PDC World Championship prize money
The PDC paid £2.5m to the 96 players at the 2025 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 Luke Littler 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. twonine-dart finishes were hit and paid at £60,000 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 £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 |
|---|---|---|
| Luke Littler | Winner | £500,000 |
| Michael van Gerwen | Runner-up | £200,000 |
| Chris Dobey | Semi-finalists | £100,000 |
| Stephen Bunting | Semi-finalists | £100,000 |
| Callan Rydz | Quarter-finalists | £50,000 |
| Gerwyn Price | Quarter-finalists | £50,000 |
| Nathan Aspinall | Quarter-finalists | £50,000 |
| Peter Wright | Quarter-finalists | £50,000 |
| Jeffrey de Graaf | Last 16 | £35,000 |
| Jonny Clayton | Last 16 | £35,000 |
| Kevin Doets | Last 16 | £35,000 |
| Luke Humphries | Last 16 | £35,000 |
| Luke Woodhouse | Last 16 | £35,000 |
| Ricardo Pietreczko | Last 16 | £35,000 |
| Robert Owen | Last 16 | £35,000 |
| Ryan Joyce | Last 16 | £35,000 |
| Andrew Gilding | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Brendan Dolan | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Damon Heta | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Daryl Gurney | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Dimitri Van den Bergh | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Ian White | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Jermaine Wattimena | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Joe Cullen | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Josh Rock | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Krzysztof Ratajski | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Madars Razma | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Nick Kenny | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Paolo Nebrida | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Ricky Evans | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Ryan Searle | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Scott Williams | Last 32 | £25,000 |
| Alexander Merkx | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Alexis Toylo | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Connor Scutt | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Danny Noppert | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Dave Chisnall | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Dirk van Duijvenbode | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Dylan Slevin | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Florian Hempel | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Gabriel Clemens | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Gary Anderson | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Gian van Veen | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| James Hurrell | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| James Wade | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Kai Gotthardt | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Keane Barry | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Leonard Gates | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Lok Yin Lee | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Martin Lukeman | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Martin Schindler | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Matt Campbell | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Michael Smith | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Mickey Mansell | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Mike De Decker | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Raymond van Barneveld | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Rhys Griffin | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Ritchie Edhouse | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Rob Cross | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Ross Smith | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Ryan Meikle | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Thibault Tricole | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Wesley Plaisier | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Wessel Nijman | Last 64 | £15,000 |
| Alan Soutar | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Ben Robb | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Cameron Carolissen | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Cameron Menzies | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Chris Landman | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Christian Kist | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Darius Labanauskas | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Fallon Sherrock | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Gordon Mathers | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Jeffrey de Zwaan | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Jim Long | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Jim Williams | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Joe Comito | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Karel Sedláček | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Kim Huybrechts | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Lourence Ilagan | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Mensur Suljović | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Niels Zonneveld | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Niko Springer | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Nitin Kumar | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Noa-Lynn van Leuven | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Rashad Sweeting | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Richard Veenstra | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Romeo Grbavac | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Ryusei Azemoto | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Sandro Eric Sosing | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Stefan Bellmont | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Stephen Burton | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Stowe Buntz | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Tomoya Goto | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| William O'Connor | Last 96 | £7,500 |
| Xiaochen Zong | Last 96 | £7,500 |
Luke Littler 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungarian Darts Trophy 2024 | Michael van Gerwen | 48 | £175,000 |
| International Darts Open 2024 | Martin Schindler | 48 | £175,000 |
| Swiss Darts Trophy 2024 | Martin Schindler | 48 | £175,000 |
| Australian Darts Masters 2024 | Gerwyn Price | 16 | £60,000 |
| Bahrain Darts Masters 2024 | Luke Littler | 16 | £60,000 |
| Dutch Darts Masters 2024 | Michael van Gerwen | 16 | £60,000 |
| New Zealand Darts Masters 2024 | Luke Humphries | 16 | £60,000 |
| Nordic Darts Masters 2024 | Gerwyn Price | 16 | £60,000 |
| Poland Darts Masters 2024 | Luke Littler | 16 | £60,000 |
| US Darts Masters 2024 | Rob Cross | 16 | £60,000 |
| World Matchplay 2025 | Luke Littler | 32 | £800,000 |
| Grand Slam of Darts 2025 | Luke Littler | 32 | £650,000 |
| European Championship 2025 | Gian van Veen | 32 | £600,000 |
| Players Championship Finals 2025 | Luke Littler | 64 | £600,000 |
| UK Open 2025 | Luke Littler | 160 | £600,000 |
| World Grand Prix 2025 | Luke Littler | 32 | £600,000 |
| PDC World Masters 2025 | Luke Humphries | 88 | £500,000 |
| World Series of Darts Finals 2025 | Michael van Gerwen | 32 | £400,000 |
| Austrian Darts Open 2025 | Martin Schindler | 48 | £175,000 |
| Baltic Sea Darts Open 2025 | Gerwyn Price | 48 | £175,000 |
The 20 events on this site played closest in time to this one, oldest first. Together with the 2025 PDC World Championship they paid out £8,545,000.
Frequently asked questions
How much did the 2025 PDC World Championship winner get?
£500,000, and Luke Littler 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 2025?
£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 2025 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
Luke Littler took £500,000 here and £4,119,250 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.