The provisional field is confirmed for the World Matchplay ahead of the final day of action at PDC Super Series 5 with only a few spots still left to be confirmed.
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At the moment 27/32 spots have seemingly been secured in recent days with only the last five spots under threat these being held by Vincent van der Voort, Ian White, Ryan Searle, Callan Rydz and Chris Dobey.
Gabriel Clemens has seemingly shown that getting over £31,000 is the magic number with £31,500 enough to see the German in the current final confirmed spot.
Van der Voort sits below him on £31,000 so a small run of sorts would likely see the Dutchman become the first confirmed out of the five remaining.
While, it is mainly Dobey who is in a precarious position in 16th place currently. He sits ahead of Jermaine Wattimena (£23,750) who will have at least a Quarter-Final in mind to take his spot if Dobey goes out early.
Martijn Kleermaker similarly will draw level with the same run while the likes of Darius Labanauskas and Madars Razma seemingly will need runs towards the final to confirm spots.
Further down, Raymond van Barneveld would likely need a win today to put himself in position. As would Adrian Lewis who is in danger of not qualifying for the first time in 17 years.
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Steve Beaton's played in the last 20 World Matchplays and is £9,500 off the spots as well and so a slew of names which also include Ricky Evans and Kim Huybrechts stand not to qualify for this year's tournament.
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 1278.25
2 Peter Wright 997.25
3 Michael van Gerwen 941.75
4 James Wade 476.75
5 Rob Cross 457.75
6 Gary Anderson 433.25
7 Michael Smith 401.5
8 Dimitri Van den Bergh 386.75
9 Dave Chisnall 382.25
10 José de Sousa 347.5
11 Nathan Aspinall 328
12 Glen Durrant 310.5
13 Krzysztof Ratajski 301.75
14 Daryl Gurney 301.5
15 Joe Cullen 299
16 Jonny Clayton 268.75
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17 Ian White 262
18 Stephen Bunting 260.75
PDC Pro Tour 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 Brendan Dolan 49.25
2 Devon Petersen 48.5
3 Damon Heta 48
4 Danny Noppert 44.25
5 Dirk van Duijvenbode 43.5
6 Ross Smith 38.5
7 Mensur Suljovic 36.5
8 Stephen Bunting 34
9 Mervyn King 34
10 Luke Humphries 33.25
11 Gabriel Clemens 31.5
12 Vincent van der Voort 31
13 Ian White 29.25
14 Ryan Searle 29
15 Callan Rydz 28.5
16 Chris Dobey 25.5
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17 Jermaine Wattimena 23.75
18 Martijn Kleermaker 23.25
19 Darius Labanauskas 22.5
20 Madars Razma 21.75
21 Jamie Hughes 21.25
22 Ron Meulenkamp 21
23 William O'Connor 21
24 Ryan Joyce 20
25 Steve Lennon 20
26 Maik Kuivenhoven 19.5
27 Raymond van Barneveld 19.5
28 Andy Boulton 19
29 Adam Hunt 18.5
30 Adrian Lewis 18.25
31 Kim Huybrechts 18
32 Ricky Evans 18
33 Scott Mitchell 17.5
34 Jeff Smith 17.5
35 Simon Whitlock 17.25
36 Jason Lowe 17
37 Max Hopp 16.5
38 Steve Beaton 16
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