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Players Championship Order of Merit Update: Chris Dobey and Gian van Veen gaining on Gerwyn Price as ProTour returns
Kelly Deckers/PDC

Gerwyn Price is still number one on the Players Championship Order of Merit, but at the conclusion of the seventeenth Players Championship tournament of the season, two players are hot on his heels.

Gian van Veen reached the semifinals at Players Championship 17 on Tuesday and is only 500 pounds behind Price. Wednesday and Thursday, Van Veen can try to take over first place from 'The Iceman' at this week's remaining Players Championship tournaments.

Third spot was in the hands of Chris Dobey as of Tuesday, who managed to take the title at the floor tournament in Leicester. It was already his second ProTour title of the season for 'Hollywood'. At 52,500 pounds, he is still 4,000 pounds behind Van Veen and 4,500 pounds behind Price.

Following behind the top three are Cameron Menzies, Ross Smith, Damon Heta and Josh Rock. Dirk van Duijvenbode is the new number eight after making the final on Tuesday. Completing the top 10 are Gary Anderson and Ryan Searle.

A total of 34 Players Championship tournaments will be played this season. At the end of the season, the top 64 players on the Players Championship Order of Merit get to compete in the Players Championship Finals in Minehead.

Players Championship Order of Merit

Rank Name Prize Money
1 Gerwyn Price (WAL) 57.0
2 Gian van Veen (NED) 56.5
3 Chris Dobey (ENG) 52.5
4 Cameron Menzies (SCO) 49.5
5 Ross Smith (ENG) 47.0
6 Damon Heta (AUS) 46.5
7 Josh Rock (NIR) 46.0
8 Dirk van Duijvenbode (NED) 40.5
9 Gary Anderson (SCO) 39.5
10 Ryan Searle (ENG) 37.0
11 Martin Schindler (GER) 36.5
12 Joe Cullen (ENG) 34
13 Jonny Clayton (WAL) 33
14 Danny Noppert (NED) 30
15 Kevin Doets (NED) 29.5
16 Krzysztof Ratajski (POL) 28.5
17 James Wade (ENG) 28
18 Brendan Dolan (NIR) 28
19 Mike De Decker (BEL) 27
20 Jermaine Wattimena (NED) 26.5
21 Wessel Nijman (NED) 26
22 Luke Woodhouse (ENG) 26
23 Dave Chisnall (ENG) 26
24 William O'Connor (IRL) 25
25 Niels Zonneveld (NED) 24.5
26 Rob Cross (ENG) 24
27 Dom Taylor (ENG) 23
28 Ian White (ENG) 23
29 Peter Wright (SCO) 22.5
30 Andrew Gilding (ENG) 22.5
31 Michael Smith (ENG) 21.5
32 Scott Williams (ENG) 21.5
33 Martin Lukeman (ENG) 20.5
34 Adam Lipscombe (ENG) 20.5
35 Raymond van Barneveld (NED) 20
36 Ricardo Pietreczko (GER) 19.5
37 Callan Rydz (ENG) 19.5
38 Nick Kenny (WAL) 19.5
39 Dominik Gruellich (GER) 19
40 Luke Humphries (ENG) 19
41 Stephen Bunting (ENG) 18.5
42 Sebastian Bialecki (POL) 18.5
43 Luke Littler (ENG) 18.5
44 Karel Sedlacek (CZE) 17.5
45 Jeffrey de Graaf (SWE) 16.5
46 Ritchie Edhouse (ENG) 16
47 Madars Razma (LAT) 15.5
48 Gabriel Clemens (GER) 15.5
49 Jelle Klaasen (NED) 15.5
50 Nathan Aspinall (ENG) 15.5
51 Mario Vandenbogaerde (BEL) 15
52 Justin Hood (ENG) 15
53 Max Hopp (GER) 14.5
54 Alan Soutar (SCO) 14.5
55 Niko Springer (GER) 14.5
56 Ricky Evans (ENG) 14.5
57 Mickey Mansell (IRE) 14.5
58 Darius Labanauskas (LTU) 13.5
59 Daryl Gurney (NIR) 13.5
60 Darren Beveridge (SCO) 13
61 Patrick Geeraets (NED) 13
62 Matthew Dennant (ENG) 13
63 Richard Veenstra (NED) 12.5
64 Mensur Suljovic (AUT) 12.5
65 Dylan Slevin (IRL) 12.5
66 Stephen Burton (ENG) 12.5
67 Ryan Meikle (ENG) 11.5
68 Adam Hunt (ENG) 11.5
69 Cam Crabtree (ENG) 11.5
70 Ryan Joyce (ENG) 11.5
71 Thibault Tricole (FRA) 11
72 Darryl Pilgrim (ENG) 11
73 Andy Boulton (SCO) 11
74 Steve Lennon (IRL) 11
75 James Hurrell (ENG) 11
76 Maik Kuivenhoven (NED) 11
77 Carl Sneyd (ENG) 10.5
78 Rob Owen (WAL) 10.5
79 Jim Long (CAN) 10.5
80 Martijn Dragt (NED) 10.5
81 Owen Bates (ENG) 10.5
82 Connor Scutt (ENG) 9.5
83 Stefan Bellmont (SUI) 9.5
84 Christian Kist (NED) 9.5
85 Chris Landman (NED) 9
86 Wesley Plaisier (NED) 9
87 Haupai Puha (NZL) 9
88 Tom Bissell (ENG) 8.5
89 Nathan Rafferty (NIR) 8.5
90 Florian Hempel (GER) 8.5
91 Kim Huybrechts (BEL) 8.5
92 Jitse Van der Wal (NED) 8.5
93 Jose de Sousa (POR) 8
94 Bradley Brooks (ENG) 8
95 Berry van Peer (NED) 8
96 Thomas Lovely (ENG) 7.5
97 Tavis Dudeney (ENG) 7.5
98 Keane Barry (IRL) 7
99 Matt Campbell (CAN) 7
100 Michael van Gerwen (NED) 7
101 Kevin Burness (NIR) 7
102 Marvin van Velzen (NED) 7
103 William Borland (SCO) 6.5
104 Oskar Lukasiak (SWE) 6.5
105 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (AUT) 6.5
106 Lukas Wenig (GER) 6.5
107 Dimitri Van den Bergh (BEL) 6
108 George Killington (ENG) 6
109 Adam Warner (ENG) 6
110 Michele Turetta (ITA) 6
111 Ted Evetts (ENG) 6
112 Andy Baetens (BEL) 6
113 Maximilian Czerwinski (GER) 5.5
114 Stefaan Henderyck (BEL) 5.5
115 Leon Weber (GER) 5.5
116 Greg Ritchie (SCO) 5.5
117 Radek Szaganski (POL) 5
118 Danny Lauby (USA) 5
119 Tytus Kanik (POL) 5
120 Rhys Griffin (WAL) 5
121 Jimmy van Schie (NED) 5
122 Brett Claydon (ENG) 4.5
123 Cor Dekker (NOR) 4.5
124 Robert Grundy (ENG) 4
125 Jim Williams (WAL) 4
126 Joshua Richardson (ENG) 4
127 Jarno Bottenberg (NED) 4
128 Kai Gotthardt (GER) 4
129 Alexander Merkx (NED) 3.5
130 Benjamin Reus (GER) 3.5
131 Danny van Trijp (NED) 3.5
132 Tommy Lishman (ENG) 3.5
133 Graham Hall (ENG) 3
134 Adam Paxton (ENG) 3
135 Tom Sykes (ENG) 3
136 Beau Greaves (ENG) 3
137 Viktor Tingstrom (SWE) 2.5
138 Jamai van den Herik (NED) 2.5
139 Andreas Harrysson (SWE) 2.5
140 Mervyn King (ENG) 2.5
141 Aden Kirk (ENG) 2
142 Jack Tweddell (ENG) 1.5
143 Pero Ljubic (CRO) 1.5
144 Jeffrey Sparidaans (NED) 1.5
145 Nathan Girvan (SCO) 1
145 Sam Spivey (ENG) 1
147 Graham Usher (ENG) 1
148 Scott Campbell (SCO) 1
149 Tim Wolters (GER) 1
150 Michael Flynn (ENG) 1

This article first appeared on Dartsnews.com and was syndicated with permission.

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