Race to the World Grand Prix hots up with seven tournaments to go

The race for the 2024 World Grand Prix continues this weekend with the Flanders Darts Trophy in Antwerp. From September 6 to 8, the Antwerp Expo will host this year's 10th European Tour event, with the sport's biggest names competing on Belgian soil for the £30,000 top prize.

With four Players Championship events and three European Tour events to go before the cutoff on Sept. 30, many players are still in the running to qualify for the unique event in which legs must also be started with a double.

The World Grand Prix will take place Oct. 7-13 at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester, where 32 players will compete for a major title. The top-16 in the world rankings and the top-16 in the Pro Tour rankings will be invited.

Defending champion Luke Humphries leads the field of participants. Big names such as Michael Smith, Michael van Gerwen, Nathan Aspinall, Gerwyn Price, Peter Wright, Dimitri van den Bergh and Danny Noppert are also currently in the top-16 of the world rankings.

Through the Pro Tour rankings, Gary Anderson, Luke Littler, Daryl Gurney, Gian van Veen and Raymond van Barneveld, among others, are already assured of participation. For now, Cameron Menzies, Joe Cullen, James Wade and Mike de Decker, among others, are also on the right side of the line, but certainly the last three names are by no means certain of qualification yet.

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 1642.25

2 Michael Smith 1057.75

3 Michael van Gerwen 975.5

4 Rob Cross 585.5

5 Nathan Aspinall 548.75

6 Gerwyn Price 528

7 Jonny Clayton 500

8 Damon Heta 499.75

9 Dave Chisnall 492.25

10 Ross Smith 474.75

11 Peter Wright 471

12 Dimitri Van den Bergh 461.25

13 Chris Dobey 440.75

14 Stephen Bunting 414

15 Danny Noppert 405.75

16 Josh Rock 394.5

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17 Joe Cullen 392.75

18 James Wade 375.75

19 Ryan Searle 365

20 Andrew Gilding 359

21 Dirk van Duijvenbode 357.25

22 Luke Littler 343

23 Gary Anderson 338.5

24 Martin Schindler 326.25

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

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

1 Gary Anderson 117

2 Luke Littler 115.5

3 Ryan Searle 110

4 Martin Schindler 94.25

5 Daryl Gurney 82

6 Gian van Veen 79.25

7 Ricardo Pietreczko 78.5

8 Ryan Joyce 67

9 Raymond van Barneveld 66.5

10 Cameron Menzies 63.25

11 Ritchie Edhouse 62.75

12 Brendan Dolan 57.75

13 Mike De Decker 55.5

14 Joe Cullen 54.25

15 James Wade 50.75

16 Luke Woodhouse 49.5

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17 Gabriel Clemens 44.25

18 Dirk van Duijvenbode 44

19 Andrew Gilding 44

20 Jermaine Wattimena 43

21 Alan Soutar 42.25

22 Martin Lukeman 40.25

23 Krzysztof Ratajski 40.25

24 Kevin Doets 39.5

25 Niels Zonneveld 38

26 Callan Rydz 36.5

27 Jim Williams 35.75

28 Richard Veenstra 35.25

29 Scott Williams 33.75

30 Wessel Nijman 33.5

31 Karel Sedlacek 33.5

32 Madars Razma 33

33 Stephen Burton 32.75

34 Ricky Evans 31.75

35 Dom Taylor 30

36 Wesley Plaisier 29

37 William O'Connor 27.25

38 Mickey Mansell 26.5

39 Maik Kuivenhoven 26.25

40 Ian White 26.25

41 Ryan Meikle 25

42 Nick Kenny 25

43 Florian Hempel 24.75

44 Kim Huybrechts 24.5

45 Jeffrey de Graaf 24.5

46 Mensur Suljovic 24.25

47 Lee Evans 24

48 Jose de Sousa 23.75

49 Steve Beaton 22.25

50 Dylan Slevin 22

51 Jeffrey Sparidaans 20.75

52 Matt Campbell 20.75

53 Mervyn King 20.25

54 James Hurrell 20.25

55 Daniel Klose 20.25

56 Robert Owen 20

57 Andy Baetens 20

58 Thibault Tricole 19.75

59 Arron Monk 19.75

60 Jeffrey De Zwaan 19.5

61 Jamie Hughes 19.25

62 Chris Landman 17.75

63 Graham Hall 17.5

64 Boris Krcmar 17.5