While there's not been anything in terms of ranked darts for over a month (42 days to be precise), and the calendar having been cleared in terms of ranked events until the Matchplay (which, in terms of fairness as much as possible, I assume gets moved back to the end of August as I've previously suggested to allow every chance to schedule a packed Pro Tour schedule in the summer ahead of it as soon as they're able to rent a venue again and the vast majority of players are able to travel in), the FRH rankings move daily, so here's how the top 50 looks as of today:
| Rank | Player | Change (top 20 only) |
| 1 | Michael van Gerwen | - |
| 2 | Peter Wright | - |
| 3 | Gerwyn Price | - |
| 4 | Rob Cross | - |
| 5 | Nathan Aspinall | UP 1 |
| 6 | Michael Smith | DOWN 1 |
| 7 | Daryl Gurney | - |
| 8 | Dave Chisnall | - |
| 9 | Ian White | UP 1 |
| 10 | James Wade | DOWN 1 |
| 11 | Glen Durrant | - |
| 12 | Gary Anderson | - |
| 13 | Mensur Suljovic | - |
| 14 | Krzysztof Ratajski | - |
| 15 | Adrian Lewis | - |
| 16 | Chris Dobey | - |
| 17 | Stephen Bunting | - |
| 18 | Jonny Clayton | - |
| 19 | Simon Whitlock | - |
| 20 | Joe Cullen | - |
| 21 | Jeffrey de Zwaan | n/a |
| 22 | Dimitri van den Bergh | n/a |
| 23 | Mervyn King | n/a |
| 24 | Jermaine Wattimena | n/a |
| 25 | Steve Beaton | n/a |
| 26 | Ricky Evans | n/a |
| 27 | Danny Noppert | n/a |
| 28 | Max Hopp | n/a |
| 29 | Jamie Hughes | n/a |
| 30 | Darren Webster | n/a |
| 31 | Keegan Brown | n/a |
| 32 | Vincent van der Voort | n/a |
| 33 | Luke Humphries | n/a |
| 34 | John Henderson | n/a |
| 35 | Brendan Dolan | n/a |
| 36 | Willie O'Connor | n/a |
| 37 | Gabriel Clemens | n/a |
| 38 | Kim Huybrechts | n/a |
| 39 | Darius Labanauskas | n/a |
| 40 | Ryan Searle | n/a |
| 41 | Steve West | n/a |
| 42 | Ross Smith | n/a |
| 43 | Jelle Klaasen | n/a |
| 44 | Jose de Sousa | n/a |
| 45 | Steve Lennon | n/a |
| 46 | Josh Payne | n/a |
| 47 | Ryan Joyce | n/a |
| 48 | Kyle Anderson | n/a |
| 49 | Ron Meulenkamp | n/a |
| 50 | Cristo Reyes | n/a |
This should give you a bit of an idea as to where people outside our top 20, which has been static more or less all year, are trending in comparison to the main order of merit.
I wanted to give you some TA Pro Tour stats - first, here's everyone in terms of quarter final or better finishes:
| Player | Wins | Finals | Semis | Quarters |
| Michael van Gerwen | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Peter Wright | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Gerwyn Price | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ian White | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Rob Cross | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Dave Chisnall | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Gabriel Clemens | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Adrian Lewis | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Krzysztof Ratajski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Glen Durrant | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Gary Anderson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Corey Cadby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Michael Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mervyn King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Geert Nentjes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ted Evetts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Henderson | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Dobey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Devon Petersen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Dirk van Duijvenbode | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Cullen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jonny Clayton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Anderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Vincent van der Voort | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| James Richardson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Lennon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Warren | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon Whitlock | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Tabern | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Daryl Gurney | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Ricky Evans | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| James Wade | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Jamie Hughes | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jason Lowe | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Jelle Klaasen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dimitri van den Bergh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Nathan Aspinall | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Damon Heta | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jeffrey de Zwaan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Max Hopp | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeff Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Krzysztof Kciuk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Danny Noppert | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mensur Suljovic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Darius Labanauskas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cameron Menzies | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Keegan Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kai Fan Leung | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Darren Webster | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Callan Rydz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Adam Hunt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Robert Collins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose de Sousa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jermaine Wattimena | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Luke Humphries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Luke Woodhouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan Searle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan Joyce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Andy Boulton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ron Meulenkamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nathan Derry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Simon Stevenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Steve Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kim Huybrechts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mark McGeeney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Stephen Bunting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rowby John Rodriguez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Murray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brendan Dolan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Madars Razma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Justin Pipe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Seigo Asada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maik Kuivenhoven | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Payne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wesley Harms | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve West | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cristo Reyes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nathan Rafferty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Kenny | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wayne Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Niels Zonneveld | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Michael | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vincent van der Meer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Edgar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
There's a few surprising things here - Aspinall is in the top 5 of the FRH rankings, but he was only able to make one semi final. Of the only players from the top 12 who didn't win one, at least Gurney and Wade made it to more than one semi. Suljovic only made it past the last sixteen once, which is incredible, the same as Bunting, who made it to just the one semi final all season. But I think the thing to note here is the wide variety of names - we see it in real life, this year Jeff Smith's made a final. Maik Kuivenhoven's made two quarters. Mickey Mansell's made a quarter. Dirk van Duijvenbode's made a semi. Ryan Searle's won one. Steve Lennon's made a semi. Derk Telnekes made a quarter and a semi. Brendan Dolan made a final. In that sort of context, is it really that odd that we see so many players have a run, even if it's just the one, where they're able to get out of their board and win a match?
As for the final standings, here's how the £2.25 million in virtual prize money was distributed:
| Player | Total |
| Michael van Gerwen | 100250 |
| Peter Wright | 81250 |
| Gerwyn Price | 74250 |
| Ian White | 61250 |
| Rob Cross | 55250 |
| Dave Chisnall | 50500 |
| Adrian Lewis | 42250 |
| Krzysztof Ratajski | 40250 |
| Gary Anderson | 38500 |
| Glen Durrant | 37250 |
| Gabriel Clemens | 35250 |
| Daryl Gurney | 31250 |
| James Wade | 30500 |
| Nathan Aspinall | 30500 |
| Jonny Clayton | 30000 |
| Michael Smith | 28500 |
| Chris Dobey | 28000 |
| John Henderson | 27750 |
| Mervyn King | 27000 |
| Kyle Anderson | 26500 |
| Jamie Hughes | 26500 |
| Jose de Sousa | 24500 |
| Dirk van Duijvenbode | 24250 |
| Joe Cullen | 23000 |
| Ricky Evans | 22750 |
| Dimitri van den Bergh | 22750 |
| Damon Heta | 21000 |
| Jeffrey de Zwaan | 21000 |
| Corey Cadby | 20750 |
| Geert Nentjes | 20750 |
| Jason Lowe | 20250 |
| Steve Lennon | 20000 |
| Vincent van der Voort | 19750 |
| Devon Petersen | 19500 |
| Jermaine Wattimena | 19250 |
| Ted Evetts | 19000 |
| Jelle Klaasen | 18250 |
| Danny Noppert | 18000 |
| Kim Huybrechts | 17750 |
| Max Hopp | 17250 |
| Mark McGeeney | 17250 |
| Mensur Suljovic | 17000 |
| Luke Humphries | 17000 |
| Steve Beaton | 17000 |
| Luke Woodhouse | 16500 |
| Stephen Bunting | 15750 |
| Rowby John Rodriguez | 15250 |
| Simon Whitlock | 15000 |
| Darius Labanauskas | 15000 |
| Jeff Smith | 14750 |
| Ryan Murray | 14750 |
| Brendan Dolan | 14250 |
| Martin Schindler | 14000 |
| Madars Razma | 13750 |
| Ryan Searle | 13500 |
| Justin Pipe | 13250 |
| Keegan Brown | 13000 |
| Kai Fan Leung | 13000 |
| Darren Webster | 13000 |
| James Wilson | 13000 |
| Maik Kuivenhoven | 12750 |
| James Richardson | 12500 |
| Alan Tabern | 12500 |
| Ryan Joyce | 12500 |
| Josh Payne | 12250 |
| Andy Boulton | 12000 |
| Wesley Harms | 11750 |
| Steve West | 11750 |
| Cristo Reyes | 11750 |
| Wayne Warren | 11500 |
| Ron Meulenkamp | 11500 |
| Nathan Derry | 11500 |
| Willie O'Connor | 11500 |
| Simon Stevenson | 11000 |
| Mike de Decker | 11000 |
| Martijn Kleermaker | 11000 |
| Boris Krcmar | 11000 |
| Krzysztof Kciuk | 10750 |
| Callan Rydz | 10500 |
| Jan Dekker | 10500 |
| Nick Kenny | 10250 |
| Wayne Jones | 10250 |
| Adam Hunt | 10000 |
| Conan Whitehead | 10000 |
| Lisa Ashton | 9500 |
| Marko Kantele | 9000 |
| Jamie Lewis | 9000 |
| Ryan Meikle | 9000 |
| Benito van de Pas | 9000 |
| Niels Zonneveld | 8750 |
| Gavin Carlin | 8500 |
| Cameron Menzies | 8000 |
| Jim Williams | 8000 |
| Christian Bunse | 8000 |
| Dave Pallett | 8000 |
| William Borland | 8000 |
| Seigo Asada | 7750 |
| John Michael | 7750 |
| Fallon Sherrock | 7500 |
| Ross Smith | 7500 |
| Scott Waites | 7500 |
| Andy Hamilton | 7500 |
| Steve Brown | 7000 |
| Scott Baker | 7000 |
| Yordi Meeuwisse | 7000 |
| Harald Leitinger | 7000 |
| Bradley Brooks | 7000 |
| Nathan Rafferty | 6750 |
| Vincent van der Meer | 6750 |
| Matt Edgar | 6750 |
| Scott Mitchell | 6500 |
| Robert Thornton | 6500 |
| Reece Robinson | 6500 |
| Antonio Alcinas | 6500 |
| Jesus Noguera | 6500 |
| Jonathan Worsley | 6500 |
| Martin Atkins (Wigan) | 6500 |
| Cody Harris | 6000 |
| Harry Ward | 6000 |
| Robert Collins | 5500 |
| Mario Vandenboegaerde | 5500 |
| Nico Kurz | 5500 |
| Arron Monk | 5500 |
| Mickey Mansell | 5500 |
| Gary Blades | 5500 |
| Karel Sedlacek | 5500 |
| Ciaran Teehan | 5000 |
| Peter Jacques | 5000 |
| Joe Murnan | 5000 |
| Derk Telnekes | 5000 |
| Matt Clark | 5000 |
| Carl Wilkinson | 5000 |
| Scott Taylor | 4500 |
| Boris Koltsov | 4500 |
| David Evans | 4500 |
| Darren Penhall | 4500 |
| Paul Hogan | 4000 |
| Adrian Gray | 4000 |
| Kyle McKinstry | 3500 |
| Andrew Gilding | 3500 |
| Steffen Siepmann | 3500 |
| Mike van Duivenbode | 3500 |
| Stephen Burton | 3000 |
| Ritchie Edhouse | 2500 |
| Noel Malicdem | 2500 |
| Daniel Larsson | 2500 |
| Richard North | 2500 |
| Michael Barnard | 2500 |
| Kirk Shepherd | 2000 |
| Barrie Bates | 1500 |
| Danny Baggish | 1000 |
| Aaron Beeney | 0 |
Poor Aaron. I think the interesting thing to note is that an awful lot of invites finished pretty low down - they had 16 events to work with, so if you work on an assumption that they might be able to get up into the top 64 in the world if they were to win a card, you'd think that, on average, they should be able to have a winning record, but only nine of the players were even able to exceed 6k. Argue the methodology I use all you like, but I don't think I'm underestimating anyone hugely (maybe Baggish perhaps, as there was NA action early in the season which I was able to sample of his).
So, to the draw. As mentioned, we have five additional invites, which makes a field of 69 (insert your own jokes here), so ranks 60-69 will have a play in game. I'm breaking ties as I go, so the draw is as follows:
(1) Michael van Gerwen - (64) Keegan Brown or (65) James Wilson
(32) Jason Lowe - (33) Steve Lennon
(16) Jonny Clayton - (49) Rowby John Rodriguez
(17) Michael Smith - (48) Stephen Bunting
(8) Krzysztof Ratajski - (57) Jim Williams
(25) Joe Cullen - (40) Danny Noppert
(9) Gary Anderson - (56) Madars Razma
(24) Dirk van Duijvenbode - (41) Kim Huybrechts
(4) Ian White - (61) Seigo Asada or (68) Ryan Joyce
(29) Jeffrey de Zwaan - (36) Wayne Warren
(13) Daryl Gurney - (52) Jeff Smith
(20) Mervyn King - (45) Steve Beaton
(5) Rob Cross - (60) Justin Pipe or (69) Alan Tabern
(28) James Richardson - (37) Jermaine Wattimena
(12) Corey Cadby - (53) Ryan Murray
(21) Jamie Hughes - (44) Mensur Suljovic
(2) Peter Wright - (63) Kai Fan Leung or (66) Maik Kuivenhoven
(31) Geert Nentjes - (34) Vincent van der Voort
(15) James Wade - (50) Darius Labanauskas
(18) Chris Dobey - (47) Luke Woodhouse
(7) Adrian Lewis - (58) Ryan Searle
(26) Dimitri van den Bergh - (39) Jelle Klaasen
(10) Glen Durrant - (55) Martin Schindler
(23) Jose de Sousa - (42) Max Hopp
(3) Gerwyn Price - (62) Darren Webster or (67) Fallon Sherrock
(30) Damon Heta - (35) Devon Petersen
(14) Nathan Aspinall - (51) Simon Whitlock
(19) John Henderson - (46) Luke Humphries
(6) Dave Chisnall - (59) Cameron Menzies
(27) Ricky Evans - (38) Ted Evetts
(11) Gabriel Clemens - (54) Brendan Dolan
(22) Kyle Anderson - (43) Mark McGeeney
Some pretty interesting ties there, scanning through, Smith against Bunting would be good fun, a derby that writes its own story, van Duijvenbode against Huybrechts would be an interesting low countries clash between two players who still have a huge chunk of a career to go, de Zwaan against Warren would be a real clash of styles, King and Beaton looks as relevant now as it would have done 20-25 years ago, Hughes against Suljovic looks remarkably strong for round one, Dobey against Woodhouse is an intriguing clash, Heta against Petersen puts two southern hemisphere giants against each other, Aspinall against Whitlock puts two big names against each other, while Henderson and Humphries is a close to call intra-contenders matchup.
Will take me a bit of time to rework my match calculator, whereas throughout the event I was just doing the match as a whole, here I'll do it leg by leg and best of 19 throughout. Don't think I'll get anything together today though.
Good to see that it's rumoured that Remote Darts League will be back for a second round, on the Home Tour, we did indeed see Kleermaker turn Smith over, he made it a bit interesting by jobbing to Matt Clark and making it into a leg difference clusterfuck. Interestingly, if they had done what some organisations do with this sort of three way tie breaker and chuck out the results of whoever isn't involved (here, Harry Ward), they'd have a three way 5-3 win circlejerk and it'd have come down to whatever convoluted bullshit they have as the last tiebreaker. I think it's actually averages, which is beyond ridiculous.
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