Every darts player who's qualified for the 2026 PDC World Championship so far: Jose De Sousa to return to Ally Pally

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The second half of the year is filled with huge tournaments on the PDC calendar.

The World Matchplay, World Grand Prix and Grand Slam of Darts, just to name a few.

These tournaments are important, but not as coveted as the PDC World Championship, which starts in mid-December and runs until the beginning of January.

Players are slowly starting to qualify for the tournament, as a new format is set to be enforced with a record 128 players competing this year.

MORE: PDC Darts 2026 World Championship dates and sessions revealed

Who has qualified so far for the 2026 PDC World Championship?

The 128 players will consist of players qualifying through these routes (via the PDC website):

• Top 40 from PDC Order of Merit

• Top 40 from ProTour Order of Merit not otherwise qualified

• 48x International Qualifiers

Top 40 from PDC Order of Merit

• Luke Littler

• Luke Humphries

• Michael van Gerwen

• Stephen Bunting

• Jonny Clayton

• James Wade

• Gian van Veen

• Chris Dobey

• Danny Noppert

• Josh Rock

• Ross Smith

• Gerwyn Price

• Gary Anderson

• Damon Heta

• Martin Schindler

• Rob Cross

• Mike De Decker

• Dave Chisnall

• Ryan Searle

• Nathan Aspinall

• Jermaine Wattimena

• Daryl Gurney

• Dimitri Van den Bergh

• Ryan Joyce

• Cameron Menzies

• Ritchie Edhouse

• Luke Woodhouse

• Dirk van Duijvenbode

• Peter Wright

• Michael Smith

• Joe Cullen

• Wessel Nijman

• Ricardo Pietreczko

• Andrew Gilding

• Raymond van Barneveld

• Scott Williams

• Krzysztof Ratajski

• Martin Lukeman

• Brendan Dolan

• Kevin Doets

Top 40 from ProTour Order of Merit not otherwise qualified

• William O'Connor

• Callan Rydz

• Niels Zonneveld

• Mickey Mansell

• Ricky Evans

• Madars Razma

• Gabriel Clemens

• Jeffrey de Graaf

• Richard Veenstra

• Ian White

• Niko Springer

• Kim Huybrechts

• Alan Soutar

• Keane Barry

• Nick Kenny

• Connor Scutt (provisionally qualified)

• Matt Campbell

• Mensur Suljović

• Thibault Tricole

• Ryan Meikle

• Dom Taylor

• James Hurrell

• Mario Vandenbogaerde

• Chris Landman

• Karel Sedláček

• Bradley Brooks

• Sebastian Białecki

• Cam Crabtree

• Lukas Wenig

• Matthew Dennant

• Darren Beveridge

• Justin Hood

• Wesley Plaisier

• Steve Lennon

• Max Hopp

• Adam Lipscombe

• Darius Labanauskas

• Dominik Grüllich

• Owen Bates

• Cor Dekker

48x International Qualifiers

*45/48 have qualified as of 11/24/25

*Please be aware that routes could change if the same player earns multiple routes, opening up opportunities for other players to qualify instead

Qualification Route

Player

Notes

PDC Development Tour Qualifier

Beau Greaves

PDC Development Tour Qualifier

Owen Bates

PDC Development Tour Qualifier

Charlie Manby

PDC Development Tour Qualifier

Jamai van den Herik

PDC Challenge Tour Qualifier

Stefan Bellmont

PDC Challenge Tour Qualifier

Ted Evetts

PDC Challenge Tour Qualifier

Mervyn King

*Qualifies via 4th place since Darius Labanuaskas qualifies via Pro Tour OoM

PDC Women's World Matchplay Winner

Lisa Ashton

PDC Women's Series Qualifier

Fallon Sherrock

*Qualifies via 2nd place since Greaves already qualified

PDC Women's Series Qualifier

Noa-Lynn van Leuven

*Qualifies via 4th place since Ashton already qualified

PDC Women's Series Qualifier

Gemma Hayter

*Qualifies via 5th place since Ashton already qualified

Steel Darts Japan Tour Winner

Mitsuhiko Tatsunami

PDC China Championship Winner

Xiaochen Zong

IDC Indian Qualifier

Nitin Kumar

PDC Asian Championship Winner

Lourence Ilagan

PDC Asian Championship Runner-Up

Alexis Toylo

PDC Asian Tour Qualifier

Man Lok Leung

Qualifies via 6th place since Toylo already qualified

PDC Asian Tour Qualifier

Motomu Sakai

PDC Asian Tour Qualifier

Paolo Nebrida

Qualifies via 7th place since Ilagan already qualified

PDC Asian Tour Qualifier

Ryusei Azemoto

PDC Asian Tour Qualifier

Paul Lim

PDCE Netherlands & Belgium Qualifier

Andy Baetens

PDCE Mediterranean Qualifier

Cristo Reyes

PDCE South-East Europe Qualifier

Boris Krcmar

PDCE Czechia Qualifier

Adam Gawlas

PDO Polish Qualifier

Krzysztof Kciuk

PDCE DACH Super League Winner

Arno Merk

Hungarian Super League Winner

Patrik Kovacs

PDC UK&IRE Tour Card Holder & Associate Member Qualifier

David Davies

CDC Top-Ranked Non-Qualifier

Stowe Buntz

CDC Continental Cup Winner

Alex Spellman

CDC Cross-Border Challenge Winner

Leonard Gates

CDC Top-Ranked American

Adam Sevada

CDC Top-Ranked Canadian

David Cameron

CDLC Qualifier

Jesús Salate

PDC Nordic & Baltic Championship Winner

Teemu Harju

PDCNB ProTour Winner

Andreas Harryson

PDCNB ProTour Qualifier

Oskar Lukasiak

Qualifies via Harju winning Nordic/Baltic Championship

ANZ Premier League Winner

Simon Whitlock

ADA Australian Tour Winner

Tim Pusey

DPA ProTour Winner

Joe Comito

DPNZ ProTour Winner

Jonny Tata

African Darts Group Qualifier

David Munyua

PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier 1

Jose De Sousa

PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier 2

Adam Hunt

PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier 3

Haupai Puha

PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier 4

PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier 5

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