And here's an update of the unofficial 2 year ranking major order of merit (top 48 players).
Let's give a very warm welcome to Jeffrey de Graaf and Niko Springer, who replaced Gabriel Clemens and Ritchie Edhouse in the top 48!
The Premier League line Up is almost confirmed at this point..
Luke Littler
Luke Humphries
Gerwyn Price
Gian van Veen
James Wade (should be in)
Ross Smith
Michael van Gerwen (shouldn't be in)
Someone else
I think this Martin Schindler run has a lot of parallels to the run Ross Smith had in the European Championship when he won in 2022..
Both had a poor year up to that point, struggling to win matches and missing a major earlier in the year but being on point at the EDC
Players to reach multiple Ranking Major Semi Finals this year:
Gerwyn Price 5 (full house!)
Luke Littler 3
Luke Humphries 2
Gian van Veen 2
James Wade 2
A game where we have a guaranteed new major finalist in the big 2026 🥹🥹🥹.
Martin Schindler or Krzysztof Ratajski... bring it on!!!
Martin Schindler now leads the legs H2H against Jonny Clayton!
Schindler has won 91 legs while Clayton has won 86 legs in their 17 games..
The last 4 Schindler wins where 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 and 10-1. When Schindler wins it's usually very dominant
Welsh Players always seem to be involved when Martin Schindler reaches new milestones:
Beat Clayton to reach his first ever Major QF
Beat Clayton to reach his first ever European Tour SF
Beat Price to win his first ever ET title
Beat Clayton to reach his first ever major SF
The last three Best of 19 matches Gerwyn Price and Stephen Bunting had against each other:
2019 Players Championship Finals QF: Price 10-3 Bunting
2023 World Matchplay Last 32: Price 10-3 Bunting
2026 European Championship QF: Price 10-3 Bunting
Stephen Bunting actually hasn't won a ranked stage game against Gerwyn Price since he beat him at the World Matchplay 2019..
Kinda crazy how many players struggle against Price to the extent they do.. Cross, Clayton, Dobey and others
Luke Woodhouse has lost to those averages in ranking majors this year:
105.00
105.16
90.42
96.27 (DI DO)
107.00
It usually requires a big performance to beat Woodhouse on TV this year
I was about to guess Adam Smith-Neale but he isn't on tour anymore lmao
Josh Rock might be cursed. Josh Rock might be destined to use Welcome to the Party forever..
Everytime he's changed his walk on song he's immediately lost... and never used it ever again. Here's the list of the occasions he's used a different Walk On:
Players with the most ranking major Quarter Finals so far this season:
🥇 Gerwyn Price 5 (full house!)
🥈Luke Littler, James Wade 4
🥉Josh Rock, Jonny Clayton, Gian van Veen 3
Talking about the Premier League, it's arguably a crazy thought that Dimitri van den Bergh should've been in the PL in 2025 based on his TV Performances and now is odds on to lose his TourCard just one year later




