PDC World Darts Championship 2025: Drawing, schedules, Paris chance, as a result, lighting on live television
The full draw, schedule and results from the PDC’s 2025 Paddy Power World Darts Championship, which takes place at Alexandrea Palace from December 15 to January 3.
Dartmas is drawing ever closer as we prepare for the thrills and drama of another PDC World Championship, where Luke Humphries is bidding to defend his title.
You can follow the action unfold right here with the results, round-ups, and statistics while we also have details of how players qualified, as well as a bumper history section including past winners, nine-dart finishes and tournament statistics.
HOW MUCH MONEY DO DARTS PLAYERS EARN AND CAN TOP PROS BECOME MILLIONAIRES?
PDC World Darts Championship 2025: Draw and round-by-round results
All results laid out in draw bracket order, Seedings in brackets
Scroll down for daily schedule and results
Quarter one
Luke Humphries (1) v Thibault Tricole or Joe Comito
Raymond van Barneveld (32) v Nick Kenny or Stowe Buntz
James Wade (16) v Jermaine Wattimena or Stefan Bellmont
Peter Wright (17) v Wesley Plaisier or Ryusei Azemoto
Stephen Bunting (8) v Alan Soutar or Kai Gotthardt
Dirk van Duijvenbode (25) v Madars Razma or Christian Kist
Damon Heta (9) v Connor Scott or Ben Robb
Mike de Decker (24) v Luke Woodhouse or Lourence Ilagan
Quarter two
Luke Littler (4) v Ryan Meikle or Fallon Sherrock
Ritchie Edhouse (29) v Ian White or Sandro Eric Sosing
Danny Noppert (13) v Ryan Joyce or Darius Labanauskas
Ryan Searle (20) v Mensur Suljovic or Matt Campbell
Rob Cross (5) v Scott Williams or Niko Springer
Gian van Veen (28) v Ricardo Pietreczko or Zong Xiao Chen
Nathan Aspinall (12) v Cameron Menzies or Leonard Gates
Andrew Gilding (21) v Martin Lukeman or Nitin Kumar
Quarter three
Michael Smith (2) v Kevin Doets or Noa-Lynn van Leuven
Krysztof Ratajski (31) v Richard Veenstra or Alexis Toylo
Chris Dobey (15) v Stephen Burton or Alexander Merkx
Josh Rock (18) v Karel Sedlacek or Rhys Griffin
Jonny Clayton (7) v Mickey Mansell or Tomoya Goto
Daryl Gurney (26) v Florian Hempel or Jeffrey De Zwaan
Gerwyn Price (10) v Kim Huybrechts or Keane Barry
Joe Cullen (23) v Wessel Nijman or Cameron Carolissen
Quarter four
Michael van Gerwen (3) v James Hurrell or Jim Long
Brendan Dolan (30) v Chris Landman or Lok Yin Lee
Gary Anderson (14) v Jeffrey de Graaf or Rashad Sweeting
Ross Smith (19) v Jim Williams or Paolo Nebrida
Dave Chisnall (6) v Ricky Evans or Gordon Mathews
Gabriel Clemens (27) v Niels Zonneveld or Robert Owen
Dimitri Van den Bergh (11) v William O’Connor or Dylan Slevin
Martin Schindler (22) v Callan Rydz or Romeo Grbavac
Watch: Ranking the major winners in history
RANKING THE BEST DARTS PLAYERS OF ALL TIME!
World Darts Championship 2025: Full daily schedule and results
Click for Sky Bet’s darts odds
Sunday December 15
Evening Session (7pm GMT)
First/Second Round (Best of 5 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Four Matches
Monday December 16
Afternoon Session (12.30pm GMT)
First/Second Round (Best of 5 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Four Matches
Evening Session (7pm GMT)
First/Second Round (Best of 5 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Four Matches
Tuesday December 17
Afternoon Session (1230pm GMT)
First/Second Round (Best of 5 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Four Matches
Evening Session (7pm GMT)
First/Second Round (Best of 5 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Four Matches
Wednesday December 18
Evening Session (7pm GMT)
First/Second Round (Best of 5 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Four Matches
ALSO WATCH: HOW TO BECOME A DARTS PROFESSIONAL
How to Become a Darts Professional!
Thursday December 19
Afternoon Session (12.30pm GMT)
First/Second Round (Best of 5 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Four Matches
Evening Session (7pm GMT)
First/Second Round (Best of 5 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Four Matches
Friday December 20
Afternoon Session (12.30pm GMT)
First/Second Round (Best of 5 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Four Matches
Evening Session (7pm GMT)
Second Round (Best of 5 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Four Matches
Saturday December 21
Afternoon Session (12.30pm GMT)
First/Second Round (Best of 5 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Four Matches
Evening Session (7pm GMT)
Second Round (Best of 5 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Four Matches
Sunday December 22
Afternoon Session (12.30pm GMT)
Second Round (Best of 5 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Four Matches
Evening Session (7pm GMT)
Second Round (Best of 5 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Four Matches
Monday December 23
Afternoon Session (12.30pm GMT)
Second Round (Best of 5 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Four Matches
Evening Session (7pm GMT)
Second Round (Best of 5 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Four Matches
WATCH: NEW TOURNAMENT IDEAS IN DARTS
Do we need more variety in darts? Five new tournament ideas including Royal Rumble and Ryder Cup!
Friday December 27
Afternoon Session (12.30pm GMT)
Third Round (Best of 7 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Three Matches
Evening Session (7pm GMT)
Third Round (Best of 7 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Three Matches
Saturday December 28
Afternoon Session (12.30pm GMT)
Third Round (Best of 7 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Three Matches
Evening Session (7pm GMT)
Third Round (Best of 7 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Three Matches
Sunday December 29
Afternoon Session (12.30pm GMT)
Third Round (Best of 7 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Three Matches
Evening Session (7pm GMT)
Third/Fourth Round (Best of 7 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Three Matches
Monday December 30
Afternoon Session (12.30pm GMT)
Fourth Round (Best of 7 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Three Matches
Evening Session (7pm GMT)
Fourth Round (Best of 7 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Three Matches
Wednesday January 1
Afternoon Session (12.30pm GMT)
Quarter-Finals (Best of 9 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Two Matches
Evening Session (7pm GMT)
Quarter-Finals (Best of 9 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Two Matches
Thursday January 2
Evening Session (7.30pm GMT)
Semi-Finals (Best of 11 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Winner QF 1 v Winner QF 2
Winner QF 3 v Winner QF 4
Friday January 3 (8pm GMT)
Final (Best of 13 sets)
TV Coverage: Sky Sports Darts
Winner SF 1 v Winner SF 2
WATCH: BUILDING THE PERFECT DARTS PLAYER
BUILDING THE PERFECT DARTS PLAYER FROM 180 HITTING TO WALK ON MUSIC!
World Championship Darts: How to watch on television and listen on the radio
Every throw of every session will be broadcast live on a dedicated Sky Sports Darts channel. As well as live coverage of every dart thrown there are highlights of great games of years gone by, memorable rivalries and our legends profiles. You can also listen to the action on talkSPORT 2.
World Darts Championship: Sky Bet odds
Click here for more darts odds from Sky Bet
Are tickets still available for the World Darts Championships?
There is always a huge demand for tickets and have been available since July 31 so click here for further information about availability from the PDC
The top 32 on the PDC Order of Merit enter the tournament as seeded players in the second round. An updated list will appear here soon.
Pro Tour Order of Merit Qualifiers (Enter at the first round)
Highest ranked 32 players on the 2023 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit who hadn’t already qualified via the main Order of Merit. An updated list will appear here soon.
International Qualifiers (Enter in the first round)
These will be a mixture of 32 players from the PDC Challenge Tour, Development Tour, Women’s Series and various other affiliated tours and tournaments around the world.
PDC World Championship: History & Stats
The World Darts Championship is the highlight of the PDC calendar and takes place over Christmas and New Year at the Alexandra Palace in London.
Since it was first held at the Circus Tavern in 1994 following the much-publicised breakaway from the British Darts Organisation, only 10 different players have lifted the world title thanks largely to darts legend Phil Taylor winning it no fewer than 14 times during his astonishing career. He also won the BDO version twice before the split to make it 16 times in total.
Dennis Priestley beat Taylor 6-1 in the first final before The Power’s era of dominance began with eight straight world championships before Canada’s John Part famously defeated him 7-6 in a classic in 2003 – much to the bookmakers’ relief!
Three more crowns followed for perennial odds-on favourite Taylor before Raymond van Barneveld triumphed 7-6 in another unforgettable final, while Part’s victory over Kirk Shepherd in 2008 was the first time the Stoke thrower failed to reach the final in the tournament’s history.
It was also the year the event switched to the Alexandra Palace. A resurgent Taylor claimed back-to-back titles in 2009 and 2010 before Adrian ‘Jackpot’ Lewis emerged on the world stage by beating Gary Anderson in the 2011 final before repeating the trick against Andy Hamilton 12 months later.
The Power reassured the doubters he could still win world titles by clinching his 14th crown against Michael van Gerwen, who bounced back to lift the trophy in 2014 with victory over Peter Wright. Mighty Mike was the hot bookies favourite to win again a year later but didn’t even make the final as Anderson held his nerve to sink Taylor 7-6 for his first world championship title before repeating the trick in 2016 when defeating Lewis.
Van Gerwen regained his status as world champion at the start of 2017 when defeating the Flying Scotsman but suffered one of the great all-time shocks in the follow year’s semi-finals, at the hands of debutant Rob Cross.
Voltage went on to complete an incredible fairytale by defeating Phil Taylor in the Power’s final match before retirement.
Van Gerwen got his hands on the trophy for the third time 12 months later but Peter Wright fulfilled his lifetime dream at the age of 49 by beating the Dutchman in the 2020 final – and edition that also hit the headlines due to Fallon Sherrock’s exploits.
There were sadly no fans present during the majority of the 2021 edition but there was still no shortage of drama as Gerwyn Price beat Gary Anderson to become world champion and world number one.
The fans returned 12 months later to see Snakebite crowned world champion for a second time as he denied Michael Smith his maiden major title in his second Ally Pally final – but Bully Boy would eventually get his hands on the Sid Waddell Trophy in the 2023 edition when hitting a nine-darter en route to defeating Michael van Gerwen.
Luke Littler made history with a run to the final as a 16-year-old in the 2024 edition but he eventually finished runner-up to the brilliant Luke Humphries.
