Heta retains top spot in Players Championship Order of Merit, Van Duijvenbode into top three after title
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Damon Heta has retained top spot in the Players Championship Order of Merit after the latest four tournaments in recent days. 'The Heat' leads with £59,500 ahead of Michael Smith by £6,000.
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Dirk van Duijvenbode is up to third after winning the first tournament of the weekend. He has already earned £49,500 this season but Michael Smith strengthened his grip on second spot with £53,500 now.
Luke Humphries remains in fourth, while continued good form for Nathan Aspinall sees him in the top five. Adrian Lewis is up to 11th after his first title since 2019, Danny Noppert after sealing another is up to 14th.
While Brendan Dolan is into the top 20 after sealing the final title of the weekend. After all Players Championship tournaments the best 64 players will compete in the Players Championship Finals. This tournament will be played from 25 to 27 November in Minehead.
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Players Championship Order of Merit
Position - Name - Prize Money
1 Damon Heta £59,500
2 Michael Smith £53,500
3 Dirk van Duijvenbode £49,500
4 Luke Humphries £47,250
5 Nathan Aspinall £46,000
6 Joe Cullen £44,750
7 Peter Wright £39,750
8 Ryan Searle £39,750
9 Michael van Gerwen £36,250
10 Dave Chisnall £36,000
11 Adrian Lewis £34,500
12 Rob Cross £34,250
13 Andrew Gilding £34,250
14 Danny Noppert £33,750
15 Gerwyn Price £33,500
16 Martin Schindler £30,250
17 Jonny Clayton £30,000
18 Brendan Dolan £28,250
19 Krzysztof Ratajski £28,250
20 Jose de Sousa £28,000
21 Kim Huybrechts £27,250
22 Daryl Gurney £27,250
23 Scott Williams £26,750
24 Gabriel Clemens £26,500
25 Dimitri Van den Bergh £26,250
26 Stephen Bunting £25,000
27 Jim Williams £23,500
28 Matt Campbell £22,000
29 Ricky Evans £21,000
30 Madars Razma £20,750
31 Callan Rydz £20,500
32 Chris Dobey £20,250
33 James Wade £19,750
34 Keane Barry £19,500
35 Josh Rock £19,250
36 Martin Lukeman £19,250
37 Danny Jansen £18,750
38 Raymond van Barneveld £18,750
39 Ryan Meikle £18,500
40 John O’Shea £18,250
41 Ritchie Edhouse £16,750
42 Jamie Hughes £16,500
43 Mensur Suljovic £16,250
44 Niels Zonneveld £16,250
45 Ryan Joyce £16,250
46 Kevin Doets £16,000
47 Simon Whitlock £16,000
48 Rowby-John Rodriguez £15,750
49 Andy Boulton £15,750
50 Vincent van der Voort £15,500
51 Geert Nentjes £15,500
52 Mike De Decker £15,500
53 Gary Anderson £15,250
54 Mervyn King £14,750
55 Cameron Menzies £14,500
56 Steve Beaton £14,000
57 Ian White £13,500
58 Mario Vandenbogaerde £13,500
59 William O’Connor £13,500
60 Martijn Kleermaker £13,250
61 Keegan Brown £12,500
62 Alan Soutar £12,500
63 John Henderson £12,500
64 Ross Smith £12,250
65 Gordon Mathers £12,250
66 Jermaine Wattimena £12,000
67 Lee Evans £12,000
68 Maik Kuivenhoven £11,500
69 Nathan Rafferty £11,250
70 Mickey Mansell £11,000
71 Scott Mitchell £11,000
72 Joe Murnan £10,750
73 Adam Gawlas £10,500
74 Luke Woodhouse £10,250
75 Steve Lennon £10,250
76 Ron Meulenkamp £10,250
77 Steve West £10,250
78 Florian Hempel £10,000
79 Darius Labanauskas £9,750
80 Peter Hudson £9,750
81 Connor Scutt £9,750
82 Scott Waites £9,750
83 Lewy Williams £9,750
84 Jeff Smith £9,750
85 Boris Krcmar £9,250
86 Boris Koltsov £8,750
87 Krzysztof Kciuk £8,750
88 Radek Szaganski £8,750
89 Brian Raman £8,750
90 Max Hopp £8,500
91 Jamie Clark £8,250
92 Jose Justicia £8,000
93 Jeffrey de Zwaan £7,750
94 Richie Burnett £7,750
95 Shaun Wilkinson £7,750
96 Jon Worsley £7,750
97 Berry van Peer £7,750
98 Jack Main £7,500
99 James Wilson £7,500
100 Eddie Lovely £7,500
101 Karel Sedlacek £7,250
102 Jimmy Hendriks £7,250
103 Ricardo Pietreczko £7,250
104 Jason Lowe £7,250
105 Stephen Burton £7,000
106 Devon Petersen £6,750
107 Tony Martinez £6,750
108 Damian Mol £6,750
109 George Killington £6,750
110 Geert De Vos £6,000
111 Luc Peters £6,000
112 Robert Owen £6,000
113 Brett Claydon £6,000
114 Nick Fullwell £5,750
115 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £5,750
116 Kevin Burness £5,250
117 Ross Montgomery £5,000
118 Ted Evetts £5,000
119 Jason Heaver £5,000
120 Danny van Trijp £4,250
121 Matthew Edgar £4,250
122 Gary Blades £4,250
123 Pete Burgoyne £4,000
124 Danny Baggish £3,750
125 Bradley Brooks £3,750
126 Darren Webster £3,500
127 Jake Jones £3,500
128 Scott Marsh £3,250
129 Lukas Wenig £2,750
130 John Michael £2,750
131 Michael Unterbuchner £2,750
132 Adam Hunt £2,750
133 Steve Haggerty £2,250
134 Stu Wilson £2,250
135 William Borland £2,250
136 Thibault Tricole £2,000
137 Vladimir Andersen £2,000
138 Jim McEwan £2,000
139 Jim Moston £1,500
140 David Evans £1,500
141 Colin Osborne £1,500
142 Jules van Dongen £1,500
143 Nathan Girvan £1,250
144 Darren Penhall £1,250
145 Glen Durrant £1,250
146 Owen Roelofs £1,250
147 John Brown £750
148 Jeremy van der Winkel £750
149 Zoran Lerchbacher £750
150 Gavin Carlin £750
151 Graham Hall £750
152 Jacques Labre £750
153 Leighton Bennett £750
154 Steven Noster £750
155 Carlo van Peer £750

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