The PDC World Darts Championship is the most prestigious event on the darting calendar.
Held annually over the festive period at the Alexandra Palace in London, the sporting festival has continued to increase in popularity since the first edition way back in 1994.
This time around, English star Luke Humphries will aim to retain the title and join an exclusive club of men with two or more crowns on their CV.
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Peter Wright | 2 Titles
After suffering back-to-back second round exits, Scotsman Wright produced a masterclass in 2020 to win his maiden title.
He defeated Michael van Gerwen 7-3 in the final and two years later, he repeated the feat of victory.
Wright won the 2022 edition of the tournament by beating Michael Smith 7-5 in the final. Snakebite is also one of only two men to hit 24 180s in a single World Championship match, a feat he achieved in the 2022 semi-finals.
John Part | 2 Titles
Canadian darts player Part, who is now a commentator and pundit for Sky Sports, was the first non-British person to win the World Championship.
His first triumph came in 2003, beating Phil Taylor 7-6 in an epic finale. Five years later, Part won a second title by defeating Kirk Shephard 7-2 in a more one-sided match.
Part remains the only non-European player to have won the World Championship.
Adrian Lewis | 2 Titles
Lewis, nicknamed Jackpot, was a sensational darts player in his younger days.
The man from Stoke-on-Trent made his television debut as a 19-year-old and then went on to claim back-to-back World Championship crowns.
Lewis beat Gary Anderson 7-5 in the 2011 final, a match in which he hit a 9 Dart Finish, before seeing off Andy Hamilton 7-3 a year later to retain the title.
Gary Anderson | 2 Titles
Speaking of Anderson, he too won back-to-back World Championship titles.
Four years after the aforementioned loss to Lewis, the Flying Scotsman beat Taylor 7-6 at Ally Pally to win the 2015 edition.
The following year, Anderson got revenge for 2011 by beating Lewis 7-5 in the final. He also finished as runner-up in 2017 and 2021.
Michael van Gerwen | 3 Titles
As well as winning the title in 2014, 2017 and 2019, Van Gerwen holds a host of World Championship records.
The Green Machine, who was World No1 from 2014 right up until 2021, achieved a 100+ average in 19 consecutive matches from 2016 to 2019.
Van Gerwen is also the youngest champion in history, lifting the trophy in 2014 at the age of just 24 years and 9 months.
And in 2017, he recorded the highest match average in World Championship history, setting a ridiculous 114.05 in a 6-2 defeat of countryman Raymond van Barneveld.
Phil Taylor | 14 titles
The undisputed king of the PDC World Darts Championship.
On top of 14 titles, an achievement that will probably never be equalled or topped, Taylor boasts the record for the longest unbeaten streak in the tournament’s history (44 matches).
Amazingly, The Power did not lose a game between his defeats in the 1994 and 2003 finals. To say that is absurd is something of an understatement!
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