16-year-old Littler immediately takes big lead on PDC Development Tour Order of Merit
PDCMonday, 03 April 2023 at 11:00
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.
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 |
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