The line-up for the 2025/26 PDC World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace is complete. The draw will be made on Monday November 24 from 4.30pm in London and shown live on Sky Sports News, streamed on the Sky Sports Darts YouTube channel, the Sky Sports website and via the Sky Sports app.
A record 128 players will contest the expanded event and compete for the Sid Waddell Trophy and a share of the £5m prize fund. In a format change, all players enter at the first-round stage. The top 32 seeded players and those ranked 33-64 are drawn at random into the left-hand side of the draw against the remaining 64 qualifiers.
Who has qualified via the PDC Order of Merit?
The top 40 seeds (players 1-32 qualify automatically for round two):
1 Luke Littler, 2 Luke Humphries, 3 Michael van Gerwen, 4 Stephen Bunting, 5 Jonny Clayton, 6 James Wade, 7 Gian van Veen, 8 Chris Dobey, 9 Danny Noppert, 10 Josh Rock, 11 Ross Smith, 12 Gerwyn Price, 13 Gary Anderson, 14 Damon Heta, 15 Martin Schindler, 16 Rob Cross, 17 Mike De Decker, 18 Dave Chisnall, 19 Ryan Searle, 20 Jermaine Wattimena, 21 Nathan Aspinall, 22 Dimitri Van den Bergh, 23 Daryl Gurney, 24 Ryan Joyce, 25 Cameron Menzies, 26 Ritchie Edhouse, 27 Luke Woodhouse, 28 Dirk van Duijvenbode, 29 Peter Wright, 30 Michael Smith, 31 Joe Cullen, 32 Wessel Nijman, 33 Ricardo Pietreczko, 34 Andrew Gilding, 35 Raymond van Barneveld, 36 Scott Williams, 37 Krzysztof Ratajski, 38 Martin Lukeman, 39 Brendan Dolan, 40 Kevin Doets.
Who are the ProTour Order of Merit qualifiers?
The top 40 not-yet-qualified players from the Pro Tour Order of Merit (entering in round one):
Niko Springer (1), William O’Connor (2), Niels Zonneveld (3), Karel Sedlacek (4), Bradley Brooks (5), Jeffrey de Graaf (6), Mickey Mansell (7), Mario Vandenbogaerde (8), Callan Rydz (9), Cam Crabtree (10), Ian White (11), Sebastian Bialecki (12), Dom Taylor (13), Ricky Evans (14), Richard Veenstra (15), Madars Razma (16), Alan Soutar (17), Lukas Wenig (18), Kim Huybrechts (19), Mensur Suljovic (20), Gabriel Clemens (21), Thibault Tricole (22), Matthew Dennant (23), Darren Beveridge (24), Justin Hood (25), Wesley Plaisier (26), Steve Lennon (27), Max Hopp (28), Ryan Meikle (29), James Hurrell (30), Nick Kenny (31), Matt Campbell (32), Keane Barry (33), Adam Lipscombe (34), Darius Labanauskas (35), Dominik Gruellich (36), Chris Landman (37), Owen Bates (38), Cor Decker (39), Connor Scutt (40).
Who are the international and other qualifiers?
Selected international and alternative-route qualifiers who have booked places at Alexandra Palace:
Beau Greaves, Fallon Sherrock, Noa-Lynn van Leuven, Jurjen van der Velde, Mervyn King, Charlie Manby, Jamai van den Herik, Stefan Bellmont, Ted Evetts, Lisa Ashton, Gemma Hayter, Mitsuhiko Tatsunami, Xiaochen Zong, Nitin Kumar, Lourence Ilagan, Alexis Toylo, Motomu Sakai, Ryusei Azemoto, Paul Lim, Man Lok Leung, Paolo Nebrida, Andy Baetens, Cristo Reyes, Boris Krcmar, Adam Gawlas, Krzysztof Kciuk, Arno Merk, Patrik Kovacs, David Davies, Alex Spellman, Leonard Gates, Adam Sevada, David Cameron, Stowe Buntz, Jesus Salate, Teemu Harju, Andreas Harrysson, Oskar Lukasiak, Tim Pusey, Joe Comito, Jonny Tata, David Munyua, plus the ANZ Premier League winner (TBC).
Six qualifying routes — the ANZ Premier League winner and five Tour Card Holder Qualifiers — remain open up until Monday’s draw.
When is the 2026 World Darts Championship?
The tournament begins at Alexandra Palace on Thursday December 11 and runs across 13 consecutive days of play before pausing over Christmas, resuming December 27 and concluding with the final on Saturday January 3. Key dates:
– Thursday December 11: 4 x Round One at 7pm
– December 12-19: Multiple Round One sessions (afternoon and evening)
– December 20-23: Round Two sessions (afternoon and evening)
– December 27-29: Round Three (afternoon and evening) and early Round Four matches
– December 30: Round Four completed (afternoon and evening)
– January 1: Quarter-finals across two sessions
– January 2: Semi-finals at 7.30pm
– January 3: Final at 8pm
Full day-by-day schedule is available via Sky Sports.
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