Raymond van Barneveld is dichtbij een terugkeer in de top-32 van de wereldranglijst na het bereiken van de halve finales op de
Grand Slam of Darts.
Van Barneveld begon het toernooi in Wolverhampton als nummer 50 van de wereld. Na zeges op onder meer Dave Chisnall, Gerwyn Price (tweemaal) en Simon Whitlock vindt 'Barney' zichzelf nu terug op plek 34.
In de halve eindstrijd ging Van Barneveld onderuit tegen Michael Smith, die op de Grand Slam of Darts zijn eerste major won. 'Bullyboy' blijft echter nog wel de nummer vier van de wereld, maar verkleinde vanzelfsprekend wel de achterstand op Gerwyn Price, Peter Wright en Michael van Gerwen. Verliezend finalist
Nathan Aspinall is opgeklommen van de twaalfde naar de achtste plek.
Luke Humphries,
Alan Soutar en
Josh Rock wisten met hun spraakmakende resultaten ook flinke progressie te boeken op de PDC
Order of Merit. Humphries, die Michael van Gerwen uitschakelde in de kwartfinales, is drie plekken gestegen en is nu de nummer acht van de wereld.
Kwartfinalist Soutar steeg van de 43ste plek naar de 37ste positie. Grand Slam-debutant Rock, die in de tweede ronde na een thriller verloor van Van Gerwen, mocht zeven plekjes opklimmen en staat nu 48ste.
Grote verliezer op de wereldranglijst is José de Sousa. De Portugees won het toernooi in 2020, maar ontbrak dit jaar op de Grand Slam of Darts. De Sousa kon zijn flinke som aan prijzengeld dus niet verdedigen en maakte een vrije val. 'The Special One' verloor liefst tien plekken en is teruggevallen naar de zestiende positie.
PDC Order of Merit (per 21 november)
Rank - Naam - Prijzengeld
1 Gerwyn Price £1,199,250
2 Peter Wright £1,169,500
3 Michael van Gerwen £900,750
4 Michael Smith £771,000
5 Luke Humphries £483,500
6 James Wade £447,500
7 Rob Cross £447,000
8 Nathan Aspinall £444,000
9 Danny Noppert £439,750
10 Jonny Clayton £437,750
11 Gary Anderson £410,750
12 Joe Cullen £367,750
13 Dave Chisnall £366,500
14 Dirk van Duijvenbode £365,250
15 Dimitri Van den Bergh £339,250
16 Jose de Sousa £335,000
17 Ryan Searle £332,500
18 Damon Heta £306,250
19 Ross Smith £299,750
20 Krzysztof Ratajski £299,250
21 Stephen Bunting £282,750
22 Chris Dobey £246,500
23 Mervyn King £231,750
24 Callan Rydz £228,500
25 Daryl Gurney £227,750
26 Gabriel Clemens £223,750
27 Brendan Dolan £219,750
28 Vincent van der Voort £178,250
29 Mensur Suljovic £155,000
30 Martin Schindler £154,250
31 Kim Huybrechts £151,250
32 Madars Razma £141,000
33 Adrian Lewis £139,750
34 Raymond van Barneveld £138,250
35 Simon Whitlock £136,000
36 Ian White £131,250
37 Alan Soutar £124,000
37 William O'Connor £124,000
39 Jermaine Wattimena £113,750
40 Devon Petersen £106,750
41 Martin Lukeman £105,000
41 Ricky Evans £105,000
43 Ryan Joyce £104,250
44 Martijn Kleermaker £101,500
45 Luke Woodhouse £95,000
46 Andrew Gilding £93,500
47 Keane Barry £93,000
48 Josh Rock £91,500
49 Ryan Meikle £89,500
50 Darius Labanauskas £84,750
51 Ritchie Edhouse £84,250
52 Steve Lennon £82,500
52 Jamie Hughes £82,500
54 Steve Beaton £80,000
55 Glen Durrant £79,000
56 Boris Krcmar £75,500
57 Rowby Rodriguez £72,750
58 Ron Meulenkamp £71,750
58 Jason Lowe £71,750
60 Florian Hempel £71,000
61 Mike De Decker £70,500
62 Adam Hunt £70,000
63 Jeff Smith £64,250
63 Maik Kuivenhoven £64,250
65 Keegan Brown £63,750
66 Andy Boulton £60,750
67 Jeffrey De Zwaan £58,000
68 Joe Murnan £57,000
69 John Henderson £56,000
70 William Borland £52,000
70 Lewy Williams £52,000
72 Scott Mitchell £50,000
73 Adam Gawlas £49,250
74 Scott Williams £48,000
75 Max Hopp £46,250
76 Jason Heaver £41,000
76 Niels Zonneveld £41,000
78 Jim Williams £40,750
79 Steve West £38,750
80 Geert Nentjes £38,500
81 Karel Sedlacek £36,500
82 Gordon Mathers £31,750
82 Boris Koltsov £31,750
84 Danny Jansen £30,750
85 Matt Campbell £30,250
86 Nathan Rafferty £28,250
87 Cameron Menzies £27,750
88 Mickey Mansell £26,750
88 Scott Waites £26,750
90 Berry van Peer £26,500
90 John O'Shea £26,500
92 Peter Hudson £24,750
93 Danny Baggish £22,500
94 Eddie Lovely £22,250
95 Ted Evetts £22,000
95 Kevin Doets £22,000
97 John Michael £21,000
98 Mario Vandenbogaerde £20,250
99 Gian van Veen £19,500
99 Connor Scutt £19,500
101 Jon Worsley £19,000
101 Geert De Vos £19,000
103 Ricardo Pietreczko £18,000
103 Krzysztof Kciuk £18,000
105 Brian Raman £17,500
106 Rusty Rodriguez £17,250
107 Wesley Plaisier £16,750
108 Radek Szaganski £16,500
108 Brett Claydon £16,500
108 Jack Main £16,500
108 Sebastian Bialecki £16,500
112 Jose Justicia £15,500
113 George Killington £15,250
114 James Wilson £15,000
115 Shaun Wilkinson £14,750
116 Richie Burnett £14,500
117 Luc Peters £13,000
118 Lee Evans £12,750
119 Damian Mol £12,250
120 David Evans £11,750
120 Lukas Wenig £11,750
122 Tony Martinez £11,250
122 Bradley Brooks £11,250
124 Jimmy Hendriks £11,000
124 Jamie Clark £11,000
126 Zoran Lerchbacher £10,750
127 Danny van Trijp £10,500
128 Kevin Burness £10,250
128 John Brown £10,250
130 Ross Montgomery £9,750
131 Jake Jones £9,250
131 Stephen Burton £9,250
133 Jules van Dongen £8,750
134 Jelle Klaasen £8,000
134 Robert Owen £8,000
136 Nick Fullwell £7,250
137 Daniel Larsson £7,000
138 Darren Webster £6,500
139 Kenny Neyens £6,250
140 Pete Burgoyne £6,000
140 Dragutin Horvat £6,000
142 Thibault Tricole £5,250
143 Dennis Nilsson £5,000
144 Matthew Edgar £4,250
144 Gary Blades £4,250
144 Michael Unterbuchner £4,250
147 Jim McEwan £4,000
147 Johan Engstrom £4,000
147 Niko Springer £4,000
150 Scott Marsh £3,250
150 Darren Penhall £3,250
152 Stefan Bellmont £3,000
152 Nico Kurz £3,000
154 David Pallett £2,750
154 Graham Hall £2,750
156 Steve Haggerty £2,250
156 Stu Wilson £2,250
158 Nathan Girvan £2,000
158 Craig Galliano £2,000
158 Marko Kantele £2,000
158 Vitezslav Sedlak £2,000
158 Patrik Gosnak £2,000
158 Vladimir Andersen £2,000
158 Fabian Schmutzler £2,000
165 Dan Read £1,500
165 Jim Moston £1,500
165 Colin Osborne £1,500
168 Owen Roelofs £1,250
169 Sean Negrette £1,000
169 Dylan Duo Jnr £1,000
169 Manuel Vilerio £1,000
169 Dyson Parody £1,000
169 Remo Mandiau £1,000
169 Andy Baetens £1,000
169 Wouter Vanrolleghem £1,000
169 Francois Schweyen £1,000
169 Roberto Vandaele £1,000
169 Franz Roetzsch £1,000
169 Levente Sarai £1,000
169 Pal Szekely £1,000
169 Andras Borbely £1,000
169 Arjan Konterman £1,000
169 Rene Eidams £1,000
169 Filip Sebesta £1,000
169 Ondrej Plsek £1,000
169 Miloslav Navratil £1,000
169 Martijn Dragt £1,000
169 Dennie Olde Kalter £1,000
169 Michael Rasztovits £1,000
169 Dietmar Burger £1,000
169 Rainer Sturm £1,000
169 Thomas Junghans £1,000
169 Danny Lauby £1,000
169 Ryan Harrington £1,000
169 Wayne Jones £1,000
169 David Schlichting £1,000
169 Janos Vegso £1,000
198 Thomas Lovely £750
198 Jurjen van der Velde £750
198 Christian Kist £750
198 Jeremy van der Winkel £750
198 Gavin Carlin £750
198 Leighton Bennett £750
198 Steven Noster £750
198 Jacques Labre £750
198 Carlo van Peer £750