Wright set to take World Number One spot from Price in provisional race to PDC World Darts Championship

It is still around four months until the latest edition of the PDC World Darts Championship. This year again, the field of participants will compile 96 players with 32 from the Order of Merit, 32 from the ProTour version and 32 International Qualifiers.

Gerwyn Price is the defending champion at the upcoming PDC World Darts Championship but it is unclear whether or not he will be the World Number One/top of the seeds.

Due to money coming off mainly from the Grand Slam of Darts, he will be massively under pressure and Peter Wright provisionally could take the World Number One spot.

But due to him defending his World Championship win, he will be firmly under pressure after the tournament finishes himself.

Dimitri van den Bergh will currently sit fourth in the seeding behind Michael van Gerwen. An important position for the automatic Premier League spot.

Further down, Rob Cross's slide will continue with 'Voltage' slated to reach 26th by the Alexandra Palace. On the flipside, Dirk van Duijvenbode is set to head towards the top 16.

Currently the final players qualified include Chris Dobey, Jermaine Wattimena and Jeffrey de Zwaan.

Mensur Suljovic who didn't play at the World Matchplay for personal reasons currently sits 29th and could himself be under pressure to qualify.

Currently topping the ProTour ranks is Damon Heta ahead of Ross Smith, Callan Rydz and a return for Raymond van Barneveld - who is set for a big return at the Alexandra Palace after famously retiring two years ago after losing to Darin Young.

Scott Mitchell is also set for his debut at the World Championship in his first year currently sitting fifth in the provisional spots. The same can be said for Alan Soutar down in 8th.

It will also be an important World Championship for Steve Beaton (12th) and Adrian Lewis (13th) who could slide further towards the trap door that is the top 64 if they can't recapture their form.

Three players who are not Tour Card holders are also set to qualify with Rusty-Jake, Rowby-John Rodriguez and Chas Barstow making up the numbers and performing well enough to sit in the provisional spots.

Ricky Evans, Ted Evetts, Joe Murnan and Boris Krcmar are the final players currently qualified from the top 32.

This means currently the likes of Max Hopp, Keegan Brown and Jelle Klaasen are not qualified. While Martin Schindler and Lourence Ilagan are the first players through the International Qualifiers.

Further players will come from all regions as well as other routes including the Challenge Tour and Women's Series.

1. Peter Wright £1,001,500

2. Gerwyn Price £998,250

3. Michael van Gerwen £698,500

4. Dimitri van den Bergh £423.250

5. James Wade £404,500

6. Gary Anderson £393,000

7. Jose de Sousa £337,000

8. Nathan Aspinall £283,750

9. Michael Smith £268,000

10. Krzysztof Ratajski £262,750

11. Dave Chisanll £259,000

12. Jonny Clayton £242,500

13. Joe Cullen £235,750

14. Dirk van Duijvenbode £217,000

15. Stephen Bunting £207,250

16. Simon Whitlock £203,250

17. Glen Durrant £198,500

18. Daryl Gurney £186,750

19. Mervyn King £186,000

20. Devon Petersen £185,000

21. Luke Humphries £178,000

22. Danny Noppert £170,000

23. Ian White £169,000

24. Gabriel Clemens £164,000

25. Ryan Searle £157,250

26. Rob Cross £153,750

27. Brendan Dolan £148,250

28. Vincent van der Voort £138,750

29. Mensur Suljovic £136,000

30. Chris Dobey £131,000

31. Jermaine Wattimena £119,250

32. Jeffrey de Zwaan £116,250

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33. Kim Huybrechts £114,500

34. Adrian Lewis £113,250

35. Damon Heta £113,000

36. Darius Labanauskas £109,500

37. Jamie Hughes £107,750

38. Ricky Evans £105,500

39. Ross Smith £99,250

40. Ryan Joyce £96,500

41. Callan Rydz £90,750

42. Steve Beaton £86,000

43. William O'Connor £85,250

44. Luke Woodhouse £76,000

1. Damon Heta £29,750

2. Ross Smith £26,500

3. Callan Rydz £23,750

4. Raymond van Barneveld £22,500

5. Scott Mitchell £20,000

6. Martijn Kleermaker £19,750

7. Ryan Joyce £19,250

8. Alan Soutar £16,750

9. Darius Labanauskas £16,750

10. Luke Woodhouse £16,250

11. Ritchie Edhouse £15,750

12. Steve Beaton £15,500

13. Adrian Lewis £15,500

14. Jamie Hughes £15,250

15. Maik Kuivenhoven £14,500

16. Rowby John Rodriguez £14,500

17. Ron Meulenkamp £14,000

18. Steve Lennon £14,000

19. Jeff Smith £13,500

20. Kim Huybrechts £12,500

21. Rusty Jake Rodriguez £12,500

22. Chas Barstow £12,500

23. Lewis Williams £12,250

24. Andy Boulton £12,000

25. Keane Barry £11,750

26. William Borland £11,500

27. Krzysztof Kciuk £11,000

28. Jason Lowe £11,000

29. Ricky Evans £11,000

30. Ted Evetts £10,750

31. Joe Murnan £10,500

32. Boris Krcmar £10,500

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33. William O'Connor £10,500

34. Gordon Mathers £10,000

35. Jason Heaver £10,000

36. Ryan Meikle £10,000

37. Madars Razma £9750

38. Adam Hunt £9500

39. Niels Zonneveld £9250

40. Martin Lukeman £9000

41. Eddie Lovely £9000

42. John Henderson £8500

43. Alan Tabern £8250

44. Kevin Doets £8000

45. Max Hopp £8000

46. ​​Robert Thornton £8000

47. Aaron Beeney £8000

48. Keegan Brown £7750

49. Florian Hempel £7500

50. Geert de Vos £7500

51. Jelle Klaasen £7500

52. Luc Peters £7500

53. Mickey Mansell £7500

54. Geert Nentjes £7000

55. Boris Koltsov £7000

56. Bradley Brooks £7000

57. Matthew Edgar £7000

58. Ciaran Teehan £7000

59. Scott Waites £7000

60. Josh Payne £7000

61. Karel Sedlacek £6500

62. Mike de Decker £6500

63. Andy Hamilton £6000

64. Zoran Lerchbacher £6000

65. Kai Fan Leung £6000

66. James Wilson £6000

67. Jesus Noguera £6000

68. John Michael £5750

69. Darren Webster £5500

70. Jon Worsley £5500

71. Martin Atkins £5500

72. Steve Brown £5500

73. Ryan Murray £5000

74. Andrew Gilding £5000

75. Berry van Peer £5000

Martin Schindler (PDC Europe Super League)

Lourence Ilagan (PDC Asia Philippines Qualifier)