The Players Championship Order of Merit is led by Jonny Clayton after eight tournaments after 'The Ferret' claimed his latest title this week.
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Clayton has already reached four finals this year, three of them came in the initial iteration of the Super Series.
This means he has already won £35,750 in prize money in the first eight tournaments.
Joe Cullen reached two finals and claimed one title so far and as a result sits second place with £27,000 with 'The Rockstar' top seed for the latest Super Series.
Behind Cullen, there is a big gap to the next player on the list. But is shows a who's who of the players in form.
Gerwyn Price (£ 18,500), Brendan Dolan (£ 17,000), Peter Wright (£ 16,500) and James Wade (£ 15,000) all managed to win one Players Championship tournament.
So did Callan Rydz is eighth on the list. Michael Smith, with his seventh place, is the highest player who has not yet won a title this year.
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Raymond van Barneveld is in 11th following his return win in the opening round of Super Series. While Michael van Gerwen who missed the latest four tournaments stands 33rd after an inconsistent opening foray in Bolton.
While Glen Durrant (41) and Gary Anderson (44) still have work to do going into the next Players Championship.
Players Championship Order of Merit after eight tournaments
Position - Name - Prize money
1 Jonny Clayton £ 35,750
2 Joe Cullen £ 27,000
3 Gerwyn Price £ 18,500
4 Brendan Dolan £ 17,000
5 Peter Wright £ 16,500
6 James Wade £ 15,000
7 Michael Smith £ 14,750
8 Callan Rydz £ 14,500
9 Damon Heta £ 13,000
10 Gabriel Clemens £ 11,750
11 Raymond van Barneveld £ 11,500
12 Dirk van Duijvenbode £ 10,750
13 Luke Humphries £ 10,000
14 Darius Labanauskas £ 9,750
14 Alan Soutar £ 9,750
16 Danny Noppert £ 9,000
17 Vincent van der Voort £ 8,750
18 Krzysztof Ratajski £ 8,000
19 José de Sousa £ 7,750
20 Nathan Aspinall £ 7,500
21 Scott Mitchell £ 7,250
21 Ryan Searle £ 7,250
21 Mensur Suljovic £ 7,250
21 Ian White £ 7,250
25 Daryl Gurney £ 6,750
26 Devon Petersen £ 6,500
27 Jason Heaver £ 6,000
27 Jeff Smith £ 6,000
29 Steve Lennon £ 5,750
29 Ryan Joyce £ 5,750
29 Steve Beaton £ 5,750
29 Rob Cross £ 5,750
33 Rowby-John Rodriguez £ 5,500
33 Ricky Evans £ 5,500
33 Dave Chisnall £ 5,500
33 Michael van Gerwen £ 5,500
37 Jamie Hughes £ 5,000
37 Luke Woodhouse £ 5,000
37 Gordon Mathers £ 5,000
37 Mervyn King £ 5,000
41 Martin Schindler £ 4,750
41 Chas Barstow £ 4,750
41 Glen Durrant £ 4,750
44 Ryan Meikle £ 4,500
44 Gary Anderson £ 4,500
46 Madars Razma £ 4,250
47 Jermaine Wattimena £ 4,000
47 Kirk Shepherd £ 4,000
47 Eddie Lovely £ 4,000
50 Scott Waites £ 3,500
50 William O'Connor £ 3,500
50 Stephen Bunting £ 3,500
50 Jelle Klaasen £ 3,500
50 Kim Huybrechts £ 3,500
50 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £ 3,500
50 Keane Barry £ 3,500
50 Jon Worsley £ 3,500
58 Jason Lowe £ 3,250
59 Andy Hamilton £ 3,000
59 Kai Fan Leung £ 3,000
59 Ritchie Edhouse £ 3,000
59 Adam Hunt £ 3,000
59 Lewis Williams £ 3,000
59 Andy Boulton £ 3,000
59 Max Hopp £ 3,000
59 Ted Evetts £ 3,000
59 John Brown £ 3,000
68 Niels Zonneveld £ 2,750
68 John Michael £ 2,750
70 William Borland £ 2,500
70 Martin Atkins £ 2,500
70 Maik Kuivenhoven £ 2,500
70 Joe Murnan £ 2,500
70 Geert De Vos £ 2,500
70 Karel Sedlacek £ 2,500
70 Ryan Murray £ 2,500
70 Aaron Beeney £ 2,500
70 Simon Whitlock £ 2,500
70 James Wilson £ 2,500
70 Ron Meulenkamp £ 2,500
70 Chris Dobey £ 2,500
70 Adrian Lewis £ 2,500
70 Martin Thomas £ 2,500
70 Jesus Noguera £ 2,500
70 Ciaran Teehan £ 2,500
70 Justin Pipe £ 2,500
87 Steve West £ 2,000
87 Gino Vos £ 2,000
87 Zoran Lerchbacher £ 2,000
87 Boris Krcmar £ 2,000
87 Boris Koltsov £ 2,000
87 Michael Rasztovits £ 2,000
87 John Henderson £ 2,000
87 Ross Smith £ 2,000
87 Luc Peters £ 2,000
87 Mickey Mansell £ 2,000
87 Josh Payne £ 2,000
87 Nick Kenny £ 2,000
87 Jake Jones £ 2,000
100 Lisa Ashton £ 1,500
100 Bradley Brooks £ 1,500
100 Danny Baggish £ 1,500
100 Dimitri Van den Bergh £ 1,500
100 Peter Jacques £ 1,500
100 Keegan Brown £ 1,500
100 Berry from Pear £ 1,500
100 Steffen Siepmann £ 1,500
100 Alan Tabern £ 1,500
100 Krzysztof Kciuk £ 1,500
110 Steve Brown £ 1,000
110 Matthew Edgar £ 1,000
110 Andrew Gilding £ 1,000
110 Darren Webster £ 1,000
110 Gavin Carlin £ 1,000
110 Wayne Jones £ 1,000
110 Mike De Decker £ 1,000
110 Brett Claydon £ 1,000
110 Jeffrey De Zwaan £ 1,000
110 Derk Telnekes £ 1,000
110 Peter Hudson £ 1,000
110 Jack Main £ 1,000
110 Geert Nentjes £ 1,000
110 Michael Unterbuchner £ 1,000
124 Martijn Kleermaker £ 500
124 David Evans £ 500
124 Martin Lukeman £ 500
124 Harald Leitinger £ 500
124 Lorenzo Pronk £ 500
124 Adam Gawlas £ 500
124 Mark McGeeney £ 500
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