Prize money in PDC events will be close to the £5 million mark in 2010, with 
£1,023,600 on offer at the 33 players championships throughout the year, and a further £252,800 at the 8 UK Open regionals along with a cool £1 Million at the Ladbrokes.com World Championships, £ 400,000 at the Whyte & Mackay Premier League & The World Matchplay, £350,000 World Grand Prix, £250,000 Players Championships, £200,000 UK Open & European Championships and over £175,400 at the Championship League Darts. With further events on the horizon the £5 Million mark will certainly be close.
Increases in 2010 are with the further £50,000 invested by The PDPA into the Players Championship Finals, there are also increases in all the players championships and UK Open qualifiers throughout the season.
PDC Promoted events since the WDC was formed, this is only events that have been wholly promoted by the PDC – ranked or unranked.
1 Phil Taylor England £3,194,656
2 Raymond v Barneveld Holland £ 834,954
3 James Wade England £ 694,801
4 John Part Canada £ 560,237
5 Terry Jenkins England £ 518,687
6 Colin Lloyd England £ 507,908
7 Peter Manley England £ 463,895
8 Dennis Priestley England £ 450,853
9 Adrian Lewis England £ 421,999
10 Wayne Mardle England £ 387,235
11 Ronnie Baxter England £ 372,704
12 Mervyn King England £ 354,979
13 Roland Scholten Holland £ 353,392
14 Kevin Painter England £ 339,414
15 Andy Hamilton England £ 304,130
16 Mark Dudbridge England £ 268,604
17 Mark Walsh England £ 252,332
18 Colin Osborne England £ 238,497
19 Denis Ovens England £ 229,754
20 Alan Tabern England £ 222,333
With the amount of money now invested into prize money by The PDC, this table will increase dramatically over the next few years.