2026 PDC Darts World Championship: Draw, schedule, format and prize money

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The holiday season is here, which means the World Darts Championship is back at the Alexandra Palace.

Almost three weeks of darts action will take place in London, with 128 players looking to make a run at the coveted Sid Waddell Trophy.

What to know about the 2026 PDC World Darts Championship

Let's take a look at some of the specifics of the tournament.

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Bracket/draw

Here is the bracket for the first round.

(1) Luke Littler vs. Darius Labanauskas

Mario Vandenbogaerde vs. David Davies

(32) Joe Cullen vs. Bradley Brooks

Mensur Suljovic vs. David Cameron

(16) Damon Heta vs. Steve Lennon

Raymond van Barneveld vs. Stefan Bellmont

(17) Rob Cross vs. Cor Dekker

Ian White vs. Mervyn King

(8) Chris Dobey vs. Xiaochen Zong

Andrew Gilding vs. Cam Crabtree

(25) Luke Woodhouse vs. Boris Krcmar

Martin Lukeman vs. Max Hopp

(9) Gerwyn Price vs. Adam Gawlas

Lukas Wenig vs. Wesley Plaisier

(24) Ryan Joyce vs. Owen Bates

Krzysztof Ratajski vs. Alexis Toylo

(4) Stephen Bunting vs. Sebastian Bialecki

Richard Veenstra vs. Nitin Kumar

(29) Dirk van Duijvenbode vs. Andy Baetens

James Hurrell vs. Stowe Buntz

(13) Martin Schindler vs. Stephen Burton

Keane Barry vs. Tim Pusey

(20) Ryan Searle vs. Chris Landman

Brendan Dolan vs. Tavis Dudeney

(5) Jonny Clayton vs. Adam Lipscombe

Dom Taylor vs. Oskar Lukasiak

(28) Michael Smith vs. Lisa Ashton

Niels Zonneveld vs. Haupai Puha

(12) Ross Smith vs. Andreas Harrysson

Thibault Tricole vs. Motomu Sakai

(21) Dave Chisnall vs. Fallon Sherrock

Ricardo Pietreczko vs. Jose de Sousa

(2) Luke Humphries vs. Ted Evetts

Jeffrey de Graaf vs. Paul Lim

(31) Wessel Nijman vs. Karel Sedlacek

Gabriel Clemens vs. Alex Spellman

(15) Nathan Aspinall vs. Lourence Illagan

Mickey Mansell vs. Leonard Gates

(18) Mike De Decker vs. David Munyua

Kevin Doets vs. Matthew Dennant

(7) James Wade vs. Ryusei Azemoto

Ricky Evans vs. Man Lok Leung

(26) Cameron Menzies vs. Charlie Manby

Matt Campbell vs. Adam Sevada

(10) Gian van Veen vs. Cristo Reyes

Alan Soutar vs. Teemu Harju

(23) Dimitri Van den Bergh vs. Darren Beveridge

Madars Razma vs. Jamai van den Herik

(3) Michael van Gerwen vs. Mitsuhiko Tatsunami

William O'Connor vs. Krzysztof Kciuk

(30) Peter Wright vs. Noa-Lynn van Leuven

Kim Huybrechts vs. Arno Merk

(14) Gary Anderson vs. Adam Hunt

Connor Scutt vs. Simon Whitlock

(19) Jermaine Wattimena vs. Dominik Grullich

Scott Williams vs. Paolo Nebrida

(6) Danny Noppert vs. Jurjen van der Velde

Nick Kenny vs. Justin Hood

(27) Ritchie Edhouse vs. Jonny Tata

Ryan Meikle vs. Jesus Salate

(11) Josh Rock vs. Gemma Hayter

Niko Springer vs. Joe Comito

(22) Daryl Gurney vs. Beau Greaves

Callan Rydz vs. Patrik Kovacs

2026 PDC WC schedule

*Schedule will be updated when it's released

MORE: Predicting the PDC 2026 Premier League of Darts lineup

Prize Money

*Data via Wikipedia

Position (no. of players)

Prize money(Total: £5,000,000)

Winner

(1)

£1,000,000

Runner-up

(1)

£400,000

Semi-finalists

(2)

£200,000

Quarter-finalists

(4)

£100,000

Fourth round losers

(8)

£60,000

Third round losers

(16)

£35,000

Second round losers

(32)

£25,000

First round losers

(64)

£15,000

Format

*Format will be updated here shortly

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