PDC World Championship prize money
The PDC paid £5.0m to the 128 players at the 2026 PDC World Championship, the biggest prize fund in the sport, and the first World Championship to pay its winner a million pounds. Winning it was worth £1,000,000, and the smallest payment at the event was £15,000.
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 £200,000 and not that plus every band beneath it. Read as single payments the eight bands come to £5,000,000, which is the pot. Read as a ladder they do not: the champion alone would take £1,835,000, against the £1,000,000 Luke Littler was actually paid for the title.
What each finishing place paid
The eight bands the 128 players are divided into
| FINISHING PLACE | PLAYERS | EACH | THE BAND |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1 | £1,000,000£1.0m | £1,000,000£1.0m |
| Runner-up | 1 | £400,000 | £400,000 |
| Semi-finalists | 2 | £200,000 | £400,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | 4 | £100,000 | £400,000 |
| Last 16 | 8 | £60,000 | £480,000 |
| Last 32 | 16 | £35,000 | £560,000 |
| Last 64 | 32 | £25,000 | £800,000 |
| Last 128 | 64 | £15,000 | £960,000 |
| The whole pot | 128 | — | £5,000,000£5.0m |
What each band took between them
How far each band got
Winning it paid 66.7 times what the last 128 band paid. Inside a band nothing separates one player from another: the 64 players who lost the first match were all paid £15,000, whether they lost by a leg or by a mile. The PDC also put £60,000 up for a nine-dart finish: three players went for one and all three missed the last dart. Nobody collected it, so the eight bands are the whole of what the tournament paid.
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 £5,000,000, which is what the PDC put up. Add the bands the other way and the champion alone takes £1,835,000.
Who collected it
Every one of the 128 players, and what the finish was worth
| PLAYER | BAND | PAID |
|---|---|---|
| Luke Littler | Winner | £1,000,000£1.0m |
| Gian van Veen | Runner-up | £400,000 |
| Gary Anderson | Semi-finalists | £200,000 |
| Ryan Searle | Semi-finalists | £200,000 |
| Jonny Clayton | Quarter-finalists | £100,000 |
| Justin Hood | Quarter-finalists | £100,000 |
| Krzysztof Ratajski | Quarter-finalists | £100,000 |
| Luke Humphries | Quarter-finalists | £100,000 |
| Andreas Harrysson | Last 16 | £60,000 |
| Charlie Manby | Last 16 | £60,000 |
| James Hurrell | Last 16 | £60,000 |
| Josh Rock | Last 16 | £60,000 |
| Kevin Doets | Last 16 | £60,000 |
| Luke Woodhouse | Last 16 | £60,000 |
| Michael van Gerwen | Last 16 | £60,000 |
| Rob Cross | Last 16 | £60,000 |
| Andrew Gilding | Last 32 | £35,000 |
| Arno Merk | Last 32 | £35,000 |
| Callan Rydz | Last 32 | £35,000 |
| Damon Heta | Last 32 | £35,000 |
| Gabriel Clemens | Last 32 | £35,000 |
| Jermaine Wattimena | Last 32 | £35,000 |
| Madars Razma | Last 32 | £35,000 |
| Martin Schindler | Last 32 | £35,000 |
| Mensur Suljović | Last 32 | £35,000 |
| Nathan Aspinall | Last 32 | £35,000 |
| Niels Zonneveld | Last 32 | £35,000 |
| Ricardo Pietreczko | Last 32 | £35,000 |
| Ricky Evans | Last 32 | £35,000 |
| Ryan Meikle | Last 32 | £35,000 |
| Stephen Bunting | Last 32 | £35,000 |
| Wesley Plaisier | Last 32 | £35,000 |
| Adam Sevada | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Alan Soutar | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Brendan Dolan | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Chris Dobey | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Connor Scutt | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Danny Noppert | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Darren Beveridge | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Daryl Gurney | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Dave Chisnall | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| David Davies | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| David Munyua | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Dirk van Duijvenbode | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Dom Taylor | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Gerwyn Price | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Ian White | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| James Wade | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Joe Comito | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Joe Cullen | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Jonny Tata | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Keane Barry | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Leonard Gates | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Max Hopp | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Michael Smith | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Motomu Sakai | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Nitin Kumar | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Paul Lim | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Peter Wright | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Ryan Joyce | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Scott Williams | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Stefan Bellmont | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Wessel Nijman | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| William O'Connor | Last 64 | £25,000 |
| Adam Gawlas | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Adam Hunt | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Adam Lipscombe | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Alex Spellman | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Alexis Toylo | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Andy Baetens | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Beau Greaves | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Boris Krčmar | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Bradley Brooks | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Cam Crabtree | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Cameron Menzies | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Chris Landman | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Cor Dekker | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Cristo Reyes | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Darius Labanauskas | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| David Cameron | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Dimitri Van den Bergh | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Dominik Gruellich | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Fallon Sherrock | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Gemma Hayter | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Haupai Puha | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Jamai van den Herik | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Jeffrey de Graaf | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Jesús Salate | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| José de Sousa | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Jurjen van der Velde | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Karel Sedláček | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Kim Huybrechts | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Krzysztof Kciuk | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Lisa Ashton | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Lourence Ilagan | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Lukas Wenig | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Man Lok Leung | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Mario Vandenbogaerde | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Martin Lukeman | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Matt Campbell | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Matthew Dennant | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Mervyn King | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Mickey Mansell | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Mike De Decker | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Mitsuhiko Tatsunami | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Nick Kenny | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Niko Springer | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Noa-Lynn van Leuven | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Oskar Lukasiak | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Owen Bates | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Paolo Nebrida | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Patrik Kovács | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Raymond van Barneveld | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Richard Veenstra | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Ritchie Edhouse | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Ross Smith | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Ryusei Azemoto | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Sebastian Bialecki | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Simon Whitlock | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Stephen Burton | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Steve Lennon | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Stowe Buntz | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Tavis Dudeney | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Ted Evetts | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Teemu Harju | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Thibault Tricole | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Tim Pusey | Last 128 | £15,000 |
| Xiaochen Zong | Last 128 | £15,000 |
Luke Littler was paid £1,000,000 for winning it rather than that on top of every band beneath, which is what makes the eight bands add up to £5,000,000, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Darts Open 2025 | Stephen Bunting | 48 | £175,000 |
| Swiss Darts Trophy 2025 | Stephen Bunting | 48 | £175,000 |
| Australian Darts Masters 2025 | Luke Littler | 16 | £100,000 |
| Bahrain Darts Masters 2025 | Stephen Bunting | 16 | £100,000 |
| Dutch Darts Masters 2025 | Rob Cross | 16 | £100,000 |
| New Zealand Darts Masters 2025 | Luke Littler | 16 | £100,000 |
| Nordic Darts Masters 2025 | Stephen Bunting | 16 | £100,000 |
| Poland Darts Masters 2025 | Gerwyn Price | 16 | £100,000 |
| US Darts Masters 2025 | Luke Humphries | 16 | £100,000 |
| Women's World Matchplay 2025 | Lisa Ashton | 8 | £25,000 |
| Premier League Darts 2026 | Luke Littler | 8 | £1,250,000£1.3m |
| World Matchplay 2026 | Luke Littler | 32 | £1,000,000£1.0m |
| UK Open 2026 | Luke Littler | 160 | £750,000 |
| PDC World Masters 2026 | Luke Littler | 88 | £500,000 |
| Austrian Darts Open 2026 | Josh Rock | 48 | £230,000 |
| Baltic Sea Darts Open 2026 | Luke Woodhouse | 48 | £230,000 |
| Belgian Darts Open 2026 | Luke Humphries | 48 | £230,000 |
| Czech Darts Open 2026 | Luke Littler | 48 | £230,000 |
| European Darts Grand Prix 2026 | Gerwyn Price | 48 | £230,000 |
| European Darts Open 2026 | Krzysztof Ratajski | 48 | £230,000 |
The 20 events on this site played closest in time to this one, oldest first. Together with the 2026 PDC World Championship they paid out £10,955,000.
Frequently asked questions
How much did the 2026 PDC World Championship winner get?
£1,000,000, 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 2026?
£5,000,000 across the 128 players. It is split into eight bands by finishing place, from £1,000,000 down to £15,000, and the bands add up to the pot exactly.
What is the smallest payment at the PDC World Championship?
£15,000. That is the last 128 band, which covers 64 players who lost the first match. No player at the 2026 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 £200,000 and not that plus every band beneath it. Add the eight bands up as single payments and they come to £5,000,000, which is the pot; add them as a ladder and the champion alone would take £1,835,000.
Which band pays out the most at the PDC World Championship?
Winner, at £1,000,000. Nobody else at the event is paid more in one payment.
Where to next
The rest of the darts money
Luke Littler took £1,000,000 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.