Wessel Nijman has turned the 2026 PDC ProTour race into a chase, not a contest for control.
The latest PDC Europe winners audit places Nijman on eight ProTour titles from the opening 30 events of the season, with his haul now lifting him to £314,500 on the ProTour Order of Merit. That figure is the clearest measure yet of how quickly the Dutchman has moved from dangerous floor-event operator to the player setting the pace across the full ranking calendar.
Nijman benchmark shifts before July block
Nijman’s wins include Players Championship 21 in Wigan, the European Darts Trophy in Gottingen and the Slovak Darts Open, where he beat Rob Cross 8-3 in Bratislava. PDC Europe’s review also notes a wider spread of 2026 winners, from Beau Greaves’ historic Players Championship 11 breakthrough to Luke Woodhouse’s double rise on floor and European Tour stages.
That matters because July now brings another loaded ProTour stretch: four Players Championship events plus the European Darts Open in Leverkusen. Nijman is not merely protecting ranking money; he is forcing the rest of the field to match a season-long strike rate that has already changed the tone of the race.
NineDartNews has already tracked Nijman’s ProTour surge before the July push, but this latest PDC Europe snapshot sharpens the point. The chasing pack now has a number to attack, and it is a steep one.
Source: PDC Europe.
