Cam Crabtree and Jan Schmidt are the latest players to book their spots at the 2026 Mr Vegas Grand Slam of Darts, with at least seven stars now guaranteed of a debut in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The newly-expanded 48-player tournament returns to the WV Active Aldersley from November 14-22, as the sport\u2019s biggest names battle it out for the iconic Eric Bristow Trophy and a share of \u00a31 million in prize money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Defending Grand Slam champion and World Champion Luke Littler headlines this year\u2019s confirmed field so far, alongside recent World Grand Prix champion Luke Humphries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The finalists from PDC televised events over a 12-month period automatically qualify, with World Series of Darts Finals winner Ross Smith featuring as well as World Championship runner-up Gian van Veen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Welsh number one Gerwyn Price stars after making three televised Premier event finals this year, while James Wade will make his 19th Grand Slam outing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last year\u2019s Players Championship Finals runner-up Nathan Aspinall has earned a spot, as well as three-time champion Michael van Gerwen, who was a runner-up for Netherlands at the World Cup of Darts this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additional qualification spots are given to secondary and affiliate tours, including last year\u2019s World Youth Championship runner-up Beau Greaves as well as this year\u2019s finalists Crabtree and Schmidt – who sealed their spot in that showpiece and the Grand Slam on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sebastian Bialecki\u2019s domination of the Development Tour earns the Polish ace a first Grand Slam outing, while Joe Hunt will also make his Wolverhampton debut after topping the Challenge Tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Paolo Nebrida and Adam Sevada will also make maiden Grand Slam appearances, qualifying as PDC Asian Champion and North American Championship winner respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are still qualification places up for grabs across Premier events, secondary and affiliate tours over the coming month, with the European Championship winner and runner-up guaranteed of a place, while a qualifier from the Women\u2019s Series will join the PDC Nordic & Baltic Championship winner and ANZ Premier League winner in earning spots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Any remaining qualification places, up to a maximum of 40 players, are then handed out to 2026 European Tour event winners and then Players Championship event winners, in PDC Ranking order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two-time European Tour winner Wessel Nijman will resultantly return to Wolverhampton, with Josh Rock, Luke Woodhouse and Krzysztof Ratajski assured of their places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chris Dobey and Cameron Menzies will star after winning a brace of Players Championship titles each, with Ryan Searle, Jermaine Wattimena and Rob Cross also earning Grand Slam call-ups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kevin Doets will add a Grand Slam debut to his stellar year in the sport, while Andrew Gilding, Jeffrey de Graaf, Gabriel Clemens, and Karel Sedlacek have all qualified as Players Championship winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although non-Tour Card Holder Henry Coates has also won a Players Championship title, as the lowest-ranked winner he is not yet certain of a spot in Wolverhampton; should the winners of the remaining two European Tour events, four Players Championship events or the European Championship winner or runner-up not be pre-qualified and higher ranked than Coates, he will miss out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Tour Card Holder Qualifier for the Grand Slam will take place on Friday November 6, and guarantees at least eight qualifiers to finalise the 48-player field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If there are less than 40 pre-qualified players by November 6, the number of places available in the Tour Card Holder Qualifier will be increased appropriately to fill the field to 48 players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2026 Mr Vegas Grand Slam of Darts Qualification Additional Qualifiers (invited in the following order up to a maximum of 12 players)<\/strong> Any remaining places to fill up to 40 players invited in the following order 2026 Players Championship Event Winners Tour Card Holder Qualifiers Should there be less than 40 pre-qualified players, the number of places available in the Tour Card Holder Qualifier will be increased appropriately to fill the field to 48 players. Should the winner of any Secondary Tour have qualified, the next-ranked non-qualified player from that Secondary Tour\u2019s rankings will then be invited.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cam Crabtree and Jan Schmidt are the latest players to book their spots at the 2026 Mr Vegas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-16432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-darts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
Automatic Qualifiers (potential 24 players)<\/strong>
202025\/26 World Championship Winner – LUKE LITTLER (1)
<\/strong>2025 Grand Slam Winner – (Luke Littler)
2026 Premier League Winner – (Luke Littler)
2026 World Matchplay Winner – (Luke Littler)
2026 World Grand Prix Winner- LUKE HUMPHRIES (2)
<\/strong>2026 World Masters Winner – (Luke Littler)
2026 UK Open Winner – (Luke Littler)
2026 European Championship Winner – Oct 25
2025 Players Championship Finals Winner – (Luke Littler)
2026 World Series of Darts Finals Winner – ROSS SMITH (3)
<\/strong>2026 World Cup Winners x2 – (Luke Littler & Luke Humphries)
2025\/26 PDC World Championship Runner-Up – GIAN VAN VEEN (4)
<\/strong>2025 Grand Slam Runner-Up – (Luke Humphries)
2026 Premier League Runner-Up – (Luke Humphries)
2026 World Matchplay Runner-Up – GERWYN PRICE (5)
<\/strong>2026 World Grand Prix Runner-Up – (Gerwyn Price)
2026 World Masters Runner-Up – (Luke Humphries)
2026 UK Open Runner-Up – JAMES WADE (6)
<\/strong>2026 European Championship Runner-Up – Oct 25
2025 Players Championship Finals Runner-Up – NATHAN ASPINALL (7)
<\/strong>2026 World Series of Darts Finals Runner-Up – (Gerwyn Price)
2026 World Cup Runners-Up x2 – MICHAEL VAN GERWEN<\/strong> (Gian van Veen) (8)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
2025 World Youth Championship Winner – (Gian van Veen)
2025 World Youth Championship Runner-Up – BEAU GREAVES (9)
<\/strong>2026 World Youth Championship Finalist 1 – CAM CRABTREE (10)
<\/strong>2026 World Youth Championship Finalist 2 – JAN SCHMIDT (11)
<\/strong>2026 Development Tour Rankings Winner – SEBASTIAN BIALECKI (12)
<\/strong>2026 Challenge Tour Rankings Winner – JOE HUNT (13)
<\/strong>2026 Women\u2019s World Matchplay Winner – (Beau Greaves)
2026 Women\u2019s Series Rankings Winner – Oct 11
2026 PDC Asian Championship Winner – PAOLO NEBRIDA (14)
<\/strong>2026 North American Championship Winner – ADAM SEVADA (15)
<\/strong>2026 PDC Nordic & Baltic Championship Winner – Nov 8
2026 ANZ Premier League Winner – Oct 31<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>2026 European Tour Event Winners
<\/strong>In order of number of event wins and then PDC Ranking Order;
<\/em>WESSEL NIJMAN x2 (16), JOSH ROCK (17), LUKE WOODHOUSE (18), KRZYSZTOF RATAJSKI (19)
<\/strong>Pre-Qualified: (Luke Littler x2), (Ross Smith x2) (Luke Humphries), (James Wade) (Nathan Aspinall), (Gerwyn Price)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>In order of number of event wins and then PDC Ranking Order;<\/em>
CHRIS DOBEY x2 (20), CAMERON MENZIES x2 (21), RYAN SEARLE (22), JERMAINE WATTIMENA (23), ROB CROSS (24), KEVIN DOETS (25), ANDREW GILDING (26), JEFFREY DE GRAAF (27), GABRIEL CLEMENS (28), KAREL SEDLACEK (29)<\/strong>, HENRY COATES
Pre-Qualified: Wessel Nijman x6, Luke Humphries x3, Ross Smith x2, James Wade, Gerwyn Price, Beau Greaves, Michael van Gerwen, Luke Woodhouse, Sebastian Bialecki<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>8x Players (Friday November 6, Leicester).<\/p>\n\n\n\n