{
  "id": 7376922,
  "title": "Updated PDC Darts Order of Merit world rankings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/updated-pdc-darts-order-of-merit-world-rankings",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-14T18:53:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/updated-pdc-darts-order-merit-205103077.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The PDC Darts Order of Merit rankings have been updated as of September 14th, 2026, following the Flanders Darts Trophy. This two-year rolling system means players are continually defending prize money from events they participated in over the past two years. The rankings are based on prize money earned and are maintained by dartsrankings.com.\n\nLuke Littler leads the rankings with £3,156.50 in prize money. He is followed by Luke Humphries with £1,022. Gian van Veen is third with £1,016.25. Gerwyn Price holds fourth place with £737.50, while Jonny Clayton rounds out the top five with £690.50.\n\nThere have been slight fluctuations in the rankings. James Wade has gained one position to be sixth with £679.75, while Michael van Gerwen has dropped one place to seventh with £651. Josh Rock has also gained one position to ninth with £627.\n\nDanny Noppert has moved up into the top ten, earning £613.75. Gary Anderson dropped two places to eleventh with £611.75. Wessel Nijman is now twelfth with £585.25. Ryan Searle has dropped one position to thirteenth with £584.75.\n\nRoss Smith holds fourteenth place with £574.75. Chris Dobey rounds out the top fifteen with £558.75. Nathan Aspinall is now seventeenth with £553. Jermaine Wattimena is eighteenth with £529.75, and Luke Woodhouse is nineteenth with £501.50.\n\nMartin Schindler is twentieth with £445.25, and Krzysztof Ratajski rounds out the top twenty with £438. Rob Cross gains one position to twenty-second with £435. Damon Heta drops into twenty-third place with £428.25.\n\nDirk van Duijvenbode is now twenty-fourth with £424.75. Mike De Decker drops to twenty-fifth with £411. Ryan Joyce rounds out the top twenty-five with £404.50. Cameron Menzies is now twenty-sixth with £371. Andrew Gilding is twenty-seventh with £364.75, and Kevin Doets is twenty-eighth with £362.50.\n\nDaryl Gurney is now twenty-ninth with £340.50, and Dave Chisnall is thirtieth with £325. Joe Cullen is thirty-first with £302.50, and Ritchie Edhouse is thirty-second with £296.",
  "summary": "The world rankings are very important in the PDC.",
  "key_points": [
    "Luke Littler leads PDC Darts Order of Merit with £3,156.50",
    "Gerwyn Price holds fourth place with £737.50",
    "Danny Noppert gains position, now 10th with £613.75"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}