These are the standings in the qualifying race for the World Darts Championship with just one tournament to go

It will be make or break for many darters on Thursday during the final Players Championship tournament of the season. This will be the last chance for players to compete for qualifying places at the World Darts Championship via the Pro Tour.

The players in the top-32 world rankings are all safe. Should they fall out of the top-32, they can fall back to their Pro Tour rankings. That does not apply to No. 33 Alan Soutar, who is also currently outside the qualifying spots via the Pro Tour Order of Merit. The Scot will likely need a quarterfinal on Thursday to still qualify for the tournament at Alexandra Palace.

Looking at the Pro Tour Order of Merit, we can assume that the first 26 names on this ranking are safe. Number 27 Jules van Dongen also seems to be in good shape. He has a 2,500-pound lead over number 33.

The final qualifying spots via the Pro Tour are currently held by Ritchie Edhouse, Niels Zonneveld, Jermaine Wattimena, Keegan Brown and Bradley Brooks. However, the difference between No. 32 Brown and No. 33 Kuivenhoven is only 250 pounds.

Winning or losing one match Thursday could be the difference between qualifying for the World Darts Championship or not. Behind Kuivenhoven are Stephen Burton and Martijn Kleermaker also just 250 pounds behind Brooks. In a tie, they currently possess a lesser countback than Kuivenhoven.

1 Michael Smith 1265.25

2 Michael van Gerwen 1039.5

3 Peter Wright 996.25

4 Luke Humphries 780

5 Gerwyn Price 644

6 Nathan Aspinall 636.75

7 Danny Noppert 522

8 Jonny Clayton 482.25

9 Dirk van Duijvenbode 455.75

10 Rob Cross 455

11 Dave Chisnall 442.5

12 Joe Cullen 427.25

13 Damon Heta 422.25

14 Dimitri Van den Bergh 401

15 James Wade 368.5

16 Ross Smith 365.5

17 Chris Dobey 352.25

18 Andrew Gilding 335.75

19 Ryan Searle 324.25

20 Gary Anderson 308.75

21 Gabriel Clemens 292.75

22 Martin Schindler 282.75

23 Jose de Sousa 282.75

24 Stephen Bunting 282.25

25 Josh Rock 281.25

26 Krzysztof Ratajski 280

27 Daryl Gurney 257.25

28 Raymond van Barneveld 209.25

29 Brendan Dolan 209

30 Callan Rydz 205.75

31 Kim Huybrechts 189

32 Madars Razma 158.25

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33 Alan Soutar 153.5

34 Martin Lukeman 148.5

1 Ricardo Pietreczko 81

2 Ryan Joyce 60

3 Gian van Veen 58

4 Mike De Decker 50.5

5 Luke Woodhouse 50

6 Ian White 39

7 Mario Vandenbogaerde 33.75

8 Radek Szaganski 33.25

9 Keane Barry 33.25

10 Steve Beaton 33

11 Richard Veenstra 32.5

12 Simon Whitlock 31.75

13 Kevin Doets 31.75

14 Matt Campbell 31.5

15 Connor Scutt 31.25

16 Jim Williams 31

17 Martin Lukeman 30

18 Dylan Slevin 29

19 William O'Connor 28.75

20 Christian Kist 28.25

21 Mickey Mansell 27.75

22 Steve Lennon 27.75

23 Scott Williams 27.5

24 Lee Evans 27

25 Ricky Evans 26.75

26 Cameron Menzies 26.5

27 Jules van Dongen 25.75

28 Ritchie Edhouse 25.25

29 Niels Zonneveld 25

30 Jermaine Wattimena 25

31 Keegan Brown 24.25

32 Bradley Brooks 23.5

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33 Maik Kuivenhoven 23.25

34 Stephen Burton 23.25

35 Martijn Kleermaker 23.25

36 Jamie Hughes 23

37 Rowby-John Rodriguez 22.5

38 Florian Hempel 22.25

39 Ryan Meikle 22.25

40 Alan Soutar 21.5

41 Andy Boulton 21.5

42 Daniel Klose 21.25

43 Boris Krcmar 20.5

44 George Killington 20

45 Chris Landman 20

46 Mensur Suljovic 19.25

47 Scott Waites 18.75

48 Jurjen van der Velde 18.25

49 Arron Monk 18.25

50 Jeffrey Sparidaans 18

51 Pascal Rupprecht 18

52 Jeffrey De Zwaan 17.75

53 Brian Raman 17.5

54 Robert Owen 17.25

55 Vincent van der Voort 17

56 Karel Sedlacek 17

57 Ted Evetts 16.5

58 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 16

59 Berry van Peer 15.75

60 Josh Payne 15.5

61 Mervyn King 14.5

62 Graham Hall 14.5

63 Cam Crabtree 14

64 Adam Smith-Neale 13.75

65 Graham Usher 13.5

66 Ross Montgomery 13.25

67 Darius Labanauskas 13

68 Darryl Pilgrim 12.75

69 Owen Bates 12.75

70 Krzysztof Kciuk 12.75

71 Wesley Plaisier 12.5

72 Geert Nentjes 12.5

73 Nathan Rafferty 12.25

74 James Wilson 12.25

75 Ronny Huybrechts 12.25

76 Nick Kenny 12

77 Richie Burnett 11.5

78 Jose Justicia 11.5