It is just under a month and a half until the start of the
World Darts Championship. The field consists of a total of 96 players, of which 89 participants are now known as the road to Ally Pally continues.
Michael Smith leads the way as the current World Champion alongside
Michael van Gerwen who he of course defeated in last year's final.
Peter Wright as two time World Champion also heads into the field as the European Champion aiming to add a third World title. While
Luke Humphries will aim to add a third.
Gerwyn Price will be fifth seed, while fellow former World Champion in Rob Cross is also in the top 10.
Ricardo Pietreczko headlines the ProTour qualifiers alongside the likes of Gian van Veen, Richard Veenstra, Steve Beaton, Simon Whitlock, the returning Christian Kist, Cameron Menzies, Jules van Dongen, Ricky Evans and the final qualifier Keegan Brown.
Before facing one of the big name seeds, they will face an international qualifier, this could be any of Fallon Sherrock who will once again play at the Palace which saw her receive such acclaim and recently an MBE as a result.
As well as incredible young talents Luke Littler and Owen Bates, the former sealing his spot through the Development Tour. The latter through the Challenge Tour. As well as Wessel Nijman who was previously banned from the sport, but made his return and straight away won through the Development Tour.
Other international names include Mikuru Suzuki, Ben Robb, Haupai Puha, Alex Spellman, Xiaochen Zong, Lourence Ilagan, Berry van Peer and the returning Haruki Muramatsu as well as Jeffrey de Graaf who will now represent Sweden instead of the Netherlands.
The PDC Europe Super League will also gleam another player to be added to the line-up. Max Hopp, Lukas Wenig, Nico Kurz, Pascal Rupprecht, Rene Eidams and Liam Maendl-Lawrance are among the leading lights. That begins on 10 November.
The West Europe and East Europe Qualifier will take place on 18 and 25 November respectively. While the Tour Card Holder Qualifier is the last aspect of the main season on 27 November, with Mervyn King and Vincent van der Voort among the players likely vying for a spot at Ally Pally.
Preliminary field of participants World Darts Championship 2024
Top-32 placed players (order may change)
1 Michael Smith
2 Michael van Gerwen
3 Peter Wright
4 Luke Humphries
5 Gerwyn Price
6 Nathan Aspinall
7 Danny Noppert
8 Jonny Clayton
9 Rob Cross
10 Dirk van Duijvenbode
11 Dave Chisnall
12 Damon Heta
13 Joe Cullen
14 Dimitri Van den Bergh
15 James Wade
16 Ross Smith
17 Chris Dobey
18 Andrew Gilding
19 Ryan Searle
20 Gary Anderson
21 Gabriel Clemens
22 Stephen Bunting
23 Jose de Sousa
24 Martin Schindler
25 Josh Rock
26 Krzysztof Ratajski
27 Daryl Gurney
28 Brendan Dolan
29 Raymond van Barneveld
30 Callan Rydz
31 Kim Huybrechts
32 Madars Razma
Pro Tour Qualifiers
Ricardo Pietreczko
Gian van Veen
Ryan Joyce
Luke Woodhouse
Mike De Decker
Ian White
Jim Williams
Mario Vandenbogaerde
Radek Szaganski
Richard Veenstra
Steve Beaton
Keane Barry
Simon Whitlock
Kevin Doets
Matt Campbell
Connor Scutt
Martin Lukeman
Mickey Mansell
Dylan Slevin
Steve Lennon
William O'Connor
Scott Williams
Christian Kist
Ricky Evans
Cameron Menzies
Lee Evans
Ritchie Edhouse
Jermaine Wattimena
Jules van Dongen
Jamie Hughes
Niels Zonneveld
Keegan Brown
International Qualifiers
Simon Adams
Owen Bates
Stowe Buntz
David Cameron
Tomoyo Goto
Jeffrey de Graaf
Lourence Ilagan
Prakash Jiwa
Marko Kantele
Man Lok Leung
Luke Littler
Norman Madhoo
Haruki Muramatsu
Paolo Nebrida
Wessel Nijman
Berry van Peer
Darren Penhall
Haupai Puha
Reynaldo Rivera
Ben Robb
Fallon Sherrock
Sandro Eric Sosing
Alex Spellman
Mikuru Suzuki
Xiaochen Zong
- Winner PDC Europe Super League (Nov. 10)
- Winner West Europe Qualifier (Nov. 18)
- Winner East Europe Qualifier (Nov. 25)
- Winner PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier (Nov. 27)
- Winner PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier (Nov. 27)
- Winner PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier (Nov. 27)
- Winner PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier (Nov. 27)