These top players including Peter Wright and Nathan Aspinall risk missing out on qualification for Players Championship Finals

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.

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.

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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.

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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