Michael van Gerwen odds-on for 3rd World Title with title sponsors William Hill

Michael van Gerwen is unsurprisingly the odds-on favourite to claim a 3rd World title, the World Number 1 has had a stunning end to the year after having some indifferent form in stages and as a result looks set to potentially claim yet another World title.
Gary Anderson is 2nd favourite mainly in part due to his two titles previously on the Alexandra Palace stage and Peter Wright who is a doubt for the tournament after suspected gallstones is 3rd favourite if he can get past the 'Brazilliant' Diogo Portela in the first round.
Phil Taylor is the 4th favourite and might be a good bet in his final World campaign and the same can be said for Raymond van Barneveld who is at 50/1 with Mensur Suljovic and Adrian Lewis and always turns it on with memorable wins over the likes of Michael van Gerwen and the highest losing average against 'Mighty Mike' last year.
Rob Cross and Daryl Gurney also figure at 5th and 6th respectively with both men having stellar years but especially Cross is untested on the Alexandra Palace stage and could falter on his debut while Gurney has experience which could count for something and give him a run which will confirm his outright Premier League debut next year.
William Hill World Darts Championship (Sponsors odds)
4/5 Michael van Gerwen
6/1 Gary Anderson
8/1 Peter Wright
10/1 Phil Taylor
14/1 Rob Cross
40/1 Daryl Gurney
50/1 Mensur Suljovic, Adrian Lewis, Raymond van Barneveld
125/1 Dave Chisnall, Michael Smith, Simon Whitlock
150/1 James Wade, Jelle Klaasen, Kim Huybrechts, Kyle Anderson
200/1 Alan Norris, Benito van de Pas, Darren Webster, Dimitri Van den Bergh, Gerwyn Price, Ian White, Joe Cullen
250/1 Cristo Reyes, Jonny Clayton, Krzysztof Ratajski, Mervyn King, Robert Thornton, Stephen Bunting
300/1 Steve West, Ted Evetts, Vincent van der Voort
500/1 Brendan Dolan, Chris Dobey, James Wilson, Jamie Lewis Jan Dekker, Jeff Smith, Jermaine Wattimena, John Henderson, Justin Pipe, Keegan Brown, Kevin Painter, Mark Webster, Ronny Huybrechts, Steve Beaton, Steve Lennon
1000/1 Toni Alcinas, Devon Petersen, James Richardson, Martin Schindler, Peter Jacques, Richard North, William O'Connor, Zoran Lerchbacher
2000/1 Aleksandr Oreshkin, Cody Harris, Gordon Mathers, Kenny Neyens, Kevin Munch, Kim Viljanen, Luke Humphries, Marko Kantele, Paul Lim, Seigo Asada, Willard Bruguier
2500/1 Bernie Smith, Christian Kist, Diogo Portela, Kai Fan Leung
5000/1 Alan Ljubic, Xiao Chen Zong
EW 1/2 Odds Place 1,2