PDC World Championship prize money
The PDC paid £2.5m to the 96 players at the 2021 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 Gerwyn Price 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gerwyn Price | Winner | £500,000 |
| Gary Anderson | Runner-up | £200,000 |
| Dave Chisnall | Semi-finalists | £100,000 |
| Stephen Bunting | Semi-finalists | £100,000 |
| Daryl Gurney | Quarter-finalists | £50,000 |
| Dirk van Duijvenbode | Quarter-finalists | £50,000 |
| Krzysztof Ratajski | Quarter-finalists | £50,000 |
| Michael van Gerwen | Quarter-finalists | £50,000 |
| Devon Petersen | Last 16 | £35,000 |
| Dimitri Van den Bergh | Last 16 | £35,000 |
| Gabriel Clemens | Last 16 | £35,000 |
| Glen Durrant | Last 16 | £35,000 |
| Joe Cullen | Last 16 | £35,000 |
| Mervyn King | Last 16 | £35,000 |
| Ryan Searle | Last 16 | £35,000 |
| Vincent van der Voort | Last 16 | £35,000 |
| Adam Hunt | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Brendan Dolan | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Chris Dobey | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Danny Baggish | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Danny Noppert | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| James Wade | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Jason Lowe | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Jermaine Wattimena | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Jonny Clayton | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| José de Sousa | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Kim Huybrechts | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Mensur Suljović | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Nathan Aspinall | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Peter Wright | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Ricky Evans | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Simon Whitlock | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Adrian Lewis | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Andy Boulton | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Callan Rydz | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Cameron Carolissen | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Darius Labanauskas | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Diogo Portela | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Edward Foulkes | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Ian White | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Jamie Hughes | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Jamie Lewis | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Jeff Smith | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Jeffrey de Zwaan | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| John Henderson | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Keegan Brown | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Madars Razma | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Matthew Edgar | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Max Hopp | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Michael Smith | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Mickey Mansell | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Nick Kenny | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Nico Kurz | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Paul Lim | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Rob Cross | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Ron Meulenkamp | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Ross Smith | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Ryan Joyce | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Ryan Murray | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Scott Waites | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Steve Lennon | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Steve West | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Wayne Jones | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| William O'Connor | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Amit Gilitwala | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Andy Hamilton | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Boris Krčmar | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Bradley Brooks | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Chengan Liu | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Ciarán Teehan | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Damon Heta | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Daniel Larsson | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Danny Lauby | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| David Evans | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Derk Telnekes | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Deta Hedman | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Di Zhuang | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Dmitriy Gorbunov | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Gordon Mathers | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Haupai Puha | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| James Bailey | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Karel Sedláček | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Keane Barry | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Lisa Ashton | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Lourence Ilagan | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Luke Humphries | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Luke Woodhouse | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Maik Kuivenhoven | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Marko Kantele | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Martijn Kleermaker | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Matt Campbell | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Mike De Decker | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Niels Zonneveld | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Ryan Meikle | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Steve Beaton | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Toru Suzuki | Last 96 | £7,500 |
Gerwyn Price 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| International Darts Open 2020 | Joe Cullen | 48 | £140,000 |
| World Matchplay 2021 | Peter Wright | 32 | £700,000 |
| Grand Slam of Darts 2021 | Gerwyn Price | 32 | £550,000 |
| European Championship 2021 | Rob Cross | 32 | £500,000 |
| Players Championship Finals 2021 | Peter Wright | 64 | £500,000 |
| World Grand Prix 2021 | Jonny Clayton | 32 | £450,000 |
| World Series of Darts Finals 2021 | Jonny Clayton | 24 | £300,000 |
| Masters 2021 | Jonny Clayton | 24 | £220,000 |
| Gibraltar Darts Trophy 2021 | Gerwyn Price | 48 | £140,000 |
| Nordic Darts Masters 2021 | Michael van Gerwen | 16 | £60,000 |
| PDC World Championship 2022 | Peter Wright | 96 | £2,500,000£2.5m |
The 20 events on this site played closest in time to this one, oldest first. Together with the 2021 PDC World Championship they paid out £11,480,000.
Frequently asked questions
How much did the 2021 PDC World Championship winner get?
£500,000, and Gerwyn Price 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 2021?
£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 2021 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
Gerwyn Price took £500,000 here and £3,772,750 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.