The thirty Players Championship tournaments for 2022 are over with Damon Heta finishing top of the one year Players Championship Order of Merit.
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Heta won two tournaments this year, while losing a final once. The Australian, however reached a lot of semi-finals with seven in total which also yielded 4000 pounds seven times.
With a total of £82,750 in prize money, he was well ahead of Luke Humphries (71,250) and Nathan Aspinall (£68,500).
Also in the top ten were Dirk van Duijvenbode, Rob Cross and Michael Smith as well as World Number One, Gerwyn Price and World Champion, Peter Wright.
Michael van Gerwen is well down in 22nd after using the ProTours as time off in the most part after winning a title early on as well as a few early exits when he did play.
Going further up, Josh Rock after his superb debut season finished just outside the top ten in 11th spot with Minehead being the goal for this Order of Merit and holds the key to the seedings.
Players Championship Order of Merit
Position Name Value
1 Damon Heta £82,750
2 Luke Humphries £71,250
3 Nathan Aspinall £68,500
4 Dirk van Duijvenbode £67,750
5 Rob Cross £66,500
6 Michael Smith £65,750
7 Dave Chisnall £61,500
8 Gerwyn Price £56,250
9 Peter Wright £55,750
10 Joe Cullen £51,500
11 Josh Rock £50,250
12 Martin Schindler £47,250
13 Ryan Searle £46,500
14 Danny Noppert £44,500
15 Krzysztof Ratajski £41,750
16 Andrew Gilding £40,500
17 Adrian Lewis £38,250
18 Jose de Sousa £37,250
19 James Wade £37,000
19 Stephen Bunting £37,000
19 Chris Dobey £37,000
22 Michael van Gerwen £36,250
23 Kim Huybrechts £35,250
24 Jonny Clayton £34,750
25 Brendan Dolan £34,500
26 Scott Williams £33,000
26 Dimitri Van den Bergh £33,000
28 Gabriel Clemens £31,750
29 Daryl Gurney £30,000
30 Matt Campbell £29,250
31 Jim Williams £28,750
32 Callan Rydz £27,750
32 Madars Razma £27,750
34 Mike De Decker £27,500
35 Steve Beaton £26,500
35 Keegan Brown £26,500
37 Gary Anderson £26,250
38 Martin Lukeman £25,500
39 Alan Soutar £25,000
40 Jermaine Wattimena £24,500
40 John O'Shea £24,500
42 Raymond van Barneveld £24,250
43 Ryan Meikle £23,750
44 Geert Nentjes £23,500
45 Jamie Hughes £23,250
45 Mensur Suljovic £23,250
47 Danny Jansen £22,750
47 Keane Barry £22,750
49 Ricky Evans £22,500
50 William O'Connor £22,000
50 Simon Whitlock £22,000
50 Mervyn King £22,000
53 Vincent van der Voort £21,500
54 Cameron Menzies £20,750
54 Rowby Rodriguez £20,750
56 Ross Smith £20,500
56 Ryan Joyce £20,500
58 Niels Zonneveld £20,250
59 Ritchie Edhouse £20,000
59 Kevin Doets £20,000
61 Mickey Mansell £18,750
61 Martijn Kleermaker £18,750
63 Nathan Rafferty £18,250
64 Ricardo Pietreczko £18,000
65 Gian van Veen £17,500
66 Mario Vandenbogaerde £17,250
66 Andy Boulton £17,250
68 Steve Lennon £17,000
69 Florian Hempel £16,000
69 Boris Krcmar £16,000
71 Jeff Smith £15,750
72 Connor Scutt £15,500
72 John Henderson £15,500
74 Luke Woodhouse £15,000
74 Joe Murnan £15,000
74 Ian White £15,000
77 Adam Gawlas £14,750
77 Shaun Wilkinson £14,750
77 Scott Waites £14,750
80 Berry van Peer £14,500
80 Richie Burnett £14,500
82 Ron Meulenkamp £14,250
82 George Killington £14,250
84 Ted Evetts £14,000
84 Darius Labanauskas £14,000
86 Max Hopp £13,750
86 Gordon Mathers £13,750
88 Radek Szaganski £13,500
88 Brian Raman £13,500
90 Jeffrey De Zwaan £13,000
90 Maik Kuivenhoven £13,000
92 Steve West £12,750
92 Lee Evans £12,750
94 Scott Mitchell £12,500
95 James Wilson £12,000
95 Krzysztof Kciuk £12,000
97 Lewy Williams £11,750
98 Karel Sedlacek £11,500
99 Peter Hudson £11,250
99 Damian Mol £11,250
101 Jamie Clark £11,000
102 Danny Baggish £10,500
102 Jon Worsley £10,500
104 Tony Martinez £10,250
105 Luc Peters £10,000
105 Jimmy Hendriks £10,000
107 Jack Main £9,500
107 Jose Justicia £9,500
109 Stephen Burton £9,250
110 Geert De Vos £9,000
111 Devon Petersen £8,750
111 Eddie Lovely £8,750
111 Jason Lowe £8,750
111 Boris Koltsov £8,750
115 Kevin Burness £8,250
116 Robert Owen £8,000
117 Ross Montgomery £7,750
118 Danny van Trijp £7,500
118 Brett Claydon £7,500
120 Nick Fullwell £7,250
120 Rusty Rodriguez £7,250
122 Jules van Dongen £6,750
123 Darren Webster £6,500
123 Jason Heaver £6,500
125 Bradley Brooks £6,250
126 Pete Burgoyne £6,000
127 Jake Jones £5,750
128 William Borland £5,000
129 John Michael £4,750
130 Matthew Edgar £4,250
130 Gary Blades £4,250
132 Jim McEwan £4,000
133 David Evans £3,750
134 Adam Hunt £3,500
135 Kenny Neyens £3,250
135 Thibault Tricole £3,250
135 Scott Marsh £3,250
138 Wesley Plaisier £2,750
138 David Pallett £2,750
138 Lukas Wenig £2,750
138 Michael Unterbuchner £2,750
142 John Brown £2,250
142 Steve Haggerty £2,250
142 Stu Wilson £2,250
145 Nathan Girvan £2,000
145 Vladimir Andersen £2,000
147 Dan Read £1,500
147 Jim Moston £1,500
147 Colin Osborne £1,500
150 Glen Durrant £1,250
150 Darren Penhall £1,250
150 Owen Roelofs £1,250
153 Christian Kist £750
153 Jurjen van der Velde £750
153 Thomas Lovely £750
153 Jeremy van der Winkel £750
153 Zoran Lerchbacher £750
153 Gavin Carlin £750
153 Graham Hall £750
153 Jacques Labre £750
153 Steven Noster £750
153 Leighton Bennett £750
153 Carlo van Peer £750
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