Ryan Searle takes lead position on Players Championship Order of Merit in third final of 2024

Ryan Searle is also the new leader on the Players Championship Order of Merit after winning the third Players Championship tournament. 'Heavy Metal' was in his third final of the season, but now managed to win one for the first time.

Searle already earned £35,000 in prize money during the first three ranking tournaments. With that, he leaves Gary Anderson in second place with £26,000, while Luke Littler, with £19,500, has also already racked up considerable prize money.

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Behind them follow Callan Rydz, Peter Wright and Gian van Veen with 8,500 pounds each. After all the Players Championship tournaments, the top 64 ranked players will compete in the Players Championship Finals. This tournament from Nov. 22 to 24 will be played in Minehead.

Players Championship Order of Merit

Rank	Name	Prize money (in units of £1000)
1	Ryan Searle	35
2	Gary Anderson	26
3	Luke Littler	19.5
4	Callan Rydz	8.5
5	Peter Wright	8.5
6	Gian van Veen	8.5
7	Raymond van Barneveld	7
8	Jose de Sousa	7
9	Niels Zonneveld	6
10	Martin Lukeman	6
11	Cameron Menzies	6
12	Daryl Gurney	5.5
13	Chris Dobey	5.5
14	James Hurrell	5.5
15	Michael van Gerwen	5
16	Steve Lennon	5
17	Leighton Bennett	5
18	Alan Soutar	5
19	Danny Noppert	4.5
20	Berry van Peer	4.5
21	Mike De Decker	4.5
21	Ricardo Pietreczko	4.5
23	Arron Monk	4
24	Kevin Doets	4
25	Ross Smith	4
26	Andy Baetens	4
27	Nathan Aspinall	4
28	Damon Heta	3.5
29	Jeffrey Sparidaans	3.5
29	Michael Smith	3.5
31	Mario Vandenbogaerde	3.5
32	Ricky Evans	3.5
33	Andrew Gilding	3.5
33	Mensur Suljovic	3.5
35	Jamie Hughes	3.5
35	Lee Evans	3.5
37	Robert Owen	3.5
38	Paul Krohne	3.5
38	Ryan Joyce	3.5
40	Brendan Dolan	3.5
40	Nick Kenny	3.5
42	Jonny Clayton	3
42	Josh Rock	3
44	Adam Smith-Neale	3
44	Michele Turetta	3
46	Dirk van Duijvenbode	2.5
46	Ritchie Edhouse	2.5
48	William O'Connor	2.5
49	Thibault Tricole	2.5
50	Adam Hunt	2.5
50	Karel Sedlacek	2.5
50	Oskar Lukasiak	2.5
53	Gerwyn Price	2.5
53	Ian White	2.5
55	Kim Huybrechts	2.5
55	Mickey Mansell	2.5
57	Brett Claydon	2
57	Danny Jansen	2
57	Jermaine Wattimena	2
57	Rowby-John Rodriguez	2
57	William Borland	2
62	Luke Woodhouse	2
62	Martin Schindler	2
62	Matthew Dennant	2
62	Pascal Rupprecht	2
62	Richard Veenstra	2
62	Vincent van der Voort	2
68	James Wade	2
68	Krzysztof Ratajski	2
68	Patrick Geeraets	2
68	Rob Cross	2
68	Stephen Burton	2
68	Wessel Nijman	2
74	Darren Beveridge	1.5
74	Dimitri Van den Bergh	1.5
74	Jim Williams	1.5
74	Ryan Meikle	1.5
74	Simon Whitlock	1.5
79	Danny Lauby	1.5
79	Radek Szaganski	1.5
79	Rhys Griffin	1.5
82	Dom Taylor	1.5
82	Graham Usher	1.5
82	Mervyn King	1.5
82	Nathan Rafferty	1.5
86	Boris Krcmar	1
86	Chris Landman	1
86	Dylan Slevin	1
86	Owen Bates	1
90	Adam Gawlas	1
90	Florian Hempel	1
90	George Killington	1
90	Graham Hall	1
90	Joe Cullen	1
90	Joshua Richardson	1
90	Jurjen van der Velde	1
90	Madars Razma	1
90	Scott Williams	1
90	Stephen Bunting	1
100	Benjamin Drue Reus	1
100	Gabriel Clemens	1
100	Jules van Dongen	1
100	Lukas Wenig	1
100	Luke Humphries	1
100	Maik Kuivenhoven	1
100	Robbie Knops	1
100	Steve Beaton	1