PDC World Masters prize money
The PDC has paid £1.0m across the two editions of the PDC World Masters we hold, from 2025 to 2026. The 2026 pot was £500,000 between 88 players, the one major that pays a player for turning up to the preliminary rounds and losing there, and Luke Littler took £100,000 of it.
A darts player is paid once, for where the run ended, so every pound of a pot lands on exactly one player and the two pots below add up to the £1,000,000 the field has shared. Luke Humphries has taken more out of the PDC World Masters than anyone else: £150,000 from two appearances. Both were played at Arena MK, Milton Keynes.
Every PDC World Masters pot
The two editions we hold, and what each one paid
| EDITION | CHAMPION | PLAYERS | THE POT | WINNING IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Luke Littler | 88 | £500,000 | £100,000 |
| 2025 | Luke Humphries | 88 | £500,000 | £100,000 |
| 2 editions | two different champions | 176 | £1,000,000£1.0m | £200,000 |
The pot, season by season
season running total
The prize fund has been £500,000 in every one of the two editions we hold, and winning it has paid £100,000 each time. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches £1,000,000.
What each finishing place pays
The nine bands at the 2026 PDC World Masters
Nothing here stacks. A player who lost in the semi-finals collected £30,000 and not that plus every band beneath it, which is why the nine bands come to £500,000 rather than to the £216,750 a ladder reading would put on the champion alone. The 2026 rate card has the players in each band and what the band paid out.
Who has taken the most out of it
Every player in the PDC World Masters draws we hold, across the two editions
| # | PLAYER | PLAYED | TITLES | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luke Humphries | 2 | 1 | £150,000 |
| 2 | Luke Littler | 2 | 1 | £117,500 |
| 3 | Jonny Clayton | 2 | £60,000 | |
| 4 | Danny Noppert | 2 | £47,500 | |
| 5 | Gerwyn Price | 2 | £40,000 | |
| 6 | Gian van Veen | 2 | £32,500 | |
| 7 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 2 | £31,000 | |
| 8 | Damon Heta | 2 | £27,500 | |
| 9 | James Wade | 2 | £27,500 | |
| 10 | Josh Rock | 2 | £27,500 | |
| 11 | Nathan Aspinall | 2 | £27,500 | |
| 12 | Stephen Bunting | 2 | £27,500 | |
| 13 | Chris Dobey | 2 | £22,500 | |
| 14 | Gary Anderson | 2 | £15,000 | |
| 15 | Michael van Gerwen | 2 | £15,000 | |
| 16 | Rob Cross | 2 | £15,000 | |
| 17 | Ross Smith | 2 | £15,000 | |
| 18 | Ryan Searle | 2 | £15,000 | |
| 19 | Cameron Menzies | 2 | £10,750 | |
| 20 | Luke Woodhouse | 2 | £10,750 | |
| 21 | Peter Wright | 2 | £10,750 | |
| 22 | William O'Connor | 2 | £10,750 | |
| 23 | Dave Chisnall | 2 | £10,000 | |
| 24 | Jermaine Wattimena | 2 | £10,000 | |
| 25 | Martin Schindler | 2 | £10,000 | |
| 26 | Mike De Decker | 2 | £10,000 | |
| 27 | Daryl Gurney | 2 | £6,000 | |
| 28 | Jeffrey de Graaf | 2 | £6,000 | |
| 29 | Jimmy van Schie | 2 | £6,000 | |
| 30 | Joe Cullen | 2 | £6,000 | |
| 31 | Kevin Doets | 2 | £6,000 | |
| 32 | Niels Zonneveld | 2 | £6,000 | |
| 33 | Ryan Joyce | 2 | £6,000 | |
| 34 | Wessel Nijman | 2 | £6,000 | |
| 35 | Andrew Gilding | 2 | £5,750 | |
| 36 | Bradley Brooks | 2 | £5,750 | |
| 37 | Madars Razma | 2 | £5,750 | |
| 38 | Michael Smith | 2 | £5,750 | |
| 39 | Andy Baetens | 1 | £5,000 | |
| 40 | Connor Scutt | 1 | £5,000 | |
| 41 | Florian Hempel | 1 | £5,000 | |
| 42 | Gabriel Clemens | 2 | £5,000 | |
| 43 | James Hurrell | 1 | £5,000 | |
| 44 | Krzysztof Ratajski | 2 | £5,000 | |
| 45 | Shane McGuirk | 1 | £5,000 | |
| 46 | William Borland | 1 | £5,000 | |
| 47 | Alan Soutar | 2 | £3,500 | |
| 48 | Kim Huybrechts | 2 | £3,500 | |
| 49 | Richard Veenstra | 2 | £3,500 | |
| 50 | Nick Kenny | 2 | £3,250 | |
| 51 | Scott Williams | 2 | £3,250 | |
| 52 | Darius Labanauskas | 1 | £2,500 | |
| 53 | Dylan Slevin | 1 | £2,500 | |
| 54 | Graham Hall | 1 | £2,500 | |
| 55 | Jack Tweddell | 1 | £2,500 | |
| 56 | Mickey Mansell | 1 | £2,500 | |
| 57 | Scott Waites | 1 | £2,500 | |
| 58 | Cam Crabtree | 2 | £2,000 | |
| 59 | Keane Barry | 2 | £2,000 | |
| 60 | Martin Lukeman | 2 | £2,000 | |
| 61 | Henry Coates | 2 | £1,750 | |
| 62 | Owen Bates | 2 | £1,750 | |
| 63 | Ricky Evans | 2 | £1,750 | |
| 64 | Brendan Dolan | 2 | £1,500 | |
| 65 | Callan Rydz | 2 | £1,500 | |
| 66 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | 2 | £1,500 | |
| 67 | Ian White | 2 | £1,500 | |
| 68 | Mensur Suljović | 2 | £1,500 | |
| 69 | Ricardo Pietreczko | 2 | £1,500 | |
| 70 | Ritchie Edhouse | 2 | £1,500 | |
| 71 | Beau Greaves | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 72 | Jeffrey de Zwaan | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 73 | Jim Williams | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 74 | Justin Hood | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 75 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 76 | Matt Campbell | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 77 | Niko Springer | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 78 | Patrik Williams | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 79 | Radek Szaganski | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 80 | Rhys Griffin | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 81 | Ryan Meikle | 1 | £1,000 | |
| 82 | Adam Hunt | 1 | £750 | |
| 83 | Adam Lipscombe | 1 | £750 | |
| 84 | Aden Kirk | 1 | £750 | |
| 85 | Andreas Harrysson | 1 | £750 | |
| 86 | Andy Boulton | 1 | £750 | |
| 87 | Benjamin Pratnemer | 1 | £750 | |
| 88 | Berry van Peer | 1 | £750 | |
| 89 | Brett Claydon | 1 | £750 | |
| 90 | Charlie Manby | 1 | £750 | |
| 91 | Christian Kist | 1 | £750 | |
| 92 | Cor Dekker | 1 | £750 | |
| 93 | Danny Lauby | 1 | £750 | |
| 94 | Danny van Trijp | 1 | £750 | |
| 95 | Dominik Gruellich | 1 | £750 | |
| 96 | Jesús Salate | 1 | £750 | |
| 97 | Jitse van der Wal | 1 | £750 | |
| 98 | José de Sousa | 1 | £750 | |
| 99 | Joshua Richardson | 1 | £750 | |
| 100 | Kai Gotthardt | 1 | £750 | |
| 101 | Karel Sedláček | 1 | £750 | |
| 102 | Lukas Wenig | 1 | £750 | |
| 103 | Marvin van Velzen | 1 | £750 | |
| 104 | Max Hopp | 1 | £750 | |
| 105 | Nathan Girvan | 1 | £750 | |
| 106 | Oskar Lukasiak | 1 | £750 | |
| 107 | Pascal Rupprecht | 1 | £750 | |
| 108 | Pero Ljubić | 1 | £750 | |
| 109 | Robert Owen | 1 | £750 | |
| 110 | Ryan Branley | 1 | £750 | |
| 111 | Scott Campbell | 1 | £750 | |
| 112 | Sebastian Bialecki | 1 | £750 | |
| 113 | Stefan Bellmont | 1 | £750 | |
| 114 | Stephen Burton | 1 | £750 | |
| 115 | Thibault Tricole | 1 | £750 | |
| 116 | Thomas Lovely | 1 | £750 | |
| 117 | Tom Bissell | 1 | £750 | |
| 118 | Wesley Plaisier | 1 | £750 |
The fifteen biggest earners
Luke Humphries has £150,000 of the £1,000,000 the PDC World Masters has paid out, which is 15.0% of it, and the other 117 players have shared the rest. 60 of the 118 have been in the draw once.
Frequently asked questions
How much is World Masters prize money?
£500,000 at the 2026 event, split between 88 players. Winning it paid £100,000, which is 20% of the pot, and the smallest payment was £750.
Who has won the most World Masters prize money?
Luke Humphries, with £150,000 from two appearances and one title. Across the two editions on this page the tournament has paid out £1,000,000 in all.
Has World Masters prize money changed?
No. The pot has been £500,000 at every one of the two editions we hold, from 2025 to 2026, and winning it has paid £100,000 each time. The nine bands underneath it have not moved either.
Who has won the PDC World Masters?
Two different players have won the two editions we hold, and Luke Littler took the 2026 one. No player on this page has won it more than once.
What does losing early at the PDC World Masters pay?
£750 at the 2026 event, which is the preliminary last 64 band. A player is paid once, for where the run ended, so it is the whole of what going out there is worth rather than a first rung.
Where to next
The rest of the darts money
The 2026 edition is at PDC World Masters prize money 2026, and the other one we hold is in the table above. Luke Humphries has taken £150,000 out of it and £3,090,000 across every event on the site. For the other tournaments, see PDC World Championship prize money, World Matchplay prize money, Grand Slam of Darts prize money, Players Championship Finals prize money, World Grand Prix prize money and European Championship prize money. Darts prize money ranks all 793 players across the £91,450,000 the 268 editions on this site paid out. Where a competition pays again at every round rather than once at the end, see Champions League prize money.