World Darts Championship 2025
2024 has been a resurgent year for interest in darts, and it all started 12 months ago at the World Darts Championship. A 16-year-old Luke Littler took the tournament by storm and almost finished as champion. Since then, the story of 'The Nuke' has elevated interest in darts to an all-time high, and once again, we find ourselves on the precipice of the biggest tournament in the darts calendar, but with a completely different landscape.
A year on from that defining tournament, we wait as the 2025 instalment gets underway. The bright young spark now enters this year's World Darts Championship ranked 4th in the PDC Order of Merit and is the favourite to go one step further and take the title.
Where & When is the World Darts Championship 2025?
The World Darts Championship is one of the biggest tournaments in the darts calendar. It begins on Sunday 15th December with the final taking place on Friday the 3rd of January 2025.
The tournament will take place at Alexandar Palace, London in the venue’s West Hall, which has a capacity of 3,200.
Can I still get tickets for the 2025 World Darts Championship?
The 2025 World Darts Championship experienced unprecedented demand, and tickets were all sold out by the end of July. If you want tickets, you may have to pay over the odds to get one.
How to watch the World Darts Championship?
Coverage of the World Darts Championship is live on the dedicated Sky Sports Darts channel & certain sessions will also be shown on Sky Main Event.
What is the format for the World Darts Championship?
The PDC World Darts Championship use a set-play format, which is similar to tennis. However, unlike tennis, a player needs to win three legs to claim the set and as the tournament progresses the number of sets per match steadily increases throughout the tournament.
From the second round onwards, the deciding set needs to be won by two clear legs.
| Round | First to (sets) |
|---|---|
| First Round | 5 |
| Second Round | 5 |
| Third Round | 7 |
| Fourth Round | 7 |
| Quarter-Finals | 9 |
| Semi-Finals | 11 |
| Final | 13 |
What is the prize money for the 2025 World Darts Championship?
The total prize money for the 2025 PDC Darts Championship is £2.5 million.
| Position | Prize Money |
|---|---|
| Winner | £500,000 |
| Runner-up | £200,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £100,000 |
| Quarter-finalist | £50,000 |
| Fourth Round losers | £35,000 |
| Third Round losers | £25,000 |
| Second Round losers | £15,000 |
| First Round losers | £7,500 |
Who has qualified for the World Darts Championship?
There will be 96 players from all over the globe taking part in the 2025 PDC World Championships.
There are 64 qualifiers – 32 from the ProTour Order of Merit Qualifiers and 32 from International Qualifiers that make it to the PDC World Championship. These players will take part in the first round for the chance to face one of the 32 leading players on the PDC Order of Merit in the second round.
| Order of Merit | Pro Tour Order of Merit | International Qualifiers |
|---|---|---|
| Luke Humphries | Cameron Menzies | Ryusei Azemoto |
| Michael Smith | Wessel Nijman | Keane Barry |
| Michael van Gerwen | Jermaine Wattimena | Stefan Bellmont |
| Luke Littler | Ricardo Pietreczko | Stowe Buntz |
| Rob Cross | Luke Woodhouse | Matt Campbell |
| Dave Chisnall | Ryan Joyce | Cameron Carolissen |
| Jonny Clayton | Niels Zonneveld | Joe Comito |
| Stephen Bunting | Alan Soutar | Leonard Gates |
| Damon Heta | Madars Razma | Tomoya Goto |
| Gerwyn Price | Callan Rydz | Kai Gotthardt |
| Dimitri Van den Bergh | Wesley Plaisier | Jeffrey de Graaf |
| Nathan Aspinall | Martin Lukeman | Romeo Grbavac |
| Danny Noppert | Kevin Doets | Rhys Griffin |
| Gary Anderson | Richard Veenstra | Lourence Ilagan |
| Chris Dobey | Scott Williams | Christian Kist |
| James Wade | Kim Huybrechts | Nitin Kumar |
| Peter Wright | William O'Connor | Darius Labanauskas |
| Josh Rock | Karel Sedláček | Lok Yin Lee |
| Ross Smith | Stephen Burton | Noa-Lynn van Leuven |
| Ryan Searle | Thibault Tricole | Jim Long |
| Andrew Gilding | Connor Scutt | Gordon Mathers |
| Martin Schindler | Mensur Suljović | Alexander Merkx |
| Joe Cullen | Ian White | Paolo Nebrida |
| Mike De Decker | Jim Williams | Ben Robb |
| Dirk van Duijvenbode | Florian Hempel | Fallon Sherrock |
| Daryl Gurney | Ryan Meikle | Dylan Slevin |
| Gabriel Clemens | Chris Landman | Sandro Eric Sosing |
| Gian van Veen | Nick Kenny | Niko Springer |
| Ritchie Edhouse | James Hurrell | Rashad Sweeting |
| Brendan Dolan | Mickey Mansell | Alexis Toylo |
| Krzysztof Ratajski | Ricky Evans | Zong Xiao Chen |
| Raymond van Barneveld | Robert Owen | Jeffrey de Zwaan |
What happened in the World Darts Championship 2024?
Last year’s World Championships will go down as one of the most remarkable, memorable, and dramatic Championships in history.
Read a full review of what happened in the World Darts Championship 2024.
Who are the previous winners of the World Darts Championship?
There have been 12 previous winners of the PDC World Darts Championship since its beginning in 1994 and here are the last 10 winners.
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Luke Humphries |
| 2023 | Michael Smith |
| 2022 | Peter Wright |
| 2021 | Gerwyn Price |
| 2020 | Peter Wright |
| 2019 | Michael van Gerwen |
| 2018 | Rob Cross |
| 2017 | Michael van Gerwen |
| 2016 | Gary Anderson |
| 2015 | Gary Anderson |
What is the Schedule?
Round One and Round Two: Sunday 15th December - Monday 23rd December
Round Three: Friday 27th December - Sunday 29th December
Round Four: Sunday 29th December - Monday 30th December
Quarter-Finals: Wednesday 1st January
Semi-Finals: Thursday 2nd January
Final: Friday 3rd January
World Darts Championship Results and Fixtures
Follow updates of the World Darts Championship 2025 as it happens.
SELECT A ROUND
ROUND 1
ROUND 2
ROUND 3
ROUND 4
QUARTER-FINALS
SEMI-FINALS
FINAL