Michael Smith has crept closer to first place on the
Players Championship Order of Merit. 'Bully Boy' won a floor tournament in Niedernhausen for the third time this season.
He moved up to second place in the rankings. He is only 2250 pounds behind leader Damon Heta. Smith won the tournament at the cost of
Dirk van Duijvenbode, who is the highest ranked Dutchman now after reaching the final and is in fifth place. He passed Michael van Gerwen, who is now number six.
Scott Williams, who surprisingly claimed the title at Players Championship 17 on Wednesday, moved up to thirteenth place with his victory. Williams was the third player ever to win a Players Championship title without owning a PDC Tour Card.
After all Players Championship tournaments the best 64 players will compete in the Players Championship Finals. This tournament will be played from 25 to 27 November in Minehead.
Players Championship Order of Merit after 17/30 tournaments
Position - Name - Prize money
1 Damon Heta £51,000
2 Michael Smith £48,750
3 Joe Cullen £42,000
4 Luke Humphries £38,250
5 Dirk van Duijvenbode £37,500
6 Michael van Gerwen £36,250
7 Nathan Aspinall £35,000
8 Ryan Searle £34,250
9 Rob Cross £33,000
10 Peter Wright £32,750
11 Gerwyn Price £32,000
12 Jose de Sousa £26,500
13 Scott Williams £25,250
14 Dave Chisnall £25,000
15 Martin Schindler £24,750
16 Stephen Bunting £23,750
17 Kim Huybrechts £23,250
18 Krzysztof Ratajski £23,000
19 Daryl Gurney £22,750
20 Dimitri Van den Bergh £22,250
21 Jim Williams £22,000
22 Andrew Gilding £20,500
23 Callan Rydz £19,750
24 Danny Noppert £19,000
24 Ricky Evans £19,000
24 Jonny Clayton £19,000
27 Madars Razma £18,750
28 Josh Rock £17,750
28 Matt Campbell £17,750
28 Adrian Lewis £17,750
31 Keane Barry £17,500
31 Danny Jansen £17,500
33 John O'Shea £17,000
33 Chris Dobey £17,000
33 Gabriel Clemens £17,000
36 Martin Lukeman £16,500
37 Brendan Dolan £16,250
38 Raymond van Barneveld £15,250
38 James Wade £15,250
40 Ryan Meikle £15,000
41 Ritchie Edhouse £14,750
42 Gary Anderson £14,500
43 Ryan Joyce £14,250
44 Mike De Decker £13,500
45 Kevin Doets £13,250
46 Mervyn King £12,750
47 Simon Whitlock £12,000
47 Geert Nentjes £12,000
47 William O'Connor £12,000
50 Martijn Kleermaker £11,750
51 Vincent van der Voort £11,500
51 Gordon Mathers £11,500
53 Andy Boulton £11,250
53 Niels Zonneveld £11,250
53 Mensur Suljovic £11,250
56 Mario Vandenbogaerde £10,750
57 Alan Soutar £10,500
57 Cameron Menzies £10,500
57 Adam Gawlas £10,500
60 Maik Kuivenhoven £10,250
60 Steve Beaton £10,250
60 Jamie Hughes £10,250
63 Lewy Williams £9,750
63 Jeff Smith £9,750
65 Ross Smith £9,500
65 Rowby-John Rodriguez £9,500
65 Keegan Brown £9,500
65 Ian White £9,500
69 John Henderson £9,250
69 Nathan Rafferty £9,250
71 Connor Scutt £9,000
72 Joe Murnan £8,750
73 Florian Hempel £8,500
74 Peter Hudson £8,250
74 Scott Mitchell £8,250
74 Lee Evans £8,250
77 Ron Meulenkamp £8,000
77 Boris Krcmar £8,000
79 Max Hopp £7,750
79 Steve West £7,750
79 Steve Lennon £7,750
82 Radek Szaganski £7,500
82 Darius Labanauskas £7,500
84 Jose Justicia £7,250
84 Jason Lowe £7,250
86 Shaun Wilkinson £7,000
86 Stephen Burton £7,000
86 Berry van Peer £7,000
86 Scott Waites £7,000
86 Luke Woodhouse £7,000
91 George Killington £6,750
91 Jermaine Wattimena £6,750
93 James Wilson £6,250
93 Mickey Mansell £6,250
93 Richie Burnett £6,250
93 Eddie Lovely £6,250
97 Robert Owen £6,000
97 Damian Mol £6,000
97 Brett Claydon £6,000
100 Jimmy Hendriks £5,750
100 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £5,750
100 Jon Worsley £5,750
103 Jamie Clark £5,500
103 Jack Main £5,500
103 Jeffrey De Zwaan £5,500
103 Brian Raman £5,500
107 Ted Evetts £5,000
107 Krzysztof Kciuk £5,000
107 Jason Heaver £5,000
110 Tony Martinez £4,750
111 Ricardo Pietreczko £4,500
111 Luc Peters £4,500
111 Devon Petersen £4,500
114 Matthew Edgar £4,250
114 Ross Montgomery £4,250
114 Gary Blades £4,250
117 Geert De Vos £4,000
117 Kevin Burness £4,000
119 Bradley Brooks £3,750
119 Nick Fullwell £3,750
121 Jake Jones £3,500
122 Danny Baggish £3,000
123 John Michael £2,750
123 Lukas Wenig £2,750
123 Darren Webster £2,750
123 Michael Unterbuchner £2,750
123 Adam Hunt £2,750
128 Charles Sedlacek £2,500
129 William Borland £2,250
130 Thibault Tricole £2,000
130 Pete Burgoyne £2,000
130 Vladimir Andersen £2,000
130 Scott Marsh £2,000
130 Jim McEwan £2,000
135 Danny van Trijp £1,500
135 Stu Wilson £1,500
135 Steve Haggerty £1,500
135 Jim Moston £1,500
135 David Evans £1,500
135 Colin Osborne £1,500
135 Jules van Dongen £1,500
142 Nathan Girvan £1,250
142 Glen Durrant £1,250
142 Darren Penhall £1,250
142 Owen Roelofs £1,250
146 Jeremy van der Winkel £750
146 Zoran Lerchbacher £750
146 Gavin Carlin £750
146 Graham Hall £750
146 Jacques Labre £750
146 Steven Noster £750