PDC Order of Merit following the 2021 European Darts Championship

Jamie Shaw in European Championship 18 Oct 2021

Rob Cross celebrates (Photo by Kais Bodensieck/PDC Europe)

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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PDC Order of Merit following the 2021 European Championship

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