Rob Cross and Luke Humphries pressure Luke Littler atop European Tour Order of Merit after Kiel

Despite a disappointing weekend in Kiel, Luke Littler has remained the frontrunner on the Euro Tour Order of Merit. The 17-year-old teenage sensation was surprisingly eliminated by Wessel Nijman in the first round of the Baltic Sea Darts Open last Friday.

Michael van Gerwen reached the Quarter-Finals and maintained ninth place on the European Tour ranking. However, Van Gerwen was overtaken by compatriot Danny Noppert, who moved up to fifth place.

Both Van Gerwen and Noppert lost to Luke Humphries. The reigning world champion himself lost in the final to Rob Cross, who captured his first title of the season at the Baltic Sea Darts Open. Cross is now number two on the PDC European Tour Order of Merit behind Littler, while Humphries is now in third place. Nathan Aspinall and Michael Smith teeter on the edge of the top 32 with Dimitri van den Bergh, James Wade, Raymond van Barneveld among those currently not qualified.

At the end of the season, the 32 best players in the rankings will compete in the European Championship in Dortmund. This tournament is scheduled from Oct. 24 to 27.

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European Tour Order of Merit after 6/13 tournaments

Rank	Name	Prize money (in units of £1,000)
1	Luke Littler	62.5
2	Rob Cross	58.5
3	Luke Humphries	56
4	Martin Schindler	47
5	Danny Noppert	34.5
6	Ross Smith	34.5
7	Gary Anderson	34
8	Gerwyn Price	33
9	Michael van Gerwen	32.5
10	Stephen Bunting	31
11	Joe Cullen	24
12	Ryan Searle	22
13	Ritchie Edhouse	20
14	Chris Dobey	20
15	Damon Heta	18
16	Ricardo Pietreczko	16.5
17	Josh Rock	16
18	Daryl Gurney	15.5
19	Jermaine Wattimena	14.5
20	Jonny Clayton	14
21	Mike De Decker	13.75
22	Gian van Veen	13.5
23	Brendan Dolan	12.5
24	Gabriel Clemens	12.5
25	Dave Chisnall	12
26	Richard Veenstra	11.5
27	Madars Razma	11
28	Peter Wright	10.5
29	Luke Woodhouse	10
30	Nathan Aspinall	10
31	Michael Smith	8
32	Ryan Joyce	8
33	Cameron Menzies	7.75
34	Raymond van Barneveld	7.5
35	James Wade	7.5
36	Dimitri Van den Bergh	7.5
37	Andrew Gilding	6.5
38	Franz Roetzsch	6.5
39	Daniel Klose	5.25
40	Dom Taylor	5
41	Callan Rydz	5
42	Niels Zonneveld	5
43	Wessel Nijman	5
44	Jeffrey De Zwaan	5
45	Krzysztof Ratajski	4
46	Scott Williams	4
47	Owen Bates	3.75
48	Andy Baetens	3.75
49	Mickey Mansell	3.75
50	William O'Connor	3.75
51	Romeo Grbavac	3.75
52	Michael Unterbuchner	3.75
53	Lukas Wenig	3.75
54	Jeffrey de Graaf	2.5
55	Matthew Dennant	2.5
56	Karel Sedlacek	2.5
57	Haupai Puha	2.5
58	Maik Kuivenhoven	2.5
58	Moritz Hilger	2.5
58	Sebastian Bialecki	2.5
61	Danny Lauby	2.5
61	Darius Labanauskas	2.5
63	Martin Lukeman	2.5
64	Christian Perez	2.5
64	Jeffrey Sparidaans	2.5
64	Johan Engstrom	2.5
64	Keane Barry	2.5
68	Jose de Sousa	2.5
69	Steve Lennon	2.5
70	Andreas Harrysson	2.5
70	Berry van Peer	2.5
72	Benjamin Pratnemer	1.25
72	Nathan Rafferty	1.25
72	Radek Szaganski	1.25
75	Jiri Brejcha	1.25
75	Ryan Meikle	1.25
75	Teemu Harju	1.25
78	Christopher Toonders	1.25
78	Daniel Larsson	1.25
78	Kevin Troppmann	1.25
78	Thibault Tricole	1.25
82	Arron Monk	1.25
82	Christian Goedl	1.25
82	Dominik Haberl	1.25
82	Graham Hall	1.25
82	Hannes Schnier	1.25
82	Ricky Evans	1.25
82	Zoran Lerchbacher	1.25
89	Arno Brand	1.25
89	Ian White	1.25
89	Niko Springer	1.25
89	Rene Eidams	1.25
89	Stephen Burton	1.25
94	Alexander Masek	1.25
94	Cor Dekker	1.25
94	Dylan Slevin	1.25
94	Jan Dueckers	1.25
94	Jitse Van der Wal	1.25
94	Kai Gotthardt	1.25
94	Lee Evans	1.25
94	Mervyn King	1.25
94	Patrick Klingelhoefer	1.25
94	Simon Whitlock	1.25
104	Alan Soutar	1.25
104	Kevin Doets	1.25
104	Matthias Ehlers	1.25
104	Oliver Mueller	1.25
104	Viktor Tingstrom	1.25
104	Vitezslav Sedlak	1.25
110	Born of Put	1.25
110	Chris Landman	1.25
110	Geert De Vos	1.25
110	James Hurrell	1.25
110	Jeroen Caron	1.25
110	Steven Strobbe	1.25