PDC World Darts Championship Previous Winners List, Prize Money Pool Distribution, Results, Sponsors

The PDC World Darts Championship, also known as the William Hill World Darts Championship, is a World Professional Darts Championship, know its prize money
PDC World Championship is conducted yearly in the sport of darts and organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).
The PDC World Darts Championship runs from December to January and is hosted by Alexandra Palace in London, where it has been since 2008. The winner of the Sid Waddell Trophy, named after darts commentator Sid Waddell, who died in 2012, is the most prestigious of the PDC's competitions.
The PDC World Darts Championship originated in 1994 as the World Darts Council World Darts Championship, as a result of the split in darts that saw the World Darts Council split from the BDO.

Players Who Have Dominated PDC World Darts Championship

Since the tournament's beginning, ten different victors have emerged. Phil Taylor has dominated the competition with 14 wins in 25 outings, and he last won it in 2013. John Part (2003 & 2008), Adrian Lewis (2011 & 2012), Gary Anderson (2015 & 2016), and Michael van Gerwen are the other players to have won it twice (2014, 2017 & 2019). Dennis Priestley (1994), Raymond van Barneveld (2007), Rob Cross (2018), Peter Wright (2020), and Gerwyn Price are the only one-time champions (2021).

PDC World Darts Championship Previous Winners List, Opponents, Results, Prize Money Distribution 
Year

Champion (average in final)

Score

Runner-up (average in final)

Prize money

Sponsor

Venue
Total

Champion

Runner-up
1994

Dennis Priestley (94.38)

6–1

Phil Taylor (85.62)

£64,000

£16,000

£8,000

Skol

Circus Tavern,
Purfleet
1995

Phil Taylor (94.11)

6–2

Rod Harrington (87.15)

£55,000

£12,000

£6,000

Proton Cars
1996

Phil Taylor (98.52)

6–4

Dennis Priestley (101.48)

£62,500

£14,000

£7,000

Vernon's Pools
1997

Phil Taylor (100.92)

6–3

Dennis Priestley (96.78)

£99,500

£45,000

£10,000

Red Band
1998

Phil Taylor (103.98)

6–0

Dennis Priestley (90.75)

£72,500

£20,000

Skol
1999

Phil Taylor (97.11)

6–2

Peter Manley (93.63)

£104,000

£30,000

£16,000
2000

Phil Taylor (94.42)

7–3

Dennis Priestley (91.80)

£111,000

£31,000

£16,400
2001

Phil Taylor (107.46)

7–0

John Part (92.58)

£125,000

£33,000

£18,000
2002

Phil Taylor (98.47)

7–0

Peter Manley (91.35)

£205,000

£50,000

£25,000
2003

John Part (96.87)

7–6

Phil Taylor (99.98)

£237,000

Ladbrokes
2004

Phil Taylor (96.03)

7–6

Kevin Painter (90.48)

£257,000
2005

Phil Taylor (96.14)

7–4

Mark Dudbridge (90.66)

£300,000

£60,000

£30,000
2006

Phil Taylor (106.74)

7–0

Peter Manley (91.72)

£500,000

£100,000

£50,000
2007

Raymond van Barneveld (100.93)

7–6

Phil Taylor (100.86)
2008

John Part (92.86)

7–2

Kirk Shepherd (85.10)

£589,000

Alexandra Palace,
London
2009

Phil Taylor (110.94)

7–1

Raymond van Barneveld (101.18)

£724,000

£125,000

£60,000
2010

Phil Taylor (104.38)

7–3

Simon Whitlock (100.51)

£1,000,000

£200,000

£100,000
2011

Adrian Lewis (99.40)

7–5

Gary Anderson (99.41)
2012

Adrian Lewis (93.06)

7–3

Andy Hamilton (90.83)
2013

Phil Taylor (103.04)

7–4

Michael van Gerwen (100.66)
2014

Michael van Gerwen (100.10)

7–4

Peter Wright (95.71)

£1,050,000

£250,000
2015

Gary Anderson (97.68)

7–6

Phil Taylor (100.69)

£1,250,000

£120,000

William Hill
2016

Gary Anderson (99.26)

7–5

Adrian Lewis (100.23)

£1,500,000

£300,000

£150,000
2017

Michael van Gerwen (107.79)

7–3

Gary Anderson (104.93)

£1,650,000

£350,000

£160,000
2018

Rob Cross (107.67)

7–2

Phil Taylor (102.26)

£1,800,000

£400,000

£170,000
2019

Michael van Gerwen (102.21)

7–3

Michael Smith (95.29)

£2,500,000

£500,000

£200,000
2020

Peter Wright (102.79)

7–3

Michael van Gerwen (102.88)
2021

Gerwyn Price (100.08)

7–3

Gary Anderson (94.25)
2022
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