Order of Merit Players Championship after PC 18

The Players Championship series comprises a total of 34 tournaments which take place over Hildesheim, Wigan, Leicester, Milton Keynes and new for 2026, a trip to Den Bosch.

It sees the top names including Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, Michael van Gerwen and Gian van Veen in action over the course of the year with the PDC ProTour being seen as the so-called Bread and Butter tournaments that help towards qualifying for most majors including the PDC World Darts Championship.

But the Players Championship Order of Merit is the one to watch for this series as it sees the top 64 players over the course of the season qualify for the Players Championship Finals which take place in Minehead at the end of November.

It is determined based on total prize money won by each player in the Players Championship events throughout the year. The top 64 qualify and it also spells some issues as it did in 2025 for the likes of Luke Littler, Nathan Aspinall and Luke Humphries who had to qualify late. Michael van Gerwen for instance did not qualify at all.

Players Championship Order of Merit after Event 18

It is an unchanged top three. Early exits for Wessel Nijman and Kevin Doets severely halted their progress, but the gap was so big that even a quarter-final run by Kevin Doets does not really make the biggest impact.

The big story is occurs just below. Luke Woodhouse’s first PDC ranking title leaves him fifth in the Order of Merit. A second final appearance leaves him in good stead heading to Minehead in October. So does the losing finalist Andrew Gilding. Two finals in three events, winning one of them, leaves him in fourth.

Beau Greaves could only manage a run to round two, losing
out to Danny Noopert. She slots in sixth as James Wade also falls down a spot
despite making the semi-final stage. That missed match dart on tops will hurt ‘The
Machine.’

PC17 runner-up Jermaine Wattimena sits in eighth as Ross Smith and Noppert cap off the top 10.

Luke Woodhouse smiling and beaming with joy

Luke Woodhouse won Players Championship 18

Luke Humphries no-show saw him drop down to 13th.
He opted not to compete after winning the tournament the day before in
Leicester. Right behind him comes Jonny Clayton who made it to the
quarter-finals. Michael van Gerwen is out of the top 10 after not competing,
sitting in 16th.

Further down the order, Luke Littler is still yet to get on the board having not competed in an event yet in 2026. Josh Rock and Gian van Veen’s early exits prevent them from breaking into the top 64.

(as of dartsrankings.com)

Rank	Player	Prize Money
1	Wessel Nijman	108.5
2	Chris Dobey	72
3	Kevin Doets	71.75
4	Andrew Gilding	63.75
5	Luke Woodhouse	51.75
6	Beau Greaves	46.25
7	James Wade	46
8	Jermaine Wattimena	43.5
9	Ross Smith	41.25
10	Danny Noppert	37.75
11	Joe Cullen	37.75
12	Stephen Bunting	37.5
13	Luke Humphries	37
14	Jonny Clayton	35
15	Dirk van Duijvenbode	34.75
16	Michael van Gerwen	34.5
17	Ryan Searle	34.25
18	Tom Bissell	33.5
19	Max Hopp	33.5
20	Gerwyn Price	32.75
21	Sebastian Bialecki	32.5
22	Joe Hunt	31.5
23	Karel Sedlacek	30.5
24	Niko Springer	30
25	Krzysztof Ratajski	29
26	Daryl Gurney	27.75
27	Justin Hood	27.75
28	Alan Soutar	27.75
29	Maik Kuivenhoven	27.5
30	Mensur Suljovic	27.5
31	Kim Huybrechts	26.75
32	Dave Chisnall	25.5
33	Gary Anderson	25.25
34	Tom Sykes	25
35	Callan Rydz	23.75
36	Connor Scutt	23.5
37	Darius Labanauskas	23
38	Rob Owen	23
39	Darryl Pilgrim	23
40	Gabriel Clemens	22.75
41	Christian Kist	22.75
42	Rob Cross	22.75
43	Charlie Manby	22.5
44	Keane Barry	22.25
45	Alexander Merkx	22
46	Richard Veenstra	22
47	William O’Connor	21.75
48	Michael Smith	21.5
49	Damon Heta	21
50	Cristo Reyes	20.5
51	Madars Razma	20.5
52	Niels Zonneveld	20
53	Ritchie Edhouse	20
54	Ian White	20
55	Scott Waites	20
56	Thibault Tricole	19.25
57	Jim Long	19.25
58	Martijn Dragt	19
59	Martin Schindler	18.25
60	Jurjen van der Velde	17.75
61	Lukas Wenig	17.75
62	Jeffrey de Graaf	17.25
63	Andy Boulton	16.75
64	Derek Coulson	16.5
65	James Hurrell	16.5
66	Cameron Menzies	16
67	Leon Weber	16
68	Cor Dekker	16
69	Jeffrey Sparidaans	15.25
70	Jimmy van Schie	15.25
71	Nathan Aspinall	15.25
72	Brendan Dolan	15
73	Adam Gawlas	15
74	Josh Rock	14.75
75	Nick Kenny	14.75
76	Mike De Decker	14.75
77	Adam Lipscombe	14.5
78	Owen Bates	14
79	Cam Crabtree	14
80	Arno Merk	14
81	Tommy Morris	13.75
82	Shane McGuirk	13.75
83	David Sharp	13.5
84	Peter Wright	13.5
85	Dimitri Van den Bergh	13.25
86	Tommy Lishman	13.25
87	Mervyn King	13.25
88	Thomas Lovely	13.25
89	Mickey Mansell	13
90	Ryan Joyce	12.75
91	Chris Landman	12.25
92	Jack Tweddell	12.25
93	Wesley Plaisier	12.25
94	Ryan Meikle	11.75
95	Marvin van Velzen	11.75
96	Niall Culleton	11.5
97	Steve Lennon	11.25
98	Gian van Veen	10.75
99	Tyler Thorpe	10.75
100	Mario Vandenbogaerde	10.5
101	Sietse Lap	10.5
102	Tavis Dudeney	10.25
103	Adam Paxton	10.25
104	Jeffrey De Zwaan	10.25
105	Benjamin Pratnemer	10.25
106	Stephen Burton	10.25
107	Adam Leek	9.75
108	Ricardo Pietreczko	9.5
109	Scott Williams	9.25
110	Viktor Tingstrom	8.75
111	Rhys Griffin	8.75
112	Stefan Bellmont	8.25
113	Stephen Rosney	8.25
114	Pascal Rupprecht	8.25
115	Greg Ritchie	8.25
116	Samuel Price	7.5
117	Raymond van Barneveld	7.5
118	Kai Gotthardt	7
119	Bradley Brooks	6.75
120	Harry Ward	6.5
121	Nathan Potter	6.5
122	Carl Sneyd	6.5
123	Ricky Evans	6.25
124	Yorick Hofkens	5.75
125	Martin Lukeman	5.75
126	Dominik Gruellich	5.25
127	Marvin Kraft	5
128	Dennie Olde Kalter	4.5
129	Adam Warner	4.5
130	Daniel Klose	4.25
131	Callum Goffin	4
132	Maximilian Czerwinski	3.75
133	Filip Bereza	3.75
134	Tytus Kanik	3.25
135	Oliver Mitchell	3
136	Lewis Pride	2.5
137	Jack Aldridge	2
138	Stefaan Henderyck	2
139	Christopher Wickenden	1.25
140	Daniel Ayres	1.25
141	Danny Trueman	1.25
142	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	1.25
143	Ted Evetts	1.25
144	Matthias Ehlers	1.25
145	Henry Coates	1.25
146	Luke Littler	0
146	Oskar Lukasiak	0
146	Pero Ljubic	0