Luke Humphries won his second career World Grand Prix title yesterday with an inspired 6-4 comeback win over Gerwyn Price, becoming just the fourth player ever to win multiple World Grand Prix titles.
Both Luke Humphries and Gerwyn Price participated in their fourth career World Grand Prix final yesterday and after a great tournament from the pair, either would have been a worthy winner.
Price stormed to a 3-0 lead in the final and made a World Grand Prix highest set average of 132.64 in the process!
Humphries was able to overcome the initial deficit though and would lift his ninth career PDC Major title, a win that puts him fifth on the all-time PDC Major title winners list.
š 2023 š 2026 Luke Humphries becomes just the fourth player to win multiple @BoyleSports World Grand Prix titles! š https://t.co/yy47Dd1oJT
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) October 4, 2026
Despite making the final, both players had no movement in their ranking position on the PDC Order of Merit from pre and post tournament. Humphries remains as the world number two whilst Price remains world number four.Ā
Elsewhere though, there has been noticeable movement amongst the rankings. Below weāve highlighted the biggest winners and losers in terms of ranking position following the conclusion of the 2026 World Grand Prix.
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Order of Merit Changes: Losers
Stephen Bunting: Down 2 Places
After making the semi-final of the 2025 World Darts Championship, Stephen Bunting began the 2025 season ranked 5th in the world.
He made his ambition known that he wanted to push for a top 4 place in world darts, however, heās been on a slow decline sinceā¦
A quarter-final finish at the 2025 World Matchplay was the last time he made it to the last 8 of a Major tournament and heās also failed to pick up a title on the ProTour or Euro Tour.
A second round loss to James Wade at the 2026 World Grand Prix is the last thing Bunting would have wanted.
Multiple early exits at Major ranking events this year means Bunting has dropped 2 places in the rankings and is down to 13th overall.Ā
Heās now more than Ā£220k in ranking money away from the top 4 and is much closer to dropping out of the top 16 in the rankings!
If he canāt pull some good results in the remaining tournaments this year, a 2027 Premier League Darts place will be hard for the PDC to justifyā¦
Martin Schindler: Down 4 Places
German number one Martin Schindler had worked his way up to the top 16 in world darts over the last few seasons, boosted by winning titles across both the ProTour and Euro Tour.
The Giant has struggled to push on in Major tournaments though. Heās only made it to a quarter-final twice in his senior career with one being the 2023 World Grand Prix.
His ProTour performances usually keep him in qualifying places for Major tournaments, however, he hadnāt done enough in 2026 to keep a qualifying place and missed out on the World Grand Prix entirely as a result.
As a result, Schindler drops 4 places in the rankings and is now down to 24th.
He is currently in a qualifying place for the 2026 European Championship though not by much so heāll need some good performances in upcoming Euro Tour events.
Mike De Decker: Down 9 Places
As with Schindler, Mike De Decker was another big name that failed to qualify for the 2026 World Grand Prix, though De Deckerās ranking drop was much worse.
De Decker won the 2024 World Grand Prix with a surprise upset over Luke Humphries in the final. Fans believed he would push on from the win and become a solid top 16 player (or better).
Unfortunately, De Decker was excluded from the 2025 Premier League line-up and would criticise both the PDC and players selected over him as a result.
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Since then De Decker has seen his form decline and he found himself in the worst case scenario of failing to qualify for the 2026 World Grand Prix.
This meant he couldnāt defend his winning prize money from 2024 and dropped 9 places in the rankings to 33rd.
Dimitri Van den Bergh: Down 13 Places
Two-time Major tournament winner Dimitri Van den Bergh is another player whose ranking position has suffered greatly since failing to qualify for the 2026 World Grand Prix.
Dimi has taken time away from darts since early 2025 for mental health reasons and as a result, heās failed to qualify for a number of Major tournaments since.
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The 2026 World Grand Prix is the second consecutive year heās failed to qualify and drops 13 places in the rankings to 59th overall.
At the turn of the 2020s, āThe Dreammakerā was a consistent top 10 ranked player and now he finds himself with the very real possibility that he could lose his Tour Card if heās not able to have a good run in tournaments for the remainder of the year.
Order of Merit Changes: Winners
Luke Humphries: Unchanged
Heās not just a winner of the tournament but Luke Humphries is also in the āwinningā category when it comes to rankings.
Luke Humphries lifts the 2026 World Grand Prix title after an incredible finalā¦ š https://t.co/AY9sQMMrXa
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) October 4, 2026
As 2024 World Grand Prix runner-up, Humphries came into this tournament provisionally dropping to 3rd in rankings as he was defending the Ā£60,000 in runner-up prize money while Gian van Veen was only defending Ā£7,500 from a first round exit in 2024.
Despite Gian making it to the quarter-finals, the win for Humphries alongside an increased winners prize money of Ā£150,000 means heās given himself some breathing room.
Humphries has Ā£1,081,000 in ranking prize money now whilst Gian has Ā£1,029,750. Both are still some way away from Luke Littler though who may have lost in the first round but still have a hefty ranking prize total of Ā£3,124,000.
James Wade: Up 1 Place
James Wade has shown remarkable consistency over the last few seasons making several ranking Major finals and dozens of deep tournament runs.
The Machine has made it to at least the last 8 of every Major tournament he has played during the 2026 season so far which is all the more impressive when you consider heās played 20+ years as a professional darts player.
Not only has he had one of the most consistent playing careers of any player in darts history (besides Phil Taylor and arguably John Lowe) when it comes to longevity and competing as an elite player but in 2026 he seems to be pushing on for more!
Another great tournament ended with a 5-3 loss to eventual winner Luke Humphries in the semi-finals, though this run was enough to move Wade a place up in the rankings to 5th overall.
Wade is still roughly a Major tournament win away from Gerwyn Price in 4th in terms of ranking prize money, but even if he doesnāt make it to the automatic qualification place for 2027 Premier League inclusion, thereās been a lot of fans who have been vocal about Wade deserving a place next year as an invitational place.
Nathan Aspinall: Up 4 Places
The Asp has had a yo-yo few seasons when it comes to performances and rankings in darts. Aspinall has suffered with injuries which resulted in missing a portion of the 2024 season and has also suffered with dartitis.
This has seen him drop from 4th in the world at the end of the 2023 season to 14th before the 2026 World Grand Prix.
During the tournament Aspinall spoke confidently about being one of the best players in darts and that his ranking position didnāt reflect his ability.Ā
He proved that in glimpses when he set the fourth highest World Grand Prix match average in the tournament’s history of 105.15 during a quarter-final win over Ryan Joyce.
He would lose in the semi-final but his run was enough to move him up 4 places to 11th overall. He also isnāt defending very much prize money over the next few Major tournaments either, giving Aspinall a great opportunity to push well into the world top 10.
Niels Zonneveld: Up 6 Places
The biggest winner when it comes to ranking is Niels Zonneveld. The Dutchman overcame some big darting names in Josh Rock and Gary Anderson to reach the quarter-finals, before losing to eventual winner Luke Humphries.
Zonneveld is yet to win a PDC ranking title, however, has progressed enough to debut at both the 2026 World Matchplay and 2026 World Grand Prix this year.
The quarter-final run will be a huge boost to his confidence now and he jumps up 6 places to 29th, the first time heās entered the top 32.
With very little prize money to defend over the coming years, thereās every opportunity for Zonneveld to build on this run and could even look at pushing for top 16 in the future.
Order of Merit Changes: Noteworthy
Luke Littler crashed out in the first round of the 2026 World Grand Prix to Luke Woodhouse. Just a few weeks ago The Nuke was on track to make darts history by completing a clean sweep of Major titles this year.
A quarter-final loss at the World Series of Darts finals ended that hope which seems to have had a chain reaction. Heās now unlikely to attempt to qualify for the 2026 Players Championship Finals combined with a first round loss at the 2026 World Grand Prix.
Still, itās had little impact on the rankings as he currently has more in ranking prize money on the Order of Merit than 2nd, 3rd and 4th combined š¤Æ
Michael van Gerwen was another big name to suffer a first round loss at the hands of Ryan Joyce.
While that also didnāt impact his ranking position, MVG is currently 9th in the world rankings and is much closer to dropping out of the top 10 and even the top 16 than he is to challenging for the top 4, a position he held until just a few months ago!
While not having as good of a season as last year, Danny Noppert benefited from those around him having early exits, mainly MVG and Josh Rock. Noppert only made it to the second round before he too would lose to Ryan Joyce but this was enough for him to move up a single place to 7th in the rankings.
Chris Dobey had earned a Premier League place in 2025 after a great 2025 World Championship run but despite picking up multiple titles on the ProTour, first round exits in the last two Major tournaments have seen Hollywood now fall outside the top 16. He dropped a single place to 17th overall.
Veteran players Brendan Dolan and Raymond van Barneveld failing to qualify saw them both drop 4 places in the rankings. Dolan to 53rd and Barney to 44th.
Similarly Michael Smith also failed to qualify and dropped a single place to 37th.
The updated ranking position for the top 32 in the world can be found below:
| Rank | Player | Prize Money |
| 1 | Luke Littler | Ā£3,124,000 |
| 2 | Luke Humphries | Ā£1,081,000 |
| 3 | Gian van Veen | Ā£1,029,750 |
| 4 | Gerwyn Price | Ā£793,000 |
| 5 | James Wade | Ā£686,250 |
| 6 | Jonny Clayton | Ā£684,000 |
| 7 | Danny Noppert | Ā£615,000 |
| 8 | Josh Rock | Ā£613,000 |
| 9 | Michael van Gerwen | Ā£608,500 |
| 10 | Gary Anderson | Ā£591,750 |
| 11 | Nathan Aspinall | Ā£583,000 |
| 12 | Wessel Nijman | Ā£577,000 |
| 13 | Stephen Bunting | Ā£570,750 |
| 14 | Ryan Searle | Ā£569,750 |
| 15 | Ross Smith | Ā£562,250 |
| 16 | Jermaine Wattimena | Ā£547,750 |
| 17 | Chris Dobey | Ā£537,250 |
| 18 | Luke Woodhouse | Ā£511,000 |
| 19 | Krzysztof Ratajski | Ā£440,000 |
| 20 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | Ā£427,500 |
| 21 | Damon Heta | Ā£413,250 |
| 22 | Rob Cross | Ā£397,000 |
| 23 | Martin Schindler | Ā£392,750 |
| 24 | Ryan Joyce | Ā£391,000 |
| 25 | Cameron Menzies | Ā£375,000 |
| 26 | Kevin Doets | Ā£373,000 |
| 27 | Andrew Gilding | Ā£358,750 |
| 28 | Daryl Gurney | Ā£305,000 |
| 29 | Niels Zonneveld | Ā£291,250 |
| 30 | Dave Chisnall | Ā£280,750 |
| 31 | Joe Cullen | Ā£280,000 |
| 32 | Ritchie Edhouse | Ā£278,000 |
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