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.
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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 |
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