World Grand Prix Darts 2026: Schedule, format, prize money, venue, dates as Luke Littler, Luke Humphries seek title

The event uniquely requires players to begin and finish every leg on a double or the bullseye.

The 32-player field features the top 16 players on the PDC Werner Rankings Ladder and the top 16 players from the ProTour Rankings yet to have qualified, as they bid to claim double-start glory.

Defending champion Luke Littler will headline the competition in Leicester, which will see the sport's top players battle for a newly-boosted £150,000 top prize and the coveted title.

2023 champion Luke Humphries will also be hunting a second World Grand Prix title, while Dutch number one Gian van Veen returns to the arena where he broke the record average last year in defeat to Littler.

Six-time champion Michael van Gerwen and two-time winner James Wade will also star, alongside Welsh duo Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton - who lifted the title in 2020 and 2021 respectively.

Northern Irish number one Josh Rock and two-time semi-finalist Danny Noppert will be present, while Stephen Bunting and Wessel Nijman make their Leicester returns.

(1) Luke Littler v Luke Woodhouse (16) Nathan Aspinall v Kevin Doets (8) Danny Noppert v Niko Springer (9) Michael van Gerwen v Ryan Joyce (4) Gerwyn Price v Sebastian Bialecki (13) Ross Smith v Cameron Menzies (5) Jonny Clayton v Krzysztof Ratajski (12) Wessel Nijman v Rob Cross (2) Luke Humphries v Dave Chisnall (15) Chris Dobey v Jermaine Wattimena (7) Josh Rock v Niels Zonneveld (10) Gary Anderson v Damon Heta (3) Gian van Veen v Dirk van Duijvenbode (14) Ryan Searle v William O'Connor (6) James Wade v Joe Cullen (11) Stephen Bunting v Andrew Gilding

Monday September 28 - From 6pm Round One Danny Noppert v Niko Springer Ross Smith v Cameron Menzies Nathan Aspinall v Kevin Doets Jonny Clayton v Krzysztof Ratajski Gerwyn Price v Sebastian Bialecki Michael van Gerwen v Ryan Joyce Luke Littler v Luke Woodhouse Wessel Nijman v Rob Cross

Tuesday September 29 - From 6pm Round One Chris Dobey v Jermaine Wattimena Ryan Searle v William O'Connor Josh Rock v Niels Zonneveld James Wade v Joe Cullen Gary Anderson v Damon Heta Gian van Veen v Dirk van Duijvenbode Luke Humphries v Dave Chisnall Stephen Bunting v Andrew Gilding

Wednesday September 30 - From 7pm Round Two - Order of Play TBC Littler/Woodhouse v Aspinall/Doets Noppert/Springer v Van Gerwen/Joyce Price/Bialecki v Smith/Menzies Clayton/Ratajski v Nijman/Cross

Thursday October 1 - From 7pm Round Two - Order of Play TBC Humphries/Chisnall v Dobey/Wattimena Rock/Zonneveld v Anderson/Heta Van Veen/Van Duijvenbode v Searle/O'Connor Wade/Cullen v Bunting/Gilding

Friday October 2 - From 7pm Quarter-Finals

Saturday October 3 - From 8pm Semi-Finals

Watch the World Grand Prix live on Sky Sports from September 28 to October 4.