The field of participants for the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship is complete. A total of 96 players will compete for the world title in Alexandra Palace.

The field is led by top seeds such as Luke Humphries, Michael Smith, Michael van Gerwen, Luke Littler and Rob Cross. Notable names such as Gerwyn Price and Peter Wright are also amongst the seeds despite quieter seasons than expected in 2024. 

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The payers don't have to wait long for the draw either, with the draw for the 2025 World Darts Championship will be conducted on Monday, Nov. 25, at 4:30 p.m. Then it will become clear where the 32 Pro Tour players and the 32 international qualifiers will end up in the bracket.

This year's World Darts Championship begins on Sunday, December 15. Traditionally, defending champion Luke Humphries will be in action on the opening night. Until Monday, December 23, the matches from the first two rounds will be played. After the Christmas break (December 24-26), the tournament will resume. The final of the World Darts Championship is on Wednesday, Jan. 3.

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World Darts Championship 2025 participant field

Top-32 PDC Order of Merit

1. Luke Humphries

2. Michael Smith

3. Michael van Gerwen

4. Luke Littler

5. Rob Cross

6. Dave Chisnall

7. Jonny Clayton

8. Stephen Bunting

9. Damon Heta

10. Gerwyn Price

11. Dimitri Van den Bergh

12. Nathan Aspinall

13. Danny Noppert

14. Gary Anderson

15. Chris Dobey

16. James Wade

17. Peter Wright

18. Josh Rock

19. Ross Smith

20. Ryan Searle

21. Andrew Gilding

22. Martin Schindler

23. Joe Cullen

24. Mike De Decker

25. Dirk van Duijvenbode

26. Daryl Gurney

27. Gabriel Clemens

28. Gian van Veen

29. Ritchie Edhouse

30. Brendan Dolan

31. Krzysztof Ratajski

32. Raymond van Barneveld

ProTour Order of Merit Qualifiers

Cameron Menzies

Wessel Nijman

Jermaine Wattimena

Ricardo Pietreczko

Luke Woodhouse

Ryan Joyce

Niels Zonneveld

Alan Soutar

Madars Razma

Callan Rydz

Wesley Plaisier

Martin Lukeman

Kevin Doets

Richard Veenstra

Scott Williams

Kim Huybrechts

William O'Connor

Karel Sedlacek

Stephen Burton

Thibault Tricole

Connor Scutt

Mensur Suljovic

Ian White

Jeffrey de Graaf

Jim Williams

Florian Hempel

Ryan Meikle

Chris Landman

Nick Kenny

James Hurrell

Mickey Mansell

Ricky Evans

International Qualifiers

Ryusei Azemoto

Keane Barry

Stefan Bellmont

Stowe Buntz

Matt Campbell

Cameron Carolissen

Joe Comito

Jeffrey de Zwaan

Leonard Gates

Tomoya Goto

Kai Gotthardt

Romeo Grbavac

Rhys Griffin

Lourence Ilagan

Christian Kist

Nitin Kumar

Darius Labanauskas

Lok Yin Lee

Jim Long

Gordon Mathers

Alexander Merkx

Paolo Nebrida

Robert Owen

Ben Robb

Sandro Eric Sosing

Fallon Sherrock

Dylan Slevin

Niko Springer

Rashad Sweeting

Alexis Toylo

Noa-Lynn van Leuven

Xiaochen Zong