The race to the World Matchplay has been updated after the UK Open which took place this past weekend in Milton Keynes.
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The showpiece event at the Winter Gardens is the next major tournament on the agenda and one that could see the return of fans in the UK which means it will be a focal point in the coming months.
Currently of course, Gerwyn Price sits at the top of the Order of Merit as World Number One and Peter Wright will provisionally join him as World Number Two with Michael van Gerwen's position under threat.
While some way back, James Wade, Rob Cross and Gary Anderson are all together in the top six.
In terms of the ProTour Order of Merit, Jonny Clayton and Devon Petersen currently lead the way with the former just outside of the Order of Merit top 16.
With another good few months, Clayton could qualify outright through the Order of Merit while Damon Heta, Mensur Suljovic and Danny Noppert round out the top five.
Callan Rydz has also put himself in an excellent position in sixth place after claiming a maiden PDC ranking title.
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While Darius Labanauskas sits just inside the top sixteen alongside William O'Connor, Brendan Dolan and Dirk van Duijvenbode.
But for the likes of Steve Beaton and Adrian Lewis, they look to be missing out with the former in particular way down in both Order of Merits in terms of qualification.
While for Raymond van Barneveld, he is provisionally just outside the top 16 after returning to the tour with a title win. If another is claimed, he will likely be assured of a return to the Winter Gardens.
2021 World Matchplay race
Prize money in the tables is in units of £1,000 (source: dartsrankings.com)
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PDC Order of Merit
Rank - Name - Prize Money
1 Gerwyn Price 1246
2 Peter Wright 970.5
3 Michael van Gerwen 925.5
4 James Wade 461.75
5 Rob Cross 443.75
6 Gary Anderson 423.25
7 Dave Chisnall 371.75
8 Michael Smith 369.75
9 Dimitri Van den Bergh 358.5
10 Nathan Aspinall 320.25
11 Glen Durrant 309
12 José de Sousa 300.5
13 Daryl Gurney 293.75
14 Krzysztof Ratajski 293
15 Joe Cullen 277.75
16 Ian White 256.5
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17 Jonny Clayton 245
18 Stephen Bunting 240
19 Simon Whitlock 235.5
20 Mervyn King 227
21 Mensur Suljovic 226.5
22 Danny Noppert 190.75
23 Chris Dobey 179
24 Devon Petersen 178.25
25 Dirk van Duijvenbode 177.75
26 Jeffrey de Zwaan 172.25
27 Gabriel Clemens 171.25
28 Vincent van der Voort 167.5
29 Adrian Lewis 166.25
30 Jermaine Wattimena 161.75
31 Ricky Evans 151.5
32 Luke Humphries 144.75
PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit
Rank - Name - Prize Money
1 Jonny Clayton 43
2 Devon Petersen 42.5
3 Damon Heta 34.25
4 Mensur Suljovic 30
5 Danny Noppert 29.75
6 Callan Rydz 20.5
7 Mervyn King 19
8 Vincent van der Voort 18.75
9 Gabriel Clemens 17.5
10 Madars Razma 17.25
11 Jermaine Wattimena 16.75
12 Ross Smith 16.5
13 Dirk van Duijvenbode 14.25
14 Brendan Dolan 14.25
15 William O'Connor 13.5
16 Darius Labanauskas 13.25
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17 Stephen Bunting 13.25
18 Max Hopp 13
19 Adam Hunt 12
20 Ryan Searle 11.75
21 Kim Huybrechts 11
22 Raymond van Barneveld 11
23 Andy Boulton 11
24 Scott Waites 11
25 Ricky Evans 10
26 Ron Meulenkamp 10
27 Simon Whitlock 10
28 Jesus Noguera 9.75
29 Ryan Murray 9.75
30 Steve Lennon 9.5
31 Jamie Hughes 9.5
32 Chris Dobey 9
33 Martijn Kleermaker 9
34 Jeff Smith 8.5
35 Jelle Klaasen 8.25
36 Maik Kuivenhoven 8
37 Boris Krcmar 8
38 Ryan Joyce 7.75
39 Adrian Lewis 7.75
40 Derk Telnekes 7.75
41 Krzysztof Kciuk 7.25
42 Jeffrey de Zwaan 7.25
43 Jason Lowe 7
44 Luke Humphries 6.75
45 Justin Pipe 6.5
46 Keegan Brown 6
47 Josh Payne 6
48 Karel Sedlacek 6
49 Steve Beaton 5.75
50 Ryan Meikle 5.5
51 Nick Kenny 5.5
52 Luke Woodhouse 5.5
53 Steve West 5.5
54 Ted Evetts 5
55 James Wilson 5
56 Andy Hamilton 5
57 Mickey Mansell 5
58 William Borland 5
59 Alan Soutar 4.75
60 Bradley Brooks 4.5
61 Mike De Decker 4.5
62 Lisa Ashton 4.5
63 Steffen Siepmann 4
64 Alan Tabern 4
65 Peter Jacques 4
66 Kai Fan Leung 3.5
67 John Henderson 3.5
68 Eddie Lovely 3
69 Keane Barry 3
70 Jon Worsley 3
71 John Brown 2.5
72 Chas Barstow 2.5
73 Gordon Mathers 2.5
74 Ciaran Teehan 2.5
75 Aaron Beeney 2.5
76 Wayne Jones 2.5
77 Steve Brown 2.5
78 Daniel Larsson 2.5
79 Matthew Edgar 2.5
80 John Michael 2.25
81 Jake Jones 2
82 Rowby-John Rodriguez 2
83 Kirk Shepherd 2
84 Martin Schindler 2
84 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 2
86 Martin Thomas 2
87 Luc Peters 1.5
88 Harald Leitinger 1.5
89 Lewis Williams 1.5
90 Mark McGeeney 1.5
91 Darren Webster 1.5
92 Michael Rasztovits 1
93 Jack Main 1
94 Berry van Peer 1
95 Scott Mitchell 1
96 Ritchie Edhouse 1
97 Geert Nentjes 1
98 Michael Unterbuchner 1
99 Gary Blades 1
100 Darren Penhall 1
101 Geert De Vos 0.5
101 Martin Lukeman 0.5
103 Danny Baggish 0.5
103 Joe Murnan 0.5
105 Lorenzo Pronk 0.5
105 Martin Atkins 0.5
105 Peter Hudson 0.5
105 Zoran Lerchbacher 0.5
109 Adam Gawlas 0.5
109 Boris Koltsov 0.5
109 Brett Claydon 0.5
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