Darts star leaks payslip showing how PDC players are paid for tournaments

A darts star shared his payslip online to show how PDC players are paid for tournaments.

Depending on how they perform, darts players can earn huge amounts of money from their exploits on the oche.

According to the PDC order of merit, which is based on prize money won over a two-year period, Luke Humphries is valued at £1,804,250, with reigning champion Luke Littler just behind with recent earnings of £1,118,500.

Littler collected a whopping £500,000 for beating Michael van Gerwen at Alexandra Palace earlier this month to become the youngest darts world champion in history.

He will of course be taxed a considerable amount on the fee but how exactly does the payment situation work in regards to major darts events?

On TikTok, darts star Matthew Edgar posted a video explaining just how the top darts stars are paid.

He started off by revealing that events on the amateur and WDF circuit typically involve being paid in cash.

But for the major events ran by the PDC, players typically receive their pay packet via bank transfers around two weeks after the event is finished.

It means if a player is eliminated early, they could be waiting a little long, Edgar, who has appeared three times in the world championship, shared an image of a remittance notice he got for a 2011 tournament - where he ended up taking home £2,695 after being deducted £55 in line with the policy for UK players who lose two per cent of prize money.

For the world championship, there are often other deductions like DRA membership.

Matthew Edgar shared his payslip. Image: TikTok/@matthewedgar170

"When you're dealing more with the PDC, whether it's a development tour, challenge tour, pro tour, world championship - whatever it is - it comes to you via bank transfer," Edgar explained.

"All players are self-employed contractors but we do not submit invoices. The PDC will send you a remittance notice, which will have the round of which you got, plus your deductions.

"This will normally come within about two weeks of the completion of the event."

Edgar regularly answers questions about how darts players are paid on his channel and revealed he made around £5,200 when he made the first round - with travel, hotel, additional costs and tax factored in.