PDC World Darts Championship 2025/26 prize money: The huge pot on offer as Luke Littler eyes glory again

The winner of the 2025/26 World Darts Championship will pocket a huge £1million in prize money later this week.

The tournament is heating up at Alexandra Palace with Luke Littler the defending champion after coming away victorious last time out.

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In doing so, the now-18-year-old was awarded a £500,000 prize for beating Michael van Gerwen in the final.

But whoever comes away victorious this Saturday will scoop a prize that’s worth double that.

It comes as part of a huge upscale in prize money on offer for PDC events.

From 2025/26, there will be over £25million up for grabs across the year – an increase of £7million from the last set of figures.

As part of the increase, the World Darts Championship has been expanded with 128 players competing in the tournament.

The competition will have a total prize fund of £5million with a fifth of that going to the winner.

Just 25 years ago in 2000, the winner took home just £31,000 with the total prize pot of £110,000.

The World Darts Championship isn’t the only event to see a hike in prize money.

The Premier League prize pot will increase to £1.25 million from 2026, with £350,000 for next season’s champion.

A £1 million prize fund will be on offer at the World Matchplay and Grand Slam of Darts, while four other Premier events – the World Grand Prix, Players Championship Finals, European Championship and UK Open – will all increase to a £750,000 prize fund next year.

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PDC Chief Executive Matt Porter commented: “The £1 million prize for the World Champion reflects darts’ standing as one of the most exciting and in-demand sports in the world and the historic total will rightly attract headlines as the biggest prize ever paid out in the sport.

“However, the increased prize funds announced today demonstrate our commitment to growing earning potential for players at all levels within the PDC system.

“Expanding the player fields for the World Darts Championship and Grand Slam of Darts will provide more opportunities than ever before for players around the world to feature in televised PDC events.

“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.”

This year’s PDC World Darts Championship got underway on Thursday, December 11, and will run to the final on Saturday, January 3.

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2026 PDC World Championship Odds and Offer

2026 PDC World Darts Championship Winner Odds:

• Luke Littler – 8/13
• Luke Humphries – 4/1
• Gian van Veen – 7/1
• Michael van Gerwen – 12/1
• Josh Rock – 14/1
• Gary Anderson – 18/1

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