Gian van Veen is the new leader on the PDC Development Tour Order of Merit. The Dutchman took over from 16-year-old Luke Littler after fifteen of 24 tournaments.

Van Veen returned to success on the Development Tour last weekend by picking up his fourth title of the season. The 21-year-old darts player from Poederoijen has earned £12,300 on the Development Tour circuit this season.

Littler currently ranks second at 10,175 pounds. Behind the magic talent of England, there is again the Dutch. Wessel Nijman also had a very strong tournament weekend with a tournament win and second place. At £8925, Nijman has a solid third place and can dream of participating in the World Cup and winning the PDC Tour Card later this year. Bradley Brooks and Jarred Cole also won last weekend’s tournament and moved up to fourth and fifth respectively.

What is the PDC Development Tour?

The PDC Development Tour counts as such PDC training institute. Talented players have the opportunity to further develop their talents on this circuit.

Players can enter as soon as they reach the age of sixteen. They can then participate up to and including the season in which they are 24 years old.

Currently, the Development Tour circuit consists of 24 tournaments. It will be completed over five weekends. One of the five weekends will be played in Hildesheim, Germany, the other four weekends in the UK.

What are the follow-up options through the PDC Development Tour?

The PDC Youth World Championship is held annually. It will take place on August 20 this season. The best players from the Development Tour are allowed to participate. They play the tournament until two players are left. The final is traditionally on the final night of the Players Championship Finals on November 26.

The prize for the junior world champion is a check of £10,000, participation in the World Darts Championship and qualification for the Grand Slam of Darts the following season. The latter also applies to the runners-up of the PDC World Youth Championship.

But there are more rewards to be earned through the Development Tour. Numbers one and two in the final ranking are allowed to participate in the World Darts Championship and receive a PDC Tour Card for the next two years. Number 1s on the Development Tour Order of Merit can also participate in 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 qualified for a specific TV tournament, they will move on to the next player in the rankings. The same goes for Tour Card distribution.

PDC Development Tour Order of Merit after the 15/24 tournament

Rank – Name – Prize money

1 Gian van Veen £12,300

2 Luke Littlers £10,175

3 Wessel Nijman £8,925

4 Bradley Brooks £6,525

5 Jarred Cole £6,100

6 Jurjen van der Velde £5,450

7 Dylan Slevin £5,325

8 Nathan Rafferty £5,125

9Sebastian Bialecki £4,800

10 Rusty Jake Rodriguez £4,475

11 Bradly Haze £4,225

12 Ciaran Teehan £4,200

13 Owen Roelofs £4,125

14 Christopher Toonders £4,125

15 Adam Gawlas £3,850

16 Lewis Gurney £3,550

17 Nathan Girvan £3,400

18 Cam Crabtree £3,275

19 David Schlichting £2,725

20Kevin Troppmann £2,650

21 Dominik Gruellich £2,525

22 Harry Gregory £2,425

23 Levy Frauenfelder £2,375

24James Beeton £2,375

25 Male Jacks £2,225

26Jim Moston £2,225

27 Jitse van der Wal £2,150

28 Marvin Kraft £2,025

29 Leighton Bennett £2,025

30 Adam Paxton £1,875

31 Owen Bates £1,850

32 Damian Vetjens £1,700

33 Jacob Gwynne £1,700

34 Justin Hewitt £1,700

35 Jordan Sharpe £1,675

36Henry Coates £1,675

37Thomas Bank £1,650

38 Owen Maiden £1,625

39 Connor Hopkins £1,625

40 Connor Arberry £1,600

41 Pascal Rupprecht £1,550

42 Reece Colley £1,550

43 Danny Jones £1,500

44 Daniel Perry £1,450

45 Keelan Kay £1,450

46Jack Vincent £1,425

47 Keane Barry £1,400

48 Youri Brewers £1,325

49 Tavis Dudeney £1,300

50 Stefan Dees £1,300

51 Riley Rees-Tucker £1,300

52 Oliver King £1,250

53 Filip Ljubenko £1,200

54 Thomas Houdek £1,200

55 Sam Cromwell £1,175

56 Robert Kef £1,125

57 Daan Bastiaansen £1,125

58 Charlie Manby £1,125

59 Ruben Masters £1,050

60 Lewy Williams £1,050

61 Jarno Bottenberg £1,000

62 Marc Petermann £975

63 Luke Fraulob £925

64 Alfie Thompson £900

65 Llew Bevan £900

66Bram van Dyke £875

67 Box Fred £850

68 Craig Galliano £850

69 Runes Van Damme £825

70 Pim van Bijnen £825

71 Moreno Blom £825

72 Bradley Aldous £800

73 Jamai van den Herik £750

74 Roman Benecky £750

75 Marvin Koch £725

76 Viani Van den Bergh £725

77 Dylan Dowling £700

78 Johnny Stewart £700

79 Sam Aitken £700

80 Oliver Madge £650

81 Dylan Tuite £650

82 Marvin van Velzen £650

83 Jaikob Selby-Rivas £650

84 Wesley Veenstra £600

85 Enrico Frank £575

86 Travis Baur £575

87 Xanti Van den Bergh £575

88Luke Cottrell £575

89 Jordan Boyce £575

90 Byron Garner £575

91 Dylan Quinn £550

92Jimmy Bristow £525

93Nicholas Wierling £500

94 Joshua Hermann £500

95 Halal Euros £500

96 Nathan Cares £500

97 Damien Moore £500

98 Big Charlie £500

99 Matteo Ognibeni £475

100 Kalem Marsh £475

101 Cole Davey £450

102 Declan Cox £450

103 Keaton Williams £425

104 Mark Connolly £425

105 Rohan Brewers £425

106 Zac Griffiths £425

107 Finn Chudziak £425

108 Robbe Dasseville £425

January 109 Schmidt £400

110 Killian Heffernan £400

111 Tom Garfield £400

112 Lewis Mayes £400

113 Sascha Stuhlemmer £375

114 Robin Radloff £375

115 Laszlo Ancsin £375

116 Coby Jones-Swanson £375

117 Charlie shares for £375

118 Luke Van der Kwast £375

119 Jannes Bremermann £350

120 Alexander Steinmetz £350

121 Shem Devout £350

122 Ondrej Frystacky £350

123 Adam Dee £350

124 Mitchell Leeming £350

125Keenan Thomas £350

126 Colin Haverkat £300

127 Andras Borbely £275

128 Charlie Wiles £275

129 Dominik Nebe £275

130 Dieter Van Ham £275

131 Seppe Dasseville £275

132 Sydney de Vries £275

133 Samuel Palmer £275

134 Anna Votavova £275

135 Bailey White £275

136 Jenson Walker £275

137 Marius Brink £275

138 Nathan Potter £275

139 Keanen Norris £275

140 Tobacco Mark £275

141 Dylan van Lierop £225

142 Alan Half Sleeve £225

143 Fabian Schmutzler £225

144 Harry Jake Robinson £225

145 Lloyd Walker £225

146 Angelo Balsamo £225

147 Jamie Gardner £225

148 Angelo van Deventer £225

149 Ciaran Forde £225

150 Michael Mossou £225

151 Sean Cummins £225

152 Cayden Smith £225

153 Jake Neale £225

154 Pascal Lausch £200

155 Meinte Hibma £200

156 Joshua Adrian £200

157 Keith Zahner £200

158 Louis Hornig £200

159 Nicolas Menz £200

160Paul Vogt £200

161 Jeffrey Keen £200

162 Luca Pfaff £200

163 John Wightman £200

164 Jack Howard £200

165 Matthew Chegwin £200

166 Cameron Lee £200

167 Jamie Tilley £200

168 Cian Fitzpatrick £200

169 Sam Coender £200

170 Carl van Mens £150

171 Djowy Verhagen £150

172 David Drewanz £150

173 Jeremy Jendrzejewski £150

174 Lawrence Kelm £150

175 Nick Mueller £150

176 Derek Barry £150

177 Reis Markley £150

178 Jonathan Parvaneh £150

179 Sunday Shane £150

180 Kevin van der Voort £150

181 Lennon Cradock £150

182 Angel Nando £150

183 Justin van Tergow £150

184 Robbie Chalmers £150

185 Patrick Williams £150

186 Jake Fewell £150

187 Jurre Begard £75

188 Keanu van Velzen £75

189 Luke Holtewert £75

190 Max Pauly £75

191Nicholas Roehre £75

192Oliver Mueller (Dorzbach) £75

193 Tim Gotier £75

194 Vilem Sedivy £75

195 Julian Zwergel £75

196 Dane Beerink £75

197Tom Kloppmann £75

198 Leon Remde £75

January 199 Zagel £75

200 Mattia Pinelli £75

201 Mika Niems £75

202 Miro Seemann £75

203 Oliver Ufer £75

204 Patrick Schroeder £75

205 Sebastian Keine £75

206 Bram Youth £75

207 Hendrik Richel £75

208 Louis Rodamer £75

209 Mike Verschuur £75

210 Noah Hanfland £75

211 Noah Weller £75

212 January Luca Limburg £75

213 Leonard Ingles £75

214 Marvin Fink £75

215 Massimo Balsamo £75

216 Maurice Junker £75

217 Ben Phillips £75

218 Luke Rutters £75

219 Marco Jungwith £75

220 Aaron Colley £75

221 Antony Richardson £75

222 Dean Fitch Jnr £75

223 Jack Hooks £75

224 Scott Smith £75

225 Jonas Aplowski £75

226 Charlie Bubb £75

227 Lleyton Molyneux £75

228 Daniel Coates £75

229 Egor TVorogov £75

230 Matyas Rejhon £75

231 Noah Roeschlein £75

232 Chris Birches £75

233 George Lynch £75

234Harrison McMullen £75

235Joseph Lynaugh £75

236 Cameron Christie £75

237 Sebastian Bech £75

238 Tyler Radlett £75

239 Bradley Timlin £75

240 Danny Goddard £75

241 Jack McNeilly £75

242 Lars Plaisier £75

243 Billy Warriors £75

244 Joshua Bean £75

245 Philip Wants £75

246 Rene Molendijk £75

247Andrew Ingman £75

248 Connor Woodcock Colk £75

249 Mitchell Koster £75

250 Liam Fowkes £75

251 Sean Negrette £75

252 Kishan Prakash Soul £75