The Grand Slam of Darts is one of the final PDC major tournaments of the darting calendar each year, before the World Darts Championship begins in December.
On Sunday evening, Luke Littler retained his Grand Slam title beating Luke Humphries 16-11 in the final and overtaking him as world number one in the rankings.
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The 18-year-old is now the youngest ever world champion and youngest ever world number one in darts as he claimed his 5th PDC major ranking title of the year.
He was already guaranteed to become world number one after making the final but securing the title means he’s now built up a sizable buffer in prize money between himself and former world number one Luke Humphries.
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This is because the Grand Slam has one of the highest prize funds of the year at £650,000 with a significant portion of that going to the winner.
The group stage format also means that an early exit is less rewarding and a number of big names finished the tournament with lower earnings than they’d have expected…
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Luke Littler Secures Maximum Earnings at 2025 Grand Slam of Darts
After topping Group E and winning the tournament for the second consecutive year (meaning he’s yet to lose a game at the Grand Slam of Darts as a pro player), Luke Littler earned a bumper £153,500 in prize money.
Not only did this put him comfortably as world number one in the rankings but he now has a £161,500 lead over Luke Humphries. A figure greater than what was even earned by the winner of this tournament!
Luke Humphries was defending his 2023 Grand Slam winning prize money and while making it to the final wasn’t enough to keep his top place in the rankings, finishing top of Group A and coming runner-up was enough to earn him £73,500.
While the gap may grow between himself and Littler, Cool Hand is doing more than enough to ensure the gap between himself and EVERYONE else is sizable.
He’s still earned more than double any other player in the two-year rankings…
Gerwyn Price is a serial winner of this tournament (three times) and after disastrously failing to qualify last year, he returned in 2025 to make the semi-finals.
His run to top the group and make the semis earned him £53,500 and moved him back into the top 10 in the Order of Merit.
Danny Noppert is also a player who has been flying under the radar for many but he made it to his 5th PDC major semi-final of 2025.
Remarkable consistency and another £50,000 in prize money has put him 7th in the rankings and touching distance of the top 4!
Michael van Gerwen will be disappointed with his run. Despite topping Group G as the tournament 3rd seed, he crashed out in the second round to fellow Dutchman Noppert.
While £15,000 is a decent payday, the gap between himself and the two Luke’s keeps widening so this likely won’t be a satisfactory result for MVG…
Players Who Exceeded Expectation and Also Those Who Crashed Out…
The Grand Slam of Darts is a tournament with fewer participants (32) but it also allows some of the lower ranked players to qualify.
The group stage format also gives these players further opportunity to build some momentum and progress to later rounds.
*Typically lower ranked players are drawn against top seeds in early rounds of most tournaments so the group stage format gives these players a few more attempts to progress rather than a single loss against a top ranked player and they’re eliminated.
This proved to be true again this year as Jurjen van der Velde (ranked 148th before the tournament) and Lukas Wenig (ranked 71st before the tournament) each progressed out of the group stages.
Jurjen would be beaten by Luke Humphries in the second round earning £12,500 and moving a massive 31 places up the Order of Merit rankings.
Wenig would not only finish top of Group H but also progressed to the quarter-finals, scooping a significant £28,500 in prize money and moving up to 63rd in the OoM.
Ricky Evans would also make the quarter-finals earning £25,000 and moved up to 40th as he looks to push for a top 32 place.
Players that finished bottom of the group would earn £5,000 and some of the highest ranked players in darts found themselves in this unfortunate position.
Stephen Bunting went into the tournament as the 4th seed and was expected to finish top of his group which contained Luke Woodhouse, Martin Schindler and Alexis Toylo but The Bullet finished the group stage winless and was bottom of his group.
Jonny Clayton was the 6th seed and while he did manage to get a win, he also finished bottom of Group H.
Gary Anderson for the first time in his career failed to make it out of the group stage and would also finish bottom of his group.
This is a tournament the Scotsman has publicly said he wants to win so an early exit and £5k earned was an underwhelming run for him.
See the full list of earnings for all 32 players at the 2025 Grand Slam of Darts below:
| Player | Prize Money |
| Luke Littler | £153,500 |
| Luke Humphries | £73,500 |
| Gerwyn Price | £53,500 |
| Danny Noppert | £50,000 |
| Josh Rock | £28,500 |
| Lukas Wenig | £28,500 |
| Michael Smith | £25,000 |
| Ricky Evans | £25,000 |
| Chris Dobey | £15,000 |
| Michael van Gerwen | £15,000 |
| Luke Woodhouse | £15,000 |
| Jurjen van der Velde | £12,500 |
| Martin Schindler | £12,500 |
| Conor Scutt | £12,500 |
| Wessel Nijman | £12,500 |
| Niko Springer | £12,500 |
| Nathan Aspinall | £8,000 |
| Damon Heta | £8,000 |
| Alexis Toylo | £8,000 |
| James Wade | £8,000 |
| Karel Sedlacek | £8,000 |
| Gian van Veen | £8,000 |
| Beau Greaves | £8,000 |
| Cam Crabtree | £8,000 |
| Alex Spellman | £5,000 |
| Martin Lukeman | £5,000 |
| Stephen Bunting | £5,000 |
| Stefan Bellmont | £5,000 |
| Daryl Gurney | £5,000 |
| Lisa Ashton | £5,000 |
| Gary Anderson | £5,000 |
| Jonny Clayton | £5,000 |
The Players Championship Finals begin this weekend as players have one final major tournament to make their mark and build some momentum before the battle for the 2026 World Championship begins – which will have a staggering £1 million going to the winner!
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