The PDC World Darts Championship is the annual world championship of professional darts, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation and the most prestigious tournament in its calendar. Begun in 1994 as the WDC World Darts Championship, it grew out of the split in darts in which the World Darts Council broke away from the British Darts Organisation; the WDC became the PDC after a 1997 settlement, and the rival BDO championship ended with the 2020 editions after the BDO folded. The event begins in December and ends in January, and has been staged at Alexandra Palace in London since 2008, having earlier been held at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex. The winner receives the Sid Waddell Trophy, named for the darts commentator, and the tournament forms part of the Triple Crown together with the Premier League Darts and the World Matchplay. Thirteen different players have won it, and Phil Taylor holds the record with fourteen titles.
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The tournament has been held at Alexandra Palace in London since 2008
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is a world championship competition held annually in the sport of darts
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held annually in the sport of darts
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The PDC championship began in 1994 as the WDC World Darts Championship
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The tournament has been held at Alexandra Palace in London since 2008
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is a world championship competition held annually in the sport of darts
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Organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
View the SourceRaymond van Barneveld (Wikipedia)
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He is a five-time world champion, with four BDO and one PDC world titles
Eric Bristow (Wikipedia)
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reaching the semi-finals of the 1997 WDC World Darts Championship
Gary Anderson (darts player) (Wikipedia)
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he is a two-time, back-to-back PDC World Champion, having won the title in 2015 and 2016
Luke Littler (Wikipedia)
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Littler has won two PDC World Darts Championships, in 2025 and 2026
Luke Humphries (Wikipedia)
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he won the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship
Gerwyn Price (Wikipedia)
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he won the PDC World Championship in 2021
Peter Wright (darts player) (Wikipedia)
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he is a two-time PDC World Champion, having won the 2020 and 2022 World Championships
Michael Smith (darts player) (Wikipedia)
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he won the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship
Adrian Lewis (Wikipedia)
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he is a two-time PDC World Champion, having won the title in 2011 and 2012
Rob Cross (Wikipedia)
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Cross won the PDC World Darts Championship in 2018
Dennis Priestley (Wikipedia)
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was the first player to win both the BDO and WDC (now PDC) world championships, in 1991 and 1994 respectively
John Part (Wikipedia)
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the PDC World Championship in 2003 and 2008
Beau Greaves (Wikipedia)
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Greaves would compete in the PDC World Darts Championship for the second time in her career
Jamie Caven (Wikipedia)
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Caven qualified for the 2008 World Championship at Alexandra Palace
Kevin Painter (Wikipedia)
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Painter was runner-up to Phil Taylor in the 2004 PDC World Darts Championship
Marko Kantele (Wikipedia)
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The win earned him a spot in the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship
Robert Marijanović (Wikipedia)
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Marijanović qualified for the 2013 PDC World Darts Championship
Steve Brown (darts player, born 1981) (Wikipedia)
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qualify for the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship for the first time
Paul Nicholson (Wikipedia)
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Nicholson made it to the last 16 of the 2012 World Championship
Colin Osborne (Wikipedia)
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In the 2009 PDC World Championship, Osborne beat South Africa
Wayne Mardle (Wikipedia)
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He was also a five times world championship semi-finalist (four PDC and one BDO).
Peter Manley (Wikipedia)
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He also reached the World Championship final in 1999, 2002 and 2006, losing to Phil Taylor on each occasion.
Daryl Gurney (Wikipedia)
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Gurney won his first match at the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship
James Wade (Wikipedia)
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a four-time PDC World Championship semi-finalist
Dave Chisnall (Wikipedia)
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with his best performance at the PDC World Championship being reaching the semi-finals at the 2021 edition
Fallon Sherrock (Wikipedia)
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Sherrock is the only female player to win a match, and subsequently, two consecutive matches at a PDC World Darts Championship
Nathan Aspinall (Wikipedia)
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In the PDC World Darts Championship, Aspinall is a two-time semi-finalist
Jonny Clayton (Wikipedia)
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He has reached the quarter-finals in the 2023 and 2026 editions of the PDC World Darts Championship.
Simon Whitlock (Wikipedia)
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Whitlock is also a two-time World Championship finalist, having been the runner-up at the BDO World Darts Championship in 2008, and the PDC World Darts Championship in 2010.
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