Provisional field for 2021 World Matchplay with eight events till cut-off

The World Matchplay cut off is only two months away with a double dose of Super Series action set to decide the field in full for the showpiece event at the Winter Gardens.

As a result, we take a look at the current Race to the World Matchplay and the provisional field currently set.

As expect in terms of the main Order of Merit, Gerwyn Price, Peter Wright and Michael van Gerwen lead the way at the top. With the final spots currently taken through that route by Krzysztof Ratajski, Daryl Gurney, Joe Cullen and Ian White.

But especially in the case of White, he has multiple players looking to take his spot including 'The Ferret' Jonny Clayton who sits only £1,500 away from him and with ranking money through European Tour events and ProTours coming off, it is only a matter of time before this happens.

Stephen Bunting and Simon Whitlock are the next players along with similar ambitions with both not currently qualified through the ProTour Order of Merit route.

This compared to Clayton who heads the field in this regard ahead of Devon Petersen and Damon Heta. Also qualified currently include the likes of Dirk van Duijvenbode, Ross Smith and Luke Humphries.

With Madars Razma and Ryan Searle currently the final players in. They will have a battle on their hands though with the likes of Darius Labanauskas, Jamie Hughes, Steve Lennon and Martijn Kleermaker either level or close to in terms of prize money.

Two Super Series will decide the first full event with a crowd and it is still very much all to play for.

2021 World Matchplay race

Prize money in the tables is in units of £1,000 (source: dartsrankings.com)

PDC Order of Merit

Rank - Name - Prize Money

1 Gerwyn Price 1263.5

2 Peter Wright 983.5

3 Michael van Gerwen 928

4 James Wade 471

5 Rob Cross 449.5

6 Gary Anderson 424.25

7 Michael Smith 394.25

8 Dave Chisnall 376.25

9 Dimitri Van den Bergh 374.5

10 Nathan Aspinall 325.25

11 José de Sousa 317.5

12 Glen Durrant 310

13 Krzysztof Ratajski 298.75

14 Daryl Gurney 298

15 Joe Cullen 285.75

16 Ian White 258

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17 Jonny Clayton 256.5

18 Stephen Bunting 245

19 Simon Whitlock 240.75

20 Mensur Suljovic 233

21 Mervyn King 232

22 Dirk van Duijvenbode 199.25

23 Danny Noppert 199.25

24 Devon Petersen 182.25

25 Chris Dobey 181.5

PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit

Rank - Name - Prize Money

1 Jonny Clayton 54.5

2 Devon Petersen 46.5

3 Damon Heta 43

4 Danny Noppert 38.25

5 Brendan Dolan 37

6 Mensur Suljovic 36.5

7 Dirk van Duijvenbode 35.75

8 Ross Smith 25

9 Gabriel Clemens 25

10 Mervyn King 24

11 Vincent van der Voort 23.5

12 Luke Humphries 22.75

13 Callan Rydz 22.5

14 Jermaine Wattimena 22.25

15 Madars Razma 20.75

16 Ryan Searle 19

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17 Darius Labanauskas 19

18 Jamie Hughes 18.75

19 Steve Lennon 18.5

20 Stephen Bunting 18.25

21 Martijn Kleermaker 18

22 William O'Connor 18

23 Andy Boulton 17

24 Adam Hunt 17

25 Max Hopp 16

26 Simon Whitlock 15.25

27 Ron Meulenkamp 15

28 Raymond van Barneveld 14.25

29 Ricky Evans 14

30 Jason Lowe 14

31 Kim Huybrechts 14

32 Jeff Smith 13

33 Scott Waites 13

34 Ryan Murray 12.75

35 Ryan Joyce 12.5

36 Scott Mitchell 12.25

37 Maik Kuivenhoven 12

38 Krzysztof Kciuk 11.75

39 Alan Soutar 11.75

40 Chris Dobey 11.5

41 Luke Woodhouse 11

42 Steve Beaton 10.75

43 Jelle Klaasen 10.75

44 Rowby-John Rodriguez 10.5

45 Ryan Meikle 10.5

46 Jesus Noguera 10.25

47 Boris Krcmar 10

48 Derk Telnekes 9.25

49 William Borland 9

50 Adrian Lewis 8.75

51 Martin Schindler 8.5

52 Karel Sedlacek 8.5

53 Aaron Beeney 8

54 Alan Tabern 7.75

55 Jeffrey de Zwaan 7.75

56 Mike De Decker 7.5

57 Mickey Mansell 7.5

58 Nick Kenny 7.5

59 Josh Payne 7.5

60 Steve West 7.5

61 Andy Hamilton 7.5

62 Ted Evetts 7

63 Gordon Mathers 7

64 Kai Fan Leung 7

65 Justin Pipe 7