European Darts Open prize money
The PDC has paid £1.2m across the eight editions of the European Darts Open we hold, from 2015 to 2026. The 2026 pot was £230,000 between 48 players, the European Tour weekend in the Rhineland, at Düsseldorf and then Leverkusen, and Krzysztof Ratajski took £35,000 of it.
A darts player is paid once, for where the run ended, so every pound of a pot lands on exactly one player and the eight pots below add up to the £1,220,000 the field has shared. Michael van Gerwen has taken more out of the European Darts Open than anyone else: £94,000 from seven appearances. Six of the eight were played at Ostermann-Arena, Leverkusen.
Every European Darts Open pot
The eight editions we hold, and what each one paid
| EDITION | CHAMPION | PLAYERS | THE POT | WINNING IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Krzysztof Ratajski | 48 | £230,000 | £35,000 |
| 2025 | Nathan Aspinall | 48 | £175,000 | £30,000 |
| 2023 | Gerwyn Price | 48 | £175,000 | £30,000 |
| 2019 | Michael van Gerwen | 48 | £140,000 | £25,000 |
| 2018 | Michael van Gerwen | 48 | £135,000 | £25,000 |
| 2017 | Peter Wright | 48 | £135,000 | £25,000 |
| 2016 | Michael van Gerwen | 48 | £115,000 | £25,000 |
| 2015 | Robert Thornton | 48 | £115,000 | £25,000 |
| 8 editions | six different champions | 384 | £1,220,000£1.2m | £220,000 |
The pot, season by season
season running total
The prize fund has gone from £115,000 in 2015 to £230,000 in 2026, which is £115,000 more and 100% up. Winning it has moved with it, from £25,000 to £35,000, and the champion's share of the pot has gone from 22% to 15%. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches £1,220,000.
What each finishing place pays
The seven bands at the 2026 European Darts Open
Nothing here stacks. A player who lost in the semi-finals collected £10,000 and not that plus every band beneath it, which is why the seven bands come to £230,000 rather than to the £78,500 a ladder reading would put on the champion alone. The 2026 rate card has the players in each band and what the band paid out.
Who has taken the most out of it
Every player in the European Darts Open draws we hold, across the eight editions
| # | PLAYER | PLAYED | TITLES | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael van Gerwen | 7 | 3 | £94,000 |
| 2 | Peter Wright | 7 | 1 | £59,500 |
| 3 | Gerwyn Price | 6 | 1 | £44,000 |
| 4 | Krzysztof Ratajski | 4 | 1 | £42,500 |
| 5 | Nathan Aspinall | 4 | 1 | £40,000 |
| 6 | James Wade | 8 | £34,500 | |
| 7 | Damon Heta | 3 | £28,000 | |
| 8 | Rob Cross | 5 | £27,500 | |
| 9 | Robert Thornton | 2 | 1 | £26,500 |
| 10 | Kim Huybrechts | 7 | £25,750 | |
| 11 | Jermaine Wattimena | 6 | £24,750 | |
| 12 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | 4 | £22,750 | |
| 13 | Stephen Bunting | 6 | £22,500 | |
| 14 | Jonny Clayton | 6 | £21,500 | |
| 15 | Mensur Suljović | 5 | £20,500 | |
| 16 | Daryl Gurney | 8 | £20,250 | |
| 17 | Dave Chisnall | 7 | £19,500 | |
| 18 | Michael Smith | 6 | £19,500 | |
| 19 | Joe Cullen | 7 | £18,750 | |
| 20 | Mervyn King | 4 | £18,000 | |
| 21 | Danny Noppert | 4 | £16,500 | |
| 22 | Chris Dobey | 4 | £15,000 | |
| 23 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 6 | £14,000 | |
| 24 | Luke Woodhouse | 4 | £13,750 | |
| 25 | Wessel Nijman | 2 | £13,500 | |
| 26 | Ian White | 6 | £12,000 | |
| 27 | Ross Smith | 3 | £11,500 | |
| 28 | Simon Whitlock | 5 | £11,500 | |
| 29 | Alan Norris | 4 | £11,000 | |
| 30 | Jelle Klaasen | 4 | £11,000 | |
| 31 | Justin Pipe | 4 | £11,000 | |
| 32 | John Henderson | 5 | £10,750 | |
| 33 | Martin Schindler | 5 | £10,500 | |
| 34 | Cameron Menzies | 3 | £10,000 | |
| 35 | Ricardo Pietreczko | 2 | £10,000 | |
| 36 | Ryan Joyce | 3 | £10,000 | |
| 37 | Sebastian Białecki | 1 | £10,000 | |
| 38 | Brendan Dolan | 3 | £8,750 | |
| 39 | Mike De Decker | 3 | £8,500 | |
| 40 | Vincent van der Voort | 4 | £8,500 | |
| 41 | Gian van Veen | 2 | £7,500 | |
| 42 | Ritchie Edhouse | 4 | £7,500 | |
| 43 | Bradley Brooks | 3 | £7,250 | |
| 44 | William O'Connor | 3 | £7,250 | |
| 45 | Andrew Gilding | 3 | £7,000 | |
| 46 | Richard North | 2 | £7,000 | |
| 47 | Devon Petersen | 3 | £6,500 | |
| 48 | Josh Rock | 1 | £6,000 | |
| 49 | Matt Campbell | 1 | £6,000 | |
| 50 | Mickey Mansell | 2 | £6,000 | |
| 51 | Niko Springer | 2 | £6,000 | |
| 52 | Ryan Meikle | 3 | £6,000 | |
| 53 | Dragutin Horvat | 3 | £5,750 | |
| 54 | Max Hopp | 3 | £5,500 | |
| 55 | Benito van de Pas | 3 | £5,000 | |
| 56 | Jan Schmidt | 1 | £5,000 | |
| 57 | Kevin Doets | 1 | £5,000 | |
| 58 | Ryan Searle | 2 | £5,000 | |
| 59 | Maik Kuivenhoven | 2 | £4,750 | |
| 60 | Niels Zonneveld | 2 | £4,750 | |
| 61 | Raymond van Barneveld | 3 | £4,750 | |
| 62 | James Richardson | 2 | £4,500 | |
| 63 | Lukas Wenig | 2 | £4,500 | |
| 64 | Steve Beaton | 3 | £4,500 | |
| 65 | Ted Evetts | 2 | £4,500 | |
| 66 | Adrian Lewis | 2 | £4,000 | |
| 67 | Andreas Harrysson | 1 | £4,000 | |
| 68 | Andy Boulton | 2 | £4,000 | |
| 69 | Christian Kist | 3 | £4,000 | |
| 70 | Ron Meulenkamp | 1 | £4,000 | |
| 71 | G. Anderson | 1 | £3,500 | |
| 72 | Karel Sedláček | 1 | £3,500 | |
| 73 | Luke Humphries | 2 | £3,500 | |
| 74 | Mark Walsh | 2 | £3,500 | |
| 75 | Robert Owen | 1 | £3,500 | |
| 76 | T. Jenkins | 1 | £3,500 | |
| 77 | Wes Newton | 2 | £3,500 | |
| 78 | Gabriel Clemens | 2 | £3,250 | |
| 79 | Marko Kantele | 2 | £3,250 | |
| 80 | Darren Webster | 1 | £3,000 | |
| 81 | Jan Dekker | 2 | £3,000 | |
| 82 | Jeffrey de Zwaan | 2 | £3,000 | |
| 83 | Kyle Anderson | 2 | £3,000 | |
| 84 | Mark Webster | 2 | £3,000 | |
| 85 | R. Smith | 1 | £3,000 | |
| 86 | Robbie Green | 2 | £3,000 | |
| 87 | Darryl Pilgrim | 1 | £2,500 | |
| 88 | Gary Anderson | 1 | £2,500 | |
| 89 | Jim Williams | 1 | £2,500 | |
| 90 | Jyhan Artut | 2 | £2,500 | |
| 91 | Kim Viljanen | 2 | £2,500 | |
| 92 | René Eidams | 1 | £2,500 | |
| 93 | Madars Razma | 2 | £2,250 | |
| 94 | Nico Kurz | 2 | £2,250 | |
| 95 | Adam Hunt | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 96 | Aden Kirk | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 97 | Charlie Manby | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 98 | Cristo Reyes | 2 | £2,000 | |
| 99 | Daniel Klose | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 100 | Darius Labanauskas | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 101 | Darren Johnson | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 102 | Dominik Gruellich | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 103 | Fabian Herz | 2 | £2,000 | |
| 104 | Glen Durrant | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 105 | Jaimy Van de Weerd | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 106 | Jamie Hughes | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 107 | Jerry Hendriks | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 108 | Johnny Haines | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 109 | K. Anderson | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 110 | M. Smith | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 111 | Maik Langendorf | 2 | £2,000 | |
| 112 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 113 | Martin Atkins | 2 | £2,000 | |
| 114 | Matthew Dennant | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 115 | Michael Rosenauer | 2 | £2,000 | |
| 116 | Michal Smejda | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 117 | Mio Varila | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 118 | Pavel Jirkal | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 119 | Peter Jacques | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 120 | Rhys Griffin | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 121 | Robert Allenstein | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 122 | Samuel Price | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 123 | Scott Taylor | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 124 | Steffen Siepmann | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 125 | Terry Jenkins | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 126 | Tytus Kanik | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 127 | Wayne Jones | 2 | £2,000 | |
| 128 | Wesley Plaisier | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 129 | Jamie Caven | 1 | £1,500 | |
| 130 | Jamie Lewis | 1 | £1,500 | |
| 131 | John Michael | 1 | £1,500 | |
| 132 | Kevin McDine | 1 | £1,500 | |
| 133 | Rowby-John Rodriguez | 1 | £1,500 | |
| 134 | Stefan Stoyke | 1 | £1,500 | |
| 135 | Steve West | 1 | £1,500 | |
| 136 | Alan Soutar | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 137 | Filip Sebesta | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 138 | Florian Hempel | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 139 | Geert Nentjes | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 140 | José de Sousa | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 141 | Joshua Hermann | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 142 | Jurjen van der Velde | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 143 | Kevin Knopf | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 144 | Moritz Bohrmann | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 145 | Pascal Rupprecht | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 146 | Petr Krivka | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 147 | Richard Veenstra | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 148 | Ricky Evans | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 149 | Steve Lennon | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 150 | Andy Hamilton | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 151 | Andy Jenkins | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 152 | Andy Smith | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 153 | Barrie Bates | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 154 | Christian Bunse | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 155 | Christian Soethe | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 156 | Daniele Petri | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 157 | Danny van Trijp | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 158 | Eddie Dootson | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 159 | Harry Ward | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 160 | Holger Rettig | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 161 | Jason Wilson | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 162 | Jeffrey de Graaf | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 163 | Josh Payne | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 164 | Leo Hendriks | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 165 | Mark Barilli | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 166 | Mark Frost | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 167 | Mark Wilson | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 168 | Matt Clark | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 169 | Matthew Edgar | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 170 | Michael Plooy | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 171 | Michael Rasztovits | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 172 | Ray Campbell | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 173 | Ricky Williams | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 174 | Shaun Griffiths | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 175 | Stuart Kellett | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 176 | Thomas Junghans | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 177 | Tomas Seyler | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 178 | Tony Newell | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 179 | William Borland | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 180 | Zoran Lerchbacher | 1 | £1,000 |
The fifteen biggest earners
Michael van Gerwen has £94,000 of the £1,220,000 the European Darts Open has paid out, which is 7.7% of it, and the other 179 players have shared the rest. 97 of the 180 have been in the draw once.
Frequently asked questions
How much is European Darts Open prize money?
£230,000 at the 2026 event, split between 48 players. Winning it paid £35,000, which is 15% of the pot, and the smallest payment was £2,000.
Who has won the most European Darts Open prize money?
Michael van Gerwen, with £94,000 from seven appearances and three titles. Across the eight editions on this page the tournament has paid out £1,220,000 in all.
How much has European Darts Open prize money gone up?
From £115,000 in 2015 to £230,000 in 2026, which is £115,000 more, or 100%. Winning it has gone from £25,000 to £35,000.
Who has won the European Darts Open?
Michael van Gerwen has won it three times, more than anybody else on this page, and six different players have taken the title across the eight editions we hold. Krzysztof Ratajski won the 2026 one.
What does losing early at the European Darts Open pay?
£2,000 at the 2026 event, which is the last 48 band. A player is paid once, for where the run ended, so it is the whole of what going out there is worth rather than a first rung.
Where to next
The rest of the darts money
The 2026 edition is at European Darts Open prize money 2026, and the other seven we hold are in the table above. Michael van Gerwen has taken £94,000 out of it and £7,192,750 across every event on the site. For the other tournaments, see PDC World Championship prize money, World Matchplay prize money, Grand Slam of Darts prize money, Players Championship Finals prize money, World Grand Prix prize money and European Championship prize money. Darts prize money ranks all 793 players across the £91,450,000 the 268 editions on this site paid out. Where a competition pays again at every round rather than once at the end, see Champions League prize money.