Gary Anderson has not qualified for the 2026 Grand Slam of Darts.The Scotsman has appeared in two finals since the tournament was established in 2007 and played in another five semi-finals.Anderson will miss just his second Grand Slam of Darts tournament in 20 years having failed to qualifyGettyAnderson featured in every edition of the Grand Slam up until 2022, when he did not qualify.The same scenario happened this year too as the 55-year-old did not make the cut for the televised event.A qualifying event for ten places in the 48-player field took place at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester on Friday.Stephen Bunting was among those to have qualified, as well as 2025 quarter-finalist Ricky Evans.However, Anderson withdrew from the event and will therefore not be involved in the main tournament later this month.He is not the only former world champion to miss out, with legend Peter Wright unable to make it out of the qualifier.Who will play in the Grand Slam of Darts?Reigning champion Luke Littler is looking to win a third consecutive title at this year’s tournament.Should he do so, he will become the first player since Michael van Gerwen in 2017 to lift back-to-back-to-back Grand Slam titles.Luke Humphries, who was beaten by Littler in the 2025 final, will hope to replicate his 2023 success.Gerwyn Price, Van Gerwen and Gian van Veen are also in contention for the 2026 honour.Littler headlines the 48-man field in search of his third title at the Grand Slam of Darts, which begins next weekendPAThe tournament will be held from November 14 to 22 at WV Active Aldersley in Wolverhampton.There is a total prize pot of £1million, up from £650,000 in 2025, and £200,000 of that is awarded to the winner.How will the 2026 Grand Slam of Darts work?Due to the increase of players from 32 to 48, there is a change to the format this year.The field will now be split into 16 groups of three in the group stage rather than eight groups of four, and all the winners reach the last 16.Three pots will separate the players based on their PDC ranking in the draw on Monday.Players in the top 16 of the rankings will be seeded and given a group accordingly, with the rest ranked 17th to 32nd and 33rd to 48th.