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Players Championship Order of Merit Update: Big names including Van Gerwen and Aspinall may not qualify for Minehead

Originally posted on Dartsnews.com | Last updated Jul 9, 2025 5:18 PM ET

Damon Heta has become the new leader on the Players Championship Order of Merit. 'The Heat' was the best at Players Championship 20 on Tuesday night, taking over first place from Gian van Veen.

Heta came through his first five matches smoothly after victories over Patrick Geeraets (6-1), Ted Evetts (6-2), Bradley Brooks (6-3), Madars Razma (6-3) and Daryl Gurney (6-1). Then, thanks to an average of 109.14, 'The Heat' was too strong for Gerwyn Price 7-5, before the Australian triumphed 8-7 against Stephen Bunting in the final.

Winning his tenth Pro Tour title earned Heta the top prize of 15,000 pounds, after which he is now 4500 pounds above Van Veen on the Players Championship Order of Merit. Behind the Dutchman, Gerwyn Price follows in third place with 1,000 pounds behind Van Veen.

Losing finalist Stephen Bunting, meanwhile, has moved up to ninth on the Players Championship rankings, putting 'The Bullet' ahead of Gary Anderson.

Of the bigger names Luke Littler is in 48th, Luke Humphries sits in 46th. While Michael van Gerwen sits all the way down in 109th. Nathan Aspinall too is only in 61st spot so could very easily be caught.

Players Championship Order of Merit

Rank	Name	Prize money (in units of £1000)
1	Damon Heta	67.5
2	Gian van Veen	63
3	Gerwyn Price	62
4	Chris Dobey	58
5	Ross Smith	55.5
6	Josh Rock	51
7	Cameron Menzies	51
8	James Wade	45.5
9	Stephen Bunting	43.5
10	Dirk van Duijvenbode	42
11	Gary Anderson	42
12	Ryan Searle	41
13	Jonny Clayton	40.5
14	Jermaine Wattimena	40.5
15	Martin Schindler	39
16	Joe Cullen	36
17	Danny Noppert	34
18	Kevin Doets	34
19	Dave Chisnall	32.5
20	Mike De Decker	32.5
21	Wessel Nijman	32
22	Brendan Dolan	31.5
23	Scott Williams	31.5
24	Niels Zonneveld	31
25	Andrew Gilding	30
26	Krzysztof Ratajski	30
27	Rob Cross	29
28	Luke Woodhouse	28.5
29	William O'Connor	27.5
30	Ian White	26
31	Dom Taylor	25.5
32	Michael Smith	24
33	Peter Wright	24
34	Ricardo Pietreczko	23.5
35	Raymond van Barneveld	23.5
36	Callan Rydz	23
37	Martin Lukeman	23
38	Karel Sedlacek	22.5
39	Adam Lipscombe	22.5
40	Nick Kenny	21.5
41	Daryl Gurney	21
42	Alan Soutar	20.5
43	Dominik Gruellich	20.5
44	Madars Razma	19
45	Ricky Evans	19
46	Luke Humphries	19
47	Sebastian Bialecki	18.5
48	Luke Littler	18.5
49	Gabriel Clemens	18
50	Mario Vandenbogaerde	17.5
51	Mickey Mansell	17.5
52	Jeffrey de Graaf	17.5
53	Ritchie Edhouse	17.5
54	Niko Springer	16.5
55	Jelle Klaasen	16.5
56	Darren Beveridge	16
57	Cam Crabtree	16
58	Justin Hood	16
59	Owen Bates	15.5
60	Max Hopp	15.5
61	Nathan Aspinall	15.5
62	Matthew Dennant	15
63	Darius Labanauskas	15
64	James Hurrell	14.5
65	Adam Hunt	14.5
66	Mensur Suljovic	14.5
67	Ryan Joyce	14
68	Ryan Meikle	14
69	Stephen Burton	13.5
70	Bradley Brooks	13
71	Maik Kuivenhoven	13
72	Martijn Dragt	13
73	Patrick Geeraets	13
74	Andy Boulton	12.5
75	Jitse Van der Wal	12.5
76	Richard Veenstra	12.5
77	Dylan Slevin	12.5
78	Steve Lennon	12
79	Thibault Tricole	12
80	Keane Barry	11.5
81	Haupai Puha	11.5
82	Carl Sneyd	11.5
83	Kim Huybrechts	11
84	Darryl Pilgrim	11
85	Marvin van Velzen	10.5
86	Connor Scutt	10.5
87	Wesley Plaisier	10.5
88	Rob Owen	10.5
89	Jim Long	10.5
90	Jose de Sousa	10
91	Florian Hempel	10
92	Chris Landman	10
93	Adam Warner	9.5
94	Thomas Lovely	9.5
95	Nathan Rafferty	9.5
96	Stefan Bellmont	9.5
97	Christian Kist	9.5
98	Tom Bissell	8.5
99	Leon Weber	8
100	Ted Evetts	8
101	Berry van Peer	8
102	Lukas Wenig	7.5
103	Dimitri Van den Bergh	7.5
104	Tavis Dudeney	7.5
105	Michele Turetta	7
106	George Killington	7
107	Benjamin Reus	7
108	Matt Campbell	7
109	Michael van Gerwen	7
110	Kevin Burness	7
111	Maximilian Czerwinski	6.5
112	Stefaan Henderyck	6.5
113	William Borland	6.5
114	Oskar Lukasiak	6.5
115	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	6.5
116	Viktor Tingstrom	6
117	Joshua Richardson	6
118	Robert Grundy	6
119	Danny Lauby	6
120	Rhys Griffin	6
121	Andy Baetens	6
122	Brett Claydon	5.5
123	Greg Ritchie	5.5
124	Tommy Lishman	5
125	Mervyn King	5
126	Radek Szaganski	5
127	Tytus Kanik	5
128	Jimmy van Schie	5
129	Graham Hall	4.5
130	Cor Dekker	4.5
131	Adam Paxton	4
132	Jim Williams	4
133	Jarno Bottenberg	4
134	Kai Gotthardt	4
135	Jamai van den Herik	3.5
136	Alexander Merkx	3.5
137	Danny van Trijp	3.5
138	Tom Sykes	3
139	Beau Greaves	3
140	Pero Ljubic	2.5
141	Andreas Harrysson	2.5
142	Scott Campbell	2
143	Aden Kirk	2
144	Jack Tweddell	1.5
145	Jeffrey Sparidaans	1.5
146	Nathan Girvan	1
146	Sam Spivey	1
148	Graham Usher	1
149	Tim Wolters	1
150	Michael Flynn	1