Wright leads Players Championship Order of Merit after first two events

Peter Wright leads the Players Championship Order of Merit after the first two Players Championship tournaments of the season.

Wright reached the semi-finals on Saturday and then won the second tournament on Sunday. With this, he earned a total of £16,000 in prize money.

Luke Humphries sits second after returning home with £14,000. Losing finalists Gerwyn Price and Ryan Searle are both in third place with 8750 pounds each.

Of the other big names, Rob Cross is 10th, Gary Anderson is down in 13th, Jonny Clayton is 18th and Michael van Gerwen is currently in 23rd place.

Order of Merit forms the line-up for the Players Championship Finals. This tournament will be played in Minehead from November 25 to 27.

1 Peter Wright £16.000

2 Luke Humphries £14.000

3 Gerwyn Price £8750

4 Ryan Searle £8750

5 Daryl Gurney £5250

6 Stephen Bunting £5000

7 Damon Heta £4750

8 Boris Krcmar £4000

9 Lee Evans £4000

10 Niels Zonneveld £3750

10 Rob Cross £3750

10 Stephen Burton £3750

13 Gary Anderson £3750

13 Joe Cullen £3750

13 Krzysztof Ratajski £3750

16 Jason Lowe £3250

16 Jose de Sousa £3250

18 Jonny Clayton £3000

19 Martin Schindler £2750

19 William O'Connor £2750

21 Ritchie Edhouse £2750

21 Scott Williams £2750

23 Kevin Doets £2500

23 Michael van Gerwen £2500

25 Gordon Mathers £2000

25 Jamie Clark £2000

25 Mensur Suljovic £2000

25 Ryan Meikle £2000

29 Jimmy Hendriks £2000

29 John O'Shea £2000

29 Madars Razma £2000

29 Ross Montgomery £2000

33 Andy Boulton £2000

33 Keane Barry £2000

33 Richie Burnett £2000

36 Dave Chisnall £2000

36 Kim Huybrechts £2000

38 Adrian Lewis £1500

38 Danny Jansen £1500

38 Jeff Smith £1500

38 Luc Peters £1500

38 Luke Woodhouse £1500

38 Raymond van Barneveld £1500

44 Chris Dobey £1250

44 Connor Scutt £1250

44 Eddie Lovely £1250

44 Gabriel Clemens £1250

44 Geert De Vos £1250

44 Maik Kuivenhoven £1250

44 Max Hopp £1250

51 Berry van Peer £1250

51 Brian Raman £1250

51 Cameron Menzies £1250

51 Dimitri Van den Bergh £1250

51 James Wade £1250

51 Jamie Hughes £1250

51 Jim Williams £1250

51 Mervyn King £1250

51 Michael Smith £1250

51 Ross Smith £1250

51 Rowby-John Rodriguez £1250

62 Adam Gawlas £750

62 Andrew Gilding £750

62 Darius Labanauskas £750

62 Darren Webster £750

62 Florian Hempel £750

62 Jim McEwan £750

62 Keegan Brown £750

62 Krzysztof Kciuk £750

62 Lewy Williams £750

62 Mario Vandenbogaerde £750

62 Martin Lukeman £750

62 Nick Fullwell £750

62 Peter Hudson £750

62 Scott Waites £750

62 Steve West £750

62 Stu Wilson £750

62 William Borland £750

79 Alan Soutar £750

79 Brett Claydon £750

79 Callan Rydz £750

79 Dirk van Duijvenbode £750

79 Geert Nentjes £750

79 Ian White £750

79 Jake Jones £750

79 Jermaine Wattimena £750

79 Nathan Rafferty £750

79 Radek Szaganski £750

79 Ricardo Pietreczko £750

79 Ricky Evans £750

79 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez £750

79 Ryan Joyce £750

79 Ted Evetts £750