2025 Players Championships 20-21 Player entries confirmed

PDC ProTour (Kieran Cleeves/PDC)

Player entries have been confirmed for next week's Players Championship double-header, as the 2025 PDC ProTour season continues in Leicester.

The next instalment of ProTour action will take place at the Mattioli Arena on July 8-9, as some of the sport's biggest names compete for the £15,000 top prize in Players Championships 20-21.

The two tournaments will see a field of 128 players - comprised of PDC Tour Card Holders and PDPA Associate Members - competing across two days of action, as the race for Betfred World Matchplay qualification concludes in the East Midlands.

Players Championship Order of Merit leader Gian van Veen will headline the action alongside Premier League stars Stephen Bunting, Gerwyn Price, Chris Dobey and Rob Cross.

Dutch superstar Michael van Gerwen will feature in Wednesday's Players Championship 21 only, while 2022/23 World Champion Michael Smith also takes centre stage as he bids to force his way into the World Matchplay field.

Play will commence at 1300 BST on each day, and coverage from four boards in each event will be streamed on PDCTV and across bookmakers' websites worldwide, with German commentary again provided.

Players Championships 20-21 Player Entries
Mattioli Arena, Leicester
July 8-9 2025
Players Championship 20

Gary Anderson
Andy Baetens
Keane Barry
Owen Bates
Stefan Bellmont
Darren Beveridge
Sebastian Bialecki
Tom Bissell
William Borland
Andy Boulton
Bradley Brooks
Stephen Bunting
Kevin Burness
Stephen Burton
Dave Chisnall
Brett Claydon
Jonny Clayton
Gabriel Clemens
Cam Crabtree
Rob Cross
Joe Cullen
Maximilian Czerwinski
Mike De Decker
Jeffrey de Graaf
Jose de Sousa
Matthew Dennant
Chris Dobey
Kevin Doets
Brendan Dolan
Martijn Dragt
Tavis Dudeney
Ritchie Edhouse
Ricky Evans
Ted Evetts
Patrick Geeraets
Andrew Gilding
Kai Gotthardt
Rhys Griffin
Dominik Gruellich
Robert Grundy
Daryl Gurney
Graham Hall
Florian Hempel
Stefaan Henderyck
Damon Heta
Justin Hood
Max Hopp
Adam Hunt
James Hurrell
Kim Huybrechts
Ryan Joyce
Tytus Kanik
Nick Kenny
George Killington
Mervyn King
Christian Kist
Jelle Klaasen
Maik Kuivenhoven
Darius Labanauskas
Chris Landman
Danny Lauby
Steve Lennon
Adam Lipscombe
Pero Ljubic
Jim Long
Thomas Lovely
Oskar Lukasiak
Martin Lukeman
Mickey Mansell
Ryan Meikle
Cameron Menzies
Wessel Nijman
Danny Noppert
William O'Connor
Dennie Olde Kalter
Rob Owen
Adam Paxton
Ricardo Pietreczko
Darryl Pilgrim
Wesley Plaisier
Gerwyn Price
Haupai Puha
Nathan Rafferty
Krzysztof Ratajski
Madars Razma
Benjamin Reus
Joshua Richardson
Greg Ritchie
Josh Rock
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Callan Rydz
Martin Schindler
Connor Scutt
Ryan Searle
Karel Sedlacek
Dylan Slevin
Michael Smith
Ross Smith
Carl Sneyd
Alan Soutar
Niko Springer
Radek Szaganski
Dom Taylor
Viktor Tingstrom
Thibault Tricole
Michele Turetta
Jack Tweddell
Raymond van Barneveld
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Jamai van den Herik
Jitse Van der Wal
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Berry van Peer
Gian van Veen
Marvin van Velzen
Mario Vandenbogaerde
Richard Veenstra
James Wade
Adam Warner
Jermaine Wattimena
Leon Weber
Lukas Wenig
Ian White
Jim Williams
Scott Williams
Luke Woodhouse
Peter Wright
Niels Zonneveld

Players Championship 21
Gary Anderson
Andy Baetens
Keane Barry
Owen Bates
Stefan Bellmont
Darren Beveridge
Sebastian Bialecki
Tom Bissell
William Borland
Andy Boulton
Bradley Brooks
Stephen Bunting
Stephen Burton
Dave Chisnall
Brett Claydon
Jonny Clayton
Gabriel Clemens
Cam Crabtree
Rob Cross
Joe Cullen
Maximilian Czerwinski
Mike De Decker
Jeffrey de Graaf
Jose de Sousa
Matthew Dennant
Chris Dobey
Kevin Doets
Brendan Dolan
Martijn Dragt
Tavis Dudeney
Ritchie Edhouse
Ricky Evans
Ted Evetts
Patrick Geeraets
Andrew Gilding
Kai Gotthardt
Rhys Griffin
Dominik Gruellich
Robert Grundy
Daryl Gurney
Graham Hall
Florian Hempel
Stefaan Henderyck
Damon Heta
Justin Hood
Max Hopp
Adam Hunt
James Hurrell
Kim Huybrechts
Ryan Joyce
Tytus Kanik
Nick Kenny
George Killington
Mervyn King
Christian Kist
Jelle Klaasen
Maik Kuivenhoven
Darius Labanauskas
Chris Landman
Danny Lauby
Steve Lennon
Adam Lipscombe
Pero Ljubic
Jim Long
Thomas Lovely
Oskar Lukasiak
Martin Lukeman
Mickey Mansell
Ryan Meikle
Cameron Menzies
Wessel Nijman
Danny Noppert
William O'Connor
Dennie Olde Kalter
Rob Owen
Adam Paxton
Ricardo Pietreczko
Darryl Pilgrim
Wesley Plaisier
Gerwyn Price
Haupai Puha
Nathan Rafferty
Krzysztof Ratajski
Madars Razma
Benjamin Reus
Joshua Richardson
Greg Ritchie
Josh Rock
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Callan Rydz
Martin Schindler
Connor Scutt
Ryan Searle
Karel Sedlacek
Dylan Slevin
Michael Smith
Ross Smith
Carl Sneyd
Alan Soutar
Niko Springer
Radek Szaganski
Dom Taylor
Viktor Tingstrom
Thibault Tricole
Michele Turetta
Jack Tweddell
Raymond van Barneveld
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Jamai van den Herik
Jitse Van der Wal
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Michael van Gerwen
Berry van Peer
Gian van Veen
Marvin van Velzen
Mario Vandenbogaerde
Richard Veenstra
James Wade
Adam Warner
Jermaine Wattimena
Leon Weber
Lukas Wenig
Ian White
Jim Williams
Scott Williams
Luke Woodhouse
Peter Wright
Niels Zonneveld

Tour Card Holders Absent: Nathan Aspinall, Matt Campbell, Cor Dekker, Luke Humphries, Luke Littler, Mensur Suljovic, Jules van Dongen, Tim Wolters, Michael van Gerwen (PC20 only).

Non-Tour Card Holders Competing: Darius Labanauskas, Stefan Bellmont, Ted Evetts, Mervyn King, Jack Tweddell, Carl Sneyd, Graham Hall, Jamai van den Herik, Kevin Burness (PC20 only).