The Players Championship 15 saw a change within the top 32 of the Order of Merit. Callan Rydz ousted Devon Petersen and is now in 26th place. The Englishman should also swallow up the veterans Simon Whitlock and Brendan Dolan, who are directly ahead of him, and then move into the Top24 for the first time.
By reaching the quarterfinals, the first this season, Florian Hempel is the German number three again and swapped places with Max Hopp. The duo is in 62nd and 63rd place. Gabriel Clemens is still the German number one in 22nd place, Martin Schindler is 47th.
The order of merit is calculated on the basis of the prize money won over the past 24 months. The top 16 are seeded for the major tournaments World Matchplay and World Grand Prix. The top 32 automatically qualify for the second round of the World Championship and the fourth round of the UK Open. In addition, the best 24 professionals play the Masters among themselves.
After the World Cup, players ranked 1-64 will receive a tour card for the following year. This does not apply to anyone who had only secured their right to play twelve months earlier.
1. Peter Wright (Scotland) £1,204,000
2. Gerwyn Price (Wales) 1.191.250
3. Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands) 658,500
4. Michael Smith (England) 608.000
5. James Wade (England) 580.500
6. Gary Anderson (Schottland) 481.500
7. Jose de Sousa (Portugal) 460,500
8. Jonny Clayton (Wales) 440.000
9. Dimitri Van den Bergh (Belgium) 437,500
10. Rob Cross (England) 385.500
11. Joe Cullen (England) 361.750
12. Danny Noppert (Netherlands) 347,750
13. Dave Chisnall (England) 315.250
14. Krzysztof Ratajski (Poland) 313,000
15. Dirk van Duijvenbode (Netherlands) 307.750
16. Ryan Searle (England) 297.500
17. Nathan Aspinall (England) 287.750
18. Luke Humphries (England) 284.000
19. Mervyn King (England) 247.250
20. Stephen Bunting (England) 240.250
21. Damon Heta (Australia) 242,250
22. Gabriel Clemens (Germany) 222,750
23. Daryl Gurney (Nordirland) 219.750
24. Brendan Dolan (Northern Ireland) 208,750
25. Simon Whitlock (Australia) 206,500
26. Callan Rydz (England) 203,500
27. Devon Petersen (South Africa) 203,000
28. Mensur Suljovic (Austria) 196,000
29. Ian White (England) 189.000
30. Vincent van der Voort (Netherlands) 188.500
31. Chris Dobey (England) 162.250
32. Glen Durrant (England) 158.750
33. Ross Smith (England) 147.750
34. Kim Huybrechts (Belgium) 138,500
35. Ryan Joyce (England) 138.250
36. William O‘Connor (Ireland) 133,750
37. Ricky Evans (England) 126.250
38. Jermaine Wattimena (Niederlande) 123,000
39. Adrian Lewis (England) 116.500
40. Martijn Kleermaker (Netherlands) 114.250
41. Jamie Hughes (England) 104.000
42. Madars Razma (Latvia) 94,500
43. Darius Labanauskas (Lithuania) 93,500
44. Adam Hunt (England) 89.250
45. Steve Lennon (Ireland) 86,500
46. Jeffrey De Zwaan (Netherlands) 82.750
47. Martin Schindler (Germany) 81,750
48. Alan Soutar (Schottland) 81,500
49. Keane Barry (Irland) 79.750
50. Jason Lowe (England) 79.750
51. Luke Woodhouse (England) 77.250
52. Maik Kuivenhoven (Netherlands) 76,750
53. Ron Meulenkamp (Netherlands) 73.250
54. Raymond van Barneveld (Netherlands) 69.750
55. Steve Beaton (England) 69.000
56. Ryan Meikle (England) 66.750
57. Boris Krcmar (Croatia) 66,000
58. Andy Boulton (Scotland) 64,500
59. Jeff Smith (Kanada) 63.250
60. Ritchie Edhouse (England) 62.500
61. Keegan Brown (England) 61.000
62. Florian Hempel (Germany) 60,500
63. Max Hopp (Germany) 60,500
64. Steve West (England) 58.750
65. Mike De Decker (Belgium) 58,500
66. William Borland (Scotland) 56,750
67. Lewy Williams (Wales) 47.250
68. John Henderson (Scotland) 47,000
69. Scott Mitchell (England) 43.750
70. Joe Murnan (England) 43,500
71. Martin Lukeman (England) 39,000
72. Jason Heaver (England) 38.750
73. Adam Gawlas (Tschechien) 33,000
74. Gordon Mathers (Australia) 29,500
75. Andrew Gilding (England) 27.500
76. Niels Zonneveld (Netherlands) 25,250
77. Jim Williams (Wales) 23.750
78. Boris Koltsov (Russia) 23.000
79. Geert Nentjes (Netherlands) 22,500
80. Danny Jansen (Netherlands) 21,500
81. Peter Hudson (England) 20.250
82. Josh Rock (Northern Ireland) 19,500
83. Eddie Lovely (England) 17.750
84. Berry van Peer (Netherlands) 17,500
85. Matt Campbell (Canada) 17,500
86. John O‘Shea (Ireland) 17,000
87. Scott Williams (England) 16.250
88.John Michael (Greece) 16,250
89. Scott Waites (England) 16.000
90. Cameron Menzies (Schottland) 14.500
91. Kevin Doets (Netherlands) 13,500
92. Rowby-John Rodriguez (Austria) 13,250
93. Geert De Vos (Belgian) 13,250
94. Brett Claydon (England) 13.000
95. Karel Sedlacek (Czech Republic) 12,500
96. Jack Main (England) 12.500
97. Danny Baggish (USA) 12.500
98. Sebastian Bialecki (Poland) 12,500
99. Jon Worsley (Wales) 12.250
100. Mario Vandenbogaerde (BEL) 11.750
1.1. 2007 to 1.1. 2008: Phil Taylor
1.1. 2008 to 8.6. 2008: Raymond van Barneveld
8.6. 2008 to 1.1. 2014: Phil Taylor
1.1. 2014 to 3.1. 2021: Michael van Gerwen
3.1.2021 bis 6.3. 2022: Gerwyn Price
since 6.3. 2022: Peter Wright
Until the end of 2006, only the number of tournament wins was taken into account in the ranking. Since it was introduced in 1993, the leaders of the ranking have been the Englishmen Alan Warriner-Little, Dennis Priestley, Rod Harrington, Peter Manley and Colin Lloyd as well as the Canadian John Part. The highest placing for a German is rank 21, achieved by Max Hopp and Gabriel Clemens.
