Luke Humphries has crowned himself the best Pro Tour player of 2022 with the final Order of Merit confirmed.
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'Cool Hand Luke' earned £187,750 at all Euro Tour and Players Championship tournaments this year. With that he kept Michael van Gerwen (135,250 pounds) well behind him.
Humphries won four Euro Tour tournaments and one Players Championship tournament in 2022. He also lost two finals on the Players Championship circuit
With the European Tours also counting towards them and helping with seedings for next year's tournaments.
Damon Heta finished in third place with 134,750 pounds. The Heat did, however, finish at the top of the ranking of only the Players Championship tournaments.
Rob Cross, Peter Wright, Dave Chisnall, Nathan Aspinall, Michael Smith, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Joe Cullen, Gerwyn Price, Danny Noppert, Ryan Searle, Martin Schindler, Jonny Clayton and Dimitri van den Bergh are also in the top 16.
This means they will not need to go to the European Tour qualifiers next year with Josh Rock just outside, Jose de Sousa, James Wade, Daryl Gurney, Chris Dobey, Adrian Lewis and Rowby-John Rodriguez will have to go to the qualifiers though.
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ProTour Order of Merit
Position Name Value
1 Luke Humphries £187,750
2 Michael van Gerwen £135,250
3 Damon Heta £134,750
4 Rob Cross £123,000
5 Peter Wright £115,250
6 Dave Chisnall £110,000
7 Nathan Aspinall £108,000
8 Michael Smith £106,750
9 Dirk van Duijvenbode £103,750
10 Joe Cullen £103,000
11 Gerwyn Price £89,250
12 Danny Noppert £82,000
13 Ryan Searle £73,500
14 Martin Schindler £73,250
15 Jonny Clayton £72,750
16 Dimitri Van den Bergh £70,500
17 Josh Rock £69,250
17 Jose de Sousa £69,250
19 Andrew Gilding £62,000
20 Stephen Bunting £56,000
21 Krzysztof Ratajski £55,750
22 Martin Lukeman £52,500
23 James Wade £51,500
23 Daryl Gurney £51,500
25 Chris Dobey £51,000
26 Gabriel Clemens £50,750
27 Madars Razma £50,250
28 Adrian Lewis £49,250
29 Rowby Rodriguez £46,750
30 Kim Huybrechts £46,250
31 Brendan Dolan £42,500
32 Callan Rydz £41,250
33 Scott Williams £40,000
34 Jim Williams £38,750
35 Ryan Meikle £37,750
36 Ross Smith £36,500
37 Vincent van der Voort £36,000
38 William O'Connor £34,000
39 Steve Beaton £33,500
39 Jermaine Wattimena £33,500
41 Simon Whitlock £33,000
42 Keane Barry £32,750
43 Keegan Brown £32,500
43 Ricky Evans £32,500
45 Mervyn King £32,000
46 Alan Soutar £31,000
47 Karel Sedlacek £30,500
48 Raymond van Barneveld £30,250
48 Jamie Hughes £30,250
48 Matt Campbell £30,250
51 Danny Jansen £29,750
52 Mike De Decker £29,500
53 Mensur Suljovic £29,250
54 Ritchie Edhouse £29,000
55 Boris Krcmar £28,000
56 Cameron Menzies £27,750
57 Luke Woodhouse £27,000
58 Mickey Mansell £26,750
59 Geert Nentjes £26,500
60 Gary Anderson £26,250
60 Niels Zonneveld £26,250
62 Martijn Kleermaker £25,750
63 John O'Shea £25,500
64 Adam Gawlas £24,750
65 Ryan Joyce £24,500
66 Jeffrey De Zwaan £24,000
66 Ian White £24,000
68 Nathan Rafferty £23,250
69 Scott Waites £22,750
70 Joe Murnan £22,000
70 Kevin Doets £22,000
72 Jeff Smith £21,750
73 Mario Vandenbogaerde £20,250
74 Florian Hempel £20,000
75 Gian van Veen £19,500
75 Berry van Peer £19,500
77 Andy Boulton £19,250
78 Steve Lennon £19,000
79 Connor Scutt £18,500
79 John Henderson £18,500
81 Ricardo Pietreczko £18,000
81 Darius Labanauskas £18,000
83 Rusty Rodriguez £17,250
84 Max Hopp £16,750
84 Wesley Plaisier £16,750
84 Lewy Williams £16,750
87 Radek Szaganski £16,500
87 Brian Raman £16,500
89 Ron Meulenkamp £16,250
90 Ted Evetts £16,000
90 Krzysztof Kciuk £16,000
92 George Killington £15,250
93 James Wilson £15,000
93 Maik Kuivenhoven £15,000
95 Shaun Wilkinson £14,750
96 Richie Burnett £14,500
96 Jose Justicia £14,500
98 Gordon Mathers £13,750
98 Devon Petersen £13,750
98 Steve West £13,750
101 Danny Baggish £13,500
102 Lee Evans £12,750
103 Jon Worsley £12,500
103 Scott Mitchell £12,500
105 Luc Peters £12,000
106 Brett Claydon £11,500
107 Peter Hudson £11,250
107 Tony Martinez £11,250
107 Damian Mol £11,250
107 Bradley Brooks £11,250
111 Jimmy Hendriks £11,000
111 Jamie Clark £11,000
113 Eddie Lovely £10,750
113 Jason Lowe £10,750
113 Lukas Wenig £10,750
116 Danny van Trijp £10,500
117 Kevin Burness £10,250
118 Jack Main £9,500
119 Stephen Burton £9,250
120 Geert De Vos £9,000
121 Jules van Dongen £8,750
121 Ross Montgomery £8,750
121 Boris Koltsov £8,750
124 Robert Owen £8,000
125 Nick Fullwell £7,250
126 Daniel Larsson £7,000
127 John Michael £6,750
128 Darren Webster £6,500
128 Jason Heaver £6,500
130 Pete Burgoyne £6,000
130 Jelle Klaasen £6,000
130 Dragutin Horvat £6,000
133 Jake Jones £5,750
133 David Evans £5,750
135 Adam Hunt £5,500
136 Kenny Neyens £5,250
136 Thibault Tricole £5,250
138 William Borland £5,000
138 Dennis Nilsson £5,000
140 Matthew Edgar £4,250
140 Gary Blades £4,250
142 Jim McEwan £4,000
142 Sebastian Bialecki £4,000
142 Johan Engstrom £4,000
142 Niko Springer £4,000
146 Zoran Lerchbacher £3,750
147 Scott Marsh £3,250
147 Darren Penhall £3,250
149 Stefan Bellmont £3,000
149 Nico Kurz £3,000
151 David Pallett £2,750
151 Michael Unterbuchner £2,750
153 John Brown £2,250
153 Steve Haggerty £2,250
153 Stu Wilson £2,250
156 Nathan Girvan £2,000
156 Craig Galliano £2,000
156 Marko Kantele £2,000
156 Vitezslav Sedlak £2,000
156 Patrik Gosnak £2,000
156 Vladimir Andersen £2,000
162 Dan Read £1,500
162 Jim Moston £1,500
162 Colin Osborne £1,500
165 Glen Durrant £1,250
165 Owen Roelofs £1,250
167 Sean Negrette £1,000
167 Dylan Duo Jnr £1,000
167 Manuel Vilerio £1,000
167 Dyson Parody £1,000
167 Roberto Vandaele £1,000
167 Wouter Vanrolleghem £1,000
167 Remo Mandiau £1,000
167 Andy Baetens £1,000
167 Francois Schweyen £1,000
167 Levente Sarai £1,000
167 Pal Szekely £1,000
167 Franz Roetzsch £1,000
167 Andras Borbely £1,000
167 Rene Eidams £1,000
167 Arjan Konterman £1,000
167 Martijn Dragt £1,000
167 Filip Sebesta £1,000
167 Dennie Olde Kalter £1,000
167 Miloslav Navratil £1,000
167 Ondrej Plsek £1,000
167 Rainer Sturm £1,000
167 Dietmar Burger £1,000
167 Michael Rasztovits £1,000
167 Thomas Junghans £1,000
167 Janos Vegso £1,000
167 Wayne Jones £1,000
167 Fabian Schmutzler £1,000
167 David Schlichting £1,000
195 Jurjen van der Velde £750
195 Thomas Lovely £750
195 Christian Kist £750
195 Jeremy van der Winkel £750
195 Gavin Carlin £750
195 Graham Hall £750
195 Steven Noster £750
195 Leighton Bennett £750
195 Jacques Labre £750
195 Carlo van Peer £750
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