Masters prize money
The PDC has paid £2.2m across the ten editions of the Masters we hold, from 2015 to 2024. The 2024 pot was £275,000 between 24 players, an invitation event for the top of the Order of Merit, with no qualifiers and no way in from outside it, and Stephen Bunting took £65,000 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 ten pots below add up to the £2,190,000 the field has shared. Michael van Gerwen has taken more out of the Masters than anyone else: £362,000 from ten appearances. Every one of the ten was played at Arena MK, Milton Keynes.
Every Masters pot
The ten editions we hold, and what each one paid
| EDITION | CHAMPION | PLAYERS | THE POT | WINNING IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Stephen Bunting | 24 | £275,000 | £65,000 |
| 2023 | Chris Dobey | 24 | £275,000 | £65,000 |
| 2022 | Joe Cullen | 24 | £220,000 | £60,000 |
| 2021 | Jonny Clayton | 24 | £220,000 | £60,000 |
| 2020 | Peter Wright | 16 | £200,000 | £60,000 |
| 2019 | Michael van Gerwen | 16 | £200,000 | £60,000 |
| 2018 | Michael van Gerwen | 16 | £200,000 | £60,000 |
| 2017 | Michael van Gerwen | 16 | £200,000 | £60,000 |
| 2016 | Michael van Gerwen | 16 | £200,000 | £60,000 |
| 2015 | Michael van Gerwen | 16 | £200,000 | £60,000 |
| 10 editions | six different champions | 192 | £2,190,000£2.2m | £610,000 |
The pot, season by season
season running total
The prize fund has gone from £200,000 in 2015 to £275,000 in 2024, which is £75,000 more and 38% up. Winning it has moved with it, from £60,000 to £65,000, and the champion's share of the pot has gone from 30% to 24%. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches £2,190,000.
What each finishing place pays
The six bands at the 2024 Masters
Nothing here stacks. A player who lost in the semi-finals collected £20,000 and not that plus every band beneath it, which is why the six bands come to £275,000 rather than to the £138,500 a ladder reading would put on the champion alone. The 2024 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 Masters draws we hold, across the ten editions
| # | PLAYER | PLAYED | TITLES | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael van Gerwen | 10 | 5 | £362,000 |
| 2 | Peter Wright | 10 | 1 | £172,000 |
| 3 | Dave Chisnall | 10 | £127,000 | |
| 4 | Jonny Clayton | 6 | 1 | £108,500 |
| 5 | Gary Anderson | 8 | £100,000 | |
| 6 | James Wade | 10 | £99,000 | |
| 7 | Michael Smith | 9 | £95,000 | |
| 8 | Stephen Bunting | 6 | 1 | £92,500 |
| 9 | Joe Cullen | 6 | 1 | £91,500 |
| 10 | Chris Dobey | 3 | 1 | £77,500 |
| 11 | Rob Cross | 7 | £67,500 | |
| 12 | Adrian Lewis | 6 | £65,000 | |
| 13 | Raymond van Barneveld | 4 | £65,000 | |
| 14 | Gerwyn Price | 6 | £60,000 | |
| 15 | Nathan Aspinall | 4 | £51,500 | |
| 16 | Mensur Suljović | 5 | £47,500 | |
| 17 | Phil Taylor | 3 | £40,000 | |
| 18 | Simon Whitlock | 7 | £40,000 | |
| 19 | Ian White | 8 | £35,000 | |
| 20 | Daryl Gurney | 6 | £34,500 | |
| 21 | Mervyn King | 3 | £32,500 | |
| 22 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 4 | £31,500 | |
| 23 | José de Sousa | 3 | £27,500 | |
| 24 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | 3 | £22,000 | |
| 25 | Kim Huybrechts | 3 | £20,000 | |
| 26 | Luke Humphries | 3 | £20,000 | |
| 27 | Robert Thornton | 3 | £20,000 | |
| 28 | Danny Noppert | 2 | £19,500 | |
| 29 | Krzysztof Ratajski | 4 | £19,000 | |
| 30 | Damon Heta | 2 | £16,000 | |
| 31 | Terry Jenkins | 2 | £15,000 | |
| 32 | Ryan Searle | 3 | £13,000 | |
| 33 | Ross Smith | 2 | £11,500 | |
| 34 | Gabriel Clemens | 3 | £10,500 | |
| 35 | Benito van de Pas | 2 | £10,000 | |
| 36 | Jelle Klaasen | 2 | £10,000 | |
| 37 | Vincent van der Voort | 1 | £10,000 | |
| 38 | Brendan Dolan | 2 | £7,500 | |
| 39 | Alan Norris | 1 | £5,000 | |
| 40 | Andy Hamilton | 1 | £5,000 | |
| 41 | Darren Webster | 1 | £5,000 | |
| 42 | Wes Newton | 1 | £5,000 | |
| 43 | Andrew Gilding | 1 | £4,000 | |
| 44 | Callan Rydz | 1 | £4,000 | |
| 45 | Josh Rock | 1 | £4,000 | |
| 46 | Martin Schindler | 1 | £4,000 | |
| 47 | Devon Petersen | 1 | £2,500 | |
| 48 | Glen Durrant | 1 | £2,500 | |
| 49 | Jeffrey de Zwaan | 1 | £2,500 |
The fifteen biggest earners
Michael van Gerwen has £362,000 of the £2,190,000 the Masters has paid out, which is 16.5% of it, and the other 48 players have shared the rest. 12 of the 49 have been in the draw once.
Frequently asked questions
How much is Masters prize money?
£275,000 at the 2024 event, split between 24 players. Winning it paid £65,000, which is 24% of the pot, and the smallest payment was £4,000.
Who has won the most Masters prize money?
Michael van Gerwen, with £362,000 from ten appearances and five titles. Across the ten editions on this page the tournament has paid out £2,190,000 in all.
How much has Masters prize money gone up?
From £200,000 in 2015 to £275,000 in 2024, which is £75,000 more, or 38%. Winning it has gone from £60,000 to £65,000.
Who has won the Masters?
Michael van Gerwen has won it five times, more than anybody else on this page, and six different players have taken the title across the ten editions we hold. Stephen Bunting won the 2024 one.
What does losing early at the Masters pay?
£4,000 at the 2024 event, which is the last 24 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 2024 edition is at Masters prize money 2024, and the other nine we hold are in the table above. Michael van Gerwen has taken £362,000 out of it and £7,192,750 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.