Confirmed player entries for the 2026 Players Championships 17–18
Confirmed player entries for the 2026 Players Championships 17–18
As the 2026 PDC ProTour season resumes in Leicester, player entries have been made public ahead of next week’s Players Championship doubleheader.
Some of the biggest names in the sport will battle for the £15,000 top prize in each event at the Players Championships 17–18, which will take place at the Mattioli Arena on May 18–19.
A field of 128 competitors, including world number two Luke Humphries, will compete over two days in both tournaments. These competitors are made up of PDC Tour Card Holders and PDPA Associate Members.
Wessel Nijman, the top seed, has won five Players Championship titles in 2026. The Dutchman aims to add more titles to his collection in the East Midlands.
Confirmed player entries for the 2026 Players Championships 17–18
At 1300 BST, the play will start.
Players Championships 17-18 Player Entries
Mattioli Arena, Leicester
May 18-19
Players Championship 17
Daniel Ayres
Keane Barry
Owen Bates
Stefan Bellmont
Filip Bereza
Sebastian Bialecki
Tom Bissell
Andy Boulton
Bradley Brooks
Stephen Bunting
Stephen Burton
Dave Chisnall
Jonny Clayton
Gabriel Clemens
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
Ricky Evans
Adam Gawlas
Andrew Gilding
Kai Gotthardt
Beau Greaves
Rhys Griffin
Dominik Gruellich
Daryl Gurney
Stefaan Henderyck
Damon Heta
Yorick Hofkens
Justin Hood
Max Hopp
Luke Humphries
Joe Hunt
James Hurrell
Kim Huybrechts
Ryan Joyce
Tytus Kanik
Nick Kenny
Mervyn King
Christian Kist
Marvin Kraft
Maik Kuivenhoven
Darius Labanauskas
Chris Landman
Sietse Lap
Adam Leek
Adam Lipscombe
Tommy Lishman
Pero Ljubic
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
Benjamin Pratnemer
Gerwyn Price
Samuel Price
Krzysztof Ratajski
Madars Razma
Cristo Reyes
Greg Ritchie
Josh Rock
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Stephen Rosney
Pascal Rupprecht
Callan Rydz
Martin Schindler
Connor Scutt
Ryan Searle
Karel Sedlacek
David Sharp
Michael Smith
Ross Smith
Carl Sneyd
Alan Soutar
Jeffrey Sparidaans
Niko Springer
Mensur Suljovic
Tom Sykes
Tyler Thorpe
Viktor Tingstrom
Thibault Tricole
Raymond van Barneveld
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Jurjen van der Velde
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Jimmy van Schie
Gian van Veen
Marvin van Velzen
Mario Vandenbogaerde
Richard Veenstra
James Wade
Adam Warner
Jermaine Wattimena
Leon Weber
Lukas Wenig
Ian White
Scott Williams
Luke Woodhouse
Peter Wright
Niels Zonneveld
Players Championship 18
Keane Barry
Owen Bates
Stefan Bellmont
Filip Bereza
Sebastian Bialecki
Tom Bissell
Andy Boulton
Bradley Brooks
Stephen Bunting
Stephen Burton
Dave Chisnall
Jonny Clayton
Gabriel Clemens
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
Ricky Evans
Adam Gawlas
Andrew Gilding
Kai Gotthardt
Beau Greaves
Rhys Griffin
Dominik Gruellich
Daryl Gurney
Stefaan Henderyck
Damon Heta
Yorick Hofkens
Justin Hood
Max Hopp
Luke Humphries
Joe Hunt
James Hurrell
Kim Huybrechts
Ryan Joyce
Tytus Kanik
Nick Kenny
Mervyn King
Christian Kist
Marvin Kraft
Maik Kuivenhoven
Darius Labanauskas
Chris Landman
Sietse Lap
Adam Leek
Adam Lipscombe
Tommy Lishman
Pero Ljubic
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
Benjamin Pratnemer
Gerwyn Price
Samuel Price
Krzysztof Ratajski
Madars Razma
Cristo Reyes
Greg Ritchie
Josh Rock
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Stephen Rosney
Pascal Rupprecht
Callan Rydz
Martin Schindler
Connor Scutt
Ryan Searle
Karel Sedlacek
David Sharp
Michael Smith
Ross Smith
Carl Sneyd
Alan Soutar
Jeffrey Sparidaans
Niko Springer
Mensur Suljovic
Tom Sykes
Tyler Thorpe
Viktor Tingstrom
Thibault Tricole
Raymond van Barneveld
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Jurjen van der Velde
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Jimmy van Schie
Gian van Veen
Marvin van Velzen
Mario Vandenbogaerde
Richard Veenstra
James Wade
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, Nathan Aspinall, Matthias Ehlers, Luke Littler, Michael van Gerwen.
Non-Tour Card Holders Competing: Joe Hunt, Derek Coulson, Tommy Lishman, Tommy Morris, Daniel Ayres (PC17 only), Christopher Wickenden (PC18 only).
