There is a new leader in the
Players Championship Order of Merit in 'The Special One'
Jose de Sousa who heads up the standings after 20 tournaments.
De Sousa now sits on £53,500 after starting proceedings with £41,000 and behind
Jonny Clayton who is now in second with £48,500.
There has been multiple changes also in the top five with
Peter Wright having claimed his latest win moving into the top three.
This replaces Joe Cullen who drops to fourth with
Michael Smith now in fifth having been level in fourth with Dirk van Duijvenbode.
Brendan Dolan is up to sixth now ahead of
Gerwyn Price who remains unchanged with Dirk van Duijvenbode, Dimitri van den Bergh and
Luke Humphries rounding off the top ten.
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 20 events
Prize money in the tables is in units of £1,000 (source: dartsrankings.com)
Rank - Name - Prize Money
1 José de Sousa 53.5
2 Jonny Clayton 48.5
3 Peter Wright 40.25
4 Joe Cullen 40.25
5 Michael Smith 39
6 Brendan Dolan 37.5
7 Gerwyn Price 35.5
8 Dirk van Duijvenbode 35
9 Dimitri Van den Bergh 30.25
10 Luke Humphries 28
12 James Wade 23.75
13 Ross Smith 23.5
14 Danny Noppert 22.75
15 Stephen Bunting 22.25
16 Damon Heta 22.25
17 Ryan Searle 21.75
18 Gabriel Clemens 21.25
19 Raymond van Barneveld 20.5
20 Callan Rydz 20.5
21 Chris Dobey 19
22 Scott Mitchell 18
23 Rob Cross 17.75
24 Mervyn King 17.5
25 Vincent van der Voort 17.25
26 Ryan Joyce 15.25
27 Martijn Kleermaker 15.25
28 Krzysztof Ratajski 15
29 Dave Chisnall 15
30 Nathan Aspinall 14.75
31 Daryl Gurney 14.5
32 Alan Soutar 13.75
33 Darius Labanauskas 13.75
34 Martin Schindler 13.5
35 Gary Anderson 13.5
36 Steve Beaton 13.5
37 Adrian Lewis 13
38 Rowby-John Rodriguez 13
39 Chas Barstow 12.5
40 Ron Meulenkamp 12.5
41 Jeff Smith 12.5
42 Maik Kuivenhoven 12.5
43 Ian White 12.25
44 Jamie Hughes 12.25
45 Steve Lennon 12
46 Luke Woodhouse 11.5
47 Ritchie Edhouse 11.5
48 Jason Lowe 11
49 Ricky Evans 11
50 Mensur Suljovic 10.25
51 Jermaine Wattimena 10
52 Devon Petersen 10
53 Krzysztof Kciuk 10
54 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 10
55 Ryan Meikle 10
56 Kim Huybrechts 9.5
57 Andy Boulton 9.5
58 William O'Connor 9
59 Jason Heaver 9
60 Gordon Mathers 8.5
61 Niels Zonneveld 8.25
62 Ted Evetts 8.25
63 Alan Tabern 8.25
64 Simon Whitlock 8.25
65 Eddie Lovely 8
66 Robert Thornton 8
67 William Borland 8
68 Aaron Beeney 8
69 Madars Razma 7.75
70 Mickey Mansell 7.5
71 Adam Hunt 7.5
72 Boris Krcmar 7.5
73 Lewis Williams 7.5
74 Luc Peters 7
75 Kevin Doets 6.5
76 Max Hopp 6.5
77 Geert De Vos 6.5
78 Josh Payne 6.5
79 Jelle Klaasen 6.5
80 Keane Barry 6.5
81 John Henderson 6
82 Joe Murnan 6
83 Matthew Edgar 5.5
84 Scott Waites 5.5
85 Zoran Lerchbacher 5.5
86 Steve Brown 5.5
87 Ciaran Teehan 5.5
88 Jesus Noguera 5.5
89 Mike De Decker 5.5
90 Bradley Brooks 5.5
91 Keegan Brown 5.25
92 Glen Durrant 5.25
93 James Wilson 5
94 Boris Koltsov 5
95 Karel Sedlacek 5
96 Jon Worsley 5
97 Martin Atkins 5
98 Kai Fan Leung 5
99 Berry van Peer 5
100 Nick Kenny 4.5
101 Justin Pipe 4.5
102 Kirk Shepherd 4.5
103 John Michael 4.25
104 John Brown 4
105 Jeffrey De Zwaan 4
106 Geert Nentjes 4
107 Jack Main 4
108 Andy Hamilton 4
109 Martin Thomas 4
110 Peter Jacques 4
111 Florian Hempel 3.5
112 Darren Webster 3.5
113 Danny Baggish 3.5
114 Martin Lukeman 3.5
115 Michael Rasztovits 3.5
116 Ryan Murray 3.5
117 Andrew Gilding 3
118 José Justicia 3
119 Steve West 3
120 Christian Kist 3
121 Gino Vos 3
122 Gary Blades 2.5
123 Jake Jones 2.5
124 Lisa Ashton 2.5
125 Derk Telnekes 2.5
126 David Evans 2
127 Peter Hudson 2
128 Adam Gawlas 2
129 Ryan De Vreede 2
130 Kevin McDine 2
131 Benito van de Pas 2
132 Vincent van der Meer 2
133 Jim McEwan 1.5
134 Lukas Wenig 1.5
135 Wayne Jones 1.5
136 Steffen Siepmann 1.5
137 Sean Fisher 1
138 Lorenzo Pronk 1
139 Pero Ljubic 1
139 Robert Marijanovic 1
141 Mike Warburton 1
142 Gavin Carlin 1
143 Brett Claydon 1
144 Michael Unterbuchner 1
145 Davy Proosten 0.5
146 Patrick van den Boogaard 0.5
147 Michal Smejda 0.5
147 Scott Williams 0.5
149 Sebastian Bialecki 0.5
150 Harald Leitinger 0.5
151 Mark McGeeney 0.5