Participants for Players Championship 25-28 known including Van Gerwen, Price, Wright, Humphries, Aspinall and Michael Smith
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Four Players Championship tournaments are scheduled from Wednesday, Oct. 18, through Saturday, Oct. 21. With a total of six more floor tournaments ahead toward the World Darts Championship, the conclusion of the Pro Tour season is approaching.
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Most PDC Tour Card holders are therefore also in attendance. Only Corey Cadby, Adrian Lewis, Christian Perez and Lewy Williams have not signed up, while Pascal Rupprecht is only skipping Players Championship 28. The replacements are Owen Bates, Cameron Crabtree, Christian Kist and Berry van Peer. John Henderson will take Rupprecht's spot at the final tournament of this four-part series.
Many of the sport's biggest names will be present. The likes of Michael van Gerwen, Gerwyn Price, Peter Wright, Michael Smith, Nathan Aspinall, Dave Chisnall, Luke Humphries, Gary Anderson, James Wade, Raymond van Barneveld, Stephen Bunting, Jonny Clayton, Rob Cross, Andrew Gilding, Chris Dobey, Joe Cullen, recent German Darts Championship winner Ricardo Pietreczko and many more.
A total of 100,000 pounds in prize money is distributed at each Players Championship tournament. The winner of the event will receive a check for 12,000 pounds.
Participants Players Championship 25-28
Vladimir Andersen
Gary Anderson
Nathan Aspinall
Keane Barry
Steve Beaton
Bradley Brooks
Keegan Brown
Stephen Bunting
Kevin Burness
Richie Burnett
Stephen Burton
Matt Campbell
Dave Chisnall
Jamie Clark
Jonny Clayton
Gabriel Clemens
Rob Cross
Joe Cullen
Mike De Decker
Jose de Sousa
Jeffrey De Zwaan
Chris Dobey
Kevin Doets
Brendan Dolan
Ritchie Edhouse
Lee Evans
Ricky Evans
Ted Evetts
Nick Fullwell
Adam Gawlas
Andrew Gilding
Callum Goffin
Daryl Gurney
Graham Hall
Florian Hempel
Jimmy Hendriks
Damon Heta
Jamie Hughes
Luke Humphries
Kim Huybrechts
Ronny Huybrechts
Danny Jansen
Ryan Joyce
Jose Justicia
Krzysztof Kciuk
Nick Kenny
George Killington
Mervyn King
Martijn Kleermaker
Daniel Klose
Robbie Knops
Boris Krcmar
Maik Kuivenhoven
Darius Labanauskas
Jacques Labre
Steve Lennon
Martin Lukeman
Mickey Mansell
Tony Martinez
Ryan Meikle
Cameron Menzies
Damian Mol
Arron Monk
Ross Montgomery
Joe Murnan
Geert Nentjes
Danny Noppert
William O'Connor
John O'Shea
Robert Owen
Josh Payne
Luc Peters
Devon Petersen
Ricardo Pietreczko
Gerwyn Price
Nathan Rafferty
Brian Raman
Krzysztof Ratajski
Madars Razma
Josh Rock
Rowby-John Rodriguez
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Owen Roelofs
Pascal Rupprecht (no PC28)
Callan Rydz
Martin Schindler
Connor Scutt
Ryan Searle
Karel Sedlacek
Dylan Slevin
Jeff Smith
Michael Smith
Ross Smith
Adam Smith-Neale
Alan Soutar
Jeffrey Sparidaans
Mensur Suljovic
Radek Szaganski
Graham Usher
Raymond van Barneveld
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Jurjen van der Velde
Vincent van der Voort
Jules van Dongen
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Michael van Gerwen
Danny van Trijp
Gian van Veen
Mario Vandenbogaerde
Richard Veenstra
James Wade
Scott Waites
Adam Warner
Jermaine Wattimena
Darren Webster
Ian White
Simon Whitlock
Shaun Wilkinson
Jim Williams
Scott Williams
James Wilson
Luke Woodhouse
Peter Wright
Niels Zonneveld
Berry van Peer
Christian Kist
Cam Crabtree
Owen Bates
John Henderson (PC28 only)
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Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He contributes to DartsNews.com, where he covers professional darts through news, match reports, analysis, and live coverage across the PDC calendar and major tournaments.
A key part of his work is on-site reporting from leading events. Kieran has covered the PDC World Darts Championship in person, reporting daily from the venue and providing first-hand insight from the tournament. During his coverage, he has conducted interviews with leading players including Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, and Gerwyn Price.
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