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Biggest Prize Money Increase in PDC History Confirmed – £1,000,000 for World Champion, European Tour Prize Fund Rises to £230,000

March 31, 2025 , ,
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The biggest prize money increase in the history of the Professional Darts Corporation has been confirmed, with an unprecedented £1 million prize to be introduced for the World Darts Championship winner and over £25 million to be on offer next year.

The PDC will boost prize funds at all levels on the professional circuit in 2026, introducing a historic increase of £7 million from 2025 figures.

The World Darts Championship will become bigger than ever before from the 2025/26 event, with an expanded 128-player field competing for a £5 million prize fund – including a huge £1 million for the winner. The runner-up will receive a prize fund of £400,000. The total prize money will double.

“The increased prize funds announced today demonstrate our commitment to growing earning potential for players at all levels within the PDC system. The incredible growth of the PDC in recent years has seen darts elevated to levels never seen before both in terms of playing opportunities and global interest and this is a huge moment for all players with the ambition to make it to the very pinnacle of the sport”, says the PDC CEO Matthew Porter.

The prize money for the Winamax PDC European Tour will also increase in the coming year. The total prize fund per event will grow from £175,000 to £230,000 – an increase of more than 30 percent. The winner of a European Tour event will receive £35,000 in prize money, while the runner-up can look forward to a sum of £15,000.

“The increase in prize money shows that the sport is becoming more popular and that our work is paying off. It highlights the strength of the European Tour, which is not only a successful brand but also an essential part of the PDC season calendar. We are pleased with this development, but we continue to work hard and look forward to what the future holds,” says Werner von Moltke, CEO of PDC Europe, on the prize fund increase.

Moltke Sports is the partner of the PDC (Professional Darts Corporation) for continental Europe. It organizes and markets darts tournaments under the “PDC Europe” brand. The most important competition of Moltke Sports / PDC Europe is the professional tournament series, the PDC European Tour. It is the largest professional darts tournament series in continental Europe.

At 14 European Tour events in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Hungary, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic, the best professional darts players compete over three days in front of an average of 20,000 spectators in the arena and countless darts fans watching from home.

Professional Darts Corporation Prize Funds:

World Darts Championship

Winner: £1,000,000

Runner-Up: £400,000

Semi-Finalists: £200,000

Quarter-Finalists: £100,000

Last 16 losers: £60,000

Last 32 losers: £35,000

Last 64 losers: £25,000

Last 128 losers: £15,000

Total: £5,000,000

 

Premier League        

Winner: £350,000

Runner-Up: £170,000

Semi-Finalists: £110,000

Fifth in table: £95,000

Sixth in table: £90,000

Seventh in table: £85,000

Eighth in table: £80,000

Nightly winner bonus: £10,000

Total: £1,250,000

 

World Matchplay     

Winner: £225,000

Runner-Up: £125,000

Semi-Finalists: £65,000

Quarter-Finalists: £35,000

Last 16 losers: £22,500

Last 32 losers: £12,500

Total: £1,000,000

 

Grand Slam of Darts            

Winner: £200,000

Runner-Up: £100,000

Semi-Finalists: £60,000

Quarter-Finalists: £35,000

Last 16 losers: £20,000

Second in group: £12,500

Third in group: £5,000

Total: £1,000,000

 

World Grand Prix     

Winner: £150,000

Runner-Up: £80,000

Semi-Finalists: £50,000

Quarter-Finalists: £35,000

Last 16 losers: £20,000

Last 32 losers: £7,500

Total: £750,000

 

Players Championship Finals       

Winner: £130,000

Runner-Up: £70,000

Semi-Finalists: £40,000

Quarter-Finalists: £27,500

Last 16 losers: £15,000

Last 32 losers: £7,000

Last 64 losers: £4,000

Total: £750,000

 

European Championship  

Winner: £150,000

Runner-Up: £80,000

Semi-Finalists: £50,000

Quarter-Finalists: £35,000

Last 16 losers: £20,000

Last 32 losers: £7,500

Total: £750,000

 

UK Open        

Winner: £120,000

Runner-Up: £60,000

Semi-Finalists: £35,000

Quarter-Finalists: £20,000

Last 16 losers: £12,500

Last 32 losers: £7,500

Last 64 losers: £3,000

Last 96 losers: £2,000

Last 128 losers: £1,250

Total: £750,000

 

World Masters          

Winner: £100,000

Runner-Up: £50,000

Semi-Finalists: £30,000

Quarter-Finalists: £17,500

Last 16 losers: £10,000

Last 32 losers: £5,000

Preliminary Rounds Last 16 losers: £2,500

Preliminary Rounds Last 32 losers: £1,000

Preliminary Rounds Last 64 losers: £750

Total: £500,000

 

World Cup of Darts

Winners: £50,000 each

Runners-Up: £24,000 each

Semi-Finalists: £15,000 each

Quarter-Finalists: £10,000 each

Last 16 losers: £10,000 each

Last 32 losers: £5,000 each

Total: £500,000

 

World Series of Darts Finals

Winner: £100,000

Runner-Up: £60,000

Semi-Finalists: £30,000

Quarter-Finalists: £17,500

Last 16 losers: £10,000

Last 32 losers: £5,000

Total: £450,000

 

European Tour Events

Winner: £35,000

Runner-Up: £15,000

Semi-Finalists: £10,000

Quarter-Finalists: £8,000

Last 16 losers: £5,000

Last 32 losers: £3,500

Last 48 losers: £2,000

Total: £230,000

 

Players Championship Events

Winner: £15,000

Runner-Up: £10,000

Semi-Finalists: £6,500

Quarter-Finalists: £4,000

Last 16 losers: £3,000

Last 32 losers: £2,000

Last 64 losers: £1,250

Total: £150,000

 

World Series of Darts Events

Winner: £30,000

Runner-Up: £16,000

Semi-Finalists: £10,000

Quarter-Finalists: £5,000

Last 16 losers: £1,750

Total: £100,000

 

Challenge & Development Tour Events

Winner: £3,000

Runner-Up: £2,000

Semi-Finalists: £1,000

Quarter-Finalists: £750

Last 16 losers: £350

Last 32 losers: £250

Last 64 losers: £100

Total: £20,000

 

Women’s Series Events

Winner: £2,500

Runner-Up: £1,000

Semi-Finalists: £750

Quarter-Finalists: £500

Last 16 losers: £300

Last 32 losers: £200

Last 64 losers: £75

Total: £15,000

 

Women’s World Matchplay

Winner: £15,000

Runner-Up: £8,000

Semi-Finalists: £4,500

Quarter-Finalists: £2,000

Total: £40,000

 

World Youth Championship

Winner: £15,000

Runner-Up: £7,000

Semi-Finalists: £3,400

Quarter-Finalists: £2,000

Last 16 losers: £1,500

Last 32 losers: £800

Second in group: £600

Third in group: £400

Fourth in group: £200

Total: £100,000

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