Luke Littler regains lead on PDC European Tour Order of Merit after title in Graz

Luke Littler has regained the top spot on the PDC European Tour Order of Merit. The 17-year-old teenage sensation was the best at the Austrian Darts Open last weekend, capturing his second Euro Tour title of the season. Earlier this year, he also won the Belgian Darts Open.

This year, Littler already earned £62,500 at the Euro Tour tournaments, and that while playing only three of the five tournaments. Number two Martin Schindler did play all five tournaments and, thanks to his final victory at the International Darts Open, is in third place with 47,000 pounds.

The other two Euro Tour tournaments were won by Luke Humphries and Gary Anderson. They are currently in third and fourth place on the Euro Tour Order of Merit. Incidentally, Humphries and Anderson were missing last weekend in Graz.

Luke Littler shines again to claim second European Tour title at Austrian Darts Open

The same was true for Gerwyn Price, who is still in fifth place with £33,000. Ross Smith moved up to sixth after his semifinal finish at the Austrian Darts Open. Behind that are Rob Cross and Stephen Bunting with Michael van Gerwen also in the top 10.

Joe Cullen had to settle for second place behind Littler at the Austrian Dart Open. 'The Rockstar' did move up to 11th position in the rankings due to this performance.

Peter Wright (26th), Nathan Aspinall (27th) and Michael Smith (28th) for instance are only just inside the qualification spots but with withdrawals for the latter two, they sit needing to make up ground going forward.

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.

European Tour Order of Merit after 5/13 tournaments

Rank	Name	Prize money (in units of £1,000)
1	Luke Littler	62.5
2	Martin Schindler	47
3	Luke Humphries	44
4	Gary Anderson	34
5	Gerwyn Price	33
6	Ross Smith	30.5
7	Rob Cross	28.5
8	Stephen Bunting	27
9	Michael van Gerwen	26.5
10	Danny Noppert	26
11	Joe Cullen	20
12	Chris Dobey	20
13	Josh Rock	16
14	Ryan Searle	16
15	Ritchie Edhouse	15.25
16	Jonny Clayton	14
17	Damon Heta	14
18	Brendan Dolan	12.5
19	Gabriel Clemens	12.5
20	Ricardo Pietreczko	12.5
21	Dave Chisnall	12
22	Jermaine Wattimena	12
23	Daryl Gurney	11.5
24	Richard Veenstra	11.5
25	Gian van Veen	11
26	Peter Wright	10.5
27	Nathan Aspinall	10
28	Michael Smith	8
29	Ryan Joyce	8
30	Mike De Decker	7.75
31	Dimitri Van den Bergh	7.5
32	Luke Woodhouse	7.5
33	Cameron Menzies	6.5
34	Daniel Klose	5.25
35	Raymond van Barneveld	5
36	Jeffrey De Zwaan	5
37	James Wade	5
38	Krzysztof Ratajski	4
39	Scott Williams	4
40	Wessel Nijman	3.75
41	Franz Roetzsch	3.75
41	Niels Zonneveld	3.75
43	Romeo Grbavac	3.75
44	Callan Rydz	3.75
45	Michael Unterbuchner	3.75
46	Lukas Wenig	3.75
47	Madars Razma	2.5
48	Andrew Gilding	2.5
48	Danny Lauby	2.5
48	Darius Labanauskas	2.5
48	Dom Taylor	2.5
52	Martin Lukeman	2.5
53	Christian Perez	2.5
53	Jeffrey Sparidaans	2.5
53	Johan Engstrom	2.5
53	Keane Barry	2.5
53	Mickey Mansell	2.5
58	Jose de Sousa	2.5
58	William O'Connor	2.5
60	Steve Lennon	2.5
61	Andreas Harrysson	2.5
61	Berry van Peer	2.5
63	Benjamin Pratnemer	1.25
64	Jiri Brejcha	1.25
64	Teemu Harju	1.25
66	Andy Baetens	1.25
66	Christopher Toonders	1.25
66	Daniel Larsson	1.25
66	Haupai Puha	1.25
66	Kevin Troppmann	1.25
66	Maik Kuivenhoven	1.25
66	Matthew Dennant	1.25
66	Moritz Hilger	1.25
66	Sebastian Bialecki	1.25
66	Thibault Tricole	1.25
76	Arron Monk	1.25
76	Christian Goedl	1.25
76	Dominik Haberl	1.25
76	Graham Hall	1.25
76	Hannes Schnier	1.25
76	Karel Sedlacek	1.25
76	Ricky Evans	1.25
76	Zoran Lerchbacher	1.25
84	Arno Brand	1.25
84	Ian White	1.25
84	Niko Springer	1.25
84	Rene Eidams	1.25
84	Stephen Burton	1.25
89	Alexander Masek	1.25
89	Cor Dekker	1.25
89	Dylan Slevin	1.25
89	Jan Dueckers	1.25
89	Jitse Van der Wal	1.25
89	Kai Gotthardt	1.25
89	Lee Evans	1.25
89	Mervyn King	1.25
89	Owen Bates	1.25
89	Patrick Klingelhoefer	1.25
89	Simon Whitlock	1.25
100	Alan Soutar	1.25
100	Kevin Doets	1.25
100	Matthias Ehlers	1.25
100	Oliver Mueller	1.25
100	Viktor Tingstrom	1.25
100	Vitezslav Sedlak	1.25
106	Born of Put	1.25
106	Chris Landman	1.25
106	Geert De Vos	1.25
106	James Hurrell	1.25
106	Jeroen Caron	1.25
106	Steven Strobbe	1.25