View the Players Championship Order of Merit after the ninth tournament of the season here

Michael Smith has thundered into the top-10 of the Players Championship Order of Merit after winning Players Championship 9. He rose from 21st to sixth on the rankings.

The leader in the rankings is still Ryan Searle, who is missing this week in Hildesheim. Chris Dobey took over second place from Gary Anderson, while Raymond van Barneveld is in fourth place. Damon Heta completes the top five, while behind Smith, Danny Noppert, Luke Littler, Dave Chisnall and Gian van Veen are also in the top-10.

After all the Players Championship tournaments, the top 64 ranked players will compete in the Players Championship Finals. This tournament from Nov. 22 to 24 will be played in Minehead.

Michael Smith wins Players Championship 9 and takes his 20th Pro Tour title

Players Championship Order of Merit

Rank	Name	Prize money (in units of £1,000)
1	Ryan Searle	43
2	Chris Dobey	39
3	Gary Anderson	38.5
4	Raymond van Barneveld	29.5
5	Damon Heta	27.5
6	Michael Smith	26
7	Danny Noppert	24
8	Luke Littler	23.5
9	Dave Chisnall	22
10	Gian van Veen	21.5
11	Daryl Gurney	20.5
12	Ross Smith	20
13	Dirk van Duijvenbode	19
14	Stephen Bunting	18.5
15	Peter Wright	17
16	Callan Rydz	16
17	Ryan Joyce	15.5
18	Josh Rock	15.5
19	Jonny Clayton	14.5
20	Ritchie Edhouse	14
21	Kevin Doets	14
22	Michael van Gerwen	14
23	Luke Woodhouse	13
24	Luke Humphries	12.5
25	Ian White	12
26	Andrew Gilding	11.5
27	Brendan Dolan	11.5
28	James Hurrell	11.5
29	Niels Zonneveld	11.5
30	Krzysztof Ratajski	11
31	Martin Lukeman	11
32	Cameron Menzies	10.5
33	Berry van Peer	10
34	Karel Sedlacek	10
35	Scott Williams	9.5
36	Thibault Tricole	9.5
37	Leighton Bennett	9.5
38	Ricardo Pietreczko	9.5
39	William O'Connor	9
40	Alan Soutar	9
41	Richard Veenstra	8.5
42	Jermaine Wattimena	8.5
43	Chris Landman	8.5
44	Jose de Sousa	8.5
45	Ricky Evans	8
46	Ryan Meikle	8
47	Danny Jansen	8
48	Nathan Aspinall	8
49	Martin Schindler	8
50	Stephen Burton	7.5
51	Mensur Suljovic	7.5
52	Mike De Decker	7.5
53	Lee Evans	7.5
54	Nick Kenny	7.5
55	Gerwyn Price	7.5
56	Arron Monk	7.5
57	Steve Lennon	7.5
58	Kim Huybrechts	7
59	Andy Baetens	7
60	Patrick Geeraets	6.5
61	Christian Perez	6.5
62	Mickey Mansell	6.5
63	Jeffrey Sparidaans	6.5
64	Radek Szaganski	6.5
65	Dom Taylor	6.5
66	Jim Williams	6.5
67	Dylan Slevin	6.5
68	Jamie Hughes	6.5
69	Robert Owen	6.5
70	James Wade	6.5
71	Wessel Nijman	6
72	Mario Vandenbogaerde	6
73	Stefan Bellmont	5.5
74	Rob Cross	5.5
75	Rowby-John Rodriguez	5.5
76	Brett Claydon	5.5
77	Robert Grundy	5
78	Adam Gawlas	5
79	Lukas Wenig	5
80	Jelle Klaasen	5
81	Danny Lauby	5
82	Joe Cullen	5
83	Maik Kuivenhoven	5
84	Pascal Rupprecht	5
85	Florian Hempel	5
86	Darren Beveridge	4.5
87	Nathan Rafferty	4.5
88	Steve Beaton	4.5
89	Adam Hunt	4.5
90	Jeffrey De Zwaan	4.5
91	Graham Hall	4.5
92	Connor Scutt	4.5
93	Oskar Lukasiak	4.5
94	Paul Krohne	4.5
95	George Killington	4
96	William Borland	4
97	Michele Turetta	4
98	Simon Whitlock	4
99	Matthew Dennant	4
100	Adam Smith-Neale	4
101	Jeffrey de Graaf	3.5
102	Danny van Trijp	3.5
103	Madars Razma	3.5
104	Rhys Griffin	3.5
105	Daniel Klose	3.5
106	Robbie Knops	3.5
107	Gabriel Clemens	3.5
108	Vincent van der Voort	3.5
109	Dimitri Van den Bergh	3.5
110	Benjamin Drue Reus	3
111	Owen Roelofs	3
112	Joshua Richardson	3
113	Ronny Huybrechts	3
114	Haupai Puha	2.5
115	John Henderson	2.5
116	Graham Usher	2.5
117	Mervyn King	2.5
118	Owen Bates	2
119	Geert Nentjes	2
119	Keegan Brown	2
119	Thomas Lovely	2
122	Boris Krcmar	2
123	Jurjen van der Velde	2
124	Lee Cocks	1.5
125	Adam Warner	1
125	Callum Goffin	1
125	Darryl Pilgrim	1
125	Franz Roetzsch	1
129	Aden Kirk	1
130	Tim Wolters	1
131	Romeo Grbavac	1
132	Wesley Plaisier	1
133	Jitse Van der Wal	1
134	Jules van Dongen	1