
The Players Championship Order of Merit has been updated after the latest double header of action which took place in Wigan this past weekend.
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Gerwyn Price and Peter Wright who both claimed titles this past weekend now top the standings displacing Nathan Aspinall and Ryan Searle who set the early pace.
Price reached a final on Saturday losing to Wright which made the difference in terms of him being top with his win added to that total.
Michael van Gerwen who came so close again to claiming his first ranking title of the season is still up to third with £17,750 of accrued prize money despite not winning a title yet.
Krzysztof Ratajski is the only player in the top five to keep his position the same from the two weekends showing the form of the Polish Eagle who reached the semi-final on Sunday.
Then to round out the top five it is early leader Aspinall with Gary Anderson and Ryan Searle who were both in the top three now going down to sixth and seventh.
'Heavy Metal' gained no extra money on his Order of Merit which can be seen as the reason for him losing so much ground.
Glen Durrant as well was nowhere to be found in the opening weekend in terms of the top 10 but he is now there also alongside Gabriel Clemens who rises from 12th.
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At this early stage of the season, this Order of Merit will of course likely change but it is at the moment giving a good barometer of who is in form and who is not.
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Players Championship Order of Merit after six events
1 Gerwyn Price £23,000
2 Peter Wright £22,750
3 Michael van Gerwen £17,750
4 Krzysztof Ratajski £16,000
5 Nathan Aspinall £16,000
6 Gary Anderson £14,000
7 Ryan Searle £12,500
8 Ian White £10,250
9 Glen Durrant £9,000
10 Gabriel Clemens £9,000
11 Adrian Lewis £9,000
12 Danny Noppert £8,250
13 Jeff Smith £8,000
14 Brendan Dolan £7,500
15 Jamie Hughes £6,750
16 Stephen Bunting £6,500
17 James Wade £6,250
18 Joe Cullen £6,000
19 Steve Beaton £6,000
20 Maik Kuivenhoven £6,000
21 Dirk van Duijvenbode £5,500
22 Mensur Suljovic £5,250
23 Mickey Mansell £5,250
24 Ross Smith £5,250
25 Steve Lennon £4,500
26 Devon Petersen £4,500
27 Vincent van der Voort £4,500
28 Rob Cross £4,250
29 Simon Whitlock £4,000
30 Ryan Joyce £4,000
31 Darius Labanauskas £4,000
32 Conan Whitehead £4,000
33 Michael Smith £4,000
34 Jeffrey De Zwaan £3,500
35 Jermaine Wattimena £3,500
36 Jose De Sousa £3,500
37 Jason Lowe £3,500
38 Keegan Brown £3,500
39 Nick Kenny £3,500
40 William O'Connor £3,250
41 Scott Mitchell £3,000
42 Niels Zonneveld £3,000
43 Daryl Gurney £3,000
44 John Henderson £3,000
45 Darren Webster £3,000
46 Scott Waites £3,000
47 Chris Dobey £2,750
48 Luke Humphries £2,500
49 Joe Murnan £2,500
50 Benito van de Pas £2,500
51 Geert Nentjes £2,500
52 Ted Evetts £2,500
53 Alan Tabern £2,500
54 Jonny Clayton £2,500
55 Ricky Evans £2,500
56 Wesley Harms £2,500
57 John Michael £2,500
58 Luke Woodhouse £2,500
59 Karel Sedlacek £2,500
60 Kirk Shepherd £2,500
61 Adam Hunt £2,500
62 Wayne Jones £2,500
63 Steve Brown £2,500
64 Toni Alcinas £2,000
65 Christian Bunse £2,000
66 Robert Collins £2,000
67 Dimitri Van den Bergh £2,000
68 Mike De Decker £2,000
69 Peter Jacques £2,000
70 Kai Fan Leung £2,000
71 Gary Blades £2,000
72 Daniel Larsson £2,000
73 Josh Payne £2,000
74 Dave Chisnall £2,000
75 Steve West £2,000
76 Matt Clark £2,000
77 Mervyn King £2,000
78 Martijn Kleermaker £2,000
79 Scott Baker £1,500
80 Kim Huybrechts £1,500
81 Marko Kantele £1,500
82 Boris Krcmar £1,500
83 Harald Leitinger £1,500
84 Jamie Lewis £1,500
85 Jesus Noguera £1,500
86 David Pallett £1,500
87 Madars Razma £1,500
88 Cristo Reyes £1,500
89 Vincent Van der Meer £1,500
90 Lisa Ashton £1,500
91 Andy Hamilton £1,500
92 Ryan Murray £1,500
93 Justin Pipe £1,500
94 William Borland £1,500
95 Adrian Gray £1,500
96 Damon Heta £1,500
97 Darren Penhall £1,500
98 Rowby-John Rodriguez £1,500
99 Simon Stevenson £1,500
100 Ryan Meikle £1,500
101 Derk Telnekes £1,500
102 Mike van Duivenbode £1,500
103 Gavin Carlin £1,000
104 Andrew Gilding £1,000
105 Max Hopp £1,000
106 Jelle Klaasen £1,000
107 Jitse Van der Wal £1,000
108 Carl Wilkinson £1,000
109 James Wilson £1,000
110 Yordi Meeuwisse £1,000
111 Martin Schindler £1,000
112 Matthew Edgar £1,000
113 Ron Meulenkamp £1,000
114 Richard North £1,000
115 Robert Thornton £1,000
116 Barrie Bates £1,000
117 Ciaran Teehan £1,000
118 Michael Barnard £500
119 Andy Boulton £500
120 Matthew Dennant £500
121 Adam Huckvale £500
122 Mark McGeeney £500
123 Harry Ward £500
124 Jonathan Worsley £500
125 Martin Atkins (Wigan) £500
126 Reece Robinson £500
2 Peter Wright £22,750
3 Michael van Gerwen £17,750
4 Krzysztof Ratajski £16,000
5 Nathan Aspinall £16,000
6 Gary Anderson £14,000
7 Ryan Searle £12,500
8 Ian White £10,250
9 Glen Durrant £9,000
10 Gabriel Clemens £9,000
11 Adrian Lewis £9,000
12 Danny Noppert £8,250
13 Jeff Smith £8,000
14 Brendan Dolan £7,500
15 Jamie Hughes £6,750
16 Stephen Bunting £6,500
17 James Wade £6,250
18 Joe Cullen £6,000
19 Steve Beaton £6,000
20 Maik Kuivenhoven £6,000
21 Dirk van Duijvenbode £5,500
22 Mensur Suljovic £5,250
23 Mickey Mansell £5,250
24 Ross Smith £5,250
25 Steve Lennon £4,500
26 Devon Petersen £4,500
27 Vincent van der Voort £4,500
28 Rob Cross £4,250
29 Simon Whitlock £4,000
30 Ryan Joyce £4,000
31 Darius Labanauskas £4,000
32 Conan Whitehead £4,000
33 Michael Smith £4,000
34 Jeffrey De Zwaan £3,500
35 Jermaine Wattimena £3,500
36 Jose De Sousa £3,500
37 Jason Lowe £3,500
38 Keegan Brown £3,500
39 Nick Kenny £3,500
40 William O'Connor £3,250
41 Scott Mitchell £3,000
42 Niels Zonneveld £3,000
43 Daryl Gurney £3,000
44 John Henderson £3,000
45 Darren Webster £3,000
46 Scott Waites £3,000
47 Chris Dobey £2,750
48 Luke Humphries £2,500
49 Joe Murnan £2,500
50 Benito van de Pas £2,500
51 Geert Nentjes £2,500
52 Ted Evetts £2,500
53 Alan Tabern £2,500
54 Jonny Clayton £2,500
55 Ricky Evans £2,500
56 Wesley Harms £2,500
57 John Michael £2,500
58 Luke Woodhouse £2,500
59 Karel Sedlacek £2,500
60 Kirk Shepherd £2,500
61 Adam Hunt £2,500
62 Wayne Jones £2,500
63 Steve Brown £2,500
64 Toni Alcinas £2,000
65 Christian Bunse £2,000
66 Robert Collins £2,000
67 Dimitri Van den Bergh £2,000
68 Mike De Decker £2,000
69 Peter Jacques £2,000
70 Kai Fan Leung £2,000
71 Gary Blades £2,000
72 Daniel Larsson £2,000
73 Josh Payne £2,000
74 Dave Chisnall £2,000
75 Steve West £2,000
76 Matt Clark £2,000
77 Mervyn King £2,000
78 Martijn Kleermaker £2,000
79 Scott Baker £1,500
80 Kim Huybrechts £1,500
81 Marko Kantele £1,500
82 Boris Krcmar £1,500
83 Harald Leitinger £1,500
84 Jamie Lewis £1,500
85 Jesus Noguera £1,500
86 David Pallett £1,500
87 Madars Razma £1,500
88 Cristo Reyes £1,500
89 Vincent Van der Meer £1,500
90 Lisa Ashton £1,500
91 Andy Hamilton £1,500
92 Ryan Murray £1,500
93 Justin Pipe £1,500
94 William Borland £1,500
95 Adrian Gray £1,500
96 Damon Heta £1,500
97 Darren Penhall £1,500
98 Rowby-John Rodriguez £1,500
99 Simon Stevenson £1,500
100 Ryan Meikle £1,500
101 Derk Telnekes £1,500
102 Mike van Duivenbode £1,500
103 Gavin Carlin £1,000
104 Andrew Gilding £1,000
105 Max Hopp £1,000
106 Jelle Klaasen £1,000
107 Jitse Van der Wal £1,000
108 Carl Wilkinson £1,000
109 James Wilson £1,000
110 Yordi Meeuwisse £1,000
111 Martin Schindler £1,000
112 Matthew Edgar £1,000
113 Ron Meulenkamp £1,000
114 Richard North £1,000
115 Robert Thornton £1,000
116 Barrie Bates £1,000
117 Ciaran Teehan £1,000
118 Michael Barnard £500
119 Andy Boulton £500
120 Matthew Dennant £500
121 Adam Huckvale £500
122 Mark McGeeney £500
123 Harry Ward £500
124 Jonathan Worsley £500
125 Martin Atkins (Wigan) £500
126 Reece Robinson £500

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