The provisional field for the 2021/22
PDC World Darts Championship has been confirmed after the conclusion of the ProTour season.
The top 32 in the PDC Order of Merit is of course led by Gerwyn Price, Peter Wright, Michael van Gerwen and then Dimitri van den Bergh with the Belgian set for a career high if money drops off.
This goes down to Chris Dobey, Damon Heta and Kim Huybrechts who this year will be seeded after previously being top ProTour seeds in the case of the former two.
In terms of the ProTour Order of Merit, Scott Mitchell, Alan Soutar, Jason Heaver, Lewy Williams and Florian Hempel after brilliant opening years on the PDC Tour will make their debut. As will Martijn Kleermaker finally after catching Covid-19 last year which prevented him making it onto the Ally Pally stage last minute.
While non Tour Card holders in Rowby-John and Rusty-Jake Rodriguez as well as Chas Barstow who have made up the numbers for most of the year in ProTours have played well enough to claim their spot with only the latter not 100% confirmed at this time.
He joins Ryan Meikle, Ted Evetts and Adam Hunt in players who are nearly there but would get displaced if players that aren't current Pro Tour qualifiers reach the top 32.
This means that the Grand Slam qualifier and the requisite tournament will hold the key for these players but they are nearly certainly in barring any miracles.
Jason Lowe who at the moment isn't qualified suffered last minute heartbreak at the ProTour with Hunt taking the last spot but could still be in himself.
Should one of Callan Rydz, Keane Barry, Lewis Williams, Rusty-Jake Rodriguez or Ted Evetts win the World Youth Championship, he will be in with the winner qualifying.
These ProTour players will face the International qualifiers in the first round which currently include the likes of Martin Schindler, Jim Williams, Matt Campbell, Madars Razma, Fallon Sherrock, Lisa Ashton and Danny Lauby.
Still to come include the winners of the European Development Tour with Niels Zonneveld potentially primed to take advantage with again Rusty-Jake Rodriguez, the current leader already qualified.
While, European (West, East, South-West and South-East) and the PDPA Qualifier offer the final route through for many. As well as the CDC Continental Cup with the winner claiming the spot after the Thai qualifier was cancelled.
With Jeff Smith, Danny Lauby, Matt Campbell and John Norman all set to play, Jacob Taylor or Leonard Gates in different scenarios would benefit in this situation as the field closes in on being confirmed.
Field 2022 PDC World Darts Championship
Top 32 PDC Order of Merit (cut-off November 28)
1. Gerwyn Price
2. Peter Wright
3. Michael van Gerwen
4. Dimitri van den Bergh
5. James Wade
6. Gary Anderson
7. José de Sousa
8. Jonny Clayton
9. Nathan Aspinall
10. Michael Smith
11. Rob Cross
12. Krzysztof Ratajski
13. Joe Cullen
14. Dave Chisnall
15. Stephen Bunting
16. Dirk van Duijvenbode
17. Danny Noppert
18. Simon Whitlock
19. Luke Humphries
20. Mervyn King
21. Glen Durrant
22. Ryan Searle
23. Daryl Gurney
24. Gabriel Clemens
25. Ian White
26. Devon Petersen
27. Brendan Dolan
28. Mensur Suljovic
29. Vincent van der Voort
30. Chris Dobey
31. Damon Heta
32. Kim Huybrechts
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33. Darius Labanauskas
34. Ross Smith
35. Adrian Lewis
36. Jermaine Wattimena
37. Callan Rydz
38. Jeffrey de Zwaan
39. Jamie Hughes
40. Ricky Evans
Top 32 Pro Tour Order of Merit
1. Callan Rydz
2. Ross Smith
3. Raymond van Barneveld
4. Ryan Joyce
5. Adrian Lewis
6. Scott Mitchell
7. Alan Soutar
8. Martijn Kleermaker
9. Darius Labanauskas
10. Ritchie Edhouse
11. Luke Woodhouse
12. Jamie Hughes
13. Maik Kuivenhoven
14. Rowby-John Rodriguez
15. Steve Beaton
16. William O'Connor
17. Jeff Smith
18. Ricky Evans
19. Keane Barry
20. Jason Heaver
21. William Borland
22. Ron Meulenkamp
23. Steve Lennon
24. Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
25. Lewis Williams
26. Florian Hempel
27. Jermaine Wattimena
28. Joe Murnan
29. Ryan Meikle
30. Chas Barstow
31. Ted Evetts
32. Adam Hunt
International Qualifiers
Martin Schindler
Jim Williams
Matt Campbell
Madars Razma
Daniel Larsson
Danny Lauby
Lourence Ilagan
Yuki Yamada
Diogo Portela
Ben Robb
John Norman Jnr
Charles Losper
Fallon Sherrock
Lisa Ashton
Lihao Wen
Ky Smith
Raymond Smith
Boris Koltsov
Bradley Brooks
Remaining international qualifiers
Asian Tour Qualifier - Japan
Indian Qualifier
EU Development Tour winner
West Europe Qualifier
East Europe Qualifier
Asian Tour Qualifier - Hong Kong
Asian Tour Qualifier - Singapore
CDC Continental Cup winner
South-West Europe Qualifier
South-East Europe Qualifier
World Youth Championship winner
PDPA Qualifier 1
PDPA Qualifier 2