PDC World Darts Championship

For the recent tournament, see 2025 PDC World Darts Championship.

PDC World Darts Championship

The stage at the 2016 edition
Founded	1994
First season	1994
Organising body	Professional Darts Corporation
Country	England
Venue(s)	Circus Tavern (1994–2007) Alexandra Palace (since 2008)
Most recent champion(s)	Luke Littler (2025)
Broadcaster(s)	Sky Sports (1993–)
Tournament format	Sets
2025 PDC World Darts Championship

The PDC World Darts Championship, known for sponsorship purposes as the Paddy Power World Darts Championship is a world championship competition held annually in the sport of darts. The championship begins in December and ends in January and has been held at Alexandra Palace in London, since 2008. Organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), it is the most prestigious of their tournaments, with the winner receiving the Sid Waddell Trophy, named in honour of the darts commentator Sid Waddell. Along with the Premier League Darts and World Matchplay, it is part of the Triple Crown.

The PDC championship began in 1994 as the WDC World Darts Championship as one of the consequences of the split in darts, which saw the World Darts Council break away from the BDO. As a result of the settlement between the BDO and the WDC in 1997, the WDC became the PDC, and players were then free to choose which world championship to enter (but not both in the same year), as long as they met certain eligibility criteria. Both organisations continued to organize their own world championship until the 2020 editions, after which the BDO folded.

There have been thirteen different winners since the tournament's inception. With 14 wins from 25 appearances, Phil Taylor dominated the competition until last winning it in 2013. Other players to win more than once are John Part (2003 & 2008), Adrian Lewis (2011 & 2012), Gary Anderson (2015 & 2016), Michael van Gerwen (2014, 2017 & 2019) and Peter Wright (2020 & 2022). The one-time winners are the inaugural champion Dennis Priestley (1994), Raymond van Barneveld (2007), Rob Cross (2018), Gerwyn Price (2021), Michael Smith (2023), Luke Humphries (2024) and Luke Littler (2025).

History

A match between Mensur Suljović and Kevin Painter at the 2010 championship

In 1992, some high-profile players, including all previous winners of the BDO World Darts Championship still active in the game, formed the WDC, and in 1994, held their first World Championship. Dennis Priestley won the inaugural competition.

The players who broke away were taking a significant gamble – the tournament was broadcast on satellite television rather than terrestrial, and from 1994 to 2001, the prize fund for the players in the WDC/PDC World Championship was lower than the prize fund in the (BDO version, although the 1997 PDC World Champion received £45,000 compared to that year's BDO World Champion receiving £38,000. In 2002, the PDC prize fund overtook that of the BDO for the first time, and the PDC event now boasts the largest prize fund of any darts competition. In 2010, the prize fund reached £1 million for the first time, with the champion collecting £200,000.

The 2014 and 2015 PDC world champions collected £250,000 for their wins. For the next three years, the winner's share increased by £50,000 each year culminating in a 2018 prize fund of £1.8 million. ^[1] The prize fund for the tournament was £2.5 million with £500,000 to the winner from 2019. The 2025/26 World Championship will see the field expand to 128 players with the prize fund increasing to £5 million with a record £1 million to the champion.

Venue

The tournament has been held at Alexandra Palace in London since 2008, having previously been held at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex, from 1994 to 2007. ^[2] Currently, the play takes place inside the venue's West Hall, which has a capacity of 3,200. ^[3]

List of finals

Year	Champion (average in final) [4]	Score	Runner-up (average in final)	Prize money			Sponsor	Venue
				Total [5]	Champion	Runner-up
1994	Dennis Priestley (94.38)	6–1	Phil Taylor (85.62)	£64,000	£16,000	£8,000	Skol	Circus Tavern, Purfleet
1995	Phil Taylor (94.11)	6–2	Rod Harrington (87.15)	£55,000	£12,000	£6,000	Proton Cars
1996	Phil Taylor (98.52)	6–4	Dennis Priestley (101.48)	£62,500	£14,000	£7,000	Vernon's Pools
1997	Phil Taylor (100.92)	6–3	Dennis Priestley (96.78)	£99,500	£45,000	£10,000	Red Band
1998	Phil Taylor (103.98)	6–0	Dennis Priestley (90.75)	£72,500	£20,000		Skol
1999	Phil Taylor (97.11)	6–2	Peter Manley (93.63)	£104,000	£30,000	£16,000
2000	Phil Taylor (94.42)	7–3	Dennis Priestley (91.80)	£111,000	£31,000	£16,400
2001	Phil Taylor (107.46)	7–0	John Part (92.58)	£125,000	£33,000	£18,000
2002	Phil Taylor (98.47)	7–0	Peter Manley (91.35)	£205,000	£50,000	£25,000
2003	John Part (96.87)	7–6	Phil Taylor (99.98)	£237,000			Ladbrokes
2004	Phil Taylor (96.03)	7–6	Kevin Painter (90.48)	£257,000
2005	Phil Taylor (96.14)	7–4	Mark Dudbridge (90.66)	£300,000	£60,000	£30,000
2006	Phil Taylor (106.74)	7–0	Peter Manley (91.72)	£500,000	£100,000	£50,000
2007	Raymond van Barneveld (100.93)	7–6	Phil Taylor (100.86)
2008	John Part (92.86)	7–2	Kirk Shepherd (85.10)	£589,000				Alexandra Palace, London
2009	Phil Taylor (110.94)	7–1	Raymond van Barneveld (101.18)	£724,000	£125,000	£60,000
2010	Phil Taylor (104.38)	7–3	Simon Whitlock (100.51)	£1,000,000	£200,000	£100,000
2011	Adrian Lewis (99.40)	7–5	Gary Anderson (99.41)
2012	Adrian Lewis (93.06)	7–3	Andy Hamilton (90.83)
2013	Phil Taylor (103.04)	7–4	Michael van Gerwen (100.66)
2014	Michael van Gerwen (100.10)	7–4	Peter Wright (95.71)	£1,050,000	£250,000
2015	Gary Anderson (97.68)	7–6	Phil Taylor (100.69)	£1,250,000		£120,000	William Hill
2016	Gary Anderson (99.26)	7–5	Adrian Lewis (100.23)	£1,500,000	£300,000	£150,000
2017	Michael van Gerwen (108.06)	7–3	Gary Anderson (104.93)	£1,650,000	£350,000	£160,000
2018	Rob Cross (107.67)	7–2	Phil Taylor (102.26)	£1,800,000	£400,000	£170,000
2019	Michael van Gerwen (102.21)	7–3	Michael Smith (95.29)	£2,500,000	£500,000	£200,000
2020	Peter Wright (102.79)	7–3	Michael van Gerwen (102.88)
2021	Gerwyn Price (100.08)	7–3	Gary Anderson (94.25)
2022	Peter Wright (98.34)	7–5	Michael Smith (99.22)
2023	Michael Smith (100.71) [6]	7–4	Michael van Gerwen (99.58)				Cazoo
2024	Luke Humphries (103.67)	7–4	Luke Littler (101.13)				Paddy Power
2025	Luke Littler (102.73)	7–3	Michael van Gerwen (100.69)
2026				£5,000,000	£1,000,000	£400,000

Records and statistics

As of 3 January 2025

Total finalist appearances

Rank	Player	Winner	Runner-up	Finals	Apps
1	Phil Taylor	14	5	19	25
2	Michael van Gerwen	3	4	7	18
3	Gary Anderson	2	3	5	16
4	Adrian Lewis	2	1	3	18
	John Part	2	1	3	18
	Peter Wright	2	1	3	16
7	Dennis Priestley	1	4	5	19
8	Michael Smith	1	2	3	14
9	Raymond van Barneveld	1	1	2	18
	Luke Littler	1	1	2	2
11	Rob Cross	1	0	1	8
	Luke Humphries	1	0	1	8
	Gerwyn Price	1	0	1	11
12	Peter Manley	0	3	3	13
14	Mark Dudbridge	0	1	1	10
	Andy Hamilton	0	1	1	13
	Rod Harrington	0	1	1	10
	Kevin Painter	0	1	1	17
	Kirk Shepherd	0	1	1	4
	Simon Whitlock	0	1	1	15

• Active players are shown in bold
• Only players who reached the final are included
• In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by family name

Champions by country

Country	Players	Total	First title	Last title
England	7	21	1994	2025
Netherlands	2	4	2007	2019
Scotland	2	4	2015	2022
Canada	1	2	2003	2008
Wales	1	1	2021	2021

Nine-dart finishes

Sixteen nine-dart finishes have been thrown at the World Championship. The first one was in 2009.
Two have been made in world finals: firstly by Adrian Lewis in 2011 and then Michael Smith in 2023.

Number	Player	Year (+ Round)	Method	Opponent	Result
1.	Raymond van Barneveld	2009, Quarter-Final	3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12	Jelle Klaasen	Won
2.	Raymond van Barneveld	2010, 2nd Round	3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12	Brendan Dolan	Won
3.	Adrian Lewis	2011, Final	3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12	Gary Anderson	Won
4.	Dean Winstanley	2013, 2nd Round	3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12	Vincent van der Voort	Lost
5.	Michael van Gerwen	2013, Semi-Final	3 x T20; 2 x T20, T19; 2 x T20, D12	James Wade	Won
6.	Terry Jenkins	2014, 1st Round	3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12	Per Laursen	Lost
7.	Kyle Anderson	2014, 1st Round	3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12	Ian White	Lost
8.	Adrian Lewis	2015, 3rd Round	3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12	Raymond van Barneveld	Lost
9.	Gary Anderson	2016, Semi-Final	3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12	Jelle Klaasen	Won
10.	James Wade	2021, 3rd Round	3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12	Stephen Bunting	Lost
11.	William Borland	2022, 1st Round	3 x T20; 2 x T20, T19; 2 x T20, D12	Bradley Brooks	Won
12.	Darius Labanauskas	2022, 1st Round	T20, 2 x T19; 3 x T20; T20, T17, D18	Mike De Decker	Lost
13.	Gerwyn Price	2022, Quarter-Final	3 x T20; 3 x T20; T19, T20, D12	Michael Smith	Lost
14.	Michael Smith	2023, Final	3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12	Michael van Gerwen	Won
15.	Christian Kist	2025, 1st Round	3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12	Madars Razma	Lost
16.	Damon Heta	2025, 3rd Round	3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12	Luke Woodhouse	Lost

Averages

Since the breakaway of the PDC players, there has been much debate about the relative merits of the players within each organisation. The debate often focuses on the three-dart averages of players in matches.

An average over 100 in a match in the PDC World Championship has since been achieved 195 times. ^[7] This is compared to 21 times in the BDO World Championship, following the 2019 event. In 2010 Phil Taylor became the first player to average over 100 in all six rounds of the tournament. He repeated this feat (though lost the final) in 2015 and Michael van Gerwen achieved it in 2017 and 2019.

An average of over 105 in a match in the PDC World Championship has been achieved 40 times. The highest match average ever in the BDO World Championship is 103.83 by Raymond van Barneveld in his quarter-final victory over John Walton in 2004.

Ten highest PDC World Championship one-match averages [8]
Average	Player	Year (+Round)	Opponent	Result
114.05	Michael van Gerwen	2017, Semi-Final	Raymond van Barneveld	6–2
111.21	Phil Taylor	2002, 2nd Round	Shayne Burgess	6–1
110.94	Phil Taylor	2009, Final	Raymond van Barneveld	7–1
109.34	Raymond van Barneveld	2017, Semi-Final	Michael van Gerwen	2–6
109.23	Michael van Gerwen	2016, 2nd Round	Darren Webster	4–0
109.00	Phil Taylor	2007, 2nd Round	Mick McGowan	4–1
108.98	Michael van Gerwen	2021, 2nd Round	Ryan Murray	3–1
108.80	Phil Taylor	2009, Quarter-Final	Co Stompé	5–0
108.74	Luke Humphries	2024, Semi-Final	Scott Williams	6–0
108.65	Michael van Gerwen	2018, 2nd Round	James Wilson	4–0

Five highest losing averages
Average	Player	Year (+Round)	Opponent	Result
109.34	Raymond van Barneveld	2017, Semi-Final	Michael van Gerwen	2–6
106.09	Jeffrey de Zwaan	2019, 2nd Round	Rob Cross	1–3
106.07	Cristo Reyes	2017, 2nd Round	Michael van Gerwen	2–4
105.78	Michael van Gerwen	2016, 3rd Round	Raymond van Barneveld	3–4
104.93	Gary Anderson	2017, Final	Michael van Gerwen	3–7

Players with 5 or more 100+ match average (updated 3 January 2025)
Player	Total	Highest Av.	Year (+Round)
Phil Taylor	56	111.21	2002, 2nd Round
Michael van Gerwen	42	114.05	2017, Semi-Final
Gary Anderson	23	108.39	2011, 3rd Round
Peter Wright	16	105.86	2020, Quarter-Final
Adrian Lewis	15	106.51	2010, 1st Round
Raymond van Barneveld	13	109.34	2017, Semi-Final
Michael Smith	13	106.32	2022, 2nd Round
Luke Littler	10	106.12	2024, 1st Round
Rob Cross	7	107.67	2018, Final
Dave Chisnall	7	107.34	2021, Quarter-Final
Stephen Bunting	7	107.28	2024, 2nd Round
Simon Whitlock	7	105.37	2010, Quarter-Final
Dimitri Van den Bergh	6	105.61	2021, 2nd Round
Gerwyn Price	5	104.20	2020, 3rd Round

Ten highest tournament averages (min 3 matches)
Average	Player	Year	Round (+ result)	Reference
106.37	Michael van Gerwen	2017	Final (won)	[9]
104.68	Michael van Gerwen	2016	3rd Round	[10]
104.63	Phil Taylor	2010	Final (won)	[11]
104.19	Adrian Lewis	2010	Quarter-Final	[11]
104.08	Phil Taylor	2009	Final (won)	[12]
104.05	Michael van Gerwen	2018	Semi-Final	[13]
103.64	Michael van Gerwen	2021	Quarter-Final
103.45	Gary Anderson	2017	Final (loss)	[9]
103.38	Michael van Gerwen	2019	Final (won)	[14]
103.06	Gary Anderson	2011	Final (loss)	[15]

Note: Tournament averages above were calculated by summing the match averages of a player by the number of matches. This does not take into account the length of the matches. The true three dart average is defined by three times the "total points scored" divided by the "number of darts used". The real 2017 tournament average for Michael van Gerwen was 107.06.

Records

Most titles: 14, Phil Taylor. Taylor's two BDO titles take his total to 16, a record across both organisations. ^{[16] [17]}

Most finals: 19, Phil Taylor, 1994–2007, 2009–2010, 2013, 2015 and 2018. ^[16] Taylor's two BDO finals take his total to 21, a record across both organisations. ^{[16] [17]}

Most match wins: 110, Phil Taylor, 1994–2018. Taylor has only lost 11 matches at the tournament and reached every final from 1994 until 2007, before being beaten in the quarter-finals by Wayne Mardle in 2008. ^{[18] [19] [20]}

Longest unbeaten run: 44 matches, Phil Taylor, 1995–2003, between his defeats in the 1994 and 2003 finals.

Most 180s in a tournament (total): 914 in 2024.

Most 180s in a tournament (individual): 83, Michael Smith (2022) ^[21]

Most 180s in a match: 24, Peter Wright (2022 semi-final) and Michael Smith (2022 final) ^{[22] [23]}

Most 180s in a match (both players): 42, Gary Anderson (22) and Michael van Gerwen (20) (2017 final)

Longest streak of 100+ averages: 19 matches, Michael van Gerwen, 2016–2019 ^[24]

Highest Average for one set: 140.91, Luke Littler, 2nd round 2025 championship. ^[25]

Most appearances: 25, Phil Taylor.

Youngest player: Mitchell Clegg, 16 years and 37 days in 2007. Clegg had qualified as a 15-year-old. He was younger than Michael van Gerwen, who set the BDO World Championship youngest player record a few weeks later.

Youngest finalist: Luke Littler, 16 years and 347 days in the 2024 final. Littler was 4 years and 106 days younger than Kirk Shepherd, who reached the final in 2008.

Record TV audience UK: 3.71 million (2024 final) ^[26]

Record TV audience outside UK: 3.10 million peak viewership and 2.19 million average viewership (2025 Final). The record was set during the German broadcast (Sport1) of the 2025 final between Michael van Gerwen and Luke Littler. ^[27]

Won both World Championships: Four players. Dennis Priestley was the first player to win both versions of the World Championship, ^{[28] [29]} winning the 1991 BDO Championship and the 1994 PDC Championship. Phil Taylor, John Part and Raymond van Barneveld have since matched the feat. ^{[28] [29]}

Overseas World Champions: Three players. John Part was the first player from outside the UK to win the PDC World Championship with his 2003 title, followed by Raymond van Barneveld in 2007 and Michael van Gerwen in 2014. Part was also the first overseas player to win the BDO title, doing so in 1994.

Youngest World Champion: Luke Littler was 17 years 11 months and 13 days when he won his first world title in 2025.

Oldest World Champion: Phil Taylor was 52 years and 5 months old when he won his last world title in 2013.

Media

Domestic broadcaster

The PDC World Championship has been broadcast live and in its entirety by Sky Sports in the UK since its inception. Since 2009 the tournament has been presented in High Definition (HD). Their coverage is currently presented from a studio overlooking the interior of the Alexandra Palace venue.

The current presenting team is as follows: ^[30]

Presenters:

• Emma Paton: (2020–present)
• Anna Woolhouse: (2022–present)
• Michael Bridge: (2023–present)

Commentators:

• Stuart Pyke: (2003–present)
• Rod Studd: (2009–present)
• Dan Dawson: (2022–present)
• Abi Davies: (2024–present)

Co-commentators/pundits:

• Wayne Mardle: (2010–2024) ^[31]
• John Part: (2013–present)
• Mark Webster: (2018–present)
• Laura Turner: (2019–present)
• Glen Durrant: (2023–present)

Former presenters and commentators have been:

• Dave Lanning: (1993–2010 & 2013)
• John Gwynne: (1993–2013, 2016)
• Sid Waddell: (1994–2012)
• Jeff Stelling: (1993–2002, 2005)
• David Bobin: (1994, 2002–2003)
• Helen Chamberlain: (2003–2009)
• Jonathan Green: (2000)
• Laure James (2014–2016)
• Eric Bristow: (1993–2016)
• Dave Clark: (2001–2020)
• Colin Lloyd: (2020)
• Rod Harrington: (2005–2020)
• Nigel Pearson (2006–2022)
• David Croft: (2013–2021)
• Laura Woods: (2018–2022)
• Devon Petersen: (2019–2022)
• Adam Smith: (2020–2022)
• Corrine Hammond: (2022–2023)

Overseas broadcasters

Dutch broadcaster SBS6, having covered the BDO World Darts Championship for many years, also covered the event until RTL7 took over broadcasting. TV3 Sport (Denmark), Fox Sports (Australia), TSN (Canada), SuperSport (South Africa), Sky Sport (New Zealand), StarHub (Singapore), Ten Sports (India), CCTV (China), Showtime (Middle East), Ukraine TV, TVP Sport (Poland), NOVA Sport (Czech Republic and Slovakia), Sport1 (Germany, Hungary), Meersat (Malaysia), 7TV (Russia), Measat (Indonesia), J Sports (Japan), DAZN (USA, Italy), GOL TV (Spain) Eurosport (Romania), Viaplay (Iceland) and VTM4 (Belgium) now also broadcast the event.

Viewing figures

Television viewing figures for the final are as follows: ^[32]

Year	Broadcaster
	Sky UK	Germany SPORT1	Netherlands
2024	3.68 million peak [33]	2.86 million peak [34]
2023		2,360,000 [35]
2022	1,490,000 [36]	1,650,000 [37]
2021	1,000,000 [38]	1,550,000 [39]
2020	1,006,553 [40]	1,590,000 [41]	1,200,000 (RTL 7) [42]
2019	658,300	1,490,000 [43]	1,540,000 (RTL 7) [44]
2018	1,400,000	2,150,000 [45]	864,000 (RTL 7)
2017	607,000	1,480,000 [46]	2,170,000 (RTL 7) [47]
2016	908,000	950,000 [48]	869,000 (RTL 7) [49]
2015	1.5 million peak [50]	1,360,000 [51]	908,000 (RTL 7) [52]
2014	668,000	560,000 [53]	2,054,000 (RTL 7)
2013	1,270,000 [54]	810,000	1,748,000 (RTL 7)
2012	728,000		762,000 (RTL 7)
2011	920,000		435,000 (SBS6)
2010	888,000	730,000	854,000 (SBS6)
2009	809,000	490,000	1,441,000 (SBS6)
2008	731,000	340,000	211,000 (compilation SBS6)
2007	1,028,000		1,339,000 (SBS6)
2006	761,000
2005	530,000
2004	820,000
2003	610,000
2002	Unavailable
2001	420,000
2000	240,000
1999	200,000

Webcasting

The PDC world championship events are now broadcast on www.livepdc.tv which shows the events live, highlights and also classic matches. This website is a subscription only viewing and is limited to certain territorial restrictions.

Video games

The PDC have worked with various video game developers since 2006 to create a number of darts-themed titles based on the World Darts Championship tournament.

Their first game PDC World Championship Darts was developed by Mere Mortals for the PlayStation 2 and PC. The second game in the series was PDC World Championship Darts 2008 developed by Mere Mortals for the PlayStation 2, PC, PlayStation Portable, Wii and Xbox 360. A year later Rebellion Developments took over development of the series, releasing PDC World Championship Darts 2009 for the Wii and Nintendo DS.

The most recent PDC World Darts Championship console game to be released was PDC World Championship Darts Pro Tour a darts video game for the PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360. This game is the most comprehensive of the series featuring ten professional players and five official PDC tournaments including the PDC World Grand Prix, Las Vegas Desert Classic, PDC UK Open and the Holland Open.

In 2021 the PDC collaborated with Blueprint Gaming to develop PDC World Darts Championship, an officially licensed slots game available to play on mobile devices and PC, the game was released in February 2021. ^[55]

Sponsor

The tournament has been sponsored by bookmaker Paddy Power in 2024. Previous sponsors have been:

• Skol (1994)
• Proton Cars (1995)
• Vernon's Pools (1996)
• Red Band (1997)
• Skol (1998–2002)
• Ladbrokes (2003–2014)
• William Hill (2015–2022)
• Cazoo (2023)
• Paddy Power (2024–)

Trophy

Following popular darts commentator Sid Waddell's death on 11 August 2012, the decision was made to rename the champion's trophy to the Sid Waddell trophy from the 2013 tournament onwards. ^[56]

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External links

• World Championship page on the PDC website