The Players Championship Finals will take place from Nov. 24 to 26 in Minehead. The field of participants consists of the best 64 players at this year's Players Championships. For some participants, this tournament could be crucial to maintaining their status as professional dart players.
Players who have a PDC Tour Card will have two years to secure a position in the top-64 of the world rankings. If a player falls out of the top-64 after that period, that player must return to Q-School to try to earn back his Tour Card.
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Steve Lennon seemed to drop out of the top 64 halfway through the season and lose his Tour Card, but the Irishman's participation in the Grand Slam of Darts moved him up to 59th in the world rankings and he is also qualified for the Players Championship Finals and the World Darts Championship. Devon Petersen, Jeff Smith, Florian Hempel and Darius Labanauskas, however, failed to qualify for these tournaments and seem almost certain to lose their Tour Card.
Kevin Doets reached his first ranking final at the PDC at Players Championship 20. Partly because of this result, the Dutchman managed to qualify for the Players Championship Finals and the World Darts Championship, and also virtually entered the top 64. However, Doets still needs some results at these tournaments to secure his Tour Card. The same goes for Boris Krcmar, who is currently only sure of participation in the Players Championship Finals.
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Radek Szaganski took his first PDC title this year by defeating Connor Scutt in the final of Players Championship 27. This surprising final allowed both players to qualify for the Players Championship Finals and the World Darts Championship. However, both Szganski and Scutt are currently just outside the top 64 and would need results at these tournaments to extend their status as professional darts players for a third year. This also applies to Mario Vandenbogaerde, Jules van Dongen, who also qualified for both the Players Championship Finals and the World Darts Championship.
For Tour Card holders who did not make it to the World Darts Championship via the world rankings or the Pro Tour, there is another PDPA qualifying tournament at the end of the year, where four-start spots for the Alexandra Palace are available.
PDC Order of Merit
| Rank | Name | Prize money |
| 1 | Michael Smith | 1271.25 |
| 2 | Michael van Gerwen | 1050.25 |
| 3 | Peter Wright | 996.25 |
| 4 | Luke Humphries | 928.5 |
| 5 | Gerwyn Price | 658.75 |
| 6 | Nathan Aspinall | 647.5 |
| 7 | Danny Noppert | 537.75 |
| 8 | Rob Cross | 522 |
| 9 | Jonny Clayton | 486.5 |
| 10 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | 458.75 |
| 11 | Dave Chisnall | 457.5 |
| 12 | Damon Heta | 451.25 |
| 13 | Joe Cullen | 427.25 |
| 14 | James Wade | 417 |
| 15 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 401 |
| 16 | Ross Smith | 367.5 |
| 17 | Chris Dobey | 360.25 |
| 18 | Andrew Gilding | 343 |
| 19 | Ryan Searle | 337.75 |
| 20 | Stephen Bunting | 334.25 |
| 21 | Gary Anderson | 328.75 |
| 22 | Josh Rock | 306 |
| 23 | Gabriel Clemens | 294 |
| 24 | Krzysztof Ratajski | 288.5 |
| 25 | Jose de Sousa | 284 |
| 26 | Martin Schindler | 282.75 |
| 27 | Daryl Gurney | 259.25 |
| 28 | Brendan Dolan | 217 |
| 29 | Raymond van Barneveld | 210.5 |
| 30 | Callan Rydz | 205.75 |
| 31 | Kim Huybrechts | 189.75 |
| 32 | Madars Razma | 158.25 |
| 33 | Alan Soutar | 153.5 |
| 34 | Martin Lukeman | 148.5 |
| 35 | Luke Woodhouse | 140.75 |
| 36 | Mike De Decker | 139 |
| 37 | William O'Connor | 138.25 |
| 38 | Mervyn King | 131.75 |
| 39 | Ricardo Pietreczko | 128.75 |
| 40 | Keane Barry | 128.5 |
| 41 | Ryan Joyce | 124.25 |
| 42 | Vincent van der Voort | 122 |
| 43 | Simon Whitlock | 120.25 |
| 44 | Adrian Lewis | 116.25 |
| 45 | Martijn Kleermaker | 115 |
| 46 | Jim Williams | 112.75 |
| 47 | Gian van Veen | 111.5 |
| 47 | Rowby-John Rodriguez | 111.5 |
| 49 | Steve Beaton | 111.25 |
| 50 | Mensur Suljovic | 109 |
| 51 | Scott Williams | 105.75 |
| 52 | Ricky Evans | 105.5 |
| 53 | Ryan Meikle | 102 |
| 54 | Jermaine Wattimena | 99 |
| 55 | Ian White | 98.25 |
| 56 | Ritchie Edhouse | 97 |
| 57 | Florian Hempel | 86.75 |
| 58 | Adam Gawlas | 86.5 |
| 59 | Matt Campbell | 84.75 |
| 60 | Steve Lennon | 84.5 |
| 61 | Boris Krcmar | 84.25 |
| 62 | Jamie Hughes | 83.75 |
| 63 | Cameron Menzies | 79.5 |
| 64 | Mickey Mansell | 78.5 |
| 65 | Nathan Rafferty | 69.25 |
| 66 | Kevin Doets | 65 |
| 67 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | 60.5 |
| 68 | Danny Jansen | 59.25 |
| 69 | Darius Labanauskas | 58.75 |
| 70 | Radek Szaganski | 55.5 |
| 71 | Connor Scutt | 55.25 |
| 71 | Lewy Williams | 55.25 |
| 73 | Jeff Smith | 50.25 |
| 74 | Scott Waites | 49.5 |
| 75 | Richie Burnett | 48.5 |
| 76 | John O'Shea | 47.75 |
| 77 | Joe Murnan | 47 |
| 78 | Ted Evetts | 43.5 |
| 79 | Richard Veenstra | 39 |
| 80 | Jules van Dongen | 38.5 |
| 80 | George Killington | 38.5 |
| 82 | Brian Raman | 36.75 |
| 83 | Jimmy Hendriks | 36.5 |
| 83 | Devon Petersen | 36.5 |
| 85 | Bradley Brooks | 35.75 |
| 86 | Jose Justicia | 35.5 |
| 87 | Dylan Slevin | 35.25 |
| 88 | Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | 34.25 |
| 89 | Krzysztof Kciuk | 32.5 |
| 90 | Christian Kist | 31.25 |
| 91 | Lee Evans | 30 |
| 92 | Niels Zonneveld | 29.5 |
| 93 | James Wilson | 28.75 |
| 94 | Stowe Buntz | 28.5 |
| 94 | Jeffrey De Zwaan | 28.5 |
| 96 | Stephen Burton | 27.25 |
| 97 | Maik Kuivenhoven | 26.25 |
| 98 | Daniel Klose | 26 |
| 99 | Ross Montgomery | 25.25 |
| 99 | Keegan Brown | 25.25 |
| 101 | Chris Landman | 24.25 |
| 102 | Tony Martinez | 23.5 |
| 103 | Shaun Wilkinson | 22.5 |
| 104 | Andy Boulton | 22.25 |
| 105 | Karel Sedlacek | 22 |
| 106 | Damian Mol | 21.25 |
| 107 | Berry van Peer | 20.75 |
| 108 | Arron Monk | 20 |
| 109 | Jurjen van der Velde | 19.75 |
| 110 | Luc Peters | 18.5 |
| 111 | Robert Owen | 18 |
| 111 | Jeffrey Sparidaans | 18 |
| 111 | Pascal Rupprecht | 18 |
| 114 | Cam Crabtree | 17 |
| 115 | Kevin Burness | 16.75 |
| 116 | Jamie Clark | 16 |
| 117 | Graham Usher | 15.75 |
| 118 | Josh Payne | 15.5 |
| 118 | Graham Hall | 15.5 |
| 120 | Darren Webster | 15 |
| 121 | Owen Bates | 14 |
| 122 | Nick Kenny | 13.75 |
| 122 | Adam Smith-Neale | 13.75 |
| 124 | Geert Nentjes | 13.5 |
| 125 | Wesley Plaisier | 13.25 |
| 126 | Darryl Pilgrim | 12.75 |
| 127 | Ronny Huybrechts | 12.25 |
| 128 | Dom Taylor | 11.25 |
| 129 | Owen Roelofs | 11 |
| 130 | Nick Fullwell | 10.25 |
| 131 | Adam Warner | 10 |
| 132 | Danny van Trijp | 9.5 |
| 132 | Vladimir Andersen | 9.5 |
| 134 | Jelle Klaasen | 9 |
| 135 | Robbie Knops | 8.75 |
| 136 | Beau Greaves | 8 |
| 136 | Fallon Sherrock | 8 |
| 138 | Callum Goffin | 7.75 |
| 138 | Nico Kurz | 7.75 |
| 140 | Stefan Bellmont | 7.5 |
| 140 | Liam Maendl-Lawrance | 7.5 |
| 142 | John Henderson | 7.25 |
| 143 | Robert Grundy | 7 |
| 144 | Niko Springer | 6.5 |
| 145 | Marko Kantele | 6.25 |
| 146 | Thibault Tricole | 6 |
| 147 | Danny Lauby | 5.5 |
| 148 | Martijn Dragt | 5.25 |
| 149 | Haruki Muramatsu | 5 |
| 149 | Nathan Girvan | 5 |
| 149 | Vitezslav Sedlak | 5 |
| 152 | Scott Mitchell | 4.75 |
| 152 | Jacques Labre | 4.75 |
| 152 | Lukas Wenig | 4.75 |
| 155 | James Hurrell | 4.25 |
| 156 | Andy Baetens | 4 |
| 157 | Patrik Kovacs | 3.75 |
| 157 | Roman Benecky | 3.75 |
| 157 | Dalibor Smolik | 3.75 |
| 160 | Roy van de Griendt | 3.25 |
| 161 | Jarred Cole | 3 |
| 161 | Christian Perez | 3 |
| 163 | Ron Meulenkamp | 2.75 |
| 164 | Jeffrey de Graaf | 2.5 |
| 164 | Anton Ostlund | 2.5 |
| 164 | Nandor Major | 2.5 |
| 164 | Sebastian Bialecki | 2.5 |
| 164 | Dennis Nilsson | 2.5 |
| 164 | Hannes Schnier | 2.5 |
| 164 | Dragutin Horvat | 2.5 |
| 164 | Jeroen Mioch | 2.5 |
| 164 | Rene Eidams | 2.5 |
| 164 | Filip Sebesta | 2.5 |
| 164 | Luke Littler | 2.5 |
| 164 | Thomas Banks | 2.5 |
| 176 | Conan Whitehead | 2.25 |
| 177 | Alexander Merkx | 2 |
| 178 | James Richardson | 1.75 |
| 179 | Conor Heneghan | 1.5 |
| 179 | Dan Read | 1.5 |
| 179 | Lewis Gurney | 1.5 |
| 182 | Marcus Kirchmann | 1.25 |
| 182 | Gabor Jagicza | 1.25 |
| 182 | Mihaly Vida | 1.25 |
| 182 | Danny Tessmann | 1.25 |
| 182 | Fabian Herz | 1.25 |
| 182 | Marcel Walpen | 1.25 |
| 182 | David Pisek | 1.25 |
| 182 | Jani Laurila | 1.25 |
| 182 | Francois Schweyen | 1.25 |
| 182 | Sven Hilling | 1.25 |
| 182 | Marcel Hausotter | 1.25 |
| 182 | Dmitry Zukovs | 1.25 |
| 182 | Marcus Haider | 1.25 |
| 182 | Oskar Lukasiak | 1.25 |
| 182 | Tytus Kanik | 1.25 |
| 182 | Paavo Myller | 1.25 |
| 198 | Christopher Holt | 1 |
| 198 | Gary Davey | 1 |
| 198 | Jim McEwan | 1 |
| 198 | Jim Moston | 1 |
| 198 | Jitse Van der Wal | 1 |
| 198 | Joshua Richardson | 1 |
| 198 | Michael Flynn | 1 |
| 205 | Peter Jacques | 0.75 |
| 205 | Wayne Jones | 0.75 |
| 205 | Eddie Lovely | 0.75 |
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