PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit update: Bunting on top with Price closing the gap, Van Gerwen drops out of top 32
PDCSaturday, 28 February 2026 at 17:00
After the opening weeks of the new Pro Tour season, Stephen Bunting leads the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit. This ranking is based on players’ results on the PDC Pro Tour over the past twelve months. The Pro Tour includes all Euro Tours and the Players Championship events.
Bunting tops the standings on £181,000 after reaching a Players Championship final and a Euro Tour quarterfinal in February. He is looking back to his best form in scenery he has been so clinical in recent times. His lead over Gerwyn Price, however, is razor-thin at just £250. “The Iceman” made two floor finals in February and won Players Championship 6 in emphatic fashion.
Wessel Nijman is poised to take over top spot on the Pro Tour ranking in the short term. Nijman won Players Championship 2 and reached the final at Players Championship 4. Over the coming months Nijman has relatively little prize money to defend on the floor, putting the summit within reach. His £4,000 deficit to Bunting could be wiped out at a single floor event.
Nathan Aspinall sits fourth after a positive start, followed by Players Championship 5 champion Ross Smith in fifth. Gian van Veen slots in at sixth sixth, which also puts him one place above two-time world champion Luke Littler. The top 10 is completed by Martin Schindler, Jonny Clayton, and Chris Dobey.
Josh Rock sits a few thousdands pounds outside the top 10 with Jermaine Wattimena and Damon Heta following in suit. The world number two Luke Humphires emerges in 14th. He has stated that he will not be competing in as many Pro Tour events this year and with him winning Players Championship 4, he may not be moving up as much as other players will be.
James Wade and Gary Anderson sit respectively in 15th and 18th with Cameron Menzies and Luke Woodhouse closing out the top 20 with them separated by just under £13,000. The 2026 PDC World Darts Championship semi-finalist Ryan Searle can be found in 25th with Players Championship six finalist Andrew Gilding moving up to 28th. Dave Chisnall sits in 31st with Michael van Gerwen languishing down in 33rd.
Even lower sit former world champions Peter Wright (36th), Raymond van Barneveld (37th), Michael Smith (39th), and Rob Cross (40th). Wright and Van Barneveld are now also outside the top 32 of the main Order of Merit, which means they face a serious battle just to qualify for the World Darts Championship this season.
For two-time major winner Dimitri Van den Bergh the situation is even more precarious. On the main Order of Merit he is still 26th, but “The Dreammaker” could lose many places after the UK Open, the tournament he won in 2024. On the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit, the Belgian is already ranked unusually low. Due to his temporary break in 2025 and his disappointing form, Van den Bergh sits only 81st on the ranking. If his dip continues, he could even lose his PDC Tour Card at the end of the season if he fails to remain inside the top 64 of the main Order of Merit.
PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit
| Rank | Name | Prize money (in units of £1,000) |
| 1 | Stephen Bunting | 181 |
| 2 | Gerwyn Price | 180.75 |
| 3 | Wessel Nijman | 177 |
| 4 | Nathan Aspinall | 167.75 |
| 5 | Ross Smith | 164.75 |
| 6 | Gian van Veen | 158.25 |
| 7 | Luke Littler | 148.5 |
| 8 | Martin Schindler | 144.5 |
| 9 | Jonny Clayton | 138.5 |
| 10 | Chris Dobey | 133 |
| 11 | Josh Rock | 130.75 |
| 12 | Jermaine Wattimena | 127.5 |
| 13 | Damon Heta | 126.25 |
| 14 | Luke Humphries | 123 |
| 15 | James Wade | 119.5 |
| 16 | Danny Noppert | 117.25 |
| 17 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | 112.75 |
| 18 | Gary Anderson | 111.25 |
| 19 | Cameron Menzies | 107.75 |
| 20 | Luke Woodhouse | 106.75 |
| 21 | Niko Springer | 90.75 |
| 22 | Mike De Decker | 89.75 |
| 23 | Ryan Joyce | 88 |
| 24 | Joe Cullen | 87.5 |
| 25 | Ryan Searle | 86.75 |
| 26 | William O'Connor | 85.75 |
| 27 | Krzysztof Ratajski | 84.5 |
| 28 | Andrew Gilding | 81.25 |
| 29 | Niels Zonneveld | 81 |
| 30 | Daryl Gurney | 80.75 |
| 31 | Dave Chisnall | 80.5 |
| 32 | Kevin Doets | 72.25 |
| 33 | Michael van Gerwen | 71.5 |
| 34 | Ricardo Pietreczko | 65.75 |
| 35 | Karel Sedlacek | 65.5 |
| 36 | Peter Wright | 64 |
| 37 | Raymond van Barneveld | 62.25 |
| 38 | Ritchie Edhouse | 60.25 |
| 39 | Michael Smith | 59 |
| 40 | Rob Cross | 56.25 |
| 41 | Jeffrey de Graaf | 54.5 |
| 42 | Bradley Brooks | 53.5 |
| 43 | Scott Williams | 52 |
| 44 | Callan Rydz | 50.75 |
| 45 | Brendan Dolan | 50.75 |
| 46 | Sebastian Bialecki | 48.25 |
| 47 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | 47.5 |
| 48 | Alan Soutar | 46.75 |
| 49 | Martin Lukeman | 46 |
| 50 | Lukas Wenig | 44.5 |
| 51 | Cam Crabtree | 44.5 |
| 52 | Thibault Tricole | 43.5 |
| 53 | Ian White | 43.5 |
| 54 | Mickey Mansell | 42.75 |
| 55 | Madars Razma | 40.25 |
| 56 | Max Hopp | 40 |
| 57 | Kim Huybrechts | 39.25 |
| 58 | Ricky Evans | 39 |
| 59 | Gabriel Clemens | 38.75 |
| 60 | Mensur Suljovic | 37.75 |
| 61 | Richard Veenstra | 37.25 |
| 62 | Wesley Plaisier | 34.75 |
| 63 | Adam Lipscombe | 33 |
| 64 | Connor Scutt | 31.5 |
| 65 | Cor Dekker | 31.5 |
| 66 | James Hurrell | 30.5 |
| 67 | Justin Hood | 30.25 |
| 68 | Keane Barry | 30.25 |
| 69 | Darryl Pilgrim | 29.75 |
| 70 | Dominik Gruellich | 29.75 |
| 71 | Tom Bissell | 29.5 |
| 72 | Ryan Meikle | 27 |
| 73 | Maik Kuivenhoven | 26.25 |
| 74 | Andy Boulton | 25.5 |
| 75 | Rob Owen | 24.75 |
| 76 | Christian Kist | 24.5 |
| 77 | Nick Kenny | 24.25 |
| 78 | Leon Weber | 22 |
| 79 | Jim Long | 22 |
| 80 | Viktor Tingstrom | 20.5 |
| 81 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 19.25 |
| 82 | Thomas Lovely | 19 |
| 83 | Dennie Olde Kalter | 18.5 |
| 84 | Adam Warner | 18 |
| 85 | Marvin van Velzen | 17 |
| 86 | Greg Ritchie | 16.5 |
| 87 | Adam Paxton | 15 |
| 88 | Adam Gawlas | 14 |
| 89 | Tavis Dudeney | 11 |
| 90 | Maximilian Czerwinski | 11 |
| 91 | Cristo Reyes | 10 |
| 92 | Beau Greaves | 9.25 |
| 93 | Tytus Kanik | 9 |
| 94 | David Sharp | 7.75 |
| 95 | Scott Waites | 7.5 |
| 96 | Stefaan Henderyck | 7.5 |
| 97 | Carl Sneyd | 7.25 |
| 98 | Oskar Lukasiak | 7.25 |
| 99 | Tom Sykes | 7 |
| 100 | Shane McGuirk | 6.75 |
| 101 | Jack Tweddell | 6.5 |
| 102 | Kai Gotthardt | 6.5 |
| 103 | Martijn Dragt | 6.25 |
| 104 | Jurjen van der Velde | 6.25 |
| 105 | Joe Hunt | 6 |
| 106 | Charlie Manby | 5.75 |
| 107 | Owen Bates | 5.75 |
| 108 | Jimmy van Schie | 5.5 |
| 109 | Tommy Morris | 5.5 |
| 110 | Boris Krcmar | 5 |
| 111 | Alexander Merkx | 4.5 |
| 112 | Stephen Burton | 4.5 |
| 113 | Pero Ljubic | 4.5 |
| 114 | Stefan Bellmont | 4.25 |
| 115 | Darius Labanauskas | 4 |
| 116 | Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | 4 |
| 117 | Niall Culleton | 3.75 |
| 118 | Rhys Griffin | 3.75 |
| 119 | Samuel Price | 3.75 |
| 120 | Steve Lennon | 3.25 |
| 121 | Tommy Lishman | 3.25 |
| 122 | Arno Merk | 3.25 |
| 123 | Marvin Kraft | 3.25 |
| 124 | Stephen Rosney | 3.25 |
| 125 | Mervyn King | 3.25 |
| 126 | Derek Coulson | 3.25 |
| 126 | Jeffrey De Zwaan | 3.25 |
| 128 | Adam Leek | 2.5 |
| 129 | Jeffrey Sparidaans | 2.5 |
| 130 | Chris Landman | 2.5 |
| 131 | Andreas Harrysson | 2 |
| 131 | Dawid Robak | 2 |
| 131 | Krzysztof Kciuk | 2 |
| 131 | Miroslaw Grudziecki | 2 |
| 131 | Piotr Maciejczak | 2 |
| 136 | Henry Coates | 1.25 |
| 136 | Yorick Hofkens | 1.25 |
| 138 | Benjamin Pratnemer | 1.25 |
| 138 | Pascal Rupprecht | 1.25 |
| 138 | Sietse Lap | 1.25 |
| 141 | Tyler Thorpe | 1.25 |
| 142 | Filip Bereza | 1.25 |
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