Raymond van Barneveld stijgt plek op wereldranglijst; Wessel Nijman nadert debuut in mondiale top-64

Raymond van Barneveld is na zijn sterke optredens op de Pro Tour deze week een plek gestegen op de wereldranglijst. Hij passeerde Krzysztof Ratajski en is nu de nummer 27 op de PDC Order of Merit.

De 57-jarige Hagenaar kende met name op donderdag een uitstekende dag, toen Van Barneveld na zeges op Luke Littler en Danny Noppert de halve finales van Players Championship 26 wist te halen. 'Barney' verloor in de halve eindstrijd uiteindelijk met 7-6 van Stephen Bunting.

Raymond van Barneveld keert terug in top-10 van Players Championship Order of Merit na halvefinaleplaats in Wigan

Bunting haalde deze week zelfs drie keer de finale van een Players Championship-toernooi, maar won er geen één. Wel nam hij de dertiende plek over van Dimitri van den Bergh op de wereldranglijst. Verder wisselde Damon Heta van plek met Jonny Clayton, waardoor de Australiër de achtste plek bezet. Dave Chisnall is ten koste van Nathan Aspinall teruggekeerd in de top-5 van de PDC-ranking.

Wessel Nijman was dinsdag winnaar van het 24ste Players Championship-toernooi van het jaar. De Nederlander verdiende daarmee 15.000 pond en is weer een stap dichter bij een intrede in de top-64. Nijman steeg vier plekken en staat na negen maanden al op de 67ste plek.

PDC European Tour Order of Merit: Van Barneveld zeker van EK-deelname na succesvol weekend in Basel

PDC Order of Merit

Positie	Naam	Prijzengeld
1	Luke Humphries	£1,681,750
2	Michael Smith	£1,069,250
3	Michael van Gerwen	£1,022,000
4	Rob Cross	£606,000
5	Dave Chisnall	£563,250
6	Nathan Aspinall	£559,750
7	Gerwyn Price	£537,500
8	Damon Heta	£516,750
9	Jonny Clayton	£516,500
10	Ross Smith	£496,250
11	Peter Wright	£481,000
12	Chris Dobey	£478,750
13	Stephen Bunting	£475,000
14	Dimitri Van den Bergh	£464,750
15	Danny Noppert	£425,250
16	Josh Rock	£415,500
17	Joe Cullen	£400,250
18	Ryan Searle	£398,500
19	James Wade	£396,750
20	Luke Littler	£379,500
21	Andrew Gilding	£377,000
22	Dirk van Duijvenbode	£369,750
23	Martin Schindler	£366,750
24	Gary Anderson	£363,500
25	Gabriel Clemens	£311,500
26	Daryl Gurney	£306,750
27	Raymond van Barneveld	£293,250
28	Krzysztof Ratajski	£289,500
29	Brendan Dolan	£273,250
30	Gian van Veen	£232,000
31	Scott Williams	£212,000
32	Ricardo Pietreczko	£211,000
33	Jose De Sousa	£201,000
34	Luke Woodhouse	£196,250
35	Ryan Joyce	£192,250
36	Mike De Decker	£191,750
37	Callan Rydz	£165,000
38	Madars Razma	£161,250
39	Kim Huybrechts	£160,000
40	Martin Lukeman	£157,750
41	Ritchie Edhouse	£144,000
42	Alan Soutar	£142,000
43	Jermaine Wattimena	£141,500
44	Cameron Menzies	£139,750
45	Ricky Evans	£132,500
46	Jim Williams	£128,750
47	William O'Connor	£113,750
48	Kevin Doets	£110,500
49	Steve Beaton	£110,250
50	Matt Campbell	£109,750
51	Richard Veenstra	£107,250
51	Keane Barry	£107,250
53	Simon Whitlock	£101,000
54	Mickey Mansell	£95,250
55	Florian Hempel	£94,750
56	Mensur Suljovic	£93,500
57	Niels Zonneveld	£91,250
58	Boris Krcmar	£85,750
59	Ryan Meikle	£83,250
60	Ian White	£83,000
61	Jamie Hughes	£82,500
61	Mervyn King	£82,500
63	Vincent van der Voort	£78,250
64	Adam Gawlas	£75,250
65	Rowby-John Rodriguez	£70,750
66	Lee Evans	£66,750
67	Wessel Nijman	£65,000
68	Dylan Slevin	£63,500
69	Stephen Burton	£61,500
70	Karel Sedlacek	£58,250
71	Maik Kuivenhoven	£54,250
72	Jeffrey De Zwaan	£51,000
73	Daniel Klose	£45,250
74	Adrian Lewis	£43,750
75	Robert Owen	£42,000
76	Nick Kenny	£41,750
76	Keegan Brown	£41,750
78	Jeffrey Sparidaans	£39,500
79	Dom Taylor	£37,500
80	Graham Hall	£37,000
81	Arron Monk	£34,250
82	Connor Scutt	£32,500
83	Wesley Plaisier	£31,500
84	Thibault Tricole	£31,250
84	Graham Usher	£31,250
84	Jurjen van der Velde	£31,250
87	Jeffrey De Graaf	£27,000
88	Pascal Rupprecht	£26,500
89	James Hurrell	£24,750
90	Andy Baetens	£23,000
91	Chris Landman	£22,750
92	Berry van Peer	£22,500
93	Mario Vandenbogaerde	£22,000
94	Josh Payne	£21,500
95	Owen Roelofs	£21,000
96	Lukas Wenig	£20,500
96	Danny van Trijp	£20,500
98	Nathan Rafferty	£20,250
99	Geert Nentjes	£19,000
100	Callum Goffin	£18,750
100	Adam Smith-Neale	£18,750
102	Adam Warner	£18,500
103	Radek Szaganski	£18,250
104	Christian Kist	£17,750
104	Ronny Huybrechts	£17,750
106	Matthew Dennant	£17,500
106	Steve Lennon	£17,500
108	Robbie Knops	£16,250
109	Andy Boulton	£16,000
109	Patrick Geeraets	£16,000
111	Jitse Van der Wal	£15,750
112	Benjamin Reus	£15,500
112	Christian Perez	£15,500
114	Darren Beveridge	£15,250
115	Robert Grundy	£14,500
115	Danny Lauby	£14,500
117	Rhys Griffin	£13,000
117	Owen Bates	£13,000
119	Martijn Dragt	£12,500
119	Danny Jansen	£12,500
119	Haupai Puha	£12,500
122	Stefan Bellmont	£11,500
122	Brett Claydon	£11,500
122	Leighton Bennett	£11,500
125	Adam Hunt	£11,000
126	Franz Roetzsch	£10,500
127	William Borland	£10,000
127	George Killington	£10,000
127	Cam Crabtree	£10,000
130	Jelle Klaasen	£9,250
131	Kai Gotthardt	£8,250
132	Darryl Pilgrim	£8,000
133	John Henderson	£7,500
133	Joshua Richardson	£7,500
135	Jacques Labre	£7,250
136	Tim Wolters	£6,500
136	Paul Krohne	£6,500
138	Justin Hood	£6,000
138	Michele Turetta	£6,000
140	Lee Cocks	£5,500
140	Jamie Atkins	£5,500
140	Richie Burnett	£5,500
143	Sebastian Bialecki	£5,000
144	Romeo Grbavac	£4,750
145	Oskar Lukasiak	£4,500
146	Jules van Dongen	£4,000
147	Cor Dekker	£3,750
147	Johan Engstrom	£3,750
147	Kevin Troppmann	£3,750
147	Michael Unterbuchner	£3,750
151	Ted Evetts	£3,500
151	Jimmy van Schie	£3,500
153	Roger Hertig	£2,500
153	Anton Ostlund	£2,500
153	Bruno Stoeckli	£2,500
153	Shane McGuirk	£2,500
153	Alberto Bezjian	£2,500
153	Marko Kantele	£2,500
153	Max Hopp	£2,500
153	Niko Springer	£2,500
153	Matthias Ehlers	£2,500
153	Jan Dueckers	£2,500
153	Moreno Blom	£2,500
153	Marvin van Velzen	£2,500
153	Moritz Hilger	£2,500
153	Darius Labanauskas	£2,500
153	Andreas Harrysson	£2,500
153	Leonard Gates	£2,500
153	Scott Mitchell	£2,500
170	Dragutin Horvat	£2,250
170	Rene Eidams	£2,250
172	Aden Kirk	£2,000
172	Thomas Lovely	£2,000
174	Joe Croft	£1,500
174	Jarred Cole	£1,500
174	Michael Taylor	£1,500
177	Marcel Walpen	£1,250
177	Alex Fehlmann	£1,250
177	Nandor Pres	£1,250
177	Janos Vegso	£1,250
177	Gyorgy Jehirszki	£1,250
177	Andras Csoka	£1,250
177	Luc Bogaert	£1,250
177	Jody Tobback	£1,250
177	Brian Raman	£1,250
177	Francois Schweyen	£1,250
177	Krzysztof Kciuk	£1,250
177	Nico Blum	£1,250
177	Benjamin Pratnemer	£1,250
177	Teemu Harju	£1,250
177	Damian Mol	£1,250
177	Jiri Brejcha	£1,250
177	Christopher Toonders	£1,250
177	Daniel Larsson	£1,250
177	Zoran Lerchbacher	£1,250
177	Christian Goedl	£1,250
177	Dominik Haberl	£1,250
177	Hannes Schnier	£1,250
177	Arno Merk	£1,250
177	Patrick Klingelhoefer	£1,250
177	Alexander Masek	£1,250
177	Viktor Tingstrom	£1,250
177	Oliver Mueller (FfO)	£1,250
177	Vitezslav Sedlak	£1,250
177	Jeroen Caron	£1,250
177	Born Van Put	£1,250
177	Steven Strobbe	£1,250
177	Geert De Vos	£1,250
209	Dominik Gruellich	£1,000
209	Alexander Merkx	£1,000
209	Stefaan Henderyck	£1,000
209	Reece Colley	£1,000
209	Ron Meulenkamp	£1,000
209	Harry Lane	£1,000
209	Tom Lonsdale	£1,000
209	John Haines	£1,000
209	Bradley Brooks	£1,000
209	Jack Male	£1,000
209	Jenson Walker	£1,000