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Damon Heta moved up to fifth place on the Players Championship Order of Merit after winning Players Championship 13. Winning the tournament earned 'The Heat' £15,000, bringing his total to £40,000.
Leading the rankings is Gerwyn Price, who surprisingly lost in the second round on Monday. Price earned 54,500 pounds during the first thirteen Players Championship tournaments of the season. Cameron Menzies is second with 46,500 pounds, while Gian van Veen (45,500 pounds) and Josh Rock (42,500 pounds) are the other two players in the top five.
Nathan Aspinall who has characteristically always struggled to qualify for MInehead due to poor ProTour form is sat 36th after the latest day of action. He is just behind Stephen Bunting in 36th.
Aspinall added to £15,500 on his ranking by losing out to Heta in the final. Luke Littler by comparison albeit he has barely played this season sits in 27th. Luke Humphries is further up in 25th, while Peter Wright is 22nd.
Back up and Gary Anderson, Ryan Searle, Martin Schindler and Joe Cullen complete the top 10. Only Price, Dobey and Cross from the Premier League line-up inhabit the top 15. Michael van Gerwen for instance is down in 110th and has a serious amount of work to do. He lost early again on Monday.
Players Championship Order of Merit
| Rank | Name | Prize money |
| 1 | Gerwyn Price | 54.5 |
| 2 | Cameron Menzies | 46.5 |
| 3 | Gian van Veen | 45.5 |
| 4 | Josh Rock | 42.5 |
| 5 | Damon Heta | 40 |
| 6 | Chris Dobey | 35 |
| 7 | Gary Anderson | 34.5 |
| 8 | Ryan Searle | 32.5 |
| 9 | Martin Schindler | 30 |
| 10 | Joe Cullen | 30 |
| 11 | Ross Smith | 25.5 |
| 12 | Rob Cross | 24 |
| 13 | Wessel Nijman | 22 |
| 14 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | 22 |
| 15 | Kevin Doets | 22 |
| 16 | Andrew Gilding | 21.5 |
| 17 | Mike De Decker | 21 |
| 18 | Niels Zonneveld | 21 |
| 19 | William O'Connor | 21 |
| 20 | Ian White | 20.5 |
| 21 | Jermaine Wattimena | 20 |
| 22 | Peter Wright | 20 |
| 23 | James Wade | 20 |
| 24 | Adam Lipscombe | 19.5 |
| 25 | Luke Humphries | 19 |
| 26 | Luke Woodhouse | 18.5 |
| 27 | Luke Littler | 18.5 |
| 28 | Jonny Clayton | 18 |
| 29 | Martin Lukeman | 18 |
| 30 | Nick Kenny | 17.5 |
| 31 | Dom Taylor | 17.5 |
| 32 | Sebastian Bialecki | 17 |
| 33 | Ritchie Edhouse | 16 |
| 34 | Callan Rydz | 16 |
| 35 | Stephen Bunting | 16 |
| 36 | Nathan Aspinall | 15.5 |
| 37 | Scott Williams | 15.5 |
| 38 | Karel Sedlacek | 15 |
| 39 | Danny Noppert | 15 |
| 40 | Brendan Dolan | 15 |
| 41 | Jelle Klaasen | 14.5 |
| 42 | Raymond van Barneveld | 13.5 |
| 43 | Dave Chisnall | 13 |
| 44 | Niko Springer | 12.5 |
| 45 | Jeffrey de Graaf | 12.5 |
| 46 | Krzysztof Ratajski | 12.5 |
| 47 | Ricardo Pietreczko | 12 |
| 48 | Madars Razma | 12 |
| 49 | Matthew Dennant | 12 |
| 50 | Alan Soutar | 11.5 |
| 51 | Michael Smith | 11.5 |
| 52 | Justin Hood | 11.5 |
| 53 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | 11 |
| 54 | Max Hopp | 11 |
| 55 | Mickey Mansell | 11 |
| 56 | Patrick Geeraets | 11 |
| 57 | Cam Crabtree | 10.5 |
| 58 | Dylan Slevin | 10.5 |
| 59 | Daryl Gurney | 10.5 |
| 60 | Ricky Evans | 10 |
| 61 | Stephen Burton | 10 |
| 62 | Gabriel Clemens | 9.5 |
| 63 | Owen Bates | 9.5 |
| 64 | Ryan Meikle | 9.5 |
| 65 | Mensur Suljovic | 9 |
| 66 | Rob Owen | 9 |
| 67 | Ryan Joyce | 9 |
| 68 | Connor Scutt | 8.5 |
| 69 | Adam Hunt | 8.5 |
| 70 | Stefan Bellmont | 8.5 |
| 71 | James Hurrell | 8.5 |
| 72 | Bradley Brooks | 8 |
| 73 | Berry van Peer | 8 |
| 74 | Andy Boulton | 8 |
| 75 | Steve Lennon | 8 |
| 76 | Haupai Puha | 8 |
| 77 | Richard Veenstra | 8 |
| 78 | Darius Labanauskas | 7.5 |
| 79 | Jitse Van der Wal | 7.5 |
| 80 | Maik Kuivenhoven | 7.5 |
| 81 | Christian Kist | 7.5 |
| 82 | Tavis Dudeney | 7.5 |
| 83 | Florian Hempel | 7.5 |
| 84 | Darryl Pilgrim | 7.5 |
| 85 | Wesley Plaisier | 7 |
| 86 | Jose de Sousa | 7 |
| 87 | Darren Beveridge | 7 |
| 88 | Marvin van Velzen | 7 |
| 89 | Martijn Dragt | 7 |
| 90 | Lukas Wenig | 6.5 |
| 91 | Thomas Lovely | 6.5 |
| 92 | Andy Baetens | 6 |
| 93 | Matt Campbell | 6 |
| 94 | Jim Long | 6 |
| 95 | Kim Huybrechts | 6 |
| 96 | Kevin Burness | 6 |
| 97 | Chris Landman | 5.5 |
| 98 | Carl Sneyd | 5.5 |
| 99 | Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | 5.5 |
| 100 | Ted Evetts | 5 |
| 101 | Adam Warner | 5 |
| 102 | Nathan Rafferty | 5 |
| 103 | Leon Weber | 4.5 |
| 104 | Stefaan Henderyck | 4.5 |
| 105 | Tom Bissell | 4.5 |
| 106 | Oskar Lukasiak | 4.5 |
| 107 | Cor Dekker | 4.5 |
| 108 | Keane Barry | 4.5 |
| 109 | Greg Ritchie | 4.5 |
| 110 | Michael van Gerwen | 4.5 |
| 111 | Dominik Gruellich | 4 |
| 112 | Rhys Griffin | 4 |
| 113 | Michele Turetta | 4 |
| 114 | Kai Gotthardt | 4 |
| 115 | George Killington | 4 |
| 116 | Tommy Lishman | 3.5 |
| 117 | Brett Claydon | 3.5 |
| 118 | Maximilian Czerwinski | 3.5 |
| 119 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 3.5 |
| 120 | Tytus Kanik | 3.5 |
| 121 | Thibault Tricole | 3.5 |
| 122 | Joshua Richardson | 3 |
| 123 | Radek Szaganski | 3 |
| 124 | Jarno Bottenberg | 3 |
| 125 | Danny Lauby | 3 |
| 126 | William Borland | 3 |
| 127 | Beau Greaves | 3 |
| 128 | Benjamin Reus | 2.5 |
| 129 | Jim Williams | 2.5 |
| 130 | Danny van Trijp | 2.5 |
| 130 | Jimmy van Schie | 2.5 |
| 132 | Mervyn King | 2.5 |
| 133 | Aden Kirk | 2 |
| 134 | Adam Paxton | 2 |
| 135 | Robert Grundy | 1.5 |
| 136 | Tom Sykes | 1.5 |
| 137 | Jeffrey Sparidaans | 1.5 |
| 138 | Graham Usher | 1 |
| 139 | Scott Campbell | 1 |
| 140 | Graham Hall | 1 |
| 141 | Tim Wolters | 1 |
| 142 | Viktor Tingstrom | 1 |
| 143 | Michael Flynn | 1 |
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