PDC Order of Merit update: King back in world's top 20 after run to final in Coventry

The PDC Order of Merit has been updated after the penultimate event of the year in the form of the Players Championship Finals.

Michael van Gerwen claimed victory and has put an interesting complexion into the race to the World Number One spot after the World Championship.

Peter Wright was set to take over as World Number One but he will need to at least better Van Gerwen's run now as he is only a few thousand ahead.

But he became the latest player to break the £1m mark this past weekend in his run to the semi-finals.

Mervyn King went all the way to the final and is now into the top 20 going up five spots to 19th in defeat to Mighty Mike.

Jose de Sousa as a result of recent form is further into the World's top 16 and will have Daryl Gurney, Glen Durrant and Gary Anderson in his sights next as he aims towards the top 10.

While Mensur Suljovic was one of the main players who went down as he fell to 20th after not attending recent events.

Luke Woodhouse and Damon Heta as well after good spells in Coventry are up further into the top 50.

Updated PDC Order of Merit (after Players Championship Finals)

1 Michael van Gerwen £1,494,750

2 Peter Wright £1,011,000

3 Gerwyn Price £832,500

4 Michael Smith £601,750

5 Rob Cross £536,000

6 Nathan Aspinall £532,750

7 James Wade £442,500

8 Dave Chisnall £390,750

9 Dimitri Van den Bergh £377,750

10 Ian White £358,500

11 Daryl Gurney £333,500

12 Glen Durrant £322,750

13 Gary Anderson £321,250

14 Jose de Sousa £289,250

15 Krzysztof Ratajski £282,000

16 Joe Cullen £271,500

17 Jonny Clayton £253,000

18 Simon Whitlock £252,000

19 Mervyn King £248,250

20 Mensur Suljovic £247,250

21 Adrian Lewis £228,750

22 Chris Dobey £219,000

23 Jeffrey De Zwaan £211,000

24 Jermaine Wattimena £205,000

25 Danny Noppert £197,250

26 Stephen Bunting £192,500

27 Vincent van der Voort £178,000

28 Jamie Hughes £173,750

29 Devon Petersen £170,750

30 Brendan Dolan £168,250

31 Gabriel Clemens £165,000

32 Ricky Evans £163,500

33 Steve Beaton £160,750

34 Luke Humphries £160,000

35 Keegan Brown £152,250

36 William O'Connor £149,000

37 Ryan Joyce £138,750

38 Ryan Searle £134,000

39 Kim Huybrechts £133,750

39 Max Hopp £133,750

41 John Henderson £133,500

42 Ross Smith £121,000

43 Dirk van Duijvenbode £118,000

44 Darren Webster £111,000

45 Steve West £109,250

46 Darius Labanauskas £101,250

47 Steve Lennon £85,000

48 Justin Pipe £80,250

49 Ron Meulenkamp £79,000

50 Josh Payne £78,000

51 Luke Woodhouse £76,500

52 Jelle Klaasen £76,000

53 Kyle Anderson £74,250

54 Cristo Reyes £74,000

55 Benito van de Pas £71,000

56 Damon Heta £64,750

57 James Wilson £59,750

58 Andy Boulton £57,750

59 Mickey Mansell £57,500

60 Harry Ward £54,750

61 Madars Razma £53,500

62 Jan Dekker £52,500

63 Jamie Lewis £51,500

64 Ted Evetts £48,500

65 Martin Schindler £48,000

66 Matthew Edgar £46,750

67 Mark McGeeney £44,000

68 Toni Alcinas £42,500

69 Simon Stevenson £41,500

69 Robert Thornton £41,500

71 Richard North £37,500

72 Rowby-John Rodriguez £35,000

73 Maik Kuivenhoven £33,500

74 Martijn Kleermaker £33,250

75 Scott Baker £27,250

76 Adam Hunt £26,500

77 Gavin Carlin £24,750

78 Joe Murnan £24,000

79 Niels Zonneveld £23,500

80 Callan Rydz £23,000

80 Jason Lowe £23,000

80 Geert Nentjes £23,000

83 Conan Whitehead £22,750

84 Karel Sedlacek £20,500

84 Kirk Shepherd £20,500

86 Christian Bunse £18,500

87 Derk Telnekes £18,000

87 Scott Waites £18,000

87 Marko Kantele £18,000

90 Ryan Murray £17,750

91 Jeff Smith £17,500

92 Reece Robinson £16,500

92 Andy Hamilton £16,500

94 Matt Clark £16,250

95 Wayne Jones £15,500

95 Mike De Decker £15,500

97 William Borland £14,500

98 John Michael £14,000

99 Carl Wilkinson £13,500

100 Adrian Gray £13,000

101 Boris Krcmar £12,500

101 Vincent Van der Meer £12,500

103 David Pallett £12,000

103 Yordi Meeuwisse £12,000

105 Ryan Meikle £11,500

105 Keane Barry £11,500

107 Lisa Ashton £11,000

107 Kai Fan Leung £11,000

107 Alan Tabern £11,000

110 Jonathan Worsley £10,500

111 Jesus Noguera £9,750

112 Scott Mitchell £8,500

113 Bradley Brooks £8,000

113 Nick Kenny £8,000

113 Steve Brown £8,000

116 Nathan Derry £7,500

116 Kyle McKinstry £7,500

116 Barrie Bates £7,500

119 Krzysztof Kciuk £7,250

120 Martin Atkins (Wigan) £7,000

120 Mike van Duivenbode £7,000

122 Peter Jacques £6,500

122 Robert Collins £6,500

124 Gary Blades £5,000

124 Andrew Gilding £5,000

126 Scott Taylor £4,500

126 Daniel Larsson £4,500

126 Ciaran Teehan £4,500

129 Wayne Warren £4,000

129 David Evans £4,000

129 Matthew Dennant £4,000

129 Franz Roetzsch £4,000

129 Nico Kurz £4,000

129 Steffen Siepmann £4,000

129 Darren Penhall £4,000

129 Wesley Harms £4,000

137 Harald Leitinger £3,500

138 Jitse Van der Wal £3,000

138 Robert Marijanovic £3,000

138 Ronny Huybrechts £3,000

138 Eddie Lovely £3,000

142 Jim Williams £2,500

142 Arjan Konterman £2,500

142 Michael Barnard £2,500

145 Aaron Beeney £2,000

145 Kevin Doets £2,000

145 Michael Unterbuchner £2,000

145 Dragutin Horvat £2,000

145 Lukas Wenig £2,000

145 Rhys Hayden £2,000

145 Lewis Williams £2,000

145 Wesley Plaisier £2,000

153 Brian Raman £1,500

153 Nathan Rafferty £1,500

155 Michael Rosenauer £1,000

155 Simeon Heinz £1,000

155 Philipp Hagemann £1,000

155 Sebastian Pohl £1,000

155 Arsen Ballaj £1,000

155 Cody Harris £1,000

155 Boris Koltsov £1,000

155 Graham Usher £1,000

155 Dom Taylor £1,000

155 Carl Hamilton £1,000

155 Adam Huckvale £1,000

155 Stephen Burton £1,000

155 Jason Askew £1,000

155 Benjamin Pratnemer £1,000

155 Ryan Harrington £1,000

155 Jeffrey Van Egdom £1,000

155 Geert De Vos £1,000

172 Richie Burnett £500

172 Justin Hood £500

172 Maikel Verberk £500

172 Cameron Menzies £500

172 James Hubbard £500

172 Diogo Portela £500

172 Connor Scutt £500