Rob Cross has retained his place in the world’s top 16 after securing a second European Championship title in Salzburg.
Cross, who initially triumphed in 2019, defeated Michael van Gerwen 11-8 in Sunday’s final to mark a sensational return to the winner’s circle.
Defending £100,000 against his ranking going into the tournament, Cross was in danger of dropping to as low as 24th in the PDC Order of Merit, but remarkably landed the £120,000 top prize to climb one place in the ranking list to eleventh.
With minimal prize money to defend between now and the end of the season, Cross appears well-poised to resume his quest for a return to the world’s top eight.
The top six remain unchanged following the European Championship, while Jose De Sousa climbs above Jonny Clayton into seventh after the Welshman’s failure to qualify for the event.
Nathan Aspinall, who enjoyed a superb run to the Semi-Finals before losing out to MVG in an epic last-leg decider, climbs two places to ninth, with Dave Chisnall dropping two places to 12th after failing to qualify.
Danny Noppert was one of the main movers over the weekend as he continued his fine run of form, following up a Semi-Final appearance at the recent World Grand Prix by reaching the Quarter-Finals in Salzburg.
Noppert has subsequently climbed a further six places to 16th, a landmark moment for the Dutchman as he enters the elite bracket for the first time.
Daryl Gurney, meanwhile, has tumbled a further seven places in the Order of Merit to 23rd after his failure to qualify for the European Championship.
Damon Heta, Darius Labanauskas and Kim Huybrechts have each climbed five places to 32nd, 33rd and 34th respectively.
Jeffrey de Zwaan drops five places to 37th, with Ross Smith down three places to 38th and Ricky Evans down five places to 39th.
William Borland’s debut run to the Last 16 sees him climb 12 places and into the world’s top 64 for the first time.
Germany’s Florian Hempel rises 16 places to 91st after also reaching the Last 16, while Czech teenager Adam Gawlas is up 19 places to 95th after also reaching Round Two on his debut.
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| Position | Name | Prize Money |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerwyn Price | £1,296,750 |
| 2 | Peter Wright | £1,089,500 |
| 3 | Michael van Gerwen | £916,000 |
| 4 | James Wade | £456,000 |
| 5 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | £438,250 |
| 6 | Gary Anderson | £422,500 |
| 7 | Jose de Sousa | £381,500 |
| 8 | Jonny Clayton | £355,000 |
| 9 | Nathan Aspinall | £341,250 |
| 10 | Michael Smith | £323,500 |
| 11 | Rob Cross | £305,750 |
| 12 | Dave Chisnall | £303,500 |
| 13 | Krzysztof Ratajski | £294,750 |
| 14 | Joe Cullen | £286,750 |
| 15 | Stephen Bunting | £247,250 |
| 16 | Danny Noppert | £230,500 |
| 17 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | £223,000 |
| 18 | Ian White | £220,000 |
| 19 | Simon Whitlock | £219,750 |
| 20 | Mervyn King | £217,000 |
| 21 | Glen Durrant | £214,500 |
| 22 | Luke Humphries | £206,000 |
| 23 | Daryl Gurney | £205,250 |
| 24 | Gabriel Clemens | £200,500 |
| 25 | Devon Petersen | £187,500 |
| 26 | Brendan Dolan | £186,750 |
| 27 | Ryan Searle | £185,750 |
| 28 | Mensur Suljovic | £182,000 |
| 29 | Chris Dobey | £156,000 |
| 30 | Vincent van der Voort | £152,750 |
| 31 | Adrian Lewis | £138,250 |
| 32 | Damon Heta | £135,000 |
| 33 | Darius Labanauskas | £124,500 |
| 34 | Kim Huybrechts | £123,000 |
| 35 | Jermaine Wattimena | £120,750 |
| 36 | Jamie Hughes | £120,250 |
| 37 | Jeffrey De Zwaan | £118,750 |
| 38 | Ross Smith | £116,750 |
| 39 | Ricky Evans | £110,500 |
| 40 | William O’Connor | £108,750 |
| 41 | Callan Rydz | £104,750 |
| 42 | Ryan Joyce | £98,000 |
| 43 | Steve Beaton | £88,500 |
| 44 | Luke Woodhouse | £80,000 |
| 45 | Max Hopp | £76,500 |
| 46 | John Henderson | £75,250 |
| 47 | Steve Lennon | £74,500 |
| 48 | Steve West | £73,500 |
| 49 | Keegan Brown | £72,000 |
| 50 | Adam Hunt | £70,000 |
| 51 | Martijn Kleermaker | £66,500 |
| 52 | Madars Razma | £62,250 |
| 53 | Ron Meulenkamp | £62,000 |
| 54 | Jason Lowe | £61,000 |
| 55 | Andy Boulton | £60,000 |
| 56 | Darren Webster | £56,000 |
| 57 | Mickey Mansell | £51,250 |
| 58 | Maik Kuivenhoven | £49,000 |
| 59 | Jelle Klaasen | £47,250 |
| 60 | Justin Pipe | £46,500 |
| 61 | Jeff Smith | £45,000 |
| 62 | Matthew Edgar | £44,000 |
| 62 | Scott Waites | £44,000 |
| 64 | William Borland | £38,000 |
| 65 | Ryan Murray | £37,750 |
| 66 | Boris Krcmar | £37,500 |
| 67 | Ted Evetts | £36,750 |
| 68 | Karel Sedlacek | £36,500 |
| 68 | Josh Payne | £36,500 |
| 70 | Wayne Jones | £33,500 |
| 71 | Andy Hamilton | £32,000 |
| 72 | James Wilson | £29,500 |
| 72 | Mike De Decker | £29,500 |
| 74 | Ryan Meikle | £29,000 |
| 74 | Derk Telnekes | £29,000 |
| 76 | Nick Kenny | £28,500 |
| 77 | Alan Soutar | £25,250 |
| 78 | Mark McGeeney | £24,500 |
| 79 | Bradley Brooks | £23,500 |
| 80 | Raymond van Barneveld | £22,500 |
| 81 | Scott Mitchell | £22,000 |
| 81 | Lisa Ashton | £22,000 |
| 83 | Ritchie Edhouse | £21,750 |
| 84 | Martin Schindler | £21,000 |
| 85 | Ciaran Teehan | £20,000 |
| 85 | Cristo Reyes | £20,000 |
| 87 | Keane Barry | £19,750 |
| 88 | Lewis Williams | £19,250 |
| 88 | Alan Tabern | £19,250 |
| 90 | Kai Fan Leung | £19,000 |
| 91 | Florian Hempel | £18,500 |
| 91 | Joe Murnan | £18,500 |
| 91 | Peter Jacques | £18,500 |
| 94 | Krzysztof Kciuk | £18,250 |
| 95 | Adam Gawlas | £17,000 |
| 96 | Rowby-John Rodriguez | £16,500 |
| 97 | Jesus Noguera | £15,750 |
| 98 | Martin Atkins | £13,500 |
| 98 | Chas Barstow | £13,500 |
| 98 | Steve Brown | £13,500 |
| 101 | Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | £12,500 |
| 101 | Daniel Larsson | £12,500 |
| 103 | Gordon Mathers | £10,000 |
| 103 | Eddie Lovely | £10,000 |
| 103 | Jason Heaver | £10,000 |
| 103 | Aaron Beeney | £10,000 |
| 107 | Niels Zonneveld | £9,250 |
| 108 | Adam Smith-Neale | £9,000 |
| 108 | Kevin Doets | £9,000 |
| 110 | Geert De Vos | £8,500 |
| 110 | Gary Blades | £8,500 |
| 112 | Martin Lukeman | £8,000 |
| 112 | Robert Thornton | £8,000 |
| 112 | John Brown | £8,000 |
| 115 | Luc Peters | £7,500 |
| 116 | Geert Nentjes | £7,000 |
| 116 | Boris Koltsov | £7,000 |
| 118 | John Michael | £6,750 |
| 119 | Zoran Lerchbacher | £6,000 |
| 119 | Andrew Gilding | £6,000 |
| 121 | Jon Worsley | £5,500 |
| 121 | Jack Main | £5,500 |
| 121 | Steffen Siepmann | £5,500 |
| 124 | Harald Leitinger | £5,000 |
| 124 | David Evans | £5,000 |
| 124 | Berry van Peer | £5,000 |
| 127 | Martin Thomas | £4,500 |
| 127 | Peter Hudson | £4,500 |
| 127 | Kirk Shepherd | £4,500 |
| 130 | Danny Baggish | £4,000 |
| 130 | Michael Rasztovits | £4,000 |
| 130 | Gino Vos | £4,000 |
| 130 | Darren Penhall | £4,000 |
| 130 | Wesley Harms | £4,000 |
| 135 | Jake Jones | £3,500 |
| 135 | Jose Justicia | £3,500 |
| 137 | Jim McEwan | £3,000 |
| 137 | Christian Kist | £3,000 |
| 139 | Kevin McDine | £2,500 |
| 139 | Sean Fisher | £2,500 |
| 139 | Lukas Wenig | £2,500 |
| 139 | Sebastian Bialecki | £2,500 |
| 143 | Andreas Harrysson | £2,000 |
| 143 | Kenny Neyens | £2,000 |
| 143 | Richard Veenstra | £2,000 |
| 143 | Ryan De Vreede | £2,000 |
| 143 | Benito van de Pas | £2,000 |
| 143 | Vincent Van der Meer | £2,000 |
| 149 | Patrik Kovacs | £1,000 |
| 149 | Craig Galliano | £1,000 |
| 149 | Dyson Parody | £1,000 |
| 149 | Justin Hewitt | £1,000 |
| 149 | Justin Broton | £1,000 |
| 149 | Janos Vegso | £1,000 |
| 149 | Thomas Lovely | £1,000 |
| 149 | Jozsef Rucska | £1,000 |
| 149 | Peter Strbik | £1,000 |
| 149 | Johan Engstrom | £1,000 |
| 149 | Gabor Jagicza | £1,000 |
| 149 | Shane McGuirk | £1,000 |
| 149 | Lorenzo Pronk | £1,000 |
| 149 | Pero Ljubic | £1,000 |
| 149 | Robert Marijanovic | £1,000 |
| 149 | Mike Warburton | £1,000 |
| 149 | Gavin Carlin | £1,000 |
| 149 | Brett Claydon | £1,000 |
| 149 | Jim Williams | £1,000 |
| 149 | Scott Taylor | £1,000 |
| 149 | Rhys Griffin | £1,000 |
| 149 | Michael Unterbuchner | £1,000 |
| 171 | Davy Proosten | £500 |
| 171 | Patrick van den Boogaard | £500 |
| 171 | Michal Smejda | £500 |
| 171 | Scott Williams | £500 |
Rob Cross has retained his place in the world’s top 16 after securing a second European Championship title in Salzburg….
