German Darts Open prize money
The PDC has paid £410k across the three editions of the German Darts Open we hold, from 2017 to 2019. The 2019 pot was £140,000 between 48 players, the European Tour weekend at the Saarlandhalle in Saarbrücken, and Michael van Gerwen took £25,000 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 three pots below add up to the £410,000 the field has shared. Michael van Gerwen has taken more out of the German Darts Open than anyone else: £33,000 from three appearances. Every one of the three was played at Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken.
Every German Darts Open pot
The three editions we hold, and what each one paid
| EDITION | CHAMPION | PLAYERS | THE POT | WINNING IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Michael van Gerwen | 48 | £140,000 | £25,000 |
| 2018 | Max Hopp | 48 | £135,000 | £25,000 |
| 2017 | Peter Wright | 48 | £135,000 | £25,000 |
| 3 editions | three different champions | 144 | £410,000 | £75,000 |
The pot, season by season
season running total
The prize fund has gone from £135,000 in 2017 to £140,000 in 2019, which is £5,000 more and 4% up. Winning it has moved with it, from £25,000 to £25,000, and the champion's share of the pot has gone from 19% to 18%. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches £410,000.
What each finishing place pays
The seven bands at the 2019 German Darts Open
Nothing here stacks. A player who lost in the semi-finals collected £6,500 and not that plus every band beneath it, which is why the seven bands come to £140,000 rather than to the £52,500 a ladder reading would put on the champion alone. The 2019 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 Open draws we hold, across the three editions
| # | PLAYER | PLAYED | TITLES | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael van Gerwen | 3 | 1 | £33,000 |
| 2 | Peter Wright | 3 | 1 | £30,000 |
| 3 | Max Hopp | 2 | 1 | £27,000 |
| 4 | Ian White | 3 | £22,000 | |
| 5 | Rob Cross | 3 | £16,500 | |
| 6 | Benito van de Pas | 2 | £13,000 | |
| 7 | Gerwyn Price | 3 | £13,000 | |
| 8 | Dave Chisnall | 3 | £12,500 | |
| 9 | Mensur Suljović | 3 | £12,000 | |
| 10 | Michael Smith | 2 | £12,000 | |
| 11 | Joe Cullen | 3 | £10,000 | |
| 12 | Jelle Klaasen | 2 | £9,000 | |
| 13 | Darren Webster | 3 | £8,000 | |
| 14 | Nathan Aspinall | 3 | £8,000 | |
| 15 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 3 | £7,000 | |
| 16 | Mervyn King | 2 | £7,000 | |
| 17 | Simon Whitlock | 3 | £7,000 | |
| 18 | Daryl Gurney | 2 | £6,000 | |
| 19 | Adrian Lewis | 1 | £5,000 | |
| 20 | James Wade | 2 | £5,000 | |
| 21 | Steve Lennon | 3 | £5,000 | |
| 22 | Steve West | 3 | £5,000 | |
| 23 | James Richardson | 2 | £4,000 | |
| 24 | Jermaine Wattimena | 2 | £4,000 | |
| 25 | John Henderson | 2 | £4,000 | |
| 26 | Luke Humphries | 2 | £4,000 | |
| 27 | Paul Nicholson | 2 | £4,000 | |
| 28 | Stephen Bunting | 2 | £4,000 | |
| 29 | Steve Beaton | 2 | £4,000 | |
| 30 | Adam Hunt | 1 | £3,000 | |
| 31 | Alan Tabern | 1 | £3,000 | |
| 32 | Cristo Reyes | 1 | £3,000 | |
| 33 | Daniel Larsson | 1 | £3,000 | |
| 34 | Jamie Hughes | 1 | £3,000 | |
| 35 | Kirk Shepherd | 2 | £3,000 | |
| 36 | Raymond van Barneveld | 1 | £3,000 | |
| 37 | Ronny Huybrechts | 2 | £3,000 | |
| 38 | Alan Norris | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 39 | Bernd Roith | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 40 | Cameron Menzies | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 41 | Chris Dobey | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 42 | Christian Kist | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 43 | Danny Noppert | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 44 | David Pallett | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 45 | Jeffrey de Zwaan | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 46 | Jerry Hendriks | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 47 | Jonny Clayton | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 48 | José Justicia | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 49 | Kim Huybrechts | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 50 | Krzysztof Ratajski | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 51 | Maik Kuivenhoven | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 52 | Mark Walsh | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 53 | Mickey Mansell | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 54 | Nico Blum | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 55 | René Eidams | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 56 | Robert Thornton | 2 | £2,000 | |
| 57 | Ted Evetts | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 58 | Vincent van der Meer | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 59 | Vincent van der Voort | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 60 | Warrick Scheffer | 1 | £2,000 | |
| 61 | Zoran Lerchbacher | 2 | £2,000 | |
| 62 | Andy Hamilton | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 63 | Brendan Dolan | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 64 | Brian Woods | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 65 | Dennis Nilsson | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 66 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 67 | Dragutin Horvat | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 68 | Gabriel Clemens | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 69 | James Wilson | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 70 | Jamie Bain | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 71 | Jan Dekker | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 72 | Jeffrey de Graaf | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 73 | Jimmy Hendriks | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 74 | Josh Payne | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 75 | Karsten Koch | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 76 | Keegan Brown | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 77 | Kevin Münch | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 78 | Kyle Anderson | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 79 | Lukas Wenig | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 80 | Luke Woodhouse | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 81 | Marko Kantele | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 82 | Martin Schindler | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 83 | Matthew Edgar | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 84 | Mike De Decker | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 85 | Pavel Jirkal | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 86 | Peter Jacques | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 87 | René Berndt | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 88 | Richard North | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 89 | Ricky Williams | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 90 | Robbie Green | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 91 | Simon Stevenson | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 92 | Terry Jenkins | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 93 | Thomas Köhnlein | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 94 | Tobias Müller | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 95 | Tytus Kanik | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 96 | Vincent Kamphuis | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 97 | Wayne Jones | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 98 | William O'Connor | 1 | £1,000 |
The fifteen biggest earners
Michael van Gerwen has £33,000 of the £410,000 the German Darts Open has paid out, which is 8.0% of it, and the other 97 players have shared the rest. 66 of the 98 have been in the draw once.
Frequently asked questions
How much is German Darts Open prize money?
£140,000 at the 2019 event, split between 48 players. Winning it paid £25,000, which is 18% of the pot, and the smallest payment was £1,000.
Who has won the most German Darts Open prize money?
Michael van Gerwen, with £33,000 from three appearances and one title. Across the three editions on this page the tournament has paid out £410,000 in all.
How much has German Darts Open prize money gone up?
From £135,000 in 2017 to £140,000 in 2019, which is £5,000 more, or 4%. Winning it has gone from £25,000 to £25,000.
Who has won the German Darts Open?
Three different players have won the three editions we hold, and Michael van Gerwen took the 2019 one. No player on this page has won it more than once.
What does losing early at the German Darts Open pay?
£1,000 at the 2019 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 2019 edition is at German Darts Open prize money 2019, and the other two we hold are in the table above. Michael van Gerwen has taken £33,000 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.