Luke Littler still stuck on £0 in the Order of Merit after latest double header as champion Sebastian Bialecki storms into top 10 of Players Championship ranking

Wednesday, 29 July 2026 at 19:11

The Players Championship series comprises a total of 34 tournaments which take place over Hildesheim, Wigan, Leicester, Milton Keynes and new for 2026, a trip to Den Bosch.

It sees the top names including Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, Michael van Gerwen and Gian van Veen in action over the course of the year with the PDC ProTour being seen as the so-called Bread and Butter tournaments that help towards qualifying for most majors including the PDC World Darts Championship.

But the Players Championship Order of Merit is the one to watch for this series as it sees the top 64 players over the course of the season qualify for the Players Championship Finals which take place in Minehead at the end of November.

It is determined based on total prize money won by each player in the Players Championship events throughout the year. The top 64 qualify and it also spells some issues as it did in 2025 for the likes of Luke Littler, Nathan Aspinall and Luke Humphries who had to qualify late. Michael van Gerwen for instance did not qualify at all.

Players Championship Order of Merit after Event 26

Sebastian Bialecki was crowned the champion during the latest double header and he has risen a remarkable 18 spots to be seated in the top 10 a year to the day since his first triumph.

Bialecki sits in 8th after being in 26th at the start of play. He goes up 18 spots. But there were further rises also for big names. Justin Hood is up 10 spots to 32nd after his semi-final run. Also good days for Joe Hunt (29th) and Gian van Veen +15 to 48th mean the latter in particular has the pressure taken off.

Niels Zonneveld is up four spots to 52nd while finalist Mario Vandenbogaerde is into qualifying spots. He is inot 62nd,

Luke Littler also ends the latest double header still on zero. He is seemingly likely to play ProTours at least after Den Bosch so it will be interesting how he figures. Michael van Gerwen and Luke Humphries sit just inside the top 32.

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(as of dartsrankings.com)

Prize money in the tables is in units of £1,000.

Rk	Name	Prize Money
1	Wessel Nijman	137.5
2	Chris Dobey	90.25
3	Kevin Doets	85.5
4	Andrew Gilding	77.5
5	Luke Woodhouse	74.5
6	Ross Smith	65.5
7	Beau Greaves	60.25
8	Sebastian Bialecki	56
9	Jonny Clayton	54.5
10	Jermaine Wattimena	53.75
11	Rob Cross	52.5
12	Ryan Searle	50.25
13	Stephen Bunting	50
14	Cristo Reyes	48
15	Danny Noppert	48
16	James Wade	48
17	Jeffrey de Graaf	45.75
18	Gabriel Clemens	45.5
19	Max Hopp	45.25
20	Joe Cullen	45
21	William O'Connor	44.25
22	Dave Chisnall	43.75
23	Tom Bissell	43.25
24	Dirk van Duijvenbode	43.25
25	Krzysztof Ratajski	42.5
26	Damon Heta	42.25
27	Karel Sedlacek	42
28	Maik Kuivenhoven	42
29	Joe Hunt	40.75
30	Richard Veenstra	40.75
31	Niko Springer	40.25
32	Justin Hood	39.25
33	Michael van Gerwen	37.75
34	Luke Humphries	37
35	Tom Sykes	36
36	Rob Owen	35.5
37	Kim Huybrechts	35
38	Callan Rydz	35
39	Christian Kist	34.5
40	Mensur Suljovic	34.25
41	Cameron Menzies	34.25
42	Gerwyn Price	34
43	Mickey Mansell	33
44	Connor Scutt	33
45	Daryl Gurney	33
46	Charlie Manby	32.75
47	Darryl Pilgrim	31
48	Gian van Veen	30.25
49	Madars Razma	30.25
50	James Hurrell	30
51	Gary Anderson	29.75
52	Niels Zonneveld	29.25
53	Alexander Merkx	29.25
54	Alan Soutar	29
55	David Sharp	28.75
56	Darius Labanauskas	28.75
57	Michael Smith	28
58	Brendan Dolan	27.75
59	Henry Coates	26.75
60	Jim Long	26.75
61	Ritchie Edhouse	26.5
62	Mario Vandenbogaerde	26.25
63	Mervyn King	25.75
64	Martin Schindler	25.5
65	Shane McGuirk	25.25
66	Keane Barry	24.25
67	Jimmy van Schie	24
68	Andy Boulton	24
69	Ian White	23.25
70	Josh Rock	23
71	Tommy Morris	23
72	Cam Crabtree	22.75
73	Mike De Decker	22.75
74	Wesley Plaisier	22.25
75	Thibault Tricole	21.75
76	Lukas Wenig	21.75
77	Jurjen van der Velde	21.5
78	Bradley Brooks	21.25
79	Cor Dekker	20.5
80	Martijn Dragt	20.25
81	Scott Waites	20
82	Niall Culleton	19.75
83	Jeffrey Sparidaans	19.75
84	Ryan Joyce	19.25
85	Viktor Tingstrom	18.5
86	Nick Kenny	18.5
87	Owen Bates	18.25
88	Adam Gawlas	18.25
89	Marvin van Velzen	18
90	Jack Tweddell	18
91	Derek Coulson	17.75
92	Tommy Lishman	17.5
93	Peter Wright	17.25
94	Nathan Aspinall	17.25
95	Leon Weber	17.25
96	Adam Lipscombe	17
97	Ryan Meikle	16.75
98	Stephen Burton	16.5
99	Arno Merk	16.5
100	Tyler Thorpe	16
101	Ricardo Pietreczko	16
102	Scott Williams	16
103	Sietse Lap	16
104	Benjamin Pratnemer	16
105	Adam Leek	16
106	Jeffrey De Zwaan	15.75
107	Raymond van Barneveld	15.5
108	Chris Landman	15.5
109	Adam Paxton	15.25
110	Thomas Lovely	15.25
111	Kai Gotthardt	14.5
112	Steve Lennon	13.75
113	Stephen Rosney	13.75
114	Rhys Griffin	13.75
115	Dimitri Van den Bergh	13.25
116	Nathan Potter	13
117	Harry Ward	13
118	Yorick Hofkens	12.5
119	Stefan Bellmont	12
120	Tavis Dudeney	11.5
121	Ricky Evans	10.5
122	Greg Ritchie	10.25
123	Adam Warner	10
124	Daniel Ayres	9.75
125	Pascal Rupprecht	9.5
126	Samuel Price	8.75
127	Carl Sneyd	8.5
128	Dennie Olde Kalter	7.75
129	Dominik Gruellich	7.75
130	Lewis Pride	6.5
131	Maximilian Czerwinski	6.25
132	Marvin Kraft	6.25
133	Martin Lukeman	5.75
134	Oskar Lukasiak	5.25
135	Christopher Wickenden	5
136	Stefaan Henderyck	4.5
137	Tytus Kanik	4.5
138	Oliver Mitchell	4.25
139	Daniel Klose	4.25
140	Callum Goffin	4
141	Aden Kirk	3.75
142	Filip Bereza	3.75
143	Jack Aldridge	3.25
144	Ted Evetts	2.5
145	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	2.5
146	Gilbert van der Meijden	1.25
147	Pero Ljubic	1.25
148	Danny Trueman	1.25
149	Matthias Ehlers	1.25
150	Luke Littler	0

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