Player entries have been confirmed ahead of next week’s Players Championship double-header, as the PDC ProTour season resumes in Leicester. The Mattioli Arena will play host to Players Championships 27-28 on August 25-26, as the race to qualify for the BOYLE Sports World Grand Prix and Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals continues. Both tournaments will see […]
Player entries have been confirmed ahead of next week’s Players Championship double-header, as the PDC ProTour season resumes in Leicester.
The Mattioli Arena will play host to Players Championships 27-28 on August 25-26, as the race to qualify for the BOYLE Sports World Grand Prix and Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals continues.
Both tournaments will see a field of 128 players – comprised of PDC Tour Card Holders and PDPA Associate Members – competing across two days of action, as world number one Luke Littler prepares to make his first Players Championship appearance of 2026.
Play will commence at 1300 BST on each day, and coverage from four boards in each event will be streamed on PDCTV and across bookmakers’ websites worldwide, with German commentary provided on Streaming Board One.
Players Championships 27-28 Player Entries
Mattioli Arena, Leicester
August 25-26
Players Championship 27
Nathan Aspinall
Daniel Ayres
Keane Barry
Owen Bates
Stefan Bellmont
Filip Bereza
Sebastian Bialecki
Tom Bissell
Andy Boulton
Bradley Brooks
Stephen Bunting
Stephen Burton
Dave Chisnall
Gabriel Clemens
Henry Coates
Derek Coulson
Cam Crabtree
Rob Cross
Joe Cullen
Niall Culleton
Maximilian Czerwinski
Mike De Decker
Jeffrey de Graaf
Jeffrey de Zwaan
Cor Dekker
Chris Dobey
Kevin Doets
Brendan Dolan
Tavis Dudeney
Ritchie Edhouse
Matthias Ehlers
Ricky Evans
Adam Gawlas
Andrew Gilding
Kai Gotthardt
Beau Greaves
Rhys Griffin
Dominik Gruellich
Daryl Gurney
Stefaan Henderyck
Yorick Hofkens
Justin Hood
Luke Humphries
Joe Hunt
James Hurrell
Kim Huybrechts
Ryan Joyce
Tytus Kanik
Nick Kenny
Mervyn King
Christian Kist
Daniel Klose
Marvin Kraft
Maik Kuivenhoven
Darius Labanauskas
Chris Landman
Sietse Lap
Adam Leek
Steve Lennon
Adam Lipscombe
Tommy Lishman
Luke Littler
Jim Long
Thomas Lovely
Oskar Lukasiak
Martin Lukeman
Charlie Manby
Mickey Mansell
Shane McGuirk
Ryan Meikle
Cameron Menzies
Arno Merk
Alexander Merkx
Tommy Morris
Wessel Nijman
Danny Noppert
William O’Connor
Dennie Olde Kalter
Rob Owen
Adam Paxton
Ricardo Pietreczko
Darryl Pilgrim
Wesley Plaisier
Nathan Potter
Benjamin Pratnemer
Samuel Price
Krzysztof Ratajski
Madars Razma
Cristo Reyes
Greg Ritchie
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Stephen Rosney
Callan Rydz
Martin Schindler
Connor Scutt
Ryan Searle
Karel Sedlacek
Archie Self
David Sharp
Michael Smith
Carl Sneyd
Alan Soutar
Jeffrey Sparidaans
Niko Springer
Tom Sykes
Tyler Thorpe
Viktor Tingstrom
Thibault Tricole
Jack Tweddell
Raymond van Barneveld
Jurjen van der Velde
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Michael van Gerwen
Jimmy van Schie
Marvin van Velzen
Mario Vandenbogaerde
Richard Veenstra
Harry Ward
Adam Warner
Jermaine Wattimena
Leon Weber
Lukas Wenig
Ian White
Christopher Wickenden
Scott Williams
Luke Woodhouse
Peter Wright
Niels Zonneveld
Players Championship 28
Nathan Aspinall
Daniel Ayres
Keane Barry
Owen Bates
Stefan Bellmont
Filip Bereza
Sebastian Bialecki
Tom Bissell
Andy Boulton
Bradley Brooks
Stephen Bunting
Stephen Burton
Dave Chisnall
Gabriel Clemens
Henry Coates
Derek Coulson
Cam Crabtree
Rob Cross
Joe Cullen
Niall Culleton
Maximilian Czerwinski
Mike De Decker
Jeffrey de Graaf
Jeffrey de Zwaan
Cor Dekker
Chris Dobey
Kevin Doets
Brendan Dolan
Tavis Dudeney
Ritchie Edhouse
Matthias Ehlers
Ricky Evans
Adam Gawlas
Andrew Gilding
Kai Gotthardt
Beau Greaves
Rhys Griffin
Dominik Gruellich
Daryl Gurney
Stefaan Henderyck
Yorick Hofkens
Justin Hood
Luke Humphries
Joe Hunt
James Hurrell
Kim Huybrechts
Ryan Joyce
Tytus Kanik
Nick Kenny
Mervyn King
Christian Kist
Daniel Klose
Marvin Kraft
Maik Kuivenhoven
Darius Labanauskas
Chris Landman
Sietse Lap
Adam Leek
Steve Lennon
Adam Lipscombe
Tommy Lishman
Luke Littler
Jim Long
Thomas Lovely
Oskar Lukasiak
Martin Lukeman
Charlie Manby
Mickey Mansell
Shane McGuirk
Ryan Meikle
Cameron Menzies
Arno Merk
Alexander Merkx
Tommy Morris
Wessel Nijman
Danny Noppert
William O’Connor
Dennie Olde Kalter
Rob Owen
Adam Paxton
Ricardo Pietreczko
Darryl Pilgrim
Wesley Plaisier
Nathan Potter
Benjamin Pratnemer
Samuel Price
Krzysztof Ratajski
Madars Razma
Cristo Reyes
Greg Ritchie
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Stephen Rosney
Callan Rydz
Martin Schindler
Connor Scutt
Ryan Searle
Karel Sedlacek
Archie Self
David Sharp
Michael Smith
Carl Sneyd
Alan Soutar
Jeffrey Sparidaans
Niko Springer
Tom Sykes
Tyler Thorpe
Viktor Tingstrom
Thibault Tricole
Jack Tweddell
Raymond van Barneveld
Jurjen van der Velde
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Michael van Gerwen
Jimmy van Schie
Marvin van Velzen
Mario Vandenbogaerde
Richard Veenstra
Harry Ward
Adam Warner
Jermaine Wattimena
Leon Weber
Lukas Wenig
Ian White
Christopher Wickenden
Scott Williams
Luke Woodhouse
Peter Wright
Niels Zonneveld
Tour Card Holders Absent: Gary Anderson, Jonny Clayton, Damon Heta, Max Hopp, Pero Ljubic, Gerwyn Price, Josh Rock, Ross Smith, Mensur Suljovic, Dimitri Van den Bergh, Gian van Veen, James Wade, Pascal Rupprecht.
Non-Tour Card Holders Competing: Henry Coates, Derek Coulson, Joe Hunt, Daniel Klose, Tommy Morris, Tommy Lishman, Daniel Ayres, Archie Self, Jack Tweddell, Nathan Potter, Christopher Wickenden, Harry Ward, Steve Lennon.