European Tour Order of Merit Update: James Wade surges over 20 spots into top 10 after Antwerp title, Michael van Gerwen and Luke Humphries fall

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Monday, 14 September 2026 at 06:00
James Wade (1)
The European Tour Order of Merit has been updated for another weekend after the PDC's top names found their way into contention in Antwerp at the Flanders Darts Trophy.
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There a certain James Wade managed to secure the title, defeating Ross Smith in the final, which saw 'Smudger', albeit not winning the event, extend his stranglehold atop the Order of Merit, which he claimed when he won Budapest a few weeks ago. He now sits on £148,000 compared to £116,000 of Wessel Nijman. These two are the leading lights, with Krzysztof Ratajski third at £84,500. Luke Littler is back in fifth with £75,000.
This is, ironically, not playing many events in the first place. But it was James Wade who actually was the big winner this weekend. He has surged a mammoth 22 spots to ninth in the European Tour Order of Merit, ironically from only just inside the spots for Dortmund to basically qualifying for it already.
He is from 31st to 9th place and sits just inside the top 10, which in itself has meant falls for some big names who either didn't play or went out early. Michael van Gerwen is down from 13th to 16th in the Order of Merit. While Luke Humphries is the main player to fall out of the top 10 down to 14th. Nathan Aspinall, after a good weekend, rises up to 4th from 5th spot.
Nathan Aspinall celebrates.
Nathan Aspinall further into the top five.

Race for Dortmund for Reyes, Chisnall, Michael Smith and Gary Anderson

Gian van Veen too is also safer, up three spots to 13th from 16th. Rob Cross, despite being in good form as of late, also falls out of the top 20 to 21st, while Damon Heta, after a semi-final run, is up to 18th up two spots. Rise also for Chris Dobey into the top 20.
Stephen Bunting too has managed to get himself into contention in the 32nd and final spot. Karel Sedlacek and Kim Huybrechts are also winners, with 'Evil Charlie' up to 35th, and so he sits just outside, while Huybrechts is now way inside, up two spots to 28th.
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This also spells bad news for Cristo Reyes, Dave Chisnall, Daryl Gurney and Michael Smith. All of whom are either on the edge in Reyes and Chisnall's case down to the 30th and 31st or outside even more now in Smith (36th) and Gurney (37th)'s case.
While Gary Anderson's bid to make it to Dortmund will need more events as he sits in 41st. So Basel and/or Maastricht could be in his future. Albeit, given the way he has picked and chosen this year, he might not bother with either.
The biggest jumps too, though, were players further down, with Gabriel Clemens getting money on the board and rising up 52 spots to 76th as a result, and Brendan Dolan up 30 to 70th, and Andy Baetens up 15 to 46th, among others. While not enough to get them into Dortmund, it is very much a start and is money on the rankings as we head towards the final two events.

European Tour Order of Merit after ET13

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RkNamePrize Money
1Ross Smith148
2Wessel Nijman116
3Krzysztof Ratajski84.5
4Nathan Aspinall82
5Luke Littler75
6Luke Woodhouse73
7Danny Noppert72
8Josh Rock71
9James Wade66
10Gerwyn Price65
11Kevin Doets65
12Ryan Joyce64.5
13Gian van Veen61
14Luke Humphries60
15Jermaine Wattimena58
16Michael van Gerwen56
17Niels Zonneveld52.5
18Damon Heta52
19Jonny Clayton51
20Chris Dobey49
21Rob Cross49
22Ryan Searle45
23Andrew Gilding43
24William O'Connor42.5
25Niko Springer42
26Cameron Menzies37
27Dirk van Duijvenbode36
28Kim Huybrechts34.5
29Martin Schindler34.5
30Cristo Reyes34
31Dave Chisnall33.5
32Stephen Bunting33
33Joe Cullen29.5
34Sebastian Bialecki26
35Karel Sedlacek23
36Michael Smith22
37Daryl Gurney22
38Keane Barry19.5
39Ricky Evans19
40Madars Razma16
41Gary Anderson15
42Mickey Mansell14.5
43Tom Sykes13.5
44Jeffrey de Graaf13
45Bradley Brooks12.5
46Andy Baetens11.5
47Maik Kuivenhoven11.5
48James Hurrell11.5
49Mike De Decker11.5
50Ian White11.5
51Connor Scutt11
52Mensur Suljovic10.5
53Richard Veenstra10
54Mario Vandenbogaerde9.5
55Lukas Wenig9.5
56Paul Krohne9.5
57Rob Owen9
58Ritchie Edhouse9
59Ricardo Pietreczko8.5
60Boris Krcmar8.5
61Jimmy van Schie8
62Beau Greaves7.5
63Stephen Burton7.5
64Chris Landman7.5
65Callan Rydz7.5
66Jonas Masalin7.5
67Adam Gawlas7.5
68Jeffrey De Zwaan7.5
69Jim Long7
70Brendan Dolan7
71Jan Schmidt7
72Justin Hood7
73Patrik Kovacs7
74Raymond van Barneveld6
75Johan Engstrom6
76Gabriel Clemens5.5
77Nandor Major5.5
78Max Hopp5.5
79Dragutin Horvat5.5
80Charlie Manby5.5
81Darius Labanauskas5.5
82Tyler Thorpe5.5
83Alan Soutar5.5
84Marcel Hausotter5.5
85Michael Unterbuchner5.5
86Gyorgy Jehirszki4
86Tom Bissell4
88Jani Haavisto4
88Sietse Lap4
90Samuel Price4
91Daniel Klose4
92Christian Kist4
93Finn Behrens4
94Anton Ostlund4
95Thomas Lovely4
96Laszlo Kadar3.5
97Benjamin Pratnemer3.5
98Dimitri Van den Bergh3.5
99Peter Wright3.5
100Oskar Lukasiak3.5
100Valters Melderis3.5
102Ryan Meikle3.5
103Darryl Pilgrim3.5
104Jaimy Jacobs2
104Jeroen Caron2
104Kevin Lankhuizen2
104Michael Hansen2
104Petr Tous2
109David Rosi2
109Jiri Brejcha2
109Martin Homola2
112Adam Leek2
112Andras Borbely2
112David Pisek2
112Milan Biro2
116Dominik Gruellich2
116Jaimy Van de Weerd2
116Michal Smejda2
116Mio Varila2
116Rhys Griffin2
121Adrian Dudek2
121Gabriel Varaljay2
121Jan Sliacky2
121Juraj Holub2
121Mervyn King2
121Owen Bates2
121Peter Kelemen2
128Jason Riedtke2
128Teemu Harju2
130Jeffrey Sparidaans2
130Liam Maendl-Lawrance2
132Aaron Hardy2
132Nick Kenny2
132Nick Zwittnigg2
132Zoran Lerchbacher2
136Jurjen van der Velde2
136Michael Hurtz2
136Petr Krivka2
136Robin Masino2
140Adam Lipscombe2
140Cor Dekker2
140Kevin Troppmann2
143Francois Schweyen2
143Pascal Devroey2
143Scott Williams2
143Thibault Tricole2
147Cam Crabtree2
147Florian Hempel2
147Florian Preis2
147Kai Gotthardt2
147Shane McGuirk2
147Wojciech Brulinski2
153Andreas Harrysson2
153Carl Sneyd2
153Dawid Robak2
153Krzysztof Kciuk2
153Marvin Kraft2
153Miroslaw Grudziecki2
153Piotr Maciejczak2
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