Wright set to take World Number One spot from Price in provisional race to PDC World Darts Championship
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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.
PDC Order of Merit (Top 32 qualify)
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
PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit (top-32 qualifies)
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
International Qualifiers
Martin Schindler (PDC Europe Super League)
Lourence Ilagan (PDC Asia Philippines Qualifier)
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