German Darts Grand Prix prize money
The PDC has paid £1.2m across the seven editions of the German Darts Grand Prix we hold, from 2017 to 2026. The 2026 pot was £230,000 between 48 players, the European Tour weekend played at the Maimarkthalle in Mannheim and the Zenith in Munich, and Nathan Aspinall 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 seven pots below add up to the £1,165,000 the field has shared. Michael van Gerwen has taken more out of the German Darts Grand Prix than anyone else: £120,500 from six appearances. Six of the seven were played at Kulturhalle Zenith, Munich.
Every German Darts Grand Prix pot
The seven editions we hold, and what each one paid
| EDITION | CHAMPION | PLAYERS | THE POT | WINNING IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Nathan Aspinall | 48 | £230,000 | £35,000 |
| 2025 | Michael van Gerwen | 48 | £175,000 | £30,000 |
| 2024 | Luke Humphries | 48 | £175,000 | £30,000 |
| 2023 | Michael Smith | 48 | £175,000 | £30,000 |
| 2019 | Michael van Gerwen | 48 | £140,000 | £25,000 |
| 2018 | Michael van Gerwen | 48 | £135,000 | £25,000 |
| 2017 | Michael van Gerwen | 48 | £135,000 | £25,000 |
| 7 editions | four different champions | 336 | £1,165,000£1.2m | £200,000 |
The pot, season by season
season running total
The prize fund has gone from £135,000 in 2017 to £230,000 in 2026, which is £95,000 more and 70% up. Winning it has moved with it, from £25,000 to £35,000, and the champion's share of the pot has gone from 19% to 15%. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches £1,165,000.
What each finishing place pays
The seven bands at the 2026 German Darts Grand Prix
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 German Darts Grand Prix draws we hold, across the seven editions
| # | PLAYER | PLAYED | TITLES | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael van Gerwen | 6 | 4 | £120,500 |
| 2 | Nathan Aspinall | 5 | 1 | £57,000 |
| 3 | Michael Smith | 7 | 1 | £53,500 |
| 4 | Luke Humphries | 3 | 1 | £39,000 |
| 5 | Danny Noppert | 6 | £33,500 | |
| 6 | Rob Cross | 6 | £31,000 | |
| 7 | Joe Cullen | 7 | £30,500 | |
| 8 | Peter Wright | 7 | £27,000 | |
| 9 | Krzysztof Ratajski | 6 | £23,500 | |
| 10 | Martin Schindler | 7 | £23,000 | |
| 11 | Dave Chisnall | 7 | £22,500 | |
| 12 | Josh Rock | 4 | £22,000 | |
| 13 | Gerwyn Price | 5 | £21,500 | |
| 14 | Daryl Gurney | 7 | £20,500 | |
| 15 | Jonny Clayton | 6 | £19,500 | |
| 16 | Simon Whitlock | 4 | £19,250 | |
| 17 | Andrew Gilding | 5 | £18,750 | |
| 18 | Gian van Veen | 3 | £18,000 | |
| 19 | Ross Smith | 4 | £17,500 | |
| 20 | Damon Heta | 4 | £17,000 | |
| 21 | James Wade | 5 | £15,250 | |
| 22 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | 5 | £15,000 | |
| 23 | Jermaine Wattimena | 5 | £15,000 | |
| 24 | Kim Huybrechts | 5 | £14,500 | |
| 25 | Ryan Joyce | 3 | £13,500 | |
| 26 | Niels Zonneveld | 3 | £13,250 | |
| 27 | Kevin Doets | 3 | £12,500 | |
| 28 | Ian White | 5 | £12,250 | |
| 29 | Mensur Suljović | 4 | £12,250 | |
| 30 | Max Hopp | 3 | £11,500 | |
| 31 | Ryan Searle | 3 | £11,500 | |
| 32 | Chris Dobey | 4 | £11,000 | |
| 33 | Karel Sedláček | 2 | £10,000 | |
| 34 | Cameron Menzies | 4 | £9,500 | |
| 35 | Darren Webster | 3 | £9,000 | |
| 36 | Luke Littler | 1 | £8,500 | |
| 37 | Ricardo Pietreczko | 3 | £8,500 | |
| 38 | Brendan Dolan | 4 | £8,250 | |
| 39 | Raymond van Barneveld | 4 | £8,250 | |
| 40 | Keegan Brown | 3 | £8,000 | |
| 41 | Ritchie Edhouse | 3 | £7,750 | |
| 42 | Stephen Bunting | 3 | £7,500 | |
| 43 | Luke Woodhouse | 3 | £7,250 | |
| 44 | Mike De Decker | 3 | £7,250 | |
| 45 | Kyle Anderson | 3 | £7,000 | |
| 46 | Alan Norris | 3 | £6,000 | |
| 47 | Benito van de Pas | 1 | £6,000 | |
| 48 | Jelle Klaasen | 2 | £6,000 | |
| 49 | Keane Barry | 1 | £6,000 | |
| 50 | William O'Connor | 2 | £6,000 | |
| 51 | José de Sousa | 2 | £5,250 | |
| 52 | Vincent van der Voort | 2 | £5,250 | |
| 53 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 2 | £5,000 | |
| 54 | Jeffrey de Zwaan | 2 | £5,000 | |
| 55 | Madars Razma | 2 | £5,000 | |
| 56 | Niko Springer | 1 | £5,000 | |
| 57 | Ted Evetts | 1 | £5,000 | |
| 58 | Gabriel Clemens | 3 | £4,750 | |
| 59 | Steve Beaton | 3 | £4,500 | |
| 60 | Steve Lennon | 2 | £4,500 | |
| 61 | Berry van Peer | 1 | £4,000 | |
| 62 | Jim Williams | 1 | £4,000 | |
| 63 | Josh Payne | 2 | £4,000 | |
| 64 | Lee Evans | 1 | £4,000 | |
| 65 | Mervyn King | 2 | £4,000 | |
| 66 | Andy Boulton | 3 | £3,500 | |
| 67 | Dragutin Horvat | 2 | £3,500 | |
| 68 | Marcel Hausotter | 1 | £3,500 | |
| 69 | Mickey Mansell | 2 | £3,500 | |
| 70 | Patrik Kovács | 1 | £3,500 | |
| 71 | Finn Behrens | 2 | £3,250 | |
| 72 | Tony Martinez | 2 | £3,250 | |
| 73 | Wessel Nijman | 2 | £3,250 | |
| 74 | Adrian Lewis | 2 | £3,000 | |
| 75 | Alan Tabern | 1 | £3,000 | |
| 76 | Jan Dekker | 2 | £3,000 | |
| 77 | Michael Rasztovits | 2 | £3,000 | |
| 78 | R. Huybrechts | 1 | £3,000 | |
| 79 | R. Smith | 1 | £3,000 | |
| 80 | Ricky Evans | 1 | £3,000 | |
| 81 | Ryan Meikle | 2 | £3,000 | |
| 82 | Steve West | 1 | £3,000 | |
| 83 | Adam Warner | 1 | £2,500 | |
| 84 | Alan Soutar | 2 | £2,500 | |
| 85 | Callan Rydz | 1 | £2,500 | |
| 86 | Cam Crabtree | 1 | £2,500 | |
| 87 | Liam Maendl-Lawrance | 1 | £2,500 | |
| 88 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | 2 | £2,500 | |
| 89 | Michael Unterbuchner | 2 | £2,500 | |
| 90 | Richard Veenstra | 1 | £2,500 | |
| 91 | Scott Williams | 1 | £2,500 | |
| 92 | Adam Lipscombe | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 93 | Anton Östlund | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 94 | Arron Monk | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 95 | Cor Dekker | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 96 | Cristo Reyes | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 97 | Daniel Larsson | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 98 | Glen Durrant | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 99 | James Hurrell | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 100 | Jamie Bain | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 101 | Jamie Caven | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 102 | Jamie Lewis | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 103 | Jan Schmidt | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 104 | Kevin Troppmann | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 105 | Michael Hurtz | 2 | £2,000 | |
| 106 | Mick McGowan | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 107 | Nathan Derry | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 108 | Paul Rowley | 2 | £2,000 | |
| 109 | Richard North | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 110 | Sebastian Białecki | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 111 | Stephen Burton | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 112 | Thomas Lovely | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 113 | Toni Alcinas | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 114 | Yordi Meeuwisse | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 115 | Adam Paxton | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 116 | Andras Borbely | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 117 | Florian Hempel | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 118 | Franz Roetzsch | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 119 | Johan Engström | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 120 | Jules van Dongen | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 121 | Lukas Wenig | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 122 | Matt Campbell | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 123 | Matthias Ehlers | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 124 | Michael Rosenauer | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 125 | Oliver Mueller | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 126 | Oskar Lukasiak | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 127 | René Eidams | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 128 | Rob Owen | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 129 | Robert Grundy | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 130 | Scott Waites | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 131 | Tytus Kanik | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 132 | Viktor Tingström | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 133 | Vitezslav Sedlak | 1 | £1,250 | |
| 134 | Bernd Roith | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 135 | Christian Gödl | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 136 | Diogo Portela | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 137 | James Richardson | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 138 | James Wilson | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 139 | Jamie Hughes | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 140 | Jyhan Artut | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 141 | Kevin Münch | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 142 | Magnus Caris | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 143 | Maik Langendorf | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 144 | Mark Barilli | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 145 | Mark Wilson | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 146 | Marko Puls | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 147 | Michael Plooy | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 148 | Mick Todd | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 149 | René Berndt | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 150 | Robert Owen | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 151 | Rowby-John Rodriguez | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 152 | Scott Taylor | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 153 | Zoran Lerchbacher | 1 | £1,000 |
The fifteen biggest earners
Michael van Gerwen has £120,500 of the £1,165,000 the German Darts Grand Prix has paid out, which is 10.3% of it, and the other 152 players have shared the rest. 81 of the 153 have been in the draw once.
Frequently asked questions
How much is German Darts Grand Prix 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 German Darts Grand Prix prize money?
Michael van Gerwen, with £120,500 from six appearances and four titles. Across the seven editions on this page the tournament has paid out £1,165,000 in all.
How much has German Darts Grand Prix prize money gone up?
From £135,000 in 2017 to £230,000 in 2026, which is £95,000 more, or 70%. Winning it has gone from £25,000 to £35,000.
Who has won the German Darts Grand Prix?
Michael van Gerwen has won it four times, more than anybody else on this page, and four different players have taken the title across the seven editions we hold. Nathan Aspinall won the 2026 one.
What does losing early at the German Darts Grand Prix 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 German Darts Grand Prix prize money 2026, and the other six we hold are in the table above. Michael van Gerwen has taken £120,500 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.