Who is playing in 2024/25 Paddy Power World Darts Championship field confirmed, complete players list
The field of PDC Order of Merit and ProTour Order of Merit qualifiers for the 2024/25 Paddy Power World Darts Championship have been confirmed, as reigning champion Luke Humphries prepares to headline a star-studded field in the capital next month.
The top 32 players from the PDC Order of Merit following Sunday's Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals qualify by right and will enter the World Darts Championship in the second round stage.
Reigning champion Humphries will make his Alexandra Palace return as the number one seed, as he bids to emulate Phil Taylor, Adrian Lewis and Gary Anderson by becoming only the fourth player to retain the World Championship title.
2023 World Champion Michael Smith will be the number two seed, with three-time winner Michael van Gerwen seeded third, as he bids to repeat his successes from 2014, 2017 and 2019.
The 96-player field will be finalised following the Tour Card Holder Qualifier in Wigan on Monday November 25, which will offer the final four places at next month’s event.
The draw for the Paddy Power World Darts Championship will take place at approximately 1630 GMT on Monday November 25, live on Sky Sports News in the UK.
When is the 2024-25 World Darts Championship.?
The sport's flagship tournament will take place at London's Alexandra Palace from December 15-January 3, with 96 players competing to win the iconic Sid Waddell Trophy and the £500,000 top prize.
2024/25 Paddy Power World Darts Championship Field, full players list
PDC Order of Merit Top 32
1. Luke Humphries (England)
2. Michael Smith (England)
3. Michael van Gerwen (Netherlands)
4. Luke Littler (England)
5. Rob Cross (England)
6. Dave Chisnall (England)
7. Jonny Clayton (Wales)
8. Stephen Bunting (England)
9. Damon Heta (Australia)
10. Gerwyn Price (Wales)
11. Dimitri Van den Bergh (Belgium)
12. Nathan Aspinall (England)
13. Danny Noppert (Netherlands)
14. Gary Anderson (Scotland)
15. Chris Dobey (England)
16. James Wade (England)
17. Peter Wright (Scotland)
18. Josh Rock (Northern Ireland)
19. Ross Smith (England)
20. Ryan Searle (England)
21. Andrew Gilding (England)
22. Martin Schindler (Germany)
23. Joe Cullen (England)
24. Mike De Decker (Belgium)
25. Dirk van Duijvenbode (Netherlands)
26. Daryl Gurney (Northern Ireland)
27. Gabriel Clemens (Germany)
28. Gian van Veen (Netherlands)
29. Ritchie Edhouse (England)
30. Brendan Dolan (Northern Ireland)
31. Krzysztof Ratajski (Poland)
32. Raymond van Barneveld (Netherlands)
ProTour Order of Merit Qualifiers
Cameron Menzies (Scotland)
Wessel Nijman (Netherlands)
Jermaine Wattimena (Netherlands)
Ricardo Pietreczko (Germany)
Luke Woodhouse (England)
Ryan Joyce (England)
Niels Zonneveld (Netherlands)
Alan Soutar (Scotland)
Madars Razma (Latvia)
Callan Rydz (England)
Wesley Plaisier (Netherlands)
Martin Lukeman (England)
Kevin Doets (Netherlands)
Richard Veenstra (Netherlands)
Scott Williams (England)
Kim Huybrechts (Belgium)
William O'Connor (Ireland)
Karel Sedlacek (Czech Republic)
Stephen Burton (England)
Thibault Tricole (France)
Connor Scutt (England)
Mensur Suljovic (Austria)
Ian White (England)
Jeffrey de Graaf (Sweden)
Jim Williams (Wales)
Florian Hempel (Germany)
Ryan Meikle (England)
Chris Landman (Netherlands)
Nick Kenny (Wales)
James Hurrell (England)
Mickey Mansell (Northern Ireland)
Ricky Evans (England)
International Qualifiers
Ryusei Azemoto (Japan)
Keane Barry (Ireland)
Stefan Bellmont (Switzerland)
Stowe Buntz (USA)
Cameron Carolissen (South Africa)
Joe Comito (Australia)
Leonard Gates (USA)
Tomoya Goto (Japan)
Kai Gotthardt (Germany)
Romeo Grbavac (Croatia)
Lourence Ilagan (Philippines)
Christian Kist (Netherlands)
Nitin Kumar (India)
Darius Labanauskas (Lithuania)
Lok Yin Lee (Hong Kong)
Jim Long (Canada)
Gordon Mathers (Australia)
Alexander Merkx (Netherlands)
Paolo Nebrida (Philippines)
Robert Owen (Wales)
Ben Robb (New Zealand)
Sandro Eric Sosing (Philippines)
Fallon Sherrock (England)
Niko Springer (Germany)
Rashad Sweeting (Bahamas)
Alexis Toylo (Philippines)
Noa-Lynn van Leuven (Netherlands)
Xiaochen Zong (China)
Plus: 4x PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifiers
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