AbstractTungsten (W) impurity eroded from the divertor target can degrade the confinement performance of future fusion reactors. The mechanism of the effect of E × B drift on the W transport in the scrape‐off layer (SOL) was investigated with a fixed cross‐field anomalous particle diffusion coefficient for W ions (D⊥,W) of 1 m2s−1 in our previous simulation work, which indicates that the W flux entering the confined region (Γenter) and mean W concentration in the confined region () can be increased by more than one order of magnitude by drifts. In this work, the influence of the cross‐field anomalous diffusion on the W transport in the SOL is further investigated. The basic flow pattern of the W ion flux (ΓW) keeps when D⊥,W varying from 0.5 to 3 m2s−1, and Γenter mainly comes from the hotter divertor region. Results show that D⊥,W value affects the W leakage from divertor region and entry into confined region. Therefore, Γenter and both decrease with increasing D⊥,W. Mechanisms for cases w/wo drifts are compared.