DRAW PDC Players Championship 3 | Luke Humphries, Stephen Bunting & Jonny Clayton make ProTour debuts for 2026
PDCMonday, 16 February 2026 at 12:30
Players Championship 3 is here, and the first round draw in Wigan immediately puts the spotlight on several of the biggest storylines of the early 2026 Pro Tour season.
Luke Humphries finally joins the Players Championship circuit for the first time this year.
Fellow Premier League Darts stars Jonny Clayton and Stephen Bunting also open their 2026 floor campaigns after missing PC1 and PC2.
There is also instant relevance at the very top of the form book. James Wade and Wessel Nijman arrive as the winners of Players Championship 1 and Players Championship 2, respectively, while Gerwyn Price and Beau Greaves headline a strong set of first-round ties.
Debut spotlights and headline first-round ties
Humphries opens his 2026 Players Championship season against Stefaan Henderyck, with the world number one immediately under scrutiny after delaying his Pro Tour start until PC3.
Clayton begins his floor season versus Maximilian Czerwinski, while Bunting faces Carl Sneyd in another tie that is notable purely because it is the start of his Players Championship year.
Wade’s reward for winning PC1 is a potentially awkward opener against Wesley Plaisier, while PC2 champion Nijman takes on Stephen Burton as he looks to back up that breakthrough win straight away.
Price starts against Adam Lipscombe, and Greaves is again one of the featured names on the schedule as she plays Pascal Rupprecht in round one.
Players Championship 3 first round draw
| Player | vs | Player |
| Gerwyn Price | vs | Adam Lipscombe |
| Mario Vandenbogaerde | vs | Tom Bissell |
| Rob Cross | vs | Benjamin Pratnemer |
| Jeffrey Sparidaans | vs | Charlie Manby |
| Luke Woodhouse | vs | Brendan Dolan |
| Ritchie Edhouse | vs | Dennie Olde Kalter |
| Luke Humphries | vs | Stefaan Henderyck |
| Niall Culleton | vs | Thomas Lovely |
| Josh Rock | vs | Nick Kenny |
| Ryan Meikle | vs | Jim Long |
| Niels Zonneveld | vs | Rhys Griffin |
| Filip Bereza | vs | Andy Boulton |
| Nathan Aspinall | vs | Sebastian Bialecki |
| Tytus Kanik | vs | Thibault Tricole |
| Peter Wright | vs | Bradley Brooks |
| Jack Tweddell | vs | Marvin van Velzen |
| Chris Dobey | vs | Shane McGuirk |
| Stefan Bellmont | vs | Jimmy van Schie |
| Ryan Joyce | vs | Jeffrey De Graaf |
| Cor Dekker | vs | Martijn Dragt |
| Gian van Veen | vs | Adam Warner |
| Maik Kuivenhoven | vs | Darryl Pilgrim |
| Ricardo Pietreczko | vs | Adam Paxton |
| Chris Landman | vs | Oskar Lukasiak |
| Cameron Menzies | vs | Jurjen van der Velde |
| James Hurrell | vs | Callan Rydz |
| Krzysztof Ratajski | vs | Arno Merk |
| Mickey Mansell | vs | Steve Lennon |
| Stephen Bunting | vs | Carl Sneyd |
| Cam Crabtree | vs | Alexander Merkx |
| Andrew Gilding | vs | Rusty Jake Rodriguez |
| Yorick Hofkens | vs | Derek Coulson |
| Danny Noppert | vs | Marvin Kraft |
| Tom Sykes | vs | Adam Leek |
| William O’Connor | vs | Scott Waites |
| Samuel Price | vs | Martin Lukeman |
| Jonny Clayton | vs | Maximilian Czerwinski |
| Viktor Tingstrom | vs | Ricky Evans |
| Daryl Gurney | vs | Tavis Dudeney |
| Jeffrey De Zwaan | vs | Sietse Lap |
| Jermaine Wattimena | vs | Scott Williams |
| Pero Ljubic | vs | Stephen Rosney |
| Dave Chisnall | vs | Rob Owen |
| Pascal Rupprecht | vs | Beau Greaves |
| Wessel Nijman | vs | Stephen Burton |
| Greg Ritchie | vs | Ian White |
| Kevin Doets | vs | Connor Scutt |
| Owen Bates | vs | David Sharp |
| Ross Smith | vs | Lukas Wenig |
| Mensur Suljovic | vs | Tyler Thorpe |
| Raymond van Barneveld | vs | Cristo Reyes |
| Michael Smith | vs | Keane Barry |
| James Wade | vs | Wesley Plaisier |
| Richard Veenstra | vs | Gabriel Clemens |
| Mike De Decker | vs | Joe Hunt |
| Justin Hood | vs | Tommy Morris |
| Damon Heta | vs | Alan Soutar |
| Dirk van Duijvenbode | vs | Kim Huybrechts |
| Dimitri Van den Bergh | vs | Karel Sedlacek |
| Kai Gotthardt | vs | Leon Weber |
| Joe Cullen | vs | Madars Razma |
| Niko Springer | vs | Mervyn King |
| Darius Labanauskas | vs | Adam Gawlas |
| Max Hopp | vs | Dominik Gruellich |
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