Players Championship Finals prize money
The PDC paid £600k to the 64 players at the 2023 Players Championship Finals, the top of the Pro Tour Order of Merit, so the field is earned over a season of floor events rather than ranked all-time. Winning it was worth £120,000, and the smallest payment at the event was £3,000.
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 £30,000 and not that plus every band beneath it. Read as single payments the seven bands come to £600,000, which is the pot. Read as a ladder they do not: the champion alone would take £249,500, against the £120,000 Luke Humphries was actually paid for the title.
What each finishing place paid
The seven bands the 64 players are divided into
| FINISHING PLACE | PLAYERS | EACH | THE BAND |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1 | £120,000 | £120,000 |
| Runner-up | 1 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Semi-finalists | 2 | £30,000 | £60,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | 4 | £20,000 | £80,000 |
| Last 16 | 8 | £10,000 | £80,000 |
| Last 32 | 16 | £6,500 | £104,000 |
| Last 64 | 32 | £3,000 | £96,000 |
| The whole pot | 64 | — | £600,000 |
What each band took between them
How far each band got
Winning it paid 40 times what the last 64 band paid. Inside a band nothing separates one player from another: the 32 players who lost the first match were all paid £3,000, whether they lost by a leg or by a mile.
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 £600,000, which is what the PDC put up. Add the bands the other way and the champion alone takes £249,500.
Who collected it
Every one of the 64 players, and what the finish was worth
| PLAYER | BAND | PAID |
|---|---|---|
| Luke Humphries | Winner | £120,000 |
| Michael van Gerwen | Runner-up | £60,000 |
| Gabriel Clemens | Semi-finalists | £30,000 |
| Ryan Joyce | Semi-finalists | £30,000 |
| Damon Heta | Quarter-finalists | £20,000 |
| James Wade | Quarter-finalists | £20,000 |
| Luke Woodhouse | Quarter-finalists | £20,000 |
| Stephen Bunting | Quarter-finalists | £20,000 |
| Brendan Dolan | Last 16 | £10,000 |
| Dave Chisnall | Last 16 | £10,000 |
| Dimitri Van den Bergh | Last 16 | £10,000 |
| Jermaine Wattimena | Last 16 | £10,000 |
| Kim Huybrechts | Last 16 | £10,000 |
| Mario Vandenbogaerde | Last 16 | £10,000 |
| Niels Zonneveld | Last 16 | £10,000 |
| Ryan Searle | Last 16 | £10,000 |
| Chris Dobey | Last 32 | £6,500 |
| Gary Anderson | Last 32 | £6,500 |
| Gerwyn Price | Last 32 | £6,500 |
| Gian van Veen | Last 32 | £6,500 |
| Joe Cullen | Last 32 | £6,500 |
| Jonny Clayton | Last 32 | £6,500 |
| Josh Rock | Last 32 | £6,500 |
| Kevin Doets | Last 32 | £6,500 |
| Maik Kuivenhoven | Last 32 | £6,500 |
| Matt Campbell | Last 32 | £6,500 |
| Radek Szaganski | Last 32 | £6,500 |
| Ricardo Pietreczko | Last 32 | £6,500 |
| Richard Veenstra | Last 32 | £6,500 |
| Rob Cross | Last 32 | £6,500 |
| Ross Smith | Last 32 | £6,500 |
| Steve Lennon | Last 32 | £6,500 |
| Andrew Gilding | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Boris Krčmar | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Callan Rydz | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Cameron Menzies | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Chris Landman | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Christian Kist | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Connor Scutt | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Daniel Klose | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Daryl Gurney | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Dirk van Duijvenbode | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Dylan Slevin | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Ian White | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Jamie Hughes | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Jim Williams | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| José de Sousa | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Jules van Dongen | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Krzysztof Ratajski | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Lee Evans | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Martin Lukeman | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Martin Schindler | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Michael Smith | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Mickey Mansell | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Mike De Decker | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Raymond van Barneveld | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Ricky Evans | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Ritchie Edhouse | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Rowby-John Rodriguez | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Scott Williams | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Simon Whitlock | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Stephen Burton | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Steve Beaton | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| William O'Connor | Last 64 | £3,000 |
Luke Humphries was paid £120,000 for winning it rather than that on top of every band beneath, which is what makes the seven bands add up to £600,000, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales Darts Masters 2022 | Jonny Clayton | 16 | £60,000 |
| New Zealand Darts Masters 2022 | Gerwyn Price | 16 | £60,000 |
| Nordic Darts Masters 2022 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 16 | £60,000 |
| Queensland Darts Masters 2022 | Michael van Gerwen | 16 | £60,000 |
| US Darts Masters 2022 | Michael Smith | 16 | £60,000 |
| Women's World Matchplay 2022 | Fallon Sherrock | 8 | £25,000 |
| PDC World Championship 2023 | Michael Smith | 96 | £2,500,000£2.5m |
| World Matchplay 2023 | Nathan Aspinall | 32 | £800,000 |
| Grand Slam of Darts 2023 | Luke Humphries | 32 | £650,000 |
| European Championship 2023 | Peter Wright | 32 | £600,000 |
| UK Open 2023 | Andrew Gilding | 158 | £600,000 |
| World Grand Prix 2023 | Luke Humphries | 32 | £600,000 |
| World Series of Darts Finals 2023 | Michael van Gerwen | 24 | £300,000 |
| Masters 2023 | Chris Dobey | 24 | £275,000 |
| Austrian Darts Open 2023 | Jonny Clayton | 48 | £175,000 |
| Baltic Sea Darts Open 2023 | Dave Chisnall | 48 | £175,000 |
| Belgian Darts Open 2023 | Michael van Gerwen | 48 | £175,000 |
| Czech Darts Open 2023 | Peter Wright | 48 | £175,000 |
| Dutch Darts Championship 2023 | Dave Chisnall | 48 | £175,000 |
| European Darts Grand Prix 2023 | Rob Cross | 48 | £175,000 |
The 20 events on this site played closest in time to this one, oldest first. Together with the 2023 Players Championship Finals they paid out £8,300,000.
Frequently asked questions
How much did the 2023 Players Championship Finals winner get?
£120,000, and Luke Humphries 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 Players Championship Finals prize money in 2023?
£600,000 across the 64 players. It is split into seven bands by finishing place, from £120,000 down to £3,000, and the bands add up to the pot exactly.
What is the smallest payment at the Players Championship Finals?
£3,000. That is the last 64 band, which covers 32 players who lost the first match. No player at the 2023 event collected less.
Does Players Championship Finals 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 £30,000 and not that plus every band beneath it. Add the seven bands up as single payments and they come to £600,000, which is the pot; add them as a ladder and the champion alone would take £249,500.
Which band pays out the most at the Players Championship Finals?
Winner, at £120,000. Nobody else at the event is paid more in one payment.
Where to next
The rest of the darts money
Luke Humphries took £120,000 here and £3,090,000 in all. Players Championship Finals prize money puts this edition beside the other 10 we hold. For the other tournaments, see PDC World Championship prize money, World Matchplay prize money, Grand Slam of Darts 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.