World Darts Championship 2025: Scores, schedule and results

The PDC Paddy Power World Darts Championship 2024/25 is underway as Alexandra Palace delivers its usual thrills over the festive period.

Luke Humphries is back and ready to defend his title after triumphing over teenage sensation Luke Littler in the final in January – with a potential rematch set for the semi-finals.

As the Littler effect sweeps across the sport, ‘The Nuke’ enters this year’s championship as favourite, with ‘Cool Hand Luke’ and former world champion Michael van Gerwen among the main contenders.

Gary Anderson, Michael Smith and Mike De Decker suffered shock early exits among the 96 players competing for the iconic Sid Waddell Trophy and a £2.5m prize pot.

Here’s everything you need to know about this year’s championship:

World Darts Championship full schedule

Monday December 23

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Krzysztof Ratajski 3-1 Alexis Toylo (R2)

Andrew Gilding 3-1 Martin Lukeman (R2)

Josh Rock v Rhys Griffin (R2)

Jonny Clayton v Mickey Mansell (R2)

Evening Session (7pm)

Gian van Veen v Ricardo Pietreczko (R2)

Daryl Gurney v Florian Hempel (R2)

Dave Chisnall v Ricky Evans (R2)

Rob Cross v Scott Williams (R2)

Friday December 27

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

3x Third Round

Evening Session (7pm)

3x Third Round

Saturday December 28

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

3x Third Round

Evening Session (7pm)

3x Third Round

Sunday December 29

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

3x Third Round

Evening Session (7pm)

1x Third Round, 2x Fourth Round

Monday December 30

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

3x Fourth Round

Evening Session (7pm)

3x Fourth Round

Wednesday January 1

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

2x Quarter-Finals

Evening Session (7pm)

2x Quarter-Finals

Thursday January 2 (7.30pm)

Semi-Finals

Friday January 3 (8pm)

Final

Results so far

Sunday December 15 (7pm)

Thibault Tricole 3-1 Joe Comito (R1)

Jermaine Wattimena 3-0 Stefan Bellmont (R1)

Kim Huybrechts 1-3 Keane Barry (R1)

Luke Humphries 3-0 Thibault Tricole (R2)

Monday December 16

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Wesley Plaisier 3-2 Ryusei Azemoto (R1)

Luke Woodhouse 3-0 Lourence Ilagan (R1)

Alan Soutar 1-3 Kai Gotthardt (R1)

James Wade 0-3 Jermaine Wattimena (R2)

Evening Session (7pm)

Niels Zonneveld 3-1 Robert Owen (R1)

Connor Scutt 3-0 Ben Robb (R1)

Cameron Menzies 1-3 Leonard Gates (R1)

Gerwyn Price 3-0 Keane Barry (R2)

Tuesday December 17

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

James Hurrell 3-0 Jim Long (R1)

Kevin Doets 3-1 Noa-Lynn van Leuven (R1)

Ryan Joyce 3-1 Darius Labanauskas (R1)

Mike De Decker 1-3 Luke Woodhouse (R2)

Evening Session (7pm)

Jeffrey de Graaf 3-1 Rashad Sweeting (R1)

Ricardo Pietreczko 3-0 Xiaochen Zong (R1)

Ryan Meikle 3-2 Fallon Sherrock (R1)

Peter Wright 3-1 Wesley Plaisier (R2)

Wednesday December 18 (7pm)

Evening Session (7pm)

Jim Williams 3-2 Paolo Nebrida (R1)

Madars Razma 3-1 Christian Kist (R1)

Ricky Evans 3-2 Gordon Mathers (R1)

Nathan Aspinall 3-1 Leonard Gates (R2)

Thursday December 19

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Chris Landman 1-3 Lok Yin Lee (R1)

Callan Rydz 3-0 Romeo Grbavac (R1)

Martin Lukeman 3-1 Nitin Kumar (R1)

Gabriel Clemens 1-3 Robert Owen (R2)

Evening Session (7pm)

Nick Kenny 3-0 Stowe Buntz (R1)

Mensur Suljovic 2-3 Matt Campbell (R1)

Scott Williams 3-1 Niko Springer (R1)

Michael Smith 2-3 Kevin Doets (R2)

Friday December 20

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Stephen Burton 0-3 Alexander Merkx (R1)

Wessel Nijman 3-2 Cameron Carolissen (R1)

Ian White bt Sandro Eric Sosing due to late withdrawal (R1)

Stephen Bunting 3-1 Kai Gotthardt (R2)

Evening Session (7pm)

Mickey Mansell 3-1 Tomoya Goto (R1)

Florian Hempel 3-1 Jeffrey De Zwaan (R1)

William O’Connor 1-3 Dylan Slevin (R1)

Michael van Gerwen 3-0 James Hurrell (R2)

Saturday December 21

Afternoon Session

Karel Sedlacek 0-3 Rhys Griffin (R1)

Richard Veenstra 0-3 Alexis Toylo (R1)

Brendan Dolan 3-0 Lok Yin Lee (R2)

Chris Dobey 3-1 Alexander Merkx (R2)

Evening Session (7pm)

Danny Noppert 1-3 Ryan Joyce (R2)

Raymond van Barneveld 1-3 Nick Kenny (R2)

Luke Littler 3-1 Ryan Meikle (R2)

Damon Heta 3-1 Connor Scutt (R2)

Sunday December 22

Afternoon Session (12.30pm)

Ryan Searle 3-0 Matt Campbell (R2)

Dirk van Duijvenbode 1-3 Madars Razma (R2)

Joe Cullen 3-0 Wessel Nijman (R2)

Ritchie Edhouse 1-3 Ian White (R2)

Evening Session (7pm)

Martin Schindler 0-3 Callan Rydz (R2)

Ross Smith 0-3 Paolo Nebrida (R2)

Gary Anderson 0-3 Jeffrey de Graaf (R2)

Dimitri Van den Bergh 3-0 Dylan Slevin (R2)

How to watch?

You can watch the PDC Paddy Power World Darts Championship 2024/25 on Sky Sports’ dedicated darts channel from 15 December, with a live stream on Sky Go and Now TV.

World Darts Championship Format

Final: Best of 13 sets

Semi-Final: Best of 11 sets

Quarter-Final: Best of nine sets

Fourth Round: Best of seven sets

Third Round: Best of seven sets

Second Round: Best of five sets

First Round: Best of five sets

Pre-tournament odds

Luke Littler 7/4

Luke Humphries 11/4

Gary Anderson 10/1

Michael van Gerwen 10/1

Mike De Decker 18/1

Gian van Veen 28/1

Michael Smith 28/1

Rob Cross 28/1

World Darts Championship prize money

Winner: £500,000

Runner-Up: £200,000

Semi-Final: £100,000

Quarter-Final: £50,000

Fourth Round: £35,000

Third Round: £25,000

Second Round: £15,000

First Round: £7,500

Total: £2,500,000

Who are the top seeds?

Luke Humphries (1), Michael Smith (2), Michael van Gerwen (3), Luke Littler (4), Rob Cross (5), Dave Chisnall (6), Jonny Clayton (7), Stephen Bunting (8), Damon Heta (9), Gerwyn Price (10), Dimitri Van den Bergh (11), Nathan Aspinall (12), Danny Noppert (13), Gary Anderson (14), Chris Dobey (15), James Wade (16), Peter Wright (17), Josh Rock (18), Ross Smith (19), Ryan Searle (20), Andrew Gilding (21), Martin Schindler (22), Joe Cullen (23), Mike De Decker (24), Dirk van Duijvenbode 25), Daryl Gurney (26), Gabriel Clemens (27), Gian van Veen (28), Ritchie Edhouse (29), Brendan Dolan (30), Krzysztof Ratajski (31), Raymond van Barneveld (32).