Players Championship Order of Merit: Heta moves to second as Beaton surges into provisional Minehead spot

The Players Championship Order of Merit has been updated after the 18th event which took place on Wednesday and was won by Damon Heta and he is one of a few players to make a surge.

The rankings are still led by Ryan Searle, who stands at £60,000 after eighteen Players Championship tournaments. Damon Heta is now in second place with £57,000 moving from 5th. The Australian managed to win 8-3 over Searle in the final of Players Championship 18 on Wednesday.

Ross Smith is in third place with £51,000, while Chris Dobey (£47,500) and Gary Anderson (£46,000) complete the top five. Behind them are the two Dutchmen Noppert and Van Barneveld, while Luke Littler (£41,000), Josh Rock (£40,000) and Jonny Clayton (£39,000) are also in the top-10.

Prize Money breakdown for 2024 Players Championship season with increased prize pool of £3,750,000

Further down, Steve Beaton had an excellent day including defeating Michael van Gerwen again. He lost in the semi-finals but gained as he is now into the top 64 who qualify for Minehead. Cameron Menzies is also into the top 15 after moving up four spots for reaching the semi-finals also.

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

After all Players Championship tournaments, the top 64 players in the rankings compete in the Players Championship Finals. This tournament from 22 to 24 November played in Minehead.

Players Championship Order of Merit

Rank	Name	Prize money
1	Ryan Searle	60
2	Damon Heta	57
3	Ross Smith	51
4	Chris Dobey	47.5
5	Gary Anderson	46
6	Danny Noppert	43
7	Raymond van Barneveld	43
8	Luke Littler	41
9	Josh Rock	40
10	Jonny Clayton	39
11	Daryl Gurney	36.5
12	Michael Smith	35.5
13	Dave Chisnall	35
14	Mike De Decker	34.5
15	Cameron Menzies	33.5
16	Stephen Bunting	33
17	Alan Soutar	33
18	Brendan Dolan	33
19	Gian van Veen	32.5
20	Ryan Joyce	29
21	Dirk van Duijvenbode	28.5
22	Wesley Plaisier	27.5
23	Niels Zonneveld	26
24	Peter Wright	26
25	Krzysztof Ratajski	25.5
26	Karel Sedlacek	25
27	Ritchie Edhouse	24.5
28	Wessel Nijman	24.5
29	Kevin Doets	24
30	Ricky Evans	24
31	Callan Rydz	23.5
32	Scott Williams	22.5
33	Luke Humphries	22.5
34	Andrew Gilding	21.5
35	Michael van Gerwen	21
36	James Wade	21
37	Dimitri Van den Bergh	20.5
38	Stephen Burton	19
39	Luke Woodhouse	19
40	Dom Taylor	18.5
41	Jim Williams	18
42	Martin Schindler	18
43	James Hurrell	18
44	Jeffrey de Graaf	18
45	Joe Cullen	17.5
46	Martin Lukeman	17.5
47	William O'Connor	17.5
48	Jermaine Wattimena	17
49	Ryan Meikle	17
50	Florian Hempel	17
51	Madars Razma	16.5
52	Gerwyn Price	16
53	Chris Landman	15.5
54	Mario Vandenbogaerde	15.5
55	Richard Veenstra	15.5
56	Ian White	15.5
57	Matt Campbell	15
58	Kim Huybrechts	15
59	Andy Baetens	15
60	Graham Hall	15
61	Nathan Aspinall	15
62	Steve Beaton	14.5
63	Berry van Peer	14.5
64	Gabriel Clemens	14
65	Nick Kenny	14
66	Mensur Suljovic	13.5
67	Connor Scutt	13.5
68	Thibault Tricole	13.5
69	Lee Evans	13.5
70	Jeffrey Sparidaans	13
71	Jose de Sousa	12.5
72	Ricardo Pietreczko	12.5
73	Radek Szaganski	12
74	Robert Owen	11.5
75	Leighton Bennett	11.5
76	Danny Jansen	11.5
77	Jamie Hughes	11
78	Arron Monk	11
79	Jeffrey De Zwaan	11
80	Patrick Geeraets	11
81	Maik Kuivenhoven	10.5
82	Stefan Bellmont	10.5
83	Andy Boulton	10
84	Rhys Griffin	10
85	Danny Lauby	9.5
86	Daniel Klose	9.5
87	Keane Barry	9.5
88	Mervyn King	9.5
89	Robert Grundy	9.5
90	Nathan Rafferty	9.5
91	Steve Lennon	9.5
92	Cam Crabtree	9
93	Lukas Wenig	9
94	Dylan Slevin	9
95	Christian Perez	8.5
96	Vincent van der Voort	8.5
97	Mickey Mansell	8
98	Danny van Trijp	8
99	Adam Hunt	8
100	Owen Roelofs	7.5
101	George Killington	7.5
102	Rob Cross	7.5
103	Boris Krcmar	7.5
104	Pascal Rupprecht	7.5
105	Adam Gawlas	7.5
106	Rowby-John Rodriguez	7.5
107	Kai Gotthardt	7
108	Graham Usher	7
109	Darren Beveridge	7
110	Jelle Klaasen	7
111	Matthew Dennant	6.5
112	Paul Krohne	6.5
113	Simon Whitlock	6.5
114	Haupai Puha	6
115	Jitse Van der Wal	5.5
116	Richie Burnett	5.5
117	Brett Claydon	5.5
118	Keegan Brown	5
119	Darryl Pilgrim	5
120	Michele Turetta	5
121	Callum Goffin	4.5
122	Owen Bates	4.5
123	Benjamin Reus	4.5
124	Jurjen van der Velde	4.5
125	Robbie Knops	4.5
126	Oskar Lukasiak	4.5
127	John Henderson	4
128	Martijn Dragt	4
129	Joshua Richardson	4
130	Franz Roetzsch	4
131	Ronny Huybrechts	4
132	William Borland	4
133	Adam Smith-Neale	4
134	Justin Hood	3.5
135	Jules van Dongen	3
136	Geert Nentjes	3
137	Christian Kist	2.5
138	Adam Warner	2.5
139	Lee Cocks	2.5
140	Aden Kirk	2
141	Jamie Atkins	2
142	Tim Wolters	2
143	Thomas Lovely	2
144	Reece Colley	1
144	Rene Eidams	1
146	Josh Payne	1
146	Shane McGuirk	1
148	Romeo Grbavac	1