Arno Merk prize money
Arno Merk has been paid £37,500 by the 268 darts events on this site, which ranks 185th of the 793 players they paid. The biggest of it was £35,000 at the 2026 PDC World Championship, where Arno Merk lost in the round of 32.
Every figure here is a single payment. A darts tournament pays for where the run ended and not for each round on the way to it, so the £35,000 at the 2026 PDC World Championship is one payment with nothing behind it. That is the opposite of a football run, where a club collects again at every round it reaches.
Every payment
Where each run ended, and what the band paid for it
| EVENT | FINISH | PAID |
|---|---|---|
| PDC World Championship 2026 | Last 32 | £35,000 |
| UK Open 2026 | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| European Darts Grand Prix 2024 | Last 48 | £1,250 |
| All three | — | £37,500 |
The three figures add up because none of them contains another: a band is paid once, so £37,500 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the £91,450,000 the 268 events paid out between them. The site holds 53 tournaments and Arno Merk has been paid at three of them. The biggest of the 50 that have not paid him are World Matchplay, Grand Slam of Darts and Players Championship Finals.
Year by year
2024 to 2026, in the order it was won
| YEAR | EVENTS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | European Darts Grand Prix | £1,250 |
| 2025 | — | — | — |
| 2026 | 2 | PDC World Championship | £36,250 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest year of it, £36,250 from two events. We hold no event that paid Arno Merk in 2025, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each year is the running total, which reaches £37,500.
Around Arno Merk on the money list
Ranks 165 to 205
| # | PLAYER | BEST FINISH | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 165 | David Cameron | Last 128 | £44,250 |
| 166 | Paul Nicholson | Last 64 | £44,250 |
| 167 | Kim Viljanen | Last 64 | £44,000 |
| 168 | Cody Harris | Last 64 | £43,500 |
| 169 | Alexis Toylo | Last 128 | £43,250 |
| 170 | Cor Dekker | Last 128 | £43,000 |
| 171 | Cam Crabtree | Last 128 | £42,750 |
| 172 | Gordon Mathers | Last 96 | £42,500 |
| 173 | Sebastian Bialecki | Last 128 | £42,250 |
| 174 | Wes Newton | Last 32 | £42,000 |
| 175 | Jim Long | Last 64 | £41,750 |
| 176 | Alan Tabern | Last 64 | £41,000 |
| 177 | Andy Baetens | Last 128 | £40,500 |
| 178 | Joe Comito | Last 64 | £39,750 |
| 179 | William Borland | Last 64 | £39,500 |
| 180 | Man Lok Leung | Last 128 | £39,250 |
| 181 | Xiaochen Zong | Last 128 | £39,250 |
| 182 | Jonny Tata | Last 64 | £39,000 |
| 183 | Jurjen van der Velde | Last 128 | £38,250 |
| 184 | Mick McGowan | Last 64 | £38,250 |
| 185 | Arno Merk | Last 32 | £37,500 |
| 186 | Robert Marijanović | Last 64 | £37,250 |
| 187 | Dom Taylor | Last 64 | £37,000 |
| 188 | Danny Lauby | Last 96 | £35,750 |
| 189 | Krzysztof Kciuk | Last 128 | £35,750 |
| 190 | Owen Bates | Last 128 | £34,250 |
| 191 | Radek Szaganski | Last 64 | £34,250 |
| 192 | Dean Winstanley | Last 16 | £34,000 |
| 193 | Geert Nentjes | Last 96 | £33,750 |
| 194 | Adam Lipscombe | Last 128 | £33,250 |
| 195 | Darren Beveridge | Last 64 | £33,250 |
| 196 | R. Huybrechts | Last 32 | £33,000 |
| 197 | Scott Waites | Last 64 | £33,000 |
| 198 | Oskar Lukasiak | Last 128 | £32,750 |
| 199 | Alex Spellman | Last 128 | £31,750 |
| 200 | Michael Unterbuchner | Quarter-finalist | £31,750 |
| 201 | José Justicia | Last 64 | £31,500 |
| 202 | Matthew Dennant | Last 128 | £30,750 |
| 203 | Harry Ward | Last 64 | £30,250 |
| 204 | Arron Monk | Last 96 | £30,000 |
| 205 | Noa-Lynn van Leuven | Last 128 | £30,000 |
A slice of the same list the hub ranks in full. Arno Merk is 185th of the 793 players the 268 events on this site paid, on £37,500.
Paid the same, at the same stage
A band pays every player in it the identical figure
PDC World Championship 2026 paid £35,000 to each of the 16 players in its last 32 band, Arno Merk among them. Also on that figure: Callan Rydz, Damon Heta, Gabriel Clemens, Jermaine Wattimena, Madars Razma, Martin Schindler, Mensur Suljović and Nathan Aspinall.
UK Open 2026 paid £1,250 to each of the 32 players in its last 128 band, Arno Merk among them. Also on that figure: Beau Greaves, Cam Crabtree, Chris Landman, Christian Kist, Cor Dekker, Dennie Olde Kalter, Jack Todd and Jamai van den Herik.
European Darts Grand Prix 2024 paid £1,250 to each of the 16 players in its last 48 band, Arno Merk among them. Also on that figure: Callan Rydz, Franz Roetzsch, Gian van Veen, Ian White, James Wade, Joe Cullen, José de Sousa and Martin Lukeman.
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Arno Merk won?
£37,500 across the 268 darts events on this site, which ranks 185th of the 793 players they paid. That is three payments between 2024 and 2026.
What is Arno Merk's biggest payday?
£35,000, at the 2026 PDC World Championship, where Arno Merk lost in the round of 32. That is one payment and the whole of it, because a darts tournament pays for where the run ended rather than for each round on the way to it.
Which tournament has paid Arno Merk the most?
PDC World Championship, £35,000 from one appearance. That is 93% of everything Arno Merk has been paid here.
Which darts tournaments has Arno Merk not been paid at?
50 of the 53, among them World Matchplay, Grand Slam of Darts and Players Championship Finals. This page holds 53 tournaments and 268 editions of them, so Arno Merk appears against the three tournaments that have paid him and no others.
Where to next
The rest of the darts money
Darts prize money ranks all 793 players across the £91,450,000 the 268 events on this site paid out. One place above Arno Merk is Mick McGowan on £38,250, and one below Robert Marijanović on £37,250. For the band tables themselves, see PDC World Championship prize money, European Darts Grand Prix prize money and UK Open prize money.