LUKE HUMPHRIES has revealed that the World Darts Championship is set to have a staggering new prize pot.
Humphries, 30, won the world title in 2024 by beating Luke Littler in the final, before the teen sensation lifted the crown in 2025.
The winner of the Ally Pally showpiece currently pockets £500,000 in prize money.
However, that prize fund is set to double to £1million, according to Humphries.
Speaking to talkSPORT darts, Cool Hand was asked about Littler’s challenge to his No1 spot in the world rankings.
In response he declared he would rather be world champion than No1 because of the prize money on offer.
He said: “Not much really, I’m not fighting desperately to be world number one, I’d rather be world champion, which he is, so for him I’m sure he’d be more happy to be world champion than world number one.
“For me it doesn’t matter what happens in the next six, seven, eight months, it’s all about the World Championships, we all know that the world champion is going to get a million quid, so whoever wins that is going to be world number one.
“If I win that I’ll be world number one for a long time, if Luke wins that he’s going to be world number one for a long time.
“You can look at someone like Michael van Gerwen or Gerwyn Price winning it, they’ll be number one, so it really does not matter what happens over the next seven or eight months, it’s who wins the worlds that will carry that number one spot.
“The gap between the other majors is so massive that it all depends on who wins the worlds now so whoever wins that championship I can guarantee that they will probably be number one.”
Boxing promoter and PDC chairman Eddie Hearn has previously expressed his desire to increase the prize pool to £1m.
[bc_video account_id=”5067014667001″ application_id=”” aspect_ratio=”16:9″ autoplay=”” caption=”Luke Humphries hits incredible NINE-DARTER and bags £30k solid prize but celebrations ruined by Sky Sports interruptions” embed=”in-page” experience_id=”” height=”100%” language_detection=”” max_height=”360px” max_width=”640px” min_width=”0px” mute=”” padding_top=”56%” picture_in_picture=”” player_id=”default” playlist_id=”” playsinline=”” sizing=”responsive” video_id=”6369695350112″ video_ids=”” width=”640px”]Following the first PDC World Darts Championship in 1994, the prize fund steadily increased before the total prize pool hit £1m.
Since 2019 the prize pot has stood at £2.5m with the champion earning half a million pounds.
This is the longest time in World Darts Championship history that the prize money has not changed.