European Tour Order of Merit: Peter Wright makes mega leap, Michael van Gerwen rises to sixth spot

Peter Wright secured his participation in the European Championship in one fell swoop on Sunday after taking the title at the German Darts Championship. 'Snakebite' had not reached the quarterfinals once in the first eight Euro Tours of 2024, but finally proved the best at the Euro Tour event in Hildesheim.

Wright showed increasingly in recent weeks that he is on the way back after a very poor first half of 2024. 'Snakebite' further cemented his resurgence by beating successively Niko Springer (6-4), Stephen Bunting (6-5), Gian van Veen (6-4), Michael van Gerwen (6-4 with 108.90 average) and Dave Chisnall (7-4) to reach the final. In the final against Luke Littler, Wright fell behind 2-5, but after a frenzied burst, the Scot still won 8-5.

Peter Wright defies 107 average from Luke Littler in final to win the 2024 German Darts Championship

The two-time world champion was 26th on the Euro Tour Order of Merit prior to the tournament, but has now moved up to ninth place. Luke Littler remains the leader. 'The Nuke' leads the rankings with 74,500 pounds after nine of the thirteen Euro Tours, although Littler only played five of them himself.

Behind Littler, Martin Schindler is in second place with 67,500 pounds, followed by Rob Cross (58,500 pounds) and Luke Humphries (56,000 pounds). Both were absent from the German Darts Championship last weekend.

Michael van Gerwen, who went down against Wright in the quarter-finals, is now sixth on the Euro Tour Order of Merit and it is job done in rising following the latest tournament.

At the end of the season, the 32 best players in the rankings will compete in the European Championship in Dortmund. This tournament is scheduled from Oct. 24 to 27.

Position	Name	Prize money
1	Luke Littler	£74,500
2	Martin Schindler	£67,500
3	Rob Cross	£58,500
4	Luke Humphries	£56,000
5	Dave Chisnall	£54,500
6	Michael van Gerwen	£51,000
7	Josh Rock	£50,000
8	Ross Smith	£46,500
9	Peter Wright	£44,500
9	Danny Noppert	£44,500
11	Gerwyn Price	£39,000
12	Ryan Searle	£38,000
13	Stephen Bunting	£37,000
14	Gary Anderson	£34,000
15	Damon Heta	£32,500
16	Chris Dobey	£32,000
17	Ritchie Edhouse	£29,000
18	Jonny Clayton	£28,500
19	Joe Cullen	£28,000
20	Gian van Veen	£27,500
21	Daryl Gurney	£26,500
22	Ricardo Pietreczko	£20,500
23	Luke Woodhouse	£18,500
23	Jermaine Wattimena	£18,500
25	Michael Smith	£16,500
26	Brendan Dolan	£15,000
27	Dimitri Van den Bergh	£14,000
28	Mike De Decker	£13,750
29	Andrew Gilding	£13,000
30	James Wade	£12,500
30	Gabriel Clemens	£12,500
32	Raymond van Barneveld	£11,500
32	Richard Veenstra	£11,500
34	Madars Razma	£11,000
35	Cameron Menzies	£10,500
36	Dom Taylor	£10,000
36	Nathan Aspinall	£10,000
38	Dirk van Duijvenbode	£9,000
39	Krzysztof Ratajski	£8,000
39	Ryan Joyce	£8,000
41	Kevin Doets	£7,750
42	Mickey Mansell	£7,500
43	Jeffrey De Graaf	£6,500
43	Owen Bates	£6,500
43	Franz Roetzsch	£6,500
46	Dylan Slevin	£6,250
46	Niels Zonneveld	£6,250
46	Callan Rydz	£6,250
49	Nick Kenny	£6,000
50	Daniel Klose	£5,250
51	Andy Baetens	£5,000
51	Wessel Nijman	£5,000
51	Jeffrey De Zwaan	£5,000
54	Scott Williams	£4,000
55	Maik Kuivenhoven	£3,750
55	Kevin Troppmann	£3,750
55	Stephen Burton	£3,750
55	Simon Whitlock	£3,750
55	Karel Sedlacek	£3,750
55	Martin Lukeman	£3,750
55	Johan Engstrom	£3,750
55	Jose De Sousa	£3,750
55	William O'Connor	£3,750
55	Romeo Grbavac	£3,750
55	Michael Unterbuchner	£3,750
55	Lukas Wenig	£3,750
67	Max Hopp	£2,500
67	Ryan Meikle	£2,500
67	Matthew Dennant	£2,500
67	Marvin van Velzen	£2,500
67	Moreno Blom	£2,500
67	Haupai Puha	£2,500
67	Moritz Hilger	£2,500
67	Sebastian Bialecki	£2,500
67	Niko Springer	£2,500
67	Matthias Ehlers	£2,500
67	Jan Dueckers	£2,500
67	Danny Lauby	£2,500
67	Darius Labanauskas	£2,500
67	Christian Perez	£2,500
67	Keane Barry	£2,500
67	Jeffrey Sparidaans	£2,500
67	Steve Lennon	£2,500
67	Andreas Harrysson	£2,500
67	Berry van Peer	£2,500
86	Steve Beaton	£1,250
86	Boris Krcmar	£1,250
86	Jelle Klaasen	£1,250
86	Dragutin Horvat	£1,250
86	Marko Kantele	£1,250
86	Nico Blum	£1,250
86	Benjamin Pratnemer	£1,250
86	Christian Kist	£1,250
86	Teemu Harju	£1,250
86	Damian Mol	£1,250
86	Jiri Brejcha	£1,250
86	Thibault Tricole	£1,250
86	Christopher Toonders	£1,250
86	Daniel Larsson	£1,250
86	Ricky Evans	£1,250
86	Dominik Haberl	£1,250
86	Christian Goedl	£1,250
86	Arron Monk	£1,250
86	Zoran Lerchbacher	£1,250
86	Hannes Schnier	£1,250
86	Graham Hall	£1,250
86	Rene Eidams	£1,250
86	Ian White	£1,250
86	Arno Brand	£1,250
86	Jitse Van der Wal	£1,250
86	Lee Evans	£1,250
86	Mervyn King	£1,250
86	Patrick Klingelhoefer	£1,250
86	Alexander Masek	£1,250
86	Cor Dekker	£1,250
86	Kai Gotthardt	£1,250
86	Vitezslav Sedlak	£1,250
86	Oliver Mueller (FfO)	£1,250
86	Viktor Tingstrom	£1,250
86	Alan Soutar	£1,250
86	Born Van Put	£1,250
86	Jeroen Caron	£1,250
86	Chris Landman	£1,250
86	Geert De Vos	£1,250
86	Steven Strobbe	£1,250
86	James Hurrell	£1,250