made a big jump as a result of their performance at the Flanders Darts Trophy. Karel Sedlacek managed to reach the second round, where he narrowly lost 6-5 to eventual finalist Josh Rock. Nevertheless, 'Evil Charlie' managed to move up no less than 4 spots to place 71, however, the gap to the top 64 is still large. The Czech currently stands at 46,000 pounds, while Slevin is in place 64 with 81,500 pounds.

Even further down, Leon Weber managed to move up no less than 10 spots after taking part in the Euro Tour tournament in Antwerp. The young German surprisingly made it to the third round by eliminating Jermaine Wattimena and defending champion Dave Chisnall, adding 4,000 pounds to his total and is now in 107th place on the Order of Merit. Christian Kist also moved up six spots and is now in place 111 after surviving the first round.

Finally, Johan Engstrom made a jump from eight spots to spot 142, despite losing 6-1 to Luke Woodhouse in the first round. Belgian Francois Schweyen also made a jump from spot 165 to spot 155. Adam Gawlas and Xanti van den Bergh made their debut on the Euro Tour this year, adding 1,250 to their total and moving up to 166 on the Order of Merit.

PDC Order of Merit Update

Rk +/- Name Prize Money
1 Luke Humphries 1.782.750
2 Luke Littler 1.533.000
3 Michael van Gerwen 742.500
4 Stephen Bunting 641.500
5 James Wade 613.750
6 Jonny Clayton 525.250
7 Chris Dobey 514.250
8 +1 Rob Cross 502.250
9 -1 Gerwyn Price 495.750
10 Damon Heta 489.750
11 +1 Josh Rock 482.500
12 -1 Gary Anderson 472.500
13 Dave Chisnall 464.250
14 Ross Smith 457.000
15 Danny Noppert 455.750
16 Peter Wright 436.500
17 Martin Schindler 425.750
18 Gian van Veen 412.750
19 Mike De Decker 396.750
20 Ryan Searle 388.750
21 Michael Smith 366.000
22 Dimitri Van den Bergh 361.750
23 Nathan Aspinall 333.250
24 Ryan Joyce 329.000
25 +2 Daryl Gurney 325.250
26 -1 Jermaine Wattimena 322.500
27 -1 Andrew Gilding 319.500
28 Ritchie Edhouse 310.250
28 +1 Ricardo Pietreczko 310.250
30 Joe Cullen 308.500
31 Luke Woodhouse 302.750
32 Dirk van Duijvenbode 283.250
33 +1 Krzysztof Ratajski 272.500
34 -1 Cameron Menzies 272.000
35 Raymond van Barneveld 257.500
36 Scott Williams 250.500
37 Brendan Dolan 244.500
38 Martin Lukeman 228.250
39 Wessel Nijman 200.000
40 Gabriel Clemens 193.250
41 +1 Kevin Doets 172.500
42 -1 Callan Rydz 167.250
43 Mickey Mansell 159.500
44 Niels Zonneveld 153.000
45 +1 Madars Razma 151.500
45 Ricky Evans 151.500
47 William O'Connor 145.000
48 Ian White 119.750
49 +1 Kim Huybrechts 115.500
50 -1 Richard Veenstra 115.000
51 +1 Jeffrey de Graaf 110.750
52 -1 Florian Hempel 108.250
53 Alan Soutar 106.500
53 Keane Barry 106.500
55 Matt Campbell 100.500
56 Connor Scutt 100.250
57 Jose de Sousa 96.000
58 +1 Jim Williams 94.000
59 -1 Rob Owen 92.000
60 Nick Kenny 90.500
61 Mensur Suljovic 89.500
62 -1 Stephen Burton 86.000
63 Ryan Meikle 85.750
64 +1 Dylan Slevin 81.500
65 -1 Thibault Tricole 80.750
66 Dom Taylor 70.500
67 James Hurrell 70.000
68 Mario Vandenbogaerde 63.250
69 Chris Landman 55.250
70 Lukas Wenig 46.750
71 +4 Karel Sedlacek 46.000
72 -2 Andy Baetens 45.500
73 -1 Niko Springer 45.250
74 -1 Bradley Brooks 44.750
75 -1 Matthew Dennant 43.750
76 Steve Lennon 43.250
77 Darren Beveridge 40.750
78 Berry van Peer 39.750
79 Sebastian Bialecki 38.750
80 Owen Bates 37.500
81 Rhys Griffin 37.000
82 Nathan Rafferty 36.750
83 Patrick Geeraets 35.250
84 Jitse Van der Wal 34.500
85 Adam Hunt 33.500
86 Cam Crabtree 31.750
87 Radek Szaganski 31.500
88 Robert Grundy 30.750
89 Jelle Klaasen 30.250
90 Martijn Dragt 29.000
91 Danny Lauby 28.750
92 Justin Hood 28.500
93 Adam Lipscombe 27.750
94 Benjamin Reus 27.000
95 Dominik Gruellich 26.750
96 William Borland 26.500
96 Haupai Puha 26.500
98 George Killington 25.000
99 Darius Labanauskas 24.750
100 Brett Claydon 24.500
101 Max Hopp 21.750
102 Wesley Plaisier 19.250
103 Darryl Pilgrim 17.750
104 Andy Boulton 17.500
105 Maik Kuivenhoven 17.250
106 Joshua Richardson 16.250
107 +10 Leon Weber 16.000
108 -1 Marvin van Velzen 15.250
108 -1 Thomas Lovely 15.250
110 -1 Michele Turetta 15.000
111 -1 Jamai van den Herik 14.500
111 +6 Christian Kist 14.500
113 -2 Tom Bissell 13.500
114 -2 Jim Long 12.750
115 -2 Adam Warner 12.500
115 -2 Jimmy van Schie 12.500
115 -2 Carl Sneyd 12.500
118 -2 Andreas Harrysson 12.250
119 Stefan Bellmont 10.500
120 Greg Ritchie 10.000
121 Kevin Burness 9.500
122 Ted Evetts 9.000
122 Maximilian Czerwinski 9.000
122 Boris Krcmar 9.000
125 Mervyn King 8.500
125 Stefaan Henderyck 8.500
125 Tavis Dudeney 8.500
125 Viktor Tingstrom 8.500
125 Tim Wolters 8.500
130 Oskar Lukasiak 8.250
131 Cor Dekker 8.000
131 Alexander Merkx 8.000
131 Beau Greaves 8.000
134 Adam Paxton 7.750
135 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 7.500
136 Tytus Kanik 7.250
137 Danny van Trijp 6.500
137 Tommy Lishman 6.500
139 Tom Sykes 5.500
139 Graham Hall 5.500
141 Pero Ljubic 5.250
142 +8 Johan Engstrom 5.000
142 Kai Gotthardt 5.000
142 Jarno Bottenberg 5.000
142 Jeffrey Sparidaans 5.000
142 Daniel Klose 5.000
142 Jurjen van der Velde 5.000
148 -1 Henry Coates 4.250
149 -1 Dennie Olde Kalter 4.000
149 -1 Jules van Dongen 4.000
151 -1 Michael Unterbuchner 3.750
151 -1 Aden Kirk 3.750
153 Michael Flynn 3.500
154 Nathan Girvan 3.250
155 David Davies 2.500
155 +10 Francois Schweyen 2.500
155 Jack Tweddell 2.500
155 Arno Merk 2.500
155 Kevin Knopf 2.500
155 Petr Krivka 2.500
155 Teemu Harju 2.500
155 Paul Krohne 2.500
155 Graham Usher 2.500
164 -1 Scott Campbell 2.000
165 -1 Sietse Lap 1.500
166 New Adam Gawlas 1.250
166 New Xanti Van den Bergh 1.250
166 -1 Kevin Troppmann 1.250
166 -1 Liam Maendl-Lawrance 1.250
166 -1 Martin Kramer 1.250
166 -1 Miroslaw Grudziecki 1.250
166 -1 Yorick Hofkens 1.250
166 -1 Dragutin Horvat 1.250
166 -1 Joshua Hermann 1.250
166 -1 Moritz Bohrmann 1.250
166 -1 Jeffrey De Zwaan 1.250
166 -1 Jerry Hendriks 1.250
166 -1 Benjamin Pratnemer 1.250
166 -1 Marcel Erba 1.250
166 -1 Christian Goedl 1.250
166 -1 Gyorgy Jehirszki 1.250
166 -1 Rowby-John Rodriguez 1.250
166 -1 Zoran Lerchbacher 1.250
166 -1 Andras Borbely 1.250
166 -1 Finn Behrens 1.250
166 -1 Michael Rosenauer 1.250
166 -1 Rene Eidams 1.250
166 -1 Patrick Klingelhoefer 1.250
166 -1 Paul Goyer 1.250
166 -1 Laurin Welk 1.250
166 -1 Marko Kantele 1.250
166 -1 Cedric Waegemans 1.250
166 -1 Patrick De Backer 1.250
166 -1 Sybren Gijbels 1.250
195 -2 Joe Hunt 1.000
195 -2 Ron Meulenkamp 1.000
195 -2 Sam Spivey 1.000
195 -2 Paul Rowley 1.000
195 -2 Shaun Fox 1.000
195 -2 Simon Stevenson 1.000
195 -2 Tommy Morris 1.000
202 -2 Ryan Branley 750

This article first appeared on Dartsnews.com and was syndicated with permission.

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