Order of Merit World Series of Darts 2026: Standings after US Darts Masters - Michael van Gerwen leads as Luke Humphries closes in with New York defence

The World Series of Darts returns for 2026, which is a series of televised tournaments organised by the PDC. Six World Series events will be held, followed by one final event, which will take place in Amsterdam like every year since 2021. Qualification is based mostly on the Order of Merit.

One new event takes place in 2026 with the Saudi Arabia Darts Masters at the Global Theater in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. However the Dutch and Poland Darts Masters have both been removed from the tournament calendar. The latter has been scrapped as the European Tour now has a stop in Poland in early 2026. The Bahrain Darts Masters starts it all off between 15-16 January, the Saudi Arabia Darts Masters is next up on 19-20 January.

Unlike previous years we then don't get any World Series action until June with tournaments in Copenhagen (5-6 June) also known as the Nordic Darts Masters as well as the US Darts Masters (26-27 June) in the Big Apple, Madison Square Garden in New York.

Then it is a month or so gap with New Zealand Darts Masters (14-15 August) and Australian Darts Masters (21-22 August) in Auckland and Wollongong respectively. The World Series of Darts Finals take place then in Amsterdam between 17-20 September.

The top eight players on the 2026 World Series Order of Merit, a ranking of players based on points earned across the seven events will qualify for Amsterdam as seeds. They will be joined by fourteen additional qualifiers from the World Series Order of Merit. The winner for each event receives 12 points, eight points for the runner-up. Five points for semi-finals, Quarter-FInalists receive three points. While first round losers are set for one point.

Top spot on the World Series Order of Merit is still held by Michael van Gerwen, who chose to skip the US Darts Masters. ‘Mighty Mike’ had earlier won this year’s World Series tournaments in Bahrain and Copenhagen.

That gave Luke Littler the chance to move level on points with the Dutchman, but Littler needed to win the tournament at Madison Square Garden to do so. He fell just short, with the final won 8-7 by his great rival Luke Humphries. The world number two was the best player in New York for the second year in a row, taking his points total to 26. That still leaves him two points behind Littler and six behind Van Gerwen.

For the top three, no more World Series points will be added for the rest of the season, as it was previously confirmed that Van Gerwen, Littler and Humphries will all miss the Down Under double-header. That opens the door for the other players to finish the World Series ranking as number one.

Fourth place is currently held by Gian van Veen, who moved to 19 points thanks to his semi-final run in New York. Gerwyn Price is fifth with 16 points, while Stephen Bunting and Nathan Aspinall are both on 10. James Wade and Jonny Clayton follow on eight points. Josh Rock played his first World Series tournament of the season at the US Darts Masters and lost immediately in the last 16, leaving him on just one point.

More points are still likely to come for Rock, as he is set to appear at the New Zealand Darts Masters and the Australian Darts Masters. Alongside Rock, Van Veen, Clayton, Wade, Price, Bunting, Ross Smith and Damon Heta will also represent the PDC at those tournaments.

Michael van Gerwen remains on top of the pile after extending his lead after winning the Nordic Darts Masters.

He leads Luke Littler by 20 points after the world number one succumbed to defeat in the semi-finals. Gian van Veen and the runner-up in Copenhagen Luke Humphries are both perched behind with 14 points as Gerwyn Price completes the top five with 13. Nathan Aspinall on 10 has a commanding lead over Stephen Bunting and Jonny Clayton.

Michael van Gerwen leaves the first double header top of the pile. He does so by winning a title and reaching a final.

Luke Littler by winning in Saudi is second on 15 points ahead of Gian van Veen who is on 11 points. Nathan Aspinall and Gerwyn Price in reaching two semi-finals are on 10 points (five points per semi-final). Of the invitees, Danny Noppert leaves with the smallest tally on four points behind Man Lok Leung who leads the way in terms of Asian representatives.

Michael van Gerwen after winning the Bahrain Darts Masters lead the way alongside Gian van Veen who reached the final. They left the first event top of the pile.

Gerwyn Price was third while Luke Littler left proceedings in joint fifth alongside all the other players who finished on three points including Stephen Bunting and Luke Humphries.