Price hunting down Van Duijvenbode for top spot in Players Championship Order of Merit after third title in 10 days
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Dirk van Duijvenbode is still the leader on the Players Championship Order of Merit after the trio of tournaments in recent days, but his wide lead has shrunk considerably.
Gerwyn Price is now breathing down the neck of Van Duijvenbode and is within a thousand pounds after the Welshman won Players Championship 21 on Tuesday. It was Price's third ranking title within a span of ten days, meaning 'The Iceman' has almost completely made up his large gap to Van Duijvenbode.
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Luke Humphries is the new number three on the list. Humphries also managed to win one of the tournaments in Barnsley. Damon Heta and Josh Rock complete the top five. Incidentally, there is only £500 difference between Humphries and Rock, so these names may still move around quite a bit during the upcoming tournaments.
After a poor weekend that saw him win just one match in the three tournaments, Michael van Gerwen now languishes in 34th with his great rival Peter Wright even worse off in 91st.
After all the Players Championship tournaments, the top 64 ranked players will compete in the Players Championship Finals. This tournament from 24 to 26 November played in Minehead.
Players Championship Order of Merit after 21/30 tournaments
Position Name Prize Money
1 Dirk van Duijvenbode £58,250
2 Gerwyn Price £57,250
3 Luke Humphries £48,500
4 Damon Heta £48,250
5 Josh Rock £48,000
6 Ryan Searle £41,500
7 Dave Chisnall £40,750
7 Gary Anderson £40,750
9 Jonny Clayton £37,250
10 Krzysztof Ratajski £35,500
11 Ross Smith £34,250
12 Danny Noppert £34,000
13 Rob Cross £32,500
14 Joe Cullen £32,000
15 James Wade £30,750
15 Mike De Decker £30,750
17 Andrew Gilding £30,000
18 Callan Rydz £29,500
19 Brendan Dolan £27,750
20 Gabriel Clemens £27,250
21 Luke Woodhouse £26,750
22 Stephen Bunting £26,000
23 Jose De Sousa £25,750
24 Daryl Gurney £25,250
25 Dimitri Van den Bergh £25,000
26 Gian van Veen £24,500
27 Michael Smith £24,000
28 Kevin Doets £23,500
28 Kim Huybrechts £23,500
30 Martin Schindler £23,250
31 Ryan Joyce £23,000
32 Richard Veenstra £22,500
33 Chris Dobey £21,500
34 Michael van Gerwen £21,000
35 Ricardo Pietreczko £20,250
36 Simon Whitlock £20,000
37 Mario Vandenbogaerde £19,500
38 Ian White £18,750
39 Niels Zonneveld £18,000
40 Jamie Hughes £17,750
41 Connor Scutt £17,250
42 Raymond van Barneveld £17,000
43 Chris Landman £16,000
44 Radek Szaganski £15,500
45 Steve Lennon £14,750
46 Boris Krcmar £14,500
47 Jermaine Wattimena £14,250
48 Daniel Klose £14,000
48 Ritchie Edhouse £14,000
48 Matt Campbell £14,000
48 Jeffrey Sparidaans £14,000
52 William O'Connor £13,750
52 Scott Williams £13,750
54 Madars Razma £13,500
55 Keegan Brown £13,000
56 Cameron Menzies £12,750
56 Dylan Slevin £12,750
56 Bradley Brooks £12,750
59 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £12,500
60 Jurjen van der Velde £12,250
60 Jim Williams £12,250
60 Rowby-John Rodriguez £12,250
63 Mickey Mansell £12,000
63 Krzysztof Kciuk £12,000
65 Jeffrey De Zwaan £11,250
65 Steve Beaton £11,250
65 Martijn Kleermaker £11,250
68 Ricky Evans £11,000
68 Lee Evans £11,000
68 Stephen Burton £11,000
68 Christian Kist £11,000
72 Jules van Dongen £10,500
73 Cam Crabtree £10,250
73 Florian Hempel £10,250
73 Keane Barry £10,250
76 Ronny Huybrechts £10,000
77 Scott Waites £9,750
77 Maik Kuivenhoven £9,750
79 Robert Owen £9,500
79 George Killington £9,500
79 Graham Hall £9,500
79 Karel Sedlacek £9,500
79 Martin Lukeman £9,500
79 Andy Boulton £9,500
85 Owen Bates £9,250
86 Ryan Meikle £9,000
86 Josh Payne £9,000
86 Vincent van der Voort £9,000
89 Richie Burnett £8,750
89 Danny van Trijp £8,750
91 Peter Wright £8,500
91 Mensur Suljovic £8,500
91 Pascal Rupprecht £8,500
94 Brian Raman £8,250
94 Nathan Aspinall £8,250
96 Adam Smith-Neale £8,000
96 Geert Nentjes £8,000
98 Arron Monk £7,750
98 Tony Martinez £7,750
98 Ross Montgomery £7,750
101 Jose Justicia £7,500
101 Nathan Rafferty £7,500
103 Jimmy Hendriks £7,250
103 Mervyn King £7,250
103 Alan Soutar £7,250
103 Joe Murnan £7,250
107 Graham Usher £7,000
107 Ted Evetts £7,000
107 Berry van Peer £7,000
110 John O'Shea £6,750
110 Nick Kenny £6,750
112 Darryl Pilgrim £6,250
112 Owen Roelofs £6,250
114 Adam Gawlas £6,000
114 Darius Labanauskas £6,000
114 Thibault Tricole £6,000
117 Jeff Smith £5,750
118 Shaun Wilkinson £5,500
118 Vladimir Andersen £5,500
120 Adam Warner £5,000
121 Lewis Williams £4,500
122 James Wilson £4,250
122 Robbie Knops £4,250
122 Darren Webster £4,250
122 Danny Lauby £4,250
126 Jacques Labre £4,000
127 Luc Peters £3,750
127 Callum Goffin £3,750
129 Dom Taylor £3,500
129 Damian Mol £3,500
131 Kevin Burness £3,250
132 Danny Jansen £3,000
132 Christian Perez £3,000
134 Stefan Bellmont £2,500
135 Robert Grundy £2,250
135 Lukas Wenig £2,250
135 Conan Whitehead £2,250
135 Jarred Cole £2,250
135 James Hurrell £2,250
140 John Henderson £2,000
140 Alexander Merkx £2,000
142 Nick Fullwell £1,500
142 Ron Meulenkamp £1,500
142 Jelle Klaasen £1,500
142 Scott Mitchell £1,500
142 Devon Petersen £1,500
147 Wesley Plaisier £1,250
147 Adrian Lewis £1,250
149 Wayne Jones £750
149 Roy van de Griendt £750
149 Eddie Lovely £750
149 James Richardson £750
149 Jamie Clark £750
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Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He contributes to DartsNews.com, where he covers professional darts through news, match reports, analysis, and live coverage across the PDC calendar and major tournaments.
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