World Darts Championship 2027 Field: 128 Players
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The world darts championship 2027 field is almost complete. As of 8 November 2026, 116 of the 128 places at Alexandra Palace are confirmed, and only 12 remain to be decided. Luke Littler leads the field as the defending champion and the number one seed, chasing a third world title in a row, while Gian van Veen and Luke Humphries sit directly behind him at the top of the seedings. This guide lists every confirmed qualifier so far, explains how the 128-player field is built, and sets out the final 12 places still up for grabs before the draw on 30 November.
The tournament runs from 11 December 2026 to 3 January 2027 at Alexandra Palace in London, played in the Great Hall for the first time. It is the 34th PDC World Darts Championship and the 20th held at Ally Pally, with a record £5,000,000 prize fund and £1,000,000 for the winner.
How the World Darts Championship 2027 Field Is Built
The 128-player field comes from three routes. The top 40 players in the two-year PDC Order of Merit qualify automatically after the Players Championship Finals. The next 40 highest-ranked players on the one-year ProTour Order of Merit, who have not already qualified through the main rankings, take the next 40 places. The remaining 48 places go to international qualifiers from tournaments and tours around the world. A player must win seven matches to lift the Sid Waddell Trophy on 3 January.
The full day-by-day running order is in our World Darts Championship 2026/27 schedule guide, and the complete prize breakdown is in our World Darts Championship 2027 prize money post.
The Seeds: Littler Leads the Top 32
The top 32 players in the PDC Order of Merit are seeded for the first round. Luke Littler sits at number one with £2,932,500 in ranking prize money, nearly three times as much as anyone else on tour. Gian van Veen is second on £1,036,250, and Luke Humphries is third on £943,500. Behind them, Gerwyn Price is fourth, Jonny Clayton fifth, Ross Smith sixth after a superb ProTour season, and James Wade seventh. Josh Rock, Nathan Aspinall and Michael van Gerwen complete the top ten.
| Seed | Player | Ranking money |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luke Littler | £2,932,500 |
| 2 | Gian van Veen | £1,036,250 |
| 3 | Luke Humphries | £943,500 |
| 4 | Gerwyn Price | £839,500 |
| 5 | Jonny Clayton | £723,250 |
| 6 | Ross Smith | £682,000 |
| 7 | James Wade | £663,000 |
| 8 | Josh Rock | £594,250 |
| 9 | Nathan Aspinall | £594,000 |
| 10 | Michael van Gerwen | £593,500 |
Further down the seedings, Wessel Nijman is 11th, Stephen Bunting 12th, Danny Noppert 13th and Gary Anderson 16th, while Luke Woodhouse, Rob Cross and Dave Chisnall are also seeded. Below them, the rest of the top 40 also qualify, including Peter Wright in 36th and Michael Smith in 37th — two of the biggest names of the last decade, both unseeded in the first round.
ProTour Qualifiers: Reyes Leads the Second 40
The ProTour Order of Merit supplies the next 40 players, counting only those who have not already qualified through the main rankings. Because the big names at the top of the ProTour table, such as Wessel Nijman and Luke Woodhouse, qualified through the main Order of Merit, the ProTour list is led by Cristo Reyes, who earned £107,750 in his first season back on the tour after a six-year absence. Sebastian Bialecki is second on £94,750, Kim Huybrechts third on £89,000, and Beau Greaves fourth on £79,500.
Greaves is the story of this list: she returns to Ally Pally not through the Women’s Series, but on merit through the ProTour, in her debut season as a Tour Card holder. Our full guide to her season is in our Beau Greaves World Darts Championship 2027 post. The ProTour list is also where the non-Tour Card holders made it: Tommy Morris, who stunned Luke Humphries to win Players Championship 34, is 14th, Joe Hunt is 22nd, and Henry Coates is 40th and last in.
| Rank | Player | ProTour money |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cristo Reyes | £107,750 |
| 2 | Sebastian Bialecki | £94,750 |
| 3 | Kim Huybrechts | £89,000 |
| 4 | Beau Greaves | £79,500 |
| 5 | Jeffrey de Graaf | £77,500 |
| 6 | Maik Kuivenhoven | £71,500 |
| 7 | Charlie Manby | £65,500 |
| 8 | Richard Veenstra | £63,750 |
| 9 | Tom Bissell | £62,000 |
| 10 | Mickey Mansell | £61,500 |
| 11 | Brendan Dolan | £60,250 |
| 12 | Tom Sykes | £59,250 |
| 13 | Mensur Suljovic | £57,750 |
| 14 | Tommy Morris | £57,250 |
| 15 | Rob Owen | £57,250 |
Behind the top 15, Gabriel Clemens, Max Hopp, Keane Barry and Bradley Brooks are 16th to 19th, and the list runs down through Connor Scutt, Scott Williams and Jimmy van Schie to Raymond van Barneveld in 33rd and Henry Coates in 40th. Van Barneveld, a five-time world champion, qualified after his opening win at Players Championship 34 secured a record 34th World Championship appearance.
The ProTour table is the reason this field feels so deep. It is how Nijman, who topped the ProTour Order of Merit with £284,500, earned his place among the seeds. Our full breakdown of his season is in our Wessel Nijman ProTour Order of Merit 2026 post.
International Qualifiers: 36 Confirmed So Far
The remaining 48 places go to international qualifiers, and 36 of them are already decided, from the Development Tour and Challenge Tour, the Women’s Series, the Asian Tour, the CDC in North America, the Nordic and Baltic Tour, the ANZ Premier League in Australia, and two new African qualifiers.
The women’s places tell their own story. Because Beau Greaves qualified through the ProTour, her Women’s Series places passed down the order, so Lisa Ashton, Fallon Sherrock, Gemma Hayter and Vicky Pruim all take spots. From Asia, Paolo Nebrida won the Asian Championship, Ryuta Arihara topped the Asian Tour, Motomu Sakai won the Steel Tour in Japan, Lihao Wen won the China Championship, and Nitin Kumar won the Indian qualifier. From North America, Adam Sevada won the North American Championship, David Cameron won the CDC Cross-Border Challenge, and Gary Mawson won the CDC Continental Cup final in Deer Lake.
| Route | Player | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Development Tour 3rd | Cam Crabtree | England |
| Development Tour 4th | Jamai van den Herik | Netherlands |
| Development Tour 6th | Jack Drayton | England |
| Challenge Tour 2nd | Derek Coulson | Wales |
| Challenge Tour 4th | Daniel Klose | Germany |
| Challenge Tour 5th | Archie Self | England |
| Women’s Series 2nd | Lisa Ashton | England |
| Women’s Series 3rd | Fallon Sherrock | England |
| Women’s Series 4th | Gemma Hayter | England |
| Women’s Series 5th | Vicky Pruim | Sweden |
| Steel Tour Japan | Motomu Sakai | Japan |
| China Championship | Lihao Wen | China |
| Indian Qualifier | Nitin Kumar | India |
| Asian Championship winner | Paolo Nebrida | Philippines |
| Asian Championship runner-up | Kam Weng Cheng | Macau |
| Asian Tour 1st | Ryuta Arihara | Japan |
| Asian Tour 3rd | Christian Perez | Philippines |
| Asian Tour 4th | Haruki Muramatsu | Japan |
| Asian Tour 5th | Lok Yin Lee | Hong Kong |
| Asian Tour 7th | Man Lok Leung | Hong Kong |
| Hungarian Super League | András Borbély | Hungary |
| UK & Ireland Qualifier | Carl Wilson | England |
| North American Championship | Adam Sevada | USA |
| CDC Continental Cup | Gary Mawson | USA |
| CDC Cross-Border Challenge | David Cameron | Canada |
| CDC Pro Tour (USA) | Fred Krueger | USA |
| CDC Pro Tour (Canada) | Brayden Hall | Canada |
| CDLC Tour | Jesús Salate | Argentina |
| Nordic & Baltic Pro Tour 1st | Daniel Larsson | Sweden |
| Nordic & Baltic Pro Tour 2nd | Cor Dekker | Norway |
| ANZ Premier League | Raymond Smith | Australia |
| ADA Tour | Brody Klinge | Australia |
| DPNZ Pro Tour | Ben Robb | New Zealand |
| Trans-Tasman Championship | Mal Cuming | Australia |
| African Qualifier (North) | David Munyua | Kenya |
| African Qualifier (South) | Rudie van Staden | South Africa |
Three of these names are debutants worth watching. Archie Self, 16 years old, broke the record for the youngest televised nine-darter in October. Brody Klinge makes his Ally Pally debut after winning the ADA Tour in Australia, and Rudie van Staden makes his debut from the new Southern African qualifier. Our full guide to the new faces is in our World Darts Championship debutants 2027 post.
The 12 Places Still to Be Decided
Twelve places remain, and they will all be settled by 30 November. Two are decided on Sunday 8 November: the Mediterranean Qualifier winner and the Nordic and Baltic Championship winner. The DACH Super League runs from 10 to 13 November, the Polish Qualifier is on 13 November, and the Netherlands and Belgium Qualifier is on 14 November. The South-East Europe Qualifier is on 28 November, the Czechia Qualifier and the World Youth Championship final are both on 29 November, and the final four places come from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier on 30 November.
| Places | Route | Date decided |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mediterranean Qualifier winner | 8 November 2026 |
| 1 | Nordic & Baltic Championship winner | 8 November 2026 |
| 1 | DACH Super League (Europe Super League) winner | 10–13 November 2026 |
| 1 | Polish Qualifier winner | 13 November 2026 |
| 1 | Netherlands & Belgium Qualifier winner | 14 November 2026 |
| 1 | South-East Europe Qualifier winner | 28 November 2026 |
| 1 | Czechia Qualifier winner | 29 November 2026 |
| 1 | World Youth Championship winner | 29 November 2026 |
| 4 | Tour Card Holder Qualifier | 30 November 2026 |
The Tour Card Holder Qualifier is the last-chance saloon. Ricky Evans, Dimitri van den Bergh, Nick Kenny, Martin Lukeman and Thibault Tricole all missed out through the main Order of Merit and must come through it on 30 November. Our World Darts Championship 2027 qualifiers post tracks all twelve remaining places.
What Happens Next
Once the final 12 places are settled on 30 November, the draw is made the same night. The tournament starts on Friday 11 December, and the final is on Sunday 3 January 2027 in the Great Hall, where the winner will take £1,000,000. Keep track of it all on our darts schedule hub, and for the champion’s own story, read our Luke Littler World Darts Championship 2027 post.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many players are in the World Darts Championship 2027 field?
128 players. The top 40 in the PDC Order of Merit qualify automatically, the next 40 come from the ProTour Order of Merit, and 48 places go to international qualifiers.
Who is the number one seed at the 2027 World Darts Championship?
Luke Littler, the defending champion. He tops the PDC Order of Merit with £2,932,500, ahead of Gian van Veen in second and Luke Humphries in third. Littler is chasing a third world title in a row.
How many places in the field are still to be decided?
Twelve, as of 8 November 2026: the Mediterranean, Nordic and Baltic, DACH Super League, Polish, Netherlands and Belgium, South-East Europe and Czechia qualifier winners, the World Youth Championship winner, and four places from the Tour Card Holder Qualifier.
When is the World Darts Championship 2027 draw?
The draw is made on the evening of Monday 30 November 2026, after the Tour Card Holder Qualifier settles the final four places. The tournament starts on Friday 11 December 2026 at Alexandra Palace.
Did Beau Greaves qualify for the World Darts Championship 2027?
Yes, through the ProTour Order of Merit, finishing fourth among the ProTour qualifiers with £79,500 in her debut season as a Tour Card holder. Extra Women’s Series places went to Lisa Ashton, Fallon Sherrock, Gemma Hayter and Vicky Pruim.
Who are the debutants in the 2027 World Darts Championship field?
Several players make their Ally Pally debuts, including 16-year-old Archie Self, Jimmy van Schie, Brody Klinge from Australia, and Rudie van Staden from South Africa.
Conclusion
The world darts championship 2027 field is nearly set. Luke Littler leads 32 seeds into the Great Hall, the ProTour qualifiers bring in the form players of the year, and 36 international qualifiers carry the flags of more than 20 countries. Only 12 places remain, and they will all be settled by 30 November, when the draw is made and the road to the final becomes clear.
What stands out is how open the field looks behind Littler. Van Veen and Humphries are the obvious challengers, Price and Van Gerwen carry the pedigree, and Nijman arrives as the best floor player in the world. But with 128 players and seven rounds to win, the first round alone will produce shocks. The final 12 names will complete the picture on 30 November, and from 11 December, Ally Pally will do the rest.
