Heta strengthens grasp on top spot, Smith up to fourth in updated Players Championship Order of Merit
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The Players Championship Order of Merit has been updated after the latest double header of action in Wigan with Damon Heta strengthening his grasp on top spot.
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Heta has been one of the best players in the world so far this season and continues to show it on the ProTour. He is now on £47,000 escaping Joe Cullen who was joint top.
Michael van Gerwen didn't play over the two days so remains third, while Michael Smith's double title haul sees him rise up to 4th spot just behind Van Gerwen.
Callan Rydz has moved up to 18th as a result of his final, while John O'Shea is into 30th spot. The top 64 qualify for the Players Championship Finals at the end of the year in Minehead.
Players Championship Order of Merit
1 Damon Heta £47,000
2 Joe Cullen £42,000
3 Michael van Gerwen £36,250
4 Michael Smith £35,500
5 Ryan Searle £34,250
6 Luke Humphries £34,000
7 Gerwyn Price £32,000
8 Peter Wright £29,750
9 Rob Cross £29,250
10 Dirk van Duijvenbode £26,500
11 Nathan Aspinall £25,750
11 Jose de Sousa £25,750
13 Dave Chisnall £23,000
14 Martin Schindler £22,250
15 Stephen Bunting £21,000
16 Dimitri Van den Bergh £20,250
17 Krzysztof Ratajski £20,000
18 Callan Rydz £19,750
19 Daryl Gurney £19,500
20 Madars Razma £18,750
20 Jim Williams £18,750
22 Kim Huybrechts £18,500
23 Jonny Clayton £17,750
23 Ricky Evans £17,750
23 Adrian Lewis £17,750
26 Andrew Gilding £17,500
26 Danny Jansen £17,500
28 Matt Campbell £16,500
29 Danny Noppert £15,750
30 John O'Shea £15,000
30 Gabriel Clemens £15,000
32 James Wade £14,500
32 Gary Anderson £14,500
34 Ryan Joyce £14,250
35 Brendan Dolan £13,750
36 Ryan Meikle £13,500
36 Keane Barry £13,500
38 Raymond van Barneveld £13,250
38 Scott Williams £13,250
40 Martin Lukeman £12,500
40 Josh Rock £12,500
40 Kevin Doets £12,500
43 Ritchie Edhouse £12,250
44 Mervyn King £12,000
45 Martijn Kleermaker £11,750
46 Gordon Mathers £11,500
47 Mensur Suljovic £11,250
48 Chris Dobey £11,000
49 Mario Vandenbogaerde £10,750
49 William O'Connor £10,750
51 Alan Soutar £10,500
51 Adam Gawlas £10,500
51 Andy Boulton £10,500
51 Mike De Decker £10,500
51 Geert Nentjes £10,500
51 Cameron Menzies £10,500
51 Niels Zonneveld £10,500
58 Jeff Smith £9,750
59 Maik Kuivenhoven £9,500
59 Ian White £9,500
59 Jamie Hughes £9,500
59 Vincent van der Voort £9,500
63 Simon Whitlock £9,250
64 Lewy Williams £9,000
65 Florian Hempel £8,500
66 Keegan Brown £8,250
66 Rowby-John Rodriguez £8,250
66 Lee Evans £8,250
66 Connor Scutt £8,250
70 Boris Krcmar £8,000
71 Steve West £7,750
71 Max Hopp £7,750
73 Darius Labanauskas £7,500
73 Joe Murnan £7,500
75 Jose Justicia £7,250
75 Ron Meulenkamp £7,250
75 Jason Lowe £7,250
78 Scott Waites £7,000
78 Steve Lennon £7,000
78 Steve Beaton £7,000
81 Peter Hudson £6,750
81 Nathan Rafferty £6,750
81 Ross Smith £6,750
81 George Killington £6,750
81 Jermaine Wattimena £6,750
86 Shaun Wilkinson £6,250
86 Radek Szaganski £6,250
86 Scott Mitchell £6,250
86 Stephen Burton £6,250
86 Eddie Lovely £6,250
86 Luke Woodhouse £6,250
92 Brett Claydon £6,000
93 Jon Worsley £5,750
94 James Wilson £5,500
94 Jack Main £5,500
94 Jamie Clark £5,500
94 Richie Burnett £5,500
94 Berry van Peer £5,500
99 Robert Owen £5,250
100 Krzysztof Kciuk £5,000
100 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £5,000
102 Mickey Mansell £4,750
103 Devon Petersen £4,500
103 Damian Mol £4,500
105 John Henderson £4,250
105 Jimmy Hendriks £4,250
105 Jason Heaver £4,250
108 Tony Martinez £4,000
108 Kevin Burness £4,000
108 Jeffrey De Zwaan £4,000
108 Brian Raman £4,000
112 Ricardo Pietreczko £3,750
112 Bradley Brooks £3,750
112 Nick Fullwell £3,750
112 Luc Peters £3,750
116 Matthew Edgar £3,500
116 Jake Jones £3,500
116 Ross Montgomery £3,500
116 Ted Evetts £3,500
120 Geert De Vos £3,250
121 Gary Blades £3,000
122 Darren Webster £2,750
122 Adam Hunt £2,750
124 Karel Sedlacek £2,500
125 William Borland £2,250
126 John Michael £2,000
126 Pete Burgoyne £2,000
126 Michael Unterbuchner £2,000
126 Vladimir Andersen £2,000
126 Scott Marsh £2,000
126 Jim McEwan £2,000
132 Stu Wilson £1,500
132 Steve Haggerty £1,500
132 Jim Moston £1,500
132 David Evans £1,500
132 Colin Osborne £1,500
132 Jules van Dongen £1,500
132 Danny Baggish £1,500
139 Darren Penhall £1,250
139 Glen Durrant £1,250
139 Owen Roelofs £1,250
142 Gavin Carlin £750
142 Danny van Trijp £750
142 Graham Hall £750
142 Leighton Bennett £750
142 Jacques Labre £750
142 Steven Noster £750
142 Lukas Wenig £750
142 Carlo van Peer £750
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