Players Championship Order of Merit: Rises for Michael Smith, Wade, Noppert, Van Barneveld and potential qualification for Kist
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The Players Championship Order of Merit has been updated after the 22nd tournament of the season with two Dutchman in particular making strides and a change in the top three.
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Danny Noppert took the title and moved outside the top 10 into the top six and is now hunting down Luke Humphries and Josh Rock who sit in fourth and fifth. Christian Kist who lost in the final to 'The Freeze' could dream of playing in the Finals and even the World Championship, he is in the top 40.
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Damon Heta too is now in the top three. He lost in the semi-final to Kist and as a result, displaces Humphries. Michael Smith, James Wade, and Raymond van Barneveld also achieved rises with their runs. 'Bully Boy' is up seven spots to 20th, Wade is up two, and Van Barneveld is up four further into the top 40 with his first Quarter-Final since March.
After all the Players Championship tournaments, the top 64 ranked players will compete in the Players Championship Finals. This tournament from Nov. 24 to 26 will be played in Minehead.
Players Championship Order of Merit
Rank - Name - Prize money (in units of £1,000)
1 Dirk van Duijvenbode 59
2 Gerwyn Price 57.25
3 Damon Heta 52.25
4 Luke Humphries 48.5
5 Josh Rock 48
6 Danny Noppert 46
7 Gary Anderson 43.75
8 Ryan Searle 41.5
9 Dave Chisnall 40.75
10 Jonny Clayton 38
11 Krzysztof Ratajski 36.75
12 Ross Smith 35
13 James Wade 33.75
14 Rob Cross 32.5
15 Mike De Decker 32
16 Joe Cullen 32
17 Andrew Gilding 31.25
18 Callan Rydz 30.75
19 Brendan Dolan 28.5
20 Michael Smith 28
21 Stephen Bunting 28
22 Gabriel Clemens 28
23 Dimitri Van den Bergh 27
24 Jose de Sousa 27
25 Luke Woodhouse 26.75
26 Kevin Doets 26.5
27 Daryl Gurney 26
28 Martin Schindler 24.5
29 Gian van Veen 24.5
30 Ryan Joyce 24.25
31 Kim Huybrechts 24.25
32 Richard Veenstra 23.75
33 Michael van Gerwen 23
34 Chris Dobey 22.75
35 Ricardo Pietreczko 22.25
36 Ian White 20.75
37 Mario Vandenbogaerde 20.25
38 Raymond van Barneveld 20
39 Simon Whitlock 20
40 Christian Kist 19
41 Niels Zonneveld 18
42 Jamie Hughes 17.75
43 Connor Scutt 17.25
44 Steve Lennon 16.75
45 Chris Landman 16.75
46 Radek Szaganski 15.5
47 Boris Krcmar 15.25
48 Scott Williams 15
49 William O'Connor 14.5
50 Jermaine Wattimena 14.25
51 Daniel Klose 14
52 Ritchie Edhouse 14
53 Matt Campbell 14
54 Jeffrey Sparidaans 14
55 Jim Williams 13.5
56 Cameron Menzies 13.5
57 Dylan Slevin 13.5
58 Bradley Brooks 13.5
59 Madars Razma 13.5
60 Mickey Mansell 13.25
61 Rowby-John Rodriguez 13
62 Keegan Brown 13
63 Jules van Dongen 12.5
64 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 12.5
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65 Jurjen van der Velde 12.25
66 Martijn Kleermaker 12
67 Jeffrey De Zwaan 12
68 Krzysztof Kciuk 12
69 Lee Evans 11.75
70 Steve Beaton 11.25
71 Ricky Evans 11
72 Stephen Burton 11
73 Scott Waites 10.5
74 Maik Kuivenhoven 10.5
75 Nathan Aspinall 10.25
76 Florian Hempel 10.25
77 Cam Crabtree 10.25
78 Keane Barry 10.25
79 Owen Bates 10
80 Ronny Huybrechts 10
81 Peter Wright 9.75
82 Pascal Rupprecht 9.75
83 Ryan Meikle 9.75
84 Robert Owen 9.5
85 Graham Hall 9.5
86 George Killington 9.5
87 Karel Sedlacek 9.5
88 Martin Lukeman 9.5
89 Andy Boulton 9.5
90 Mensur Suljovic 9.25
91 Josh Payne 9
92 Vincent van der Voort 9
93 Richie Burnett 8.75
94 Danny van Trijp 8.75
95 Tony Martinez 8.5
96 Brian Raman 8.25
97 Jimmy Hendriks 8
98 Adam Smith-Neale 8
99 Geert Nentjes 8
100 Ross Montgomery 7.75
101 Arron Monk 7.75
102 John O'Shea 7.5
103 Jose Justicia 7.5
104 Nathan Rafferty 7.5
105 Alan Soutar 7.25
106 Mervyn King 7.25
107 Joe Murnan 7.25
108 Owen Roelofs 7
109 Graham Usher 7
110 Ted Evetts 7
111 Berry van Peer 7
112 Darius Labanauskas 6.75
113 Nick Kenny 6.75
114 Jeff Smith 6.5
115 Darryl Pilgrim 6.25
116 Adam Gawlas 6
117 Thibault Tricole 6
118 Shaun Wilkinson 5.5
119 Vladimir Andersen 5.5
120 Callum Goffin 5
121 Darren Webster 5
122 Adam Warner 5
123 Dom Taylor 4.75
124 Lewy Williams 4.5
125 Robbie Knops 4.25
126 James Wilson 4.25
127 Danny Lauby 4.25
128 Jacques Labre 4
129 Danny Jansen 3.75
130 Luc Peters 3.75
131 Damian Mol 3.5
132 Kevin Burness 3.25
133 Christian Perez 3
134 John Henderson 2.75
135 Stefan Bellmont 2.5
136 Robert Grundy 2.25
137 Lukas Wenig 2.25
138 Conan Whitehead 2.25
139 Jarred Cole 2.25
140 James Hurrell 2.25
141 Alexander Merkx 2
142 Nick Fullwell 1.5
143 Ron Meulenkamp 1.5
144 Jelle Klaasen 1.5
145 Scott Mitchell 1.5
146 Devon Petersen 1.5
147 Vitezslav Sedlak 1.25
147 Wesley Plaisier 1.25
149 Adrian Lewis 1.25
150 Wayne Jones 0.75
151 Roy van de Griendt 0.75
152 Eddie Lovely 0.75
153 James Richardson 0.75
154 Jamie Clark 0.75
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