Darts: The race to qualify for the 2021 Betfred World Matchplay

The World Matchplay is a showcase event held at the magnificent Winter Gardens in Blackpool.

It is the next major tournament on the PDC calendar and one that could see the return of fans in the UK which means it will be a focal point in the coming months.

Who is currently on course to qualify?

Of course, newly crowned World Champion and Number One Gerwyn Price sits at the top of the ‘Order of Merit’. Peter Wright will provisionally join him as World Number Three, hot on the heels of current World Number Two Michael van Gerwen

Some way back is James Wade, Rob Cross and Dave Chisnall, who are all chasing down a top three spot.

Pro Tour ‘Order of Merit’

In terms of the ProTour ‘Order of Merit’, Jonny Clayton and Devon Peterson currently lead the way with the former just outside the PDC ‘Order of Merit’ top 16.

If Clayton has another few good runs on the ProTour, he could qualify outright through the ‘Order of Merit’ while Damon Heta, Mensur Sulijović and Danny Noppert round up the top five.

Darius Labanauskas currently sits just inside the top sixteen alongside William O’Connor, Brendan Dolan, and Dirk van Duijvenbode.

But for the likes of veterans Steve Beaton and Adrian Lewis, they look to both be missing out with Beaton not even in the top 32.

Whilst the return of Raymond van Barneveld sees him conditionally sat just outside of the top 32 after winning his first ProTour event since 2013. If the Dutchman can manage to acclaim another victory, he will likely be assured of a return to the prestigious Winter Gardens.

2021 World Matchplay race

Prize money in the tables below includes money acclaimed at the UK Open.

Position	Name	Total Prize Money
1	Gerwyn Price	£1,293,500
2	Michael van Gerwen	£1,044,500
3	Peter Wright	£1,018,250
4	James Wade	£524,250
5	Rob Cross	£474,750
6	Dave Chisnall	£433,250
7	Gary Anderson	£424,750
8	Michael Smith	£401,000
9	Dimitri Van den Bergh	£375,250
10	Daryl Gurney	£359,750
11	Nathan Aspinall	£358,500
12	Ian White	£353,000
13	Glen Durrant	£344,500
14	Krzysztof Ratajski	£329,250
15	Jose de Sousa	£322,750
16	Joe Cullen	£302,500
17	Jonny Clayton	£281,000
18	Stephen Bunting	£278,000
19	Simon Whitlock	£267,000
20	Mensur Suljovic	£257,000
21	Mervyn King	£253,250
22	Chris Dobey	£210,500
23	Danny Noppert	£209,250
24	Jeffrey de Zwaan	£207,000
25	Adrian Lewis	£205,000
26	Vincent van der Voort	£190,500
27	Jermaine Wattimena	£189,750
28	Gabriel Clemens	£187,750
29	Jamie Hughes	£184,250
30	Devon Petersen	£183,750
31	Dirk van Duijvenbode	£177,750
32	Ricky Evans	£176,500
33	Luke Humphries	£155,500
34	Brendan Dolan	£147,750
35	Steve Beaton	£143,000
36	Keegan Brown	£138,750
37	William O’Connor	£138,000
38	Ryan Searle	£133,500
39	Kim Huybrechts	£130,250
40	Max Hopp	£122,750
41	Darius Labanauskas	£121,250
42	John Henderson	£114,500
43	Ross Smith	£107,500
44	Ryan Joyce	£100,750
45	Darren Webster	£94,500
46	Steve West	£92,000
47	Luke Woodhouse	£82,500
48	Damon Heta	£81,750
49	Justin Pipe	£81,250
50	Ron Meulenkamp	£80,500
51	Steve Lennon	£77,000
52	Andy Boulton	£71,250
53	Madars Razma	£70,250
54	Mickey Mansell	£60,500
55	Jelle Klaasen	£60,500
56	Callan Rydz	£54,500
57	Adam Hunt	£54,500
58	Matthew Edgar	£51,000
59	Jason Lowe	£50,000
60	Josh Payne	£49,000
61	Ted Evetts	£49,000
62	James Wilson	£44,250
63	Mark McGeeney	£44,000
64	Martijn Kleermaker	£40,750
65	Maik Kuivenhoven	£40,500
66	Cristo Reyes	£40,000
67	Scott Waites	£38,500
68	Jeff Smith	£36,000
69	Ryan Murray	£33,250
70	Karel Sedlacek	£30,500
71	Wayne Jones	£30,500
72	Derk Telnekes	£27,000
73	Andy Hamilton	£26,500
74	Nick Kenny	£25,500
75	Mike De Decker	£23,500
76	Ryan Meikle	£20,500
77	Boris Krcmar	£20,500
78	Lisa Ashton	£19,500
79	Bradley Brooks	£16,000
80	Peter Jacques	£15,000
81	Ciaran Teehan	£15,000
82	William Borland	£14,500
83	Kai Fan Leung	£14,000
84	Alan Tabern	£12,500
85	Alan Soutar	£12,250
86	Daniel Larsson	£12,000
87	Jesus Noguera	£11,750
88	Raymond van Barneveld	£11,000
89	Krzysztof Kciuk	£9,750
90	Martin Atkins	£8,500
91	Steve Brown	£8,000
92	John Brown	£6,500
93	Gary Blades	£6,000
94	Steffen Siepmann	£5,500
95	Rowby-John Rodriguez	£4,000
96	Eddie Lovely	£4,000
97	Keane Barry	£4,000
98	Harald Leitinger	£4,000
99	Darren Penhall	£4,000
100	Wesley Harms	£4,000
101	Chas Barstow	£3,500
102	Martin Schindler	£3,000
103	Scott Mitchell	£3,000
104	Aaron Beeney	£3,000
105	Jon Worsley	£3,000
106	Peter Hudson	£2,500
107	Gordon Mathers	£2,500
108	John Michael	£2,250
109	David Evans	£2,000
110	Sebastian Bialecki	£2,000
111	Jack Main	£2,000
112	Jake Jones	£2,000
113	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	£2,000
114	Martin Thomas	£2,000
115	Kirk Shepherd	£2,000
116	Luc Peters	£1,500
117	Lewis Williams	£1,500
118	Andrew Gilding	£1,000
119	Gino Vos	£1,000
120	Jim Williams	£1,000
121	Kevin Doets	£1,000
122	Rhys Griffin	£1,000
123	Scott Taylor	£1,000
124	Michael Rasztovits	£1,000
125	Berry van Peer	£1,000
126	Ritchie Edhouse	£1,000
127	Geert Nentjes	£1,000
128	Michael Unterbuchner	£1,000
129	Geert De Vos	£500
130	Martin Lukeman	£500
131	Danny Baggish	£500
132	Joe Murnan	£500
133	Lorenzo Pronk	£500
134	Zoran Lerchbacher	£500
135	Adam Gawlas	£500
136	Boris Koltsov	£500
137	Brett Claydon	£500

Who is currently on course to qualify?

Pro Tour ‘Order of Merit’

2021 World Matchplay race