PDC World Championship prize money
The PDC paid £2.5m to the 96 players at the 2020 PDC World Championship, the biggest prize fund in the sport, and the tournament every other one is measured against. Winning it was worth £500,000, and the smallest payment at the event was £7,500.
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 £100,000 and not that plus every band beneath it. Read as single payments the eight bands come to £2,500,000, which is the pot. Read as a ladder they do not: the champion alone would take £932,500, against the £500,000 Peter Wright was actually paid for the title.
What each finishing place paid
The eight bands the 96 players are divided into
| FINISHING PLACE | PLAYERS | EACH | THE BAND |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1 | £500,000 | £500,000 |
| Runner-up | 1 | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| Semi-finalists | 2 | £100,000 | £200,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | 4 | £50,000 | £200,000 |
| Last 16 | 8 | £35,000 | £280,000 |
| Last 32 | 16 | £25,000 | £400,000 |
| Last 64 | 32 | £15,000 | £480,000 |
| Last 96 | 32 | £7,500 | £240,000 |
| The whole pot | 96 | — | £2,500,000£2.5m |
What each band took between them
How far each band got
Winning it paid 66.7 times what the last 96 band paid. Inside a band nothing separates one player from another: the 32 players who lost in the round of 64 were all paid £15,000, whether they lost by a leg or by a mile.
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 £2,500,000, which is what the PDC put up. Add the bands the other way and the champion alone takes £932,500.
Who collected it
Every one of the 96 players, and what the finish was worth
| PLAYER | BAND | PAID |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Wright | Winner | £500,000 |
| Michael van Gerwen | Runner-up | £200,000 |
| Gerwyn Price | Semi-finalists | £100,000 |
| Nathan Aspinall | Semi-finalists | £100,000 |
| Darius Labanauskas | Quarter-finalists | £50,000 |
| Dimitri Van den Bergh | Quarter-finalists | £50,000 |
| Glen Durrant | Quarter-finalists | £50,000 |
| Luke Humphries | Quarter-finalists | £50,000 |
| Adrian Lewis | Last 16 | £35,000 |
| Chris Dobey | Last 16 | £35,000 |
| Gary Anderson | Last 16 | £35,000 |
| Jeffrey de Zwaan | Last 16 | £35,000 |
| Kim Huybrechts | Last 16 | £35,000 |
| Simon Whitlock | Last 16 | £35,000 |
| Stephen Bunting | Last 16 | £35,000 |
| Steve Beaton | Last 16 | £35,000 |
| Danny Noppert | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Darren Webster | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Daryl Gurney | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Dave Chisnall | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Fallon Sherrock | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| James Wade | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| John Henderson | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Jonny Clayton | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Krzysztof Ratajski | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Luke Woodhouse | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Max Hopp | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Mervyn King | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Nico Kurz | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Ricky Evans | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Ryan Searle | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Seigo Asada | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Benito van de Pas | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Brendan Dolan | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Callan Rydz | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Ciarán Teehan | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Cristo Reyes | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Damon Heta | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Danny Baggish | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Darin Young | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Harry Ward | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Ian White | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| James Richardson | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Jan Dekker | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Jelle Klaasen | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Jermaine Wattimena | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Joe Cullen | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| José Justicia | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Josh Payne | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Justin Pipe | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Keegan Brown | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Kyle Anderson | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Mark McGeeney | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Mensur Suljović | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Michael Smith | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Noel Malicdem | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Ritchie Edhouse | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Rob Cross | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Ron Meulenkamp | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Steve West | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Vincent van der Voort | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| William O'Connor | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Yuki Yamada | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Zoran Lerchbacher | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Andy Boulton | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Arron Monk | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Ben Robb | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Benjamin Pratnemer | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Boris Koltsov | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Devon Petersen | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Diogo Portela | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Gabriel Clemens | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Geert Nentjes | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| James Wilson | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Jamie Hughes | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| José de Sousa | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Keane Barry | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Kevin Burness | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Lourence Ilagan | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Madars Razma | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Marko Kantele | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Matt Campbell | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Matthew Edgar | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Mickey Mansell | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Mikuru Suzuki | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Nitin Kumar | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Paul Lim | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Raymond van Barneveld | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Robbie King | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Ross Smith | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Rowby-John Rodriguez | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Ryan Joyce | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Ryan Meikle | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Steve Lennon | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Ted Evetts | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Xiaochen Zong | Last 96 | £7,500 |
Peter Wright was paid £500,000 for winning it rather than that on top of every band beneath, which is what makes the eight bands add up to £2,500,000, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| German Darts Championship 2019 | Daryl Gurney | 48 | £140,000 |
| German Darts Grand Prix 2019 | Michael van Gerwen | 48 | £140,000 |
| German Darts Open 2019 | Michael van Gerwen | 48 | £140,000 |
| Gibraltar Darts Trophy 2019 | Krzysztof Ratajski | 48 | £140,000 |
| International Darts Open 2019 | Gerwyn Price | 48 | £140,000 |
| Brisbane Darts Masters 2019 | Damon Heta | 16 | £60,000 |
| German Darts Masters 2019 | Peter Wright | 16 | £60,000 |
| Melbourne Darts Masters 2019 | Michael van Gerwen | 16 | £60,000 |
| New Zealand Darts Masters 2019 | Michael van Gerwen | 16 | £60,000 |
| US Darts Masters 2019 | Nathan Aspinall | 16 | £60,000 |
| World Matchplay 2020 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 32 | £700,000 |
| Grand Slam of Darts 2020 | José de Sousa | 32 | £550,000 |
| European Championship 2020 | Peter Wright | 32 | £500,000 |
| Players Championship Finals 2020 | Michael van Gerwen | 64 | £500,000 |
| World Grand Prix 2020 | Gerwyn Price | 32 | £450,000 |
| World Series of Darts Finals 2020 | Gerwyn Price | 24 | £300,000 |
| Masters 2020 | Peter Wright | 16 | £200,000 |
| Belgian Darts Championship 2020 | Gerwyn Price | 48 | £140,000 |
| European Darts Grand Prix 2020 | José de Sousa | 48 | £140,000 |
| German Darts Championship 2020 | Devon Petersen | 48 | £140,000 |
The 20 events on this site played closest in time to this one, oldest first. Together with the 2020 PDC World Championship they paid out £7,120,000.
Frequently asked questions
How much did the 2020 PDC World Championship winner get?
£500,000, and Peter Wright 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 2020?
£2,500,000 across the 96 players. It is split into eight bands by finishing place, from £500,000 down to £7,500, and the bands add up to the pot exactly.
What is the smallest payment at the PDC World Championship?
£7,500. That is the last 96 band, which covers 32 players who lost the first match. No player at the 2020 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 £100,000 and not that plus every band beneath it. Add the eight bands up as single payments and they come to £2,500,000, which is the pot; add them as a ladder and the champion alone would take £932,500.
Which band pays out the most at the PDC World Championship?
Winner, at £500,000. Nobody else at the event is paid more in one payment.
Where to next
The rest of the darts money
Peter Wright took £500,000 here and £3,890,000 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.