World Matchplay prize money
The PDC has paid £8.2m across the twelve editions of the World Matchplay we hold, from 2015 to 2026. The 2026 pot was £1,000,000 between 32 players, nine days at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, played in legs rather than sets, and Luke Littler took £225,000 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 twelve pots below add up to the £8,200,000 the field has shared. Michael van Gerwen has taken more out of the World Matchplay than anyone else: £652,000 from twelve appearances. Eleven of the twelve were played at Winter Gardens, Blackpool.
Every World Matchplay pot
The twelve editions we hold, and what each one paid
| EDITION | CHAMPION | PLAYERS | THE POT | WINNING IT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Luke Littler | 32 | £1,000,000£1.0m | £225,000 |
| 2025 | Luke Littler | 32 | £800,000 | £200,000 |
| 2024 | Luke Humphries | 32 | £800,000 | £200,000 |
| 2023 | Nathan Aspinall | 32 | £800,000 | £200,000 |
| 2022 | Michael van Gerwen | 32 | £800,000 | £200,000 |
| 2021 | Peter Wright | 32 | £700,000 | £150,000 |
| 2020 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 32 | £700,000 | £150,000 |
| 2019 | Rob Cross | 32 | £700,000 | £150,000 |
| 2018 | Gary Anderson | 32 | £500,000 | £115,000 |
| 2017 | Phil Taylor | 32 | £500,000 | £115,000 |
| 2016 | Michael van Gerwen | 32 | £450,000 | £100,000 |
| 2015 | Michael van Gerwen | 32 | £450,000 | £100,000 |
| 12 editions | nine different champions | 384 | £8,200,000£8.2m | £1,905,000£1.9m |
The pot, season by season
season running total
The prize fund has gone from £450,000 in 2015 to £1,000,000 in 2026, which is £550,000 more and 122% up. Winning it has moved with it, from £100,000 to £225,000, and the champion's share of the pot has gone from 22% to 23%. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches £8,200,000.
What each finishing place pays
The six bands at the 2026 World Matchplay
Nothing here stacks. A player who lost in the semi-finals collected £65,000 and not that plus every band beneath it, which is why the six bands come to £1,000,000 rather than to the £485,000 a ladder reading would put on the champion alone. The 2026 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 World Matchplay draws we hold, across the twelve editions
| # | PLAYER | PLAYED | TITLES | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael van Gerwen | 12 | 3 | £652,000 |
| 2 | Luke Littler | 3 | 2 | £435,000 |
| 3 | Peter Wright | 11 | 1 | £384,500 |
| 4 | Gerwyn Price | 12 | £371,500 | |
| 5 | Gary Anderson | 12 | 1 | £348,000 |
| 6 | James Wade | 12 | £334,000 | |
| 7 | Nathan Aspinall | 8 | 1 | £322,500 |
| 8 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | 5 | 1 | £315,000 |
| 9 | Luke Humphries | 6 | 1 | £297,500 |
| 10 | Rob Cross | 10 | 1 | £284,500 |
| 11 | Michael Smith | 10 | £259,000 | |
| 12 | Jonny Clayton | 9 | £239,500 | |
| 13 | Phil Taylor | 3 | 1 | £192,000 |
| 14 | Daryl Gurney | 10 | £187,000 | |
| 15 | Joe Cullen | 11 | £173,000 | |
| 16 | Dave Chisnall | 12 | £156,000 | |
| 17 | Stephen Bunting | 11 | £148,500 | |
| 18 | Krzysztof Ratajski | 7 | £142,500 | |
| 19 | Danny Noppert | 8 | £137,500 | |
| 20 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | 5 | £135,000 | |
| 21 | Mensur Suljović | 6 | £130,000 | |
| 22 | Adrian Lewis | 7 | £123,000 | |
| 23 | Glen Durrant | 3 | £110,000 | |
| 24 | Gian van Veen | 3 | £105,000 | |
| 25 | Josh Rock | 4 | £105,000 | |
| 26 | Andrew Gilding | 6 | £102,500 | |
| 27 | Chris Dobey | 7 | £102,500 | |
| 28 | Ryan Searle | 6 | £97,500 | |
| 29 | Ross Smith | 5 | £95,000 | |
| 30 | Ian White | 7 | £85,500 | |
| 31 | Simon Whitlock | 6 | £84,500 | |
| 32 | Damon Heta | 6 | £82,500 | |
| 33 | Brendan Dolan | 7 | £75,000 | |
| 34 | Mervyn King | 6 | £72,500 | |
| 35 | Steve Beaton | 7 | £67,500 | |
| 36 | José de Sousa | 4 | £65,000 | |
| 37 | Jermaine Wattimena | 6 | £64,500 | |
| 38 | Raymond van Barneveld | 7 | £64,000 | |
| 39 | Vincent van der Voort | 5 | £57,000 | |
| 40 | Martin Schindler | 5 | £52,500 | |
| 41 | Jeffrey de Zwaan | 3 | £50,000 | |
| 42 | Kim Huybrechts | 6 | £50,000 | |
| 43 | Darren Webster | 3 | £45,000 | |
| 44 | Gabriel Clemens | 4 | £45,000 | |
| 45 | Ryan Joyce | 4 | £42,500 | |
| 46 | Keegan Brown | 4 | £42,000 | |
| 47 | Wessel Nijman | 2 | £37,500 | |
| 48 | Callan Rydz | 2 | £35,000 | |
| 49 | Justin Pipe | 4 | £33,000 | |
| 50 | Cameron Menzies | 2 | £32,500 | |
| 51 | Luke Woodhouse | 3 | £32,500 | |
| 52 | John Henderson | 4 | £30,000 | |
| 53 | Kyle Anderson | 4 | £30,000 | |
| 54 | Jelle Klaasen | 4 | £26,000 | |
| 55 | Mike De Decker | 2 | £25,000 | |
| 56 | Alan Norris | 2 | £23,500 | |
| 57 | Robert Thornton | 3 | £23,000 | |
| 58 | Max Hopp | 2 | £22,000 | |
| 59 | Jamie Hughes | 2 | £20,000 | |
| 60 | Ricardo Pietreczko | 2 | £20,000 | |
| 61 | Ricky Evans | 2 | £20,000 | |
| 62 | Benito van de Pas | 3 | £19,000 | |
| 63 | Steve West | 2 | £18,000 | |
| 64 | Terry Jenkins | 2 | £16,000 | |
| 65 | Rowby-John Rodriguez | 1 | £15,000 | |
| 66 | James Wilson | 2 | £14,000 | |
| 67 | Kevin Doets | 1 | £12,500 | |
| 68 | Niels Zonneveld | 1 | £12,500 | |
| 69 | Niko Springer | 1 | £12,500 | |
| 70 | William O'Connor | 1 | £12,500 | |
| 71 | Jamie Caven | 2 | £12,000 | |
| 72 | Cristo Reyes | 1 | £11,000 | |
| 73 | Andy Hamilton | 1 | £10,000 | |
| 74 | Devon Petersen | 1 | £10,000 | |
| 75 | Jamie Lewis | 1 | £10,000 | |
| 76 | Madars Razma | 1 | £10,000 | |
| 77 | Martin Lukeman | 1 | £10,000 | |
| 78 | Ritchie Edhouse | 1 | £10,000 | |
| 79 | Christian Kist | 1 | £7,000 | |
| 80 | Richard North | 1 | £7,000 | |
| 81 | Steve Lennon | 1 | £7,000 | |
| 82 | Joe Murnan | 1 | £6,000 | |
| 83 | Josh Payne | 1 | £6,000 | |
| 84 | Mark Webster | 1 | £6,000 | |
| 85 | Robbie Green | 1 | £6,000 |
The fifteen biggest earners
Michael van Gerwen has £652,000 of the £8,200,000 the World Matchplay has paid out, which is 8.0% of it, and the other 84 players have shared the rest. 19 of the 85 have been in the draw once.
Frequently asked questions
How much is World Matchplay prize money?
£1,000,000 at the 2026 event, split between 32 players. Winning it paid £225,000, which is 23% of the pot, and the smallest payment was £12,500.
Who has won the most World Matchplay prize money?
Michael van Gerwen, with £652,000 from twelve appearances and three titles. Across the twelve editions on this page the tournament has paid out £8,200,000 in all.
How much has World Matchplay prize money gone up?
From £450,000 in 2015 to £1,000,000 in 2026, which is £550,000 more, or 122%. Winning it has gone from £100,000 to £225,000.
Who has won the World Matchplay?
Michael van Gerwen has won it three times, more than anybody else on this page, and nine different players have taken the title across the twelve editions we hold. Luke Littler won the 2026 one.
What does losing early at the World Matchplay pay?
£12,500 at the 2026 event, which is the last 32 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 2026 edition is at World Matchplay prize money 2026, and the other eleven we hold are in the table above. Michael van Gerwen has taken £652,000 out of it and £7,192,750 across every event on the site. For the other tournaments, see PDC World Championship prize money, Grand Slam of Darts prize money, Players Championship Finals prize money, World Grand Prix prize money, European Championship prize money and UK Open 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.