The 2025 World Darts Championship is over with Luke Littler crowned the winner after his superb victory against Michael van Gerwen on Friday.
Littler, 17, has become the youngest-ever champion, with The Nuke going one step further than his runner-up finish to Luke Humphries last year.
Darts fans are keen to know exactly how much prize money teenage superstar Littler has pocketed from his triumph over The Green Machine.
Read on to find out…
How much prize money does the World Darts Championship winner get?
Littler, crowned the winner on January 3, has not only lifted the huge Sid Waddell Trophy, but has also claimed £500,000 for his efforts in becoming world champion.
Runner-up Van Gerwen will have to settle for £200,000, just as Littler did when he was beaten by Humphries in the final a year ago.
The losing semi-finalists, Stephen Bunting and Chris Dobey, will be gutted to miss out on the showpiece, but will be comforted by winning £100,000 for their runs to the last four.
A run to the quarter-finals at Alexandra Palace earns players £50,000, while falling at the last 16 stage – as defending champion Humphries did – is worth £35,000.
Reaching the last 32 earns a player £25,000 while the last 64 is worth £15,000.
First round losers at Alexandra Palace pick up £7,500, which is not bad for players such as Matt Campbell and Jim Long who won just one leg in their opening round defeats.
2025 PDC World Darts Championship prize money
Winner £500,000
Runner-up £200,000
Semi-finalists £100,000
Quarter-finalists £50,000
Fourth round losers £35,000
Third round losers £25,000
Second round losers £15,000
First round losers £7,500
There was extra cash on the line for players at the World Darts Championship this year, with tournament sponsors Paddy Power offering £60,000 for anyone landing a 9-darter.
Not only did players win big for a 9-darter, but whenever one landed, Paddy Power donated £60,000 to Prostate Cancer UK and £60,000 to a lucky person in the crowd at Alexandra Palace.
How has World Darts Championship prize money grown?
After the split in darts, the first PDC World Darts Championship was won in 1994 by Dennis Priestley who claimed a £16,000 top prize for beating Phil Taylor at the iconic Circus Tavern.
The top prize actually dropped the following year to just £12,000, won by Taylor, and fluctuated in years to come, but eventually grew to £100,000 in 2006.
There have been substantial leaps since then, jumping to £200,000 in 2010, £300,000 in 2016 and growing to the current figure of £500,000 in 2019.
Before the PDC (formerly WDC) came into existence, the BDO World Championship crowned the undisputed world champion, starting in 1978 when Leighton Rees won £3,000 for his triumph.
The 1993 BDO World Championship, the last before the split, saw John Lowe win £30,000 thanks to beating Alan Warriner in the final at Lakeside.
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