Smith moves closer to top spot in Players Championship Order of Merit, Williams now into top 15

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