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PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit Update: Josh Rock new leader as Luke Littler nearly caught by rising Dutch rival
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Josh Rock is the new leader on the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit. He leads the ranking with £175,000 on which the results of Euro Tour tournaments and Players Championship events over the past 12 months count.

The ranking was led for a long time by Dave Chisnall, but 'Chizzy' recently lost this position to Stephen Bunting. Meanwhile, Chisnall is still second with £169,500, but Bunting has fallen back to fourth place with £158,000.

Martin Schindler is the new number three in the rankings. 'The Wall' shined last weekend in Austria by winning the Austrian Darts Open. With this he earned £30,000, and now stands at £166,000 in the rankings.

Michael van Gerwen dropped to fifth place. At 146,000 pounds, the Dutchman does have a nice margin over his closest pursuers Damon Heta (137,500 pounds) and Ross Smith (137,000 pounds).

Reigning world champion Luke Littler is only number eight with 133,500 pounds. However, 'The Nuke' is hot on the heels of Gian van Veen, who is in a neat ninth place with 132,500 pounds. Luke Humphries closes out the top-10 with 128,500 pounds. Gerwyn Price, winner of two Players Championship tournaments earlier this season, is only fifteenth on the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit with 112,000 pounds. That puts him further ahead of Ryan Searle, Cameron Menzies, Chris Dobey and Jonny Clayton.

Through the Pro Tour, players can qualify for the televised tournaments. At tournaments such as the World Matchplay and the World Grand Prix, in addition to the top-16 of the world rankings, the sixteen best players of the Pro Tour ranking are also invited. The same applies to Euro Tour tournaments, while the top-32 at Players Championship tournaments have protected status in the draw.

PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit

Position Name Prize money
1 Josh Rock £175,000
2 Dave Chisnall £169,500
3 Martin Schindler £166,000
4 Stephen Bunting £158,000
5 Michael van Gerwen £146,000
6 Damon Heta £137,500
7 Ross Smith £137,000
8 Luke Littler £133,500
9 Gian van Veen £132,500
10 Luke Humphries £128,500
11 Ryan Searle £127,500
12 Cameron Menzies £126,750
13 Chris Dobey £126,500
14 Jonny Clayton £119,000
15 Gerwyn Price £112,000
16 Mike De Decker £110,250
17 Wessel Nijman £108,500
18 Danny Noppert £97,500
19 Peter Wright £92,500
20 Rob Cross £89,500
21 Daryl Gurney £88,500
21 James Wade £88,500
23 Dirk van Duijvenbode £82,500
24 Michael Smith £81,000
25 Nathan Aspinall £80,500
26 Gary Anderson £79,500
27 Ryan Joyce £79,250
28 Jermaine Wattimena £77,000
28 Ritchie Edhouse £77,000
30 Raymond van Barneveld £76,500
31 Andrew Gilding £75,500
32 Luke Woodhouse £73,500
33 Joe Cullen £71,250
34 Ricardo Pietreczko £65,000
35 Niels Zonneveld £63,250
36 Kevin Doets £61,750
37 Madars Razma £61,500
38 Krzysztof Ratajski £58,750
39 Alan Soutar £53,000
40 Martin Lukeman £52,750
41 William O'Connor £51,750
42 Callan Rydz £51,250
43 Scott Williams £47,500
43 Brendan Dolan £47,500
45 Dom Taylor £47,000
46 Gabriel Clemens £45,000
47 Jeffrey De Graaf £42,000
48 Ian White £41,750
49 Kim Huybrechts £41,000
50 Mensur Suljovic £40,250
51 Nick Kenny £39,500
52 Connor Scutt £39,250
53 Stephen Burton £38,500
54 Thibault Tricole £37,000
54 Dimitri Van den Bergh £37,000
56 Mickey Mansell £36,750
57 Matt Campbell £36,250
58 Richard Veenstra £35,000
59 Mario Vandenbogaerde £34,250
60 Florian Hempel £31,750
61 Ricky Evans £31,500
62 Ryan Meikle £30,750
63 Rob Owen £29,500
64 Matthew Dennant £29,250
65 Chris Landman £27,000
66 James Hurrell £26,250
67 Nathan Rafferty £26,000
67 Keane Barry £26,000
69 Patrick Geeraets £25,750
69 Jim Williams £25,750
71 Dylan Slevin £25,000
72 Jitse Van der Wal £24,500
73 Darren Beveridge £24,250
74 Karel Sedlacek £23,500
74 Andy Baetens £23,500
76 Lukas Wenig £21,500
76 Martijn Dragt £21,500
78 Jelle Klaasen £21,250
79 Adam Hunt £20,750
80 Owen Bates £20,500
81 Berry van Peer £20,250
82 Steve Lennon £20,000
83 Adam Lipscombe £19,500
83 Radek Szaganski £19,500
85 Jose De Sousa £19,250
86 Haupai Puha £19,000
87 Niko Springer £18,750
88 Robert Grundy £17,250
89 Sebastian Bialecki £17,000
90 Dominik Gruellich £15,250
91 Cam Crabtree £14,250
92 George Killington £14,000
93 Benjamin Reus £13,500
94 Justin Hood £12,500
94 Rhys Griffin £12,500
96 Max Hopp £12,000
97 Darius Labanauskas £11,250
98 William Borland £10,500
99 Andy Boulton £10,250
100 Maik Kuivenhoven £10,000
100 Thomas Lovely £10,000
100 Danny Lauby £10,000
103 Brett Claydon £9,250
104 Darryl Pilgrim £8,750
105 Christian Kist £8,500
105 Stefan Bellmont £8,500
107 Wesley Plaisier £8,000
107 Bradley Brooks £8,000
109 Tavis Dudeney £7,500
110 Jim Long £7,250
111 Kevin Burness £7,000
111 Michele Turetta £7,000
111 Marvin van Velzen £7,000
114 Boris Krcmar £6,500
115 Joshua Richardson £6,000
116 Tom Bissell £5,750
117 Oskar Lukasiak £5,500
117 Carl Sneyd £5,500
117 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £5,500
120 Jimmy van Schie £5,000
120 Ted Evetts £5,000
120 Adam Warner £5,000
120 Tim Wolters £5,000
124 Leon Weber £4,500
124 Stefaan Henderyck £4,500
124 Cor Dekker £4,500
124 Greg Ritchie £4,500
128 Jarno Bottenberg £4,000
128 Kai Gotthardt £4,000
130 Tommy Lishman £3,500
130 Maximilian Czerwinski £3,500
130 Tytus Kanik £3,500
133 Adam Paxton £3,250
134 Tom Sykes £3,000
134 Beau Greaves £3,000
134 Jules van Dongen £3,000
137 Andreas Harrysson £2,500
137 Michael Unterbuchner £2,500
137 Daniel Klose £2,500
137 Danny van Trijp £2,500
137 Mervyn King £2,500
142 Aden Kirk £2,000
143 Jeffrey Sparidaans £1,500
144 Zoran Lerchbacher £1,250
144 Rowby-John Rodriguez £1,250
144 Teemu Harju £1,250
144 Gyorgy Jehirszki £1,250
144 Christian Goedl £1,250
144 Rene Eidams £1,250
144 Finn Behrens £1,250
144 Michael Rosenauer £1,250
144 Andras Borbely £1,250
144 Johan Engstrom £1,250
144 Kevin Knopf £1,250
144 Petr Krivka £1,250
144 Paul Goyer £1,250
144 Patrick Klingelhoefer £1,250
144 Paul Krohne £1,250
144 Marko Kantele £1,250
144 Laurin Welk £1,250
144 Sybren Gijbels £1,250
144 Francois Schweyen £1,250
144 Patrick De Backer £1,250
144 Cedric Waegemans £1,250
165 Alexander Merkx £1,000
165 Graham Usher £1,000
165 Scott Campbell £1,000
165 Graham Hall £1,000
165 Viktor Tingstrom £1,000
165 Michael Flynn £1,000

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

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