These top players including Peter Wright and Nathan Aspinall risk missing out on qualification for Players Championship Finals
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This week, four Players Championship tournaments will be played in Barnsley. For many players, there are important days ahead toward qualifying for the major television tournaments.
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Thus, the Players Championship tournaments are the only route toward qualifying for the Players Championship Finals. The top-64 of the Players Championship Order of Merit after thirty tournaments may participate. By now, 24 of the 30 tournaments have been played.
Most of the big names are already sure of qualifying for the final tournament. But there are still a number of well-known players who will have to work hard to qualify for the Players Championship Finals.
The biggest absentee in the virtual field of participants is Peter Wright. 'Snakebite' only earned £9750 at the Players Championship tournaments for the time being and needs to bridge a £4,000 gap in the remaining six tournaments. Nathan Aspinall is also outside the qualifying spots. The World Matchplay champion currently stands at £10,250.
Steve Beaton (13,250 pounds), Martijn Kleermaker (12,000 pounds), Jeffrey de Zwaan (12,000 pounds), Mensur Suljovic (11,250 pounds), Ricky Evans (11,000 pounds), Vincent van der Voort (9750 pounds) and Mervyn King (9750 pounds) will all also have to play (considerable) catch-up during the upcoming tournaments.
The number 64 (Rowby-John Rodriguez) in the rankings currently has £13,750 in prize money. It is expected that players will have enough to £17,500 to qualify permanently.
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Players Championship Order of Merit after 24/30 tournaments
| Position | Name | Prize money |
| 1 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | £62,250 |
| 2 | Gary Anderson | £59,750 |
| 3 | Gerwyn Price | £57,250 |
| 4 | Luke Humphries | £56,500 |
| 4 | Damon Heta | £56,500 |
| 6 | Dave Chisnall | £52,750 |
| 7 | Josh Rock | £48,750 |
| 8 | Danny Noppert | £46,750 |
| 9 | Jonny Clayton | £45,000 |
| 10 | Ryan Searle | £44,750 |
| 11 | Krzysztof Ratajski | £38,750 |
| 12 | Ross Smith | £37,000 |
| 13 | James Wade | £36,250 |
| 14 | Ryan Joyce | £34,250 |
| 15 | Joe Cullen | £34,000 |
| 16 | Mike De Decker | £33,500 |
| 17 | Stephen Bunting | £33,250 |
| 18 | Brendan Dolan | £32,750 |
| 18 | Andrew Gilding | £32,750 |
| 20 | Rob Cross | £32,500 |
| 21 | Luke Woodhouse | £30,750 |
| 21 | Callan Rydz | £30,750 |
| 23 | Daryl Gurney | £30,250 |
| 24 | Jose De Sousa | £29,000 |
| 25 | Michael Smith | £28,750 |
| 25 | Gabriel Clemens | £28,750 |
| 27 | Chris Dobey | £27,750 |
| 27 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | £27,750 |
| 29 | Kim Huybrechts | £27,500 |
| 30 | Michael van Gerwen | £27,250 |
| 30 | Kevin Doets | £27,250 |
| 32 | Gian van Veen | £26,500 |
| 33 | Ricardo Pietreczko | £26,000 |
| 34 | Martin Schindler | £25,750 |
| 35 | Christian Kist | £25,000 |
| 35 | Richard Veenstra | £25,000 |
| 37 | Ian White | £23,250 |
| 38 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | £22,250 |
| 39 | Raymond van Barneveld | £20,750 |
| 40 | Simon Whitlock | £20,000 |
| 41 | Steve Lennon | £18,250 |
| 42 | Niels Zonneveld | £18,000 |
| 42 | Connor Scutt | £18,000 |
| 44 | Jamie Hughes | £17,750 |
| 45 | Chris Landman | £16,750 |
| 46 | Boris Krcmar | £16,500 |
| 47 | Scott Williams | £15,750 |
| 48 | Ritchie Edhouse | £15,500 |
| 48 | Jim Williams | £15,500 |
| 48 | Cameron Menzies | £15,500 |
| 48 | Radek Szaganski | £15,500 |
| 52 | William O'Connor | £15,250 |
| 53 | Daniel Klose | £14,750 |
| 53 | Bradley Brooks | £14,750 |
| 53 | Matt Campbell | £14,750 |
| 56 | Martin Lukeman | £14,500 |
| 56 | Jules van Dongen | £14,500 |
| 58 | Stephen Burton | £14,250 |
| 58 | Jurjen van der Velde | £14,250 |
| 58 | Dylan Slevin | £14,250 |
| 58 | Jermaine Wattimena | £14,250 |
| 62 | Mickey Mansell | £14,000 |
| 62 | Jeffrey Sparidaans | £14,000 |
| 64 | Rowby-John Rodriguez | £13,750 |
| 65 | Madars Razma | £13,500 |
| 66 | Steve Beaton | £13,250 |
| 66 | Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | £13,250 |
| 68 | Keegan Brown | £13,000 |
| 69 | Krzysztof Kciuk | £12,750 |
| 70 | Lee Evans | £12,500 |
| 71 | Pascal Rupprecht | £12,250 |
| 72 | Martijn Kleermaker | £12,000 |
| 72 | Jeffrey De Zwaan | £12,000 |
| 74 | Ryan Meikle | £11,750 |
| 75 | Mensur Suljovic | £11,250 |
| 75 | Maik Kuivenhoven | £11,250 |
| 77 | Florian Hempel | £11,000 |
| 77 | Cam Crabtree | £11,000 |
| 77 | Keane Barry | £11,000 |
| 77 | Ricky Evans | £11,000 |
| 81 | Owen Bates | £10,750 |
| 81 | Andy Boulton | £10,750 |
| 81 | Ronny Huybrechts | £10,750 |
| 84 | Arron Monk | £10,500 |
| 84 | Scott Waites | £10,500 |
| 86 | Robert Owen | £10,250 |
| 86 | Nathan Aspinall | £10,250 |
| 86 | Karel Sedlacek | £10,250 |
| 89 | Peter Wright | £9,750 |
| 89 | Vincent van der Voort | £9,750 |
| 91 | Graham Hall | £9,500 |
| 91 | George Killington | £9,500 |
| 93 | Mervyn King | £9,250 |
| 94 | Josh Payne | £9,000 |
| 95 | Jimmy Hendriks | £8,750 |
| 95 | Geert Nentjes | £8,750 |
| 95 | Richie Burnett | £8,750 |
| 95 | Danny van Trijp | £8,750 |
| 99 | Tony Martinez | £8,500 |
| 100 | Owen Roelofs | £8,250 |
| 100 | Brian Raman | £8,250 |
| 100 | Jose Justicia | £8,250 |
| 103 | Adam Smith-Neale | £8,000 |
| 104 | Graham Usher | £7,750 |
| 104 | Ted Evetts | £7,750 |
| 104 | Ross Montgomery | £7,750 |
| 107 | John O'Shea | £7,500 |
| 107 | Nathan Rafferty | £7,500 |
| 109 | Adam Gawlas | £7,250 |
| 109 | Alan Soutar | £7,250 |
| 109 | Joe Murnan | £7,250 |
| 112 | Berry van Peer | £7,000 |
| 113 | Darius Labanauskas | £6,750 |
| 113 | Nick Kenny | £6,750 |
| 115 | Jeff Smith | £6,500 |
| 116 | Darryl Pilgrim | £6,250 |
| 117 | Dom Taylor | £6,000 |
| 117 | Thibault Tricole | £6,000 |
| 119 | Callum Goffin | £5,750 |
| 119 | James Wilson | £5,750 |
| 119 | Adam Warner | £5,750 |
| 122 | Shaun Wilkinson | £5,500 |
| 122 | Vladimir Andersen | £5,500 |
| 124 | Danny Jansen | £5,250 |
| 125 | Robbie Knops | £5,000 |
| 125 | Darren Webster | £5,000 |
| 127 | Lewis Williams | £4,500 |
| 128 | Danny Lauby | £4,250 |
| 129 | Kevin Burness | £4,000 |
| 129 | Jacques Labre | £4,000 |
| 131 | Robert Grundy | £3,750 |
| 131 | Luc Peters | £3,750 |
| 133 | John Henderson | £3,500 |
| 133 | Damian Mol | £3,500 |
| 135 | Christian Perez | £3,000 |
| 136 | Stefan Bellmont | £2,500 |
| 137 | Lukas Wenig | £2,250 |
| 137 | Conan Whitehead | £2,250 |
| 137 | Jarred Cole | £2,250 |
| 137 | James Hurrell | £2,250 |
| 141 | Alexander Merkx | £2,000 |
| 142 | Jamie Clark | £1,500 |
| 142 | Nick Fullwell | £1,500 |
| 142 | Ron Meulenkamp | £1,500 |
| 142 | Jelle Klaasen | £1,500 |
| 142 | Scott Mitchell | £1,500 |
| 142 | Devon Petersen | £1,500 |
| 148 | Wesley Plaisier | £1,250 |
| 148 | Vitezslav Sedlak | £1,250 |
| 148 | Adrian Lewis | £1,250 |
| 151 | Peter Jacques | £750 |
| 151 | Wayne Jones | £750 |
| 151 | Roy van de Griendt | £750 |
| 151 | Eddie Lovely | £750 |
| 151 | James Richardson | £750 |
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