# 2022 Grand Slam of Darts

The 2022 Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts, was the sixteenth staging of the Grand Slam of Darts, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place at the Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton, 12–20 November 2022.
Gerwyn Price was the defending champion, after defeating Peter Wright 16–8 in the 2021 final, but he was eliminated by Raymond van Barneveld, losing 16–13 in their quarter-final.
Michael Smith won his first major title, defeating Nathan Aspinall 16–5 in the final. It was the first time the tournament had been won by an Englishman since 2014, when it was won by Phil Taylor.
Josh Rock, who made his debut, hit a nine-dart finish during his second-round defeat to Michael van Gerwen.

## Prize money

The prize fund for the Grand Slam increased by £100,000 to £650,000.
| Position (num. of players) | Position (num. of players) | Prize money (Total: £650,000) |
| Winner | (1) | £150,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | £70,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £50,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £25,000 |
| Last 16 | (8) | £12,250 |
| Third in group | (8) | £8,000 |
| Fourth in group | (8) | £5,000 |
| Group winner bonus | (8) | £3,500 |

## Qualification

The qualification criteria were slightly altered again for the 2022 tournament, with no representation from the World Darts Federation.
The qualifiers are:

### PDC Qualifying Tournaments

PDC Main Tournaments :
| Tournament | Year | Position | Player | Qualifiers |
| PDC World Darts Championship | 2022 | Winner | Peter Wright | Peter Wright Gerwyn Price Michael van Gerwen Joe Cullen Danny Noppert Ross Smith Damon Heta Simon Whitlock Michael Smith Nathan Aspinall Dave Chisnall Ryan Searle Dirk van Duijvenbode Jonny Clayton |
| Grand Slam of Darts | 2021 | Winner | Gerwyn Price | Peter Wright Gerwyn Price Michael van Gerwen Joe Cullen Danny Noppert Ross Smith Damon Heta Simon Whitlock Michael Smith Nathan Aspinall Dave Chisnall Ryan Searle Dirk van Duijvenbode Jonny Clayton |
| Premier League Darts | 2022 | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | Peter Wright Gerwyn Price Michael van Gerwen Joe Cullen Danny Noppert Ross Smith Damon Heta Simon Whitlock Michael Smith Nathan Aspinall Dave Chisnall Ryan Searle Dirk van Duijvenbode Jonny Clayton |
| World Matchplay | 2022 | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | Peter Wright Gerwyn Price Michael van Gerwen Joe Cullen Danny Noppert Ross Smith Damon Heta Simon Whitlock Michael Smith Nathan Aspinall Dave Chisnall Ryan Searle Dirk van Duijvenbode Jonny Clayton |
| World Grand Prix | 2022 | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | Peter Wright Gerwyn Price Michael van Gerwen Joe Cullen Danny Noppert Ross Smith Damon Heta Simon Whitlock Michael Smith Nathan Aspinall Dave Chisnall Ryan Searle Dirk van Duijvenbode Jonny Clayton |
| Masters | 2022 | Winner | Joe Cullen | Peter Wright Gerwyn Price Michael van Gerwen Joe Cullen Danny Noppert Ross Smith Damon Heta Simon Whitlock Michael Smith Nathan Aspinall Dave Chisnall Ryan Searle Dirk van Duijvenbode Jonny Clayton |
| UK Open | 2022 | Winner | Danny Noppert | Peter Wright Gerwyn Price Michael van Gerwen Joe Cullen Danny Noppert Ross Smith Damon Heta Simon Whitlock Michael Smith Nathan Aspinall Dave Chisnall Ryan Searle Dirk van Duijvenbode Jonny Clayton |
| European Championship | 2022 | Winner | Ross Smith | Peter Wright Gerwyn Price Michael van Gerwen Joe Cullen Danny Noppert Ross Smith Damon Heta Simon Whitlock Michael Smith Nathan Aspinall Dave Chisnall Ryan Searle Dirk van Duijvenbode Jonny Clayton |
| Players Championship Finals | 2021 | Winner | Peter Wright | Peter Wright Gerwyn Price Michael van Gerwen Joe Cullen Danny Noppert Ross Smith Damon Heta Simon Whitlock Michael Smith Nathan Aspinall Dave Chisnall Ryan Searle Dirk van Duijvenbode Jonny Clayton |
| World Series of Darts Finals | 2022 | Winner | Gerwyn Price | Peter Wright Gerwyn Price Michael van Gerwen Joe Cullen Danny Noppert Ross Smith Damon Heta Simon Whitlock Michael Smith Nathan Aspinall Dave Chisnall Ryan Searle Dirk van Duijvenbode Jonny Clayton |
| PDC World Cup of Darts | 2022 | Winners | Damon Heta Simon Whitlock | Peter Wright Gerwyn Price Michael van Gerwen Joe Cullen Danny Noppert Ross Smith Damon Heta Simon Whitlock Michael Smith Nathan Aspinall Dave Chisnall Ryan Searle Dirk van Duijvenbode Jonny Clayton |
| PDC World Darts Championship | 2022 | Runner-up | Michael Smith | Peter Wright Gerwyn Price Michael van Gerwen Joe Cullen Danny Noppert Ross Smith Damon Heta Simon Whitlock Michael Smith Nathan Aspinall Dave Chisnall Ryan Searle Dirk van Duijvenbode Jonny Clayton |
| Grand Slam of Darts | 2021 | Runner-up | Peter Wright | Peter Wright Gerwyn Price Michael van Gerwen Joe Cullen Danny Noppert Ross Smith Damon Heta Simon Whitlock Michael Smith Nathan Aspinall Dave Chisnall Ryan Searle Dirk van Duijvenbode Jonny Clayton |
| Premier League Darts | 2022 | Runner-up | Joe Cullen | Peter Wright Gerwyn Price Michael van Gerwen Joe Cullen Danny Noppert Ross Smith Damon Heta Simon Whitlock Michael Smith Nathan Aspinall Dave Chisnall Ryan Searle Dirk van Duijvenbode Jonny Clayton |
| World Matchplay | 2022 | Runner-up | Gerwyn Price | Peter Wright Gerwyn Price Michael van Gerwen Joe Cullen Danny Noppert Ross Smith Damon Heta Simon Whitlock Michael Smith Nathan Aspinall Dave Chisnall Ryan Searle Dirk van Duijvenbode Jonny Clayton |
| World Grand Prix | 2022 | Runner-up | Nathan Aspinall | Peter Wright Gerwyn Price Michael van Gerwen Joe Cullen Danny Noppert Ross Smith Damon Heta Simon Whitlock Michael Smith Nathan Aspinall Dave Chisnall Ryan Searle Dirk van Duijvenbode Jonny Clayton |
| Masters | 2022 | Runner-up | Dave Chisnall | Peter Wright Gerwyn Price Michael van Gerwen Joe Cullen Danny Noppert Ross Smith Damon Heta Simon Whitlock Michael Smith Nathan Aspinall Dave Chisnall Ryan Searle Dirk van Duijvenbode Jonny Clayton |
| UK Open | 2022 | Runner-up | Michael Smith | Peter Wright Gerwyn Price Michael van Gerwen Joe Cullen Danny Noppert Ross Smith Damon Heta Simon Whitlock Michael Smith Nathan Aspinall Dave Chisnall Ryan Searle Dirk van Duijvenbode Jonny Clayton |
| European Championship | 2022 | Runner-up | Michael Smith | Peter Wright Gerwyn Price Michael van Gerwen Joe Cullen Danny Noppert Ross Smith Damon Heta Simon Whitlock Michael Smith Nathan Aspinall Dave Chisnall Ryan Searle Dirk van Duijvenbode Jonny Clayton |
| Players Championship Finals | 2021 | Runner-up | Ryan Searle | Peter Wright Gerwyn Price Michael van Gerwen Joe Cullen Danny Noppert Ross Smith Damon Heta Simon Whitlock Michael Smith Nathan Aspinall Dave Chisnall Ryan Searle Dirk van Duijvenbode Jonny Clayton |
| World Series of Darts Finals | 2022 | Runner-up | Dirk van Duijvenbode | Peter Wright Gerwyn Price Michael van Gerwen Joe Cullen Danny Noppert Ross Smith Damon Heta Simon Whitlock Michael Smith Nathan Aspinall Dave Chisnall Ryan Searle Dirk van Duijvenbode Jonny Clayton |
| PDC World Cup of Darts | 2022 | Runners-Up | Gerwyn Price Jonny Clayton | Peter Wright Gerwyn Price Michael van Gerwen Joe Cullen Danny Noppert Ross Smith Damon Heta Simon Whitlock Michael Smith Nathan Aspinall Dave Chisnall Ryan Searle Dirk van Duijvenbode Jonny Clayton |
| Peter Wright Gerwyn Price Michael van Gerwen Joe Cullen Danny Noppert Ross Smith Damon Heta Simon Whitlock Michael Smith Nathan Aspinall Dave Chisnall Ryan Searle Dirk van Duijvenbode Jonny Clayton ||||
If the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments produced fewer than the required number of players (16), the field will be filled from the reserve lists. The first list consisted of the winners from 2022 European Tour events, in which the winners were ordered firstly by number of wins, then by Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.
PDC European Tour :
| Tournament | Event | Position | Player | Qualifiers |
| 2022 European Tour | | | |
| 2022 European Tour | International Darts Open | Winner | Gerwyn Price | Luke Humphries |
| 2022 European Tour | German Darts Championship | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | Luke Humphries |
| 2022 European Tour | German Darts Grand Prix | Winner | Luke Humphries | Luke Humphries |
| 2022 European Tour | Austrian Darts Open | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | Luke Humphries |
| 2022 European Tour | European Darts Open | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | Luke Humphries |
| 2022 European Tour | Czech Darts Open | Winner | Luke Humphries | Luke Humphries |
| 2022 European Tour | European Darts Grand Prix | Winner | Luke Humphries | Luke Humphries |
| 2022 European Tour | Dutch Darts Championship | Winner | Michael Smith | Luke Humphries |
| 2022 European Tour | European Darts Matchplay | Winner | Luke Humphries | Luke Humphries |
| 2022 European Tour | Hungarian Darts Trophy | Winner | Joe Cullen | Luke Humphries |
| 2022 European Tour | German Darts Open | Winner | Peter Wright | Luke Humphries |
| 2022 European Tour | Belgian Darts Open | Winner | Dave Chisnall | Luke Humphries |
| 2022 European Tour | Gibraltar Darts Trophy | Winner | Damon Heta | Luke Humphries |
| Luke Humphries ||||
If there are still not enough qualifiers after European Tour events are added, the winners of 2022 Players Championship events will be added, firstly in order by number of wins, then in Order of Merit order.
PDC Pro Tour :
| Tournament | Event | Position | Player | Qualifiers |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | | | |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 1 | Winner | Luke Humphries | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 2 | Winner | Peter Wright | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 3 | Winner | Joe Cullen | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 4 | Winner | Joe Cullen (2) | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 5 | Winner | Damon Heta | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 6 | Winner | Jim Williams | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 7 | Winner | Gerwyn Price | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 8 | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 9 | Winner | Danny Jansen | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 10 | Winner | Michael van Gerwen (2) | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 11 | Winner | Ryan Searle | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 12 | Winner | Dirk van Duijvenbode | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 13 | Winner | Nathan Aspinall | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 14 | Winner | Michael Smith | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 15 | Winner | Michael Smith (2) | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 16 | Winner | Michael Smith (3) | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 17 | Winner | Scott Williams | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 18 | Winner | Dirk van Duijvenbode (2) | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 19 | Winner | Danny Noppert | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 20 | Winner | Adrian Lewis | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 21 | Winner | Brendan Dolan | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 22 | Winner | Nathan Aspinall (2) | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 23 | Winner | Keegan Brown | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 24 | Winner | Rob Cross | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 25 | Winner | Dave Chisnall | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 26 | Winner | Damon Heta (2) | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 27 | Winner | Rob Cross (2) | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 28 | Winner | Josh Rock | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 29 | Winner | Gerwyn Price (2) | Rob Cross |
| 2022 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 30 | Winner | James Wade | Rob Cross |
| Rob Cross ||||

### PDC Qualifying Event

A further eight places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by qualifiers from a PDC Tour Card Holder qualifier held on 6 November in Barnsley.
These are the qualifiers:
* Ritchie Edhouse
* Raymond van Barneveld
* Adam Gawlas
* Alan Soutar
* Martin Schindler
* Luke Woodhouse
* Mensur Suljović
* Jermaine Wattimena

### Additional Qualifiers

The winners of these tournaments and tours also qualified for the tournament.
| Tournament | Year | Position | Player |
| PDC World Youth Championship | 2021 | Winner | Ted Evetts |
| PDC World Youth Championship | 2021 | Runner-up | Nathan Rafferty |
| PDC Challenge Tour | 2022 | Order of Merit Winner | Scott Williams |
| PDC Development Tour | 2022 | Order of Merit Winner | Josh Rock |
| Women's World Matchplay | 2022 | Winner | Fallon Sherrock |
| PDC Women's Series | 2022 | Order of Merit Winner | Lisa Ashton |
| PDC Asian Championship | 2022 | Winner | Christian Perez |
| PDC North American Championship | 2022 | Winner | Leonard Gates |
* ↑ Rock qualified as 2nd of the Development Tour Order of Merit after Nathan Rafferty was already qualified.

## Draw

The draw was done by PDC executive Matt Porter on 7 November.

### Pools

| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
| (Seeded Players) | (Qualifiers) | (Qualifiers) | (Qualifiers) |
| Gerwyn Price (1)  Peter Wright (2)  Michael van Gerwen (3)  Michael Smith (4)  Rob Cross (5)  Luke Humphries (6)  Jonny Clayton (7)  Danny Noppert (8) | Nathan Aspinall  Dave Chisnall  Joe Cullen  Dirk van Duijvenbode  Ryan Searle  Damon Heta  Ross Smith  Simon Whitlock | Mensur Suljović  Martin Schindler  Jermaine Wattimena  Alan Soutar  Luke Woodhouse  Raymond van Barneveld  Josh Rock  Ritchie Edhouse | Adam Gawlas  Scott Williams  Nathan Rafferty  Ted Evetts  Lisa Ashton  Leonard Gates  Christian Perez  Fallon Sherrock |

### Group stage

All group matches are best of nine legs After three games, the top two in each group qualify for the knock-out stage
NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Pts = Points; Status = Qualified to knockout stage

### Knockout stage

| Second round (best of 19 legs) 16–17 November | Second round (best of 19 legs) 16–17 November | Second round (best of 19 legs) 16–17 November | Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs) 18–19 November | Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs) 18–19 November | Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs) 18–19 November | Semi-finals (best of 31 legs) 20 November | Semi-finals (best of 31 legs) 20 November | Semi-finals (best of 31 legs) 20 November | | Final (best of 31 legs) 20 November | Final (best of 31 legs) 20 November | Final (best of 31 legs) 20 November |
| A1 | Raymond van Barneveld 97.40 (Q) | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| B2 | Simon Whitlock 101.14 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| B2 | Simon Whitlock 101.14 | 8 | A1 | Raymond van Barneveld 99.64 (Q) | 16 | | | | | | | |
| | | | A2 | Gerwyn Price 101.78 (1) | 13 | | | | | | | |
| B1 | Danny Noppert 98.04 (8) | 8 | A2 | Gerwyn Price 101.78 (1) | 13 | | | | | | | |
| A2 | Gerwyn Price 100.10 (1) | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| A2 | Gerwyn Price 100.10 (1) | 10 | | | | A1 | Raymond van Barneveld 94.97 (Q) | 12 | | | | |
| | | | | | | C1 | Michael Smith 104.10 (4) | 16 | | | | |
| C1 | Michael Smith 96.01 (4) | 10 | | | | | | | C1 | Michael Smith 104.10 (4) | 16 | | | | |
| D2 | Rob Cross 97.02 (5) | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| D2 | Rob Cross 97.02 (5) | 8 | C1 | Michael Smith 100.11 (4) | 16 | | | | | | | |
| | | | C2 | Joe Cullen 98.13 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| D1 | Dirk van Duijvenbode 93.47 | 4 | C2 | Joe Cullen 98.13 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| C2 | Joe Cullen 95.46 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| C2 | Joe Cullen 95.46 | 10 | | | | | | | | C1 | Michael Smith 96.84 (4) | 16 |
| | | | | | | | | | | E1 | Nathan Aspinall 90.94 | 5 |
| E1 | Nathan Aspinall 97.49 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | E1 | Nathan Aspinall 90.94 | 5 |
| F2 | Jermaine Wattimena 94.55 (Q) | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| F2 | Jermaine Wattimena 94.55 (Q) | 6 | E1 | Nathan Aspinall 95.18 | 16 | | | | | | | |
| | | | E2 | Alan Soutar 95.12 (Q) | 12 | | | | | | | |
| F1 | Jonny Clayton 94.54 (7) | 8 | E2 | Alan Soutar 95.12 (Q) | 12 | | | | | | | |
| E2 | Alan Soutar 97.42 (Q) | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E2 | Alan Soutar 97.42 (Q) | 10 | | | | E1 | Nathan Aspinall 96.70 | 16 | | | | |
| | | | | | | H1 | Luke Humphries 94.38 (6) | 12 | | | | |
| G1 | Michael van Gerwen 107.71 (3) | 10 | | | | | | | H1 | Luke Humphries 94.38 (6) | 12 | | | | |
| H2 | Josh Rock 103.93 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| H2 | Josh Rock 103.93 | 8 | G1 | Michael van Gerwen 95.99 (3) | 10 | | | | | | | |
| | | | H1 | Luke Humphries 96.71 (6) | 16 | | | | | | | |
| H1 | Luke Humphries 96.20 (6) | 10 | H1 | Luke Humphries 96.71 (6) | 16 | | | | | | | |
| G2 | Ross Smith 92.72 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Top averages

The table lists all players who achieved an average of at least 100 in a match. In the case one player has multiple records, this is indicated by the number in brackets.
| # | Player | Round | Average | Result |
| 1 | Ross Smith | RR | 107.92 | Won |
| 2 | Michael van Gerwen | 2R | 107.71 | Won |
| 3 | Scott Williams | RR | 107.46 | Won |
| 4 | Luke Humphries | RR | 107.04 | Won |
| 5 | Gerwyn Price | RR | 105.99 | Lost |
| 6 | Michael van Gerwen (2) | RR | 104.80 | Lost |
| 7 | Michael Smith | SF | 104.10 | Won |
| 8 | Josh Rock | 2R | 103.93 | Lost |
| 9 | Ryan Searle | RR | 103.59 | Lost |
| 10 | Gerwyn Price (2) | RR | 103.16 | Won |
| 11 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | RR | 102.89 | Won |
| 12 | Michael Smith (2) | RR | 102.20 | Won |
| 13 | Ryan Searle (2) | RR | 101.92 | Lost |
| 14 | Gerwyn Price (3) | QF | 101.78 | Lost |
| 15 | Michael van Gerwen (3) | RR | 101.58 | Won |
| 16 | Dave Chisnall | RR | 101.50 | Won |
| 17 | Dave Chisnall (2) | RR | 101.44 | Lost |
| 18 | Gerwyn Price (4) | RR | 101.39 | Won |
| 19 | Luke Woodhouse | RR | 101.26 | Lost |
| 20 | Simon Whitlock | 2R | 101.14 | Lost |
| 21 | Rob Cross | RR | 100.87 | Won |
| 22 | Michael Smith (3) | QF | 100.11 | Won |
| 23 | Gerwyn Price (5) | 2R | 100.10 | Won |
| 24 | Raymond van Barneveld | RR | 100.08 | Won |