PDC World Darts Championship - wikipedia PDC World Darts Championship For the video game, see PDC World Championship Darts. William Hill World Darts Championship Tournament information Venue Alexandra Palace ( 2008 -- ) Circus Tavern ( 1994 -- 2007 ) Location London Country England Established 1994 Organisation ( s ) PDC Format Sets Prize fund £ 2,500,000 ( 2019 ) Month ( s ) Played December / January Current champion ( s ) Rob Cross The PDC World Darts Championship, known for sponsorship purposes as the William Hill World Darts Championship, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation ( PDC ), is one of the two World Professional Darts Championships held annually in the sport of darts. The other is the BDO World Darts Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation ( BDO ). The PDC championship begins in December and ends in January and is held at Alexandra Palace in London. It is the highest profile of the PDC 's tournaments, with the winner receiving the Sid Waddell Trophy, named in honour of the darts commentator Sid Waddell, who died in 2012. 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 are now free to choose which world championship to enter ( but not both in the same year ), as long as they meet certain eligibility criteria. The current PDC champion is Rob Cross. With 14 wins from 25 appearances, Phil Taylor has dominated the competition, last winning it in 2013. Other than Taylor, there have only been seven other champions. The only other players to win it more than once are John Part ( 2003 & 2008 ), Adrian Lewis ( 2011 & 2012 ), Gary Anderson ( 2015 & 2016 ) and Michael van Gerwen ( 2014 & 2017 ). The one - time winners are the inaugural champion Dennis Priestley, the Dutchman Raymond van Barneveld ( 2007 ), and reigning champion Cross. Contents 1 History 2 Venue 3 List of finals 4 Records and statistics 4.1 Total finalist appearances 4.2 Nine - dart finishes 4.3 Averages 4.4 Records 5 Media 5.1 Domestic broadcaster 5.2 Overseas broadcasters 5.3 Viewing figures 5.4 Webcasting 6 Sponsor 7 Trophy 8 Notes and references 9 External links History In 1992, some high - profile players, including all previous winners of the BDO World Darts Championship still active in the game, formed the WDC ( now PDC ), 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 World Champion collecting £ 200,000. The 2014 and 2015 PDC World Champions collected £ 250,000 for their respective wins. In 2018, the prize fund will be increased to £ 1.8 million, with the World Champion receiving £ 400,000. Venue The PDC World Darts Championship 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. List of finals Year Champion ( average in final ) T. Score Runner - Up ( average in final ) Prize Money Sponsor Venue Total Champion Runner - Up 1994 Dennis Priestley ( 94.38 ) 1st 6 -- 1 Phil Taylor ( 90.62 ) £ 64,000 £ 16,000 £ 8,000 Skol Circus Tavern, Purfleet 1995 Phil Taylor ( 94.11 ) 1st 6 -- 2 Rod Harrington ( 87.15 ) £ 55,000 £ 12,000 £ 6,000 Proton Cars Phil Taylor ( 98.52 ) 2nd 6 -- 4 Dennis Priestley ( 101.48 ) £ 61,000 £ 14,000 £ 7,000 Vernon 's Pools 1997 Phil Taylor ( 100.92 ) 3rd 6 -- 3 Dennis Priestley ( 96.78 ) £ 98,000 £ 45,000 £ 10,000 Red Band 1998 Phil Taylor ( 103.98 ) 4th 6 -- 0 Dennis Priestley ( 90.75 ) £ 71,000 £ 20,000 Skol 1999 Phil Taylor ( 97.11 ) 5th 6 -- 2 Peter Manley ( 93.63 ) £ 104,000 £ 30,000 £ 16,000 2000 Phil Taylor ( 94.42 ) 6th 7 -- 3 Dennis Priestley ( 91.80 ) £ 110,000 £ 31,000 £ 16,400 2001 Phil Taylor ( 107.46 ) 7th 7 -- 0 John Part ( 92.58 ) £ 124,000 £ 33,000 £ 18,000 2002 Phil Taylor ( 98.47 ) 8th 7 -- 0 Peter Manley ( 91.35 ) £ 200,000 £ 50,000 £ 25,000 2003 John Part ( 96.87 ) 1st 7 -- 6 Phil Taylor ( 99.98 ) Ladbrokes Phil Taylor ( 96.03 ) 9th 7 -- 6 Kevin Painter ( 90.48 ) £ 256,000 2005 Phil Taylor ( 96.14 ) 10th 7 -- 4 Mark Dudbridge ( 90.66 ) £ 300,000 £ 60,000 £ 30,000 2006 Phil Taylor ( 106.74 ) 11th 7 -- 0 Peter Manley ( 91.72 ) £ 500,000 £ 100,000 £ 50,000 2007 Raymond van Barneveld ( 100.93 ) 1st 7 -- 6 Phil Taylor ( 100.86 ) 2008 John Part ( 92.86 ) 2nd 7 -- 2 Kirk Shepherd ( 85.10 ) £ 589,000 Alexandra Palace, London 2009 Phil Taylor ( 110.94 ) 12th 7 -- 1 Raymond van Barneveld ( 101.18 ) £ 724,000 £ 125,000 £ 60,000 Phil Taylor ( 104.38 ) 13th 7 -- 3 Simon Whitlock ( 100.51 ) £ 1,000,000 £ 200,000 £ 100,000 2011 Adrian Lewis ( 99.40 ) 1st 7 -- 5 Gary Anderson ( 99.41 ) 2012 Adrian Lewis ( 93.06 ) 2nd 7 -- 3 Andy Hamilton ( 90.83 ) 2013 Phil Taylor ( 103.04 ) 14th 7 -- 4 Michael van Gerwen ( 100.66 ) 2014 Michael van Gerwen ( 100.10 ) 1st 7 -- 4 Peter Wright ( 95.71 ) £ 1,050,000 £ 250,000 2015 Gary Anderson ( 97.68 ) 1st 7 -- 6 Phil Taylor ( 100.69 ) £ 1,250,000 £ 120,000 William Hill 2016 Gary Anderson ( 99.26 ) 2nd 7 -- 5 Adrian Lewis ( 100.23 ) £ 1,500,000 £ 300,000 £ 150,000 2017 Michael van Gerwen ( 107.79 ) 2nd 7 -- 3 Gary Anderson ( 104.93 ) £ 1,650,000 £ 350,000 £ 160,000 2018 Rob Cross ( 107.67 ) 1st 7 -- 2 Phil Taylor ( 102.26 ) £ 1,800,000 £ 400,000 £ 170,000 2019 £ 2,500,000 £ 500,000 £ ? Records and statistics As of 1 January 2018 Total finalist appearances Rank Name Nationality Winner Runner - up Finals Appearances Taylor, Phil Phil Taylor England 14 5 19 25 Anderson, Gary Gary Anderson Scotland 8 van Gerwen, Michael Michael van Gerwen Netherlands 10 Lewis, Adrian Adrian Lewis England 12 Part, John John Part Canada 18 6 Priestley, Dennis Dennis Priestley England 5 19 7 van Barneveld, Raymond Raymond van Barneveld Netherlands 11 8 Cross, Rob Rob Cross England 0 9 Manley, Peter Peter Manley England 0 13 10 Dudbridge, Mark Mark Dudbridge England 0 10 Hamilton, Andy Andy Hamilton England 0 12 Harrington, Rod Rod Harrington England 0 10 Painter, Kevin Kevin Painter England 0 16 Shepherd, Kirk Kirk Shepherd England 0 Whitlock, Simon Simon Whitlock Australia 0 9 Wright, Peter Peter Wright Scotland 0 8 Nine - dart finishes Nine nine - darters have been thrown at the World Championship. The first one was in 2009. Player Year Round Result Opponent Raymond van Barneveld 2009 Quarter - Final Won Jelle Klaasen Raymond van Barneveld 2nd Round Won Brendan Dolan Adrian Lewis 2011 Final Won Gary Anderson Dean Winstanley 2013 2nd Round Lost Vincent van der Voort Michael van Gerwen 2013 Semi-Final Won James Wade Terry Jenkins 2014 1st Round Lost Per Laursen Kyle Anderson 2014 1st Round Lost Ian White Adrian Lewis 2015 3rd Round Lost Raymond van Barneveld Gary Anderson 2016 Semi-Final Won Jelle Klaasen 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 over 150 times. This is compared to 21 times in the BDO World Championship, following the 2018 event. In 2010 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 and Michael van Gerwen achieved it in 2017. An average of over 105 in a match in the PDC World Championship has been achieved 36 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. Ten highest PDC World Championship one - match averages Average Player Year ( + Round ) Opponent Result 114.05 Michael van Gerwen 2017, Semi-Final Raymond van Barneveld 6 -- 2 111.21 Phil Taylor 2002, 2nd Round Shayne Burgess 6 -- 1 110.94 Phil Taylor 2009, Final Raymond van Barneveld 7 -- 1 109.34 Raymond van Barneveld 2017, Semi-Final Michael van Gerwen 2 -- 6 109.23 Michael van Gerwen 2016, 2nd Round Darren Webster 4 -- 0 109.00 Phil Taylor 2007, 2nd Round Mick McGowan 4 -- 1 108.80 Phil Taylor 2009, Quarter - Final Co Stompé 5 -- 0 108.65 Michael van Gerwen 2018, 2nd Round James Wilson 4 -- 0 108.39 Gary Anderson 2011, 3rd Round Andy Smith 4 -- 0 108.31 Raymond van Barneveld 2013, 1st Round Michael Smith 3 -- 0 Five highest losing averages Average Player Year ( + Round ) Opponent Result 109.34 Raymond van Barneveld 2017, Semi-Final Michael van Gerwen 2 -- 6 106.07 Cristo Reyes 2017, 2nd Round Michael van Gerwen 2 -- 4 105.78 Michael van Gerwen 2016, 3rd Round Raymond van Barneveld 3 -- 4 104.93 Gary Anderson 2017, Final Michael van Gerwen 3 -- 7 104.63 Dave Chisnall 2017, Quarter - Final Gary Anderson 3 -- 5 Five highest combined match averages Average Winner Year ( + Round ) Loser Result 223.39 Michael van Gerwen 2017, Semi-Final Raymond van Barneveld 6 -- 2 212.72 Michael van Gerwen 2017, Final Gary Anderson 7 -- 3 212.12 Phil Taylor 2009, Final Raymond van Barneveld 7 -- 1 211.31 Michael van Gerwen 2017, 2nd Round Cristo Reyes 4 -- 2 210.82 Phil Taylor 2007, 2nd Round Mick McGowan 4 -- 1 Different players with a 100 + match average - updated 1 / 1 / 18 Player Total Highest Av. Year ( + Round ) Phil Taylor 56 111.21 2002, 2nd Round Michael van Gerwen 21 114.05 2017, Semi Final Gary Anderson 19 108.39 2011, 3rd Round Adrian Lewis 14 106.51 2010, 1st Round Raymond van Barneveld 13 109.34 2017, Semi Final Peter Wright 10 105.07 2014, 3rd Round Simon Whitlock 6 105.37 2010, Quarter - Final Rob Cross 107.67 2018, Final Michael Smith 103.29 2018, 2nd Round Dave Chisnall 104.63 2017, Quarter - Final Jelle Klaasen 102.54 2016, 1st Round Jamie Lewis 107.27 2018, 2nd Round Terry Jenkins 102.64 2012, 3rd Round Andy Hamilton 102.04 2012, Quarter - Final Cristo Reyes 106.07 2017, 2nd Round Darren Webster 104.64 2017, 2nd Round Dimitri Van den Bergh 104.17 2018, 1st Round Richie Burnett 103.38 2001, 1st Round Corey Cadby 102.48 2017, Preliminary Co Stompé 102.42 2010, 3rd Round Stephen Bunting 102.34 2015, 3rd Round Benito van de Pas 102.30 2017, 3rd Round Mick McGowan 101.82 2007, 2nd Round Gerwyn Price 101.55 2018, 1st Round Robert Thornton 101.49 2015, Quarter - Final Dennis Priestley 101.48 1996, Final Vincent van der Voort 101.17 2018, 2nd Round Joe Cullen 100.88 2017, 1st Round Daryl Gurney 100.51 2018, 1st Round Christian Kist 100.23 2018, 1st Round Five highest tournament averages Average Player Year Reference 106.32 Michael van Gerwen 2017 104.68 Michael van Gerwen 2016 104.63 Phil Taylor 104.19 Adrian Lewis 104.08 Phil Taylor 2009 Records Most titles : 14, Phil Taylor. Taylor 's two BDO titles take his total to 16, a record across both organisations. John Part, Adrian Lewis, Michael van Gerwen and Gary Anderson share the second place with two PDC titles. Most finals : 19, Phil Taylor, 1994 - 2007, 2009 - 2010, 2013, 2015 and 2018. Most match wins : 110, Phil Taylor, 1994 - 2018. Taylor has only lost 11 matches at the tournament and reached every final from 1994 until 2008, when he was beaten in the quarter - finals by Wayne Mardle. Longest unbeaten run : 44 matches, Phil Taylor, 1995 - 2003, between his defeats in the 1994 and 2003 finals. Most 180s in a tournament ( total ) : 708 in 2017. This beat the previous record of 654, set in 2016. Most 180s in a tournament ( individual ) : 71, Gary Anderson ( 2017 ) Most 180s in a match : 22, Gary Anderson ( 2017 ) Most 180s in a match ( both players ) : 42, Gary Anderson ( 22 ) and Michael van Gerwen ( 20 ) ( 2017 ) Most appearances : 25, Phil Taylor. Taylor is the only player to have appeared in all 25 editions of the championship. Youngest player : Mitchell Clegg, 16 years and 37 days. Clegg qualified as a 15 - year - old in 2007. He was younger than Michael van Gerwen, who set the BDO World Championship youngest player record a few weeks later. Youngest finalist : Kirk Shepherd, 21 years and 88 days In the 2008 final, Shepherd was two days younger than Jelle Klaasen, who won the BDO title in 2006. Record TV audience : 1,500,000 ( 2015 Final ). The 2007 final was the first time that Sky Television achieved a viewing figure of over 1 million for a darts match. The 2013 final had a 1.2 million average, with 10 million viewers over the course of the tournament. Won both World Championships : Four players. Dennis Priestley was the first player to win both versions of the World Championship, winning the 1991 BDO Championship and the 1994 PDC Championship. Phil Taylor, John Part and Raymond van Barneveld have since matched the feat. 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. Media The stage at the 2009 World Championship. 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 shot in 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 : Presenters Dave Clark : ( 2001 -- present ) David Croft : ( 2013 -- present, previously worked for BBC Sport Darts Coverage 2003 -- 2012 ) Co-presenters Wayne Mardle : ( 2010 -- present ) Rod Harrington : ( 2005 -- present ) John Part : ( 2013 -- present, previously worked for BBC Sport Darts Coverage 1995 -- 2007 ) Commentators : Stuart Pyke : ( 2003 -- present, also works for ITV Sport Darts Coverage 2007 -- present ) Rod Studd : ( 2009 -- present ) Nigel Pearson : ( 2005 -- present ) ( David Croft, Wayne Mardle, Rod Harrington & John Part also commentate ) Former presenters and commentators have been : Dave Lanning : ( 1993 -- 2010 & 2013, Previously worked for ITV Sport Darts Coverage 1972 -- 1988 ) John Gwynne : ( 1993 -- 2013, 2016, Now with Eurosport BDO Darts Coverage 2014 -- present ) Sid Waddell : ( 1994 -- 2012, Previously worked for BBC Sport Darts Coverage 1978 -- 1994 ) Jeff Stelling : ( 1993 -- 2002, 2005 ) David Bobin : ( 1994, 2002 -- 2003 ) Helen Chamberlain : ( 2003 -- 2009 ) Jonathan Green : ( 2000 ) Eric Bristow : ( 1993 -- 2016 ) Overseas broadcasters Dutch broadcaster SBS6, having covered the BDO World Darts Championship for many years, also covered the event until RTL7 took over broadcasting. Fox Sports ( Australia ), BBC America ( USA ), TSN ( Canada ), SuperSport ( South Africa ), Sky Sport ( New Zealand ), StarHub ( Singapore ), Ten Sports ( India ), CCTV ( China ), Showtime ( Middle East ), Ukraine TV, IKO ( Poland ), NOVA Sport ( Czech Republic and Slovakia ), Sport1 ( Hungary ), Meersat ( Malaysia ), 7TV ( Russia ), Measat ( Indonesia ), J Sports ( Japan ), Fox Sports ( Italy ), Eurosport ( Romania ) now also broadcast the event. Viewing figures Television viewing figures for the final are as follows : Year Broadcaster Sky Television Netherlands Germany SPORT1 2018 1,400,000 864,000 ( RTL 7 ) 2,700,000 2017 607,000 2,170,000 ( RTL 7 ) 1,480,000 2016 908,000 869,000 ( RTL 7 ) 950,000 2015 1.5 million peak 908,000 ( RTL 7 ) 1,360,000 2014 668,000 2,054,000 ( RTL 7 ) 560,000 2013 1,270,000 1,748,000 ( RTL 7 ) 810,000 2012 728,000 762,000 ( RTL 7 ) 2011 920,000 435,000 ( SBS6 ) 888,000 854,000 ( SBS6 ) 730,000 2009 809,000 1,441,000 ( SBS6 ) 490,000 2008 731,000 211.000 ( compilation SBS6 ) 340,000 2007 1,028,000 1,339,000 ( SBS6 ) 2006 761,000 2005 530,000 820,000 2003 610,000 2002 Unavailable 2001 420,000 2000 240,000 1999 200,000 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. Sponsor The tournament has been sponsored by bookmaker William Hill since 2015. Previous sponsors have been : Skol ( 1994 ) Proton Cars ( 1995 ) Vernon 's Pools ( 1996 ) Red Band ( 1997 ) Skol ( 1998 -- 2002 ) Ladbrokes ( 2003 -- 2014 ) William Hill ( 2015 - ) 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. Notes and references Jump up ^ http://tungstentickle.com/hearn-announces-world-championship-shake-up/ Jump up ^ `` PDC championship moves to London ''. BBC Sport. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 2 April 2007. Jump up ^ 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 ) Jump up ^ PDC World Championship prize fund dartsdatabase Jump up ^ http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/TournamentPlayerStats.aspx?tournStatKey=6&tournKey=11&pg=1 Jump up ^ dartsdatabase.co.uk ; best winning averages Jump up ^ `` 2017 PDC World Championship Tournament averages ''. Darts Database. Retrieved 7 January 2018. Jump up ^ `` 2016 PDC World Championship tournament averages ''. Darts Database. Retrieved 7 January 2018. ^ Jump up to : `` 2010 PDC World Championship tournament averages ''. Retrieved 7 January 2018. Jump up ^ `` 2009 PDC World Championship tournament averages ''. Darts Database. Retrieved 7 January 2018. Jump up ^ http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/TournamentStats.aspx?tournKey=11 Jump up ^ http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/TournamentPlayerStats.aspx?tournKey=11 Jump up ^ http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/TournamentStats.aspx?tournKey=11 Jump up ^ `` PDC WC Match wins page 1 ''. Darts Database. Retrieved 14 January 2015. Jump up ^ `` PDC WC match wins page 2 ''. Darts Database. Retrieved 14 January 2015. Jump up ^ `` PDC WC match wins page 3 ''. Darts Database. Retrieved 14 January 2015. Jump up ^ dartsdatabase.co.uk ; Total 180s 2015 Jump up ^ dartsdatabse.co.uk ; Most 180 's in a tournament Jump up ^ http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/TournamentPlayerStats.aspx?tournStatKey=8&tournKey=11&pg=1 Jump up ^ dartsdatabase.co.uk ; tournament appearances Jump up ^ http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/TournamentStats.aspx?tournKey=11 Jump up ^ pdc.tv ; Record Viewing Figures Jump up ^ http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/TournamentDetails.aspx?tournKey=11 Jump up ^ http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/TournamentDetails.aspx?TournKey=2 Jump up ^ http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/TournamentDetails.aspx?tournKey=11 Jump up ^ http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/TournamentDetails.aspx?TournKey=2 Jump up ^ BARB viewing figures Jump up ^ ( 1 ). Retrieved on 2017 - 01 - 03. Jump up ^ Niemaier, Timo ( 2017 - 01 - 03 ). `` Darts - WM : Neuer Quotenrekord für Sport1 zum Finale - DWDL.de ''. DWDL.de ( in German ). Retrieved 2017 - 12 - 18. Jump up ^ ( 2 ). Retrieved on 2017 - 12 - 16. Jump up ^ Sülter, Björn ( 2016 - 01 - 04 ). `` SportCheck : Darts - Rekorde, Insel - Showdown & Schanzenfieber ''. Quotenmeter ( in German ). Retrieved 2017 - 12 - 18. Jump up ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a619350/gary-andersons-pdc-world-darts-win-pulls-in-viewers-for-sky-sports.html Jump up ^ Kijkonderzoek. Retrieved on 2015 - 01 - 05. Jump up ^ http://www.quotenmeter.de/n/75469/der-grosse-wurf-darts-finale-fuehrt-sport1-zu-allzeit-rekord Jump up ^ DWDL : Darts - WM : Sport1 katapultiert sich vor Vox Jump up ^ BARB. BARB. Retrieved on 2013 - 08 - 13. Jump up ^ `` World Darts Trophy Named After Waddell ''. Sky News. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2013. 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Question: who has hit the most 180s in darts
Answer: Gary Anderson