Berry van Peer looks increasingly likely to make his debut at the World Darts Championship. After nineteen of the 24 PDC Challenge Tour tournaments, he still comfortably leads the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit.
The Challenge Tour is considered the second tier at the PDC. This circuit is open to players who have participated in the Q-School, but have not won a Tour Card. However, lucrative prizes can be won through this tour.
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Thus, the numbers one and two of the final ranking will receive an invitation to participate in the World Championship, and in addition, they will also receive a PDC Tour Card for the following two seasons. For the number one, a little extra also awaits. This player gets to participate in the Grand Slam of Darts in November.
Meanwhile, the chances are good that Van Peer will walk away with three top prizes. With five tournaments remaining, his lead over number two Christian Kist is £5600. That means Kist may already have to win two of the last five tournaments to pass Van Peer, while 'Bionic' obviously also has five chances left to scoop prize money.
Kist, with his second place, may also hope to participate in the World Championship and capture a Tour Card. However, the battle for second place is still extremely exciting. Cam Crabtree and Owen Bates are not far behind Kist, while players like John Henderson, Andy Boulton, Wesley Plaisier, Chris Landman, Dragutin Horvat, Conan Whitehead and Ron Meulenkamp are also still in the race.
PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit after 19/24 tournaments
Position Name Prize money
1 Berry van Peer £12,800
2 Christian Kist £7,200
3 Cam Crabtree £6,975
4 Owen Bates £6,550
5 John Henderson £5,875
6 Andy Boulton £5,825
7 Wesley Plaisier £5,325
8 Chris Landman £5,125
9 Dragutin Horvat £5,100
10 Conan Whitehead £4,850
11 Ron Meulenkamp £4,800
12 Robert Grundy £4,750
13 Scott Mitchell £4,575
13 Thibault Tricole £4,575
15 Darryl Pilgrim £4,475
16 Stefan Bellmont £3,925
17 Sebastian Bialecki £3,575
17 Wayne Jones £3,575
19 James Hurrell £3,125
20 Alexander Merkx £3,025
20 William Borland £3,025
22 Dan Read £2,950
23 Dom Taylor £2,875
23 Jelle Klaasen £2,875
25 Peter Jacques £2,800
26 Lukas Wenig £2,775
27 Harry Ward £2,525
28 Jarred Cole £2,500
29 Martijn Dragt £2,475
30 Danny Lauby £2,375
31 David Evans £2,300
31 Eddie Lovely £2,300
31 Alex Spellman £2,300
34 Matthew Dennant £2,200
34 Daniel Ayres £2,200
36 James Richardson £2,175
36 David Wawrzewski £2,175
38 Vitezslav Sedlak £2,000
39 Moreno Blom £1,950
40 Arjan Konterman £1,900
41 Jeremy van der Winkel £1,875
41 Lee Cocks £1,875
43 Alan Tabern £1,850
44 Roy van de Griendt £1,800
45 Paul Milford £1,775
46 Scott Marsh £1,750
47 Andy Jenkins £1,600
47 Gilbert van der Meijden £1,600
49 Franz Roetzsch £1,575
50 Alan Norris £1,550
50 Thomas Lovely £1,550
50 Niall Culleton £1,550
53 Conor Heneghan £1,525
54 Jason Heaver £1,500
55 Nathan Girvan £1,450
56 Jim McEwan £1,425
56 Patrick Lynskey £1,425
56 Geoffrey Murray £1,425
59 Dennie Olde Kalter £1,375
60 Jack Main £1,350
60 Gary Blades £1,350
62 Max Hopp £1,300
62 Fallon Sherrock £1,300
64 Prakash Jiwa £1,275
65 Steve Hine £1,250
66 Marcel Erba £1,225
66 Carl Sneyd £1,225
68 Chas Barstow £1,200
69 Mark McGeeney £1,150
69 Jim Moston £1,150
71 Andy Hamilton £1,125
71 Wayne Morgan £1,125
73 Carl Beattie £1,100
73 Michael Baker £1,100
75 David Sumner £1,075
75 Sean Fisher £1,075
75 Shane McGuirk £1,075
75 Tommy Morris £1,075
75 Adam Hunt £1,075
80 Ciaran Teehan £1,050
81 Lewis Pride £1,025
81 Marcel Walpen £1,025
81 Adam Mould £1,025
81 Kenny Neyens £1,025
85 Adam Atkinson £1,000
85 Jeroen Mioch £1,000
87 Paul Rowley £975
88 Reece Robinson £925
88 Christopher Wickenden £925
88 Joshua Richardson £925
88 Brett Claydon £925
92 Darren Armstrong £900
93 Ryan Furness £875
93 James Howard Hughes £875
95 James Parkin £850
95 Stu Wilson £850
95 Justin Smith £850
95 Owen Maiden £850
99 Henry Coates £825
99 Roemer Mooijman £825
99 Kevin Mills £825
99 Nicky Denoon £825
99 Lee Williams £825
104 Joe Croft £800
104 Jamie Durrant £800
104 Peter Hudson £800
104 Jitse Van der Wal £800
108 Jenson Walker £775
108 Patrick Peters £775
108 Lee Budgen £775
108 Darren Brown £775
108 Jack Vincent £775
108 Robert Rickwood £775
114 Jimmy van Schie £750
114 Michael Barnard £750
114 Steve Haggerty £750
114 Paul Mitchell £750
118 Kurt Parry £700
118 Kevin Lane £700
120 Benito van de Pas £675
121 Michael Flynn £650
121 Charlie Martin £650
121 Davy Proosten £650
124 Callum Francis £625
124 Colin Osborne £625
124 David Schlichting £625
127 Lewis Gurney £575
127 Scott Taylor £575
127 Charlie Symons £575
127 Jeremy Fagg £575
127 Ricardo Perez £575
127 Rene Eidams £575
127 Sven van Dun £575
127 Reece Colley £575
127 Scott Walters £575
136 Martin Thomas £550
136 Jonathan Kavanagh £550
138 Harry Lane £525
139 Nico Plovier £500
139 Graham Rackstraw £500
139 Gary Butcher £500
139 Peter Burgoyne £500
139 Michael Rasztovits £500
139 Daniel Day £500
139 Jesus Noguera £500
146 Chris Hurds £475
147 Philip Van Gasse £450
147 Adrian Gray £450
149 Jake Jones £425
149 Tom Lonsdale £425
149 Ray Marshall £425
149 Dale Gadsby £425
153 Andrew Steed £400
153 Shaun Carroll £400
153 Patrick Tringler £400
156 Luke Smith £375
156 Ryan Hogarth £375
156 Romeo Grbavac £375
156 Michal Smejda £375
156 Michael Burgoine £375
161 Carlo van Peer £350
161 Michael Stoeten £350
161 Brandon Western £350
161 Kevin Lowe £350
161 Robert Nelson £350
161 Jeroen Caron £350
161 Jacob Gwynne £350
161 Jens Ziegler £350
161 Darren O'Neill £350
161 Tomas Houdek £350
161 Shane Price £350
172 Kai Fan Leung £300
172 Lee Barrow £300
172 Phil Coward £300
172 Scott Campbell £300
172 Gary Stafford £300
172 Ian Mackenzie £300
172 Paulo Ferreira £300
172 Cedric Coryn £300
172 Lee Davies £300
181 Fabian Schmutzler £275
181 Marko Kantele £275
181 Marcel Hausotter £275
181 Mark Sadler £275
181 Jason Wilson £275
181 Neil Parry £275
181 Gary Jackson £275
181 Ryan Murray £275
181 Diogo Portela £275
181 Ryan Harrington £275
191 Paul Anderson £225
191 Adam Lipscombe £225
191 Darren Williams £225
191 John Cook £225
191 Scott Baker £225
196 Dave Bayton £200
196 Shane Hayward £200
196 Ben Quenby £200
196 Sean Ryan £200
196 Andrew Hyland £200
196 Grant Brown £200
196 Francois Schweyen £200
196 Steven Beasley £200
196 Paul Higgins £200
196 Jochen Graudenz £200
196 Sergio Krassen £200
196 Justin Hood £200
196 Alex Clyburn £200
196 Robert Collins £200
196 Kevin Blomme £200
196 Ryan De Vreede £200
196 Jason Cullen £200
213 Adam Bowman £150
213 Bhav Patel £150
213 Mason Whitlock £150
213 James Green £150
213 Coby Jones-Swanson £150
213 Petros Christodoulou £150
213 Ashley Coleman £150
213 Jarrad Thomas £150
213 David Ladley £150
213 Stephen Rosney £150
213 Marcel Althaus £150
213 Martin Grearson £150
213 Luke Hardy £150
213 Sander van Ockenburg - Zwaan £150
213 Pascal Devroey £150
213 John Desreumaux £150
213 Patrick Bulen £150
213 Danny Tessmann £150
213 Patrick van den Boogaard £150
213 Ben West £150
213 Lewis Dare £150
213 Sebastian Steyer £150
235 Keenan Thomas £75
235 Rob Holroyd £75
235 Nick Cocks £75
235 Rohit Rabadia £75
235 Danny Allen £75
235 Joey Palfreyman £75
235 Derek Maclean £75
235 Lee Grace £75
235 Mat Caste £75
235 Robert Thompson £75
235 Coni Singh Nagi £75
235 Martyn Moore £75
235 Jake Carter £75
235 Adam Jenkinson £75
235 Keelan Kay £75
235 Shaun Fox £75
235 Brian Woods £75
235 Ian Jones £75
235 Alexander Brandt £75
235 Christian Helmecke £75
235 Dennis van der Ende £75
235 Mike Warburton £75
235 Davy Robijns £75
235 Chris Hogg £75
235 Steffen Siepmann £75
235 Dalibor Smolik £75
235 Patrick Maat £75
235 Pero Ljubic £75
235 Luis Camacho £75
235 Michael Hurtz £75
235 Thomas Kohnlein £75
235 Vinay Ramnath £75
235 Tytus Kanik £75
235 Tom Luksch £75
235 Benny van der Linden £75
235 Gabor Jagicza £75
235 Marcel Hoentsch £75
235 Jody Tobback £75
235 Cedric Waegemans £75
235 Matt Padgett £75
235 Iain Cash £75
235 Ross Rimmer £75
235 Mark Challenger £75
235 Steven Inkpen £75
235 Greg Ritchie £75
235 Lisa Ashton £75
235 Glenn Gibson £75
235 Stefaan Henderyck £75
235 Ryan Palmer £75
235 Sam Cromwell £75
235 Jim Walker £75
235 Filip Sebesta £75
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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.
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- And why should he listen to you?Deduce635807-11-2026
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