Players Championship Order of Merit: De Decker nears top-10 after title as Evans rises over 25 spots

Mike de Decker moved up to the 13th spot on the Players Championship Order of Merit after winning the 16th Players Championship tournament of the season.

'The Real Deal' is now by far the best Belgian in the rankings. Dimitri van den Bergh (33rd), Kim Huybrechts (52nd), Andy Baetens (53rd) and Mario Vandenbogaerde (57th) are the other Belgians in the top-64 of the rankings.

Luke Humphries moves into the top 30 (29th) after his run to the latter stages. While Ricky Evans heads towards the top 20 up over 25 places from 50th to start the day. So despite losing the final it is not all doom and gloom.

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A total of 125,000 pounds in prize money is distributed at each Players Championship tournament. The winner of the event will receive a check for 15,000 pounds.

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.

Players Championship Order of Merit

Rank	Name	Prize money (in units of £1,000)
1	Ryan Searle	46.5
2	Chris Dobey	45
3	Gary Anderson	44.5
4	Ross Smith	42.5
5	Raymond van Barneveld	42
6	Luke Littler	41
7	Damon Heta	41
8	Danny Noppert	38.5
9	Jonny Clayton	37.5
10	Michael Smith	35.5
11	Daryl Gurney	35
12	Brendan Dolan	33
13	Mike De Decker	32
14	Alan Soutar	31.5
15	Gian van Veen	31
16	Dave Chisnall	30
17	Stephen Bunting	29
18	Dirk van Duijvenbode	27.5
19	Wesley Plaisier	26
20	Ryan Joyce	25.5
21	Cameron Menzies	25
22	Josh Rock	25
23	Peter Wright	25
24	Ricky Evans	24
25	Callan Rydz	23.5
26	Wessel Nijman	23.5
27	Kevin Doets	23
28	Krzysztof Ratajski	23
29	Luke Humphries	22.5
30	Karel Sedlacek	22.5
31	Ritchie Edhouse	22
32	Niels Zonneveld	22
33	Dimitri Van den Bergh	19.5
34	Andrew Gilding	19
35	James Wade	18.5
36	Scott Williams	18.5
37	Michael van Gerwen	17.5
38	Jeffrey de Graaf	17
39	Luke Woodhouse	16.5
40	Dom Taylor	16.5
41	William O'Connor	15.5
42	Martin Schindler	15.5
43	Madars Razma	15.5
44	Ryan Meikle	15.5
45	Martin Lukeman	15
46	Nathan Aspinall	15
47	Stephen Burton	15
48	Gerwyn Price	14.5
49	Jermaine Wattimena	14.5
50	James Hurrell	14.5
51	Ian White	14.5
52	Kim Huybrechts	14
53	Andy Baetens	14
54	Thibault Tricole	13.5
55	Berry van Peer	13.5
56	Lee Evans	13.5
57	Mario Vandenbogaerde	13.5
58	Matt Campbell	13.5
59	Richard Veenstra	13.5
60	Gabriel Clemens	12.5
61	Graham Hall	12.5
62	Mensur Suljovic	12.5
63	Connor Scutt	12
64	Radek Szaganski	12
65	Jeffrey Sparidaans	12
66	Jim Williams	12
67	Jose de Sousa	11.5
68	Leighton Bennett	11.5
69	Nick Kenny	11.5
70	Danny Jansen	11.5
71	Ricardo Pietreczko	11.5
72	Jeffrey De Zwaan	11
73	Florian Hempel	11
74	Patrick Geeraets	11
75	Stefan Bellmont	10.5
76	Robert Owen	10.5
77	Chris Landman	10.5
78	Jamie Hughes	10
79	Robert Grundy	9.5
80	Arron Monk	9.5
81	Nathan Rafferty	9.5
82	Steve Lennon	9.5
83	Dylan Slevin	9
84	Mervyn King	8.5
85	Steve Beaton	8.5
86	Rhys Griffin	8.5
87	Vincent van der Voort	8.5
88	Daniel Klose	8.5
89	Maik Kuivenhoven	8.5
90	Andy Boulton	8
91	Lukas Wenig	8
92	Pascal Rupprecht	7.5
93	Adam Gawlas	7.5
94	Rowby-John Rodriguez	7.5
95	Christian Perez	7.5
96	Cam Crabtree	7.5
97	Danny van Trijp	7
98	Graham Usher	7
99	Darren Beveridge	7
100	Danny Lauby	7
101	Adam Hunt	7
102	Jelle Klaasen	7
103	Joe Cullen	6.5
104	Rob Cross	6.5
105	Boris Krcmar	6.5
106	Simon Whitlock	6.5
107	George Killington	6.5
108	Mickey Mansell	6.5
109	Keane Barry	6
110	Haupai Puha	6
111	Kai Gotthardt	6
112	Jitse Van der Wal	5.5
113	Richie Burnett	5.5
114	Paul Krohne	5.5
115	Brett Claydon	5.5
116	Michele Turetta	5
117	Owen Roelofs	5
118	Matthew Dennant	5
119	Benjamin Reus	4.5
120	Jurjen van der Velde	4.5
121	Robbie Knops	4.5
122	Oskar Lukasiak	4.5
123	Darryl Pilgrim	4
124	Martijn Dragt	4
125	Joshua Richardson	4
126	Keegan Brown	4
127	Franz Roetzsch	4
128	Ronny Huybrechts	4
129	William Borland	4
130	Adam Smith-Neale	4
131	Owen Bates	3.5
132	Jules van Dongen	3
133	Geert Nentjes	3
134	Adam Warner	2.5
135	Lee Cocks	2.5
136	John Henderson	2.5
137	Aden Kirk	2
138	Jamie Atkins	2
139	Tim Wolters	2
140	Callum Goffin	2
141	Thomas Lovely	2
142	Christian Kist	1.5
143	Justin Hood	1
144	Josh Payne	1
144	Shane McGuirk	1
146	Romeo Grbavac	1