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Tension rises on PDC Development Tour Order of Merit; Van Veen, Littler and Nijman on course for top prizes

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by Kieran Wood
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After 20 of the 24 tournaments on the PDC Development Tour, the tension at the top of the standings is beginning to rise.
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The ranking is currently led by Gian van Veen, who has already won five tournaments on the Development Tour in 2023. The number one gets to compete at the Grand Slam of Darts and the World Darts Championship and also receives a Tour Card for the next two seasons. However, the latter two prizes also apply to the number two on the Development Tour Order of Merit.

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However, Van Veen seems to have already qualified for the World Darts Championship via the Pro Tour and already has a Tour Card in his pocket, so the Dutchman is only playing for a spot at the Grand Slam of Darts. The World Championship starting ticket and Tour Card thus shifts to the number three.
Luke Littler is shortly behind Van Veen in second place, while Dutchman Wessel Nijman currently holds the third spot. Nijman may therefore dream of competing at Alexandra Palace later this year. The final four tournaments of the PDC Development Tour 2023 will be played on 18 and 19 August.

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What is the PDC Development Tour?
The PDC Development Tour is considered the training institute of the PDC. Talented players have the opportunity to further develop their gift on this circuit.
Players may enter as soon as they reach the age of 16. They may then compete up to and including the season in which they turn 24.
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Today, the Development Tour circuit consists of 24 tournaments. These are spread over five weekends. One of those five weekends is played in Hildesheim, Germany, the other four in the United Kingdom.

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What are the follow-up opportunities through the PDC Development Tour?
A PDC Youth World Championship is organised every year. This season, it will take place on 20 August. The best players from the Development Tour are allowed to compete in it. They play a tournament until two players remain. The final is traditionally on the final night of the Players Championship Finals on 26 November.
The reward for the youth world champion is a £10,000 cheque, entry to the World Darts Championship and qualification for the Grand Slam of Darts the following season. By the way, the latter also applies to the runner-up of the PDC World Youth Championship.
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But there are even more rewards to be earned through the Development Tour. The numbers one and two of the final ranking get to compete in the World Darts Championship and receive a PDC Tour Card for the following two years. The number one on the Development Tour Order of Merit is also allowed to compete at the Grand Slam of Darts in the current season.
If one or more players from the top-2 of the PDC Development Tour Order of Merit have already secured placement for a specific TV tournament, they will advance to the next player on the ranking list. The same applies to the distribution of Tour Cards.

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PDC Development Tour Order of Merit after 20/24 tournaments
PositionNamePrize Money
1Gian van Veen£17,500
2Luke Littler£15,975
3Wessel Nijman£12,750
4Nathan Rafferty£9,425
5Dylan Slevin£7,225
6Bradley Brooks£7,000
7Jurjen van der Velde£6,750
8Bradly Roes£6,675
9Jarred Cole£6,650
10Sebastian Bialecki£5,950
11Cam Crabtree£5,725
12Adam Gawlas£5,550
13Rusty-Jake Rodriguez£5,425
14Christopher Toonders£5,400
15Owen Roelofs£4,725
16Ciaran Teehan£4,275
17Lewis Gurney£3,825
18James Beeton£3,625
19Nathan Girvan£3,475
20Kevin Troppmann£3,425
21Owen Bates£3,300
22Jitse Van der Wal£3,150
22David Schlichting£3,150
24Dominik Gruellich£3,100
25Reece Colley£2,900
26Jim Moston£2,875
27Harry Gregory£2,825
28Leighton Bennett£2,725
29Adam Paxton£2,650
29Levy Frauenfelder£2,650
31Keelan Kay£2,450
32Marvin Kraft£2,300
33Jack Male£2,225
34Keane Barry£2,175
35Justin Hewitt£2,125
36Charlie Manby£2,025
37Thomas Banks£2,000
38Connor Hopkins£1,975
39Roman Benecky£1,950
39Tavis Dudeney£1,950
41Daniel Perry£1,925
42Henry Coates£1,900
43Jacob Gwynne£1,850
44Rune Van Damme£1,825
44Jack Vincent£1,825
46Jamai van den Herik£1,775
46Owen Maiden£1,775
48Connor Arberry£1,750
49Damian Vetjens£1,700
50Jordan Sharpe£1,675
51Robert Kef£1,625
52Youri Brouwer£1,600
53Lewis Williams£1,550
53Pascal Rupprecht£1,550
55Moreno Blom£1,525
56Stefan Dees£1,500
56Danny Jansen£1,500
58Craig Galliano£1,400
59Fred Box£1,350
60Sam Cromwell£1,325
61Riley Rees-Tucker£1,300
62Lukas Fraulob£1,275
63Bradley Aldous£1,250
63Oliver King£1,250
65Filip Ljubenko£1,200
65Tomas Houdek£1,200
67Byron Garner£1,150
67Bram van Dijk£1,150
69Ruben Mesters£1,125
69Daan Bastiaansen£1,125
71Oliver Madge£1,050
72Pim Van Bijnen£1,025
73Jarno Bottenberg£1,000
74Kalem Marsh£975
74Marc Petermann£975
76Jimmy Bristow£950
76Charlie Large£950
76Travis Baur£950
79Jaikob Selby-Rivas£925
80Alfie Thompson£900
80Llew Bevan£900
82Jannes Bremermann£875
82Damien Moore£875
84Dylan Quinn£850
84Johnny Stewart£850
86Niclas Menz£800
86Jenson Walker£800
86Marvin Koch£800
89Finn Chudziak£775
89Luke Cottrell£775
91Mark Tabak£750
92Robbe Dasseville£725
92Dylan Tuite£725
92Viani Van den Bergh£725
95Jamie Tilley£700
95Dylan Dowling£700
95Sam Aitkens£700
98Wesley Veenstra£675
99Rohan Brouwers£650
99Xanti Van den Bergh£650
99Marvin van Velzen£650
102Cole Davey£600
103Jake Neale£575
103Charlie Stocks£575
103Mark Connolly£575
103Ieuan Halsall£575
103Laszlo Ancsin£575
103Enrico Frank£575
103Jordan Boyce£575
110Ondrej Frystacky£500
110Keenan Thomas£500
110Fabian Schmutzler£500
110Joshua Hermann£500
110Niclas Wierling£500
110Nathan Care£500
116Bailey White£475
116Lewis Mayes£475
116Tom Garfield£475
116Matteo Ognibeni£475
120Lloyd Walker£450
120Coby Jones-Swanson£450
120Declan Cox£450
123Mitchell Leeming£425
123Keaton Williams£425
123Zac Griffiths£425
126Cameron Anderson£400
126Jan Schmidt£400
126Killian Heffernan£400
129Jakub Janaszkiewicz£375
129Maikel Mossou£375
129Ciaran Forde£375
129Sascha Stuhlemmer£375
129Robin Radloff£375
129Luke Van der Kwast£375
135Danny Goddard£350
135Reiss Markley£350
135Dominik Nebe£350
135Sydnee De Vries£350
135Alexander Steinmetz£350
135Sem Devoght£350
135Adam Dee£350
142Ben Davies£300
142Shane Weeks£300
142Harry Jake Robinson£300
142Colinn Haverkate£300
146Harrison Firmager£275
146Joe Higgins£275
146Lewis Bell£275
146Janek Hill£275
146Sean Negrette£275
146Pascal Lausch£275
146Jack Howarth£275
146Matthew Chegwin£275
146Dieter Van Ham£275
146Andras Borbely£275
146Charlie Wiles£275
146Samuel Palmer£275
146Seppe Dasseville£275
146Anna Votavova£275
146Marius Brink£275
146Nathan Potter£275
146Keanen Norris£275
163Julian Zwergel£225
163Tom Kloppmann£225
163Kishan Prakash Jiwa£225
163Jonathan Parvaneh£225
163Lennon Cradock£225
163Kevin van der Voort£225
163Dylan Van Lierop£225
163Alan Halfmouw£225
163Angelo Balsamo£225
163Jamie Gardner£225
163Angelo Van Deventer£225
163Sean Cummins£225
163Cayden Smith£225
176Kilian Hohnstedt£200
176Tyler Mantle£200
176Joshua Adriaanse£200
176Meinte Hibma£200
176Luca Pfaff£200
176Jeffrey Keen£200
176Paul Vogt£200
176Louis Hornig£200
176Keith Zahner£200
176John Wightman£200
176Cameron Lee£200
176Sam Coenders£200
176Cian Fitzpatrick£200
189Felix Bollmann£150
189Almos Kovacs£150
189Keanu van Velzen£150
189Billy Warriner£150
189Matthew Gordon£150
189Scott Smith£150
189Philip Want£150
189Leon Ellerington£150
189Ben Phillips£150
189Carl van Mens£150
189Djowy Verhagen£150
189David Drewanz£150
189Laurenz Kelm£150
189Jeremy Jendrzejewski£150
189Nic Mueller£150
189Derek Barry£150
189Nando Engelen£150
189Justin van Tergouw£150
189Robbie Chalmers£150
189Patrik Williams£150
189Jake Fewell£150
210Owen Sherriff£75
210Pacey Large£75
210Tinus van Tiel£75
210Eleanor Cairns£75
210Jake Rigney£75
210Roman Korsunov£75
210Mason Whitlock£75
210Alfie Busby£75
210Alex Gurr£75
210Oisin Furlong£75
210Timm Gothier£75
210Vilem Sedivy£75
210Nicolas Roehre£75
210Lukas Holtewert£75
210Oliver Mueller (Dorzbach)£75
210Max Pauly£75
210Jurre Begard£75
210Miro Seemann£75
210Oliver Ufer£75
210Patrick Schroeder£75
210Mika Niems£75
210Sebastian Keine£75
210Mattia Pinelli£75
210Jan Zagel£75
210Daan Beernink£75
210Leon Remde£75
210Maurice Junker£75
210Marvin Fink£75
210Jan Luca Limburg£75
210Massimo Balsamo£75
210Leonard Ingles£75
210Louis Rödamer£75
210Mike Verschuur£75
210Hendrik Riechel£75
210Bram Jongejeugd£75
210Noah Weller£75
210Noah Hanfland£75
210Marco Jungwirth£75
210Luke Rutter£75
210Charlie Bubb£75
210Lleyton Molyneux£75
210Jonas Aplowski£75
210Jack Hook£75
210Antony Richardson£75
210Dean Fitch Jnr£75
210Aaron Colley£75
210George Lynch£75
210Chris Birch£75
210Harrison McMullen£75
210Joseph Lynaugh£75
210Matyas Rejhon£75
210Egor Tvorogov£75
210Daniel Coates£75
210Noah Roeschlein£75
210Sebastian Bech£75
210Cameron Christie£75
210Tyler Radlett£75
210Rene Molendijk£75
210Joshua Bean£75
210Jack McNeilly£75
210Bradley Timlin£75
210Lars Plaisier£75
210Liam Fowkes£75
210Connor Woodcock Colk£75
210Andrew Ingman£75
210Mitchell Koster£75
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Kieran WoodDarts Journalist
Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He contributes to DartsNews.com, where he covers professional darts through news, match reports, analysis, and live coverage across the PDC calendar and major tournaments.
A key part of his work is on-site reporting from leading events. Kieran has covered the PDC World Darts Championship in person, reporting daily from the venue and providing first-hand insight from the tournament. During his coverage, he has conducted interviews with leading players including Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, and Gerwyn Price.
He is also one of the leading voices of the English-language Dartsnews Podcast, contributing regular analysis and discussion on developments across the professional darts circuit.
In his reporting, Kieran places strong emphasis on careful sourcing, editorial accuracy, and updating articles when new, verified information becomes available.
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