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World Matchplay Darts previous winners list

We take a look through the previous winners of World Matchplay since Larry Butler captured the competition's first title back in 1994.

Larry Butler was the winner of the inaugural World Matchplay campaign in 1994, defeating Dennis Priestley 16-12 in the final.

Phil Taylor is the most successful player in the competition, winning his first title in 1995 and claiming his last honour in 2017. 'The Power' won the World Matchplay a remarkable 16 times, 13 times more than the next most successful in Michael van Gerwen with three titles.

Luke Humphries was the winner of the latest World Matchplay in 2024, defeating Michael van Gerwen 18-15 in the final to deny the Dutchman of a fourth honour.

World Matchplay Darts previous winners

Year:

Winner:

Runner-up:

1994

Larry Butler

Dennis Priestley

1995

Phil Taylor

Dennis Priestley

1996

Peter Evison

Dennis Priestley

1997

Phil Taylor

Alan Warriner 

1998

Rod Harrington

Ronnie Baxter

1999

Rod Harrington

Peter Manley 

2000

Phil Taylor

Alan Warriner 

2001

Phil Taylor

Richie Burnett 

2002

Phil Taylor

John Part

2003

Phil Taylor

Wayne Mardle 

2004

Phil Taylor

Mark Dudbridge

2005

Colin Lloyd

John Part 

2006

Phil Taylor

James Wade

2007

James Wade

Terry Jenkins

2008

Phil Taylor

James Wade

2009

Phil Taylor

Terry Jenkins

2010

Phil Taylor

Raymond van Barneveld

2011

Phil Taylor

James Wade

2012

Phil Taylor

James Wade

2013

Phil Taylor

Adrian Lewis

2014

Phil Taylor

Michael van Gerwen

2015

Michael van Gerwen

James Wade 

2016

Michael van Gerwen

Phil Taylor

2017

Phil Taylor

Peter Wright 

2018

Gary Anderson

Mensur Suljovic

2019

Rob Cross 

Michael Smith

2020

Dimitri Van den Bergh

Gary Anderson 

2021

Peter Wright

Dimitri Van den Bergh 

2022

Michael van Gerwen 

Gerwyn Price

2023

Nathan Aspinall

Jonny Clayton

2024

Luke Humphries

Michael van Gerwen

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