2026 World Series of Darts Finals qualifiers: Littler and van Gerwen headline field
The qualification field for the 2026 World Series of DartsFinals is taking shape, as the final events were recently completed in New Zealand and Australia.
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Michael van Gerwen is the reigning champion and will headline the group of players qualifying through the OoM, after finishing #1.
Which players qualified for the 2026 World Series of Darts Finals?
32 players qualify for the Finals. Let’s start by looking at those who qualified as seeded players in the top 8.
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Top 8 seeds
The top eight seeded players are very familiar faces, consisting of players who were mostly in every WSoD event in 2026.
- Michael van Gerwen
- Gerwyn Price
- Luke Littler
- Luke Humphries
- Gian van Veen
- Jonny Clayton
- James Wade
- Stephen Bunting
MVG headlines the seeds, as he looks to win back-to-back titles.
He won two WSoD events and still managed to finish as #1 despite sitting out the last three WSoD events (U.S., NZ & AUS).
Every player on this list was in this year’s Premier League, except for Wade, who snuck into the top-8 after his title win in Australia.
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16 non-seeded qualifiers
The next players to qualify for the finals consist mostly of 16 players who participated in events in 2026 for the WSoD, but weren’t high enough to be seeded.
- Nathan Aspinall (England)
- Brody Klinge (Australia)
- Josh Rock (Northern Ireland)
- Damon Heta (Australia)
- Raymond Smith (Australia)
- Danny Noppert (Netherlands)
- Adam Leek (Australia)
- Man Lok Leung (Hong Kong)
- Jim Long (Canada)
- Viktor Tingstrom (Sweden)
- Ross Smith (England)
- Ben Robb (New Zealand)
- Motomu Sakai (Japan)
- Simon Whitlock (Australia)
- Lourence Ilagan (Philippines)
- Alexis Toylo (Philippines)
Players who won a game or accumulated enough legs in WSoD events were able to clinch their spot in Amsterdam through this route.
Aspinall, Rock, Noppert, Heta and Ross Smith are the PDC players we are most familiar with.
Among the regional qualifiers, names like Whitlock, Klinge, Sakai and Ilagan stick out. These are a few players who have a chance to pick up a win or two at next month’s event.
Werner rankings ladder qualifiers
Four additional players were chosen to compete next month and were given invitations based on their standing on the Werner rankings.
*This list is subject to possible change (as of 8/22/26)
- Gary Anderson
- Ryan Searle
- Wessel Nijman
- Chris Dobey
Tour card holder qualifiers
The last four spots are given to tour card holders who will compete for spots through a qualifier event on Aug. 24.
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- Rob Cross
- Callan Rydz
- Kevin Doets
- Karel Sedlacek
The tournament itself will begin on Sept. 18 and will run until Sept. 21.
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