UK Open prize money
The PDC paid £750k to the 160 players at the 2026 UK Open, the open draw, where every round is drawn at random and a tour card holder can come out against a qualifier. Winning it was worth £120,000, and the smallest payment at the event was £1,250.
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 £35,000 and not that plus every band beneath it. Read as single payments the ten bands come to £750,000, which is the pot. Read as a ladder they do not: the champion alone would take £261,250, against the £120,000 Luke Littler was actually paid for the title.
What each finishing place paid
The ten bands the 160 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 | £35,000 | £70,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | 4 | £20,000 | £80,000 |
| Last 16 | 8 | £12,500 | £100,000 |
| Last 32 | 16 | £7,500 | £120,000 |
| Last 64 | 32 | £3,000 | £96,000 |
| Last 96 | 32 | £2,000 | £64,000 |
| Last 128 | 32 | £1,250 | £40,000 |
| Last 160 | 32 | £0 | £0 |
| The whole pot | 160 | — | £750,000 |
What each band took between them
How far each band got
Winning it paid 96 times what the last 128 band paid. Below that the UK Open pays nothing: the 32 players who lost the first match left with £0. Inside a band nothing separates one player from another: the 32 players who lost in the round of 64 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 £750,000, which is what the PDC put up. Add the bands the other way and the champion alone takes £261,250.
Who collected it
Every one of the 160 players, and what the finish was worth
| PLAYER | BAND | PAID |
|---|---|---|
| Luke Littler | Winner | £120,000 |
| James Wade | Runner-up | £60,000 |
| Gerwyn Price | Semi-finalists | £35,000 |
| Josh Rock | Semi-finalists | £35,000 |
| Danny Noppert | Quarter-finalists | £20,000 |
| Jonny Clayton | Quarter-finalists | £20,000 |
| Krzysztof Ratajski | Quarter-finalists | £20,000 |
| Rob Cross | Quarter-finalists | £20,000 |
| Daryl Gurney | Last 16 | £12,500 |
| Gary Anderson | Last 16 | £12,500 |
| Keane Barry | Last 16 | £12,500 |
| Luke Humphries | Last 16 | £12,500 |
| Martin Lukeman | Last 16 | £12,500 |
| Michael van Gerwen | Last 16 | £12,500 |
| Ryan Searle | Last 16 | £12,500 |
| Stephen Bunting | Last 16 | £12,500 |
| Darryl Pilgrim | Last 32 | £7,500 |
| Dave Chisnall | Last 32 | £7,500 |
| Dominik Gruellich | Last 32 | £7,500 |
| Gabriel Clemens | Last 32 | £7,500 |
| Kai Gotthardt | Last 32 | £7,500 |
| Kevin Doets | Last 32 | £7,500 |
| Madars Razma | Last 32 | £7,500 |
| Martin Schindler | Last 32 | £7,500 |
| Mensur Suljović | Last 32 | £7,500 |
| Michael Smith | Last 32 | £7,500 |
| Mike De Decker | Last 32 | £7,500 |
| Oskar Lukasiak | Last 32 | £7,500 |
| Peter Wright | Last 32 | £7,500 |
| Ross Smith | Last 32 | £7,500 |
| Ryan Joyce | Last 32 | £7,500 |
| Wessel Nijman | Last 32 | £7,500 |
| Adam Lipscombe | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Alexander Merkx | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Andrew Gilding | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Andy Boulton | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Benjamin Pratnemer | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Cameron Menzies | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Charlie Manby | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Chris Dobey | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Connor Scutt | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Damon Heta | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Dimitri Van den Bergh | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Dirk van Duijvenbode | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Gian van Veen | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Greg Ritchie | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Henry Coates | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Jeffrey de Graaf | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Jermaine Wattimena | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Jim Long | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Joe Cullen | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Leon Weber | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Luke Woodhouse | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Nathan Aspinall | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Niall Culleton | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Niels Zonneveld | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Raymond van Barneveld | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Richard Veenstra | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Ricky Evans | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Ritchie Edhouse | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Scott Campbell | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Thibault Tricole | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Tom Sykes | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| William O'Connor | Last 64 | £3,000 |
| Adam Gawlas | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Adam Warner | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Alan Soutar | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Bradley Brooks | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Brendan Dolan | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Callan Rydz | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Cristo Reyes | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Darius Labanauskas | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Ian White | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| James Hurrell | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Jeffrey Sparidaans | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Justin Hood | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Karel Sedláček | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Kim Huybrechts | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Lukas Wenig | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Mario Vandenbogaerde | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Michael Unterbuchner | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Mickey Mansell | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Nick Kenny | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Niko Springer | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Owen Bates | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Pascal Rupprecht | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Patrik Williams | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Ricardo Pietreczko | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Robert Owen | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Ryan Meikle | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Sam Spivey | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Scott Williams | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Sebastian Bialecki | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Stephen Rosney | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Thomas Lovely | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Tom Bissell | Last 96 | £2,000 |
| Adam Leek | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Adam Paxton | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Arno Merk | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Beau Greaves | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Cam Crabtree | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Chris Landman | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Christian Kist | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Cor Dekker | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Dennie Olde Kalter | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Jack Todd | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Jamai van den Herik | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Jimmy van Schie | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Jurjen van der Velde | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Maik Kuivenhoven | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Marvin Kraft | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Marvin van Velzen | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Max Hopp | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Maximilian Czerwinski | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Mervyn King | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Oliver King | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Rhys Griffin | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Ron Meulenkamp | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Samuel Whittaker | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Shane McGuirk | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Sietse Lap | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Stefaan Henderyck | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Stephen Burton | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Tavis Dudeney | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Tyler Thorpe | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Tytus Kanik | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Viktor Tingström | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Wesley Plaisier | Last 128 | £1,250 |
| Aden Kirk | Last 160 | £0 |
| Callum Francis | Last 160 | £0 |
| Callum Goffin | Last 160 | £0 |
| Carl Sneyd | Last 160 | £0 |
| Clive Langford | Last 160 | £0 |
| Daniel Lee | Last 160 | £0 |
| Danny van Trijp | Last 160 | £0 |
| David Sharp | Last 160 | £0 |
| Filip Bereza | Last 160 | £0 |
| Graham Hall | Last 160 | £0 |
| Graham Usher | Last 160 | £0 |
| Jack Tweddell | Last 160 | £0 |
| Jake Eichen | Last 160 | £0 |
| James Beeton | Last 160 | £0 |
| Jannis Barkhausen | Last 160 | £0 |
| Jeffrey de Zwaan | Last 160 | £0 |
| Jenson Walker | Last 160 | £0 |
| Kyle Gilding | Last 160 | £0 |
| Lewis Pearse | Last 160 | £0 |
| Matthias Ehlers | Last 160 | £0 |
| Nathan Potter | Last 160 | £0 |
| Neil Wild | Last 160 | £0 |
| Pero Ljubić | Last 160 | £0 |
| Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | Last 160 | £0 |
| Ryan Branley | Last 160 | £0 |
| Samuel Price | Last 160 | £0 |
| Scott Waites | Last 160 | £0 |
| Sean Ryan | Last 160 | £0 |
| Simon Stevenson | Last 160 | £0 |
| Stefan Bellmont | Last 160 | £0 |
| Ted Evetts | Last 160 | £0 |
| Yorick Hofkens | Last 160 | £0 |
Luke Littler was paid £120,000 for winning it rather than that on top of every band beneath, which is what makes the ten bands add up to £750,000, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bahrain Darts Masters 2025 | Stephen Bunting | 16 | £100,000 |
| Dutch Darts Masters 2025 | Rob Cross | 16 | £100,000 |
| New Zealand Darts Masters 2025 | Luke Littler | 16 | £100,000 |
| Nordic Darts Masters 2025 | Stephen Bunting | 16 | £100,000 |
| Poland Darts Masters 2025 | Gerwyn Price | 16 | £100,000 |
| US Darts Masters 2025 | Luke Humphries | 16 | £100,000 |
| Women's World Matchplay 2025 | Lisa Ashton | 8 | £25,000 |
| PDC World Championship 2026 | Luke Littler | 128 | £5,000,000£5.0m |
| Premier League Darts 2026 | Luke Littler | 8 | £1,250,000£1.3m |
| World Matchplay 2026 | Luke Littler | 32 | £1,000,000£1.0m |
| PDC World Masters 2026 | Luke Littler | 88 | £500,000 |
| Austrian Darts Open 2026 | Josh Rock | 48 | £230,000 |
| Baltic Sea Darts Open 2026 | Luke Woodhouse | 48 | £230,000 |
| Belgian Darts Open 2026 | Luke Humphries | 48 | £230,000 |
| Czech Darts Open 2026 | Luke Littler | 48 | £230,000 |
| European Darts Grand Prix 2026 | Gerwyn Price | 48 | £230,000 |
| European Darts Open 2026 | Krzysztof Ratajski | 48 | £230,000 |
| European Darts Trophy 2026 | Wessel Nijman | 48 | £230,000 |
| German Darts Grand Prix 2026 | Nathan Aspinall | 48 | £230,000 |
| Hungarian Darts Trophy 2026 | Ross Smith | 48 | £230,000 |
The 20 events on this site played closest in time to this one, oldest first. Together with the 2026 UK Open they paid out £11,195,000.
Frequently asked questions
How much did the 2026 UK Open winner get?
£120,000, and Luke Littler 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 UK Open prize money in 2026?
£750,000 across the 160 players. It is split into ten bands by finishing place, from £120,000 down to £1,250, and the bands add up to the pot exactly.
What is the smallest payment at the UK Open?
£1,250. That is the last 128 band, which covers 32 players who lost in the round of 128. Below it the draw pays nothing at all: the 32 players who lost the first match were paid £0.
Does UK Open 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 £35,000 and not that plus every band beneath it. Add the ten bands up as single payments and they come to £750,000, which is the pot; add them as a ladder and the champion alone would take £261,250.
Which band pays out the most at the UK Open?
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 Littler took £120,000 here and £4,119,250 in all. UK Open prize money puts this edition beside the other 7 we hold. 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, European Championship 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.