The PDC has announced the 128-player field for Players Championship 3 and 4, set for February 16 and 17 in Wigan, with three high-profile Tour Card holders opting out. Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson, and Luke Littler are all absent, with Joe Hunt, Martijn Dragt, and Jack Tweddell called up from the Challenge Tour to complete the lineup.
Despite those headline absentees, the entry list remains packed with world-class talent. World number one Luke Humphries is set to make his first Players Championship appearances of the season, having previously suggested he might skip floor events in 2026 before reversing that stance. He is joined by major winners and Premier League regulars Gerwyn Price, James Wade, Rob Cross, and Peter Wright.
A broader group of established contenders also features prominently, including Jonny Clayton, Stephen Bunting, Chris Dobey, Josh Rock, Ryan Searle, Nathan Aspinall, and Dimitri Van den Bergh, underlining the depth of the field across both days. The full entry list comprises names such as Nathan Aspinall, Keane Barry, Owen Bates, Stefan Bellmont, Filip Bereza, Sebastian Bialecki, Tom Bissell, Andy Boulton, Bradley Brooks, Stephen Bunting, Stephen Burton, Dave Chisnall, Jonny Clayton, Gabriel Clemens, Cam Crabtree, Rob Cross, Joe Cullen, Niall Culleton, Maximilian Czerwinski, Mike De Decker, Jeffrey de Graaf, Jeffrey de Zwaan, Cor Dekker, Chris Dobey, Kevin Doets, Brendan Dolan, Tavis Dudeney, Ritchie Edhouse, Matthias Ehlers, Ricky Evans, Adam Gawlas, Andrew Gilding, Kai Gotthardt, Beau Greaves, Rhys Griffin, Dominik Gruellich, Daryl Gurney, Stefaan Henderyck, Damon Heta, Yorick Hofkens, Justin Hood, Max Hopp, Luke Humphries, Joe Hunt, James Hurrell, Kim Huybrechts, Ryan Joyce, Tytus Kanik, Nick Kenny, Mervyn King, Christian Kist, Marvin Kraft, Maik Kuivenhoven, Darius Labanauskas, Chris Landman, Sietse Lap, Adam Leek, Adam Lipscombe, Pero Ljubic, Jim Long, Thomas Lovely, Oskar Lukasiak, Martin Lukeman, Charlie Manby, Mickey Mansell, Shane McGuirk, Ryan Meikle, Cameron Menzies, Arno Merk, Alexander Merkx, Tommy Morris, Wessel Nijman, Danny Noppert, William O'Connor, Dennie Olde Kalter, Rob Owen, Adam Paxton, Ricardo Pietreczko, Darryl Pilgrim, Wesley Plaisier, Benjamin Pratnemer, Gerwyn Price, Samuel Price, Krzysztof Ratajski, Madars Razma, Cristo Reyes, Greg Ritchie, Josh Rock, Rusty-Jake Rodriguez, Stephen Rosney, Pascal Rupprecht, Callan Rydz, Martin Schindler, Connor Scutt, Ryan Searle, Karel Sedlacek, David Sharp, Michael Smith, Ross Smith, Carl Sneyd, Alan Soutar, Jeffrey Sparidaans, Niko Springer, Mensur Suljovic, Tom Sykes, Tyler Thorpe, Viktor Tingstrom, Thibault Tricole, Jack Tweddell, Raymond van Barneveld, Dimitri Van den Bergh, Jurjen van der Velde, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Jimmy van Schie, Gian van Veen, Marvin van Velzen, Mario Vandenbogaerde, Richard Veenstra, James Wade, Adam Warner, Jermaine Wattimena, Leon Weber, Lukas Wenig, Ian White, Scott Williams, Luke Woodhouse, Peter Wright, and Niels Zonneveld.
The Players Championship circuit consists of 34 events across the season, each offering a total prize fund of £150,000 with £15,000 awarded to the winner. At the end of the campaign, the top 64 players on the Players Championship Order of Merit will qualify for the Players Championship Finals in November.
