World Grand Prix Darts 2026: Round-by-round results and highlights as Luke Humphries beats Gerwyn Price to Leicester title
Luke Humphries defeated Gerwyn Price to lift the World Grand Prix title for a second time in four years; Round-by-round results from the 2026 edition, where defending champion Luke Littler was dumped out in the opening round
Sunday 4 October 2026 22:31, UK
Round-by-round results from the 2026 World Grand Prix in Leicester, where Luke Humphries claimed a second title in four years after defeating Gerwyn Price in a dramatic final.
Humphries scoops the £150,000 first prize after defeating the Welshman 6-4 at the Mattioli Arena, with Price picking up £80,000 from a total prize pot of £750,000 for his runner-up finish.
The Englishman, who also beat Price in the 2023 final, defeated James Wade in the last four on Saturday after Price saw off Nathan Aspinall 5-2 in the other semi-final.
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Defending champion Luke Littler was surprisingly beaten by Luke Woodhouse in the opening round in Leicester.
World Grand Prix results
Monday September 28
Round one (best of three sets)
Danny Noppert 2-1 Niko Springer
Ross Smith 2-1 Cameron Menzies
Nathan Aspinall 2-1 Kevin Doets
Jonny Clayton 2-1 Krzysztof Ratajski
Gerwyn Price 2-0 Sebastian Bialecki
Michael van Gerwen 1-2 Ryan Joyce
Luke Littler 1-2 Luke Woodhouse
Wessel Nijman 2-0 Rob Cross
Tuesday September 29
Round one (best of three sets)
Chris Dobey 0-2 Jermaine Wattimena
Ryan Searle 2-1 William O'Connor
Josh Rock 1-2 Niels Zonneveld
James Wade 2-1 Joe Cullen
Gary Anderson 2-1 Damon Heta
Gian van Veen 2-0 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Luke Humphries 2-0 Dave Chisnall
Stephen Bunting 2-1 Andrew Gilding
Wednesday September 30
Round two (best of five sets)
Danny Noppert 0-3 Ryan Joyce
Jonny Clayton 3-1 Wessel Nijman
Gerwyn Price 3-0 Ross Smith
Luke Woodhouse 0-3 Nathan Aspinall
Thursday October 1
Round two (best of five sets)
Niels Zonneveld 3-1 Gary Anderson
James Wade 3-1 Stephen Bunting
Luke Humphries 3-0 Jermaine Wattimena
Gian van Veen 3-2 Ryan Searle
Friday October 2
Quarter-finals (best of five sets)
Nathan Aspinall 3-0 Ryan Joyce
Gerwyn Price 3-2 Jonny Clayton
Gian van Veen 0-3 James Wade
Luke Humphries 3-0 Niels Zonneveld
Saturday October 3
Semi-finals (best of nine sets)
Nathan Aspinall 2-5 Gerwyn Price
James Wade 3-5 Luke Humphries
Sunday October 4
Final (best of 11 sets)
Gerwyn Price 4-6 Luke Humphries
What is the prize money?
- Winner: £150,000
- Runner-up: £80,000
- Semi-finalists: £50,000
- Quarter-finalists: £35,000
- Second round: £20,000
- First round: £7,500
- Total prize pot: £750,000
What is the double-in, double-out format?
The World Grand Prix is unique on the PDC calendar in having a double-in, double-out format which requires players to begin on the outer ring or bullseye before finishing the same way.
The number of sets required to win varied by round with the final best of 11 (first to six).
Who are the previous winners?
- 1998: Phil Taylor
- 1999: Phil Taylor
- 2000: Phil Taylor
- 2001: Alan Warriner
- 2002: Phil Taylor
- 2003: Phil Taylor
- 2004: Colin Lloyd
- 2005: Phil Taylor
- 2006: Phil Taylor
- 2007: James Wade
- 2008: Phil Taylor
- 2009: Phil Taylor
- 2010: James Wade
- 2011: Phil Taylor
- 2012: Michael van Gerwen
- 2013: Phil Taylor
- 2014: Michael van Gerwen
- 2015: Robert Thornton
- 2016: Michael van Gerwen
- 2017: Daryl Gurney
- 2018: Michael van Gerwen
- 2019: Michael van Gerwen
- 2020: Gerwyn Price
- 2021: Jonny Clayton
- 2022: Michael van Gerwen
- 2023: Luke Humphries
- 2024: Mike De Decker
- 2025: Luke Littler
- 2026: Luke Humphries
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