Players Championship Order of Merit Update: Cross first leader as expected after title
PDCTuesday, 11 February 2025 at 17:53
Rob Cross can call himself the first leader of the Players Championship Order of Merit. 'Voltage' managed to win the first Players Championship tournament of the season on Monday.
'Voltage' dealt with successively Robert Owen (6-2), Owen Bates (6-2), James Hurrell (6-4), Carl Sneyd (6-3), Jermaine Wattimena (6-5), Andrew Gilding (7-3) and Joe Cullen (8-3) to take the top prize of 15,000 pounds.
Needless to say, Cross leads the rankings after Players Championship 1. Losing finalist Cullen is in second place with 10,000 pounds, while semifinalists Luke Humphries and Andrew Gilding sit together on 5,000 pounds.
Playing Players Championship tournaments is the only route for players to grant themselves entry to the Players Championship Finals. At the end of the season, the 64 best players get to compete in the final tournament in Minehead.
Read also
Players Championship Order of Merit
| Rank | Name | Prize money |
| 1 | Rob Cross | 15.000 |
| 2 | Joe Cullen | 10.000 |
| 3 | Andrew Gilding | 5000 |
| 3 | Luke Humphries | 5000 |
| 5 | Darryl Pilgrim | 3500 |
| 5 | Jermaine Wattimena | 3500 |
| 5 | Luke Woodhouse | 3500 |
| 5 | Richard Veenstra | 3500 |
| 9 | Carl Sneyd | 2500 |
| 9 | Damon Heta | 2500 |
| 9 | Danny Noppert | 2500 |
| 9 | Gian van Veen | 2500 |
| 9 | Jonny Clayton | 2500 |
| 9 | Mike De Decker | 2500 |
| 9 | Ross Smith | 2500 |
| 9 | Wessel Nijman | 2500 |
| 17 | Adam Hunt | 1500 |
| 17 | Alan Soutar | 1500 |
| 17 | Callan Rydz | 1500 |
| 17 | Daryl Gurney | 1500 |
| 17 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 1500 |
| 17 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | 1500 |
| 17 | Dylan Slevin | 1500 |
| 17 | James Hurrell | 1500 |
| 17 | James Wade | 1500 |
| 17 | Jitse Van der Wal | 1500 |
| 17 | Kevin Doets | 1500 |
| 17 | Luke Littler | 1500 |
| 17 | Mensur Suljovic | 1500 |
| 17 | Niels Zonneveld | 1500 |
| 17 | Ritchie Edhouse | 1500 |
| 17 | Stephen Bunting | 1500 |
| 33 | Adam Lipscombe | 1000 |
| 33 | Adam Paxton | 1000 |
| 33 | Cam Crabtree | 1000 |
| 33 | Chris Dobey | 1000 |
| 33 | Christian Kist | 1000 |
| 33 | Dom Taylor | 1000 |
| 33 | Gerwyn Price | 1000 |
| 33 | Haupai Puha | 1000 |
| 33 | Josh Rock | 1000 |
| 33 | Kai Gotthardt | 1000 |
| 33 | Karel Sedlacek | 1000 |
| 33 | Keane Barry | 1000 |
| 33 | Kevin Burness | 1000 |
| 33 | Krzysztof Ratajski | 1000 |
| 33 | Leon Weber | 1000 |
| 33 | Madars Razma | 1000 |
| 33 | Martin Lukeman | 1000 |
| 33 | Marvin van Velzen | 1000 |
| 33 | Michele Turetta | 1000 |
| 33 | Mickey Mansell | 1000 |
| 33 | Nick Kenny | 1000 |
| 33 | Owen Bates | 1000 |
| 33 | Ricky Evans | 1000 |
| 33 | Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | 1000 |
| 33 | Ryan Meikle | 1000 |
| 33 | Scott Williams | 1000 |
| 33 | Sebastian Bialecki | 1000 |
| 33 | Stefaan Henderyck | 1000 |
| 33 | Tavis Dudeney | 1000 |
| 33 | Thomas Lovely | 1000 |
| 33 | William Borland | 1000 |
| 33 | William O'Connor | 1000 |
claps 0visitors 0
Just in
Popular news
Latest comments
- Sophie v Paige warranted a final and deserved a longer format, despite the completely shambolic start to the match regarding the scoring which I think unnerved both players, it was an excellent game. Both are outstanding players with great futures in darts. It was a shame such talented players had to meet so early and that Paige is out, she is brilliant and blitzed Sophie in that first set. Fantastic comeback from Sophie, so calm and nonchalant, survived a real scare but hope she becomes World Champion.richieburnettrocks04-12-2025
- I'll play,I can average about 40!rick6701-12-2025
- I'll play,I can average about 40!rick6701-12-2025
- Oh fudge off. Who the hell decided Mardull was preferred choice. Just look as its idiotic face. What a talentless waste of space What a travesty when you compare what ITV had. He comes across as a jokey person but it's a class A piece of sheet, miserable as hell and completely full of himself. I don't know anyone who can say anything positive about this goof. Hopefully he'll meet Chris Mason in a dark alley. It really is paving over paradise.richieburnettrocks26-11-2025
- Needs to get the dart tip up when he pulls the dart back and his game will come back.BandB25-11-2025
- Absolutely disgraceful, really I've said many times that ITV coverage is superior to SKY and SKY know that. Jacqui was absolutely fantastic and extremely knowledgeable. Emma from SKY is more interested in what to wear than learning about darts. Chris Mason is absolutely the best and greatest commentator on TV, even better than Alex Jacques on F1 and Alex is absolutely brilliant. It is criminal that Chris and Alan will probably never be on TV again, what an amazing waste of talent. Poor Ned, who is just as excellent and knowledgeable on darts as the Tour de France has lost both gigs this year. The whole ITV team from presentation, commentary, production the whole team will definitely be missed and I have enjoyed every minute of their coverage. Thank you so much. John Part is the ONLY decent and knowledgeable person on SKY. I liked Glenn Durrant the player but he is awkward and dreadful on commentary all the rest are utterly useless.richieburnettrocks24-11-2025
- Gurney is off form and will completely crack and have a meltdown as the crowd will be relentless, although I think Beau will beat him anyway. I also think Fallon will beat the Helium voiced Chisnall. Poor Gemma has a toughie Peter Wright is also completely off the boil but will probably squeeze past Lisa. Ian White v Mervyn King is an old school classic.richieburnettrocks24-11-2025
- I thought itv coverage was great,shame to see it goingrick6724-11-2025
- Put the balls back in and have another go!rick6724-11-2025
- Hate the idea. Darts is loud and exciting without this gimmick format. Golf needs it because it's otherwise boring. Sorry but same applies for royale rumble style knock out.BandB19-11-2025
Loading