Peter Wright is closing in on the World Number One spot in the updated PDC Order of Merit after the opening weekend of Players Championship action.
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'Snakebite' defeated Gerwyn Price in the final of the second tournament last Sunday and is now approaching the Welshman by just £5,500.
Price does have the advantage of not having any prize money to defend at the next two Players Championship tournaments this weekend. Wright has £6,000 in prize money at stake. Should Price lose in the first round on Saturday, Wright could take over the top spot with a title.
Ryan Searle reached his highest ever position in the world rankings. Searle, who reached the final on Saturday, rose by two spots to fourteenth place. That was at the expense of Nathan Aspinall, who had to give up two places. Luke Humphries defeated Searle in the first Players Championship tournament on Saturday, passing Danny Noppert.
Furthermore, Daryl Gurney (21) and Gabriel Clemens (22) changed places and the same applies to Damon Heta (28) and Vincent van der Voort (29).
PDC Order of Merit (Prize money in the tables is in units of £1,000)
Position - Name - Prize Money
1 Gerwyn Price 1208.5
2 Peter Wright 1203
3 Michael van Gerwen 656.75
4 James Wade 564.5
5 Michael Smith 539.5
6 Gary Anderson 481.25
7 Jose de Sousa 431.5
8 Jonny Clayton 417.25
9 Dimitri Van den Bergh 410
10 Rob Cross 359.25
11 Joe Cullen 315.25
12 Krzysztof Ratajski 313.5
13 Dave Chisnall 289
14 Ryan Searle 268.5
15 Dirk van Duijvenbode 268.5
16 Nathan Aspinall 263.5
17 Mervyn King 241.5
18 Luke Humphries 238.5
19 Danny Noppert 232.25
20 Stephen Bunting 228.25
21 Daryl Gurney 217.5
22 Gabriel Clemens 216
23 Brendan Dolan 202
24 Ian White 199.75
25 Simon Whitlock 199.25
26 Devon Petersen 195.5
27 Mensur Suljovic 193.5
28 Damon Heta 181.5
29 Vincent van der Voort 178
30 Callan Rydz 176
31 Glen Durrant 167.5
32 Chris Dobey 157.75
33 Ross Smith 141.75
34 Ryan Joyce 127.75
35 Kim Huybrechts 125
36 Jermaine Wattimena 116
37 William O'Connor 113.5
38 Jamie Hughes 109.25
39 Adrian Lewis 104.25
40 Martijn Kleermaker 104
41 Ricky Evans 102.75
42 Adam Hunt 86
43 Steve Lennon 85
44 Darius Labanauskas 84.75
45 Jason Lowe 82.25
46 Jeffrey De Zwaan 82.25
47 Madars Razma 72.75
48 Luke Woodhouse 71.75
49 Maik Kuivenhoven 68.75
50 Alan Soutar 67.75
51 Steve Beaton 66.75
52 Ron Meulenkamp 63.5
53 Andy Boulton 58.5
54 Steve West 58.25
55 William Borland 57.25
56 Raymond van Barneveld 55
57 Keegan Brown 54.25
58 Boris Krcmar 54
59 Ryan Meikle 53.75
60 Jeff Smith 53
61 Mike De Decker 52.5
62 Florian Hempel 49.75
63 Max Hopp 49.25
64 Martin Schindler 48.25
65 Ritchie Edhouse 48
66 John Henderson 47.25
67 Keane Barry 42.25
68 Scott Mitchell 37.5
69 Lewy Williams 36
70 Joe Murnan 35
71 Jason Heaver 32.5
72 Boris Koltsov 23
73 Gordon Mathers 20
74 Adam Gawlas 18.25
75 Niels Zonneveld 14.5
76 Peter Hudson 14.25
77 John Michael 14.25
78 Eddie Lovely 12.75
79 Geert De Vos 11.25
80 Martin Lukeman 10.25
81 Andrew Gilding 8.75
82 Geert Nentjes 8.75
83 Danny Baggish 8
84 John Brown 8
85 Berry van Peer 7.25
86 Jack Main 7
87 Jon Worsley 6.5
88 David Evans 6
89 Zoran Lerchbacher 6
90 Brett Claydon 5.75
91 Jake Jones 4.25
92 Lee Evans 4
93 Stephen Burton 3.75
94 Scott Williams 2.75
95 Kevin Doets 2.5
96 Jamie Clark 2
97 Jimmy Hendriks 2
97 John O'Shea 2
97 Ross Montgomery 2
100 Richie Burnett 2
101 Danny Jansen 1.5
101 Luc Peters 1.5
103 Michael Unterbuchner 1.5
104 Connor Scutt 1.25
105 Brian Raman 1.25
105 Cameron Menzies 1.25
105 Jim Williams 1.25
105 Rowby-John Rodriguez 1.25
109 Darren Webster 0.75
109 Jim McEwan 0.75
109 Krzysztof Kciuk 0.75
109 Mario Vandenbogaerde 0.75
109 Nick Fullwell 0.75
109 Scott Waites 0.75
109 Stu Wilson 0.75
116 Nathan Rafferty 0.75
116 Radek Szaganski 0.75
116 Ricardo Pietreczko 0.75
116 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 0.75
116 Ted Evetts 0.75
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