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Players Championship Order of Merit Update: Damon Heta rises to fifth place, Nathan Aspinall edges towards top 32

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

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

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