European Tour Order of Merit Update: Schindler passes Littler, Van Gerwen and Aspinall to lead
PDCMonday, 28 April 2025 at 08:22
Martin Schindler is the new number one on the European Tour Order of Merit. 'The Wall,' who won the final ranking last year, took over the lead position from Nathan Aspinall after winning the Austrian Darts Open in Graz.
It was the third time in over a year that Schindler was the best at a Euro Tour tournament. He successively defeated Matthew Dennant (6-3), Kevin Doets (6-5), Chris Dobey (6-4), Josh Rock (7-6) and Ross Smith (8-4) to claim the top prize of 30,000 pounds.
Schindler earned a total of 50,500 pounds during the first five Euro Tour tournaments of the season. The German has an 8,500-pound lead over Aspinall, who won the European Darts Trophy earlier this season and reached the final at the International Darts Open. Michael van Gerwen and Luke Littler are in shared third place with 38,500 pounds.
Smith moved up to fifth place after his lost final. With 36,500 pounds, he leaves behind Stephen Bunting, Ryan Joyce and Josh Rock, among others. Gian van Veen concludes the top 10. He shares this position with Mike de Decker.
European Tour Order of Merit
| Position | Name | Value |
| 1 | Martin Schindler | £50,500 |
| 2 | Nathan Aspinall | £42,000 |
| 3 | Michael van Gerwen | £38,500 |
| 3 | Luke Littler | £38,500 |
| 5 | Ross Smith | £36,500 |
| 6 | Stephen Bunting | £36,000 |
| 7 | Ryan Joyce | £27,750 |
| 8 | Josh Rock | £23,000 |
| 9 | Dave Chisnall | £22,000 |
| 10 | Gian van Veen | £21,000 |
| 10 | Mike De Decker | £21,000 |
| 12 | Gerwyn Price | £20,000 |
| 13 | Wessel Nijman | £16,500 |
| 14 | Peter Wright | £16,000 |
| 15 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | £15,000 |
| 16 | Luke Humphries | £14,500 |
| 17 | Damon Heta | £14,000 |
| 18 | Jermaine Wattimena | £13,000 |
| 19 | Cameron Menzies | £12,500 |
| 19 | Ricardo Pietreczko | £12,500 |
| 21 | Joe Cullen | £11,750 |
| 22 | Luke Woodhouse | £11,500 |
| 23 | Daryl Gurney | £10,000 |
| 24 | Krzysztof Ratajski | £9,750 |
| 25 | Matt Campbell | £9,250 |
| 26 | Ryan Searle | £9,000 |
| 26 | Raymond van Barneveld | £9,000 |
| 26 | Ritchie Edhouse | £9,000 |
| 29 | Karel Sedlacek | £8,500 |
| 29 | Gary Anderson | £8,500 |
| 29 | James Wade | £8,500 |
| 32 | Rob Cross | £8,000 |
| 33 | Kevin Doets | £6,500 |
| 33 | Andrew Gilding | £6,500 |
| 33 | Michael Smith | £6,500 |
| 33 | Boris Krcmar | £6,500 |
| 37 | Niko Springer | £6,250 |
| 37 | Thibault Tricole | £6,250 |
| 39 | Chris Dobey | £6,000 |
| 39 | Jonny Clayton | £6,000 |
| 41 | Danny Noppert | £4,000 |
| 41 | Niels Zonneveld | £4,000 |
| 41 | Madars Razma | £4,000 |
| 41 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | £4,000 |
| 45 | Mensur Suljovic | £3,750 |
| 45 | Mickey Mansell | £3,750 |
| 45 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | £3,750 |
| 45 | Matthew Dennant | £3,750 |
| 45 | Cam Crabtree | £3,750 |
| 45 | Darius Labanauskas | £3,750 |
| 51 | Ian White | £2,500 |
| 51 | Chris Landman | £2,500 |
| 51 | William O'Connor | £2,500 |
| 51 | Scott Williams | £2,500 |
| 51 | Kim Huybrechts | £2,500 |
| 51 | Michael Unterbuchner | £2,500 |
| 51 | Callan Rydz | £2,500 |
| 51 | Daniel Klose | £2,500 |
| 51 | Ricky Evans | £2,500 |
| 51 | Thomas Lovely | £2,500 |
| 61 | Berry van Peer | £1,250 |
| 61 | Lukas Wenig | £1,250 |
| 61 | Tom Bissell | £1,250 |
| 61 | Nathan Rafferty | £1,250 |
| 61 | Zoran Lerchbacher | £1,250 |
| 61 | Rowby-John Rodriguez | £1,250 |
| 61 | Gyorgy Jehirszki | £1,250 |
| 61 | Teemu Harju | £1,250 |
| 61 | Christian Goedl | £1,250 |
| 61 | Patrick Geeraets | £1,250 |
| 61 | Michael Rosenauer | £1,250 |
| 61 | Johan Engstrom | £1,250 |
| 61 | Andras Borbely | £1,250 |
| 61 | Adam Paxton | £1,250 |
| 61 | Robert Grundy | £1,250 |
| 61 | Finn Behrens | £1,250 |
| 61 | Andy Boulton | £1,250 |
| 61 | Rene Eidams | £1,250 |
| 61 | Paul Goyer | £1,250 |
| 61 | Radek Szaganski | £1,250 |
| 61 | Rob Owen | £1,250 |
| 61 | Petr Krivka | £1,250 |
| 61 | Kevin Knopf | £1,250 |
| 61 | Patrick Klingelhoefer | £1,250 |
| 61 | Richard Veenstra | £1,250 |
| 61 | Martin Lukeman | £1,250 |
| 61 | Connor Scutt | £1,250 |
| 61 | Dominik Gruellich | £1,250 |
| 61 | Laurin Welk | £1,250 |
| 61 | Marko Kantele | £1,250 |
| 61 | Adam Hunt | £1,250 |
| 61 | Alan Soutar | £1,250 |
| 61 | Paul Krohne | £1,250 |
| 61 | Patrick De Backer | £1,250 |
| 61 | Owen Bates | £1,250 |
| 61 | Darryl Pilgrim | £1,250 |
| 61 | Cedric Waegemans | £1,250 |
| 61 | Jim Long | £1,250 |
| 61 | Sybren Gijbels | £1,250 |
| 61 | Francois Schweyen | £1,250 |
| 61 | James Hurrell | £1,250 |
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