Tour Card race prior to the 2023 Players Championship Finals

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.

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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