Players Championship Order of Merit ahead of the PDC Winter Series

The Winter Series begins later on Tuesday with five days of action coming from Coventry with a lot on the line in terms of the rest of the year with three tournaments having spots up for grabs.

They are of course the Grand Slam of Darts with the winner of the Order of Merit from the Winter Series getting a spot, as well as having one eye on the World Championship with many players low down on the Order of Merit wanting to avoid going to the PDPA Qualifier at the end of the month.

As well as of course the Players Championship Finals which will also shift to Coventry this year with the cut off being this weekend before the Grand Slam of Darts.

Who will qualify for the season ending event though? Peter Wright is top of the standings with £62,250 with the new World Number Two claiming three events this year ahead of Michael van Gerwen who is on two but will miss at least the first few days so he will likely go down the Order of Merit.

Gerwyn Price is next with the Welshman dominant in the Autumn Series winning two events in Niedernhausen as well as winning an event in Wigan. He has also reached three finals as well.

This puts him ahead of Nathan Aspinall who has won two events both at the start of the year before the Coronavirus lockdown. He sits in fourth.

While James Wade rounds out the top five with a solitary title this year ahead of Ian White, Krzysztof Ratajski and Glen Durrant among others.

Further down Nick Kenny currently occupies the final spot for the Players Championship Finals with £7,000 but with a queue of big names including Jelle Klaasen, Lisa Ashton, Robert Thornton and Andy Hamilton all behind him among others.

It could be a really interesting week to cement the final spots with players as high as 49th such as Dimitri van den Bergh not 100% safe.

1 Peter Wright £62,250

2 Michael van Gerwen £58,250

3 Gerwyn Price £57,250

4 Nathan Aspinall £41,500

5 James Wade £37,750

6 Ian White £36,000

7 Krzysztof Ratajski £35,750

8 Danny Noppert £24,750

8 Glen Durrant £24,750

10 Mensur Suljovic £22,250

11 Jose De Sousa £21,500

12 Devon Petersen £21,000

12 Ryan Searle £21,000

14 Brendan Dolan £20,500

15 Dave Chisnall £19,500

16 Gary Anderson £19,000

17 Joe Cullen £18,500

18 Rob Cross £18,250

19 Daryl Gurney £17,750

20 Stephen Bunting £17,250

21 Ryan Joyce £16,000

22 Madars Razma £15,500

23 Damon Heta £15,250

24 Gabriel Clemens £15,000

25 Jermaine Wattimena £14,500

25 Jamie Hughes £14,500

27 Michael Smith £14,000

28 Ross Smith £13,750

29 Simon Whitlock £13,500

30 Ricky Evans £13,000

31 Chris Dobey £12,500

31 Vincent van der Voort £12,500

31 Dirk van Duijvenbode £12,500

31 Jeff Smith £12,500

35 Keegan Brown £11,250

35 Mickey Mansell £11,250

37 Jason Lowe £11,000

38 Jonny Clayton £10,750

38 Martijn Kleermaker £10,750

40 Derk Telnekes £10,500

40 Adrian Lewis £10,500

42 Luke Humphries £10,250

43 Steve Beaton £10,000

43 Maik Kuivenhoven £10,000

45 Kim Huybrechts £9,500

46 Mervyn King £9,000

46 Wayne Jones £9,000

48 John Henderson £8,750

49 Dimitri Van den Bergh £8,500

50 Karel Sedlacek £8,000

50 William Borland £8,000

50 Jeffrey De Zwaan £8,000

50 Darren Webster £8,000

54 William O'Connor £7,750

54 Luke Woodhouse £7,750

56 Boris Krcmar £7,500

56 Scott Waites £7,500

56 Mike De Decker £7,500

56 Scott Mitchell £7,500

56 Steve Lennon £7,500

56 Niels Zonneveld £7,500

56 Benito van de Pas £7,500

63 Scott Baker £7,250

64 Nick Kenny £7,000

64 Rowby-John Rodriguez £7,000

64 Matthew Edgar £7,000

64 Josh Payne £7,000

64 Christian Bunse £7,000

64 Kai Fan Leung £7,000

70 Andy Boulton £6,500

70 Ryan Murray £6,500

70 Ryan Meikle £6,500

73 Jelle Klaasen £6,250

74 Adam Hunt £6,000

74 Lisa Ashton £6,000

74 Kirk Shepherd £6,000

74 Conan Whitehead £6,000

74 Robert Collins £6,000

79 Matt Clark £5,750

80 Callan Rydz £5,500

80 Gavin Carlin £5,500

80 Robert Thornton £5,500

80 Darius Labanauskas £5,500

80 Joe Murnan £5,500

80 Steve Brown £5,500

86 Martin Schindler £5,250

86 Jesus Noguera £5,250

88 Peter Jacques £5,000

88 Andrew Gilding £5,000

88 Ted Evetts £5,000

88 Alan Tabern £5,000

88 James Wilson £5,000

93 Justin Pipe £4,500

93 Richard North £4,500

93 Geert Nentjes £4,500

93 Andy Hamilton £4,500

93 Gary Blades £4,500

98 Reece Robinson £4,000

98 Carl Wilkinson £4,000

98 Bradley Brooks £4,000

98 Ron Meulenkamp £4,000

98 Max Hopp £4,000

98 John Michael £4,000

98 Jan Dekker £4,000

98 Steve West £4,000

98 Vincent Van der Meer £4,000

98 Ciaran Teehan £4,000

108 Adrian Gray £3,000

108 Mark McGeeney £3,000

108 Harald Leitinger £3,000

108 Martin Atkins (Wigan) £3,000

108 Simon Stevenson £3,000

108 Eddie Lovely £3,000

108 Wesley Harms £3,000

115 Arjan Konterman £2,500

115 Daniel Larsson £2,500

115 Harry Ward £2,500

115 Jamie Lewis £2,500

115 Toni Alcinas £2,500

120 Jitse Van der Wal £2,000

120 Yordi Meeuwisse £2,000

120 Marko Kantele £2,000

120 David Pallett £2,000

120 Matthew Dennant £2,000

120 Jonathan Worsley £2,000

120 Mike van Duivenbode £2,000

120 Darren Penhall £2,000

128 Brian Raman £1,500

128 Scott Taylor £1,500

128 Krzysztof Kciuk £1,500

128 Cristo Reyes £1,500

132 Aaron Beeney £1,000

132 Steffen Siepmann £1,000

132 Graham Usher £1,000

132 Dom Taylor £1,000

132 Carl Hamilton £1,000

132 Adam Huckvale £1,000

132 Barrie Bates £1,000

139 Nathan Derry £500

139 James Hubbard £500

139 Diogo Portela £500

139 Connor Scutt £500

139 Kyle Anderson £500

139 Michael Barnard £500