International Darts Open 2026 Prize Money explained: How much can Humphries, Van Gerwen and Price earn?

From 22-24 May, 2026, the International Darts Open is due to take place in a European Tour staple of Riesa. It is the seventh of fifteen PDC European Tour events this season.

It will feature 48 players and £230,000 in prize money with £35,000 for the winner. Stephen Bunting is defending champion this time around and will return to defend said title with more of the usual Premier League names returning as of time of writing.

He defeated Nathan Aspinall in the final 8-5. Aspinall does not play, though, and has mainly only really been playing exhibitions as of late, as opposed to the main tour action in more of a wider debate about exhibitions in darts and whether players need to be mandatory in these events.

As an instance, Luke Littler continues not to play European Tour events, but Luke Humphries and Gerwyn Price will return for the first time in a while this weekend. They are joined by Gian van Veen, Michael van Gerwen, James Wade, Josh Rock, among others. As well as home hero Martin Schindler being in the top sixteen.
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Every player playing in the International Darts Open earns a share of the prize money on offer with £35,000 going to the winner overall this year.

An important detail at European Tour events concerns the seeded players: the top 16 directly qualify by right into the tournament, rather than having to earn their spot through the ProTour. But the caveat is if they lose their opening match, the associated prize money is not added to the rankings. In other words: that amount does not count towards the various standings in that case.

A different rule applies to qualifiers. Players who qualified through a qualifying event and, due to withdrawals, are subsequently designated as seeded players will see their earned prize money reflected on the rankings.

The prize money distributed in Riesa is also utilised for multiple ranking tables. It counts towards the PDC Order of Merit and the Pro Tour Order of Merit, but especially the European Tour Order of Merit. The latter gleams a qualification later in the season for Dortmund.

In addition, a player’s position on that list also determines seeding for that season finale. The higher a player stands on the European Tour Order of Merit, the more favorable the draw for the European Championship.