Entries Players Championship 7-8: Littler and Humphries skip Leicester ProTours again
PDCFriday, 27 March 2026 at 13:00
The entries for Players Championship 7 and 8 have been confirmed. The two floor tournaments will be played on Monday March 30th and Tuesday the 31st at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester. A total of 128 players will compete on both days, all chasing the daily title and a top prize of £15,000 per event.
Most of the big names will once again be present in Leicester. Premier League stars such as Michael van Gerwen, Jonny Clayton, and Gerwyn Price will all be in action. Price, the leader of the Players Championship Order of Merit, will however only play on Tuesday. Wessel Nijman, who sits second in the standings, will also be back in Leicester.
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Still, a number of big names will skip the two floor events. Luke Littler is again absent, meaning he has yet to play a single PC event in 2026.
Luke Humphries, who has only appeared at PC 3 & 4 so far, has also decided not to travel to Leicester. Aside from the two Lukes, however, all the other top stars will be in action.
The Players Championship circuit features a total of 34 tournaments. Each event has a £150,000 prize fund, with £15,000 to the winner. At the end of the season, the top 64 performers qualify for the Players Championship Finals in November.
Littler has yet to appear at any Players Championship events in 2026.
Participants Players Championship 7
| Speler |
| Gary Anderson |
| Nathan Aspinall |
| Keane Barry |
| Owen Bates |
| Stefan Bellmont |
| Filip Bereza |
| Sebastian Bialecki |
| Tom Bissell |
| Andy Boulton |
| Bradley Brooks |
| Stephen Bunting |
| Stephen Burton |
| Dave Chisnall |
| Jonny Clayton |
| Gabriel Clemens |
| Cam Crabtree |
| Rob Cross |
| Joe Cullen |
| Niall Culleton |
| Mike De Decker |
| Jeffrey de Graaf |
| Jeffrey de Zwaan |
| Cor Dekker |
| Chris Dobey |
| Kevin Doets |
| Brendan Dolan |
| Martijn Dragt |
| Tavis Dudeney |
| Ritchie Edhouse |
| Matthias Ehlers |
| Ricky Evans |
| Adam Gawlas |
| Andrew Gilding |
| Kai Gotthardt |
| Beau Greaves |
| Rhys Griffin |
| Dominik Gruellich |
| Daryl Gurney |
| Stefaan Henderyck |
| Damon Heta |
| Yorick Hofkens |
| Justin Hood |
| Max Hopp |
| Joe Hunt |
| James Hurrell |
| Kim Huybrechts |
| Ryan Joyce |
| Tytus Kanik |
| Nick Kenny |
| Mervyn King |
| Christian Kist |
| Marvin Kraft |
| Maik Kuivenhoven |
| Darius Labanauskas |
| Chris Landman |
| Sietse Lap |
| Adam Leek |
| Steve Lennon |
| Adam Lipscombe |
| Jim Long |
| Thomas Lovely |
| Oskar Lukasiak |
| Martin Lukeman |
| Charlie Manby |
| Mickey Mansell |
| Shane McGuirk |
| Ryan Meikle |
| Cameron Menzies |
| Arno Merk |
| Alexander Merkx |
| Tommy Morris |
| Wessel Nijman |
| Danny Noppert |
| William O'Connor |
| Dennie Olde Kalter |
| Rob Owen |
| Adam Paxton |
| Ricardo Pietreczko |
| Darryl Pilgrim |
| Wesley Plaisier |
| Benjamin Pratnemer |
| Samuel Price |
| Krzysztof Ratajski |
| Madars Razma |
| Cristo Reyes |
| Greg Ritchie |
| Josh Rock |
| Rusty-Jake Rodriguez |
| Stephen Rosney |
| Pascal Rupprecht |
| Callan Rydz |
| Martin Schindler |
| Connor Scutt |
| Ryan Searle |
| Karel Sedlacek |
| David Sharp |
| Michael Smith |
| Ross Smith |
| Carl Sneyd |
| Alan Soutar |
| Jeffrey Sparidaans |
| Niko Springer |
| Mensur Suljovic |
| Tom Sykes |
| Tyler Thorpe |
| Viktor Tingstrom |
| Thibault Tricole |
| Jack Tweddell |
| Raymond van Barneveld |
| Dimitri Van den Bergh |
| Jurjen van der Velde |
| Dirk van Duijvenbode |
| Michael van Gerwen |
| Jimmy van Schie |
| Gian van Veen |
| Marvin van Velzen |
| Mario Vandenbogaerde |
| Richard Veenstra |
| James Wade |
| Adam Warner |
| Jermaine Wattimena |
| Leon Weber |
| Lukas Wenig |
| Ian White |
| Scott Williams |
| Luke Woodhouse |
| Peter Wright |
| Niels Zonneveld |
Participants Players Championship 8
| Speler |
| Gary Anderson |
| Nathan Aspinall |
| Keane Barry |
| Owen Bates |
| Stefan Bellmont |
| Filip Bereza |
| Sebastian Bialecki |
| Tom Bissell |
| Andy Boulton |
| Bradley Brooks |
| Stephen Bunting |
| Stephen Burton |
| Dave Chisnall |
| Jonny Clayton |
| Gabriel Clemens |
| Cam Crabtree |
| Rob Cross |
| Joe Cullen |
| Niall Culleton |
| Mike De Decker |
| Jeffrey de Graaf |
| Jeffrey de Zwaan |
| Cor Dekker |
| Chris Dobey |
| Kevin Doets |
| Brendan Dolan |
| Martijn Dragt |
| Tavis Dudeney |
| Ritchie Edhouse |
| Matthias Ehlers |
| Ricky Evans |
| Adam Gawlas |
| Andrew Gilding |
| Kai Gotthardt |
| Beau Greaves |
| Rhys Griffin |
| Dominik Gruellich |
| Daryl Gurney |
| Stefaan Henderyck |
| Damon Heta |
| Yorick Hofkens |
| Justin Hood |
| Max Hopp |
| Joe Hunt |
| James Hurrell |
| Kim Huybrechts |
| Ryan Joyce |
| Tytus Kanik |
| Nick Kenny |
| Mervyn King |
| Christian Kist |
| Marvin Kraft |
| Maik Kuivenhoven |
| Darius Labanauskas |
| Chris Landman |
| Sietse Lap |
| Adam Leek |
| Steve Lennon |
| Adam Lipscombe |
| Jim Long |
| Thomas Lovely |
| Oskar Lukasiak |
| Martin Lukeman |
| Charlie Manby |
| Mickey Mansell |
| Shane McGuirk |
| Ryan Meikle |
| Cameron Menzies |
| Arno Merk |
| Alexander Merkx |
| Wessel Nijman |
| Danny Noppert |
| William O'Connor |
| Dennie Olde Kalter |
| Rob Owen |
| Adam Paxton |
| Ricardo Pietreczko |
| Darryl Pilgrim |
| Wesley Plaisier |
| Benjamin Pratnemer |
| Gerwyn Price |
| Samuel Price |
| Krzysztof Ratajski |
| Madars Razma |
| Cristo Reyes |
| Greg Ritchie |
| Josh Rock |
| Rusty-Jake Rodriguez |
| Stephen Rosney |
| Pascal Rupprecht |
| Callan Rydz |
| Martin Schindler |
| Connor Scutt |
| Ryan Searle |
| Karel Sedlacek |
| David Sharp |
| Michael Smith |
| Ross Smith |
| Carl Sneyd |
| Alan Soutar |
| Jeffrey Sparidaans |
| Niko Springer |
| Mensur Suljovic |
| Tom Sykes |
| Tyler Thorpe |
| Viktor Tingstrom |
| Thibault Tricole |
| Jack Tweddell |
| Raymond van Barneveld |
| Dimitri Van den Bergh |
| Jurjen van der Velde |
| Dirk van Duijvenbode |
| Michael van Gerwen |
| Jimmy van Schie |
| Gian van Veen |
| Marvin van Velzen |
| Mario Vandenbogaerde |
| Richard Veenstra |
| James Wade |
| Adam Warner |
| Jermaine Wattimena |
| Leon Weber |
| Lukas Wenig |
| Ian White |
| Scott Williams |
| Luke Woodhouse |
| Peter Wright |
| Niels Zonneveld |
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