Robert Thornton prize money
Robert Thornton has been paid £398,000 by the 268 darts events on this site, which ranks 48th of the 793 players they paid. The biggest of it was £100,000 at the 2015 World Grand Prix, where Robert Thornton beat Michael van Gerwen in the final.
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 £100,000 at the 2015 World Grand Prix 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.
Tournament by tournament
What each one has paid Robert Thornton across every edition
| TOURNAMENT | PLAYED | TITLES | BEST PAYDAY | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Grand Prix | 3 | 1 | Winner | £120,000 |
| PDC World Championship | 5 | — | Quarter-finalist | £88,000 |
| Grand Slam of Darts | 3 | — | Quarter-finalist | £32,500 |
| European Darts Open | 2 | 1 | Winner | £26,500 |
| World Matchplay | 3 | — | Last 16 | £23,000 |
| Masters | 3 | — | Quarter-finalist | £20,000 |
| Players Championship Finals | 4 | — | Last 32 | £13,500 |
| European Darts Matchplay | 4 | — | Semi-finalist | £10,500 |
| European Championship | 2 | — | Last 32 | £9,000 |
| German Darts Championship | 3 | — | Quarter-finalist | £7,500 |
| UK Open | 5 | — | Last 32 | £7,500 |
| World Series of Darts Finals | 2 | — | Last 16 | £7,500 |
| German Darts Masters (European Tour) | 3 | — | Quarter-finalist | £7,000 |
| Gibraltar Darts Trophy | 4 | — | Last 16 | £5,500 |
| European Darts Trophy | 3 | — | Last 16 | £5,000 |
| International Darts Open | 3 | — | Last 16 | £5,000 |
| European Darts Grand Prix | 1 | — | Last 16 | £2,000 |
| German Darts Open | 2 | — | Last 48 | £2,000 |
| Austrian Darts Open | 1 | — | Last 32 | £1,500 |
| Dutch Darts Masters (European Tour) | 1 | — | Last 32 | £1,500 |
| Czech Darts Open | 1 | — | Last 48 | £1,000 |
| Danish Darts Open | 1 | — | Last 48 | £1,000 |
| Dutch Darts Championship | 1 | — | Last 48 | £1,000 |
| 23 tournaments | 60 | 2 | — | £398,000 |
World Grand Prix has paid Robert Thornton £120,000 of the £398,000, which is 30% of the career on this site from three appearances. The chart draws the 16 biggest of the 23; the table above has all of them.
Every payment
Where each run ended, and what the band paid for it
The 60 figures add up because none of them contains another: a band is paid once, so £398,000 is 60 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.4% of the £91,450,000 the 268 events paid out between them. The site holds 53 tournaments and Robert Thornton has been paid at 23 of them. The biggest of the 30 that have not paid him are Premier League Darts, German Darts Grand Prix and PDC World Masters.
Year by year
2015 to 2019, in the order it was won
| YEAR | EVENTS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 17 | World Grand Prix | £221,500 |
| 2016 | 17 | PDC World Championship | £60,500 |
| 2017 | 9 | PDC World Championship | £59,750 |
| 2018 | 10 | PDC World Championship | £33,750 |
| 2019 | 7 | Grand Slam of Darts | £22,500 |
season running total
2015 is the biggest year of it, £221,500 from 17 events. Every year from 2015 to 2019 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each year is the running total, which reaches £398,000.
Around Robert Thornton on the money list
Ranks 28 to 68
| # | PLAYER | BEST FINISH | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | Damon Heta | Last 32 | £901,750 |
| 29 | Ian White | Last 64 | £898,000 |
| 30 | Phil Taylor | Runner-up | £830,500 |
| 31 | Jermaine Wattimena | Runner-up | £792,500 |
| 32 | Adrian Lewis | Runner-up | £780,500 |
| 33 | Martin Schindler | Last 32 | £749,750 |
| 34 | Mervyn King | Quarter-finalist | £728,750 |
| 35 | Kim Huybrechts | Last 16 | £683,000 |
| 36 | Brendan Dolan | Quarter-finalist | £670,000 |
| 37 | Andrew Gilding | Winner | £655,500 |
| 38 | Gabriel Clemens | Semi-finalist | £622,500 |
| 39 | Ryan Joyce | Quarter-finalist | £595,750 |
| 40 | José de Sousa | Winner | £588,750 |
| 41 | Luke Woodhouse | Last 16 | £551,250 |
| 42 | Vincent van der Voort | Last 16 | £537,000 |
| 43 | Mike De Decker | Winner | £524,250 |
| 44 | Ricky Evans | Last 32 | £462,000 |
| 45 | Steve Beaton | Last 16 | £459,250 |
| 46 | Jelle Klaasen | Semi-finalist | £448,000 |
| 47 | William O'Connor | Last 64 | £437,250 |
| 48 | Robert Thornton | Winner | £398,000 |
| 49 | Glen Durrant | Quarter-finalist | £392,000 |
| 50 | Ritchie Edhouse | Winner | £374,000 |
| 51 | Callan Rydz | Quarter-finalist | £369,000 |
| 52 | Ricardo Pietreczko | Last 32 | £366,000 |
| 53 | Max Hopp | Last 64 | £363,000 |
| 54 | Benito van de Pas | Last 16 | £353,000 |
| 55 | Wessel Nijman | Winner | £337,250 |
| 56 | Cameron Menzies | Quarter-finalist | £333,000 |
| 57 | Darren Webster | Quarter-finalist | £333,000 |
| 58 | John Henderson | Last 16 | £328,750 |
| 59 | Madars Razma | Last 32 | £322,250 |
| 60 | Jeffrey de Zwaan | Last 16 | £313,000 |
| 61 | Keegan Brown | Last 16 | £302,000 |
| 62 | Alan Norris | Quarter-finalist | £292,500 |
| 63 | Cristo Reyes | Last 32 | £288,500 |
| 64 | Steve West | Last 16 | £269,000 |
| 65 | Kyle Anderson | Last 32 | £268,250 |
| 66 | Kevin Doets | Last 16 | £268,000 |
| 67 | Devon Petersen | Last 16 | £265,000 |
| 68 | Jamie Lewis | Semi-finalist | £247,750 |
A slice of the same list the hub ranks in full. Robert Thornton is 48th of the 793 players the 268 events on this site paid, on £398,000.
Paid the same, at the same stage
A band pays every player in it the identical figure
PDC World Championship 2015 paid £35,000 to each of the 4 players in its quarter-finalists band, Robert Thornton among them. Also on that figure: Stephen Bunting, Vincent van der Voort and Peter Wright.
PDC World Championship 2018 paid £18,500 to each of the 16 players in its last 32 band, Robert Thornton among them. Also on that figure: Simon Whitlock, Steve Beaton, Zoran Lerchbacher, Alan Norris, Daryl Gurney, Ian White, James Wilson and Jan Dekker.
PDC World Championship 2017 paid £17,000 to each of the 16 players in its last 32 band, Robert Thornton among them. Also on that figure: Simon Whitlock, Steve Beaton, Terry Jenkins, Alan Norris, Andrew Gilding, Brendan Dolan, Chris Dobey and Cristo Reyes.
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Robert Thornton won?
£398,000 across the 268 darts events on this site, which ranks 48th of the 793 players they paid. That is 60 payments between 2015 and 2019.
What is Robert Thornton's biggest payday?
£100,000, at the 2015 World Grand Prix, where Robert Thornton beat Michael van Gerwen in the final. 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 Robert Thornton the most?
World Grand Prix, £120,000 from three appearances, one of which ended in the title. That is 30% of everything Robert Thornton has been paid here.
How many darts titles has Robert Thornton won?
Two of the 268 editions on this site, worth £125,000 in all. World Grand Prix and European Darts Open are the tournaments they came at.
Which darts tournaments has Robert Thornton not been paid at?
30 of the 53, among them Premier League Darts, German Darts Grand Prix and PDC World Masters. This page holds 53 tournaments and 268 editions of them, so Robert Thornton appears against the 23 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 Robert Thornton is William O'Connor on £437,250, and one below Glen Durrant on £392,000. For the band tables themselves, see World Grand Prix prize money, PDC World Championship prize money, Grand Slam of Darts prize money, European Darts Open prize money, World Matchplay prize money and Masters prize money, and the other 17 in the table above.