World Professional Darts Championship

The World Professional Darts Championship is one of the most important tournaments 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. Phil Taylor has won 16 world titles, 2 in the BDO and 14 in the PDC version, and is widely considered the greatest darts player ever to have lived.

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 Leisure Complex 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.

Men's winners

Englishman Phil Taylor has won a record 16 World Championships.

Year	Winner	Score	Runner Up
1978	Leighton Rees	11–7 (legs)	John Lowe
1979	John Lowe	5–0	Leighton Rees
1980	Eric Bristow	5–3	Bobby George
1981	Eric Bristow	5–3	John Lowe
1982	Jocky Wilson	5–3	John Lowe
1983	Keith Deller	6–5	Eric Bristow
1984	Eric Bristow	7–1	Dave Whitcombe
1985	Eric Bristow	6–2	John Lowe
1986	Eric Bristow	6–0	Dave Whitcombe
1987	John Lowe	6–4	Eric Bristow
1988	Bob Anderson	6–4	John Lowe
1989	Jocky Wilson	6–4	Eric Bristow
1990	Phil Taylor	6–1	Eric Bristow
1991	Dennis Priestley	6–0	Eric Bristow
1992	Phil Taylor	6–5	Mike Gregory
1993	John Lowe	6–3	Alan Warriner

British Darts Organisation (current sponsors: Lakeside)
Main article: BDO World Championship

Year	Winner	Score	Runner Up
1994	John Part	6–0	Bobby George
1995	Richie Burnett	6–3	Raymond van Barneveld
1996	Steve Beaton	6–3	Richie Burnett
1997	Les Wallace	6–3	Marshall James
1998	Raymond van Barneveld	6–5	Richie Burnett
1999	Raymond van Barneveld	6–5	Ronnie Baxter
2000	Ted Hankey	6–0	Ronnie Baxter
2001	John Walton	6–2	Ted Hankey
2002	Tony David	6–4	Mervyn King
2003	Raymond van Barneveld	6–3	Ritchie Davies
2004	Andy Fordham	6–3	Mervyn King
2005	Raymond van Barneveld	6–2	Martin Adams
2006	Jelle Klaasen	7–5	Raymond van Barneveld
2007	Martin Adams	7–6	Phill Nixon
2008	Mark Webster	7–5	Simon Whitlock
2009	Ted Hankey	7–6	Tony O'Shea
2010	Martin Adams	7–5	Dave Chisnall
2011	Martin Adams	7–5	Dean Winstanley
2012	Christian Kist	7–5	Tony O'Shea
2013	Scott Waites	7–1	Tony O'Shea

Professional Darts Corporation (current sponsors: Ladbrokes)
Main article: PDC World Championship

Year	Winner	Score	Runner Up
1994	Dennis Priestley	6–1	Phil Taylor
1995	Phil Taylor	6–2	Rod Harrington
1996	Phil Taylor	6–4	Dennis Priestley
1997	Phil Taylor	6–3	Dennis Priestley
1998	Phil Taylor	6–0	Dennis Priestley
1999	Phil Taylor	6–2	Peter Manley
2000	Phil Taylor	7–3	Dennis Priestley
2001	Phil Taylor	7–0	John Part
2002	Phil Taylor	7–0	Peter Manley
2003	John Part	7–6	Phil Taylor
2004	Phil Taylor	7–6	Kevin Painter
2005	Phil Taylor	7–4	Mark Dudbridge
2006	Phil Taylor	7–0	Peter Manley
2007	Raymond van Barneveld	7–6	Phil Taylor
2008	John Part	7–2	Kirk Shepherd
2009	Phil Taylor	7–1	Raymond van Barneveld
2010	Phil Taylor	7–3	Simon Whitlock
2011	Adrian Lewis	7–5	Gary Anderson
2012	Adrian Lewis	7–3	Andy Hamilton
2013	Phil Taylor	7–4	Michael van Gerwen

Total World Darts Championship wins

The following sortable table lists all winners of both versions of the World Championship (correct as of 1 January 2013).

Player	Total	BDO	PDC
Phil Taylor	16	2	14
Eric Bristow	5	5	-
Raymond van Barneveld	5	4	1
Martin Adams	3	3	-
John Lowe	3	3	-
John Part	3	1	2
Jocky Wilson	2	2	-
Dennis Priestley	2	1	1
Ted Hankey	2	2	-
Adrian Lewis	2	-	2
Mark Webster	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	-
John Walton	1	1	-
Tony David	1	1	-
Andy Fordham	1	1	-
Jelle Klaasen	1	1	-
Christian Kist	1	1	-
Scott Waites	1	1	-

Women's winners

British Darts Organisation (current sponsors: Lakeside)
Main article: BDO World Championship

Year	Winner	Score	Runner Up
2001	Trina Gulliver	2–1	Mandy Solomons
2002	Trina Gulliver	2–1	Francis Hoenselaar
2003	Trina Gulliver	2–0	Anne Kirk
2004	Trina Gulliver	2–0	Francis Hoenselaar
2005	Trina Gulliver	2–0	Francis Hoenselaar
2006	Trina Gulliver	2–0	Francis Hoenselaar
2007	Trina Gulliver	2–1	Francis Hoenselaar
2008	Anastasia Dobromyslova	2–0	Trina Gulliver
2009	Francis Hoenselaar	2–1	Trina Gulliver
2010	Trina Gulliver	2–0	Rhian Edwards
2011	Trina Gulliver	2–0	Rhian Edwards
2012	Anastasia Dobromyslova	2–1	Deta Hedman
2013	Anastasia Dobromyslova	2–1	Lisa Ashton

Professional Darts Corporation (current sponsors: Unicorn)
Main article: PDC Women's World Championship

Year	Winner	Score	Runner Up
2010	Stacy Bromberg	6–5 (legs)	Tricia Wright