Draw Players Championship 5: Gerwyn Price, Beau Greaves & Gary Anderson lead field in Leicester
PDCTuesday, 24 February 2026 at 12:56
This Tuesday afternoon, at 1:00 PM, the fifth Players Championship tournament of 2026 gets underway. A total of 128 players face off in Leicester, all with the same goal: to secure the day’s title.
As always, there are plenty of notable players at the floor events, and some have drawn a tricky contest in their opening match. Gerwyn Price meets Adam Lipscombe, while Beau Greaves and Darius Labanauskas also go head-to-head right away. Elsewhere, two-time former world champion Gary Anderson is back in ProTour action, starting off against Arno Merk in his opener.
With the likes of Rob Cross, Chris Dobey, Danny Noppert, Jonny Clayton, Josh Rock, Peter Wright, Raymond van Barneveld and more, there is plenty of star-power taking to the oche.
At every Players Championship event, a total of £125,000 in prize money is distributed. The winner of the event receives a £15,000 cheque.
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Draw Players Championship 5
| Player | vs | Player |
| Gerwyn Price | vs | Adam Lipscombe |
| Mervyn King | vs | Christian Kist |
| Rob Cross | vs | Max Hopp |
| Derek Coulson | vs | Ian White |
| Ryan Joyce | vs | Callan Rydz |
| Mensur Suljovic | vs | Kim Huybrechts |
| William O'Connor | vs | Jim Long |
| Sebastian Bialecki | vs | Greg Ritchie |
| Chris Dobey | vs | Cristo Reyes |
| Mario Vandenbogaerde | vs | Ricky Evans |
| Kevin Doets | vs | Viktor Tingstrom |
| Tyler Thorpe | vs | Scott Williams |
| Danny Noppert | vs | Henry Coates |
| Jeffrey de Zwaan | vs | Dominik Gruellich |
| Andrew Gilding | vs | Rob Owen |
| Kai Gotthardt | vs | Tommy Lishman |
| Jonny Clayton | vs | Connor Scutt |
| Stephen Burton | vs | Owen Bates |
| Ritchie Edhouse | vs | Brendan Dolan |
| Lukas Wenig | vs | Chris Landman |
| Luke Woodhouse | vs | Sietse Lap |
| Adam Gawlas | vs | Samuel Price |
| Joe Cullen | vs | Yorick Hofkens |
| Gabriel Clemens | vs | Jose Justicia |
| Josh Rock | vs | James Hurrell |
| Bradley Brooks | vs | Tom Bissell |
| Peter Wright | vs | Oskar Lukasiak |
| Dimitri Van den Bergh | vs | Martijn Dragt |
| Cameron Menzies | vs | Marvin Kraft |
| Dennie Olde Kalter | vs | Steve Lennon |
| Niels Zonneveld | vs | Pero Ljubic |
| Maximilian Czerwinski | vs | Tom Sykes |
| Ross Smith | vs | Justin Hood |
| Darryl Pilgrim | vs | Cor Dekker |
| Michael Smith | vs | Tavis Dudeney |
| Adam Warner | vs | Andy Boulton |
| Niko Springer | vs | Ryan Meikle |
| Wesley Plaisier | vs | Marvin van Velzen |
| Krzysztof Ratajski | vs | Cam Crabtree |
| Leon Weber | vs | Keane Barry |
| Damon Heta | vs | Benjamin Pratnemer |
| Darius Labanauskas | vs | Beau Greaves |
| Ricardo Pietreczko | vs | Thomas Lovely |
| Scott Waites | vs | Jack Tweddell |
| Dirk van Duijvenbode | vs | Jimmy van Schie |
| Thibault Tricole | vs | Tytus Kanik |
| Dave Chisnall | vs | Madars Razma |
| Stefaan Henderyck | vs | Nick Kenny |
| Martin Schindler | vs | Filip Bereza |
| Adam Paxton | vs | Jurjen van der Velde |
| Karel Sedlacek | vs | Matthias Ehlers |
| Maik Kuivenhoven | vs | Mickey Mansell |
| Mike De Decker | vs | Rhys Griffin |
| Jeffrey Sparidaans | vs | Martin Lukeman |
| Ryan Searle | vs | Arron Monk |
| Adam Leek | vs | Joe Hunt |
| Jermaine Wattimena | vs | Alan Soutar |
| Jeffrey de Graaf | vs | Stephen Rosney |
| Raymond van Barneveld | vs | Richard Veenstra |
| Charlie Manby | vs | Shane McGuirk |
| Gary Anderson | vs | Arno Merk |
| Tommy Morris | vs | Niall Culleton |
| Daryl Gurney | vs | Carl Sneyd |
| David Sharp | vs | Stefan Bellmont |
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- Exactly! Did the Glasgow punters get a partial refund for missing out on a potentially explosive match up? I don't know but I doubt it. Given the existing set up, how about this? Four reserves, one European based player to cover the four overseas rounds (including Dublin) and three UK based players to cover four UK rounds each (including Belfast). If the number of continental rounds changed to four for instance then Dublin could be transferred to the UK players allocation for convenience. All reserves should have their travel and accommodation costs covered and to make it worth their while, if they are not used, the reserve could play a match with a LOCAL non tour card holding player between the semi finals and final. This local player would be chosen by a prior qualifying tournament. The prize for this game could be £/euros 1000 or 2000 as the reserve could be spending his time and effort doing an exhibition instead not that I know what the commercial rate for an exhibition is! If the reserve is used in the main competition then the winner and the runner up of the qualifier can play. This could generate additional local interest and publicity. Obviously this doesn't cover every "what if" scenario i.e. What if two main players pull out? Maybe a second of the four reserves could be chosen at random? What do you think?OldShakey23-02-2026
- what a load of crocmedinabello19-02-2026
- So,it's a rubbish league,waste of time. Just put 8000 people in a building every Thursday,get them all drunk,and wonder why it's a complete joke. And forget every other player apart from 8. It's a ridiculous,inane,and needless so called competition.rick6718-02-2026
- Sorry,I've never been a professional darts player,but obviously from your comment,you have. So, going to your reply, you're blaming the management,not the player? So in that respect,he should get a different manager? That's basically all your comment is saying. Don't let him do money makers,which Barney said is easy money, instead of tournaments? Shake hands instead of trophies? Well I guess the manager knows best,as he has a big cut!rick6716-02-2026
- Sorry Mr rick67, erm what punditry credentials do you have to comment on a pundit? There's a reason why many top professionals have management teams. They know how to manage schedules etc so the players can just play. And how is Edgar wrong? Last year MVG failed to qualify by missing too many tournaments and underperforming. He's repeating the error this year so Edgar is right In calling this out.BandB15-02-2026
- Just get of Mardle,I didn't pay to watch him,and I don't want him for free! Let's see,how many world champions,either code,did you win? None! Now mason does it more as a player who was a floor player than you were putting pineapple on your shirt. Mardle,just go,you over inflated ego may follow. Tell you what,get on the seniors tour,and show everyone how good you weren'trick6715-02-2026
- Sorry Mr Edgar,erm what have you actually won to comment? Mvg has had his issues,but you have won a grand total of what? I make that nothing. So how can your comment be justified? Let him do what he likes,you do what you like, and we'll see what you win nextrick6715-02-2026
- Seems to be having a moan for no reason and using “Do-Gooder” as an insult makes no sense. It literally means someone who does good things!Wonker12-02-2026
- Mickey Vs mensur for the world champion? It's starting tomorrow,finishes in January!!rick6711-02-2026
- Oh well that's it then. Both these goofs will expect and demand premier league darts next year after this.richieburnettrocks10-02-2026
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