With the latest Super Series in the books, the race to the World Matchplay heads into its final stanza in a few weeks time with multiple players helping their chances of making the Winter Gardens.
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Among them is Luke Humphries who reached yet another final and in seventh and with £30,750, it seems likely he has done enough already for a debut at the World Matchplay.
Similarly Callan Rydz and Ryan Searle in 13th and 14th did themselves a huge favour with multiple good runs over the week including to a final for ‘Heavy Metal’. One more push may be needed but at the moment, they also look good for a debut.
Stephen Bunting also sits on the cusp in 17th but is on the verge of overtaking Madars Razma who will need to have a good Super Series himself to make his debut.
Speaking of 17th, Ian White is no longer part of the seedings either with Jonny Clayton as expected passing him to claim that spot. But thankfully for ‘Diamond’, he still holds a ProTour spot.
PDC Order of Merit (top 16 qualifies)
Prize money in the tables is in units of £1,000 (source: dartsrankings.com)
Rank - Name - Prize Money
1 Gerwyn Price 1272.75
2 Peter Wright 996.25
3 Michael van Gerwen 938.5
4 James Wade 474.25
5 Rob Cross 456.25
6 Gary Anderson 430.5
7 Michael Smith 398.25
8 Dave Chisnall 380.25
9 Dimitri Van den Bergh 377.75
10 José de Sousa 338
11 Nathan Aspinall 325.25
12 Glen Durrant 310
13 Krzysztof Ratajski 300.75
14 Daryl Gurney 300
15 Joe Cullen 299
16 Jonny Clayton 264.25
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17 Ian White 260
18 Stephen Bunting 248
19 Simon Whitlock 241.75
20 Mervyn King 237
21 Mensur Suljovic 233
PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit (top 16 qualifies)
Rank - Name - Prize Money
1 Devon Petersen 46.5
2 Damon Heta 45.5
3 Dirk van Duijvenbode 42
4 Brendan Dolan 41
5 Danny Noppert 40.25
6 Mensur Suljovic 36.5
7 Luke Humphries 30.75
8 Mervyn King 29
9 Gabriel Clemens 28.5
10 Vincent van der Voort 28
11 Ross Smith 27.5
12 Ian White 27.25
13 Callan Rydz 27
14 Ryan Searle 26
15 Jermaine Wattimena 23.25
16 Madars Razma 21.75
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17 Stephen Bunting 21.25
18 Martijn Kleermaker 21.25
19 Darius Labanauskas 20.5
20 William O'Connor 20
21 Jamie Hughes 19.75
22 Steve Lennon 19
23 Andy Boulton 18
24 Ron Meulenkamp 17.5
25 Adam Hunt 17
26 Raymond van Barneveld 16.75
27 Simon Whitlock 16.25
28 Ricky Evans 16
29 Jeff Smith 16
30 Max Hopp 16
31 Adrian Lewis 15.75
32 Ryan Joyce 15.5
33 Kim Huybrechts 15.5
34 Jason Lowe 15.5
35 Steve Beaton 15
36 Maik Kuivenhoven 15
37 Ryan Meikle 14
38 Luke Woodhouse 14
39 Scott Waites 14
40 Krzysztof Kciuk 13.75
41 Scott Mitchell 13.75
42 Chris Dobey 13.5
43 Alan Soutar 12.75
44 Ryan Murray 12.75
45 Rowby-John Rodriguez 12.5
46 Boris Krcmar 12.25
47 Jesus Noguera 11.75
48 Jelle Klaasen 11.75
49 William Borland 11
50 Martin Schindler 10.5
51 Karel Sedlacek 10
52 Alan Tabern 9.75
53 Ted Evetts 9.75
54 Derk Telnekes 9.75
55 Bradley Brooks 9.5
56 Josh Payne 9.5
57 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 9
58 Ritchie Edhouse 9
59 Mike De Decker 9
60 Mickey Mansell 9
61 Jeffrey De Zwaan 8.75
62 Jason Heaver 8.5
63 Aaron Beeney 8.5
64 Steve West 8.5
65 Justin Pipe 8.5
66 Chas Barstow 8.25
67 Andy Hamilton 8
68 Nick Kenny 8
69 Kai Fan Leung 7.5
70 Gordon Mathers 7.5
71 Lewis Williams 7
72 Robert Thornton 7
73 James Wilson 7
74 Lisa Ashton 7
75 Peter Jacques 7
76 Keegan Brown 7
77 Steve Brown 6.5
78 John Henderson 6.5
79 Matthew Edgar 6
80 Eddie Lovely 6
81 Niels Zonneveld 5.75
82 Geert De Vos 5.5
83 Luc Peters 5
84 Ciaran Teehan 5
85 Keane Barry 5
86 Berry van Peer 5
87 Martin Atkins 4.5
88 Darren Webster 4.5
89 Jon Worsley 4.5
90 Joe Murnan 4.5
91 Kirk Shepherd 4.5
92 Kevin Doets 4
93 Wayne Jones 4
94 Boris Koltsov 4
95 Steffen Siepmann 4
96 John Michael 3.75
97 Geert Nentjes 3.5
98 Michael Rasztovits 3.5
99 Martin Thomas 3.5
100 John Brown 3.5
101 Zoran Lerchbacher 3.5
102 Andrew Gilding 3
103 Gary Blades 3
104 José Justicia 3
105 Martin Lukeman 3
106 Christian Kist 3
107 Gino Vos 3
108 Danny Baggish 2.5
109 Jack Main 2.5
110 Daniel Larsson 2.5
111 Ryan De Vreede 2
112 Kevin McDine 2
113 Benito van de Pas 2
114 Vincent van der Meer 2
115 Jake Jones 2
116 Lukas Wenig 1.5
117 Peter Hudson 1.5
118 Harald Leitinger 1.5
119 Mark McGeeney 1.5
120 Lorenzo Pronk 1
121 David Evans 1
122 Adam Gawlas 1
123 Pero Ljubic 1
123 Robert Marijanovic 1
125 Mike Warburton 1
126 Gavin Carlin 1
127 Brett Claydon 1
128 Michael Unterbuchner 1
129 Darren Penhall 1
130 Sean Fisher 0.5
131 Davy Proosten 0.5
132 Florian Hempel 0.5
132 Patrick van den Boogaard 0.5
134 Michal Smejda 0.5
134 Scott Williams 0.5
136 Sebastian Bialecki 0.5
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- And why should he listen to you?Deduce635807-11-2026
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