Nathan Aspinall has taken over the lead on the Players Championship Order of Merit from Damon Heta after the three Players Championship tournaments last week.
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He reached the final twice in Barnsley, winning one of them. Aspinall now has a 7750 pound lead over both Michael Smith and Damon Heta with Luke Humphries following.
As a result Dirk van Duijvenbode is now down to fifth with Rob Cross after his first title of 2022 moving up to sixth at the expense of Joe Cullen.
Michael van Gerwen after missing yet more tournaments is down to 15th with Danny Noppert, Krzysztof Ratajski, Martin Schindler and Andrew Gilding all gaining. Gerwyn Price is level with Mighty Mike.
After all Players Championship tournaments the best 64 players take part in the Players Championship Finals. This tournament will be played from 25 till 27 November in Minehead.
Players Championship Order of Merit after 24/30 tournaments
Position - Name - Prize money
1 Nathan Aspinall £67,250
2 Michael Smith £59,500
2 Damon Heta £59,500
4 Luke Humphries £58,250
5 Dirk van Duijvenbode £53,500
6 Rob Cross £49,000
7 Joe Cullen £45,500
8 Peter Wright £43,750
8 Ryan Searle £43,750
10 Dave Chisnall £40,750
11 Danny Noppert £40,500
12 Krzysztof Ratajski £37,000
12 Martin Schindler £37,000
12 Andrew Gilding £37,000
15 Gerwyn Price £36,250
15 Michael van Gerwen £36,250
17 Adrian Lewis £34,500
18 Dimitri Van den Bergh £32,250
18 Jose de Sousa £32,250
20 Brendan Dolan £30,250
21 Jonny Clayton £30,000
22 Kim Huybrechts £29,250
23 Gabriel Clemens £29,000
24 Stephen Bunting £28,750
24 Scott Williams £28,750
26 Chris Dobey £28,500
27 Daryl Gurney £28,000
28 Jim Williams £24,750
29 Keegan Brown £24,500
29 Madars Razma £24,500
31 Matt Campbell £24,000
32 Josh Rock £22,000
33 Ricky Evans £21,750
34 Martin Lukeman £21,250
Keane Barry £20,750
36 Mensur Suljovic £20,500
36 Callan Rydz £20,500
38 John O'Shea £20,250
39 Danny Jansen £20,000
40 James Wade £19,750
41 Niels Zonneveld £19,000
42 Vincent van der Voort £18,750
42 Raymond van Barneveld £18,750
44 Jamie Hughes £18,500
44 Ryan Meikle £18,500
46 Geert Nentjes £18,250
47 Simon Whitlock £18,000
47 Ritchie Edhouse £18,000
49 Mervyn King £17,500
50 Rowby Rodriguez £17,250
51 Mike De Decker £17,000
51 Ryan Joyce £17,000
53 Gary Anderson £16,750
53 Kevin Doets £16,750
55 Cameron Menzies £16,500
56 Andy Boulton £15,750
57 Alan Soutar £15,500
58 Steve Beaton £15,250
58 Martijn Kleermaker £15,250
60 Ross Smith £14,250
60 Ian White £14,250
60 Mario Vandenbogaerde £14,250
60 William O'Connor £14,250
64 Jermaine Wattimena £14,000
65 Mickey Mansell £13,750
66 John Henderson £13,250
67 Nathan Rafferty £12,750
67 Lee Evans £12,750
69 Florian Hempel £12,500
70 Maik Kuivenhoven £12,250
70 Gordon Mathers £12,250
72 Shaun Wilkinson £12,000
72 Krzysztof Kciuk £12,000
72 Brian Raman £12,000
75 Darius Labanauskas £11,750
75 Steve Lennon £11,750
75 Jeff Smith £11,750
75 Scott Mitchell £11,750
79 Ron Meulenkamp £11,500
79 Joe Murnan £11,500
79 Steve West £11,500
82 Ricardo Pietreczko £11,250
82 Boris Krcmar £11,250
82 Scott Waites £11,250
82 Adam Gawlas £11,250
86 Jamie Clark £11,000
86 Luke Woodhouse £11,000
86 Lewy Williams £11,000
89 Ted Evetts £10,500
89 Connor Scutt £10,500
91 Radek Szaganski £10,250
92 Max Hopp £10,000
93 Richie Burnett £9,750
93 Jon Worsley £9,750
93 Peter Hudson £9,750
96 George Killington £9,500
97 Jeffrey De Zwaan £9,000
98 Luc Peters £8,750
98 Jack Main £8,750
98 Jose Justicia £8,750
98 Boris Koltsov £8,750
102 Karel Sedlacek £8,500
102 Jimmy Hendriks £8,500
104 James Wilson £8,250
105 Robert Owen £8,000
105 Jason Lowe £8,000
107 Stephen Burton £7,750
107 Berry van Peer £7,750
109 Geert De Vos £7,500
109 Devon Petersen £7,500
109 Damian Mol £7,500
109 Tony Martinez £7,500
109 Eddie Lovely £7,500
114 Rusty Rodriguez £7,250
115 Ross Montgomery £7,000
116 Kevin Burness £6,750
116 Brett Claydon £6,750
118 Nick Fullwell £6,500
119 Bradley Brooks £6,250
120 Danny Baggish £5,750
120 Jason Heaver £5,750
122 Pete Burgoyne £5,250
123 Darren Webster £4,250
123 Danny van Trijp £4,250
123 Matthew Edgar £4,250
123 Gary Blades £4,250
127 Jules van Dongen £3,500
127 Jake Jones £3,500
129 Scott Marsh £3,250
130 David Evans £3,000
131 David Pallett £2,750
131 Jim McEwan £2,750
131 Lukas Wenig £2,750
131 John Michael £2,750
131 Michael Unterbuchner £2,750
131 Adam Hunt £2,750
137 John Brown £2,250
137 Steve Haggerty £2,250
137 Stu Wilson £2,250
137 William Borland £2,250
141 Thibault Tricole £2,000
141 Vladimir Andersen £2,000
143 Gian van Veen £1,500
143 Jim Moston £1,500
143 Colin Osborne £1,500
146 Kenny Neyens £1,250
151 Jeremy van der Winkel £750
151 Zoran Lerchbacher £750
151 Gavin Carlin £750
151 Graham Hall £750
151 Leighton Bennett £750
151 Jacques Labre £750
151 Steven Noster £750
151 Carlo van Peer £750
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