PDC Stats Analyst Christopher Kempf assesses the sport’s top ten stars – based on their last 200 legs played – ahead of the 2026 Flanders Darts Trophy. #1 Averages – Luke Littler#1 OChE – Luke Littler#1 Doubles – Jonny Clayton#1 171-180 – Luke Littler#1 99, 101+ Checkout – Cristo Reyes The summer has come to […]
PDC Stats Analyst Christopher Kempf assesses the sport’s top ten stars – based on their last 200 legs played – ahead of the 2026 Flanders Darts Trophy.
#1 Averages – Luke Littler
#1 OChE – Luke Littler
#1 Doubles – Jonny Clayton
#1 171-180 – Luke Littler
#1 99, 101+ Checkout – Cristo Reyes
The summer has come to an end without any player presenting a strong statistical challenge to world number one Luke Littler, even though he remains unqualified for the Players Championship Finals and is playing to a more relaxed standard than he was during the World Matchplay.
Littler remains the only player with a ton-plus average over his last 200 legs, and his solid eight point lead in OChE indicates that no player of any average can match his efficiency.
There is hope for the remaining 127 PDC Tour Card holders looking to defuse ‘The Nuke’, however, as Littler has come down from his previous near-106 average and 73 OChE – unbeatable figures even by career-best performances from most players.
Gerwyn Price has climbed to world number two in both statistics, after a semi-final showing in Czechia boosted his efficiency by more than two points.
Meanwhile, Nathan Aspinall has nearly matched Price’s OChE figure due to consistently accurate setups and finishes.
Even if Littler’s rivals remain some distance away from catching him, they can at least be glad that the World Champion is no longer performing at his otherworldly World Matchplay level.
Through the month of August, Luke Woodhouse raised his average by 4.69 points to 96.24 – putting him ahead of half of the 2026 Premier League roster and making him the most improved player in darts this summer.
In terms of leg-winning efficiency, Woodhouse is currently the world number five, winning 87% of his legs in 18 darts or fewer, superior to Luke Humphries and just behind Littler.
His last three Players Championship appearances have seen him reach the quarter-finals or better, and with his form indicating that he can win 59% of his legs against Pro Tour opposition, he has the potential to continue in this vein.
Despite Jonny Clayton averaging 94.62 – ranking 20th in the PDC – the Welsh number one leads the sport in finishing accuracy, making him the only person more clinical on doubles than Littler.
No other player has a greater gap between their average and their OChE, which means that Clayton is winning a greater proportion of his legs in 15 darts (41%, versus 29% for the PDC in total) than his average might lead you to believe.
With 17 ton-plus checkouts to his name, moreover, the world number five is as serious a threat with three darts from 140 as he is from 40.
Five players in the PDC currently are throwing more than 80 maximums in their last 100 legs. One is Tom Bissell, the current world number 74 – a player with scoring power on par with some of the PDC’s hottest properties.
Nevertheless, in spite of is 95.67 average, Bissell ranks just 28th in OChE due to his 89th-best doubles percentage of just 34%.
Bissell is a clear example of a player who has mastered one aspect of the game, but whose potential to win tournaments is hindered due to inconsistent finishing.
*OChE (Ordinal Checkout Efficiency) explained:
OChE is a metric designed to evaluate the efficiency at which players convert their averages into legs won.
The statistic is the % of legs a player would expect to win on the ProTour, calculated from a weighted average of 4,5, 6 & 7 visit checkout rates.
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