Order of Merit Players Championship | Gerwyn Price tops the pile after PC6 win as Beau Greaves rises into top-30 and Luke Littler still on zero

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.

Gerwyn Price now leads the Players Championship Order of Merit after six events, moving clear at the top with £32,750 following his dominant victory at Players Championship 6. The Welshman has steadily built momentum across the opening stretch of the Pro Tour season and now holds a narrow advantage over Wessel Nijman, who sits second on £31,000 despite not adding to his tally in Leicester.

Andrew Gilding’s run to the final in Leicester lifts him to seventh on £16,750, a significant jump that strengthens his position in the race for Players Championship Finals qualification. Further down the standings, consistency continues to be rewarded, with players such as Callan Rydz, Kevin Doets and Danny Noppert all remaining within striking distance of the top eight.

One of the standout names in the current standings is Beau Greaves. The English star sits 30th on £9,250 after six events, a position that not only keeps her comfortably inside the provisional top 64 but also within touching distance of the top 32. Her historic nine-darter at Players Championship 6 was the headline moment of the day in Leicester, but her steady accumulation of ranking money is proving just as significant in the longer Pro Tour picture.

At this stage of the season, the margins are still relatively fine. With 28 Players Championship events remaining, the table is far from settled, but Price’s move to number one after PC6 gives him early control in what is shaping up to be another fiercely competitive Pro Tour campaign.

Notably, Luke Littler still has no money at all on his rankings as he continues to not play the ProTour.

(as of dartsrankings.com)