Race to 2024 World Grand Prix: Wade, Menzies and Wattimena hang on to final spots with thirteen tournaments to go

The next ranking major on the PDC calendar is the World Grand Prix in October. The qualifying race for this tournament is in full swing, but there are thirteen more tournaments to play before the lineup is complete.

The lineup for the 2024 World Grand Prix consists of the top 16 in the world rankings and the top 16 in the Pro Tour Order of Merit. The top eight in the world rankings are seeded in the first round, and thus receive protected status in the draw.

Luke Humphries will lead the seeds at the World Grand Prix, the tournament where "Cool Hand Luke" won his first major last year. Michael Smith and Michael van Gerwen are still battling for the second spot in the seeds. In addition to Van Gerwen, Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price and Peter Wright are sure to qualify.

Sixteen more players will be added to the line-up via the Pro Tour ranking. Luke Littler has already secured his debut at the World Grand Prix through this ranking, while Gary Anderson leads the way through this route.

James Wade, Cameron Menzies and Jermaine Wattimena sit just inside the line for the final spots. They still have four Euro Tours and nine Players Championship tournaments to play themselves into the field of competitors.

The 2024 World Grand Prix is scheduled from 7 to 13 October in Leicester. Last year, Humphries managed to win the title at this major tournament by winning 5-2 in sets over Price in the final.

Participant field World Grand Prix 2024

PDC Order of Merit (top-16 qualifies)

Rank - Name - Prize money (in units of £1,000)

1 Luke Humphries 1634.75

2 Michael Smith 1055.75

3 Michael van Gerwen 964.5

4 Rob Cross 583.5

5 Nathan Aspinall 548.75

6 Gerwyn Price 525.5

7 Jonny Clayton 493

8 Dave Chisnall 474.25

9 Damon Heta 470.25

10 Ross Smith 460.25

11 Dimitri Van den Bergh 456.75

12 Peter Wright 439

13 Chris Dobey 413.25

14 Stephen Bunting 405

15 Danny Noppert 390.25

16 Joe Cullen 376.25

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17 Josh Rock 376

18 James Wade 365.75

19 Andrew Gilding 351

20 Dirk van Duijvenbode 348.75

21 Ryan Searle 345.5

22 Gary Anderson 333.5

23 Luke Littler 314.5

24 Martin Schindler 314.25

25 Gabriel Clemens 288.25

26 Krzysztof Ratajski 273

27 Daryl Gurney 269.25

28 Raymond van Barneveld 268.25

29 Brendan Dolan 265.75

30 Jose de Sousa 195.5

31 Gian van Veen 195

32 Scott Williams 193.5

PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit (top-16 qualifies)

Rank - Name - Prize money (in units of £1,000)

1 Gary Anderson 112

2 Ryan Searle 90.5

3 Josh Rock 88.5

4 Luke Littler 87

5 Martin Schindler 82.25

6 Ricardo Pietreczko 73.5

7 Gian van Veen 70.25

8 Daryl Gurney 67

9 Raymond van Barneveld 63

10 Ryan Joyce 61

11 Brendan Dolan 54.25

12 Ritchie Edhouse 53.75

13 Luke Woodhouse 44.5

14 James Wade 40.75

15 Cameron Menzies 37.5

16 Jermaine Wattimena 36.75

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17 Kevin Doets 36

18 Andrew Gilding 36

19 Alan Soutar 35.75

20 Dirk van Duijvenbode 35.5

21 Gabriel Clemens 34.5

22 Niels Zonneveld 33

23 Callan Rydz 32.5

24 Martin Lukeman 32

25 Richard Veenstra 32

26 Mike De Decker 32

27 Krzysztof Ratajski 29.25

28 Jim Williams 28.75

29 Madars Razma 27.75

30 Scott Williams 25.75

31 Dom Taylor 25.25

32 Stephen Burton 24.75