Chris Dobey new leader on Players Championship Order of Merit; Luke Littler dropped out of top 10

Chris Dobey is the new leader on the Players Championship Order of Merit. 'Hollywood' won the nineteenth Players Championship tournament of the season on Thursday night, taking over the lead from Damon Heta.

After nineteen of the thirty Players Championship tournaments, Dobey leads the rankings with 62,500 pounds. Close behind are Ryan Searle (£60,000) and Damon Heta (£58,000), while Ross Smith (£53,500) and Danny Noppert (£46,500) complete the top five.

Chris Dobey takes his fifth PDC title after victory over Cameron Menzies in final of Players Championship 19

Cameron Menzies surges into the top seven after reaching the final in a losing effort to Dobey. He sits behind Gary Anderson in sixth with Raymond van Barneveld in eighth. Daryl Gurney is now eighth after his run as Thibault Tricole is now in the provisional spots in 44th after losing in the semi-finals.

A total of 125,000 pounds in prize money is distributed at each Players Championship tournament. The winner of the event will receive a check for 15,000 pounds.

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.

Players Championship Order of Merit

Rank	Name	Prize money (in units of £1,000)
1	Chris Dobey	62.5
2	Ryan Searle	60
3	Damon Heta	58
4	Ross Smith	53.5
5	Danny Noppert	46.5
6	Gary Anderson	46
7	Cameron Menzies	43.5
8	Raymond van Barneveld	43
9	Daryl Gurney	41.5
10	Josh Rock	41
11	Luke Littler	41
12	Jonny Clayton	39
13	Dave Chisnall	36.5
14	Stephen Bunting	35.5
15	Michael Smith	35.5
16	Alan Soutar	34.5
17	Mike De Decker	34.5
18	Gian van Veen	34
19	Brendan Dolan	33
20	Wesley Plaisier	29
21	Ryan Joyce	29
22	Dirk van Duijvenbode	28.5
23	Wessel Nijman	26
24	Niels Zonneveld	26
25	Peter Wright	26
26	Ritchie Edhouse	25.5
27	Krzysztof Ratajski	25.5
28	Karel Sedlacek	25
29	Callan Rydz	24.5
30	Kevin Doets	24
31	Ricky Evans	24
32	James Wade	23.5
33	Dimitri Van den Bergh	23
34	Michael van Gerwen	22.5
35	Scott Williams	22.5
36	Luke Humphries	22.5
37	Andrew Gilding	21.5
38	Martin Lukeman	21
39	Stephen Burton	20.5
40	Luke Woodhouse	20.5
41	Dom Taylor	20
42	Martin Schindler	19.5
43	James Hurrell	19
44	Thibault Tricole	18.5
45	Jermaine Wattimena	18
46	Florian Hempel	18
47	Jim Williams	18
48	Jeffrey de Graaf	18
49	Madars Razma	17.5
50	Joe Cullen	17.5
51	William O'Connor	17.5
52	Mensur Suljovic	17
53	Mario Vandenbogaerde	17
54	Ryan Meikle	17
55	Gabriel Clemens	16.5
56	Chris Landman	16.5
57	Ian White	16.5
58	Matt Campbell	16
59	Kim Huybrechts	16
60	Gerwyn Price	16
61	Jeffrey Sparidaans	15.5
62	Nick Kenny	15.5
63	Richard Veenstra	15.5
64	Andy Baetens	15
65	Graham Hall	15
66	Nathan Aspinall	15
67	Connor Scutt	14.5
68	Lee Evans	14.5
69	Steve Beaton	14.5
70	Berry van Peer	14.5
71	Nathan Rafferty	13
72	Jose de Sousa	12.5
73	Ricardo Pietreczko	12.5
74	Jamie Hughes	12
75	Radek Szaganski	12
76	Maik Kuivenhoven	11.5
77	Robert Owen	11.5
78	Leighton Bennett	11.5
79	Danny Jansen	11.5
80	Mervyn King	11
81	Arron Monk	11
82	Jeffrey De Zwaan	11
83	Patrick Geeraets	11
84	Lukas Wenig	10.5
85	Steve Lennon	10.5
86	Stefan Bellmont	10.5
87	Cam Crabtree	10
88	Dylan Slevin	10
89	Andy Boulton	10
90	Rhys Griffin	10
91	Vincent van der Voort	9.5
92	Danny Lauby	9.5
93	Daniel Klose	9.5
94	Keane Barry	9.5
95	Robert Grundy	9.5
96	Matthew Dennant	9
97	Boris Krcmar	9
98	Mickey Mansell	9
99	Danny van Trijp	9
100	Owen Roelofs	8.5
101	Rowby-John Rodriguez	8.5
102	Christian Perez	8.5
103	Adam Hunt	8
104	George Killington	7.5
105	Rob Cross	7.5
106	Pascal Rupprecht	7.5
107	Adam Gawlas	7.5
108	Kai Gotthardt	7
109	Graham Usher	7
110	Darren Beveridge	7
111	Jelle Klaasen	7
112	Martijn Dragt	6.5
113	Jitse Van der Wal	6.5
114	Brett Claydon	6.5
115	Paul Krohne	6.5
116	Simon Whitlock	6.5
117	Haupai Puha	6
118	Callum Goffin	5.5
119	Robbie Knops	5.5
120	Richie Burnett	5.5
121	John Henderson	5
122	Keegan Brown	5
123	Darryl Pilgrim	5
124	Michele Turetta	5
125	Justin Hood	4.5
126	Owen Bates	4.5
127	Benjamin Reus	4.5
128	Jurjen van der Velde	4.5
129	Oskar Lukasiak	4.5
130	Christian Kist	4
131	Joshua Richardson	4
132	Franz Roetzsch	4
133	Ronny Huybrechts	4
134	William Borland	4
135	Adam Smith-Neale	4
136	Adam Warner	3.5
137	Jamie Atkins	3
138	Jules van Dongen	3
139	Geert Nentjes	3
140	Lee Cocks	2.5
141	Aden Kirk	2
142	Tim Wolters	2
143	Thomas Lovely	2
144	Reece Colley	1
144	Rene Eidams	1
146	Josh Payne	1
146	Shane McGuirk	1
148	Romeo Grbavac	1