World Professional Darts Championship

Template:Short description Template:Refimprove The World Professional Darts Championship is one of the most important tournaments in the darts calendar. Originally held as an annual event between 1978 and 1993, players then broke off into two separate organisations after a controversial split in the game. Each organisation, the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) then arranged their own World Championships, the former in January the latter in December. As a result, there was no longer a unified world champion in the sport for nearly three decades.

The BDO version dated back to 1978, when it was held at the Heart of the Midlands nightclub, Nottingham. The following year it moved to the Jollees Cabaret Club, Stoke, where it stayed until 1985. From then until 2019 it was held at the Lakeside Leisure Complex at Frimley Green, Surrey. In 2020 the tournament was held at The O2 Arena in London. The BDO went into liquidation in 2020 and the World Darts Federation announced later that they would be creating their own version of a World Championship, returning to the Lakeside Leisure Complex.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, their version didn't get underway until 2022.<ref name="covidr">Template:Cite web</ref> Since qualification for the BDO version was always based on WDF rankings, most of the player pool and legacy of this new version of the World Championship is based on the old BDO system.

The PDC version has been running since 1994 after "the split", with a field of players containing all active previous World Champions from the BDO. It was originally staged at Purfleet's Circus Tavern, Essex, before moving to its current home Alexandra Palace, London, for the 2008 World Championship.

Men's winners

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Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1978	Template:Flagicon Leighton Rees	11–7 (legs)	Template:Flagicon John Lowe
1979	Template:Flagicon John Lowe	5–0	Template:Flagicon Leighton Rees
1980	Template:Flagicon Eric Bristow	5–3	Template:Flagicon Bobby George
1981	Template:Flagicon Eric Bristow	5–3	Template:Flagicon John Lowe
1982	Template:Flagicon Jocky Wilson	5–3	Template:Flagicon John Lowe
1983	Template:Flagicon Keith Deller	6–5	Template:Flagicon Eric Bristow
1984	Template:Flagicon Eric Bristow	7–1	Template:Flagicon Dave Whitcombe
1985	Template:Flagicon Eric Bristow	6–2	Template:Flagicon John Lowe
1986	Template:Flagicon Eric Bristow	6–0	Template:Flagicon Dave Whitcombe
1987	Template:Flagicon John Lowe	6–4	Template:Flagicon Eric Bristow
1988	Template:Flagicon Bob Anderson	6–4	Template:Flagicon John Lowe
1989	Template:Flagicon Jocky Wilson	6–4	Template:Flagicon Eric Bristow
1990	Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor	6–1	Template:Flagicon Eric Bristow
1991	Template:Flagicon Dennis Priestley	6–0	Template:Flagicon Eric Bristow
1992	Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor	6–5	Template:Flagicon Mike Gregory
1993	Template:Flagicon John Lowe	6–3	Template:Flagicon Alan Warriner
1994	Template:Flagicon John Part	6–0	Template:Flagicon Bobby George
1995	Template:Flagicon Richie Burnett	6–3	Template:Flagicon Raymond van Barneveld
1996	Template:Flagicon Steve Beaton	6–3	Template:Flagicon Richie Burnett
1997	Template:Flagicon Les Wallace	6–3	Template:Flagicon Marshall James
1998	Template:Flagicon Raymond van Barneveld	6–5	Template:Flagicon Richie Burnett
1999	Template:Flagicon Raymond van Barneveld	6–5	Template:Flagicon Ronnie Baxter
2000	Template:Flagicon Ted Hankey	6–0	Template:Flagicon Ronnie Baxter
2001	Template:Flagicon John Walton	6–2	Template:Flagicon Ted Hankey
2002	Template:Flagicon Tony David	6–4	Template:Flagicon Mervyn King
2003	Template:Flagicon Raymond van Barneveld	6–3	Template:Flagicon Ritchie Davies
2004	Template:Flagicon Andy Fordham	6–3	Template:Flagicon Mervyn King
2005	Template:Flagicon Raymond van Barneveld	6–2	Template:Flagicon Martin Adams
2006	Template:Flagicon Jelle Klaasen	7–5	Template:Flagicon Raymond van Barneveld
2007	Template:Flagicon Martin Adams	7–6	Template:Flagicon Phill Nixon
2008	Template:Flagicon Mark Webster	7–5	Template:Flagicon Simon Whitlock
2009	Template:Flagicon Ted Hankey	7–6	Template:Flagicon Tony O'Shea
2010	Template:Flagicon Martin Adams	7–5	Template:Flagicon Dave Chisnall
2011	Template:Flagicon Martin Adams	7–5	Template:Flagicon Dean Winstanley
2012	Template:Flagicon Christian Kist	7–5	Template:Flagicon Tony O'Shea
2013	Template:Flagicon Scott Waites	7–1	Template:Flagicon Tony O'Shea
2014	Template:Flagicon Stephen Bunting	7–4	Template:Flagicon Alan Norris
2015	Template:Flagicon Scott Mitchell	7–6	Template:Flagicon Martin Adams
2016	Template:Flagicon Scott Waites	7–1	Template:Flagicon Jeff Smith
2017	Template:Flagicon Glen Durrant	7–3	Template:Flagicon Danny Noppert
2018	Template:Flagicon Glen Durrant	7–6	Template:Flagicon Mark McGeeney
2019	Template:Flagicon Glen Durrant	7–3	Template:Flagicon Scott Waites
2020	Template:Flagicon Wayne Warren	7–4	Template:Flagicon Jim Williams

Since 2022: WDF World Darts Championship Template:Main article

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up
2022	Template:Flagicon Neil Duff	6–5	Template:Flagicon Thibault Tricole
2023	Template:Flagicon Andy Baetens	6–1	Template:Flagicon Chris Landman
2024	Template:Flagicon Shane McGuirk	6–3	Template:Flagicon Paul Lim

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Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1994	Template:Flagicon Dennis Priestley	6–1	Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor
1995	Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor	6–2	Template:Flagicon Rod Harrington
1996	Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor	6–4	Template:Flagicon Dennis Priestley
1997	Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor	6–3	Template:Flagicon Dennis Priestley
1998	Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor	6–0	Template:Flagicon Dennis Priestley
1999	Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor	6–2	Template:Flagicon Peter Manley
2000	Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor	7–3	Template:Flagicon Dennis Priestley
2001	Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor	7–0	Template:Flagicon John Part
2002	Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor	7–0	Template:Flagicon Peter Manley
2003	Template:Flagicon John Part	7–6	Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor
2004	Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor	7–6	Template:Flagicon Kevin Painter
2005	Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor	7–4	Template:Flagicon Mark Dudbridge
2006	Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor	7–0	Template:Flagicon Peter Manley
2007	Template:Flagicon Raymond van Barneveld	7–6	Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor
2008	Template:Flagicon John Part	7–2	Template:Flagicon Kirk Shepherd
2009	Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor	7–1	Template:Flagicon Raymond van Barneveld
2010	Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor	7–3	Template:Flagicon Simon Whitlock
2011	Template:Flagicon Adrian Lewis	7–5	Template:Flagicon Gary Anderson
2012	Template:Flagicon Adrian Lewis	7–3	Template:Flagicon Andy Hamilton
2013	Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor	7–4	Template:Flagicon Michael van Gerwen
2014	Template:Flagicon Michael van Gerwen	7–4	Template:Flagicon Peter Wright
2015	Template:Flagicon Gary Anderson	7–6	Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor
2016	Template:Flagicon Gary Anderson	7–5	Template:Flagicon Adrian Lewis
2017	Template:Flagicon Michael van Gerwen	7–3	Template:Flagicon Gary Anderson
2018	Template:Flagicon Rob Cross	7–2	Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor
2019	Template:Flagicon Michael van Gerwen	7–3	Template:Flagicon Michael Smith
2020	Template:Flagicon Peter Wright	7–3	Template:Flagicon Michael van Gerwen
2021	Template:Flagicon Gerwyn Price	7–3	Template:Flagicon Gary Anderson
2022	Template:Flagicon Peter Wright	7–5	Template:Flagicon Michael Smith
2023	Template:Flagicon Michael Smith	7–4	Template:Flagicon Michael van Gerwen
2024	Template:Flagicon Luke Humphries	7–4	Template:Flagicon Luke Littler
2025	Template:Flagicon Luke Littler	7–3	Template:Flagicon Michael van Gerwen

Englishman Phil Taylor has won a record sixteen World Championships.

By player

The following sortable table lists all winners of both versions of the World Championship (correct as of 4 January 2025).

Player	Total	BDO	PDC
Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor	16	2	14
Template:Flagicon Raymond van Barneveld	5	4	1
Template:Flagicon Eric Bristow	5	5	–
Template:Flagicon Martin Adams	3	3	–
Template:Flagicon John Lowe	3	3	–
Template:Flagicon Michael van Gerwen	3	–	3
Template:Flagicon John Part	3	1	2
Template:Flagicon Glen Durrant	3	3	–
Template:Flagicon Gary Anderson	2	–	2
Template:Flagicon Peter Wright	2	–	2
Template:Flagicon Ted Hankey	2	2	–
Template:Flagicon Adrian Lewis	2	–	2
Template:Flagicon Dennis Priestley	2	1	1
Template:Flagicon Scott Waites	2	2	–
Template:Flagicon Jocky Wilson	2	2	–
Template:Flagicon Bob Anderson	1	1	–
Template:Flagicon Steve Beaton	1	1	–
Template:Flagicon Stephen Bunting	1	1	–
Template:Flagicon Richie Burnett	1	1	–
Template:Flagicon Rob Cross	1	–	1
Template:Flagicon Tony David	1	1	–
Template:Flagicon Keith Deller	1	1	–
Template:Flagicon Andy Fordham	1	1	–
Template:Flagicon Christian Kist	1	1	–
Template:Flagicon Jelle Klaasen	1	1	–
Template:Flagicon Scott Mitchell	1	1	–
Template:Flagicon Gerwyn Price	1	–	1
Template:Flagicon Leighton Rees	1	1	–
Template:Flagicon Michael Smith	1	–	1
Template:Flagicon Les Wallace	1	1	–
Template:Flagicon John Walton	1	1	–
Template:Flagicon Wayne Warren	1	1	–
Template:Flagicon Mark Webster	1	1	–
Template:Flagicon Luke Humphries	1	–	1
Template:Flagicon Luke Littler	1	–	1

By country

The following sortable table lists all winners of both versions of the World Championship (correct as of 20 February 2024).

Player	Total	BDO	PDC
Template:Flag	47	28	19
Template:Flag	10	6	4
Template:Flag	7	3	4
Template:Flag	5	4	1
Template:Flag	3	1	2
Template:Flag	1	1	–

Highest average progression

Average	Seed	Player	Score	Opponent	Stage	Year
97.49	3	Template:Flagicon Leighton Rees	6–3	Template:Flagicon Alan Evans	QF	1978
99.00	5	Template:Flagicon John Lowe	2–0	Template:Flagicon Tony Brown	1st	1984
100.29	unseeded	Template:Flagicon Keith Deller	2–4	Template:Flagicon John Lowe	QF	1985
100.80	unseeded	Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor	5–0	Template:Flagicon Cliff Lazarenko	SF	1990
102.63	1	Template:Flagicon Dennis Priestley	3–0	Template:Flagicon Jocky Wilson	1st	1993
103.98	1	Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor	6–0	Template:Flagicon Dennis Priestley	F	1998
105.03	3	Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor	3–0	Template:Flagicon Reg Harding	1st	1999
105.87	2	Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor	6–0	Template:Flagicon Alan Warriner	QF	2000
107.46	2	Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor	7–0	Template:Flagicon John Part	F	2001
111.21	2	Template:Flagicon Phil Taylor	6–1	Template:Flagicon Shayne Burgess	2nd	2002
114.05	1	Template:Flagicon Michael van Gerwen	6–2	Template:Flagicon Raymond van Barneveld	SF	2017

Women's winners

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Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up
2001	Template:Flagicon Trina Gulliver	2–1	Template:Flagicon Mandy Solomons
2002	Template:Flagicon Trina Gulliver	2–1	Template:Flagicon Francis Hoenselaar
2003	Template:Flagicon Trina Gulliver	2–0	Template:Flagicon Anne Kirk
2004	Template:Flagicon Trina Gulliver	2–0	Template:Flagicon Francis Hoenselaar
2005	Template:Flagicon Trina Gulliver	2–0	Template:Flagicon Francis Hoenselaar
2006	Template:Flagicon Trina Gulliver	2–0	Template:Flagicon Francis Hoenselaar
2007	Template:Flagicon Trina Gulliver	2–1	Template:Flagicon Francis Hoenselaar
2008	Template:Flagicon Anastasia Dobromyslova	2–0	Template:Flagicon Trina Gulliver
2009	Template:Flagicon Francis Hoenselaar	2–1	Template:Flagicon Trina Gulliver
2010	Template:Flagicon Trina Gulliver	2–0	Template:Flagicon Rhian Edwards
2011	Template:Flagicon Trina Gulliver	2–0	Template:Flagicon Rhian Edwards
2012	Template:Flagicon Anastasia Dobromyslova	2–1	Template:Flagicon Deta Hedman
2013	Template:Flagicon Anastasia Dobromyslova	2–1	Template:Flagicon Lisa Ashton
2014	Template:Flagicon Lisa Ashton	3–2	Template:Flagicon Deta Hedman
2015	Template:Flagicon Lisa Ashton	3–1	Template:Flagicon Fallon Sherrock
2016	Template:Flagicon Trina Gulliver	3–2	Template:Flagicon Deta Hedman
2017	Template:Flagicon Lisa Ashton	3–0	Template:Flagicon Corrine Hammond
2018	Template:Flagicon Lisa Ashton	3–1	Template:Flagicon Anastasia Dobromyslova
2019	Template:Flagicon Mikuru Suzuki	3–0	Template:Flagicon Lorraine Winstanley
2020	Template:Flagicon Mikuru Suzuki	3–0	Template:Flagicon Lisa Ashton
2022	Template:Flagicon Beau Greaves	4–0	Template:Flagicon Kirsty Hutchinson
2023	Template:Flagicon Beau Greaves	4–1	Template:Flagicon Aileen de Graaf
2024	Template:Flagicon Beau Greaves	4–1	Template:Flagicon Sophie McKinlay

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Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up
2010	Template:Flagicon Stacy Bromberg	6–5 (legs)	Template:Flagicon Tricia Wright

Englishwoman Trina Gulliver has won a record ten World Championships.

By player

The following sortable table lists all winners of all versions of the World Championship (correct as of 10 December 2023).

Player	Total	WDF (BDO)	PDC
Template:Flagicon Trina Gulliver	10	10	–
Template:Flagicon Lisa Ashton	4	4	–
Template:Flagicon Anastasia Dobromyslova	3	3	–
Template:Flagicon Beau Greaves	3	3	–
Template:Flagicon Mikuru Suzuki	2	2	–
Template:Flagicon Francis Hoenselaar	1	1	–
Template:Flagicon Stacy Bromberg	1	–	1

By country

The following sortable table lists all winners of all versions of the World Championship (correct as of 10 December 2023).

Player	Total	WDF (BDO)	PDC
Template:Flag	17	17	–
Template:Flag	3	3	–
Template:Flag	2	2	–
Template:Flag	1	1	–
Template:Flag	1	–	1

Youth winners

The British Darts Organisation scores are sets, while the Professional Darts Corporation scores are legs. Template:Col-start Template:Col-2 British Darts Organisation

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up
2015	Template:Flagicon Colin Roelofs	3–0	Template:Flagicon Harry Ward
2016	Template:Flagicon Joshua Richardson	3–2	Template:Flagicon Jordan Boyce
2017	Template:Flagicon Justin van Tergouw	3–2	Template:Flagicon Nathan Girvan
2018	Template:Flagicon Justin van Tergouw	3–1	Template:Flagicon Killian Hefferman
2019	Template:Flagicon Leighton Bennett	3–0	Template:Flagicon Nathan Girvan
2020	Template:Flagicon Keane Barry	3–0	Template:Flagicon Leighton Bennett

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Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up
2011	Template:Flagicon Arron Monk	6–4	Template:Flagicon Michael van Gerwen
2012	Template:Flagicon James Hubbard	6–3	Template:Flagicon Michael van Gerwen
2013	Template:Flagicon Michael Smith	6–1	Template:Flagicon Ricky Evans
2014	Template:Flagicon Keegan Brown	6–4	Template:Flagicon Rowby-John Rodriguez
2015	Template:Flagicon Max Hopp	6–5	Template:Flagicon Nathan Aspinall
2016	Template:Flagicon Corey Cadby	6–2	Template:Flagicon Berry van Peer
2017	Template:Flagicon Dimitri Van den Bergh	6–3	Template:Flagicon Josh Payne
2018	Template:Flagicon Dimitri Van den Bergh	6–3	Template:Flagicon Martin Schindler
2019	Template:Flagicon Luke Humphries	6–0	Template:Flagicon Adam Gawlas
2020	Template:Flagicon Bradley Brooks	6–5	Template:Flagicon Joe Davis
2021	Template:Flagicon Ted Evetts	6–4	Template:Flagicon Nathan Rafferty
2022	Template:Flagicon Josh Rock	6–1	Template:Flagicon Nathan Girvan
2023	Template:Flagicon Luke Littler	6–4	Template:Flagicon Gian van Veen
2024	Template:Flagicon Gian van Veen	6–5	Template:Flagicon Jurjen van der Velde