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{{Short description|Annual darts tournament}}
{{For|the recent tournament|2025 PDC World Darts Championship}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox sports league
| title           = PDC World Darts Championship
| image           = PDC World Darts Championship 2016.jpg
| caption         = The stage at the [[2016 PDC World Darts Championship|2016 edition]]
| venue           = {{Nowrap|[[Circus Tavern]] (1994–2007)<br/>[[Alexandra Palace]] (since 2008)}}
| country         = [[England]]
| founded         = 1994
| inaugural       = [[1994 WDC World Darts Championship|1994]]
| tv              = [[Sky Sports]] (1993–)
| organizer       = [[Professional Darts Corporation]]
| tournament_format = [[Set (darts)|Sets]]
| current         = [[2025 PDC World Darts Championship]]
| champion        = {{PDCFlag|Luke Littler}}
| champ_season    = [[2025 PDC World Darts Championship|2025]]
}}
The '''PDC World Darts Championship''', known for sponsorship purposes as the '''[[Paddy Power]] World Darts Championship''' is a world championship competition held annually in the sport of [[darts]]. The championship begins in December and ends in January and has been held at [[Alexandra Palace]] in [[London]], since 2008. Organised by the [[Professional Darts Corporation]] (PDC), it is the most prestigious of their tournaments, with the winner receiving the Sid Waddell Trophy, named in honour of the darts commentator [[Sid Waddell]]. Along with the [[Premier League Darts]] and [[World Matchplay (darts)|World Matchplay]], it is part of the [[Professional Darts Corporation Triple Crown|Triple Crown]].

The PDC championship began in 1994 as the '''WDC World Darts Championship''' as one of the consequences of the [[split in darts]], which saw the [[World Darts Council]] break away from the BDO. As a result of the settlement between the BDO and the WDC in 1997, the WDC became the PDC, and players were then free to choose which world championship to enter (but not both in the same year), as long as they met certain eligibility criteria. Both organisations continued to organize their own world championship until the 2020 editions, after which the BDO folded.

There have been thirteen different winners since the tournament's inception. With 14 wins from 25 appearances, [[Phil Taylor (darts player)|Phil Taylor]] dominated the competition until last winning it in 2013. Other players to win more than once are [[John Part]] (2003 & 2008), [[Adrian Lewis]] (2011 & 2012), [[Gary Anderson (darts player)|Gary Anderson]] (2015 & 2016), [[Michael van Gerwen]] (2014, 2017 & 2019) and [[Peter Wright (darts player)|Peter Wright]] (2020 & 2022). The one-time winners are the inaugural champion [[Dennis Priestley]] (1994), [[Raymond van Barneveld]] (2007), [[Rob Cross (darts player)|Rob Cross]] (2018), [[Gerwyn Price]] (2021), [[Michael Smith (darts player) | Michael Smith]] (2023), [[Luke Humphries]] (2024) and [[Luke Littler]] (2025).

==History==
[[File:2009_World_Darts_Championship.jpg|thumb|right|A match between [[Mensur Suljović]] and [[Kevin Painter]] at the [[2010 PDC World Darts Championship|2010 championship]]]]
In 1992, [[1994 PDC World Darts Championship#The 16 Defectors|some high-profile players]], including all previous winners of the [[BDO World Darts Championship]] still active in the game, formed the WDC, and in 1994, held their first World Championship. [[Dennis Priestley]] won the inaugural competition.

The players who broke away were taking a significant gamble – the tournament was broadcast on satellite television rather than terrestrial, and from 1994 to 2001, the prize fund for the players in the WDC/PDC World Championship was lower than the prize fund in the (BDO version, although the 1997 PDC World Champion received £45,000 compared to that year's BDO World Champion receiving £38,000. In 2002, the PDC prize fund overtook that of the BDO for the first time, and the PDC event now boasts the largest prize fund of any darts competition. In 2010, the prize fund reached £1 million for the first time, with the champion collecting £200,000.

The 2014 and 2015 PDC world champions collected £250,000 for their wins. For the next three years, the winner's share increased by £50,000 each year culminating in a 2018 prize fund of £1.8 million.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tungstentickle.com/hearn-announces-world-championship-shake-up/ |title=Hearn Announces World Championship Shake Up |last=Gratton |first=Aaron |website=Tungsten Tickle |access-date=8 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529010940/http://tungstentickle.com/hearn-announces-world-championship-shake-up/ |archive-date=29 May 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The prize fund for the tournament was £2.5 million with £500,000 to the winner from 2019. The 2025/26 World Championship will see the field expand to 128 players with the prize fund increasing to £5 million with a record £1 million to the champion.

==Venue==
The tournament has been held at [[Alexandra Palace]] in [[London]] since 2008, having previously been held at the [[Circus Tavern]] in [[Purfleet]], [[Essex]], from 1994 to 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/darts/6516989.stm |title=PDC championship moves to London |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |date=2 April 2007 |access-date=2 April 2007}}</ref> Currently, the play takes place inside the venue's West Hall, which has a capacity of 3,200.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-29 |title=New four-year deal keeps William Hill World Darts Championship at Ally Pally > Alexandra Palace |url=https://www.alexandrapalace.com/blog/new-four-year-deal-keeps-william-hill-world-darts-championship-at-ally-pally/ |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=Alexandra Palace}}</ref>

==List of finals==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Year
! rowspan=2 | Champion <small>(average in final)</small><ref>Each player's average score is based on the average for each 3-dart visit to the board (ie total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)</ref>
! rowspan=2 | Score
! rowspan=2 | Runner-up <small>(average in final)</small>
! colspan=3 | Prize money
! rowspan=2 | Sponsor
! rowspan=2 | Venue
|-
! Total<ref>[http://www.DartsDatabase.co.uk/TournamentDetails.aspx?TournKey=11 PDC World Championship prize fund] dartsdatabase</ref>
! Champion
! Runner-up
|-
| [[1994 WDC World Darts Championship|1994]]
| {{PDCFlag|Dennis Priestley|avg=(94.38)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–1
| {{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor|avg=(85.62)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| £64,000
| style="text-align:center;"| £16,000
| style="text-align:center;"| £8,000
| [[Skol]]
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=14| {{nowrap|[[Circus Tavern]],<br />[[Purfleet]]}}
|-
| [[1995 WDC World Darts Championship|1995]]
| {{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor|avg=(94.11)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–2

| {{PDCFlag|Rod Harrington|avg=(87.15)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| £55,000
| style="text-align:center;"| £12,000
| style="text-align:center;"| £6,000
| {{nowrap|[[Proton Cars]]}}
|-
| [[1996 WDC World Darts Championship|1996]]
| {{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor|avg=(98.52)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–4
| {{nowrap|{{PDCFlag|Dennis Priestley|avg=(101.48)}}}}
| style="text-align:center;"| £62,500
| style="text-align:center;"| £14,000
| style="text-align:center;"| £7,000
| {{nowrap|[[Ladbrokes|Vernon's Pools]]}}
|-
| [[1997 WDC World Darts Championship|1997]]
| {{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor|avg=(100.92)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–3
| {{PDCFlag|Dennis Priestley|avg=(96.78)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| £99,500
| style="text-align:center;"| £45,000
| rowspan=2 align="center" | £10,000
| Red Band
|-
| [[1998 PDC World Darts Championship|1998]]
| {{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor|avg=(103.98)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–0
| {{PDCFlag|Dennis Priestley|avg=(90.75)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| £72,500
| style="text-align:center;"| £20,000
| rowspan=5|[[Skol]]
|-
| [[1999 PDC World Darts Championship|1999]]
| {{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor|avg=(97.11)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–2
| {{PDCFlag|Peter Manley|avg=(93.63)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| £104,000
| style="text-align:center;"| £30,000
| style="text-align:center;"| £16,000
|-
| [[2000 PDC World Darts Championship|2000]]
| {{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor|avg=(94.42)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–3
| {{PDCFlag|Dennis Priestley|avg=(91.80)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| £111,000
| style="text-align:center;"| £31,000
| style="text-align:center;"| £16,400
|-
| [[2001 PDC World Darts Championship|2001]]
| {{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor|avg=(107.46)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–0
| {{PDCFlag|John Part|avg=(92.58)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| £125,000
| style="text-align:center;"| £33,000
| style="text-align:center;"| £18,000
|-
| [[2002 PDC World Darts Championship|2002]]
| {{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor|avg=(98.47)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–0
| {{PDCFlag|Peter Manley|avg=(91.35)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| £205,000
| rowspan=3 align="center" | £50,000
| rowspan=3 align="center" | £25,000
|-
| [[2003 PDC World Darts Championship|2003]]
| {{PDCFlag|John Part|avg=(96.87)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–6
| {{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor|avg=(99.98)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| £237,000
| rowspan=12|[[Ladbrokes]]
|-
| [[2004 PDC World Darts Championship|2004]]
| {{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor|avg=(96.03)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–6
| {{PDCFlag|Kevin Painter|avg=(90.48)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| £257,000
|-
| [[2005 PDC World Darts Championship|2005]]
| {{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor|avg=(96.14)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–4
| {{PDCFlag|Mark Dudbridge|avg=(90.66)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| £300,000
| style="text-align:center;"| £60,000
| style="text-align:center;"| £30,000
|-
| [[2006 PDC World Darts Championship|2006]]
| {{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor|avg=(106.74)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–0
| {{PDCFlag|Peter Manley|avg=(91.72)}}
| rowspan=2 align="center" | £500,000
| rowspan=3 align="center" | £100,000
| rowspan=3 align="center" | £50,000
|-
| [[2007 PDC World Darts Championship|2007]]
| {{PDCFlag|Raymond van Barneveld|avg=(100.93)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–6
| {{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor|avg=(100.86)}}
|-
| [[2008 PDC World Darts Championship|2008]]
| {{PDCFlag|John Part|avg=(92.86)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–2
| {{PDCFlag|Kirk Shepherd|avg=(85.10)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| £589,000
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=19| {{nowrap|[[Alexandra Palace]],<br />[[London]]}}
|-
| [[2009 PDC World Darts Championship|2009]]
| {{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor|avg=(110.94)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–1
| {{PDCFlag|Raymond van Barneveld|avg=(101.18)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| £724,000
| style="text-align:center;"| £125,000
| style="text-align:center;"| £60,000
|-
| [[2010 PDC World Darts Championship|2010]]
| {{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor|avg=(104.38)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–3
| {{PDCFlag|Simon Whitlock|avg=(100.51)}}
| rowspan=4 align="center" | £1,000,000
| rowspan=4 align="center" | £200,000
| rowspan=5 align="center" | £100,000
|-
| [[2011 PDC World Darts Championship|2011]]
| {{PDCFlag|Adrian Lewis|avg=(99.40)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–5
| {{PDCFlag|Gary Anderson|avg=(99.41)}}
|-
| [[2012 PDC World Darts Championship|2012]]
|{{PDCFlag|Adrian Lewis|avg=(93.06)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–3
|{{PDCFlag|Andy Hamilton|avg=(90.83)}}
|-
| [[2013 PDC World Darts Championship|2013]]
|{{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor|avg=(103.04)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–4
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen|avg=(100.66)}}
|-
| [[2014 PDC World Darts Championship|2014]]
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen|avg=(100.10)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–4
|{{PDCFlag|Peter Wright|avg=(95.71)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| £1,050,000
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| £250,000
|-
| [[2015 PDC World Darts Championship|2015]]
|{{PDCFlag|Gary Anderson|avg=(97.68)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–6
|{{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor|avg=(100.69)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| £1,250,000
| style="text-align:center;"| £120,000
| rowspan=8|[[William Hill (bookmaker)|William Hill]]
|-
| [[2016 PDC World Darts Championship|2016]]
|{{PDCFlag|Gary Anderson|avg=(99.26)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–5
|{{PDCFlag|Adrian Lewis|avg=(100.23)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| £1,500,000
| style="text-align:center;"| £300,000
| style="text-align:center;"| £150,000
|-
| [[2017 PDC World Darts Championship|2017]]
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen|avg=(108.06)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–3
|{{PDCFlag|Gary Anderson|avg=(104.93)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| £1,650,000
| style="text-align:center;"| £350,000
| style="text-align:center;"| £160,000
|-
| [[2018 PDC World Darts Championship|2018]]
|{{PDCFlag|Rob Cross|avg=(107.67)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–2
|{{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor|avg=(102.26)}}
| style="text-align:center;"| £1,800,000
| style="text-align:center;"| £400,000
| style="text-align:center;"| £170,000
|-
| [[2019 PDC World Darts Championship|2019]]
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen|avg=(102.21)}}
| style="text-align:center;"|7–3
|{{PDCFlag|Michael Smith|avg=(95.29)}} 
| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center;"| £2,500,000
| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center;"| £500,000
| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center;"| £200,000
|-
| [[2020 PDC World Darts Championship|2020]]
|{{PDCFlag|Peter Wright|avg=(102.79)}}
| style="text-align:center;"|7–3
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen|avg=(102.88)}}
|-
| [[2021 PDC World Darts Championship|2021]]
|{{PDCFlag|Gerwyn Price|avg=(100.08)}}
| style="text-align:center;"|7–3
|{{PDCFlag|Gary Anderson|avg=(94.25)}}
|-
| [[2022 PDC World Darts Championship|2022]]
|{{PDCFlag|Peter Wright|avg=(98.34)}}
| style="text-align:center;"|7–5
|{{PDCFlag|Michael Smith|avg=(99.22)}}
|-
| [[2023 PDC World Darts Championship|2023]]
|{{PDCFlag|Michael Smith|avg=(100.71)}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jan/03/michael-smith-hits-nine-darter-on-way-past-van-gerwen-to-pdc-world-title|title=Michael Smith hits nine-darter on way past Van Gerwen to PDC world title|date=4 January 2023|work=The Guardian|accessdate=4 January 2023}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|7–4
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen|avg=(99.58)}}
|[[Cazoo]]
|-
| [[2024 PDC World Darts Championship|2024]]
| {{PDCFlag|Luke Humphries|avg=(103.67)}}
| style="text-align:center;"|7–4
| {{PDCFlag|Luke Littler|avg=(101.13)}}
| rowspan=3|[[Paddy Power]]
|-
| [[2025 PDC World Darts Championship|2025]]
| {{PDCFlag|Luke Littler|avg=(102.73)}}
| style="text-align:center;"|7–3
| {{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen|avg=(100.69)}}
|-
|[[2026 PDC World Darts Championship|2026]]
|
|
|
| £5,000,000
| £1,000,000
| £400,000
|}

==Records and statistics==
{{updated|3 January 2025}}

===Total finalist appearances===
{| class="wikitable sortable nowrap" style="font-size:100%; text-align: center;"
|-
! Rank
! Player
! width="80" | Winner
! width="80" | Runner-up
! width="80" | Finals
! width="80" | {{abbr|Apps|Appearances}}
|-
|1
|align="left"|{{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor}}
|14
|5
|19
|25
|-
|2
|align="left" |{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen|b=1}}
|3
|4
|7
|18
|-
|3
|align="left" |{{PDCFlag|Gary Anderson|b=1}}
|2
|3
|5
|16
|-
|rowspan="3"|4
|align="left"|{{PDCFlag|Adrian Lewis}}
|2
|1
|3
|18
|-
|align="left"|{{PDCFlag|John Part}}
|2
|1
|3
|18
|-
|align="left"|{{PDCFlag|Peter Wright|b=1}}
|2
|1
|3
|16
|-
|7
|align="left"|{{PDCFlag|Dennis Priestley}}
|1
|4
|5
|19
|-
|8
|align="left"|{{PDCFlag|Michael Smith|b=1}}
|1
|2
|3
|14
|-
|rowspan=2|9
|align="left"|{{PDCFlag|Raymond van Barneveld|b=1}}
|1
|1
|2
|18
|-
|align="left" |{{PDCFlag|Luke Littler|b=1}}
|1
|1
|2
|2
|-
|rowspan="3"|11
|align="left" |{{PDCFlag|Rob Cross|b=1}}
|1
|0
|1
|8
|-
|align="left" |{{PDCFlag|Luke Humphries|b=1}}
|1
|0
|1
|8
|-
|align="left" |{{PDCFlag|Gerwyn Price|b=1}}
|1
|0
|1
|11
|-
|12
|align="left" |{{PDCFlag|Peter Manley}}
|0
|3
|3
|13
|-
|rowspan="6"|14
|align="left" |{{PDCFlag|Mark Dudbridge}}
|0
|1
|1
|10
|-
|align="left" |{{PDCFlag|Andy Hamilton}}
|0
|1
|1
|13
|-
|align="left" |{{PDCFlag|Rod Harrington}}
|0
|1
|1
|10
|-
|align="left" |{{PDCFlag|Kevin Painter}}
|0
|1
|1
|17
|-
|align="left" |{{PDCFlag|Kirk Shepherd}}
|0
|1
|1
|4
|-
|align="left" |{{PDCFlag|Simon Whitlock|b=1}}
|0
|1
|1
|15
|}
* Active players are shown in '''bold'''
* Only players who reached the final are included
* In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by family name

===Champions by country===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Country
!Players
!Total
!First title
!Last title
|-
|align="left"|{{flag|England}}
|7
|21
|1994
|2025
|-
|align="left"|{{flag|Netherlands}}
|2
|4
|2007
|2019
|-
|align="left"|{{flag|Scotland}}
|2
|4
|2015
|2022
|-
|align="left"|{{flag|Canada}}
|1
|2
|2003
|2008
|-
|align="left"|{{flag|Wales}}
|1
|1
|2021
|2021
|}

===Nine-dart finishes===
Sixteen [[nine-dart finish]]es have been thrown at the World Championship. The first one was in 2009.<br>
Two have been made in world finals: firstly by [[Adrian Lewis]] in 2011 and then [[Michael Smith (darts player)|Michael Smith]] in 2023.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Number
!Player
!Year (+ Round)
!Method
!Opponent
!Result
|-
|1.
|{{PDCFlag|Raymond van Barneveld}}
|[[2009 PDC World Darts Championship|2009, Quarter-Final]]
|3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12
|{{PDCFlag|Jelle Klaasen}}
|Won
|-
|2.
|{{PDCFlag|Raymond van Barneveld}}
|[[2010 PDC World Darts Championship|2010, 2nd Round]]
|3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12
|{{PDCFlag|Brendan Dolan}}
|Won
|-
|3.
|{{PDCFlag|Adrian Lewis}}
|bgcolor="lightblue"|[[2011 PDC World Darts Championship|2011, Final]]
|3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12
|{{PDCFlag|Gary Anderson}}
|Won
|-
|4.
|{{PDCFlag|Dean Winstanley}}
|[[2013 PDC World Darts Championship|2013, 2nd Round]]
|3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12
|{{PDCFlag|Vincent van der Voort}}
|Lost
|-
|5.
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen}}
|[[2013 PDC World Darts Championship|2013, Semi-Final]]
|3 x T20; 2 x T20, T19; 2 x T20, D12
|{{PDCFlag|James Wade}}
|Won
|-
|6.
|{{PDCFlag|Terry Jenkins}}<!--Jenkins' 9-darter came before Anderson's-->
|[[2014 PDC World Darts Championship|2014, 1st Round]]
|3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12
|{{PDCFlag|Per Laursen}}
|Lost
|-
|7.
|{{PDCFlag|Kyle Anderson}}
|[[2014 PDC World Darts Championship|2014, 1st Round]]
|3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12
|{{PDCFlag|Ian White}}
|Lost
|-
|8.
|{{PDCFlag|Adrian Lewis}}
|[[2015 PDC World Darts Championship|2015, 3rd Round]]
|3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12
|{{PDCFlag|Raymond van Barneveld}}
|Lost
|-
|9.
|{{PDCFlag|Gary Anderson}}
|[[2016 PDC World Darts Championship|2016, Semi-Final]]
|3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12
|{{PDCFlag|Jelle Klaasen}}
|Won
|-
|10.
|{{PDCFlag|James Wade}}
|[[2021 PDC World Darts Championship|2021, 3rd Round]]
|3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12
|{{PDCFlag|Stephen Bunting}}
|Lost
|-
|11.
|{{PDCFlag|William Borland}}
|[[2022 PDC World Darts Championship|2022, 1st Round]]
|3 x T20; 2 x T20, T19; 2 x T20, D12
|{{PDCFlag|Bradley Brooks}}
|Won
|-
|12.
|{{PDCFlag|Darius Labanauskas}}
|[[2022 PDC World Darts Championship|2022, 1st Round]]
|{{nowrap|T20, 2 x T19; 3 x T20; T20, T17, D18}}
|{{PDCFlag|Mike de Decker}}
|Lost
|-
|13.
|{{PDCFlag|Gerwyn Price}}
|[[2022 PDC World Darts Championship|2022, Quarter-Final]]
|3 x T20; 3 x T20; T19, T20, D12
|{{PDCFlag|Michael Smith}}
|Lost
|-
|14.
|{{PDCFlag|Michael Smith}}
|bgcolor="lightblue"|[[2023 PDC World Darts Championship|2023, Final]]
|3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12
|{{PDCFlag|Michael Van Gerwen}}
|Won
|-
|15.
|{{PDCFlag|Christian Kist}}
|[[2025 PDC World Darts Championship|2025, 1st Round]]
|{{nowrap|3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12}}
|{{PDCFlag|Madars Razma}}
|Lost
|-
|16.
|{{PDCFlag|Damon Heta}}
|[[2025 PDC World Darts Championship|2025, 3rd Round]]
|3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12
|{{PDCFlag|Luke Woodhouse}}
|Lost
|}

===Averages===
Since the breakaway of the PDC players, there has been much debate about the relative merits of the players within each organisation. The debate often focuses on the three-dart averages of players in matches.

An average over 100 in a match in the PDC World Championship has since been achieved 195 times.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/TournamentPlayerStats.aspx?tournStatKey=6&tournKey=11&pg=1 |title=PDC World Championship Player Stats – The best winning averages recorded in this tournament |website=dartsdatabase.co.uk |access-date=9 January 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref> This is compared to 21 times in the BDO World Championship, following the 2019 event. In [[2010 PDC World Darts Championship|2010]] [[Phil Taylor (darts player)|Phil Taylor]] became the first player to average over 100 in all six rounds of the tournament. He repeated this feat (though lost the final) in [[2015 PDC World Darts Championship|2015]] and [[Michael van Gerwen]] achieved it in [[2017 PDC World Darts Championship|2017]] and [[2019 PDC World Darts Championship|2019]].

An average of over 105 in a match in the PDC World Championship has been achieved 40 times. The highest match average ever in the BDO World Championship is 103.83 by Raymond van Barneveld in his quarter-final victory over John Walton in 2004.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!colspan=5|Ten highest PDC World Championship one-match averages<ref>[http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/TournamentPlayerStats.aspx?tournKey=11 dartsdatabase.co.uk]; best winning averages</ref>
|-
!Average
!Player
!Year (+Round)
!Opponent
!Result
|-
|114.05
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen}}
|[[2017 PDC World Darts Championship|2017, Semi-Final]]
|{{PDCFlag|Raymond van Barneveld}}
|6–2
|-
|111.21
|{{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor}}
|[[2002 PDC World Darts Championship|2002, 2nd Round]]
|{{PDCFlag|Shayne Burgess}}
|6–1
|-
|110.94
|{{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor}}
|[[2009 PDC World Darts Championship|2009, Final]]
|{{PDCFlag|Raymond van Barneveld}}
|7–1
|-
|109.34
|{{PDCFlag|Raymond van Barneveld}}
|[[2017 PDC World Darts Championship|2017, Semi-Final]]
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen}}
|2–6
|-
|109.23
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen}}
|[[2016 PDC World Darts Championship|2016, 2nd Round]]
|{{PDCFlag|Darren Webster}}
|4–0
|-
|109.00
|{{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor}}
|[[2007 PDC World Darts Championship|2007, 2nd Round]]
|{{PDCFlag|Mick McGowan}}
|4–1
|-
|108.98
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen}}
|[[2021 PDC World Darts Championship|2021, 2nd Round]]
|{{PDCFlag|Ryan Murray}}
|3–1
|-
|108.80
|{{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor}}
|[[2009 PDC World Darts Championship|2009, Quarter-Final]]
|{{PDCFlag|Co Stompé}}
|5–0
|-
|108.74
|{{PDCFlag|Luke Humphries}}
|[[2024 PDC World Darts Championship|2024, Semi-Final]]
|{{PDCFlag|Scott Williams}}
|6–0
|-
|108.65
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen}}
|[[2018 PDC World Darts Championship|2018, 2nd Round]]
|{{PDCFlag|James Wilson}}
|4–0
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!colspan=5|Five highest losing averages
|-
!Average
!Player
!Year (+Round)
!Opponent
!Result
|-
|109.34
|{{PDCFlag|Raymond van Barneveld}}
|[[2017 PDC World Darts Championship|2017, Semi-Final]]
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen}}
|2–6
|-
|106.09
|{{PDCFlag|Jeffrey de Zwaan}}
|[[2019 PDC World Darts Championship|2019, 2nd Round]]
|{{PDCFlag|Rob Cross}}
|1–3
|-
|106.07
|{{PDCFlag|Cristo Reyes}}
|[[2017 PDC World Darts Championship|2017, 2nd Round]]
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen}}
|2–4
|-
|105.78
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen}}
|[[2016 PDC World Darts Championship|2016, 3rd Round]]
|{{PDCFlag|Raymond van Barneveld}}
|3–4
|-
|104.93
|{{PDCFlag|Gary Anderson}}
|[[2017 PDC World Darts Championship|2017, Final]]
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen}}
|3–7
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!colspan=4|Players with 5 or more 100+ match average (updated 3 January 2025)
|-
!Player
!Total
!Highest Av.
!Year (+Round)
|-
|{{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor}}
|56
|111.21
|[[2002 PDC World Darts Championship|2002, 2nd Round]]
|-
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen}}
|42
|114.05
|[[2017 PDC World Darts Championship|2017, Semi-Final]]
|-
|{{PDCFlag|Gary Anderson}}
|23
|108.39
|[[2011 PDC World Darts Championship|2011, 3rd Round]]
|-
|{{PDCFlag|Peter Wright}}
|16
|105.86
|[[2020 PDC World Darts Championship|2020, Quarter-Final]]
|-
|{{PDCFlag|Adrian Lewis}}
|15
|106.51
|[[2010 PDC World Darts Championship|2010, 1st Round]]
|-
|{{PDCFlag|Raymond van Barneveld}}
|13
|109.34	
|[[2017 PDC World Darts Championship|2017, Semi-Final]]
|-
|{{PDCFlag|Michael Smith}}
|13
|106.32
|[[2022 PDC World Darts Championship|2022, 2nd Round]]
|-
|{{PDCFlag|Luke Littler}}
|10
|106.12
|[[2024 PDC World Darts Championship|2024, 1st Round]]
|-
|{{PDCFlag|Rob Cross}}
|7
|107.67
|[[2018 PDC World Darts Championship|2018, Final]]
|-
|{{PDCFlag|Dave Chisnall}}
|7
|107.34
|[[2021 PDC World Darts Championship|2021, Quarter-Final]]
|-
|{{PDCFlag|Stephen Bunting}}
|7
|107.28
|[[2024 PDC World Darts Championship|2024, 2nd Round]]
|-
|{{PDCFlag|Simon Whitlock}}
|7
|105.37
|[[2010 PDC World Darts Championship|2010, Quarter-Final]]
|-
|{{PDCFlag|Dimitri Van den Bergh}}
|6
|105.61
|[[2021 PDC World Darts Championship|2021, 2nd Round]]
|-
|{{PDCFlag|Gerwyn Price}}
|5
|104.20
|[[2020 PDC World Darts Championship|2020, 3rd Round]]
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!colspan=5|Ten highest tournament averages <small>(min 3 matches)</small>
|-
!Average
!Player
!Year
!Round (+ result)
!Reference
|-
|106.37
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen}}
|[[2017 PDC World Darts Championship|2017]]
|Final (won)
|<ref name="2017 PDC World Stats"/>
|-
|104.68
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen}}
|[[2016 PDC World Darts Championship|2016]]
|3rd Round
|<ref>{{cite web|title=2016 PDC World Championship tournament averages|url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventStats.aspx?EventKey=6236|publisher=Darts Database|access-date=24 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
|104.63
|{{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor}}
|[[2010 PDC World Darts Championship|2010]]
|Final (won)
|<ref name="2010 PDC">{{cite web|title=2010 PDC World Championship tournament averages|url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventStats.aspx?EventKey=1155|access-date=24 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
|104.19
|{{PDCFlag|Adrian Lewis}}
|[[2010 PDC World Darts Championship|2010]]
|Quarter-Final
|<ref name="2010 PDC"/>
|-
|104.08
|{{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor}}
|[[2009 PDC World Darts Championship|2009]]
|Final (won)
|<ref>{{cite web|title=2009 PDC World Championship tournament averages|url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventStats.aspx?EventKey=1154|publisher=Darts Database|access-date=24 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
|104.05
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen}}
|[[2018 PDC World Darts Championship|2018]]
|Semi-Final
|<ref>{{cite web|title=2018 PDC World Championship tournament averages|url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventStats.aspx?EventKey=8808|publisher=Darts Database|access-date=24 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
|103.64
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen}}
|[[2021 PDC World Darts Championship|2021]]
|Quarter-Final
|
|-
|103.45
|{{PDCFlag|Gary Anderson}}
|[[2017 PDC World Darts Championship|2017]]
|Final (loss)
|<ref name="2017 PDC World Stats">{{cite web|title=2017 PDC World Championship tournament averages|url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventStats.aspx?EventKey=7795|publisher=Darts Database|access-date=24 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
|103.38
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen}}
|[[2019 PDC World Darts Championship|2019]]
|Final (won) 
|<ref name="2019 PDC World Stats">{{cite web|title=2019 PDC World Championship tournament averages|url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventStats.aspx?EventKey=8809|publisher=Darts Database|access-date=16 January 2019}}</ref>
|-
|103.06
|{{PDCFlag|Gary Anderson}}
|[[2011 PDC World Darts Championship|2011]]
|Final (loss)
|<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 PDC World Championship tournament averages|url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/PlayerStats.aspx|publisher=Darts Database|access-date=24 November 2018}}</ref>
|}
Note: Tournament averages above were calculated by summing the match averages of a player by the number of matches. This does not take into account the length of the matches. The true three dart average is defined by three times the "total points scored" divided by the "number of darts used". The real 2017 tournament average for Michael van Gerwen was 107.06.

===Records===
:'''Most titles''': '''14''', [[Phil Taylor (darts player)|Phil Taylor]]. Taylor's two BDO titles take his total to 16, a record across both organisations.<ref name="dartsdatabase.co.uk">{{cite web |url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/TournamentStats.aspx?tournKey=11 |title=PDC World Championship Records |website=dartsdatabase.co.uk |access-date=9 January 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceC">{{cite web |url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/TournamentPlayerStats.aspx?tournKey=11 |title=PDC World Championship Player Stats – The best winning averages recorded in this tournament |website=dartsdatabase.co.uk |access-date=9 January 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
:'''Most finals''': '''19''', [[Phil Taylor (darts player)|Phil Taylor]], 1994–2007, 2009–2010, 2013, 2015 and 2018.<ref name="dartsdatabase.co.uk"/> Taylor's two BDO finals take his total to 21, a record across both organisations.<ref name="dartsdatabase.co.uk"/><ref name="ReferenceC"/>
:'''Most match wins''': '''110''', [[Phil Taylor (darts player)|Phil Taylor]], 1994–2018. Taylor has only lost 11 matches at the tournament and reached every final from 1994 until 2007, before being beaten in the quarter-finals by [[Wayne Mardle]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=PDC WC Match wins page 1|url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?PlayerKey=1&organPd=PDC&tourns=WC&plStat=4#PlayerResults|publisher=Darts Database|access-date=14 January 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=PDC WC match wins page 2 |url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?PlayerKey=1&organPd=PDC&tourns=WC&plStat=4&pg=2#PlayerResults |publisher=Darts Database |access-date=14 January 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=PDC WC match wins page 3 |url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?PlayerKey=1&organPd=PDC&tourns=WC&plStat=4&pg=3#PlayerResults |publisher=Darts Database |access-date=14 January 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
:'''Longest unbeaten run''': '''44 matches''', [[Phil Taylor (darts player)|Phil Taylor]], 1995–2003, between his defeats in the 1994 and 2003 finals. 
:'''Most 180s in a tournament (total)''': '''914''' in 2024.
:'''Most 180s in a tournament (individual)''': '''83''', [[Michael Smith (darts player)|Michael Smith]] (2022)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/TournamentPlayerStats.aspx?tournStatKey=9&tournKey=11&pg=1 |website=dartsdatabse.co.uk |title=PDC World Championship Player Stats – Most 180's in a tournament |access-date=9 January 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
:'''Most 180s in a match''': '''24''', [[Peter Wright (darts player)|Peter Wright]] (2022 semi-final) and [[Michael Smith (darts player)|Michael Smith]] (2022 final) <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.flashscore.co.uk/match/dQ0dym01/#match-summary/match-summary |title=Darts – WORLD: PDC World Championship – Semi-finals |website=flashscore.co.uk |date=2 January 2022 |access-date=9 January 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=Chris |title=Record-breaking Wright and super Smith seal final spots|date=2 January 2022 |url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2022/01/02/record-breaking-wright-and-super-smith-seal-final-spots|publisher=[[Professional Darts Corporation|PDC]] |access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref>
:'''Most 180s in a match (both players)''': '''42''', [[Gary Anderson (darts player)|Gary Anderson]] (22) and [[Michael van Gerwen]] (20) (2017 final)
:'''Longest streak of 100+ averages''': '''19 matches''', [[Michael van Gerwen]], 2016–2019<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2019/01/02/van-gerwen-i-handled-pressure |title=Van Gerwen: 'I Handled The Pressure' |date=2 January 2019 |publisher=[[Professional Darts Corporation|PDC]] |access-date=9 January 2022 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
:'''Highest Average for one set''': '''140.91''', [[Luke Littler]], 2nd round 2025 championship. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/articles/cgq1lpyn24lo |title=Tearful Littler hits record 140 set average in win |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |access-date=29 December 2024 }}</ref>
:'''Most appearances''': '''25''', [[Phil Taylor (darts player)|Phil Taylor]].
:'''Youngest player''': [[Mitchell Clegg]], 16 years and 37 days in 2007. Clegg had qualified as a 15-year-old. He was younger than [[Michael van Gerwen]], who set the BDO World Championship youngest player record a few weeks later.
:'''Youngest finalist''': [[Luke Littler]], 16 years and 347 days in the 2024 final. Littler was 4 years and 106 days younger than [[Kirk Shepherd]], who reached the final in 2008.
:'''Record TV audience UK''': 3.71 million (2024 final)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-01-04 |title=World darts final: Peak audience of 3.7m people watch Luke Humphries beat Luke Littler in PDC final |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/darts/67884690 |access-date=2024-01-04 |work=BBC Sport}}</ref>
:'''Record TV audience outside UK''': 3.10 million peak viewership and 2.19 million average viewership (2025 Final). The record was set during the German broadcast (Sport1) of the 2025 final between [[Michael van Gerwen]] and [[Luke Littler]].<ref name="sport1.de">{{cite web |url=https://www.sport1.de/news/unternehmen/pressearchiv/2025/01/sport1-knackt-beim-finale-der-darts-wm-2025-die-drei-millionen-marke-in-der-spitze-dezember-erfolgreichster-monat-der-sendergeschichte |title=Sport1 |website=sport1.de |access-date=4 January 2025}}</ref>  
:'''Won both World Championships''': Four players. [[Dennis Priestley]] was the first player to win both versions of the World Championship,<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web |url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/TournamentDetails.aspx?tournKey=11 |title=PDC World Championship Winners |website=dartsdatabase.co.uk |access-date=9 January 2022 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web |url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/TournamentDetails.aspx?TournKey=2 |title=BDO World Championship Winners |website=dartsdatabase.co.uk |access-date=9 January 2022 |url-status=dead }}</ref> winning the 1991 BDO Championship and the 1994 PDC Championship. Phil Taylor, [[John Part]] and [[Raymond van Barneveld]] have since matched the feat.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="ReferenceB"/>
:'''Overseas World Champions''': Three players. [[John Part]] was the first player from outside the UK to win the PDC World Championship with his 2003 title, followed by [[Raymond van Barneveld]] in 2007 and [[Michael van Gerwen]] in 2014. Part was also the first overseas player to win the BDO title, doing so in 1994.
:'''Youngest World Champion''': [[Luke Littler]] was 17 years 11 months and 13 days when he won his first world title in 2025.
:'''Oldest World Champion''': [[Phil Taylor (darts player)|Phil Taylor]] was 52 years and 5 months old when he won his last world title in 2013.

==Media==

===Domestic broadcaster===
The PDC World Championship has been broadcast live and in its entirety by [[Sky Sports]] in the UK since its inception. Since 2009 the tournament has been presented in [[high-definition television|High Definition]] (HD). Their coverage is currently presented from a studio overlooking the interior of the Alexandra Palace venue.

The current presenting team is as follows:
<ref>{{cite web |last=Guyoncourt |first=Sally |date=17 December 2024 |title=World Darts Championship 2024-25 commentators and pundits on Sky Sports
|url=https://inews.co.uk/sport/world-darts-championship-commentators-3428874 |publisher=iNews |access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref>

Presenters:
* Emma Paton: (2020–present) 
* [[Anna Woolhouse]]: (2022–present)
* Michael Bridge: (2023–present)
Commentators:
* [[Stuart Pyke]]: (2003–present)
* Rod Studd: (2009–present)
* Dan Dawson: (2022–present)
* Abi Davies: (2024–present)

Co-commentators/pundits:
* [[Wayne Mardle]]: (2010–2024)<ref>{{cite web |last=Veal |first=Jonathan |title=Wayne Mardle misses Sky’s World Darts Championship coverage after wife’s death |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/darts/wayne-mardle-wife-death-sky-sports-b2664733.html |work=The Independent|date=15 December 2024}}</ref>
* [[John Part]]: (2013–present)
* [[Mark Webster (darts player)|Mark Webster]]: (2018–present)
* [[Laura Turner (darts player)|Laura Turner]]: (2019–present)
* [[Glen Durrant]]: (2023–present)

Former presenters and commentators have been:
* [[Dave Lanning]]: (1993–2010 & 2013)
* [[John Gwynne (commentator)|John Gwynne]]: (1993–2013, 2016)
* [[Sid Waddell]]: (1994–2012)
* [[Jeff Stelling]]: (1993–2002, 2005)
* [[David Bobin]]: (1994, 2002–2003)
* [[Helen Chamberlain]]: (2003–2009)
* Jonathan Green: (2000)
* Laure James (2014–2016)
* [[Eric Bristow]]: (1993–2016)
* [[Dave Clark (television presenter)|Dave Clark]]: (2001–2020)
* [[Colin Lloyd]]: (2020)
* [[Rod Harrington]]: (2005–2020)
* Nigel Pearson (2006–2022)
* [[David Croft (broadcaster)|David Croft]]: (2013–2021)
* [[Laura Woods (English presenter)|Laura Woods]]: (2018–2022)
* [[Devon Petersen]]: (2019–2022)
* Adam Smith: (2020–2022)
* [[Corrine Hammond]]: (2022–2023)

===Overseas broadcasters===
Dutch broadcaster [[SBS6]], having covered the BDO World Darts Championship for many years, also covered the event until [[RTL 7 (Netherlands)|RTL7]] took over broadcasting. [[TV3 Sport]] (Denmark), [[Fox Sports (Australia)]], [[The Sports Network|TSN]] (Canada), [[SuperSport (South African TV channel)|SuperSport]] (South Africa), [[Sky Sport (New Zealand)]], [[StarHub]] (Singapore), Ten Sports (India), CCTV (China), Showtime (Middle East), Ukraine TV, TVP Sport (Poland), NOVA Sport (Czech Republic and Slovakia), Sport1 (Germany, Hungary), Meersat (Malaysia), 7TV (Russia), Measat (Indonesia), [[J Sports]] (Japan), [[DAZN]] (USA, Italy), GOL TV (Spain) [[Eurosport]] (Romania), [[Viaplay]] (Iceland) and [[DPG Media|VTM4]] (Belgium) now also broadcast the event.

===Viewing figures===
Television viewing figures for the final are as follows:
<ref>[http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/weekreports.cfm?report=weeklytop30&requesttimeout=500&flag=viewingsummary BARB viewing figures] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016045743/http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/weekreports.cfm?report=weeklytop30&requesttimeout=500&flag=viewingsummary |date=2007-10-16 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Year
! colspan=3 | Broadcaster
|-
! [[Sky UK]]
! Germany [[SPORT1]]
! Netherlands
|-
|2024
|3.68 million peak<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bower |first=Aaron |date=2024-01-04 |title=Luke Littler fast-tracked into darts' Premier League after record TV figures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/jan/04/luke-littler-fast-tracked-into-darts-premier-league-after-record-tv-figures |access-date=2024-01-05 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
|2.86 million peak<ref>{{Cite web |last=MarketScreener |date=2024-01-04 |title=TV ratings: Darts World Championship is a viewer magnet -January 04, 2024 at 06:01 am EST {{!}} MarketScreener |url=https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/RTL-GROUP-S-A-438125/news/TV-ratings-Darts-World-Championship-is-a-viewer-magnet-45672562/ |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=www.marketscreener.com}}</ref>
|
|-
|2023
|
| <div style="text-align: center;">2,360,000<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-04 |title=Sport1 audience peaks at 2.4m for dramatic World Darts Championship final |url=https://www.sportbusiness.com/news/sport1-audience-peaks-at-2-4m-for-dramatic-world-darts-championship-final/ |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=SportBusiness}}</ref></div>
|
|-
|2022
|<div style="text-align: center;">1,490,000<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-04 |title=Audience of nearly 1.5m watched PDC World Darts Championship final on Sky Sports |url=https://dartsnews.com/pdc/audience-of-nearly-15m-watched-pdc-world-darts-championship-final-on-sky-sports |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=Dartsnews.com}}</ref></div>
|<div style="text-align: center;">1,650,000<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Thursday |first1=Jo Ruddock |last2=January 27 |last3=Story |first3=2022-14:28 Print This |title=Sport1 extends darts co-operation with DAZN until 2026 |url=https://www.svgeurope.org/blog/headlines/sport1-extends-darts-co-operation-with-dazn-until-2026/ |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=SVG Europe}}</ref></div>
|
|-
|2021
|<div style="text-align: center;">1,000,000<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-22 |title=PDC World Championship achieves record-breaking viewing figures |url=https://dartsnews.com/pdc/pdc-world-championship-achieves-record-breaking-viewing-figures |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=Dartsnews.com}}</ref></div>
|<div style="text-align: center;">1,550,000<ref>{{Cite web |title=Darts-WM: Über zwei Millionen Zuschauer sehen Price-Sieg bei Sport1 |url=https://www.sport1.de/news/darts-sport/pdc-darts-wm/2021/01/darts-wm-ueber-zwei-millionen-zuschauer-sehen-price-sieg-bei-sport1 |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=SPORT1 |date=4 January 2021 |language=de}}</ref></div>
|
|-
| 2020
| align=center | 1,006,553<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/four-screen-dashboard/|title=Weekly top programmes on four screens (28 days) – Sky Sport Main Event=511,000 – Sky Sports Darts=495,553|work=BARB}}</ref>
| align="center" |1,590,000 <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sport1.de/unternehmen/pressearchiv/2020/01/peter-wrights-erster-weltmeistertitel-beschert-sport1-zweitbeste-darts-uebertragung-seiner-geschichte-1-59-millionen-zuschauer-im-schnitt-und-2-22-millionen-zuschauer-in-der-spitze-verfolgen-finale-der-diesjaehrigen-darts-wm|title=Peter Wrights erster Weltmeistertitel beschert SPORT1 zweitbeste Darts-Übertragung seiner Geschichte: 1,59 Millionen Zuschauer im Schnitt und 2,22 Millionen Zuschauer in der Spitze verfolgen Finale der diesjährigen Darts-WM|last=SPORT1|work=sport1.de|date=2020-01-02|language=de}}</ref>
| align=center |1,200,000 (RTL 7)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kijkonderzoek.nl/component/kijkcijfers/file,d1-1-0-p|title=Netherlands viewing figures 1 January 2020|website=kijkonderzoek.nl|access-date=2020-01-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103170502/https://kijkonderzoek.nl/component/kijkcijfers/file,d1-1-0-p|archive-date=2020-01-03|language=nl}}</ref>
|-
| 2019
| align=center |658,300
| align="center" |1,490,000 <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sport1.de/darts-sport/pdc-darts-wm/2019/01/darts-wm-2019-rekord-quote-fuer-sport1-bei-finale-mit-van-gerwen|title=Darts-WM 2019: Rekord-Quote für SPORT1 bei Finale mit van Gerwen|last=SPORT1|work=sport1.de|date=2019-01-02|language=de}}</ref>
| align=center |1,540,000 (RTL 7)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nu.nl/media/5660306/154-miljoen-nederlandse-kijkers-wk-finale-darts.html|title=1,54 miljoen Nederlandse kijkers voor WK-finale darts|last=BuzzE/NU.nl|work=nu.nl|date=2019-01-02|language=nl}}</ref>
|-
| 2018
| align=center |1,400,000
| align="center" |2,150,000 <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sport1.de/darts-sport/pdc-darts-wm/2018/01/darts-wm-2018-finale-mit-phil-taylor-beschert-sport1-rekordquote|title=Darts-WM 2018: Finale mit Phil Taylor beschert SPORT1 Rekordquote|last=SPORT1|work=sport1.de|date=2018-01-02|language=de}}</ref>
| align=center |864,000 (RTL 7)
|-
| 2017
| align=center | 607,000
| align="center" |1,480,000<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dwdl.de/zahlenzentrale/59453/dartswm_neuer_quotenrekord_fuer_sport1_zum_finale/|title=Darts-WM: Neuer Quotenrekord für Sport1 zum Finale – DWDL.de|last=Niemaier|first=Timo|date=2017-01-03|work=DWDL.de|access-date=2017-12-18|language=de}}</ref>
| align=center | 2,170,000 (RTL 7)<ref name="kijkonderzoek.nl">{{cite web |url=https://kijkonderzoek.nl/component/com_kijkcijfers/Itemid,133/file,d1-0-0-p |title=Kijkonderzoek |website=kijkonderzoek.nl |access-date=2017-01-03}}</ref>
|-
| 2016
| align=center | 908,000
| align="center" |950,000<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.quotenmeter.de/n/82940/sportcheck-darts-rekorde-insel-showdown-schanzenfieber|title=SportCheck: Darts-Rekorde, Insel-Showdown & Schanzenfieber|last=Sülter|first=Björn|date=2016-01-04|work=Quotenmeter|access-date=2017-12-18|language=de-DE}}</ref>
| align=center | 869,000 (RTL 7)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kroegsportnaareenhogerlevel.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/darts-kijkcijfers1.png |title=Darts WK 2016 |website=kroegsportnaareenhogerlevel.files.wordpress.com |access-date=2017-12-16|format=PNG}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| align=center | 1.5 million peak<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a619350/gary-andersons-pdc-world-darts-win-pulls-in-viewers-for-sky-sports.html |title=Gary Anderson's PDC World Darts win pulls in viewers for Sky Sports |work=Digital Spy |date=5 January 2015 |access-date=9 January 2022 }}</ref>
| align="center" | 1,360,000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.quotenmeter.de/n/75469/der-grosse-wurf-darts-finale-fuehrt-sport1-zu-allzeit-rekord |title=Der große Wurf: Darts-Finale führt Sport1 zu Allzeit-Rekord |language=de |website=quotenmeter.de |date=5 January 2015 |access-date=9 January 2022 }}</ref>
| align=center | 908,000 (RTL 7)<ref>[http://kijkonderzoek.nl/ Kijkonderzoek]. Retrieved on 2015-01-05.</ref>
|-
| 2014
| align=center | 668,000
| align="center" | 560,000<ref>[http://www.dwdl.de/zahlenzentrale/44104/dartswm_sport1_katapultiert_sich_vor_vox/ DWDL: Darts-WM: Sport1 katapultiert sich vor Vox]</ref>
| align=center | 2,054,000 (RTL 7)
|-
| 2013
| align=center | 1,270,000<ref>[http://www.barb.co.uk/ BARB]. BARB. Retrieved on 2013-08-13.</ref>
| align="center" | 810,000
| style="text-align:center;"| 1,748,000 (RTL 7)
|-
| 2012
| align=center | 728,000
| align="center" |
| style="text-align:center;"| 762,000 (RTL 7)
|-
| 2011
| align=center | 920,000
| align="center" |
| align=center | 435,000 (SBS6)
|-
| 2010
| align=center | 888,000
| align="center" | 730,000
| align=center | 854,000 (SBS6)
|-
| 2009
| align=center | 809,000
| align="center" | 490,000
| align=center | 1,441,000 (SBS6)
|-
| 2008
| align=center | 731,000
| align="center" | 340,000
| align=center | 211,000 (compilation SBS6)
|-
| 2007
| align=center | 1,028,000
| align="center" |
| align=center | 1,339,000 (SBS6)
|-
| 2006
| align=center | 761,000
| align="center" |
| align=center | 
|-
| 2005
| align=center | 530,000
| align="center" |
| align=center | 
|-
| 2004
| align=center | 820,000
| align="center" |
| align=center | 
|-
| 2003
| align=center | 610,000
| align="center" |
| align=center | 
|-
| 2002
| align=center | Unavailable
| align="center" |
| align=center | 
|-
| 2001
| align=center | 420,000
| align="center" |
| align=center | 
|-
| 2000
| align=center | 240,000
| align="center" |
| align=center | 
|-
| 1999
| align=center | 200,000
| align="center" |
| align=center | 
|}

===Webcasting===
The PDC world championship events are now broadcast on www.livepdc.tv which shows the events live, highlights and also classic matches. This website is a subscription only viewing and is limited to certain territorial restrictions.

=== Video games ===
The PDC have worked with various [[video game developer]]s since 2006 to create a number of darts-themed titles based on the World Darts Championship tournament.

Their first game ''[[PDC World Championship Darts]]'' was developed by [[Mere Mortals]] for the [[PlayStation 2]] and [[Personal computer|PC]]. The second game in the series was ''[[PDC World Championship Darts 2008]]'' developed by Mere Mortals for the PlayStation 2, PC, [[PlayStation Portable]], [[Wii]] and [[Xbox 360]]. A year later [[Rebellion Developments]] took over development of the series, releasing PDC World Championship Darts 2009 for the Wii and [[Nintendo DS]].

The most recent PDC World Darts Championship console game to be released was ''[[PDC World Championship Darts Pro Tour]]'' a darts video game for the [[PlayStation 3]], Wii and Xbox 360. This game is the most comprehensive of the series featuring ten professional players and five official PDC tournaments including the [[World Grand Prix (darts)|PDC World Grand Prix]], [[Las Vegas Desert Classic]], [[UK Open|PDC UK Open]] and the Holland Open.

In 2021 the PDC collaborated with Blueprint Gaming to develop ''PDC World Darts Championship'', an officially licensed slots game available to play on mobile devices and PC, the game was released in February 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Blueprint and PDC team up to release World Darts Championship Slot |url=https://nowagering.com/news/industry/blueprint-release-pdc-world-darts-championship-slot|access-date=2021-05-25|website=nowagering.com|date=9 March 2021 }}</ref>

==Sponsor==
The tournament has been sponsored by bookmaker [[Paddy Power]] in 2024. Previous sponsors have been:
* [[Skol]] (1994)
* [[Proton Cars]] (1995)
* [[Ladbrokes|Vernon's Pools]] (1996)
* Red Band (1997)
* [[Skol]] (1998–2002)
* [[Ladbrokes]] (2003–2014)
* [[William Hill (bookmaker)|William Hill]] (2015–2022)
* [[Cazoo]] (2023)
* [[PaddyPower|Paddy Power]] (2024–)

==Trophy==
Following popular darts commentator [[Sid Waddell]]'s death on 11 August 2012, the decision was made to rename the champion's trophy to the Sid Waddell trophy from the 2013 tournament onwards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.sky.com/story/972017/world-darts-trophy-named-after-waddell |title=World Darts Trophy Named After Waddell |publisher=[[Sky News]] |date=13 August 2012 |access-date=13 August 2013}}</ref>

==Notes and references==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.pdc.tv/tournament/paddy-power-world-darts-championship World Championship page on the PDC website]

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