PDC Order of Merit following the 2021 UK Open: Wade reclaims top four spot
James Wade has climbed to fourth in the PDC Order of Merit after picking up his third UK Open title on Sunday.
Having initially won the UK Open in 2008 and 2011, Wade ended a ten-year wait for his hat-trick by denying Luke Humphries his first major title with a dominant display in the final.
Wade’s success sees him join Phil Taylor in winning televised PDC titles across three decades and means he becomes only the third player in PDC history to enter double figures of televised trophies.
He also regains a spot in the world’s top four as a result, leapfrogging former World Champion Rob Cross in the Order of Merit.
Prize money from the 2019 UK Open was deducted following last week’s PDC Super Series, though there have been a number of significant movers following the season’s first ranked major.
Former World Youth Champion Humphries enjoyed a magnificent run to his first senior televised final and has subsequently climbed eight places to 33rd in the PDC Order of Merit.
Devon Petersen, who reached the Quarter-Finals of the UK Open for the first time since 2015, moves up two places to 30th as he continues his impressive progress.
Chris Dobey is up two places to 22nd after a resurgent run to the Last 16 – where he was eventually beaten by world number one Gerwyn Price.
Steve Beaton and William O’Connor have dropped two places to 35th and 37th respectively, while Daryl Gurney leapfrogs 2019 UK Open champion Nathan Aspinall into tenth position.
Peter Jacques, who regained his Tour Card at Qualifying School in January, embarked on a terrific run to the Last 16 and has climbed nine places to 80th.
Martijn Kleermaker is up five places to 64th after also reaching the Last 16 in Milton Keynes, having missed the recent World Championship due to a positive Covid test.
Alan Soutar’s storming start to life as a Tour Card holder continued with a run to the Last 16 on his UK Open debut, and the Scot is up a further eight places to 85th in the rankings.
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PDC Order of Merit following the 2021 UK Open
| Position | Name | Total Prize Money |
| 1 | Gerwyn Price | £1,293,500 |
| 2 | Michael van Gerwen | £1,044,500 |
| 3 | Peter Wright | £1,018,250 |
| 4 | James Wade | £524,250 |
| 5 | Rob Cross | £474,750 |
| 6 | Dave Chisnall | £433,250 |
| 7 | Gary Anderson | £424,750 |
| 8 | Michael Smith | £401,000 |
| 9 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | £375,250 |
| 10 | Daryl Gurney | £359,750 |
| 11 | Nathan Aspinall | £358,500 |
| 12 | Ian White | £353,000 |
| 13 | Glen Durrant | £344,500 |
| 14 | Krzysztof Ratajski | £329,250 |
| 15 | Jose de Sousa | £322,750 |
| 16 | Joe Cullen | £302,500 |
| 17 | Jonny Clayton | £281,000 |
| 18 | Stephen Bunting | £278,000 |
| 19 | Simon Whitlock | £267,000 |
| 20 | Mensur Suljovic | £257,000 |
| 21 | Mervyn King | £253,250 |
| 22 | Chris Dobey | £210,500 |
| 23 | Danny Noppert | £209,250 |
| 24 | Jeffrey de Zwaan | £207,000 |
| 25 | Adrian Lewis | £205,000 |
| 26 | Vincent van der Voort | £190,500 |
| 27 | Jermaine Wattimena | £189,750 |
| 28 | Gabriel Clemens | £187,750 |
| 29 | Jamie Hughes | £184,250 |
| 30 | Devon Petersen | £183,750 |
| 31 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | £177,750 |
| 32 | Ricky Evans | £176,500 |
| 33 | Luke Humphries | £155,500 |
| 34 | Brendan Dolan | £147,750 |
| 35 | Steve Beaton | £143,000 |
| 36 | Keegan Brown | £138,750 |
| 37 | William O’Connor | £138,000 |
| 38 | Ryan Searle | £133,500 |
| 39 | Kim Huybrechts | £130,250 |
| 40 | Max Hopp | £122,750 |
| 41 | Darius Labanauskas | £121,250 |
| 42 | John Henderson | £114,500 |
| 43 | Ross Smith | £107,500 |
| 44 | Ryan Joyce | £100,750 |
| 45 | Darren Webster | £94,500 |
| 46 | Steve West | £92,000 |
| 47 | Luke Woodhouse | £82,500 |
| 48 | Damon Heta | £81,750 |
| 49 | Justin Pipe | £81,250 |
| 50 | Ron Meulenkamp | £80,500 |
| 51 | Steve Lennon | £77,000 |
| 52 | Andy Boulton | £71,250 |
| 53 | Madars Razma | £70,250 |
| 54 | Mickey Mansell | £60,500 |
| 55 | Jelle Klaasen | £60,500 |
| 56 | Callan Rydz | £54,500 |
| 57 | Adam Hunt | £54,500 |
| 58 | Matthew Edgar | £51,000 |
| 59 | Jason Lowe | £50,000 |
| 60 | Josh Payne | £49,000 |
| 61 | Ted Evetts | £49,000 |
| 62 | James Wilson | £44,250 |
| 63 | Mark McGeeney | £44,000 |
| 64 | Martijn Kleermaker | £40,750 |
| 65 | Maik Kuivenhoven | £40,500 |
| 66 | Cristo Reyes | £40,000 |
| 67 | Scott Waites | £38,500 |
| 68 | Jeff Smith | £36,000 |
| 69 | Ryan Murray | £33,250 |
| 70 | Karel Sedlacek | £30,500 |
| 71 | Wayne Jones | £30,500 |
| 72 | Derk Telnekes | £27,000 |
| 73 | Andy Hamilton | £26,500 |
| 74 | Nick Kenny | £25,500 |
| 75 | Mike De Decker | £23,500 |
| 76 | Ryan Meikle | £20,500 |
| 77 | Boris Krcmar | £20,500 |
| 78 | Lisa Ashton | £19,500 |
| 79 | Bradley Brooks | £16,000 |
| 80 | Peter Jacques | £15,000 |
| 81 | Ciaran Teehan | £15,000 |
| 82 | William Borland | £14,500 |
| 83 | Kai Fan Leung | £14,000 |
| 84 | Alan Tabern | £12,500 |
| 85 | Alan Soutar | £12,250 |
| 86 | Daniel Larsson | £12,000 |
| 87 | Jesus Noguera | £11,750 |
| 88 | Raymond van Barneveld | £11,000 |
| 89 | Krzysztof Kciuk | £9,750 |
| 90 | Martin Atkins | £8,500 |
| 91 | Steve Brown | £8,000 |
| 92 | John Brown | £6,500 |
| 93 | Gary Blades | £6,000 |
| 94 | Steffen Siepmann | £5,500 |
| 95 | Rowby-John Rodriguez | £4,000 |
| 96 | Eddie Lovely | £4,000 |
| 97 | Keane Barry | £4,000 |
| 98 | Harald Leitinger | £4,000 |
| 99 | Darren Penhall | £4,000 |
| 100 | Wesley Harms | £4,000 |
| 101 | Chas Barstow | £3,500 |
| 102 | Martin Schindler | £3,000 |
| 103 | Scott Mitchell | £3,000 |
| 104 | Aaron Beeney | £3,000 |
| 105 | Jon Worsley | £3,000 |
| 106 | Peter Hudson | £2,500 |
| 107 | Gordon Mathers | £2,500 |
| 108 | John Michael | £2,250 |
| 109 | David Evans | £2,000 |
| 110 | Sebastian Bialecki | £2,000 |
| 111 | Jack Main | £2,000 |
| 112 | Jake Jones | £2,000 |
| 113 | Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | £2,000 |
| 114 | Martin Thomas | £2,000 |
| 115 | Kirk Shepherd | £2,000 |
| 116 | Luc Peters | £1,500 |
| 117 | Lewis Williams | £1,500 |
| 118 | Andrew Gilding | £1,000 |
| 119 | Gino Vos | £1,000 |
| 120 | Jim Williams | £1,000 |
| 121 | Kevin Doets | £1,000 |
| 122 | Rhys Griffin | £1,000 |
| 123 | Scott Taylor | £1,000 |
| 124 | Michael Rasztovits | £1,000 |
| 125 | Berry van Peer | £1,000 |
| 126 | Ritchie Edhouse | £1,000 |
| 127 | Geert Nentjes | £1,000 |
| 128 | Michael Unterbuchner | £1,000 |
| 129 | Geert De Vos | £500 |
| 130 | Martin Lukeman | £500 |
| 131 | Danny Baggish | £500 |
| 132 | Joe Murnan | £500 |
| 133 | Lorenzo Pronk | £500 |
| 134 | Zoran Lerchbacher | £500 |
| 135 | Adam Gawlas | £500 |
| 136 | Boris Koltsov | £500 |
| 137 | Brett Claydon | £500 |
