World Matchplay Darts 2026: We’re Top Price on Littler to win in Blackpool

The second biggest event in darts is back this weekend, as the Betfred World Matchplay rolls into Blackpool. 

To celebrate our continued headline sponsorship, we're taking on the biggest name in darts and boosting Luke Littler to Top Price to win the tournament...

Luke Littler (Top Price) @ 21/20

19-year-old Luke Littler is having himself a year. He has won every major televised ranking event, namely the World Championship, World Masters, UK Open, Premier League and World Cup and now needs only to win the European Championship to complete a career major grand slam.

First though, there's the little matter of a defence of his Betfred World Matchplay title. Back in 2025, the Nuke defeated 2007 winner James Wade 18-13 in the final to pick up his first Matchplay and will be looking to run it back at the Winter Gardens.

We are going head-to-head with the defending champ and taking him on at guaranteed Top Price to win the tournament. Right now that price is 21/20 but we will adjust our price pre-tournament to make sure we are the best price you can get on the market.

If you fancy Littler to win a 14th major title then simply click the banner below....

Luke Humphries @ 9/2

If anyone can stop the Nuke it's likely to be the world number two Luke Humphries.

Cool Hand finally broke his hoodoo against Littler two weeks ago, defeating his World Cup partner at the US Darts Masters.

The 2024 champion will really fancy his chances of regaining his title in the North West this next week...

Wessel Nijman @ 10/1

The form player in darts right now is Dutchman Wessel Nijman. The 26-year-old has had his dark times in the world of darts but is now probably enjoying his most fruitful spell in the game.

Yet to win a major, Nijman has however, taken his game to a new level this year, winning two Euro Tour events and a quite frankly ridiculous SIX Pro Tour titles.

If Wessel can conquer his big stage nerves, he could be walking out of Blackpool with the Phil Taylor trophy this week...

Gerwyn Price @ 12/1

Gezzy's best performance at the Winter Gardens was back in 2022, when the Welshman lost to Michael van Gerwen in the final. It's been a pretty disappointing return since for the Iceman, reaching just one quarter-final in the three years since.

However, his form is trending upwards, winning a European Darts Grand Prix title earlier in the year, as well as reaching three ranking semi-finals.  Don't count Price out just yet.

Michael van Gerwen @ 16/1

Three-time winner van Gerwen is perhaps through the best period of his darting career but can still throw up a golden period. He reached the final of this in 2024 and won it in 2022 so Mighty Mike will always be a threat here.

Gian van Veen @ 20/1

Another Dutch master is high in the betting as world number three Gian van Veen looks to win his second major title.

Questions remain about the Giant's game though, after a difficult period in which he's struggled to recover from illness.

As well as our headline Top Price guarantee, we've also got two more brilliant offers, which you can find below...

We're paying out on ANY player at the Betfred World Matchplay that has a 170 checkout or a 9-dart finish, whether they win or lose!