Pro Tour Order of Merit update: Luke Littler only just in top 30 as Humphries, Van Veen, Van Gerwen also struggle in rankings
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Wessel Nijman remains by some distance the standout player of 2026 on the PDC Pro Tour. The Dutchman tops the Pro Tour Order of Merit with £319,750 and, with six events still to play, holds a healthy lead over his closest chasers. But what of the other big names?
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The Pro Tour Order of Merit is compiled from prize money won at Players Championships and European Tours over a rolling 52-week period. Nijman has built a sizeable cushion, largely thanks to a stellar first half of the season.
The Dutchman has already won six Players Championship events in 2026 plus two titles on the European Tour. His most recent win, however, dates back three months. That drought has barely dented his grip on top spot.
Nijman sits on £319,750, keeping Ross Smith well behind him. The Englishman is second with £234,500. Luke Woodhouse follows in third on £192,500, while Chris Dobey holds fourth with £186,500. There are still four Players Championships and two European Tours to come in 2026. With a lead of more than £85,000 over Smith, Nijman is strongly placed to end the season as the Pro Tour Order of Merit number one.
Outside that leading quartet, Kevin Doets is in the top five and he is joined by Jermaine Wattimena propping up Dutch hopes. By comparison, Michael van Gerwen is in 26th spot. So certainly the days of it being MVG and even Van Veen leading the way aren't there as of right now.
Doets has shown incredibly steady growth in recent months and gets his reward with where he is placed. Nathan Aspinall too sits in the top 10 with his European Tour form being the big benchmark. Krzysztof Ratajski, Danny Noppert and somewhat surprisingly of sorts Stephen Bunting complete the top 10.
Andrew Gilding, Jonny Clayton, Ryan Searle and as we will get onto, Luke Humphries and Gian van Veen complete the top 15.

Luke LIttler is only 27th.
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Littler only 27th
It is notable that the top three in the regular PDC Order of Merit sit much lower on the Pro Tour list. Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, and Gian van Veen lead the world rankings, but their Pro Tour Order of Merit positions tell a different story.
Humphries is fourteenth. The Englishman has appeared at just 13 of the 43 Pro Tour events staged this year. When he did play, he was lethal: Humphries won four of those 13 tournaments. His limited schedule, however, leaves him trailing those who have played far more often.
Van Veen follows directly behind Humphries in fifteenth. The Dutchman has played far more, with 31 Pro Tour events, but is still waiting for his first title of the season on this circuit. Van Veen has reached two finals and two semi-finals so far.
Littler sits much lower. The world number one is only 27th. “The Nuke” has competed in just two Players Championships and three European Tours in 2026. Even so, he won two of those three European Tour events.
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James Wade too at a higher echelon and Gerwyn Price also sit nowhere near the top of the ProTour Order of Merit in 17th and 22nd. Even Cameron Menzies is only marginally ahead of Van Gerwen and Littler despite being a multiple title winner in 2026.
Pro Tour Order of Merit
| Rank | Naam | Prijzengeld (in eenheden van £1,000) |
| 1 | Wessel Nijman | 319.75 |
| 2 | Ross Smith | 234.5 |
| 3 | Luke Woodhouse | 192.5 |
| 4 | Chris Dobey | 186.5 |
| 5 | Kevin Doets | 181.75 |
| 6 | Jermaine Wattimena | 174.25 |
| 7 | Nathan Aspinall | 161.5 |
| 8 | Krzysztof Ratajski | 153.5 |
| 9 | Danny Noppert | 145.25 |
| 10 | Stephen Bunting | 129 |
| 11 | Andrew Gilding | 126.5 |
| 12 | Jonny Clayton | 126 |
| 13 | Ryan Searle | 124.25 |
| 14 | Luke Humphries | 124 |
| 15 | Gian van Veen | 123.75 |
| 16 | William O'Connor | 122.75 |
| 17 | James Wade | 119 |
| 18 | Damon Heta | 115.25 |
| 19 | Rob Cross | 115 |
| 20 | Niels Zonneveld | 112.75 |
| 21 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | 109.5 |
| 22 | Gerwyn Price | 109 |
| 23 | Ryan Joyce | 109 |
| 24 | Josh Rock | 108 |
| 25 | Cameron Menzies | 107.25 |
| 26 | Michael van Gerwen | 103.75 |
| 27 | Luke Littler | 102 |
| 28 | Karel Sedlacek | 94 |
| 29 | Niko Springer | 91.75 |
| 30 | Dave Chisnall | 91.75 |
| 31 | Sebastian Bialecki | 88 |
| 32 | Cristo Reyes | 85 |
| 33 | Kim Huybrechts | 83.5 |
| 34 | Joe Cullen | 82.75 |
| 35 | Martin Schindler | 82.5 |
| 36 | Jeffrey de Graaf | 72 |
| 37 | Beau Greaves | 69.75 |
| 38 | Richard Veenstra | 68.25 |
| 39 | Daryl Gurney | 65 |
| 40 | Mickey Mansell | 62 |
| 41 | Gabriel Clemens | 61.75 |
| 42 | Maik Kuivenhoven | 61.25 |
| 43 | Max Hopp | 59.25 |
| 44 | Keane Barry | 58.75 |
| 45 | Brendan Dolan | 58.5 |
| 46 | Callan Rydz | 56 |
| 47 | Rob Owen | 56 |
| 48 | Justin Hood | 55.25 |
| 49 | Tom Sykes | 54.75 |
| 50 | Connor Scutt | 53.75 |
| 51 | Michael Smith | 53 |
| 52 | Madars Razma | 52.75 |
| 53 | Tom Bissell | 52.25 |
| 54 | Gary Anderson | 51.25 |
| 55 | Ritchie Edhouse | 50.25 |
| 56 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | 49.75 |
| 57 | Mensur Suljovic | 49.5 |
| 58 | Mike De Decker | 49.25 |
| 59 | James Hurrell | 48.5 |
| 60 | Bradley Brooks | 46 |
| 61 | Joe Hunt | 46 |
| 62 | Christian Kist | 44 |
| 63 | Charlie Manby | 43.5 |
| 64 | Darryl Pilgrim | 43.25 |
| 65 | Lukas Wenig | 42.5 |
| 66 | Raymond van Barneveld | 41.75 |
| 67 | Ian White | 41.75 |
| 68 | Alan Soutar | 40.5 |
| 69 | Cam Crabtree | 39.75 |
| 70 | Jim Long | 39.5 |
| 71 | Cor Dekker | 39 |
| 72 | Ricky Evans | 39 |
| 73 | Darius Labanauskas | 38.75 |
| 74 | Ricardo Pietreczko | 38.75 |
| 75 | Wesley Plaisier | 37.75 |
| 76 | Peter Wright | 35.75 |
| 77 | Jimmy van Schie | 35.25 |
| 78 | Scott Williams | 34.25 |
| 79 | Andy Boulton | 33 |
| 80 | Adam Gawlas | 31.75 |
| 81 | Alexander Merkx | 31.75 |
| 82 | David Sharp | 31.25 |
| 83 | Shane McGuirk | 30.5 |
| 84 | Henry Coates | 30 |
| 85 | Jeffrey De Zwaan | 28.75 |
| 86 | Nick Kenny | 28.75 |
| 87 | Martijn Dragt | 28.25 |
| 88 | Thibault Tricole | 28.25 |
| 89 | Mervyn King | 27.75 |
| 90 | Ryan Meikle | 27.5 |
| 91 | Jurjen van der Velde | 27.25 |
| 92 | Viktor Tingstrom | 27 |
| 93 | Owen Bates | 26.75 |
| 94 | Tommy Morris | 26.25 |
| 95 | Chris Landman | 25.5 |
| 96 | Thomas Lovely | 24.75 |
| 97 | Adam Lipscombe | 24.25 |
| 98 | Stephen Burton | 24 |
| 99 | Adam Paxton | 23.75 |
| 100 | Jeffrey Sparidaans | 23.75 |
| 101 | Tommy Lishman | 23 |
| 102 | Benjamin Pratnemer | 22.75 |
| 103 | Tyler Thorpe | 22.75 |
| 104 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 22.75 |
| 105 | Marvin van Velzen | 21.25 |
| 106 | Dennie Olde Kalter | 21.25 |
| 107 | Arno Merk | 20.25 |
| 108 | Sietse Lap | 20 |
| 109 | Scott Waites | 20 |
| 110 | Kai Gotthardt | 19.75 |
| 111 | Niall Culleton | 19.75 |
| 112 | Leon Weber | 19.5 |
| 113 | Greg Ritchie | 19.25 |
| 114 | Jack Tweddell | 19.25 |
| 115 | Derek Coulson | 19 |
| 116 | Adam Leek | 18 |
| 117 | Steve Lennon | 17.75 |
| 118 | Rhys Griffin | 17 |
| 119 | Oskar Lukasiak | 16.5 |
| 120 | Stefan Bellmont | 15.75 |
| 121 | Stephen Rosney | 15 |
| 122 | Adam Warner | 14.25 |
| 123 | Harry Ward | 14.25 |
| 124 | Samuel Price | 14 |
| 125 | Carl Sneyd | 13.5 |
| 126 | Nathan Potter | 13 |
| 127 | Daniel Ayres | 12.75 |
| 128 | Yorick Hofkens | 12.5 |
| 129 | Tavis Dudeney | 12.5 |
| 130 | Martin Lukeman | 11.75 |
| 131 | Andy Baetens | 11.5 |
| 132 | Daniel Klose | 10.75 |
| 133 | Lewis Pride | 10.25 |
| 134 | Maximilian Czerwinski | 9.75 |
| 135 | Dominik Gruellich | 9.75 |
| 136 | Pascal Rupprecht | 9.5 |
| 137 | Paul Krohne | 9.5 |
| 138 | Boris Krcmar | 8.5 |
| 139 | Marvin Kraft | 8.25 |
| 140 | Stefaan Henderyck | 7 |
| 141 | Jan Schmidt | 7 |
| 142 | Patrik Kovacs | 7 |
| 143 | Christopher Wickenden | 6.25 |
| 144 | Johan Engstrom | 6 |
| 145 | Nandor Major | 5.5 |
| 146 | Jonas Masalin | 5.5 |
| 147 | Dragutin Horvat | 5.5 |
| 148 | Tytus Kanik | 5.5 |
| 149 | Marcel Hausotter | 5.5 |
| 150 | Michael Unterbuchner | 5.5 |
| 151 | Jack Aldridge | 5.25 |
| 152 | Oliver Mitchell | 4.25 |
| 153 | Finn Behrens | 4 |
| 154 | Callum Goffin | 4 |
| 155 | Anton Ostlund | 4 |
| 156 | Ted Evetts | 3.75 |
| 157 | Aden Kirk | 3.75 |
| 158 | Filip Bereza | 3.75 |
| 159 | Laszlo Kadar | 3.5 |
| 160 | Valters Melderis | 3.5 |
| 161 | Archie Self | 3.25 |
| 162 | Gilbert van der Meijden | 2.5 |
| 163 | Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | 2.5 |
| 164 | Jaimy Jacobs | 2 |
| 164 | Jeroen Caron | 2 |
| 164 | Kevin Lankhuizen | 2 |
| 164 | Michael Hansen | 2 |
| 164 | Petr Tous | 2 |
| 169 | David Rosi | 2 |
| 169 | Jiri Brejcha | 2 |
| 169 | Martin Homola | 2 |
| 172 | Andras Borbely | 2 |
| 172 | David Pisek | 2 |
| 172 | Milan Biro | 2 |
| 175 | Jaimy Van de Weerd | 2 |
| 175 | Michal Smejda | 2 |
| 175 | Mio Varila | 2 |
| 178 | Adrian Dudek | 2 |
| 178 | Gabriel Varaljay | 2 |
| 178 | Jan Sliacky | 2 |
| 178 | Juraj Holub | 2 |
| 178 | Peter Kelemen | 2 |
| 183 | Jason Riedtke | 2 |
| 183 | Teemu Harju | 2 |
| 185 | Gyorgy Jehirszki | 2 |
| 185 | Liam Maendl-Lawrance | 2 |
| 187 | Aaron Hardy | 2 |
| 187 | Nick Zwittnigg | 2 |
| 187 | Zoran Lerchbacher | 2 |
| 190 | Michael Hurtz | 2 |
| 190 | Petr Krivka | 2 |
| 190 | Robin Masino | 2 |
| 193 | Kevin Troppmann | 2 |
| 194 | Francois Schweyen | 2 |
| 194 | Jani Haavisto | 2 |
| 194 | Pascal Devroey | 2 |
| 197 | Florian Hempel | 2 |
| 197 | Florian Preis | 2 |
| 197 | Wojciech Brulinski | 2 |
| 200 | Andreas Harrysson | 2 |
| 200 | Dawid Robak | 2 |
| 200 | Krzysztof Kciuk | 2 |
| 200 | Miroslaw Grudziecki | 2 |
| 200 | Piotr Maciejczak | 2 |
| 205 | Pero Ljubic | 1.25 |
| 206 | Danny Trueman | 1.25 |
| 207 | Matthias Ehlers | 1.25 |
Source: dartsrankings.com

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