Conclusion of race for 2024 World Darts Championship nears: These are the standings with 2 Pro Tours to go

On Nov. 1 and 2, the final two Players Championship tournaments of the season will be played. The field for both tournaments consists of 128 players each. For PDC players, these two Players Championships are the last opportunities to qualify for the World Darts Championship in December via the Pro Tour.

As you would expect, all of the top stars in the sport are already more than comfortably qualified. The likes of Michael Smith, Peter Wright, Michael van Gerwen, Luke Humphries, Gerwyn Price, Nathan Aspinall, Danny Noppert, Jonny Clayton, Dirk van Duijvenbode and Rob Cross are currently in the top-10 of the standings.

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Looking down the list, Madarz Razma currently sits in the 32nd position, the last guaranteed spot for World Darts Championship qualification. The Latvian's lead over the highest-ranked player not currently seeded, Alan Soutar is very slim. The world number 33 is ranked 40th in the Pro Tour rankings and will have to work this week to make it to the World Championship for the third year in a row.

Other notable names currently outside of World Darts Championship placement are Vincent van der Voort and Mervyn King. Both players have participated in all editions of the World Championship since 2008, but have since dropped out of the world's top-32. Mensur Suljovic, who has 15 World Championship appearances in the PDC to his name, is also currently outside of the qualification spots.

For Tour Card holders who did not make it to the World Darts Championship via the world rankings or the Pro Tour, there is another PDPA qualifying tournament at the end of the year, where four starting spots for the Alexandra Palace are available.

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PDC Order of Merit (top-32 qualifies)

Rank	Name	Prize money in units of £1,000. (Source: Dartsrankings.com)
1	Michael Smith	1264
2	Michael van Gerwen	1039
3	Peter Wright	996.25
4	Luke Humphries	779.5
5	Nathan Aspinall	636.75
6	Gerwyn Price	635.5
7	Danny Noppert	520.75
8	Jonny Clayton	481.75
9	Dirk van Duijvenbode	455.25
10	Rob Cross	450.5
11	Dave Chisnall	434
12	Joe Cullen	426.75
13	Damon Heta	417.75
14	Dimitri Van den Bergh	400.5
15	James Wade	366
16	Ross Smith	363
17	Chris Dobey	350.5
18	Andrew Gilding	334.5
19	Ryan Searle	320.75
20	Gary Anderson	308.25
21	Gabriel Clemens	291
22	Jose de Sousa	282.25
23	Martin Schindler	281.5
24	Stephen Bunting	280.5
25	Josh Rock	280
26	Krzysztof Ratajski	278.75
27	Daryl Gurney	256.75
28	Brendan Dolan	207.75
29	Raymond van Barneveld	206.75
30	Callan Rydz	204
31	Kim Huybrechts	187.75
32	Madars Razma	157
33	Alan Soutar	152.75
34	Martin Lukeman	148
35	Luke Woodhouse	139.5
36	Mike De Decker	137.75
37	William O'Connor	137

PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit (top-32 qualifies)

Rank	Name	Prize money in units of £1,000. (Source: Dartsrankings.com)
1	Ricardo Pietreczko	79
2	Ryan Joyce	59.25
3	Gian van Veen	55
4	Luke Woodhouse	50
5	Mike De Decker	49.75
6	Ian White	37.75
7	Keane Barry	33.25
8	Mario Vandenbogaerde	33
9	Steve Beaton	31.75
10	Kevin Doets	31.75
11	Matt Campbell	31.5
12	Richard Veenstra	31.25
13	Jim Williams	31
14	Simon Whitlock	31
15	Radek Szaganski	30.25
16	Connor Scutt	30
17	Martin Lukeman	30
18	Dylan Slevin	28.25
19	Christian Kist	28.25
20	William O'Connor	28
21	Mickey Mansell	27.75
22	Steve Lennon	27.75
23	Scott Williams	27.5
24	Cameron Menzies	26.5
25	Lee Evans	26.25
26	Ricky Evans	26
27	Jules van Dongen	25.75
28	Niels Zonneveld	25
29	Jermaine Wattimena	23.75
30	Keegan Brown	23.5
31	Bradley Brooks	23.5
32	Martijn Kleermaker	23.25
33	Ritchie Edhouse	23.25
34	Florian Hempel	22.25
35	Rowby-John Rodriguez	21.75
36	Andy Boulton	21.5
37	Ryan Meikle	21.5
38	Stephen Burton	21.25
39	Jamie Hughes	21
40	Alan Soutar	20.75
41	Daniel Klose	20.5
42	Maik Kuivenhoven	20.25
43	George Killington	20
44	Chris Landman	20
45	Boris Krcmar	19.75
46	Mensur Suljovic	19.25
47	Arron Monk	18.25
48	Jeffrey Sparidaans	18
49	Pascal Rupprecht	18
50	Jurjen van der Velde	17.5
51	Scott Waites	17.5
52	Brian Raman	17.5
53	Vincent van der Voort	17
54	Karel Sedlacek	17
55	Jeffrey De Zwaan	16.5
56	Ted Evetts	16.5
57	Robert Owen	16
58	Berry van Peer	15.75
59	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	15.25
60	Mervyn King	14.5
61	Graham Hall	14.5
62	Cam Crabtree	14
63	Adam Smith-Neale	13.75
64	Josh Payne	13.5
65	Graham Usher	13.5
66	Ross Montgomery	13.25
67	Darryl Pilgrim	12.75
68	Krzysztof Kciuk	12.75
69	Geert Nentjes	12.5
70	James Wilson	12.25
71	Ronny Huybrechts	12.25
72	Owen Bates	12
73	Nick Kenny	12
74	Darius Labanauskas	11.75
75	Jose Justicia	11.5
76	Nathan Rafferty	11.5
77	Wesley Plaisier	11.25
78	Jeff Smith	11
79	Richie Burnett	10.75
80	Tony Martinez	10.5
81	John O'Shea	10.25
82	Dom Taylor	10
83	Danny van Trijp	9.5
84	Owen Roelofs	9.5
85	Adam Warner	9
86	Jimmy Hendriks	8.75
87	Danny Jansen	8.5
88	Adam Gawlas	8.5
89	Joe Murnan	8.5
90	Callum Goffin	7.75
91	Nico Kurz	7.75
92	Vladimir Andersen	7.5
93	Stefan Bellmont	7.5
94	Liam Maendl-Lawrance	7.5
95	John Henderson	7.25
96	Darren Webster	7
97	Robert Grundy	7
98	Lewy Williams	7
99	Damian Mol	6.75
100	Shaun Wilkinson	6.75
101	Robbie Knops	6.5
102	Jelle Klaasen	6.5
103	Niko Springer	6.5
104	Marko Kantele	6.25
105	Thibault Tricole	6
106	Martijn Dragt	5.25
107	Vitezslav Sedlak	5
108	Kevin Burness	4.75
109	Jacques Labre	4.75
110	Lukas Wenig	4.75
111	James Hurrell	4.25
112	Danny Lauby	4.25
113	Jamie Clark	4
114	Scott Mitchell	4
115	Andy Baetens	4
116	Patrik Kovacs	3.75
117	Luc Peters	3.75
118	Roman Benecky	3.75
119	Dalibor Smolik	3.75
120	Roy van de Griendt	3.25
121	Jarred Cole	3
122	Nick Fullwell	3
123	Christian Perez	3
124	Jeffrey de Graaf	2.5
125	Anton Ostlund	2.5
125	Nandor Major	2.5
125	Sebastian Bialecki	2.5
128	Dennis Nilsson	2.5
129	Hannes Schnier	2.5
130	Dragutin Horvat	2.5
131	Jeroen Mioch	2.5
132	Rene Eidams	2.5
133	Filip Sebesta	2.5
134	Adrian Lewis	2.5
135	Devon Petersen	2.25
136	Conan Whitehead	2.25
137	Alexander Merkx	2
138	Ron Meulenkamp	1.5
139	Marcus Kirchmann	1.25
140	Gabor Jagicza	1.25
140	Mihaly Vida	1.25
142	Danny Tessmann	1.25
143	Fabian Herz	1.25
144	Marcel Walpen	1.25
145	David Pisek	1.25
145	Jani Laurila	1.25
147	Francois Schweyen	1.25
147	Sven Hilling	1.25
149	Marcel Hausotter	1.25
150	Dmitry Zukovs	1.25
150	Marcus Haider	1.25
152	Oskar Lukasiak	1.25
152	Tytus Kanik	1.25
154	Paavo Myller	1.25
155	Peter Jacques	0.75
156	Wayne Jones	0.75
157	Eddie Lovely	0.75
158	James Richardson	0.75