Luke Littler beat Gian van Veen in devastating fashion to claim back-to-back World Darts Championship titles - and a record-breaking sum of money.
Van Veen clinched the first set, but that’s as good as it got for the Dutch no1 as Littler hit back in brutal fashion to win seven sets in a row.
Having beaten Krzysztof Ratajski 5-0 in their quarter-final, and then to steamroll Ryan Searle 6-1 in the semi-final, Saturday’s one-sided final completed a dominant tournament for the teenager.
World Darts Championship prize money
In addition to lifting the iconic Sid Waddell Trophy and reigning supreme as the best darts player on the planet, there was also enormous financial incentives on offer for the winner of Saturday’s final.
The PDC increased prize money across the professional darts circuit by an unprecedented £7million in 2026, with in excess of £25m up for grabs in total in their tournaments.
That includes a greatly enhanced £5m prize pot for the World Championship, which this year grew to a 128-player field, with the winner set to take home a cool £1m of that - up from £500,000, which had been the figure since 2019.
The runner-up prize money has also been doubled to £400,000, with Anderson and Searle having each made £200,000 by reaching the semi-finals.
As in 2025, main tournament sponsors Paddy Power are also paying £60,000 to any player who hits a nine-darter, as well as £60,000 to a random crowd member and to Prostate Cancer UK.
Winner: £1,000,000
Runner-Up: £400,000
Semi-Finalists: £200,000
Quarter-Finalists: £100,000
Last 16 losers: £60,000
Last 32 losers: £35,000
Last 64 losers: £25,000
Last 128 losers: £15,000
