# 2021 Grand Slam of Darts

The 2021 Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts was the fifteenth staging of the Grand Slam of Darts, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event returned to the Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton between 13–21 November 2021, after being held behind closed doors at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry in 2020.
José de Sousa was the defending champion, after defeating James Wade 16–12 in the 2020 final, but he was eliminated in the second round, losing 10–9 to Peter Wright.
Gerwyn Price won the tournament for the third time in four years, defeating Peter Wright 16–8 in the final.
Due to the dissolution of the British Darts Organisation in 2020, there was no BDO/WDF representation for the first time in the event's history.
During her 5–0 victory over Mike De Decker in the group stage, Fallon Sherrock averaged 101.55, setting a new record for the highest televised average by a woman. She then went on to become the first woman to advance to the knockout stage, where she defeated Mensur Suljović in the second round, before losing to Peter Wright in the quarterfinals.
Michael van Gerwen set a new Grand Slam record average of 115.19 during his 5–2 victory over Joe Cullen, surpassing the record set by Dimitri Van den Bergh the previous year.

## Prize money

The prize fund for the Grand Slam was the same as 2019 and 2020, with the winner receiving £125,000.
| Position (num. of players) | Position (num. of players) | Prize money (Total: £550,000) |
| Winner | (1) | £125,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | £65,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £40,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £20,000 |
| Last 16 | (8) | £10,000 |
| Third in group | (8) | £7,500 |
| Fourth in group | (8) | £4,000 |
| Group winner bonus | (8) | £3,500 |

## Qualifying

The qualification criteria changed again for the 2021 tournament, as there were no Summer, Autumn or Winter Series events, as well as no Home Tour, and no events organized by the BDO, which dissolved in 2020. The addition of qualifiers from the PDC Challenge and Development Tours replaced BDO representation.
On 11 November, it was announced that Dimitri Van den Bergh had tested positive for COVID-19, ruling him out of the tournament. He was replaced by Chris Dobey, who was next on the list of qualifying criteria.
The qualifiers were:

### Qualifying Tournaments

PDC Main Tournaments :
| Tournament | Year | Position | Player | Qualifiers |
| PDC World Darts Championship | 2021 | Winner | Gerwyn Price | Gerwyn Price José de Sousa Jonny Clayton Peter Wright James Wade Rob Cross Michael van Gerwen John Henderson Gary Anderson Dimitri Van den Bergh Mervyn King Luke Humphries Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez |
| Grand Slam of Darts | 2020 | Winner | José de Sousa | Gerwyn Price José de Sousa Jonny Clayton Peter Wright James Wade Rob Cross Michael van Gerwen John Henderson Gary Anderson Dimitri Van den Bergh Mervyn King Luke Humphries Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez |
| Premier League Darts | 2021 | Winner | Jonny Clayton | Gerwyn Price José de Sousa Jonny Clayton Peter Wright James Wade Rob Cross Michael van Gerwen John Henderson Gary Anderson Dimitri Van den Bergh Mervyn King Luke Humphries Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez |
| World Matchplay | 2021 | Winner | Peter Wright | Gerwyn Price José de Sousa Jonny Clayton Peter Wright James Wade Rob Cross Michael van Gerwen John Henderson Gary Anderson Dimitri Van den Bergh Mervyn King Luke Humphries Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez |
| World Grand Prix | 2021 | Winner | Jonny Clayton | Gerwyn Price José de Sousa Jonny Clayton Peter Wright James Wade Rob Cross Michael van Gerwen John Henderson Gary Anderson Dimitri Van den Bergh Mervyn King Luke Humphries Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez |
| Masters | 2021 | Winner | Jonny Clayton | Gerwyn Price José de Sousa Jonny Clayton Peter Wright James Wade Rob Cross Michael van Gerwen John Henderson Gary Anderson Dimitri Van den Bergh Mervyn King Luke Humphries Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez |
| UK Open | 2021 | Winner | James Wade | Gerwyn Price José de Sousa Jonny Clayton Peter Wright James Wade Rob Cross Michael van Gerwen John Henderson Gary Anderson Dimitri Van den Bergh Mervyn King Luke Humphries Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez |
| European Championship | 2021 | Winner | Rob Cross | Gerwyn Price José de Sousa Jonny Clayton Peter Wright James Wade Rob Cross Michael van Gerwen John Henderson Gary Anderson Dimitri Van den Bergh Mervyn King Luke Humphries Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez |
| Players Championship Finals | 2020 | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | Gerwyn Price José de Sousa Jonny Clayton Peter Wright James Wade Rob Cross Michael van Gerwen John Henderson Gary Anderson Dimitri Van den Bergh Mervyn King Luke Humphries Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez |
| World Series of Darts Finals | 2021 | Winner | Jonny Clayton | Gerwyn Price José de Sousa Jonny Clayton Peter Wright James Wade Rob Cross Michael van Gerwen John Henderson Gary Anderson Dimitri Van den Bergh Mervyn King Luke Humphries Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez |
| PDC World Cup of Darts | 2021 | Winners | Peter Wright John Henderson | Gerwyn Price José de Sousa Jonny Clayton Peter Wright James Wade Rob Cross Michael van Gerwen John Henderson Gary Anderson Dimitri Van den Bergh Mervyn King Luke Humphries Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez |
| PDC World Darts Championship | 2021 | Runner-up | Gary Anderson | Gerwyn Price José de Sousa Jonny Clayton Peter Wright James Wade Rob Cross Michael van Gerwen John Henderson Gary Anderson Dimitri Van den Bergh Mervyn King Luke Humphries Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez |
| Grand Slam of Darts | 2020 | Runner-up | James Wade | Gerwyn Price José de Sousa Jonny Clayton Peter Wright James Wade Rob Cross Michael van Gerwen John Henderson Gary Anderson Dimitri Van den Bergh Mervyn King Luke Humphries Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez |
| Premier League Darts | 2021 | Runner-up | José de Sousa | Gerwyn Price José de Sousa Jonny Clayton Peter Wright James Wade Rob Cross Michael van Gerwen John Henderson Gary Anderson Dimitri Van den Bergh Mervyn King Luke Humphries Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez |
| World Matchplay | 2021 | Runner-up | Dimitri Van den Bergh | Gerwyn Price José de Sousa Jonny Clayton Peter Wright James Wade Rob Cross Michael van Gerwen John Henderson Gary Anderson Dimitri Van den Bergh Mervyn King Luke Humphries Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez |
| World Grand Prix | 2021 | Runner-up | Gerwyn Price | Gerwyn Price José de Sousa Jonny Clayton Peter Wright James Wade Rob Cross Michael van Gerwen John Henderson Gary Anderson Dimitri Van den Bergh Mervyn King Luke Humphries Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez |
| Masters | 2021 | Runner-up | Mervyn King | Gerwyn Price José de Sousa Jonny Clayton Peter Wright James Wade Rob Cross Michael van Gerwen John Henderson Gary Anderson Dimitri Van den Bergh Mervyn King Luke Humphries Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez |
| UK Open | 2021 | Runner-up | Luke Humphries | Gerwyn Price José de Sousa Jonny Clayton Peter Wright James Wade Rob Cross Michael van Gerwen John Henderson Gary Anderson Dimitri Van den Bergh Mervyn King Luke Humphries Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez |
| European Championship | 2021 | Runner-up | Michael van Gerwen | Gerwyn Price José de Sousa Jonny Clayton Peter Wright James Wade Rob Cross Michael van Gerwen John Henderson Gary Anderson Dimitri Van den Bergh Mervyn King Luke Humphries Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez |
| Players Championship Finals | 2020 | Runner-up | Mervyn King | Gerwyn Price José de Sousa Jonny Clayton Peter Wright James Wade Rob Cross Michael van Gerwen John Henderson Gary Anderson Dimitri Van den Bergh Mervyn King Luke Humphries Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez |
| World Series of Darts Finals | 2021 | Runner-up | Dimitri Van den Bergh | Gerwyn Price José de Sousa Jonny Clayton Peter Wright James Wade Rob Cross Michael van Gerwen John Henderson Gary Anderson Dimitri Van den Bergh Mervyn King Luke Humphries Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez |
| PDC World Cup of Darts | 2021 | Runners-Up | Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez | Gerwyn Price José de Sousa Jonny Clayton Peter Wright James Wade Rob Cross Michael van Gerwen John Henderson Gary Anderson Dimitri Van den Bergh Mervyn King Luke Humphries Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez |
| Gerwyn Price José de Sousa Jonny Clayton Peter Wright James Wade Rob Cross Michael van Gerwen John Henderson Gary Anderson Dimitri Van den Bergh Mervyn King Luke Humphries Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez ||||
Since the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments produced fewer than the required number of 16 players, the field was to be filled from the reserve lists. The first list consisted of the winners from 2021 European Tour events, with the winners ordered based on Order of Merit position at the cut-off date. However, Gerwyn Price, who had already qualified, won both European Tour events, and thus this list produced no new competitors.
PDC European Tour :
| Tournament | Event | Position | Player |
| 2021 European Tour | | | |
| 2021 European Tour | Hungarian Darts Trophy | Winner | Gerwyn Price |
| 2021 European Tour | Gibraltar Darts Trophy | Winner | Gerwyn Price |
Since there were still fewer than 16 qualifiers after European Tour champions were included, the players with the most 2021 Players Championship titles were added. Order of Merit position served as a tiebreaker.
PDC Pro Tour :
| Tournament | Event | Position | Player | Qualifiers |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | | | |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 1 | Winner | Joe Cullen | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 2 | Winner | Callan Rydz | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 3 | Winner | Raymond van Barneveld | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 4 | Winner | Jonny Clayton | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 5 | Winner | Brendan Dolan | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 6 | Winner | Gerwyn Price | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 7 | Winner | Jonny Clayton (2) | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 8 | Winner | Peter Wright | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 9 | Winner | José de Sousa | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 10 | Winner | Michael Smith | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 11 | Winner | Dirk van Duijvenbode | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 12 | Winner | Dimitri Van den Bergh | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 13 | Winner | Joe Cullen (2) | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 14 | Winner | José de Sousa (2) | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 15 | Winner | José de Sousa (3) | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 16 | Winner | Peter Wright (2) | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 17 | Winner | Stephen Bunting | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 18 | Winner | Chris Dobey | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 19 | Winner | Ross Smith | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 20 | Winner | Peter Wright (3) | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 21 | Winner | Gerwyn Price (2) | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 22 | Winner | Ryan Searle | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 23 | Winner | Peter Wright (4) | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 24 | Winner | Dimitri Van den Bergh (2) | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 25 | Winner | Callan Rydz (2) | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 26 | Winner | Rob Cross | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 27 | Winner | Michael Smith (2) | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 28 | Winner | Chris Dobey (2) | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 29 | Winner | Michael van Gerwen | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| 2021 PDC Pro Tour | Players Championship 30 | Winner | Krzysztof Ratajski | Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey |
| Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey ||||

### PDC Qualifying Event

A further eight places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by winners of a qualifying event on 5 November.
These are the qualifiers:
* Mike De Decker
* Gabriel Clemens
* Stephen Bunting
* Raymond van Barneveld
* Martin Schindler
* Ryan Joyce
* Krzysztof Ratajski
* Boris Krčmar

### Additional qualifiers

The winners of these tournaments and tours also qualified for the tournament, in place of BDO/WDF representation.
| Tournament | Year | Position | Player |
| PDC World Youth Championship | 2020 | Winner | Bradley Brooks |
| PDC World Youth Championship | 2020 | Runner-up | Joe Davis |
| PDC UK Challenge Tour | 2021 | Winner | Jim Williams |
| PDC European Challenge Tour | 2021 | Winner | Matt Campbell |
| PDC UK Development Tour | 2021 | Winner | Nathan Rafferty |
| PDC European Development Tour | 2021 | Winner | Rusty-Jake Rodriguez |
| PDC Women's Series | 2021 | Events 1–6 Winner | Fallon Sherrock |
| PDC Women's Series | 2021 | Events 7–12 Winner | Lisa Ashton |
* ↑ Rafferty qualified as 2nd of the Development Tour Order of Merit after Bradley Brooks was already qualified.
* ↑ Ashton qualified as 2nd of the Women's Series 7–12 Order of Merit after Fallon Sherrock was already qualified.

## Draw

The draw was made on 5 November, with the players split into 4 pools based on their current world ranking.

### Pools

One player from each non-seeded pool was drawn into a group with a seeded player. The players are listed with their world ranking at the time of the draw.
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
| (PDC Seeded Players) | (PDC Tournament Finalists & Qualifiers) | (PDC Tournament Finalists & Qualifiers) | (PDC Tournament Finalists & Qualifiers) |
| Gerwyn Price (1)  Peter Wright (2)  Michael van Gerwen (3)  James Wade (4)  Chris Dobey (Alt)  Gary Anderson (6)  José de Sousa (7)  Jonny Clayton (8) | Michael Smith  Rob Cross  Krzysztof Ratajski  Joe Cullen  Stephen Bunting  Mervyn King  Gabriel Clemens  Luke Humphries | Mensur Suljović  Ryan Joyce  John Henderson  Boris Krčmar  Mike De Decker  Martin Schindler  Raymond van Barneveld  Bradley Brooks | Lisa Ashton  Rowby-John Rodriguez  Jim Williams  Matt Campbell  Joe Davis  Nathan Rafferty  Fallon Sherrock  Rusty-Jake Rodriguez |
* ↑ Chris Dobey replaced Dimitri Van den Bergh, who was previously the Number 5 seed.
* ↑ Rusty-Jake Rodriguez was not confirmed to qualify as the European Development Tour winner until after the group stage draw.

### 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) 17–18 November | Second round (best of 19 legs) 17–18 November | Second round (best of 19 legs) 17–18 November | Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs) 19–20 November | Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs) 19–20 November | Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs) 19–20 November | Semi-finals (best of 31 legs) 21 November | Semi-finals (best of 31 legs) 21 November | Semi-finals (best of 31 legs) 21 November | | Final (best of 31 legs) 21 November | Final (best of 31 legs) 21 November | Final (best of 31 legs) 21 November |
| A1 | Gerwyn Price (1) 92.97 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| B2 | Bradley Brooks 88.35 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| B2 | Bradley Brooks 88.35 | 8 | A1 | Gerwyn Price (1) 98.11 | 16 | | | | | | | |
| | | | B1 | Jonny Clayton (8) 99.32 | 12 | | | | | | | |
| B1 | Jonny Clayton (8) 104.30 | 10 | B1 | Jonny Clayton (8) 99.32 | 12 | | | | | | | |
| A2 | Nathan Rafferty 91.93 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| A2 | Nathan Rafferty 91.93 | 2 | | | | A1 | Gerwyn Price (1) 102.58 | 16 | | | | |
| | | | | | | C1 | James Wade (4) 94.52 | 9 | | | | |
| C1 | James Wade (4) 98.09 | 10 | | | | | | | C1 | James Wade (4) 94.52 | 9 | | | | |
| D2 | Rowby-John Rodriguez 90.37 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| D2 | Rowby-John Rodriguez 90.37 | 2 | C1 | James Wade (4) 96.58 | 16 | | | | | | | |
| | | | C2 | Rob Cross 96.17 | 14 | | | | | | | |
| D1 | Ryan Joyce (Q) 95.04 | 4 | C2 | Rob Cross 96.17 | 14 | | | | | | | |
| C2 | Rob Cross 102.91 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| C2 | Rob Cross 102.91 | 10 | | | | | | | | A1 | Gerwyn Price (1) 103.90 | 16 |
| | | | | | | | | | | E1 | Peter Wright (2) 91.51 | 8 |
| E1 | Peter Wright (2) 90.41 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | E1 | Peter Wright (2) 91.51 | 8 |
| F2 | José de Sousa (7) 93.21 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| F2 | José de Sousa (7) 93.21 | 9 | E1 | Peter Wright (2) 100.33 | 16 | | | | | | | |
| | | | E2 | Fallon Sherrock 98.90 | 13 | | | | | | | |
| F1 | Mensur Suljović 84.18 | 5 | E2 | Fallon Sherrock 98.90 | 13 | | | | | | | |
| E2 | Fallon Sherrock 90.58 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E2 | Fallon Sherrock 90.58 | 10 | | | | E1 | Peter Wright (2) 100.70 | 16 | | | | |
| | | | | | | H1 | Michael Smith 97.34 | 12 | | | | |
| G1 | Michael van Gerwen (3) 100.43 | 10 | | | | | | | H1 | Michael Smith 97.34 | 12 | | | | |
| H2 | Gary Anderson (6) 100.68 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| H2 | Gary Anderson (6) 100.68 | 8 | G1 | Michael van Gerwen (3) 97.44 | 13 | | | | | | | |
| | | | H1 | Michael Smith 98.70 | 16 | | | | | | | |
| H1 | Michael Smith 95.13 | 10 | H1 | Michael Smith 98.70 | 16 | | | | | | | |
| G2 | Joe Cullen 92.04 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |