PDC World Championship prize money
The PDC paid £1.5m to the 72 players at the 2016 PDC World Championship, the biggest prize fund in the sport, and the tournament every other one is measured against. Winning it was worth £300,000, and the smallest payment at the event was £4,250.
A player is paid once, for where the run ended. The band is the whole of it rather than a step on the way to it, so a player who lost in the semi-finals collected £70,000 and not that plus every band beneath it. Read as single payments the eight bands come to £1,500,000, which is the pot. Read as a ladder they do not: the champion alone would take £606,250, against the £300,000 Gary Anderson was actually paid for the title.
What each finishing place paid
The eight bands the 72 players are divided into
| FINISHING PLACE | PLAYERS | EACH | THE BAND |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1 | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| Runner-up | 1 | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| Semi-finalists | 2 | £70,000 | £140,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | 4 | £35,000 | £140,000 |
| Last 16 | 8 | £22,000 | £176,000 |
| Last 32 | 16 | £15,000 | £240,000 |
| Last 64 | 32 | £10,000 | £320,000 |
| Last 72 | 8 | £4,250 | £34,000 |
| The whole pot | 72 | — | £1,500,000£1.5m |
What each band took between them
How far each band got
Winning it paid 70.6 times what the last 72 band paid. Inside a band nothing separates one player from another: the 32 players who lost in the round of 64 were all paid £10,000, whether they lost by a leg or by a mile. It is also why the largest single line in the table is not the champion. The 32 players in the last 64 band took £320,000 between them, more than the £300,000 the title paid. onenine-dart finish was hit and paid at £15,000 each, on top of the pot.
The money does not stack
What the champion took, and what a ladder would have paid
This is the one thing about darts money that is worth getting right, because every other prize fund on this site works the other way. A club in the Champions League is paid for reaching the last sixteen and paid again for reaching the last eight, and the run is worth the sum of them. In darts there is no sum: a player is paid for where the run ended and for nothing before it. Multiply each band by the players in it and the total is £1,500,000, which is what the PDC put up. Add the bands the other way and the champion alone takes £606,250.
Who collected it
Every one of the 72 players, and what the finish was worth
| PLAYER | BAND | PAID |
|---|---|---|
| Gary Anderson | Winner | £300,000 |
| Adrian Lewis | Runner-up | £150,000 |
| Jelle Klaasen | Semi-finalists | £70,000 |
| Raymond van Barneveld | Semi-finalists | £70,000 |
| Alan Norris | Quarter-finalists | £35,000 |
| James Wade | Quarter-finalists | £35,000 |
| Michael Smith | Quarter-finalists | £35,000 |
| Peter Wright | Quarter-finalists | £35,000 |
| Benito van de Pas | Last 16 | £22,000 |
| Dave Chisnall | Last 16 | £22,000 |
| Jamie Caven | Last 16 | £22,000 |
| M. Webster | Last 16 | £22,000 |
| Mensur Suljović | Last 16 | £22,000 |
| Michael van Gerwen | Last 16 | £22,000 |
| Phil Taylor | Last 16 | £22,000 |
| Vincent van der Voort | Last 16 | £22,000 |
| Andrew Gilding | Last 32 | £15,000 |
| Christian Kist | Last 32 | £15,000 |
| D. Webster | Last 32 | £15,000 |
| Daryl Gurney | Last 32 | £15,000 |
| David Pallett | Last 32 | £15,000 |
| Dimitri Van den Bergh | Last 32 | £15,000 |
| Joe Murnan | Last 32 | £15,000 |
| K. Anderson | Last 32 | £15,000 |
| Kevin Painter | Last 32 | £15,000 |
| Mervyn King | Last 32 | £15,000 |
| R. Huybrechts | Last 32 | £15,000 |
| Ricky Evans | Last 32 | £15,000 |
| Stephen Bunting | Last 32 | £15,000 |
| Steve Beaton | Last 32 | £15,000 |
| Terry Jenkins | Last 32 | £15,000 |
| Wes Newton | Last 32 | £15,000 |
| Aleksandr Oreshkin | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Andy Boulton | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Andy Hamilton | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Brendan Dolan | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Cristo Reyes | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Darin Young | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Dean Winstanley | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Dirk van Duijvenbode | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Gerwyn Price | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Ian White | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Jamie Lewis | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Jan Dekker | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Jeffrey de Zwaan | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Jermaine Wattimena | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Joe Cullen | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| John Henderson | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| John Michael | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Justin Pipe | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Jyhan Artut | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Keegan Brown | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Keita Ono | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Kim Huybrechts | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Kim Viljanen | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Koha Kokiri | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Laurence Ryder | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Max Hopp | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Mick McGowan | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| René Eidams | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Rob Szabo | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Robert Thornton | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Rowby-John Rodriguez | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Simon Whitlock | Last 64 | £10,000 |
| Alex Tagarao | Last 72 | £4,250 |
| Michael Rasztovits | Last 72 | £4,250 |
| Paul Lim | Last 72 | £4,250 |
| Per Laursen | Last 72 | £4,250 |
| Sun Qiang | Last 72 | £4,250 |
| Sven Groen | Last 72 | £4,250 |
| Thanawat Gaweenuntawong | Last 72 | £4,250 |
| Warrick Scheffer | Last 72 | £4,250 |
Gary Anderson was paid £300,000 for winning it rather than that on top of every band beneath, which is what makes the eight bands add up to £1,500,000, the whole of what the PDC put up.
Around this on the darts calendar
What else was played either side of it
| EVENT | CHAMPION | PLAYERS | THE POT |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Series of Darts Finals 2015 | Michael van Gerwen | 24 | £155,000 |
| Dutch Darts Masters (European Tour) 2015 | Michael van Gerwen | 48 | £115,000 |
| European Darts Grand Prix 2015 | Kim Huybrechts | 48 | £115,000 |
| European Darts Matchplay 2015 | Michael van Gerwen | 48 | £115,000 |
| European Darts Open 2015 | Robert Thornton | 48 | £115,000 |
| European Darts Trophy 2015 | Michael Smith | 48 | £115,000 |
| German Darts Championship 2015 | Michael van Gerwen | 48 | £115,000 |
| German Darts Masters (European Tour) 2015 | Michael van Gerwen | 48 | £115,000 |
| Gibraltar Darts Trophy 2015 | Michael van Gerwen | 48 | £115,000 |
| International Darts Open 2015 | Michael Smith | 48 | £115,000 |
| World Matchplay 2016 | Michael van Gerwen | 32 | £450,000 |
| European Championship 2016 | Michael van Gerwen | 32 | £400,000 |
| Grand Slam of Darts 2016 | Michael van Gerwen | 32 | £400,000 |
| Players Championship Finals 2016 | Michael van Gerwen | 64 | £400,000 |
| World Grand Prix 2016 | Michael van Gerwen | 32 | £400,000 |
| UK Open 2016 | Michael van Gerwen | 128 | £300,000 |
| Masters 2016 | Michael van Gerwen | 16 | £200,000 |
| World Series of Darts Finals 2016 | Michael van Gerwen | 24 | £155,000 |
| Austrian Darts Open 2016 | Phil Taylor | 48 | £115,000 |
| Dutch Darts Masters (European Tour) 2016 | Michael van Gerwen | 48 | £115,000 |
The 20 events on this site played closest in time to this one, oldest first. Together with the 2016 PDC World Championship they paid out £5,625,000.
Frequently asked questions
How much did the 2016 PDC World Championship winner get?
£300,000, and Gary Anderson is who collected it. It is the whole of what the champion was paid: there is no separate payment for each round on the way to it.
What was the PDC World Championship prize money in 2016?
£1,500,000 across the 72 players. It is split into eight bands by finishing place, from £300,000 down to £4,250, and the bands add up to the pot exactly.
What is the smallest payment at the PDC World Championship?
£4,250. That is the last 72 band, which covers eight players who lost the first match. No player at the 2016 event collected less.
Does PDC World Championship prize money add up round by round?
No. A player is paid once, for where the run ended, and the band is the whole of it. A player who lost in the semi-finals collected £70,000 and not that plus every band beneath it. Add the eight bands up as single payments and they come to £1,500,000, which is the pot; add them as a ladder and the champion alone would take £606,250.
Which band pays out the most at the PDC World Championship?
Last 64, at £320,000. That is 32 players on £10,000 each, and it is more than the champion is paid for winning the whole thing.
Where to next
The rest of the darts money
Gary Anderson took £300,000 here and £2,863,750 in all. PDC World Championship prize money puts this edition beside the other 11 we hold. For the other tournaments, see World Matchplay prize money, Grand Slam of Darts prize money, Players Championship Finals prize money, World Grand Prix prize money, European Championship prize money, UK Open prize money, World Series of Darts Finals prize money, Masters prize money, International Darts Open prize money, Austrian Darts Open prize money, European Darts Grand Prix prize money, German Darts Championship prize money, Premier League Darts prize money, European Darts Open prize money, German Darts Grand Prix prize money, Czech Darts Open prize money, PDC World Masters prize money, Gibraltar Darts Trophy prize money, European Darts Trophy prize money, Belgian Darts Open prize money, Baltic Sea Darts Open prize money, Hungarian Darts Trophy prize money, Dutch Darts Masters (European Tour) prize money, European Darts Matchplay prize money, Dutch Darts Championship prize money, US Darts Masters prize money, New Zealand Darts Masters prize money, Nordic Darts Masters prize money, German Darts Open prize money, German Darts Masters (European Tour) prize money, Flanders Darts Trophy prize money, Swiss Darts Trophy prize money, Bahrain Darts Masters prize money, Danish Darts Open prize money, Australian Darts Masters prize money, Poland Darts Open prize money, Slovak Darts Open prize money, Dutch Darts Masters prize money, Poland Darts Masters prize money, German Darts Masters prize money, Melbourne Darts Masters prize money, Austrian Darts Championship prize money, Belgian Darts Championship prize money, Auckland Darts Masters prize money, Brisbane Darts Masters prize money, New South Wales Darts Masters prize money, Shanghai Darts Masters prize money, Saudi Arabia Darts Masters prize money, Women's World Matchplay prize money, Perth Darts Masters prize money, Queensland Darts Masters prize money and Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters prize money. Darts prize money ranks all 793 players across the £91,450,000 the 268 events paid out. Where a competition pays again at every round rather than once at the end, see Champions League prize money, and for the shape darts shares with football at national level, World Cup prize money.