The European Tour Order of Merit was introduced in 2016 and is based on prize money won in the year's European Tour events which are held across continental Europe.
The top 32 players from the European Tour Order of Merit qualify for the European Championship.
| Position | Name | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luke Littler | £62,500 |
| 2 | Martin Schindler | £47,000 |
| 3 | Luke Humphries | £44,000 |
| 4 | Gary Anderson | £34,000 |
| 5 | Gerwyn Price | £33,000 |
| 6 | Ross Smith | £30,500 |
| 7 | Rob Cross | £28,500 |
| 8 | Stephen Bunting | £27,000 |
| 9 | Michael van Gerwen | £26,500 |
| 10 | Danny Noppert | £26,000 |
| 11 | Chris Dobey | £20,000 |
| 11 | Joe Cullen | £20,000 |
| 13 | Josh Rock | £16,000 |
| 13 | Ryan Searle | £16,000 |
| 15 | Ritchie Edhouse | £14,000 |
| 15 | Damon Heta | £14,000 |
| 15 | Jonny Clayton | £14,000 |
| 18 | Brendan Dolan | £12,500 |
| 18 | Gabriel Clemens | £12,500 |
| 18 | Ricardo Pietreczko | £12,500 |
| 21 | Dave Chisnall | £12,000 |
| 21 | Jermaine Wattimena | £12,000 |
| 23 | Daryl Gurney | £11,500 |
| 23 | Richard Veenstra | £11,500 |
| 25 | Gian van Veen | £11,000 |
| 26 | Peter Wright | £10,500 |
| 27 | Nathan Aspinall | £10,000 |
| 28 | Michael Smith | £8,000 |
| 28 | Ryan Joyce | £8,000 |
| 30 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | £7,500 |
| 30 | Luke Woodhouse | £7,500 |
| 32 | Cameron Menzies | £6,500 |
| 32 | Mike De Decker | £6,500 |
| 34 | Daniel Klose | £5,250 |
| 35 | Raymond van Barneveld | £5,000 |
| 35 | Jeffrey De Zwaan | £5,000 |
| 35 | James Wade | £5,000 |
| 38 | Krzysztof Ratajski | £4,000 |
| 38 | Scott Williams | £4,000 |
| 40 | Callan Rydz | £3,750 |
| 40 | Michael Unterbuchner | £3,750 |
| 40 | Romeo Grbavac | £3,750 |
| 40 | Lukas Wenig | £3,750 |
| 44 | Dom Taylor | £2,500 |
| 44 | Danny Lauby | £2,500 |
| 44 | Darius Labanauskas | £2,500 |
| 44 | Andrew Gilding | £2,500 |
| 44 | Wessel Nijman | £2,500 |
| 44 | Martin Lukeman | £2,500 |
| 44 | Johan Engstrom | £2,500 |
| 44 | Mickey Mansell | £2,500 |
| 44 | Keane Barry | £2,500 |
| 44 | Christian Perez | £2,500 |
| 44 | Jeffrey Sparidaans | £2,500 |
| 44 | Niels Zonneveld | £2,500 |
| 44 | Franz Roetzsch | £2,500 |
| 44 | William O'Connor | £2,500 |
| 44 | Jose De Sousa | £2,500 |
| 44 | Steve Lennon | £2,500 |
| 44 | Andreas Harrysson | £2,500 |
| 44 | Berry van Peer | £2,500 |
| 62 | Zoran Lerchbacher | £1,250 |
| 62 | Ricky Evans | £1,250 |
| 62 | Graham Hall | £1,250 |
| 62 | Christian Goedl | £1,250 |
| 62 | Madars Razma | £1,250 |
| 62 | Hannes Schnier | £1,250 |
| 62 | Dominik Haberl | £1,250 |
| 62 | Arron Monk | £1,250 |
| 62 | Karel Sedlacek | £1,250 |
| 62 | Ian White | £1,250 |
| 62 | Stephen Burton | £1,250 |
| 62 | Rene Eidams | £1,250 |
| 62 | Arno Merk | £1,250 |
| 62 | Niko Springer | £1,250 |
| 62 | Simon Whitlock | £1,250 |
| 62 | Alexander Masek | £1,250 |
| 62 | Cor Dekker | £1,250 |
| 62 | Lee Evans | £1,250 |
| 62 | Mervyn King | £1,250 |
| 62 | Kai Gotthardt | £1,250 |
| 62 | Owen Bates | £1,250 |
| 62 | Patrick Klingelhoefer | £1,250 |
| 62 | Jitse Van der Wal | £1,250 |
| 62 | Jan Dueckers | £1,250 |
| 62 | Dylan Slevin | £1,250 |
| 62 | Oliver Mueller (FfO) | £1,250 |
| 62 | Vitezslav Sedlak | £1,250 |
| 62 | Kevin Doets | £1,250 |
| 62 | Viktor Tingstrom | £1,250 |
| 62 | Matthias Ehlers | £1,250 |
| 62 | Alan Soutar | £1,250 |
| 62 | Steven Strobbe | £1,250 |
| 62 | Jeroen Caron | £1,250 |
| 62 | Born Van Put | £1,250 |
| 62 | Geert De Vos | £1,250 |
| 62 | James Hurrell | £1,250 |
| 62 | Chris Landman | £1,250 |