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 Humphries | £44,000 |
| 2 | Martin Schindler | £41,000 |
| 3 | Gary Anderson | £34,000 |
| 4 | Gerwyn Price | £33,000 |
| 5 | Luke Littler | £32,500 |
| 6 | Rob Cross | £28,500 |
| 7 | Ross Smith | £22,000 |
| 8 | Michael van Gerwen | £20,500 |
| 9 | Danny Noppert | £20,000 |
| 10 | Stephen Bunting | £18,500 |
| 11 | Chris Dobey | £17,500 |
| 12 | Ryan Searle | £16,000 |
| 13 | Damon Heta | £14,000 |
| 14 | Gabriel Clemens | £12,500 |
| 14 | Ricardo Pietreczko | £12,500 |
| 16 | Josh Rock | £12,000 |
| 16 | Jermaine Wattimena | £12,000 |
| 18 | Jonny Clayton | £10,000 |
| 18 | Brendan Dolan | £10,000 |
| 18 | Nathan Aspinall | £10,000 |
| 21 | Richard Veenstra | £9,000 |
| 22 | Dave Chisnall | £8,000 |
| 22 | Michael Smith | £8,000 |
| 22 | Joe Cullen | £8,000 |
| 22 | Ryan Joyce | £8,000 |
| 26 | Daryl Gurney | £7,500 |
| 26 | Luke Woodhouse | £7,500 |
| 28 | Mike De Decker | £6,500 |
| 28 | Peter Wright | £6,500 |
| 30 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | £5,000 |
| 30 | Gian van Veen | £5,000 |
| 30 | James Wade | £5,000 |
| 33 | Michael Unterbuchner | £3,750 |
| 33 | Lukas Wenig | £3,750 |
| 35 | Johan Engstrom | £2,500 |
| 35 | Raymond van Barneveld | £2,500 |
| 35 | Franz Roetzsch | £2,500 |
| 35 | Niels Zonneveld | £2,500 |
| 35 | Romeo Grbavac | £2,500 |
| 35 | Jose De Sousa | £2,500 |
| 35 | Berry van Peer | £2,500 |
| 35 | Andreas Harrysson | £2,500 |
| 43 | Rene Eidams | £1,250 |
| 43 | Arno Merk | £1,250 |
| 43 | Niko Springer | £1,250 |
| 43 | Ian White | £1,250 |
| 43 | Jan Dueckers | £1,250 |
| 43 | Patrick Klingelhoefer | £1,250 |
| 43 | Cor Dekker | £1,250 |
| 43 | Kai Gotthardt | £1,250 |
| 43 | Alexander Masek | £1,250 |
| 43 | Matthias Ehlers | £1,250 |
| 43 | Vitezslav Sedlak | £1,250 |
| 43 | Viktor Tingstrom | £1,250 |
| 43 | Oliver Mueller (FfO) | £1,250 |
| 43 | Daniel Klose | £1,250 |
| 43 | Born Van Put | £1,250 |
| 43 | Jeroen Caron | £1,250 |
| 43 | Steven Strobbe | £1,250 |
| 43 | Chris Landman | £1,250 |
| 43 | James Hurrell | £1,250 |
| 43 | Geert De Vos | £1,250 |