Clayton continues to lead Players Championship Order of Merit, Van Gerwen makes big jump after latest Super Series
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Jonny Clayton continues to lead the Players Championship Order of Merit after 16 tournaments but his lead has dwindled slightly after two players in particular gained ground.
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Jose de Sousa in particular won two titles during the latest set of Super Series action which saw him go only £2,500 behind the Welshman. Ground was also made up in third place with Joe Cullen rising to that spot after claiming another title.
This means a small gap of sorts has appeared between Clayton, De Sousa and Cullen ahead of Dirk van Duijvenbode (£33,500) and Michael Smith (same amount) in joint 4th with Peter Wright up to sixth (£29,250) ahead of Gerwyn Price in seventh (£27,750).
Michael van Gerwen also was one of the big movers with the World Number Three rising 21 places in the Order of Merit to 13th with £18,500 to his name.
This came after a first final of the season on the ProTour for 'Mighty Mike' who will still head into July titleless so far this year.
After all Players Championship tournaments, the top 64 players will compete in the Players Championship Finals. This tournament will be played in Minehead from November 26 to 28.
Players Championship Order of Merit after 16 tournaments
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Position Name Value
1 Jonny Clayton £43,500
2 José de Sousa £41,000
3 Joe Cullen £40,250
4 Dirk van Duijvenbode £33,500
4 Michael Smith £33,500
6 Peter Wright £29,250
7 Gerwyn Price £27,750
7 Brendan Dolan £27,750
9 Luke Humphries £25,500
10 Dimitri Van den Bergh £19,750
10 Damon Heta £19,750
12 Callan Rydz £19,000
13 Michael van Gerwen £18,500
14 James Wade £18,250
15 Gabriel Clemens £17,750
16 Ryan Searle £17,250
17 Raymond van Barneveld £16,750
18 Danny Noppert £16,500
19 Rob Cross £15,750
20 Vincent van der Voort £13,750
20 Scott Mitchell £13,750
22 Alan Soutar £12,750
23 Mervyn King £12,500
23 Steve Beaton £12,500
23 Ross Smith £12,500
23 Rowby-John Rodriguez £12,500
23 Krzysztof Ratajski £12,500
28 Martijn Kleermaker £12,250
29 Dave Chisnall £11,500
29 Daryl Gurney £11,500
31 Darius Labanauskas £11,250
32 Jeff Smith £11,000
32 Steve Lennon £11,000
32 Nathan Aspinall £11,000
35 Gary Anderson £10,750
36 Martin Schindler £10,500
37 Jamie Hughes £10,250
37 Mensur Suljovic £10,250
39 Ryan Meikle £10,000
40 Ryan Joyce £9,750
40 Ian White £9,750
42 Adrian Lewis £9,500
42 Luke Woodhouse £9,500
42 Stephen Bunting £9,500
45 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £9,000
45 Ritchie Edhouse £9,000
45 Ron Meulenkamp £9,000
45 Ricky Evans £9,000
49 Jason Heaver £8,500
49 Jason Lowe £8,500
49 Andy Boulton £8,500
49 Jermaine Wattimena £8,500
53 Chas Barstow £8,250
54 Krzysztof Kciuk £8,000
54 William O'Connor £8,000
56 Madars Razma £7,750
57 Maik Kuivenhoven £7,500
57 Gordon Mathers £7,500
57 Devon Petersen £7,500
60 Ted Evetts £7,250
60 Alan Tabern £7,250
60 Simon Whitlock £7,250
63 Lewis Williams £7,000
63 Robert Thornton £7,000
63 Aaron Beeney £7,000
66 Kim Huybrechts £6,500
67 William Borland £6,000
67 Chris Dobey £6,000
67 Eddie Lovely £6,000
67 Adam Hunt £6,000
71 Niels Zonneveld £5,750
72 Bradley Brooks £5,500
72 Geert De Vos £5,500
72 Mickey Mansell £5,500
72 Jelle Klaasen £5,500
76 Josh Payne £5,000
76 Mike De Decker £5,000
76 Keane Barry £5,000
76 Luc Peters £5,000
76 Kai Fan Leung £5,000
76 Berry van Peer £5,000
76 Max Hopp £5,000
83 Boris Krcmar £4,750
83 Glen Durrant £4,750
85 Martin Atkins £4,500
85 Karel Sedlacek £4,500
85 Justin Pipe £4,500
85 Scott Waites £4,500
85 Joe Murnan £4,500
85 Ciaran Teehan £4,500
85 Jon Worsley £4,500
85 Kirk Shepherd £4,500
93 Steve Brown £4,000
93 Kevin Doets £4,000
93 Jesus Noguera £4,000
93 John Henderson £4,000
93 Peter Jacques £4,000
93 Nick Kenny £4,000
93 Boris Koltsov £4,000
100 John Michael £3,750
101 Geert Nentjes £3,500
101 Michael Rasztovits £3,500
101 James Wilson £3,500
101 Martin Thomas £3,500
101 Matthew Edgar £3,500
101 Andy Hamilton £3,500
101 John Brown £3,500
101 Zoran Lerchbacher £3,500
101 Ryan Murray £3,500
110 Darren Webster £3,000
110 Andrew Gilding £3,000
110 Martin Lukeman £3,000
110 Steve West £3,000
110 José Justicia £3,000
110 Christian Kist £3,000
110 Gino Vos £3,000
117 Danny Baggish £2,500
117 Jack Main £2,500
117 Lisa Ashton £2,500
117 Derk Telnekes £2,500
121 Gary Blades £2,000
121 Kevin McDine £2,000
121 Jeffrey De Zwaan £2,000
121 Ryan De Vreede £2,000
121 Keegan Brown £2,000
121 Benito van de Pas £2,000
121 Vincent Van der Meer £2,000
121 Jake Jones £2,000
129 Lukas Wenig £1,500
129 Wayne Jones £1,500
129 Peter Hudson £1,500
129 Steffen Siepmann £1,500
133 Lorenzo Pronk £1,000
133 David Evans £1,000
133 Adam Gawlas £1,000
133 Robert Marijanovic £1,000
133 Pero Ljubic £1,000
133 Mike Warburton £1,000
133 Gavin Carlin £1,000
133 Brett Claydon £1,000
133 Michael Unterbuchner £1,000
142 Sean Fisher £500
142 Davy Proosten £500
142 Patrick van den Boogaard £500
142 Florian Hempel £500
142 Scott Williams £500
142 Michal Smejda £500
142 Sebastian Bialecki £500
142 Harald Leitinger £500
142 Mark McGeeney £500
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