Wessel Nijman will head to Minehead as the top seed for the Players Championship Finals after finishing top of the final Players Championship Order of Merit for 2026. Nijman topped the standings with £160,500 in prize money, followed by Chris Dobey (£121,750), Kevin Doets (£113,250), Luke Woodhouse (£91,000) and Jermaine Wattimena (£84,500) to complete the top five.
The final event of the 2026 Players Championship series saw Tommy Morris end a fantastic season as the final winner. 'Tommy Gun' was a big winner from today after also reaching a final last week in Den Bosch. He is up to 21st to end the year from 44th after winning his maiden title. Morris will be at Minehead, as will the top 64 from the Order of Merit.
Also in the top 10 include Luke Humphries (7th, £77,000), Beau Greaves (8th, £72,000) and Ross Smith (9th, £68,500). Further down include James Wade (30th, £53,000), Gerwyn Price (52nd, £38,000) and Gary Anderson (54th, £37,500), the latter who only just qualified. Cristo Reyes broke into the top 16 going up five spots to 15th with £62,750, while Michael van Gerwen finished 18th with £59,250.
Luke Littler's gamble for his attempt to win every major failed in Amsterdam and he didn't bother with any of the remaining events so he is outside the top 120 in 130th spot with £10,500. Nathan Aspinall too is in 85th with £26,500 and will not qualify either. Jack Aldridge and Archie Self after another good stanza from both are up 15 and 7 spots albeit both will not be in Minehead. Neither will Ricardo Pietreczko who tried, but it was fruitless as he finished 66th up six spots today.
The Players Championship series comprises a total of 34 tournaments, which take place over Hildesheim, Wigan, Leicester, Milton Keynes, and, 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. The top 64 qualify for the Players Championship Finals, which take place in Minehead at the end of November. It is the final year in which the top 64 qualify with it being an extended field next year, but even in that extended field Littler wouldn't qualify.
