Paddy Power PDC World Darts Championship 2025 schedule, draw, start date, TV details and betting odds

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The best darts players on the planet will descend on London's iconic Alexandra Palace later this year for the 2025 Paddy Power PDC World Darts Championship.

Luke Humphries is the defending champion, having seen off tournament debutant and teenage star Luke Littler 7-4 in a thrilling 2024 final, and those two figure prominently in the betting again. 

When is the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship? 

The 32nd edition of the PDC World Darts Championship will begin on Sunday, December 15, 2024 and conclude on Friday, January 3, 2025. 

The final takes place on a Friday for the first time since 2020 and the PDC has released the full tournament schedule, with the usual three-day break from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day and a night off for New Year's Eve.

Where can I watch the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship? 

The Ally Pally Christmas cracker will be broadcast live on Sky Sports in the UK. There is a live stream on Sky Go and Now TV and PDC's worldwide broadcast partners will show the tournament in other territories while PDCTV subscribers (excluding those based in the UK, Germany, Austria & Switzerland) can watch online.

When is the draw for the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship? 

The draw for the tournament was held at 4.30pm on Monday, November 25. Sky Sports Darts host Emma Paton and commentator Wayne Mardle conducted the draw.

PDC World Darts Championship draw - second round onwards

First quarter

Luke Humphries (1) vs Thibault Tricole or Joe Comito
Raymond van Barneveld (32) vs Nick Kenny or Stowe Buntz
James Wade (16) vs Jermaine Wattimena or Stefan Bellmont
Peter Wright (17) vs Wesley Plaisier or Ryusei Azemoto
Stephen Bunting (8) vs Alan Soutar or Kai Gotthardt
Dirk van Duijvenbode (25) vs Madars Razma or Christian Kist
Damon Heta (9) vs Connor Scutt or Ben Robb
Mike De Decker (24) vs Luke Woodhouse or Lourence Ilagan

Second quarter

Luke Littler (4) vs Ryan Meikle or Fallon Sherrock
Ritchie Edhouse (29) vs Ian White or Sandro Eric Sosing
Danny Noppert (13) vs Ryan Joyce or Darius Labanauskas
Ryan Searle (20) vs Mensur Suljovic or Matt Campbell
Rob Cross (5) vs Scott Williams or Niko Springer
Gian van Veen (28) vs Ricardo Pietreczko or Xiaochen Zong
Nathan Aspinall (12) vs Cameron Menzies or Leonard Gate
Andrew Gilding (21) vs Martin Lukeman or Nitin Kumar

Third quarter

Michael Smith (2) vs Kevin Doets or Noa-Lynn van Leuven
Krzysztof Ratajski (31) vs Richard Veenstra or Alexis Toylo
Chris Dobey (15) vs Stephen Burton or Alexander Merkx
Josh Rock (18) vs Karel Sedlacek or Rhys Griffin
Jonny Clayton (7) vs Mickey Mansell or Tomoya Goto
Daryl Gurney (26) vs Florian Hempel or Jeffrey De Zwaan
Gerwyn Price (10) vs Kim Huybrechts or Keane Barry
Joe Cullen (23) vs Wessel Nijman or Cameron Carolissen

Fourth quarter
Michael van Gerwen (3) vs James Hurrell or Jim Long
Brendan Dolan (30) vs Chris Landman or Lok Yin Lee
Gary Anderson (14) vs Jeffrey de Graaf vs Rashad Sweeting
Ross Smith (19) vs Jim Williams or Paolo Nebrida
Dave Chisnall (6) vs Ricky Evans or Gordon Mathers
Gabriel Clemens (27) vs Niels Zonneveld or Robert Owen
Dimitri van den Bergh (11) vs William O’Connor or Dylan Slevin
Martin Schindler (22) vs Callan Rydz or Romeo Grbavac

Number in brackets denotes seeding. Courtesy of the PDC

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2025 PDC World Darts Championship schedule

Sunday December 15 (7pm UK & Ireland time)
Thibault Tricole v Joe Comito (R1)
Jermaine Wattimena v Stefan Bellmont (R1)
Kim Huybrechts v Keane Barry (R1)
Luke Humphries v Tricole/Comito (R2)

Monday December 16
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Wesley Plaisier v Ryusei Azemoto (R1)
Luke Woodhouse v Lourence Ilagan (R1)
Alan Soutar v Kai Gotthardt (R1)
James Wade v Wattimena/Bellmont (R2)

Evening Session (7pm)
Niels Zonneveld v Robert Owen (R1)
Connor Scutt v Ben Robb (R1)
Cameron Menzies v Leonard Gates (R1)
Gerwyn Price v Huybrechts/Barry (R2)

Tuesday December 17
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
James Hurrell v Jim Long (R1)
Kevin Doets v Noa-Lynn van Leuven (R1)
Ryan Joyce v Darius Labanauskas (R1)
Mike De Decker v Woodhouse/Ilagan (R2)

Evening Session (7pm)
Jeffrey de Graaf v Rashad Sweeting (R1)
Ricardo Pietreczko v Xiaochen Zong (R1)
Ryan Meikle v Fallon Sherrock (R1)
Peter Wright v Plaisier/Azemoto (R2)

Wednesday December 18 (7pm)
Jim Williams v Paolo Nebrida (R1)
Madars Razma v Christian Kist (R1)
Ricky Evans v Gordon Mathers (R1)
Nathan Aspinall v Menzies/Gates (R2)

Thursday December 19
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Chris Landman v Lok Yin Lee (R1)
Callan Rydz v Romeo Grbavac (R1)
Martin Lukeman v Nitin Kumar (R1)
Gabriel Clemens v Zonneveld/Owen (R2)

Evening Session (7pm)
Nick Kenny v Stowe Buntz (R1)
Mensur Suljovic v Matt Campbell (R1)
Scott Williams v Niko Springer (R1)
Michael Smith v Doets/Van Leuven (R2)

Friday December 20
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Stephen Burton v Alexander Merkx (R1)
Wessel Nijman v Cameron Carolissen (R1)
Ian White v Sandro Eric Sosing (R1)
Stephen Bunting v Soutar/Gotthardt (R2)

Evening Session (7pm)
Mickey Mansell v Tomoya Goto (R1)
Florian Hempel v Jeffrey De Zwaan (R1)
William O'Connor v Dylan Slevin (R1)
Michael van Gerwen v Hurrell/Long (R2)

Saturday December 21
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Karel Sedlacek v Rhys Griffin (R1)
Richard Veenstra v Alexis Toylo (R1)
Brendan Dolan v Landman/Lee (R2)
Chris Dobey v Burton/Merkx (R2)

Evening Session (7pm)
Danny Noppert v Joyce/Labanauskas (R2)
Raymond van Barneveld v Kenny/Buntz (R2)
Luke Littler v Meikle/Sherrock (R2)
Damon Heta v Scutt/Robb (R2)

Sunday December 22
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Ryan Searle v Suljovic/Campbell (R2)
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Razma/Kist (R2)
Joe Cullen v Nijman/Carolissen (R2)
Ritchie Edhouse v White/Sosing (R2)

Evening Session (7pm)
Martin Schindler v Rydz/Grbavac (R2)
Ross Smith v J Williams/Nebrida (R2)
Gary Anderson v De Graaf/Sweeting (R2)
Dimitri Van den Bergh v O'Connor/Slevin (R2)

Monday December 23
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Krzysztof Ratajski v Veenstra/Toylo (R2)
Andrew Gilding v Lukeman/Kumar (R2)
Josh Rock v Sedlacek/Griffin (R2)
Jonny Clayton v Mansell/Goto (R2)

Evening Session (7pm)
Gian van Veen v Pietreczko/Zong (R2)
Daryl Gurney v Hempel/De Zwaan (R2)
Dave Chisnall v Evans/Mathers (R2)
Rob Cross v S Williams/Springer (R2)

Friday December 27
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
3x Third Round

Evening Session (7pm)
3x Third Round

Saturday December 28
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
3x Third Round

Evening Session (7pm)
3x Third Round

Sunday December 29
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
3x Third Round

Evening Session (7pm)
1x Third Round, 2x Fourth Round

Monday December 30
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
3x Fourth Round

Evening Session (7pm)
3x Fourth Round

Wednesday January 1
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
2x Quarter-Finals

Evening Session (7pm)
2x Quarter-Finals

Thursday January 2 (7.30pm)
Semi-Finals

Friday January 3 (8pm)
Final

Who are the favourites for the PDC World Darts Championship? 

Here are the latest betting odds to win the 2025 Paddy Power PDC World Darts Championship:

Luke Littler is the current favourite to win the 2025 Paddy Power PDC World Darts Championship as he bids to go one better than when runner-up to Luke Humphries last season. Teenage talent Littler has had a season to remember, highlighted by claiming the Grand Slam of Darts in November, and he could be on course to meet Queen of the Palace Fallon Sherrock in the second round. 

Humphries is second favourite to make it a successful title defence, with the world number one seeking a seventh PDC Major title. 

The rejuvenated Gary Anderson, champion in back-to-back years in 2015 and 2016, is next in the betting and is quickly followed by three-time winner Michael van Gerwen, who last won the Ally Pally spectacular in 2019. 

Up-and-coming force Mike De Decker is next in after his Major breakthrough at the World Grand Prix in October with Michael Smith and Rob Cross, both of whom have tasted World Championship glory at the iconic north London venue, in behind the Belgian in the betting with tournament sponsors Paddy Power.

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