World Professional Darts Championship

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The World Professional Darts Championship is the most important tournament in the darts calendar. Originally held as an annual event between 1978 and 1993, players then broke off into two separate organisations after a controversial split in the game. Each organisation, the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) now organise their own World Championship in January. As a result there is no longer a unified World Champion in the game.

The BDO have organised their version dating back to 1978, when it was held at the Heart of the Midlands nightclub, Nottingham. The following year it moved to the Jollees Cabaret Club, Stoke, where it stayed until 1985. Since then it has been held at the Lakeside Country Club at Frimley Green, Surrey.

The PDC version started in 1994 after "the split", with a field of players containing all active previous World Champions from the BDO. It was originally staged at Purfleet's Circus Tavern, Essex before moving to Alexandra Palace for the 2008 World Championship.

[edit] Winners

1978, Leighton Rees

1979, John Lowe

1980, Eric Bristow

1981, Eric Bristow

1982, Jocky Wilson

1983, Keith Deller

1984, Eric Bristow

1985, Eric Bristow

1986, Eric Bristow

1987, John Lowe

1988, Bob Anderson

1989, Jocky Wilson

1990, Phil Taylor

1991, Dennis Priestley

1992, Phil Taylor

1993, John Lowe

British Darts Organisation current sponsors Lakeside see main article BDO World Championship 1994, John Part 1995, Richie Burnett 1996, Steve Beaton 1997, Les Wallace 1998, Raymond van Barneveld 1999, Raymond van Barneveld 2000, Ted Hankey 2001, John Walton 2002, Tony David 2003, Raymond van Barneveld 2004, Andy Fordham 2005, Raymond van Barneveld 2006, Jelle Klaasen 2007, Martin Adams 2008, Mark Webster

Professional Darts Corporation current sponsors Ladbrokes see main article PDC World Championship 1994, Dennis Priestley 1995, Phil Taylor 1996, Phil Taylor 1997, Phil Taylor 1998, Phil Taylor 1999, Phil Taylor 2000, Phil Taylor 2001, Phil Taylor 2002, Phil Taylor 2003, John Part 2004, Phil Taylor 2005, Phil Taylor 2006, Phil Taylor 2007, Raymond van Barneveld 2008, John Part

[edit] Total World Darts Championship wins

The following sortable table lists all winners of both versions of the World Championship (1978-2008).

Player	Total	Unified	BDO	PDC
Phil Taylor	13	2	-	11
Eric Bristow	5	5	-	-
Raymond van Barneveld	5	-	4	1
John Lowe	3	3	-	-
John Part	3	-	1	2
Jocky Wilson	2	2	-	-
Dennis Priestley	2	1	-	1
Leighton Rees	1	1	-	-
Keith Deller	1	1	-	-
Bob Anderson	1	1	-	-
Richie Burnett	1	-	1	-
Steve Beaton	1	-	1	-
Les Wallace	1	-	1	-
Ted Hankey	1	-	1	-
John Walton	1	-	1	-
Tony David	1	-	1	-
Andy Fordham	1	-	1	-
Jelle Klaasen	1	-	1	-
Martin Adams	1	-	1	-
Mark Webster	1	-	1	-

World Darts Championship
World Professional Darts Championship
1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993
BDO World Championship
1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008
PDC World Championship
1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008
Winners and statistics
List of winners from 1978 to present