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Masters (darts)

This article is about the tournament organized by the PDC, called the World Masters from 2025. For the tournament organized by the BDO and the WDF, see World Masters (darts).

The Masters (also known as the Winmau World Masters for sponsorship purposes) is a PDC darts tournament which features the top 24 darts players according to the PDC Order of Merit.

The Masters
Tournament information
VenueMarshall Arena
LocationMilton Keynes
CountryScotland (2013–2014)
England (since 2015)
Established2013
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs (2013–2024),
Sets (2025–)
Prize fund£400,000 (2025)
Month(s) PlayedNovember (2013–14)
January/February (2015–present)
Current champion(s)
 Stephen Bunting

History

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The inaugural tournament, held in 2013, was won by Phil Taylor, who defeated Adrian Lewis 10–1 in the final.[1] James Wade won the following year by defeating Mervyn King 11–10 in the 2014 final.[2] Michael van Gerwen became the third different champion in 3 years when he defeated Raymond van Barneveld 11–6.[3]

In 2013 and 2014, the tournament took place in the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland and was played in early November. However, the tournament was moved to early February in 2015 and had a new venue at the Arena MK (renamed Marshall Arena in 2019) in Milton Keynes, England. The tournament has been held in late January/early February ever since.

Format

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From 2013 to 2020, the tournament featured the top 16 of the Order of Merit, in a fixed draw (1 plays 16, 2 plays 15 and so on). The first round and the quarter-finals are played over best of 19 legs, the semi-finals and the final are played over best of 21 legs.[4]

For the 2021 tournament, the participants increased from the Top 16 to the Top 24, with the Top 8 automatically going to the second round and the players seeded 9 to 24 playing in the best of 11 legs first round.

Masters finals

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Year Champion (average in final) Score Runner-up (average in final) Prize money Sponsor Venue
Total Champion Runner-up
2013   Phil Taylor (108.50) 10–1   Adrian Lewis (100.03) £160,000 £50,000 £20,000 Coral   Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh
2014   James Wade (91.39) 11–10   Mervyn King (92.15) Unibet
2015   Michael van Gerwen (112.49) 11–6   Raymond van Barneveld (96.13) £200,000 £60,000 £25,000   Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes
(known as Arena MK until 2018)
2016   Michael van Gerwen (98.94) 11–6   Dave Chisnall (96.71)
2017   Michael van Gerwen (109.42) 11–7   Gary Anderson (103.58)
2018   Michael van Gerwen (105.85) 11–9   Raymond van Barneveld (100.55)
2019   Michael van Gerwen (99.82) 11–5   James Wade (87.44) BetVictor
2020   Peter Wright (95.01) 11–10   Michael Smith (89.71) Ladbrokes
2021   Jonny Clayton (104.10) 11–8   Mervyn King (94.95) £220,000
2022   Joe Cullen (96.89) 11–9   Dave Chisnall (90.23)
2023   Chris Dobey (94.05) 11–7   Rob Cross (90.20) £275,000 £65,000 £30,000 Cazoo
2024   Stephen Bunting (102.50) 11–7   Michael van Gerwen (98.27)

Records and statistics

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As of 2023, Michael van Gerwen, James Wade, Peter Wright and Dave Chisnall are the only players to appear in all 11 editions of the Masters.

As of 29 January 2023.

Total finalist appearances

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Rank Player Nationality Won Runner-up Finals Appearances
1 Michael van Gerwen   Netherlands 5 1 6 11
2 James Wade   England 1 1 2 11
3 Stephen Bunting   England 1 0 1 6
Jonny Clayton   Wales 1 0 1 5
Joe Cullen   England 1 0 1 5
Chris Dobey   England 1 0 1 2
Phil Taylor   England 1 0 1 5
Peter Wright   Scotland 1 0 1 11
9 Dave Chisnall   England 0 2 2 11
Mervyn King   England 0 2 2 5
Raymond van Barneveld   Netherlands 0 2 2 6
12 Gary Anderson   Scotland 0 1 1 9
Rob Cross   England 0 1 1 6
Adrian Lewis   England 0 1 1 8
Michael Smith   England 0 1 1 8
  • Active players are shown in bold
  • Only players who reached the final are included
  • In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by family name

Champions by country

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Country Players Total First title Last title
  Netherlands 1 5 2015 2019
  England 5 5 2013 2024
  Scotland 1 1 2020 2020
  Wales 1 1 2021 2021

High averages

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Masters highest one-match averages
Average Player Year ( round) Opponent Result
112.49   Michael van Gerwen 2015, final   Raymond van Barneveld 11–6
112.32   Rob Cross 2023, second round   Gary Anderson 10–6
112.20   Michael van Gerwen 2016, first round   Stephen Bunting 10–1
111.17   Gary Anderson 2023, second round   Rob Cross 6–10
111.14   Michael van Gerwen 2018, quarter-final   James Wade 10–2
110.28   Michael van Gerwen 2015, quarter-final   Dave Chisnall 10–9
110.05   Phil Taylor 2014, first round   Wes Newton 10–4
109.74   Gary Anderson 2017, first round   Benito van de Pas 10–3
109.42   Michael van Gerwen 2017, final   Gary Anderson 11–7
109.28   Phil Taylor 2013, quarter-final   Wes Newton 8–2
Masters highest one-match losing averages
Average Player Year ( round) Opponent Result
111.17   Gary Anderson 2023, second round   Rob Cross 6–10
108.09   Dave Chisnall 2015, quarter-final   Michael van Gerwen 9–10
106.95   Adrian Lewis 2014, quarter-final   James Wade 6–10
106.48   Dave Chisnall 2018, first round   Raymond van Barneveld 9–10
106.43   Kim Huybrechts 2013, first round   Adrian Lewis 5–6
Different players with a 100 match average (Updated 04/02/24)
Player Total Highest Av. Year ( round)
  Michael van Gerwen 20 112.49 2015, final
  Phil Taylor 10 110.05 2014, first round
  Gary Anderson 8 111.17 2023, second round
  Peter Wright 7 104.72 2021, quarter-finals
  Dave Chisnall 6 109.26 2024, first round
  Jonny Clayton 6 105.41 2021, quarter-finals
  Raymond van Barneveld 6 103.51 2018, quarter-finals
  Adrian Lewis 5 107.93 2013, quarter-finals
  Michael Smith 5 105.49 2022, second round
  Mensur Suljović 4 106.12 2019, first round
  Joe Cullen 3 106.30 2022, second round
  James Wade 3 105.56 2014, semi-finals
  Stephen Bunting 3 102.50 2024, final
  Mervyn King 3 101.97 2021, first round
  Rob Cross 2 112.32 2023, second round
  Simon Whitlock 2 105.90 2021, second round
  Gerwyn Price 2 105.60 2021, quarter-finals
  Damon Heta 2 102.96 2024, second round
  Kim Huybrechts 1 106.43 2013, first round
  Dimitri Van den Bergh 1 105.31 2022, first round
  Martin Schindler 1 103.85 2024, first round
  Ian White 1 101.78 2022, first round
  José de Sousa 1 101.29 2021, first round
  Justin Pipe 1 100.40 2014, first round
  Vincent van der Voort 1 100.14 2016, first round

Media coverage

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The Masters is broadcast by ITV4 in the United Kingdom and Viaplay in the Netherlands.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "2013 PDC The Masters". Mastercaller.nl. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  2. ^ "2014 PDC The Masters". Mastercaller.nl. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  3. ^ "2015 PDC The Masters". Mastercaller.nl. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Toernooicenter The Unibet Masters 2016". RTL 7 Darts.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference viaplay.com was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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