Players Championship Order of Merit after 8/30 tournaments: Ryan Searle leads just before Gary Anderson and Chris Dobey

Danny Noppert's victory on Tuesday ensured that there are now three Dutchmen in the top-10 of the Players Championship Order of Merit. 'The Freeze' managed to win the eighth Players Championship tournament of the season by beating Luke Humphries in the final.

With his final victory, Noppert earned the top prize of 15,000 pounds. He is now sixth on the Players Championship Order of Merit with 24,000 pounds. Noppert is the second Dutchman on the ranking after Raymond van Barneveld. 'Barney' is fourth with £28,000, while Gian van Veen is also just inside the top-10 with £19,000.

Still leading the rankings is Ryan Searle, who earned a total of 43,000 pounds during the first eight Players Championship tournaments of the season. Gary Anderson (37,000 pounds) and Chris Dobey (35,500 pounds) complete the top three. After all the Players Championship tournaments, the top 64 ranked players will compete in the Players Championship Finals. This tournament from Nov. 22 to 24 will be played in Minehead.

Danny Noppert defeats world champion Luke Humphries in final of Players Championship 8

Players Championship Order of Merit

Rank	Name	Prize money (in units of £1,000)
1	Ryan Searle	43
2	Gary Anderson	37
3	Chris Dobey	35.5
4	Raymond van Barneveld	28
5	Damon Heta	26
6	Danny Noppert	24
7	Luke Littler	23.5
8	Ross Smith	20
9	Dave Chisnall	19.5
10	Gian van Veen	19
11	Daryl Gurney	19
12	Dirk van Duijvenbode	19
13	Peter Wright	17
14	Josh Rock	15.5
15	Stephen Bunting	15
16	Michael van Gerwen	14
17	Jonny Clayton	13
18	Luke Humphries	12.5
19	Callan Rydz	12.5
20	Kevin Doets	11.5
21	Michael Smith	11
22	Brendan Dolan	10.5
23	Ian White	10.5
24	James Hurrell	10.5
25	Niels Zonneveld	10.5
26	Karel Sedlacek	10
27	Luke Woodhouse	9.5
28	Martin Lukeman	9.5
29	Ricardo Pietreczko	9.5
30	Cameron Menzies	9.5
31	Andrew Gilding	9
32	Ritchie Edhouse	9
33	Berry van Peer	9
34	Jose de Sousa	8.5
35	Leighton Bennett	8.5
36	Nathan Aspinall	8
37	Martin Schindler	8
38	Thibault Tricole	8
39	Alan Soutar	8
40	Gerwyn Price	7.5
41	Jermaine Wattimena	7.5
42	Arron Monk	7.5
43	William O'Connor	7.5
44	Chris Landman	7.5
45	Steve Lennon	7.5
46	Ricky Evans	7
47	Ryan Meikle	7
48	Scott Williams	7
49	Danny Jansen	7
50	Radek Szaganski	6.5
51	Mensur Suljovic	6.5
52	Dom Taylor	6.5
53	Jim Williams	6.5
54	Dylan Slevin	6.5
55	Mike De Decker	6.5
56	Jamie Hughes	6.5
57	Lee Evans	6.5
58	Robert Owen	6.5
59	Nick Kenny	6.5
60	James Wade	6.5
61	Stephen Burton	6
62	Kim Huybrechts	6
63	Andy Baetens	6
64	Krzysztof Ratajski	6
65	Richard Veenstra	6
66	Stefan Bellmont	5.5
67	Rob Cross	5.5
68	Rowby-John Rodriguez	5.5
69	Ryan Joyce	5.5
70	Brett Claydon	5.5
71	Mickey Mansell	5.5
72	Jeffrey Sparidaans	5.5
73	Jelle Klaasen	5
74	Danny Lauby	5
75	Joe Cullen	5
76	Maik Kuivenhoven	5
77	Pascal Rupprecht	5
78	Florian Hempel	5
79	Christian Perez	5
80	Mario Vandenbogaerde	5
81	Jeffrey De Zwaan	4.5
82	Graham Hall	4.5
83	Wessel Nijman	4.5
84	Connor Scutt	4.5
85	Oskar Lukasiak	4.5
86	Paul Krohne	4.5
87	Patrick Geeraets	4
88	William Borland	4
89	Michele Turetta	4
90	Simon Whitlock	4
91	Lukas Wenig	4
92	Matthew Dennant	4
93	Adam Smith-Neale	4
94	Danny van Trijp	3.5
95	Madars Razma	3.5
96	Rhys Griffin	3.5
97	Nathan Rafferty	3.5
98	Daniel Klose	3.5
99	Robbie Knops	3.5
100	Gabriel Clemens	3.5
101	Steve Beaton	3.5
102	Vincent van der Voort	3.5
103	Adam Gawlas	3.5
104	Dimitri Van den Bergh	3.5
105	Adam Hunt	3.5
106	Owen Roelofs	3
107	Darren Beveridge	3
108	George Killington	3
109	Joshua Richardson	3
110	Ronny Huybrechts	3
111	Robert Grundy	2.5
112	John Henderson	2.5
113	Graham Usher	2.5
114	Mervyn King	2.5
115	Jeffrey de Graaf	2
116	Owen Bates	2
117	Benjamin Drue Reus	2
118	Geert Nentjes	2
118	Keegan Brown	2
118	Thomas Lovely	2
121	Boris Krcmar	2
122	Jurjen van der Velde	2
123	Haupai Puha	1.5
124	Aden Kirk	1
125	Tim Wolters	1
126	Romeo Grbavac	1
127	Wesley Plaisier	1
128	Jitse Van der Wal	1
129	Jules van Dongen	1