Players Championship Order of Merit: Ross Smith up into top five in latest rankings after fifth ranking title

Ross Smith has risen by a spot on the Players Championship Order of Merit following his final victory at Players Championship 13. 'Smudger' took the day's victory in Milton Keynes on Tuesday by beating Wesley Plaisier 8-7 in the final.

With this title, Smith earned 15,000 pounds for various rankings. The Englishman moved up to fifth place on the Players Championship Order of Merit and is now between Raymond van Barneveld (fourth) and Danny Noppert (sixth). Plaisier also made a giant leap up the rankings. The runner-up earned £10,000 and now occupies 38th place.

Ryan Searle still leads the Players Championship Order of Merit with 43,000 pounds. Behind just behind Searle are also Gary Anderson (41,000 pounds) and Chris Dobey (39,000 pounds). Completing the top ten are Daryl Gurney, Michael Smith, Damon Heta and Gian van Veen.

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.

Ross Smith seals fourth ProTour title with thrilling Players Championship 13 final win over Wesley Plaisier

Players Championship Order of Merit

Rank	Name	Prize money (in units of £1,000)
1	Ryan Searle	43
2	Gary Anderson	41
3	Chris Dobey	39
4	Raymond van Barneveld	38.5
5	Ross Smith	38
6	Danny Noppert	35
7	Daryl Gurney	34
8	Michael Smith	32
9	Damon Heta	31
10	Gian van Veen	29
11	Brendan Dolan	28.5
12	Alan Soutar	26.5
13	Stephen Bunting	25.5
14	Dirk van Duijvenbode	25
15	Dave Chisnall	24.5
16	Luke Littler	23.5
17	Peter Wright	23
18	Kevin Doets	20.5
19	Niels Zonneveld	20
20	Jonny Clayton	19.5
21	Callan Rydz	19
22	Josh Rock	19
23	Krzysztof Ratajski	18.5
24	Dimitri Van den Bergh	18.5
25	Ritchie Edhouse	18
26	Ryan Joyce	18
27	Andrew Gilding	17.5
28	Michael van Gerwen	17.5
29	Karel Sedlacek	15.5
30	Scott Williams	15.5
31	James Wade	14.5
32	Ian White	14.5
33	Luke Woodhouse	14.5
34	Ricky Evans	14
35	Dom Taylor	14
36	Cameron Menzies	14
37	Martin Lukeman	14
38	Wesley Plaisier	13.5
39	Ryan Meikle	13.5
40	Stephen Burton	13.5
41	Madars Razma	13.5
42	Richard Veenstra	13.5
43	Jeffrey de Graaf	13.5
44	Jermaine Wattimena	13
45	James Hurrell	13
46	Wessel Nijman	12.5
47	Nathan Aspinall	12.5
48	Matt Campbell	12.5
49	Mensur Suljovic	12.5
50	William O'Connor	12.5
51	Mike De Decker	12.5
52	Luke Humphries	12.5
53	Gerwyn Price	12
54	Thibault Tricole	12
55	Danny Jansen	11.5
56	Andy Baetens	11.5
57	Ricardo Pietreczko	11.5
58	Jim Williams	11
59	Graham Hall	11
60	Berry van Peer	11
61	Kim Huybrechts	10.5
62	Nick Kenny	10.5
63	Leighton Bennett	10.5
64	Radek Szaganski	10
65	Jeffrey Sparidaans	10
66	Martin Schindler	10
67	Mario Vandenbogaerde	10
68	Lee Evans	10
69	Chris Landman	9.5
70	Jose de Sousa	9.5
71	Patrick Geeraets	9
72	Daniel Klose	8.5
73	Maik Kuivenhoven	8.5
74	Arron Monk	8.5
75	Steve Lennon	8.5
76	Florian Hempel	8
77	Lukas Wenig	8
78	Cam Crabtree	7.5
79	Robert Grundy	7.5
80	Vincent van der Voort	7.5
81	Jamie Hughes	7.5
82	Dylan Slevin	7.5
83	Nathan Rafferty	7
84	Jeffrey De Zwaan	7
85	Jelle Klaasen	7
86	Andy Boulton	6.5
87	Connor Scutt	6.5
88	George Killington	6.5
89	Steve Beaton	6.5
90	Christian Perez	6.5
91	Mickey Mansell	6.5
92	Robert Owen	6.5
93	Kai Gotthardt	6
94	Rhys Griffin	6
95	Mervyn King	6
96	Danny Lauby	6
97	Gabriel Clemens	5.5
98	Adam Hunt	5.5
99	Boris Krcmar	5.5
100	Simon Whitlock	5.5
101	Paul Krohne	5.5
102	Stefan Bellmont	5.5
103	Rob Cross	5.5
104	Rowby-John Rodriguez	5.5
105	Brett Claydon	5.5
106	Keane Barry	5
107	Haupai Puha	5
108	Adam Gawlas	5
109	Joe Cullen	5
110	Pascal Rupprecht	5
111	Jitse Van der Wal	4.5
112	Richie Burnett	4.5
113	Danny van Trijp	4.5
114	Robbie Knops	4.5
115	Darren Beveridge	4.5
116	Oskar Lukasiak	4.5
117	Keegan Brown	4
118	Owen Roelofs	4
119	Franz Roetzsch	4
120	Ronny Huybrechts	4
121	William Borland	4
122	Michele Turetta	4
123	Matthew Dennant	4
124	Adam Smith-Neale	4
125	Owen Bates	3.5
126	Jurjen van der Velde	3.5
127	Martijn Dragt	3
128	Jules van Dongen	3
129	Geert Nentjes	3
130	Benjamin Reus	3
131	Joshua Richardson	3
132	Lee Cocks	2.5
133	John Henderson	2.5
134	Graham Usher	2.5
135	Jamie Atkins	2
136	Darryl Pilgrim	2
137	Tim Wolters	2
138	Callum Goffin	2
139	Thomas Lovely	2
140	Josh Payne	1
140	Shane McGuirk	1
142	Adam Warner	1
143	Aden Kirk	1
144	Romeo Grbavac	1