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PDC Order of Merit Update: Littler cements World No.2 spot further as Wade, Heta and Clayton rise

Originally posted on Dartsnews.com | By Samuel Gill | Last updated Mar 3, 2025 12:00 AM ET

Luke Littler was able to add another big chunk of money to his prize money on the PDC Order of Merit. 'The Nuke' won the UK Open in Minehead last weekend and collected the top prize of 110,000 pounds.

After Littler escaped elimination in his first match against Peter Wright (10-9), there was no stopping the 18-year-old Englishman. He then defeated Jermaine Wattimena (10-4), Krzysztof Ratajski (10-8), Gian van Veen (10-4), Jonny Clayton (11-6) and James Wade (11-2).

With a total of 1,248,500 pounds in prize money, Littler now has nearly half a million pounds more than number three Michael van Gerwen in the rankings. However, Littler's gap to world number one Luke Humphries is still substantial. Humphries currently stands at 1,895,000, much of which he will have to defend in the autumn.

Jonny Clayton took over the fifth spot in the world rankings from Stephen Bunting, while Damon Heta moved up three spots and is now ranked number seven in the world. Wade moved up to 12th place by reaching the UK Open final. Semi-finalist Josh Rock also made progression and now holds the fifteenth spot.

Dimitri van den Bergh was the main loser and had to drop four spots and is now ranked No. 20 in the world. Andrew Gilding also fell down six spots to World No.27. Peter Wright tumbled further down to World No.14. Albeit Michael Smith did make some traction again moving up two spots to World No.17.

PDC Order of Merit

Position	Name	Prize money
1	Luke Humphries	£1,895,000
2	Luke Littler	£1,248,500
3	Michael van Gerwen	£779,250
4	Rob Cross	£566,250
5	Jonny Clayton	£552,750
6	Stephen Bunting	£549,000
7	Damon Heta	£510,000
8	Chris Dobey	£509,000
9	Dave Chisnall	£504,250
10	Gerwyn Price	£501,000
11	Nathan Aspinall	£487,250
12	James Wade	£484,750
13	Danny Noppert	£451,750
14	Peter Wright	£443,750
15	Josh Rock	£442,000
16	Gary Anderson	£428,250
17	Michael Smith	£411,000
18	Ross Smith	£407,500
19	Ryan Searle	£404,000
20	Dimitri Van den Bergh	£401,500
21	Mike De Decker	£362,250
22	Martin Schindler	£361,250
23	Joe Cullen	£356,750
24	Daryl Gurney	£331,250
25	Gian van Veen	£319,000
26	Dirk van Duijvenbode	£305,000
27	Andrew Gilding	£293,500
28	Ryan Joyce	£291,250
29	Ritchie Edhouse	£290,250
30	Ricardo Pietreczko	£284,750
31	Krzysztof Ratajski	£282,000
32	Luke Woodhouse	£266,250
33	Brendan Dolan	£262,250
34	Jermaine Wattimena	£253,500
35	Raymond van Barneveld	£251,750
36	Scott Williams	£225,250
37	Gabriel Clemens	£214,000
38	Martin Lukeman	£206,750
39	Cameron Menzies	£201,500
40	Callan Rydz	£175,750
41	Mickey Mansell	£151,250
42	Kevin Doets	£150,000
43	Madars Razma	£145,250
44	Ricky Evans	£144,000
45	Jose De Sousa	£138,250
46	Kim Huybrechts	£122,250
47	Niels Zonneveld	£121,750
48	William O'Connor	£121,000
49	Richard Veenstra	£120,250
50	Keane Barry	£113,500
51	Ian White	£113,250
52	Wessel Nijman	£112,500
53	Florian Hempel	£110,000
54	Jim Williams	£105,000
55	Matt Campbell	£99,250
56	Alan Soutar	£90,750
57	Rob Owen	£89,250
58	Nick Kenny	£84,750
59	Connor Scutt	£83,500
60	Stephen Burton	£81,750
61	Mensur Suljovic	£81,000
61	Dylan Slevin	£81,000
63	Ryan Meikle	£80,750
64	Jeffrey De Graaf	£77,500
65	Thibault Tricole	£60,000
66	James Hurrell	£50,750
67	Dom Taylor	£48,500
68	Chris Landman	£40,250
69	Mario Vandenbogaerde	£33,500
70	Andy Baetens	£31,500
71	Rhys Griffin	£31,000
72	Radek Szaganski	£27,250
73	Berry van Peer	£26,750
74	Nathan Rafferty	£25,250
75	Steve Lennon	£24,500
76	Danny Lauby	£23,750
77	Lukas Wenig	£23,000
78	Jelle Klaasen	£22,750
79	Jitse Van der Wal	£22,500
80	Patrick Geeraets	£22,000
81	Darren Beveridge	£21,750
82	Matthew Dennant	£21,500
83	William Borland	£21,000
84	Adam Hunt	£20,250
85	George Killington	£20,000
86	Owen Bates	£19,750
87	Benjamin Reus	£19,000
88	Haupai Puha	£17,500
88	Robert Grundy	£17,500
90	Brett Claydon	£16,500
91	Martijn Dragt	£16,000
92	Joshua Richardson	£10,250
93	Michele Turetta	£9,000
94	Tim Wolters	£8,500
95	Bradley Brooks	£8,000
96	Justin Hood	£7,500
97	Darryl Pilgrim	£6,500
98	Cam Crabtree	£5,500
98	Darius Labanauskas	£5,500
100	Thomas Lovely	£5,250
101	Jurjen van der Velde	£5,000
101	Stefan Bellmont	£5,000
103	Andy Boulton	£4,250
103	Adam Lipscombe	£4,250
103	Karel Sedlacek	£4,250
106	Niko Springer	£4,000
106	Jules van Dongen	£4,000
108	Aden Kirk	£3,750
109	Beau Greaves	£3,500
109	Maik Kuivenhoven	£3,500
109	Christian Kist	£3,500
109	Sebastian Bialecki	£3,500
109	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	£3,500
109	Kevin Burness	£3,500
109	Carl Sneyd	£3,500
116	Marvin van Velzen	£3,250
117	Jim Long	£3,000
117	Stefaan Henderyck	£3,000
117	Tavis Dudeney	£3,000
120	Tommy Lishman	£2,500
120	Cor Dekker	£2,500
120	Wesley Plaisier	£2,500
120	Jimmy van Schie	£2,500
124	Nathan Girvan	£2,250
124	Tom Bissell	£2,250
124	Oskar Lukasiak	£2,250
127	Adam Paxton	£2,000
128	Andreas Harrysson	£1,750
129	Greg Ritchie	£1,500
129	Graham Usher	£1,500
129	Tom Sykes	£1,500
129	Dominik Gruellich	£1,500
129	Jeffrey Sparidaans	£1,500
129	Tytus Kanik	£1,500
129	Maximilian Czerwinski	£1,500
136	Paul Rowley	£1,000
136	Graham Hall	£1,000
136	Alexander Merkx	£1,000
136	Simon Stevenson	£1,000
136	Danny van Trijp	£1,000
136	Shaun Fox	£1,000
136	Tommy Morris	£1,000
136	Mervyn King	£1,000
136	Jarno Bottenberg	£1,000
136	Max Hopp	£1,000
136	Michael Flynn	£1,000
136	Leon Weber	£1,000
136	Kai Gotthardt	£1,000
149	Pero Ljubic	£750
149	Henry Coates	£750
149	Ryan Branley	£750