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12 December 2024
The 2025 PDC World Championship was won by English teenager Luke Littler, who became the youngest world darts champion in history.
The 17-year-old, who was the fourth seed at Alexandra Palace, defeated three-time world champion Michael van Gerwen 7-3 in the final on 3 January.
That triumph came 12 months after Littler lost in the final on debut to world number one Luke Humphries.
Defending champion Humphries was knocked out of the 2025 event by Peter Wright in the fourth round, leaving Littler and Dutchman Van Gerwen as the highest-ranked players left in the draw.
Here are all the details of the tournament’s results, prize money and a list of PDC world champions.
Match schedule and results
Final result
Luke Littler 7-3 Michael van Gerwen
Semi-final results
Chris Dobey 1-6 Michael van Gerwen
Stephen Bunting 1-6 Luke Littler
Quarter-final results
Chris Dobey 5-3 Gerwyn Price
Michael van Gerwen 5-3 Callan Rydz
Peter Wright 2-5 Stephen Bunting
Luke Littler 5-2 Nathan Aspinall
Fourth-round results
Luke Littler 4-3 Ryan Joyce
Michael van Gerwen 4-2 Jeffrey de Graaf
Stephen Bunting 4-0 Luke Woodhouse
Kevin Doets 3-4 Chris Dobey
Robert Owen 3-4 Callan Rydz
Ricardo Pietreczko 0-4 Nathan Aspinall
Jonny Clayton 2-4 Gerwyn Price
Luke Humphries 1-4 Peter Wright
Third-round results
Ricky Evans 2-4 Robert Owen
Jeffrey de Graaf 4-1 Paolo Nebrida
Kevin Doets 4-3 Krzysztof Ratajski
Dimitri van den Bergh 0-4 Callan Rydz
Ryan Joyce 4-3 Ryan Searle
Scott Williams 1-4 Ricardo Pietreczko
Nathan Aspinall 4-0 Andrew Gilding
Chris Dobey 4-2 Josh Rock
Michael van Gerwen 4-2 Brendan Dolan
Luke Littler 4-1 Ian White
Gerwyn Price 4-3 Joe Cullen
Jermaine Wattimena 2-4 Peter Wright
Luke Humphries 4-0 Nick Kenny
Damon Heta 3-4 Luke Woodhouse
Jonny Clayton 4-3 Daryl Gurney
Stephen Bunting 4-1 Madars Razma
Second-round results
Gian van Veen 1-3 Ricardo Pietreczko
Daryl Gurney 3-2 Florian Hempel
Dave Chisnall 2-3 Ricky Evans
Rob Cross 1-3 Scott Williams
Krzysztof Ratajski 3-1 Alexis Toylo
Andrew Gilding 3-1 Martin Lukeman
Josh Rock 3-0 Rhys Griffin
Jonny Clayton 3-2 Mickey Mansell
Martin Schindler 0-3 Callan Rydz
Ross Smith 0-3 Paolo Nebrida
Gary Anderson 0-3 Jeffrey de Graaf
Dimitri van den Bergh 3-0 Dylan Slevin
Ryan Searle 3-0 Matt Campbell
Dirk van Duijvenbode 1-3 Madars Razma
Joe Cullen 3-0 Wessel Nijman
Ritchie Edhouse 1-3 Ian White
Danny Noppert 1-3 Ryan Joyce
Raymond van Barneveld 1-3 Nick Kenny
Luke Littler 3-1 Ryan Meikle
Damon Heta 3-1 Connor Scutt
Brendan Dolan 3-0 Lok Yin Lee
Chris Dobey 3-1 Alexander Merkx
Michael van Gerwen 3-0 James Hurrell
Stephen Bunting 3-1 Kai Gotthardt
Michael Smith 2-3 Kevin Doets
Gabriel Clemens 1-3 Robert Owen
Nathan Aspinall 3-1 Leonard Gates
Peter Wright 3-1 Wesley Plaisier
Mike de Decker 1-3 Luke Woodhouse
Gerwyn Price 3-0 Keane Barry
James Wade 0-3 Jermaine Wattimena
Luke Humphries 3-0 Thibault Tricole
First-round results
Karel Sedlacek 0-3 Rhys Griffin
Richard Veenstra 0-3 Alexis Toylo
Mickey Mansell 3-1 Tomoya Goto
Florian Hempel 3-1 Jeffrey de Zwaan
William O’Connor 1-3 Dylan Slevin
Stephen Burton 0-3 Alexander Merkx
Wessel Nijman 3-2 Cameron Carolissen
Ian White w/o Sandro Eric Sosing (Sosing withdrew on medical grounds)
Nick Kenny 3-0 Stowe Buntz
Mensur Suljovic 2-3 Matt Campbell
Scott Williams 3-1 Niko Springer
Chris Landman 1-3 Lok Yin Lee
Callan Rydz 3-0 Romeo Grbavac
Martin Lukeman 3-1 Nitin Kumar
Jim Williams 2-3 Paolo Nebrida
Madars Razma 3-1 Christian Kist
Ricky Evans 3-2 Gordon Mathers
Jeffrey de Graaf 3-1 Rashad Sweeting
Ricardo Pietreczko 3-0 Xiaochen Zong
Ryan Meikle 3-2 Fallon Sherrock
James Hurrell 3-0 Jim Long
Kevin Doets 3-1 Noa-Lynn van Leuven
Ryan Joyce 3-1 Darius Labanauskas
Niels Zonneveld 1-3 Robert Owen
Connor Scutt 3-0 Ben Robb
Cameron Menzies 1-3 Leonard Gates
Wesley Plaisier 3-2 Ryusei Azemoto
Luke Woodhouse 3-0 Lourence Ilagan
Alan Soutar 1-3 Kai Gotthardt
Thibault Tricole 3-1 Joe Comito
Jermaine Wattimena 3-0 Stefan Bellmont
Kim Huybrechts 1-3 Keane Barry
Who threw a nine-darter?
Darts is one of the few sports that can measure perfection; snooker has the 147 maximum break, golf has the hole-in-one, darts has the nine-dart finish.
The fewest number of darts required to finish a standard leg of 501 points is nine.
There are several ways to complete a nine-dart finish, the most common being two visits of 180 followed by a 141 checkout.
Christian Kist hit the first nine-darter of the tournament on 18 December, with another coming from Damon Heta nine days later.
What was the prize money for the winner?
Winner: £500,000
Runner-up: £200,000
Semi-finalists: £100,000
Quarter-finalists: £50,000
Fourth-round losers: £35,000
Third-round losers: £25,000
Second-round losers: £15,000
First-round losers: £7,500
Total: £2,500,000
PDC World Championship winners
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1994 – Dennis Priestley
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1995 – Phil Taylor
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1996 – Phil Taylor
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1997 – Phil Taylor
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1998 – Phil Taylor
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1999 – Phil Taylor
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2000 – Phil Taylor
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2001 – Phil Taylor
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2002 – Phil Taylor
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2003 – John Part
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2004 – Phil Taylor
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2005 – Phil Taylor
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2006 – Phil Taylor
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2007 – Raymond van Barneveld
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2008 – John Part
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2009 – Phil Taylor
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2010 – Phil Taylor
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2011 – Adrian Lewis
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2012 – Adrian Lewis
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2013 – Phil Taylor
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2014 – Michael van Gerwen
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2015 – Gary Anderson
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2016 – Gary Anderson
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2017 – Michael van Gerwen
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2018 – Rob Cross
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2019 – Michael van Gerwen
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2020 – Peter Wright
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2021 – Gerwyn Price
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2022 – Peter Wright
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2023 – Michael Smith
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2024 – Luke Humphries
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2025 – Luke Littler
