Know the full winners list of the PDC World Darts Championship and the prize money breakdown for the 2022/23 edition
The Professional Darts Corporation will host the 30th World Championship in 2022โ2023, known as the PDC World Darts Championship. This event will take held in London from December 15, 2022, to January 3, 2023, at the Alexandra Palace.
As per tradition, winner receives the Sid Waddell Trophy, which was created in honor of the darts commentator Sid Waddell, who passed away in 2012. It is the most prestigious competition held by the PDC and is regarded as a component of the Triple Crown together with the Premier League Darts and the World Matchplay.
PDC World Darts Championship Previous Winners List, Format, Results, And 2022/23 Winner Prize Money Pool Breakdown
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History of PDC World Darts Championship, Format, & All Edition Details
The PDC was founded in 1992 by a few well-known players, including every BDO World Darts Championship champion who was still competing. PDC held its first World Championship in 1994 and the inaugural competition was won by Dennis Priestley. Since 2002, when the PDC prize pool first surpassed the BDO’s, no other darts competition had a bigger prize pool than the PDC event. With the World Champion taking home ยฃ200,000 in 2010, the prize pool finally topped ยฃ1 million.
For their victories, the PDC World Champions from 2014 and 2015 each received ยฃ250,000. The winner’s share increased to ยฃ50,000 each year for the following, with a ยฃ1.8 million prize fund in 2018. As of the 2019 season, the prize pool for the competition is set at ยฃ2.5 million, with ยฃ500,000 going to the victor. The PDC World Darts Championship was previously hosted at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex, from 1994 to 2007. It has subsequently moved to Alexandra Palace in London.
All-time Winners of PDC World Darts Championship
Throughout the history of this illustrious competition, Phil Taylor has dominated to win record 14 titles, which is 11 more than second-best total of Michael van Gerwen. Gary Anderson, Peter Wright, Adrian Lewis, & John Part are the only other players to win this prestigious competition multiple times.
| Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Prize money | Sponsor | ||
| Total | Champion | Runner-up | |||||
| 1994 | ย Dennis Priestley | 6โ1 | ย Phil Taylor | ยฃ64,000 | ยฃ16,000 | ยฃ8,000 | Skol |
| 1995 | ย Phil Taylor | 6โ2 | ย Rod Harrington | ยฃ55,000 | ยฃ12,000 | ยฃ6,000 | Proton Cars |
| 1996 | ย Phil Taylor | 6โ4 | ย Dennis Priestley | ยฃ62,500 | ยฃ14,000 | ยฃ7,000 | Vernon’s Pools |
| 1997 | ย Phil Taylor | 6โ3 | ย Dennis Priestley | ยฃ99,500 | ยฃ45,000 | ยฃ10,000 | Red Band |
| 1998 | ย Phil Taylor | 6โ0 | ย Dennis Priestley | ยฃ72,500 | ยฃ20,000 | Skol | |
| 1999 | ย Phil Taylor | 6โ2 | ย Peter Manley | ยฃ104,000 | ยฃ30,000 | ยฃ16,000 | |
| 2000 | ย Phil Taylor | 7โ3 | ย Dennis Priestley | ยฃ111,000 | ยฃ31,000 | ยฃ16,400 | |
| 2001 | ย Phil Taylor | 7โ0 | ย John Part | ยฃ125,000 | ยฃ33,000 | ยฃ18,000 | |
| 2002 | ย Phil Taylor | 7โ0 | ย Peter Manley | ยฃ205,000 | ยฃ50,000 | ยฃ25,000 | |
| 2003 | ย John Part | 7โ6 | ย Phil Taylor | ยฃ237,000 | Ladbrokes | ||
| 2004 | ย Phil Taylor | 7โ6 | ย Kevin Painter | ยฃ257,000 | |||
| 2005 | ย Phil Taylor | 7โ4 | ย Mark Dudbridge | ยฃ300,000 | ยฃ60,000 | ยฃ30,000 | |
| 2006 | ย Phil Taylor | 7โ0 | ย Peter Manley | ยฃ500,000 | ยฃ100,000 | ยฃ50,000 | |
| 2007 | ย Raymond van Barneveld | 7โ6 | ย Phil Taylor | ||||
| 2008 | ย John Part | 7โ2 | ย Kirk Shepherd | ยฃ589,000 | |||
| 2009 | ย Phil Taylor | 7โ1 | ย Raymond van Barneveld | ยฃ724,000 | ยฃ125,000 | ยฃ60,000 | |
| 2010 | ย Phil Taylor | 7โ3 | ย Simon Whitlock | ยฃ1,000,000 | ยฃ200,000 | ยฃ100,000 | |
| 2011 | ย Adrian Lewis | 7โ5 | ย Gary Anderson | ||||
| 2012 | ย Adrian Lewis | 7โ3 | ย Andy Hamilton | ||||
| 2013 | ย Phil Taylor | 7โ4 | ย Michael van Gerwen | ||||
| 2014 | ย Michael van Gerwen | 7โ4 | ย Peter Wright | ยฃ1,050,000 | ยฃ250,000 | ||
| 2015 | ย Gary Anderson | 7โ6 | ย Phil Taylor | ยฃ1,250,000 | ยฃ120,000 | William Hill | |
| 2016 | ย Gary Anderson | 7โ5 | ย Adrian Lewis | ยฃ1,500,000 | ยฃ300,000 | ยฃ150,000 | |
| 2017 | ย Michael van Gerwen | 7โ3 | ย Gary Anderson | ยฃ1,650,000 | ยฃ350,000 | ยฃ160,000 | |
| 2018 | ย Rob Cross | 7โ2 | ย Phil Taylor | ยฃ1,800,000 | ยฃ400,000 | ยฃ170,000 | |
| 2019 | ย Michael van Gerwen | 7โ3 | ย Michael Smith | ยฃ2,500,000 | ยฃ500,000 | ยฃ200,000 | |
| 2020 | ย Peter Wright | 7โ3 | ย Michael van Gerwen | ||||
| 2021 | ย Gerwyn Price | 7โ3 | ย Gary Anderson | ||||
| 2022 | ย Peter Wright | 7โ5 | ย Michael Smith | ||||
Prize Money Pool Distribution at 2022/23 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2022/23 PDC World Darts Championship champion will get prize money of ยฃ500,000, while the runner-up of this illustrious competition will receive ยฃ200,000. Like recent editions, the net prize fund for this edition has maintained at ยฃ2,500,000. Each participant in this competition will receive a reward of ยฃ7,500, while semi-final losers will receive a reward of ยฃ100,000.
| Position | No. of Players | Prize Money |
| Winner | 1 | ยฃ500,000 |
| Runner-up | 1 | ยฃ200,000 |
| Semi-finalists | 2 | ยฃ100,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | 4 | ยฃ50,000 |
| Fourth round losers | 8 | ยฃ35,000 |
| Third round losers | 16 | ยฃ25,000 |
| Second round losers | 32 | ยฃ15,000 |
| First round losers | 32 | ยฃ7,500 |
| Total | 128 | ยฃ2,500,000 |
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