Players Championship

2026 Players Championship 15

About the Players Championship

One-day, 128-player knockouts for Tour Card holders. There were 34 in 2026, none televised. The top 64 on Players Championship prize money qualify for the Players Championship Finals, a major, in November. The number in a name such as "Players Championship 31" is the event number within the season. Guide ›

Dates

Tue 12 May 2026

Venue

Leicester

Field

128 players

Talking points

Final

Michael van Gerwen 8–5 Dirk van Duijvenbode

Best average

122.34 Michael van Gerwen

Semi-final · v Martin Schindler 7–0

127 matches Official page & tickets ↗ Last verified: 2 hours ago

Results

Winner

Michael van Gerwen

Runner-up

£10,000

Dirk van Duijvenbode

Semi-final

£6,500

Stephen Bunting Martin Schindler

Quarter-final

£4,000

Beau Greaves Josh Rock Ritchie Edhouse Joe Cullen

Matches

Final1

Michael van Gerwen 8–5 Dirk van Duijvenbode

Semi-final2

Martin Schindler 0–7 Michael van Gerwen

Dirk van Duijvenbode 7–5 Stephen Bunting

Quarter-final4

Michael van Gerwen 6–2 Beau Greaves

Stephen Bunting 6–3 Joe Cullen

Martin Schindler 6–2 Ritchie Edhouse

Dirk van Duijvenbode 6–3 Josh Rock

Last 168

Wessel Nijman 5–6 Martin Schindler

Ritchie Edhouse 6–2 Keane Barry

Chris Dobey 4–6 Dirk van Duijvenbode

Josh Rock 6–5 Derek Coulson

Stephen Bunting 6–3 Andy Boulton

Kim Huybrechts 2–6 Joe Cullen

Michael van Gerwen 6–4 Gian van Veen

Dave Chisnall 3–6 Beau Greaves

Last 3216

Wessel Nijman 6–4 Sebastian Bialecki

Darius Labanauskas 2–6 Martin Schindler

Martijn Dragt 5–6 Ritchie Edhouse

Keane Barry 6–2 Cameron Menzies

Ross Smith 4–6 Michael van Gerwen

Gian van Veen 6–3 Mickey Mansell

Beau Greaves 6–4 Nick Kenny

Chris Dobey 6–2 Richard Veenstra

Darryl Pilgrim 1–6 Dirk van Duijvenbode

Josh Rock 6–2 Tommy Morris

Mervyn King 5–6 Derek Coulson

Stephen Bunting 6–1 Leon Weber

Ian White 4–6 Andy Boulton

Niko Springer 1–6 Joe Cullen

Jonny Clayton 5–6 Dave Chisnall

Jermaine Wattimena 3–6 Kim Huybrechts

Last 6432

Sebastian Bialecki 6–3 Tommy Lishman

Kim Huybrechts 6–4 Dimitri Van den Bergh

Jermaine Wattimena 6–2 Jim Long

Daryl Gurney 0–6 Andy Boulton

Ian White 6–4 Justin Hood

Leon Weber 6–2 Joe Hunt

Stephen Bunting 6–1 Adam Paxton

Ryan Joyce 4–6 Derek Coulson

Cristo Reyes 5–6 Mervyn King

Ryan Meikle 3–6 Tommy Morris

Josh Rock 6–2 Tom Sykes

Dirk van Duijvenbode 6–2 Niall Culleton

Mario Vandenbogaerde 2–6 Darryl Pilgrim

Richard Veenstra 6–1 Maik Kuivenhoven

Chris Dobey 6–3 Owen Bates

Beau Greaves 6–4 Jeffrey De Graaf

Wessel Nijman 6–2 Chris Landman

Ryan Searle 5–6 Darius Labanauskas

Martin Schindler 6–3 Rhys Griffin

Kevin Doets 4–6 Martijn Dragt

Karel Sedlacek 5–6 Ritchie Edhouse

Keane Barry 6–3 Greg Ritchie

Cameron Menzies 6–2 Stephen Rosney

Gian van Veen 6–5 Steve Lennon

William O'Connor 3–6 Mickey Mansell

Jonny Clayton 6–3 Scott Waites

Dave Chisnall 6–2 Jurjen van der Velde

Andrew Gilding 5–6 Nick Kenny

Ross Smith 6–1 Cam Crabtree

Michael van Gerwen 6–4 Adam Lipscombe

Niko Springer 6–5 Madars Razma

Joe Cullen 6–4 Alan Soutar

Last 12864

Marvin van Velzen 3–6 Mervyn King

Tom Bissell 2–6 Nick Kenny

Wessel Nijman 6–0 Ricardo Pietreczko

Owen Bates 6–1 Sietse Lap

Richard Veenstra 6–2 Jimmy van Schie

Maik Kuivenhoven 6–4 Thomas Lovely

Niels Zonneveld 5–6 Mario Vandenbogaerde

Charlie Manby 5–6 Darryl Pilgrim

Dirk van Duijvenbode 6–4 Tytus Kanik

Niall Culleton 6–3 Kai Gotthardt

Josh Rock 6–5 Stephen Burton

Christian Kist 2–6 Tom Sykes

Rob Cross 4–6 Ryan Meikle

Pascal Rupprecht 1–6 Tommy Morris

James Wade 3–6 Cristo Reyes

Chris Dobey 6–2 Benjamin Pratnemer

Ryan Joyce 6–1 Filip Bereza

Raymond van Barneveld 4–6 Derek Coulson

Krzysztof Ratajski 4–6 Ian White

Justin Hood 6–2 Samuel Price

Daryl Gurney 6–2 Martin Lukeman

Andy Boulton 6–1 Yorick Hofkens

Jermaine Wattimena 6–3 Tavis Dudeney

Brendan Dolan 2–6 Jim Long

Kim Huybrechts 6–5 Dominik Gruellich

Dimitri Van den Bergh 6–5 Shane McGuirk

Niko Springer 6–1 Christopher Wickenden

Madars Razma 6–3 Cor Dekker

Joe Cullen 6–0 Lukas Wenig

Jeffrey Sparidaans 1–6 Alan Soutar

Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 4–6 Greg Ritchie

Connor Scutt 5–6 Chris Landman

Sebastian Bialecki 6–3 Peter Wright

Tommy Lishman 6–1 Jeffrey De Zwaan

Ryan Searle 6–3 Marvin Kraft

Jack Tweddell 1–6 Darius Labanauskas

Martin Schindler 6–2 Bradley Brooks

Rhys Griffin 6–4 Wesley Plaisier

Kevin Doets 6–0 Rob Owen

David Sharp 3–6 Martijn Dragt

Karel Sedlacek 6–2 Stefaan Henderyck

Alexander Merkx 4–6 Ritchie Edhouse

Luke Woodhouse 5–6 Keane Barry

Andrew Gilding 6–4 Thibault Tricole

Cameron Menzies 6–3 Adam Leek

Ross Smith 6–2 Stefan Bellmont

Arno Merk 1–6 Jeffrey De Graaf

Damon Heta 2–6 Beau Greaves

Adam Warner 0–6 Jurjen van der Velde

Dave Chisnall 6–5 Levy Frauenfelder

Nathan Potter 5–6 Scott Waites

Jonny Clayton 6–2 Jack Aldridge

Max Hopp 2–6 Adam Lipscombe

Michael van Gerwen 6–4 Dennie Olde Kalter

Daniel Ayres 4–6 Cam Crabtree

Stephen Rosney 6–5 Ted Evetts

Gian van Veen 6–5 Harry Ward

Tyler Thorpe 0–6 Steve Lennon

William O'Connor 6–3 Ricky Evans

Callan Rydz 2–6 Mickey Mansell

Mensur Suljovic 5–6 Joe Hunt

Michael Smith 2–6 Leon Weber

Adam Paxton 6–2 Adam Gawlas

Stephen Bunting 6–2 Gabriel Clemens

Venue location

Mattioli Arena, Leicester

Mattioli Arena, 12, Memory Lane, St Matthew's, Leicester, City of Leicester, England, LE1 3UL, United Kingdom

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