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Luke Littler retains Grand Slam of Darts title to clinch world number one spot

PDC Order of Merit following the 2025 Grand Slam of Darts | Littler clinches world number one spot

Jamie Shaw in Grand Slam of Darts 17 Nov 2025
Littler clutches the Eric Bristow Trophy (Photo by Kieran Cleeves/PDC)

Luke Littler has become PDC world number one for the first time after successfully retaining the Grand Slam of Darts title on Sunday.

Littler became only the fourth player in the 19-year history of the Grand Slam to defend the title, and a landmark week for the teenager also saw him move to the summit of the Order of Merit.

The reigning World Champion mathematically clinched the coveted number one spot following his semi-final win over Danny Noppert, before going on to defeat rival Luke Humphries 16-11 in the final.

The Nuke becomes the 14th different PDC world number one, ending Humphries’ 23-month spell at the summit and moving more than £150,000 clear.

Humphries is due to defend his title-winning prize money at both the Players Championship Finals and World Championship against his Order of Merit tally, totalling £620,000.

Meanwhile, Danny Noppert has climbed four places to seventh in the rankings after reaching his fourth major ranking semi-final of the year.

Three-time champion Gerwyn Price, who also reached the semi-finals at the Aldersley Leisure Village, moves up four places to tenth, while Ross Smith rises three places to 12th despite failing to qualify for the event.

Rob Cross, who finished runner-up at the Grand Slam two years ago but failed to qualify in 2025, drops seven places to 16th.

Michael Smith’s resurgent run to the quarter-finals after coming through the Tour Card holder qualifier sees him climb two places to 28th.

Wessel Nijman enters the world’s top 32 for the first time in his career, while Andrew Gilding slips two places to 34th after failing to qualify for the Grand Slam.

Ricky Evans’ superb run to the quarter-finals sees him surge six places to 40th, while Connor Scutt climbs two places to 50th after reaching the Last 16.

Lukas Wenig enjoyed a landmark run to a first televised quarter-final and has subsequently climbed eight places to 63rd as he bids to retain his Tour Card at the end of the season.

PDC Order of Merit following the 2025 Grand Slam of Darts

PositionNamePrize Money
1Luke Littler£1,850,500
2Luke Humphries£1,689,000
3Michael van Gerwen£741,250
4Stephen Bunting£607,250
5Jonny Clayton£563,500
6James Wade£534,250
7Danny Noppert£530,750
8Gian van Veen£520,000
9Chris Dobey£516,750
10Gerwyn Price£497,500
11Josh Rock£497,000
12Ross Smith£457,750
13Damon Heta£456,000
14Gary Anderson£444,500
15Martin Schindler£441,250
16Rob Cross£432,500
17Mike De Decker£413,500
18Dave Chisnall£394,500
19Ryan Searle£393,000
20Jermaine Wattimena£383,000
21Nathan Aspinall£380,000
22Ryan Joyce£358,500
23Dimitri Van den Bergh£345,250
24Luke Woodhouse£344,000
25Daryl Gurney£339,500
26Cameron Menzies£325,250
27Ritchie Edhouse£316,500
28Michael Smith£313,500
29Dirk van Duijvenbode£309,750
30Peter Wright£295,000
31Wessel Nijman£292,750
32Joe Cullen£288,500
33Ricardo Pietreczko£279,500
34Andrew Gilding£273,000
35Raymond van Barneveld£266,000
36Scott Williams£245,250
37Krzysztof Ratajski£240,500
38Martin Lukeman£226,500
39Brendan Dolan£215,250
40Kevin Doets£177,500
41William O’Connor£172,250
42Gabriel Clemens£171,250
43Niels Zonneveld£169,750
44Callan Rydz£165,500
45Ricky Evans£165,250
46Mickey Mansell£159,250
47Madars Razma£146,000
48Richard Veenstra£127,250
49Jeffrey De Graaf£121,500
50Connor Scutt£119,750
51Kim Huybrechts£118,000
52Ian White£117,000
53Niko Springer£114,750
54Florian Hempel£103,750
55Alan Soutar£103,500
56Keane Barry£103,250
57Matt Campbell£101,750
58Rob Owen£95,500
59Nick Kenny£93,000
60Mensur Suljovic£92,750
61Thibault Tricole£91,250
62Ryan Meikle£87,500
63Lukas Wenig£86,250
64Stephen Burton£81,750
65Jim Williams£80,000
66Dom Taylor£79,500
67Dylan Slevin£77,250
68James Hurrell£77,000
69Mario Vandenbogaerde£76,750
70Chris Landman£67,250
71Karel Sedlacek£65,000
72Jose De Sousa£62,000
73Bradley Brooks£57,250
74Steve Lennon£53,250
75Matthew Dennant£52,250
76Andy Baetens£52,000
77Darren Beveridge£51,750
78Cam Crabtree£51,500
79Rhys Griffin£43,500
80Owen Bates£42,250
80Sebastian Bialecki£42,250
82Berry van Peer£41,750
83Adam Hunt£41,000
84Patrick Geeraets£40,250
85Robert Grundy£39,250
86Nathan Rafferty£38,750
86Jitse Van der Wal£38,750
88Radek Szaganski£38,250
89Jelle Klaasen£34,750
90Justin Hood£33,250
91Martijn Dragt£33,000
92Darius Labanauskas£31,750
92Adam Lipscombe£31,750
92Danny Lauby£31,750
95Wesley Plaisier£30,500
96Max Hopp£30,250
97Haupai Puha£29,500
98Dominik Gruellich£29,250
99William Borland£28,000
99Benjamin Reus£28,000
101Brett Claydon£27,500
102George Killington£27,000
103Cor Dekker£26,250
104Maik Kuivenhoven£26,000
104Andy Boulton£26,000
106Darryl Pilgrim£24,250
107Michele Turetta£21,000
108Tom Bissell£20,250
109Christian Kist£20,000
110Leon Weber£19,750
111Stefan Bellmont£18,750
112Dennie Olde Kalter£18,500
113Joshua Richardson£18,250
114Andreas Harrysson£17,750
115Jamai van den Herik£17,500
116Jurjen van der Velde£17,250
116Jim Long£17,250
116Thomas Lovely£17,250
116Marvin van Velzen£17,250
120Beau Greaves£16,000
120Viktor Tingstrom£16,000
122Adam Warner£15,500
123Greg Ritchie£13,500
124Alexander Merkx£13,000
125Mervyn King£12,500
125Jimmy van Schie£12,500
125Carl Sneyd£12,500
128Adam Paxton£11,750
129Maximilian Czerwinski£11,250
130Graham Hall£10,500
131Danny van Trijp£10,000
131Ted Evetts£10,000
133Tavis Dudeney£9,500
133Oskar Lukasiak£9,500
133Kevin Burness£9,500
136Tytus Kanik£9,250
137Boris Krcmar£9,000
138Joe Hunt£8,500
138Stefaan Henderyck£8,500
138Tim Wolters£8,500
141Michael Unterbuchner£8,250
142Rusty-Jake Rodriguez£7,500
143Tommy Lishman£6,500
144David Davies£6,000
145Jack Tweddell£5,500
145Tom Sykes£5,500
147Pero Ljubic£5,250
148Scott Waites£5,000
148Johan Engstrom£5,000
148Kai Gotthardt£5,000
148Jarno Bottenberg£5,000
148Jeffrey Sparidaans£5,000
148Daniel Klose£5,000
154Henry Coates£4,250
155Jules van Dongen£4,000
156Dragutin Horvat£3,750
156Benjamin Pratnemer£3,750
156Aden Kirk£3,750
159Lee Cocks£3,500
159Michael Flynn£3,500
161Nathan Girvan£3,250
162Scott Campbell£3,000
163Charlie Manby£2,500
163Martin Kramer£2,500
163Kevin Troppmann£2,500
163Andras Borbely£2,500
163Sam Spivey£2,500
163Francois Schweyen£2,500
163Arno Merk£2,500
163Kevin Knopf£2,500
163Petr Krivka£2,500
163Teemu Harju£2,500
163Paul Krohne£2,500
163Graham Usher£2,500
175Martin Thomas£2,000
176Sietse Lap£1,500
177Tomislav Rosandic£1,250
177Felix Springer£1,250
177Denis Schnetzer£1,250
177Andreas Toft Jorgensen£1,250
177Rocco Fulciniti£1,250
177Ansh Sood£1,250
177Andreas Hyllgaardhus£1,250
177Nandor Major£1,250
177Nandor Pres£1,250
177Levente Sarai£1,250
177Jiri Brejcha£1,250
177Filip Manak£1,250
177Lukas Unger£1,250
177Adam Gawlas£1,250
177Xanti Van den Bergh£1,250
177Miroslaw Grudziecki£1,250
177Liam Maendl-Lawrance£1,250
177Yorick Hofkens£1,250
177Moritz Bohrmann£1,250
177Joshua Hermann£1,250
177Jeffrey De Zwaan£1,250
177Jerry Hendriks£1,250
177Marcel Erba£1,250
177Zoran Lerchbacher£1,250
177Christian Goedl£1,250
177Gyorgy Jehirszki£1,250
177Rowby-John Rodriguez£1,250
177Michael Rosenauer£1,250
177Rene Eidams£1,250
177Finn Behrens£1,250
177Paul Goyer£1,250
177Patrick Klingelhoefer£1,250
177Laurin Welk£1,250
177Marko Kantele£1,250
177Sybren Gijbels£1,250
177Patrick De Backer£1,250
177Cedric Waegemans£1,250
214Jenson Walker£1,000
214Ron Meulenkamp£1,000
214Paul Rowley£1,000
214Tommy Morris£1,000
214Simon Stevenson£1,000
214Shaun Fox£1,000
220Ryan Branley£750

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