THE William Hill World Darts Championship is set to have a huge impact on the PDC Order of Merit - here we look at the provisional changes going into the Christmas break.
Only seven players from the top 16 who began the World Championship remain in the field following the opening 11 days of action at Alexandra Palace.
Raymond van Barneveld, a semi-finalist at Alexandra Palace two years ago who lost out in the second round to Darius Labanauskas, will drop to 28th on the current provisional rankings in the biggest move.
Steve West, John Henderson and Jamie Lewis could all push towards places in the last 16 should they continue to win on the Ally Pally stage.
Chris Dobey's run to round four has seen him close on the top 32 alongside Dimitri Van den Bergh, who has yet to play his third round tie.
Brendan Dolan, Toni Alcinas, Ryan Searle, Ryan Joyce, Nathan Aspinall, Devon Petersen and Luke Humphries are still in the World Championship and can improve their ranking.
Petersen is bidding to hold on to his Tour Card - sitting in 64th place at present but with Humphries able to move above him over the coming days.
Paul Nicholson, a first round victim at Alexandra Palace, would see his Tour Card status come into jeopardy should both Petersen and Humphries pick up third round wins on Thursday.
Provisional PDC Order of Merit
Based on prize money won up to December 24, with 2016/2017 World Championship prize money removed
| 1 | Gerwen, Michael van | Netherlands | £1,138,500 |
| 2 | Cross, Rob | England | £785,750 |
| 3 | Wright, Peter | Scotland | £677,500 |
| 4 | Gurney, Daryl | Northern Ireland | £539,250 |
| 5 | Anderson, Gary | Scotland | £515,000 |
| 6 | Price, Gerwyn | Wales | £404,750 |
| 7 | Suljovic, Mensur | Austria | £389,750 |
| 8 | Whitlock, Simon | Australia | £350,750 |
| 9 | Wade, James | England | £341,000 |
| 10 | Smith, Michael | England | £330,500 |
| 11 | White, Ian | England | £281,750 |
| 12 | Chisnall, Dave | England | £264,750 |
| 13 | Webster, Darren | England | £254,750 |
| 14 | Lewis, Adrian | England | £242,750 |
| 15 | Cullen, Joe | England | £242,000 |
| 16 | Clayton, Jonny | Wales | £232,750 |
| 17 | Bunting, Stephen | England | £207,250 |
| 18 | King, Mervyn | England | £202,250 |
| 19 | West, Steve | England | £191,750 |
| 20 | Henderson, John | Scotland | £189,750 |
| 21 | Beaton, Steve | England | £188,250 |
| 22 | Huybrechts, Kim | Belgium | £184,000 |
| 23 | Anderson, Kyle | Australia | £181,250 |
| 24 | Norris, Alan | England | £170,250 |
| 25 | Wilson, James | England | £165,500 |
| 26 | Lewis, Jamie | Wales | £163,750 |
| 27 | Klaasen, Jelle | Netherlands | £163,250 |
| 28 | Barneveld, Raymond van | Netherlands | £160,750 |
| 29 | Wattimena, Jermaine | Netherlands | £156,000 |
| 30 | Reyes, Cristo | Spain | £147,500 |
| 31 | Hopp, Max | Germany | £144,750 |
| 32 | Pas, Benito van de | Netherlands | £140,750 |
| 33 | Van den Bergh, Dimitri | Belgium | £133,250 |
| 34 | Dobey, Chris | England | £133,000 |
| 35 | Voort, Vincent van der | Netherlands | £129,000 |
| 36 | Brown, Keegan | England | £128,250 |
| 37 | Lennon, Steve | Ireland | £128,000 |
| 38 | North, Richard | England | £123,500 |
| 39 | Thornton, Robert | Scotland | £117,500 |
| 40 | Pipe, Justin | England | £109,000 |
| 41 | Dekker, Jan | Netherlands | £104,750 |
| 42 | Dolan, Brendan | Northern Ireland | £103,750 |
| 43 | Zwaan, Jeffrey de | Netherlands | £102,000 |
| 44 | O'Connor, William | Ireland | £99,500 |
| 45 | Noppert, Danny | Netherlands | £97,000 |
| 46 | Schindler, Martin | Germany | £93,000 |
| 47 | Alcinas, Toni | Spain | £90,000 |
| 48 | Evans, Ricky | England | £89,250 |
| 49 | Searle, Ryan | England | £87,000 |
| 50 | Meulenkamp, Ron | Netherlands | £82,500 |
| 51 | Ratajski, Krzysztof | Poland | £78,000 |
| 52 | Payne, Josh | England | £77,750 |
| 53 | Richardson, James | England | £74,250 |
| 54 | Webster, Mark | Wales | £72,250 |
| 55 | Kist, Christian | Netherlands | £71,000 |
| 56 | Aspinall, Nathan | England | £68,000 |
| 57 | Joyce, Ryan | England | £67,750 |
| 58 | Huybrechts, Ronny | Belgium | £63,750 |
| 59 | Lerchbacher, Zoran | Austria | £61,000 |
| 60 | Clemens, Gabriel | Germany | £55,750 |
| 61 | Mansell, Mickey | Northern Ireland | £55,500 |
| 62 | Cadby, Corey | Australia | £54,500 |
| 63 | Nicholson, Paul | Australia | £53,250 |
| 64 | Petersen, Devon | South Africa | £53,000 |
| 65 | Jacques, Peter | England | £52,250 |
| 66 | Graaf, Jeffrey de | Netherlands | £49,500 |
| 67 | Humphries, Luke | England | £46,750 |
| 67 | Painter, Kevin | England | £46,750 |
| 69 | Rodriguez, Rowby-John | Austria | £45,500 |
| 70 | Barnard, Michael | England | £41,250 |
| 71 | Johnson, Darren | England | £39,750 |
| 72 | Gilding, Andrew | England | £38,000 |
| 73 | Labanauskas, Darius | Lithuania | £37,000 |
| 74 | Tabern Alan | England | £36,500 |
| 75 | Smith, Ross | England | £36,250 |
| 76 | Burton, Stephen | England | £33,750 |
| 77 | Green, Robbie | England | £33,250 |
| 78 | Stevenson, Simon | England | £32,250 |
| 79 | Edgar, Matthew | England | £31,750 |
| 80 | Shepherd, Kirk | England | £31,500 |
| 81 | Owen, Robert | Wales | £30,750 |
| 81 | Quantock, Chris | England | £30,750 |
| 83 | Caven, Jamie | England | £30,500 |
| 84 | Razma, Madars | Latvia | £30,250 |
| 85 | Hendriks, Jimmy | Netherlands | £28,500 |
| 86 | Jones, Wayne | England | £26,250 |
| 87 | Taylor, Scott | England | £26,000 |
| 88 | MarIjanovic, Robert | Germany | £25,250 |
| 88 | Murnan, Joe | England | £25,250 |
| 90 | Edhouse, Ritchie | England | £25,000 |
| 91 | Pallett, David | England | £24,250 |
| 92 | Bain, Jamie | Scotland | £23,750 |
| 92 | Hine, Steve | England | £23,750 |
| 94 | Hunt, Adam | England | £23,000 |
| 95 | Evetts, Ted | England | £22,500 |
| 96 | Kirk, Aden | England | £21,250 |
| 97 | Jenkins, Terry | England | £19,750 |
| 98 | Burness, Kevin | Northern Ireland | £18,500 |
| 98 | Burnett, Richie | Wales | £18,500 |
| 100 | Harris, Cody | New Zealand | £18,250 |
| 101 | Larsson, Daniel | Sweden | £18,000 |
| 102 | Rowley, Paul | England | £17,750 |
| 103 | Part, John | Canada | £16,000 |
| 104 | Asada, Seigo | Japan | £15,000 |
| 104 | Long, Jim | Canada | £15,000 |
| 104 | Malicdem, Noel | Philippines | £15,000 |
| 107 | McGowan, Mick | Ireland | £14,750 |
| 108 | Menzies, Cameron | Scotland | £14,500 |
| 109 | Woodhouse, Luke | England | £14,250 |
| 110 | Lowe, Jason | England | £14,000 |
| 110 | Meikle, Ryan | England | £14,000 |
| 112 | Boulton, Andy | England | £13,750 |
| 112 | Langendorf, Maik | Germany | £13,750 |
| 114 | Meeuwisse, Yordi | Netherlands | £13,500 |
| 115 | Hughes, Jamie | England | £13,000 |
| 116 | Duijvenbode, Dirk van | Netherlands | £12,250 |
| 117 | Portela, Diogp | Brazil | £11,250 |
| 118 | Baxter, Ronnie | England | £10,250 |
| 119 | Kanik, Tytus | Poland | £10,000 |
| 119 | Koltsov, Boris | Russia | £10,000 |
| 121 | Hudson, Peter | England | £9,500 |
| 122 | Nentjes, Geert | Netherlands | £9,250 |
| 123 | Murschell, Dawson | Canada | £9,000 |
| 124 | Lam, Ting Chi Royden | Hong Kong | £8,500 |
| 124 | Monk, Arron | England | £8,500 |
| 124 | Sedlacek, Karel | Czech Republic | £8,500 |
| 127 | Brooks, Bradley | England | £8,250 |
| 127 | Cole, Jarred | England | £8,250 |
| 127 | Rasztovits, Michael | Austria | £8,250 |
| 127 | Smith, Jeff | Canada | £8,250 |
| 131 | Ashton, Lisa | England | £7,500 |
| 131 | Baelen, Davy Van | Belgium | £7,500 |
| 131 | Bailey, James | Australia | £7,500 |
| 131 | De Sousa, Jose | Portugal | £7,500 |
| 131 | Dobromyslova, Anastasia | Russia | £7,500 |
| 131 | Kumar, Nitin | India | £7,500 |
| 131 | Lim, Paul | Singapore | £7,500 |
| 131 | Liu, Yuanjun | China | £7,500 |
| 131 | Lourence, Ilagan | Philippines | £7,500 |
| 131 | Puleo, Chuck | United States | £7,500 |
| 131 | Ross, Craig | New Zealand | £7,500 |
| 131 | Smith, Raymond | Australia | £7,500 |
| 131 | Wilson, Mark | England | £7,500 |
| 144 | Cullen, Jason | Ireland | £7,250 |
| 145 | Justicia, Jose | Spain | £7,000 |
| 145 | Twell, Ross | England | £7,000 |
| 147 | Harrington, Ryan | England | £6,750 |
| 147 | Huckvale, Adam | England | £6,750 |
| 147 | Jiwa, Prakash | India | £6,750 |
| 150 | Bryant, Lee | England | £6,500 |
| 150 | Kamphuis, Vincent | Netherlands | £6,500 |
| 152 | Prins, Dave | England | £6,250 |
| 153 | Killington, George | England | £5,750 |
| 153 | Rafferty, Nathan | Northern Ireland | £5,750 |
| 153 | Robbe, Mario | Netherlands | £5,750 |
| 156 | Horvat, Dragutin | Germany | £5,000 |
| 157 | Newell, Tony | England | £4,750 |
| 158 | Decker, Mike De | Belgium | £4,250 |
| 158 | Kantele, Marko | Finland | £4,250 |
| 158 | Lynn, Barry | England | £4,250 |
| 161 | Eastwood, Gary | England | £4,000 |
| 161 | Eidams, Rene | Germany | £4,000 |
| 161 | Evans, David | England | £4,000 |
| 164 | Goldie, John | Scotland | £3,750 |
| 164 | Rickwood, Robert | England | £3,750 |
| 166 | Atkins, Martin (Wigan) | England | £3,500 |
| 167 | Bates, Barrie | Wales | £3,250 |
| 167 | Dudbridge, Mark | England | £3,250 |
| 167 | Groen, Sven | Netherlands | £3,250 |
| 167 | Rodriguez, Rusty-Jake | Austria | £3,250 |
| 171 | Bunse, Christian | Germany | £3,000 |
| 171 | Darbyshire, Scott | England | £3,000 |
| 171 | Münch, Kevin | Germany | £3,000 |
| 171 | Norman, John jnr | Canada | £3,000 |
| 171 | Padgett, Matt | England | £3,000 |
| 171 | Preston, Simon | England | £3,000 |
| 171 | Schnier, Hannes | Austria | £3,000 |
| 171 | Temple, Terry | England | £3,000 |
| 179 | Brown, Jim | Scotland | £2,500 |
| 179 | Nilsson, Dennis | Sweden | £2,500 |
| 181 | Berndt, Rene | Germany | £2,000 |
| 181 | Kellett, Stuart | England | £2,000 |
| 181 | Kuivenhoven, Maik | Netherlands | £2,000 |
| 181 | Müller, Tobias | Germany | £2,000 |
| 185 | Griffin, Rhys | England | £1,750 |
| 185 | Norton, Mike | England | £1,750 |
| 185 | Wilkinson, Carl | England | £1,750 |
| 188 | Blum, Nico | Germany | £1,250 |
| 188 | Dootson, Eddie | England | £1,250 |
| 188 | Plooy, Michael | Netherlands | £1,250 |
| 188 | Walsh, Mark | England | £1,250 |
| 188 | Williams, Ricky | England | £1,250 |
| 193 | Alexits, Tamas | Hungary | £1,000 |
| 193 | Asquez, Roy | Gibraltar | £1,000 |
| 193 | Burger, Dietmar | Austria | £1,000 |
| 193 | Caris, Magnus | Sweden | £1,000 |
| 193 | Davey, John | Wales | £1,000 |
| 193 | Dawkins, Tony | Gibraltar | £1,000 |
| 193 | Dennant, Matthew | England | £1,000 |
| 193 | Engstrom, Johan | Sweden | £1,000 |
| 193 | Evans, Lee | England | £1,000 |
| 193 | Gies, Mats | Netherlands | £1,000 |
| 193 | Gödl, Christian | Austria | £1,000 |
| 193 | Hänsch, Christopher | Germany | £1,000 |
| 193 | Heinz, Simeon | Germany | £1,000 |
| 193 | Jenkins, Andy | England | £1,000 |
| 193 | Junghans, Thomas | Germany | £1,000 |
| 193 | Kovacs. Patrik | Hungary | £1,000 |
| 193 | Laursen, Per | Denmark | £1,000 |
| 193 | Lokken, Brian | Denmark | £1,000 |
| 193 | Lopez, Antony | Gibraltar | £1,000 |
| 193 | Michels, Mareno | Netherlands | £1,000 |
| 193 | Otton, Clayton | Gibraltar | £1,000 |
| 193 | Pietreczko, Ricardo | Germany | £1,000 |
| 193 | Pietschnig, Bastian | Austria | £1,000 |
| 193 | Rodriguez, Roxy-James | Austria | £1,000 |
| 193 | Rosenauer, Michael | Germany | £1,000 |
| 193 | Siepmann, Stefan | Germany | £1,000 |
| 193 | Steinbauer, Alex | Austria | £1,000 |
| 220 | Bell, Nicholas | England | £750 |
| 220 | Claydon, Brett | England | £750 |
| 220 | Corner, Richie | England | £750 |
| 220 | Garcia, Kevin | England | £750 |
| 220 | Hall, Rees | England | £750 |
| 220 | Lukeman, Martin | England | £750 |
| 220 | Nilles, Stefan | Germany | £750 |
| 220 | Walker, Jim | Scotland | £750 |
| 228 | Budgen, Lee | England | £500 |
| 228 | Burton, Ben | England | £500 |
| 228 | Frost, Mark | England | £500 |
| 228 | Ladley, Dave | England | £500 |
| 228 | Murray, Ryan | Scotland | £500 |
| 228 | Ward, Harry | England | £500 |
| 234 | Bent, Christopher | England | £250 |
| 234 | Beveridge, Darren | Scotland | £250 |
| 234 | Burgess, Shayne | England | £250 |
| 234 | Culleton, Niall | Ireland | £250 |
| 234 | Dale, Scott | England | £250 |
| 234 | Foreman, Jay | England | £250 |
| 234 | Gregory, Tom | England | £250 |
| 234 | Hammond, Curtis | England | £250 |
| 234 | Jackson, Charlie | England | £250 |
| 234 | Lawrence, Mark | England | £250 |
| 234 | McCarthy, Josh | England | £250 |
| 234 | Mitchell, Peter | England | £250 |
| 234 | Raman, Brian | Belgium | £250 |
| 234 | Roith, Bernd | Germany | £250 |
| 234 | Rydz, Callan | England | £250 |
| 234 | Simm, Kevin | England | £250 |
| 234 | Turle, Lee | England | £250 |
| 234 | Vreede, Ryan de | Netherlands | £250 |