16-year-old Littler immediately takes big lead on PDC Development Tour Order of Merit

Luke Littler's expectations were high prior to his debut on the PDC Development Tour. The Nuke lived up to the promise by winning two of the first five tournaments.

The 16-year-old Littler is considered one of the best talents in darts in a long time. He crushed his competitors on the JDC Tour and already made his debut at the UK Open in early March. Because of the minimum age (16 years) that the PDC uses for their tournaments, he could only compete on the Development Tour for the first time this weekend.

Littler dominates first weekend of PDC Development Tour, second title with Event Five win

He reached the final of the second tournament on Friday, but lost to Dylan Slevin. A day later, he won the third tournament of the Development Tour. Sunday he also took the fifth tournament, earning Littler a total of 7,000 pounds during the opening weekend.

Number two Slevin followed well behind with 3175 pounds. Gian van Veen won one of the five tournaments and returned home with £3150 in prize money.

Following him are Christopher Toonders (2575 pounds) and Nathan Rafferty (2000 pounds). Wessel Nijman is in sixth place with 1775 pounds after a creditable weekend. Nijman made his return to the PDC Tour this weekend after serving a two-and-a-half-year suspension for involvement in match-fixing during an online tournament.

PDC Development Tour Order of Merit after 5/24 tournaments

Position	Name	Prize Money
1	Luke Littler	£7,000
2	Dylan Slevin	£3,175
3	Gian van Veen	£3,150
4	Christopher Toonders	£2,575
5	Nathan Rafferty	£2,000
6	Wessel Nijman	£1,775
7	Owen Bates	£1,700
8	Kevin Troppmann	£1,500
9	Lewis Gurney	£1,425
10	Connor Hopkins	£1,400
11	Adam Paxton	£1,350
12	Jurjen van der Velde	£1,300
13	Owen Roelofs	£1,300
14	Bradley Brooks	£1,275
15	Oliver King	£1,250
16	James Beeton	£1,200
17	Sebastian Bialecki	£1,150
18	Riley Rees-Tucker	£1,075
19	Cam Crabtree	£1,075
20	Marvin Kraft	£1,000
21	Sam Cromwell	£900
22	Llew Bevan	£900
23	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	£900
24	Keelan Kay	£900
25	Henry Coates	£900
26	Stefan Dees	£850
27	Nathan Girvan	£775
28	Youri Brouwer	£775
29	Reece Colley	£775
30	Tavis Dudeney	£750
31	Owen Maiden	£725
32	Harry Gregory	£700
33	Adam Gawlas	£700
34	Daniel Perry	£675
35	Keane Barry	£675
36	Bradley Aldous	£600
37	Danny Jansen	£575
38	Lewy Williams	£575
39	Jitse van der Wal	£575
40	Byron Garner	£575
41	Ciaran Teehan	£550
42	David Schlichting	£525
43	Levy Frauenfelder	£525
44	Charlie Manby	£500
45	Damien Moore	£500
46	Jordan Boyce	£500
47	Leighton Bennett	£500
48	Charlie Large	£500
49	Moreno Blom	£475
50	Bradly Roes	£450
51	Roman Benecky	£450
52	Marc Petermann	£400
53	Bram van Dijk	£400
54	Lewis Mayes	£400
55	Charlie Stocks	£375
56	Dylan Tuite	£375
57	Jarno Bottenberg	£375
58	Luke Van der Kwast	£375
59	Jim Moston	£375
60	Thomas Banks	£375
61	Jaikob Selby-Rivas	£350
62	Finn Chudziak	£350
63	Laszlo Ancsin	£300
64	Jarred Cole	£275
65	Filip Ljubenko	£275
66	Jack Male	£275
67	Mark Tabak	£275
68	Alfie Thompson	£275
69	Daan Bastiaansen	£275
70	Damian Vetjens	£275
71	Keenan Thomas	£275
72	Connor Arberry	£275
73	Jacob Gwynne	£275
74	Keanen Norris	£275
75	Luke Cottrell	£275
76	Kalem Marsh	£275
77	Robbe Dasseville	£225
78	Nathan Care	£225
79	Sam Aitkens	£225
80	Jake Neale	£225
81	Marius Brink	£200
82	Jack Vincent	£200
83	Matteo Ognibeni	£200
84	Bailey White	£200
85	Cameron Lee	£200
86	Jamie Tilley	£200
87	Killian Heffernan	£200
88	Cian Fitzpatrick	£200
89	Nathan Potter	£200
90	Sam Coenders	£200
91	Tom Garfield	£200
92	Marvin van Velzen	£150
93	Pim van Bijnen	£150
94	Nando Engelen	£150
95	Coby Jones-Swanson	£150
96	Ciaran Forde	£150
97	Ieuan Halsall	£150
98	Robbie Chalmers	£150
99	Sean Cummins	£150
100	Ondrej Frystacky	£150
101	Lukas Fraulob	£150
102	Maikel Mossou	£150
103	Ruben Mesters	£150
104	Declan Cox	£150
105	Justin van Tergouw	£150
106	Cayden Smith	£150
107	Patrik Williams	£150
108	Johnny Stewart	£150
109	Fred Box	£150
110	Jake Fewell	£150
111	Rohan Brouwers	£150
112	Cameron Christie	£75
113	Dylan Dowling	£75
114	Dylan Quinn	£75
115	Jonathan Parvaneh	£75
116	Rune Van Damme	£75
117	Sebastian Bech	£75
118	Tyler Radlett	£75
119	Viani Van den Bergh	£75
120	Bradley Timlin	£75
121	Danny Goddard	£75
122	Jack McNeilly	£75
123	Lars Plaisier	£75
124	Lennon Cradock	£75
125	Mitchell Leeming	£75
126	Shane Weeks	£75
127	Angelo Balsamo	£75
128	Billy Warriner	£75
129	Fabian Schmutzler	£75
130	Joshua Bean	£75
131	Philip Want	£75
132	Rene Molendijk	£75
133	Robin Radloff	£75
134	Andrew Ingman	£75
135	Connor Woodcock Colk	£75
136	Dieter Van Ham	£75
137	Joshua Hermann	£75
138	Liam Fowkes	£75
139	Mitchell Koster	£75
140	Sean Negrette	£75
141	Adam Dee	£75
142	Angelo van Deventer	£75
143	Derek Barry	£75
144	Dominik Gruellich	£75
145	Dylan van Lierop	£75
146	Justin Hewitt	£75
147	Kevin van der Voort	£75
148	Kishan Prakash Jiwa	£75
149	Marvin Koch	£75
150	Robert Kef	£75