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 | Nathan Aspinall | £42,000 |
| 2 | Stephen Bunting | £36,000 |
| 3 | Luke Littler | £30,000 |
| 4 | Ross Smith | £18,500 |
| 4 | Mike De Decker | £18,500 |
| 6 | Martin Schindler | £16,500 |
| 7 | Gerwyn Price | £16,000 |
| 8 | Luke Humphries | £14,500 |
| 9 | Dave Chisnall | £14,000 |
| 10 | Ryan Joyce | £13,250 |
| 11 | Wessel Nijman | £12,500 |
| 12 | Cameron Menzies | £10,000 |
| 13 | Gian van Veen | £9,000 |
| 13 | Luke Woodhouse | £9,000 |
| 13 | Ritchie Edhouse | £9,000 |
| 16 | Gary Anderson | £8,500 |
| 16 | Michael van Gerwen | £8,500 |
| 16 | James Wade | £8,500 |
| 19 | Damon Heta | £8,000 |
| 20 | Ricardo Pietreczko | £7,500 |
| 21 | Andrew Gilding | £6,500 |
| 21 | Raymond van Barneveld | £6,500 |
| 21 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | £6,500 |
| 21 | Michael Smith | £6,500 |
| 21 | Jermaine Wattimena | £6,500 |
| 21 | Boris Krcmar | £6,500 |
| 27 | Karel Sedlacek | £6,000 |
| 27 | Josh Rock | £6,000 |
| 27 | Peter Wright | £6,000 |
| 27 | Jonny Clayton | £6,000 |
| 31 | Matt Campbell | £5,250 |
| 32 | Ryan Searle | £5,000 |
| 33 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | £4,000 |
| 33 | Rob Cross | £4,000 |
| 33 | Daryl Gurney | £4,000 |
| 36 | Joe Cullen | £3,750 |
| 36 | Darius Labanauskas | £3,750 |
| 36 | Thibault Tricole | £3,750 |
| 36 | Niko Springer | £3,750 |
| 40 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | £2,500 |
| 40 | Daniel Klose | £2,500 |
| 40 | Callan Rydz | £2,500 |
| 40 | Thomas Lovely | £2,500 |
| 40 | Ricky Evans | £2,500 |
| 45 | Krzysztof Ratajski | £1,250 |
| 45 | Paul Goyer | £1,250 |
| 45 | Rob Owen | £1,250 |
| 45 | Patrick Klingelhoefer | £1,250 |
| 45 | Richard Veenstra | £1,250 |
| 45 | Radek Szaganski | £1,250 |
| 45 | Kevin Knopf | £1,250 |
| 45 | Petr Krivka | £1,250 |
| 45 | William O'Connor | £1,250 |
| 45 | Adam Hunt | £1,250 |
| 45 | Martin Lukeman | £1,250 |
| 45 | Connor Scutt | £1,250 |
| 45 | Dominik Gruellich | £1,250 |
| 45 | Marko Kantele | £1,250 |
| 45 | Paul Krohne | £1,250 |
| 45 | Kevin Doets | £1,250 |
| 45 | Alan Soutar | £1,250 |
| 45 | Laurin Welk | £1,250 |
| 45 | Michael Unterbuchner | £1,250 |
| 45 | James Hurrell | £1,250 |
| 45 | Cedric Waegemans | £1,250 |
| 45 | Matthew Dennant | £1,250 |
| 45 | Cam Crabtree | £1,250 |
| 45 | Sybren Gijbels | £1,250 |
| 45 | Francois Schweyen | £1,250 |
| 45 | Owen Bates | £1,250 |
| 45 | Darryl Pilgrim | £1,250 |
| 45 | Patrick De Backer | £1,250 |
| 45 | Jim Long | £1,250 |