2025-26 PDC World Darts Championship Tournament Page – draw, schedule, results & statistics
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Taking place from Thursday 11th December and culminating on Saturday 3rd January, the 2025-26 PDC World Darts Championship sees the best 128 players in the world of darts fight it out at Alexandra Palace in London for the right to be called world champion.
There is £5m in prize money on offer this time around, with £1m being awarded to the player who lifts the Sid Waddell Trophy.
Key information
Dates: 11 December 2025 - 3 January 2026
Venue: Alexandra Palace, London. England
How to watch on TV & online: UK – Sky Sports & Sky Go / USA – PlutoTV
Tickets: The latest ticket information can be found here
What is different abut this year's PDC World Darts Championship?
There has been a slight format change compared to previous years. The key differences are:
- There will be 128 participants - the most in the tournament's history.
- All players, including the 32 seeds, will now enter at the first-round stage.
- A minimum of four women will make up the field.
When is the draw for the 2025-26 PDC World Darts Championship?
The draw took on Monday 24th November, 2025 on the Sky Sports Darts YouTube channel.
The draw will be added to this page once it is known.
Who has qualified for the 2025-26 PDC World Darts Championship?
The top 40 players from the PDC Order of Merit - found here - qualify automatically.
The next 40 players come from the one-year PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit, found here.
The final 48 places come from a variety of international qualifiers.
What happened last year?
Luke Littler won his first - and surely not last - world title by defeating Michael van Gerwen 7-3 in the final.
Luke Littler vs Luke Humphries: All their televised finals
Key tournament dates
Draw: 24 November
First round: 11-19 December
Second round: 20-23 December
Third round: 27-29 December
Fourth round: 29-30 December
Quarter-finals: 1 January
Semi-finals: 2 January
Final: 3 January
Past winners
1994: (94.38) Dennis Priestley 6–1 Phil Taylor (85.62)
1995: (94.11) Phil Taylor 6–2 Rod Harrington (87.15)
1996: (98.52) Phil Taylor 6–4 Dennis Priestley (101.48)
1997: (100.92) Phil Taylor 6–3 Dennis Priestley (96.78)
1998: (103.98) Phil Taylor 6–0 Dennis Priestley (90.75)
1999: (97.11) Phil Taylor 6–2 Peter Manley (93.63)
2000: (94.42) Phil Taylor 7–3 Dennis Priestley (91.80)
2001: (107.46) Phil Taylor 7–0 John Part (92.58)
2002: (98.47) Phil Taylor 7–0 Peter Manley (91.35)
2003: (96.87) John Part 7–6 Phil Taylor (99.98)
2004: (96.03) Phil Taylor 7–6 Kevin Painter (90.48)
2005: (96.14) Phil Taylor 7–4 Mark Dudbridge (90.66)
2006: (106.74) Phil Taylor 7–0 Peter Manley (91.72)
2007: (100.93) Raymond van Barneveld 7–6 Phil Taylor (100.86)
2008: (92.86) John Part 7–2 Kirk Shepherd (85.10)
2009: (110.94) Phil Taylor 7–1 Raymond van Barneveld (101.18)
2010: (104.38) Phil Taylor 7–3 Simon Whitlock (100.51)
2011: (99.40) Adrian Lewis 7–5 Gary Anderson (99.41)
2012: (93.06) Adrian Lewis 7–3 Andy Hamilton (90.83)
2013: (103.04) Phil Taylor 7–4 Michael van Gerwen (100.66)
2014: (100.10) Michael van Gerwen 7–4 Peter Wright (95.71)
2015: (97.68) Gary Anderson 7–6 Phil Taylor (100.69)
2016: (99.26) Gary Anderson 7–5 Adrian Lewis (100.23)
2017: (108.06) Michael van Gerwen 7–3 Gary Anderson (104.93)
2018: (107.67) Rob Cross 7–2 Phil Taylor (102.26)
2019: (102.21) Michael van Gerwen 7–3 Michael Smith (95.29)
2020: (102.79) Peter Wright 7–3 Michael van Gerwen (102.88)
2021: (100.08) Gerwyn Price 7–3 Gary Anderson (94.25)
2022: (98.34) Peter Wright 7–5 Michael Smith (99.22)
2023: (100.71) Michael Smith 7–4 Michael van Gerwen (99.58)
2024: (103.67) Luke Humphries 7–4 Luke Littler (101.13)
2025: (102.73) Luke Littler 7–3 Michael van Gerwen (100.69)
Schedule & results
Thursday December 11 (7:00 PM UK)
First round x4
(86.24) Kim Huybrechts 1-3 Arno Merk (89.73)
(91.19) Michael Smith 3-0 Lisa Ashton (77.13)
(101.54) Luke Littler 3-0 Darius Labanauskas (95.25)
(89.07) Madars Razma 3-1 Jamai van den Herik (81.33)
Friday December 12
Afternoon Session (12:30 PM UK)
First round x4
(92.68) Niels Zonneveld 3-0 Haupai Puha (86.41)
(81.13) Ian White 3-2 Mervyn King (81.54)
(93.29) Ryan Searle 3-0 Chris Landman (85.59)
(90.84) Rob Cross 3-0 Cor Dekker (82.05)
Evening Session (7:00 PM UK)
First round x4
(96.89) Ross Smith 2-3 Andreas Harrysson (93.85)
(92.26) Ricky Evans 3-0 Man Lok Leung (89.65)
(98.91) Gian van Veen 3-1 Cristo Reyes (96.16)
(91.56) Damon Heta 3-1 Steve Lennon (83.87)
Saturday December 13
Afternoon Session (12:30 PM UK)
First round x4
(87.84) Mario Vandenbogaerde 0-3 David Davies (86.50)
(97.89) Andrew Gilding 3-1 Cam Crabtree (90.26)
(90.22) Luke Woodhouse 3-1 Boris Krcmar (85.26)
(95.20) Gary Anderson 3-2 Adam Hunt (94.47)
Evening Session (7:00 PM UK)
First round x4
(86.88) Jeffrey de Graaf 1-3 Paul Lim (86.52)
(100.91) Wessel Nijman 3-0 Karel Sedlacek (90.88)
(98.58) Luke Humphries 3-1 Ted Evetts (85.66)
(90.93) Gabriel Clemens 3-0 Alex Spellman (83.58)
Sunday December 14
Afternoon Session (12:30 PM UK)
First round x4
(86.96) Ritchie Edhouse 0-3 Jonny Tata (89.63)
(85.89) Dom Taylor 3-0 Oskar Lukasiak (79.56)
(92.74) Richard Veenstra 2-3 Nitin Kumar (87.30)
(99.33) Joe Cullen 3-0 Bradley Brooks (90.09)
Evening Session (7:00 PM UK)
First round x4
(88.62) Lukas Wenig 1-3 Wesley Plaisier (92.50)
(80.64) Dimitri Van den Bergh 0-3 Darren Beveridge (91.62)
(96.39) Stephen Bunting 3-2 Sebastian Bialecki (86.58)
(88.78) James Hurrell 3-1 Stowe Buntz (89.03)
Monday December 15
Afternoon Session (12:30 PM UK)
First round x4
(89.96) Brendan Dolan 3-1 Tavis Dudeney (89.86)
(91.99) Cameron Menzies 2-3 Charlie Manby (90.62)
(94.92) Mensur Suljovic 3-1 David Cameron (92.93)
(83.51) Peter Wright 3-0 Noa-Lynn van Leuven (82.87)
Evening Session (7:00 PM UK)
First round x4
(85.31) Martin Lukeman 1-3 Max Hopp (88.32)
(98.54) Dirk van Duijvenbode 3-2 Andy Baetens (92.50)
(92.53) Jonny Clayton 3-1 Adam Lipscombe (87.60)
(90.70) Connor Scutt 3-2 Simon Whitlock (85.82)
Tuesday December 16
Afternoon Session (12:30 PM UK)
First round x4
(90.90) Alan Soutar 3-2 Teemu Harju (82.61)
(92.95) Nick Kenny 0-3 Justin Hood (99.59)
(99.25) Scott Williams 3-0 Paolo Nebrida (95.66)
(92.81) Chris Dobey 3-1 Xiaochen Zong (84.61)
Evening Session (7:00 PM UK)
First round x4
(90.86) Ricardo Pietreczko 3-1 Jose de Sousa (90.46)
(96.62) Danny Noppert 3-1 Jurjen van der Velde (89.27)
(96.44) Gerwyn Price 3-0 Adam Gawlas (79.10)
(86.95) Niko Springer 1-3 Joe Comito (85.47)
Wednesday December 17
Evening Session (7:00 PM UK)
First round x4
(90.46) Matt Campbell 1-3 Adam Sevada (88.29)
(92.50) Raymond van Barneveld 0-3 Stefan Bellmont (91.36)
(94.75) James Wade 3-0 Ryusei Azemoto (84.42)
(99.14) Martin Schindler 3-1 Stephen Burton (86.43)
Thursday December 18
Afternoon Session (12:30 PM UK)
First round x4
(88.39) Callan Rydz 3-0 Patrik Kovacs (84.93)
(83.11) Thibault Tricole 0-3 Motomu Sakai (87.38)
(95.27) Ryan Joyce 3-0 Owen Bates (83.64)
(83.83) Mike De Decker 2-3 David Munyua (80.78)
Evening Session (7:00 PM UK)
First round x4
(87.28) Jermaine Wattimena 3-2 Dominik Gruellich (81.67)
(89.66) Dave Chisnall 3-0 Fallon Sherrock (84.83)
(90.82) Michael van Gerwen 3-1 Mitsuhiko Tatsunami (84.40)
(97.67) Krzysztof Ratajski 3-0 Alexis Toylo (91.03)
Friday December 19
Afternoon Session (12:30 PM UK)
First round x4
(92.11) Kevin Doets 3-1 Matthew Dennant (86.75)
(89.14) Ryan Meikle 3-0 Jesus Salate (80.85)
(83.00) Mickey Mansell 2-3 Leonard Gates (87.05)
(90.18) Josh Rock 3-1 Gemma Hayter (80.73)
Evening Session (7:00 PM UK)
First round x4
(102.36) William O’Connor 3-0 Krzysztof Kciuk (85.34)
(89.77) Daryl Gurney 3-2 Beau Greaves (91.55)
(94.01) Nathan Aspinall 3-1 Lourence Ilagan (90.62)
(92.84) Keane Barry 3-0 Tim Pusey (89.12)
Saturday December 20
Afternoon Session (12:30 PM UK)
(98.67) Ryan Searle 3-0 Brendan Dolan (88.45)
(88.06) Andreas Harrysson 3-0 Motomu Sakai (88.29)
(92.67) Dirk van Duijvenbode 2-3 James Hurrell (92.83)
(88.15) Dave Chisnall 2-3 Ricardo Pietreczko (88.58)
Evening Session (7:00 PM UK)
(97.93) Michael Smith 1-3 Niels Zonneveld (94.52)
(94.92) Chris Dobey 1-3 Andrew Gilding (99.01)
(94.11) Stephen Bunting 3-0 Nitin Kumar (75.18)
Jonny Clayton W/O Dom Taylor (Jonny Clayton receives a bye)
Sunday December 21
Afternoon Session (12:30 PM UK)
(86.75) Ryan Joyce 1-3 Krzysztof Ratajski (93.91)
(86.53) Joe Cullen 1-3 Mensur Suljovic (81.95)
(92.48) Luke Woodhouse 3-0 Max Hopp (84.78)
(91.71) Rob Cross 3-1 Ian White (85.78)
Evening Session (7:00 PM UK)
(96.16) Martin Schindler 3-0 Keane Barry (94.21)
(95.83) Gerwyn Price 0-3 Wesley Plaisier (94.28)
(97.15) Luke Littler 3-0 David Davies (95.53)
(91.23) Damon Heta 3-2 Stefan Bellmont (88.32)
Monday December 22
Afternoon Session (12:30 PM UK)
(90.66) Darren Beveridge 1-3 Madars Razma (97.10)
(91.96) Wessel Nijman 0-3 Gabriel Clemens (89.86)
(83.60) David Munyua 0-3 Kevin Doets (90.12)
(92.51) James Wade 2-3 Ricky Evans (88.19)
Evening Session (7:00 PM UK)
(108.28) Gian van Veen 3-1 Alan Soutar (95.15)
(91.76) Nathan Aspinall 3-0 Leonard Gates (88.00)
(97.21) Luke Humphries 3-0 Paul Lim (85.24)
(90.88) Charlie Manby 3-0 Adam Sevada (79.04)
Tuesday December 23
Afternoon Session (12:30 PM UK)
(86.51) Jonny Tata 2-3 Ryan Meikle (85.54)
(93.21) Daryl Gurney 2-3 Callan Rydz (96.59)
(95.91) Jermaine Wattimena 3-2 Scott Williams (92.69)
(79.20) Peter Wright 0-3 Arno Merk (92.17)
Evening Session (7:00 PM UK)
(102.27) Danny Noppert 2-3 Justin Hood (103.01)
(105.41) Gary Anderson 3-1 Connor Scutt (97.84)
(100.20) Michael van Gerwen 3-1 William O'Connor (93.50)
(101.32) Josh Rock 3-0 Joe Comito (90.22)
Saturday December 27
Afternoon Session (12:30 PM UK)
(95.80) Wesley Plaisier 3-4 Krzysztof Ratajski (98.43)
(86.48) Andrew Gilding 1-4 Luke Woodhouse (95.66)
(98.44) Jonny Clayton 4-3 Niels Zonneveld (99.36)
Evening Session (7:00 PM UK)
(96.11) Andreas Harrysson 4-2 Ricardo Pietreczko (88.60)
(91.43) Stephen Bunting 3-4 James Hurrell (98.48)
(107.09) Luke Littler 4-0 Mensur Suljovic (96.21)
Sunday December 28
Afternoon Session (12:30 PM UK)
(89.89) Martin Schindler 0-4 Ryan Searle (102.29)
(92.54) Damon Heta 0-4 Rob Cross (94.11)
(102.24) Gary Anderson 4-3 Jermaine Wattimena (95.26)
Evening Session (7:00 PM UK)
(97.91) Gian van Veen 4-1 Madars Razma (89.40)
(100.14) Luke Humphries 4-2 Gabriel Clemens (101.49)
(99.70) Michael van Gerwen 4-1 Arno Merk (90.88)
Monday December 29
Afternoon Session (12:30 PM UK)
(94.68) Justin Hood 4-1 Ryan Meikle (95.40)
(83.34) Ricky Evans 2-4 Charlie Manby (89.50)
(94.97) Nathan Aspinall 3-4 Kevin Doets (97.48)
Evening Session (7:00 PM UK)
(98.98) Josh Rock 4-1 Callan Rydz (93.39)
(89.51) James Hurrell 0-4 Ryan Searle (100.57)
(106.58) Luke Littler 4-2 Rob Cross (98.92)
Tuesday December 30
Afternoon Session (12:30 PM UK)
(91.40) Luke Woodhouse 2-4 Krzysztof Ratajski (96.68)
(92.79) Jonny Clayton 4-2 Andreas Harrysson (91.47)
(101.18) Justin Hood 4-0 Josh Rock (96.31)
Evening Session (7:00 PM UK)
(94.74) Charlie Manby 1-4 Gian van Veen (98.48)
(99.81) Michael van Gerwen 1-4 Gary Anderson (99.10)
(103.07) Luke Humphries 4-1 Kevin Doets (92.33)
Thursday January 1
Afternoon Session (12:30 PM UK)
(91.32) Ryan Searle 5-2 Jonny Clayton (93.67)
(99.44) Gary Anderson 5-2 Justin Hood (93.43)
Evening Session (7:00 PM UK)
(100.04) Luke Littler 5-0 Krzysztof Ratajski (96.75)
(101.12) Luke Humphries 1-5 Gian van Veen (105.41)
Friday January 2 (7:30 PM UK)
(105.35) Luke Littler 6-1 Ryan Searle (93.31)
(102.99) Gian van Veen 6-3 Gary Anderson (102.91)
Saturday January 3 (8:00 PM UK)
(106.02) Luke Littler 7-1 Gian van Veen (99.94)
