World Darts Championship 2025/26 | Draw, Live Scores, Results & Schedule of Play
The World Darts Championship returns in 2025/26 for its biggest-ever staging, and you can follow the latest results and schedule of play here.
A record-breaking Paddy Power World Championship will feature an expanded field of 128 players competing for an unprecedented £1 million top prize at London’s Alexandra Palace from December 11, 2025 to January 3, 2026.
The top 40 players from both the PDC Order of Merit and the ProTour Order of Merit are joined in the sport’s showpiece event by 48 International Qualifiers.
Luke Littler made history in 2025 by becoming the sport’s youngest-ever World Champion aged just 17 and is bidding to become only the fourth player in the 32-year history of the tournament to successfully retain the title.
World number one Littler heads a star-studded field alongside second seed Luke Humphries – the 2024 World Champion – and three-time World Champion Michael van Gerwen.
Other former World Champions bidding to reclaim the iconic Sid Waddell Trophy include two-time winners Peter Wright and Gary Anderson, 2023 winner Michael Smith, 2021 winner Gerwyn Price, 2018 winner Rob Cross and 2007 winner Raymond van Barneveld.
Multiple major champions including Stephen Bunting, James Wade, Jonny Clayton and Nathan Aspinall are also competing for the crown, alongside European Champion Gian van Veen, World Cup winner Josh Rock and former UK Open champion Danny Noppert.
Kenya and Argentina will be represented in the tournament for the first time, alongside a host of other notable debutants from around the globe.
The schedule of play for Round Two – which will be held from December 20-23 – will be confirmed in due course.
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World Darts Championship 2025/26 Schedule of Play
Thursday December 11
First Round
7pm-11pm
Kim Huybrechts 1-3 Arno Merk
Michael Smith 3-0 Lisa Ashton
Luke Littler 3-0 Darius Labanauskas
Madars Razma 3-1 Jamai van den Herik
Friday December 12
First Round
Afternoon Session (12.30pm-5pm)
Niels Zonneveld 3-0 Haupai Puha
Ian White 3-2 Mervyn King
Ryan Searle 3-0 Chris Landman
Rob Cross 3-0 Cor Dekker
Evening Session (7pm-11pm)
Ross Smith 2-3 Andreas Harrysson
Ricky Evans 3-0 Man Lok Leung
Gian van Veen 3-1 Cristo Reyes
Damon Heta 3-1 Steve Lennon
Saturday December 13
First Round
Afternoon Session (12.30pm-5pm)
Mario Vandenbogaerde 0-3 David Davies
Andrew Gilding 3-1 Cam Crabtree
Luke Woodhouse 3-1 Boris Krcmar
Gary Anderson 3-2 Adam Hunt
Evening Session (7pm-11pm)
Jeffrey de Graaf 1-3 Paul Lim
Wessel Nijman 3-0 Karel Sedlacek
Luke Humphries 3-1 Ted Evetts
Gabriel Clemens 3-0 Alex Spellman
Sunday December 14
First Round
Afternoon Session (12.30pm-5pm)
Ritchie Edhouse 0-3 Jonny Tata
Dom Taylor 3-0 Oskar Lukasiak
Richard Veenstra 2-3 Nitin Kumar
Joe Cullen 3-0 Bradley Brooks
Evening Session (7pm-11pm)
Lukas Wenig 1-3 Wesley Plaisier
Dimitri Van den Bergh 0-3 Darren Beveridge
Stephen Bunting 3-2 Sebastian Bialecki
James Hurrell 3-1 Stowe Buntz
Monday December 15
First Round
Afternoon Session (12.30pm-5pm)
Brendan Dolan 3-1 Tavis Dudeney
Cameron Menzies 2-3 Charlie Manby
Mensur Suljovic 3-1 David Cameron
Peter Wright 3-0 Noa-Lynn van Leuven
Evening Session (7pm-11pm)
Martin Lukeman 1-3 Max Hopp
Dirk van Duijvenbode 3-2 Andy Baetens
Jonny Clayton 3-1 Adam Lipscombe
Connor Scutt 3-2 Simon Whitlock
Tuesday December 16
First Round
Afternoon Session (12.30pm-5pm)
Alan Soutar 3-2 Teemu Harju
Nick Kenny 0-3 Justin Hood
Scott Williams 3-0 Paolo Nebrida
Chris Dobey 3-1 Xiaochen Zong
Evening Session (7pm-11pm)
Ricardo Pietreczko 3-1 Jose de Sousa
Danny Noppert 3-1 Jurjen van der Velde
Gerwyn Price 3-0 Adam Gawlas
Niko Springer 1-3 Joe Comito
Wednesday December 17
First Round
7pm-11pm
Matt Campbell 1-3 Adam Sevada
Raymond van Barneveld 0-3 Stefan Bellmont
James Wade 3-0 Ryusei Azemoto
Martin Schindler 3-1 Stephen Burton
Thursday December 18
First Round
Afternoon Session (12.30pm-5pm)
Callan Rydz 3-0 Patrik Kovacs
Thibault Tricole 0-3 Motomu Sakai
Ryan Joyce 3-0 Owen Bates
Mike De Decker 2-3 David Munyua
Evening Session (7pm-11pm)
Jermaine Wattimena 3-2 Dominik Gruellich
Dave Chisnall 3-0 Fallon Sherrock
Michael van Gerwen 3-1 Mitsuhiko Tatsunami
Krzysztof Ratajski 3-0 Alexis Toylo
Friday December 19
Afternoon Session (12.30pm-5pm)
Kevin Doets 3-1 Matthew Dennant
Ryan Meikle 3-0 Jesus Salate
Mickey Mansell 2-3 Leonard Gates
Josh Rock 3-1 Gemma Hayter
Evening Session (7pm-11pm)
William O’Connor 3-0 Krzysztof Kciuk
Daryl Gurney 3-2 Beau Greaves
Nathan Aspinall 3-1 Lourence Ilagan
Keane Barry 3-0 Tim Pusey
Saturday December 20
Second Round
Afternoon Session (12.30pm-4.30pm)
Ryan Searle 3-0 Brendan Dolan
Andreas Harrysson 3-0 Motomu Sakai
Dirk van Duijvenbode 2-3 James Hurrell
Dave Chisnall 2-3 Ricardo Pietreczko
Evening Session (7pm-11pm)
Michael Smith 1-3 Niels Zonneveld
Chris Dobey 1-3 Andrew Gilding
Stephen Bunting 3-0 Nitin Kumar
Jonny Clayton w/o v Dom Taylor – Taylor withdrawn from the event
Sunday December 21
Second Round
Afternoon Session (12.30pm-4.30pm)
Ryan Joyce 1-3 Krzysztof Ratajski
Joe Cullen 1-3 Mensur Suljovic
Luke Woodhouse 3-0 Max Hopp
Rob Cross 3-1 Ian White
Evening Session (7pm-11pm)
Martin Schindler 3-0 Keane Barry
Gerwyn Price 0-3 Wesley Plaisier
Luke Littler 3-0 David Davies
Damon Heta 3-2 Stefan Bellmont
Monday December 22
Second Round
Afternoon Session (12.30pm-5pm)
Darren Beveridge 1-3 Madars Razma
Wessel Nijman 0-3 Gabriel Clemens
David Munyua 0-3 Kevin Doets
James Wade 2-3 Ricky Evans
Evening Session (7pm-11pm)
Gian van Veen 3-1 Alan Soutar
Nathan Aspinall 3-0 Leonard Gates
Luke Humphries 3-0 Paul Lim
Charlie Manby 3-0 Adam Sevada
Tuesday December 23
Second Round
Afternoon Session (12.30pm-5pm)
Jonny Tata 2-3 Ryan Meikle
Daryl Gurney 2-3 Callan Rydz
Jermaine Wattimena 3-2 Scott Williams
Peter Wright 0-3 Arno Merk
Evening Session (7pm-11pm)
Danny Noppert 2-3 Justin Hood
Gary Anderson 3-1 Connor Scutt
Michael van Gerwen 3-1 William O’Connor
Josh Rock 3-0 Joe Comito
Saturday December 27
Third Round
Afternoon Session (12.30pm-4.30pm)
Krzysztof Ratajski 4-3 Wesley Plaisier
Luke Woodhouse 4-1 Andrew Gilding
Jonny Clayton 4-3 Niels Zonneveld
Evening Session (7pm-11pm)
Andreas Harrysson 4-2 Ricardo Pietreczko
Stephen Bunting 3-4 James Hurrell
Luke Littler 4-0 Mensur Suljovic
Sunday December 28
Third Round
Afternoon Session (12.30pm-4.30pm)
Martin Schindler 0-4 Ryan Searle
Damon Heta 0-4 Rob Cross
Gary Anderson 4-3 Jermaine Wattimena
Evening Session (7pm-11pm)
Gian van Veen 4-1 Madars Razma
Luke Humphries 4-2 Gabriel Clemens
Michael van Gerwen 4-1 Arno Merk
Monday December 29
Third Round (unless stated)
Afternoon Session (12.30pm-4.30pm)
Justin Hood 4-1 Ryan Meikle
Ricky Evans 2-4 Charlie Manby
Nathan Aspinall 3-4 Kevin Doets
Evening Session (7pm-11pm)
R3 – Josh Rock 4-1 Callan Rydz
R4 – Ryan Searle 4-0 James Hurrell
R4 – Luke Littler 4-2 Rob Cross
Tuesday December 30
Fourth Round
Afternoon Session (12.30pm-4.30pm)
Luke Woodhouse 2-4 Krzysztof Ratajski
Jonny Clayton 4-2 Andreas Harrysson
Justin Hood 4-0 Josh Rock
Evening Session (7pm-11pm)
Gian van Veen 4-1 Charlie Manby
Michael van Gerwen 1-4 Gary Anderson
Luke Humphries 4-1 Kevin Doets
Thursday January 1
Quarter-Finals
Afternoon Session (12.30pm-4.30pm)
Ryan Searle 5-2 Jonny Clayton
Gary Anderson 5-2 Justin Hood
Evening Session (7pm-11pm)
Luke Littler 5-0 Krzysztof Ratajski
Luke Humphries 1-5 Gian van Veen
Friday January 2
Semi-Finals
7.30pm-11pm
Luke Littler 6-1 Ryan Searle
Gian van Veen 6-3 Gary Anderson
Saturday January 3
Final
8pm
Luke Littler 7-1 Gian van Veen
World Darts Championship 2025/26 Format
First Round: Best of five sets
Second Round: Best of five sets
Third Round: Best of seven sets
Fourth Round: Best of seven sets
Quarter-Finals: Best of nine sets
Semi-Finals: Best of 11 sets
Final: Best of 13 sets
World Darts Championship 2025/26 Prize Fund
Winner: £1,000,000
Runner-Up: £400,000
Semi-Finalists: £200,000
Quarter-Finalists: £100,000
Last 16 losers: £60,000
Last 32 losers: £35,000
Last 64 losers: £25,000
Last 128 losers: £15,000
Total: £5,000,000
