Darts star leaks World Championship payslip as he reveals long list of ‘deductions’ left him with just £5,200 winnings
A DARTS ace has shared his World Championship payslip – to show earnings are not as “Pally” as you might imagine.
World No 39 Matthew Edgar is a three-time contestant at the Ally Pally.
But the 38-year-old has revealed how he once scooped £6,800 for a first-round defeat, only to cough up around £1.6k in “deductions”.
It comes as PDC chiefs announced prize money for the showpiece event will DOUBLE in 2026.
That means Luke Littler would pick up £1million if he retains his title – compared to the £500k he won three months ago.
Edgar posted a video on TikTok explaining what happened cash-wise when he competed in the ultimate oche occasion.
“Prime Time” – as the Daventry ace is known – suffered an opening-round exit twice but reached the second stage in 2021.
He made £30k in all from that trio of Ally Pally appearances.
That was in the form of two £7.5k sums plus one £15k prize – something of a juicy jackpot for Edgar.
But after displaying his remittance notice from the PDC on social media, he told how that princely figure was far from the final story.
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Edgar said: “That doesn’t mean what you get paid as a player.
“There are deductions which need to come off this. All PDC players are self-employed contractors, not employees of the PDC and so we get remittance notices.
“We get deductions, two per cent is your PDC levy – that comes off everything before you even get it and comes from playing on the Challenge tour to being world champion.
“We all pay two per cent on our prize money before we even get it.
“Not only that, you’ve got to consider your membership fees – £500 is your membership which goes before you even get it. That’s a once a year fee and your DRA fee as well.”
If all that detail is giving you an Ed-ache, he went on to explain how there was still more to come – or rather to go – in his financial tale.
Edgar added: “£6,800 is what came into my bank account from the first round defeat.
“From that, I’ve got to deduct my travel, my hotel and any other costs with that. Then, the money that is left is open to tax.”
Nonetheless, he still finished with about £5.2k – not bad for a brief adventure in one of sport’s most festive and fan-packed events.