Top darts tournaments in the world

Darts has become quite a popular sport in recent years. It has been around since the 1860s, but the sport has been gaining a lot of traction in recent years thanks to few rules and an easy-to-understand scoring system. A direct beneficiary of the growing popularity is the ease with which punters can bet on the various darts tournaments at major bookmakers like Ladbrokes.

For someone who has been involved in the sport for a while, the top tournaments are an easy pick to find some excellent markets and prices. For a beginner, though, the top Darts tournaments would be...

PDC World Championship

This is the most popular darts tournament by a huge margin. The prize money is extremely good at more than £2 million. Unsurprisingly, this also brings a great deal of pressure to the players, who are known to crumble under pressure when they get to the Alexandra Palace stage. The winning player alone gets £500,000 as a prize money.

Premier League Darts

The prize pool of the Premier League Darts may not be in the same league as the PDC World Championship. However, there is not a huge drop in the entertainment or drama that one can expect from the competition. The event manages to reserve the best of action on Thursday nights from February and it runs on until May. The winning player gets to enjoy a prize money of £250,000, which makes it one of the top tournaments. Michael van Gerwen is one of the more successful darts players and he has won this event on five occasions.

World Matchplay

This event is usually held in Blackpool and it comes a close third in terms of the total prize money. The format of the competition is all set to stay the same even if the World Matchplay has moved over to Milton Keynes from 2020. The winner of the event will get a

prize money of around £150,000. The overall prize pool stands at around £700,000 making it one of the important events in the calendar.

Grand Slam of Darts

The Grand Slam of Darts is an event which is scheduled in November. It also happens to be the final big tournament in the world of darts before everything gears up for the PDC World Championship. It is quite common to find a lot of betting tips regarding this event. Even though the winning prize for the event stands at a respectable £125,000 for the winning player, this competition invariably features some of the top players.

Players Championship Finals

This is a competition which has become celebrated amongst the top darts events. Since the field size increased to 64 players in 2016, there has been a sizeable increment in the interest surrounding the competition, which now has a prize pool of £500,000. One of the most successful players in this tournament is Van Gerwen, who is widely considered to be one of the greatest.