although he has reached the quarter finals of the world championship in 2001 and the quarter finals of the world matchplay as recent as 2004, his ranking has slipped in the past few years. he started 2007 ranked 48 in the world, but failed to qualify for the world championship for the first time that year. in the 2008 pdc world darts championship qualifiers, he won four matches before falling at the final hurdle to jacko barry and he slipped to 73rd in the pdc order of merit. he still competed at nine pdc pro tour non-televised events in 2007, but collected only £300 in prize money with a last 32 performance being his best. harvey is now ranked 129th on the pdc order of merit.