Players Championship Order of Merit after Players Championship 9: Jansen storms into top 10 after surprising win

The ninth Players Championship tournament of the season was played in Barnsley on Friday. The tournament was surprisingly won by 19-year-old Danny Jansen.

The Dutchman started the tournament with a 6-2 victory over Radek Szaganksi, before booking narrow victories over William O'Connor (6-5), Peter Wright (6-5), Krzysztof Ratajski (6-5), Chris Dobey (6-4) and Dave Chisnall (7-6). He then beat Andrew Gilding 8-6 to claim the title. With this victory Jansen moved up from the 56th spot to the tenth place on the Players Championship Order of Merit.

After all Players Championship tournaments the best 64 players will compete in the Players Championship Finals. This tournament will be played from November 25-27 in Minehead.

1 Joe Cullen 33

2 Damon Heta 30.75

3 Luke Humphries 27.5

4 Gerwyn Price 27.25

5 Michael van Gerwen 24.25

6 Peter Wright 19.25

7 Rob Cross 19

8 Martin Schindler 17.5

9 Daryl Gurney 17.5

10 Danny Jansen 16.75

11 Jim Williams 15.25

12 Jose de Sousa 15

13 Stephen Bunting 15

14 Madars Razma 14.75

15 Dimitri Van den Bergh 14.75

16 Gary Anderson 14.5

17 Krzysztof Ratajski 13.75

18 Ricky Evans 13.25

19 Kim Huybrechts 12.5

20 Ryan Searle 12.25

21 Andrew Gilding 12

22 Adrian Lewis 12

23 Dave Chisnall 11.75

24 Danny Noppert 11.25

25 James Wade 11.25

26 Scott Williams 11

27 Jonny Clayton 10.25

28 Keane Barry 10.25

29 Dirk van Duijvenbode 10

30 Raymond van Barneveld 9.75

31 Kevin Doets 9.75

32 William O'Connor 9.25

33 Connor Scutt 8.25

34 Mario Vandenbogaerde 8

35 Mensur Suljovic 8

36 Niels Zonneveld 7.75

37 Callan Rydz 7.5

38 Cameron Menzies 7.5

39 Ryan Meikle 7.5

40 Lee Evans 7.5

41 Jason Lowe 7.25

42 Chris Dobey 7

43 Geert Nentjes 7

44 Jamie Hughes 6.75

45 Mervyn King 6.75

46 Boris Krcmar 6.75

47 Mike De Decker 6.5

48 Gabriel Clemens 6.5

49 Lewy Williams 6.25

50 Joe Murnan 6

51 Ritchie Edhouse 6

52 Adam Gawlas 5.75

53 Brendan Dolan 5.5

54 Andy Boulton 5.5

55 Matt Campbell 5.5

56 Simon Whitlock 5.5

57 Martijn Kleermaker 5.25

58 Ian White 5.25

59 Ryan Joyce 5

60 Luke Woodhouse 5

61 Stephen Burton 5

62 Gordon Mathers 5

63 Michael Smith 5

64 Rowby-John Rodriguez 4.75

65 John O'Shea 4.75

66 Martin Lukeman 4.75

67 Max Hopp 4.5

68 Vincent van der Voort 4.5

69 Josh Rock 4.5

70 Maik Kuivenhoven 4.5

71 Jon Worsley 4.25

72 Jeff Smith 4.25

73 Jason Heaver 4.25

74 Keegan Brown 4.25

75 Alan Soutar 4.25

76 Steve West 4.25

77 Brian Raman 4

78 Darius Labanauskas 4

79 George Killington 4

80 Jermaine Wattimena 4

81 Ron Meulenkamp 4

82 Brett Claydon 3.75

83 Ted Evetts 3.5

84 Steve Beaton 3.5

85 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 3.5

86 Jimmy Hendriks 3.5

87 Eddie Lovely 3.5

88 Jamie Clark 3.5

89 Geert De Vos 3.25

90 Damian Mol 3.25

91 Krzysztof Kciuk 3

92 Luc Peters 3

93 Gary Blades 3

94 Nathan Rafferty 3

95 Peter Hudson 2.75

96 Jeffrey De Zwaan 2.75

97 Berry van Peer 2.75

98 Adam Hunt 2.75

99 Scott Mitchell 2.75

100 Shaun Wilkinson 2.75

101 Ross Montgomery 2.75

102 Radek Szaganski 2.75

103 Ricardo Pietreczko 2.25

104 Nick Fullwell 2.25

105 Steve Lennon 2.25

106 Florian Hempel 2.25

107 Kevin Burness 2

108 Scott Marsh 2

109 Nathan Aspinall 2

110 Jose Justicia 2

111 Tony Martinez 2

112 Ross Smith 2

113 Jim McEwan 2

114 Richie Burnett 2

115 Devon Petersen 1.5

116 Colin Osborne 1.5

116 Mickey Mansell 1.5

118 Matthew Edgar 1.5

119 Bradley Brooks 1.5

119 Jules van Dongen 1.5

121 William Borland 1.5

122 Danny Baggish 1.5

123 Jack Main 1.5

124 Darren Webster 1.5

125 Darren Penhall 1.25

125 Glen Durrant 1.25

127 Karel Sedlacek 1.25

127 Owen Roelofs 1.25

129 James Wilson 1.25

130 Jacques Labre 0.75

130 Jim Moston 0.75

130 Leighton Bennett 0.75

130 Lukas Wenig 0.75

130 Pete Burgoyne 0.75

130 Steven Noster 0.75

136 Carlo van Peer 0.75

136 David Evans 0.75

138 Robert Owen 0.75

139 Vladimir Andersen 0.75

140 Steve Haggerty 0.75

141 Scott Waites 0.75

141 Stu Wilson 0.75

143 Jake Jones 0.75