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