PDC World Darts Championship 2025: Littler & Humphries Top the Betting

The 2025 PDC World Darts Championship takes centre stage over the festive period and will provide punters with a ton of wagering opportunities.

All of the best UK betting apps will offer comprehensive coverage of a tournament which promises to be a thrilling showcase of top-class darting action.

Read on as we preview the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship and offer our thoughts on who we believe will lift the trophy on January 3.

Quarter One

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

Quarter Two

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

Quarter Three

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

Quarter Four

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

According to UK betting sites, either Luke Littler or Luke Humphries will be crowned world champion when the final is staged on January 3.

They dominate the ante-post betting market having mopped up most of the major televised tournaments between them this year.

The pair are the only players listed at single-figure odds in the outright betting and it is difficult to imagine one of them not being crowned champion.

Littler has been in better form than Humphries in recent weeks, although the latter’s success at the recent Players Championship highlighted his ability to grind out results.

Combined odds of 9/4 to win their respective quarters in the draw and set up a blockbuster semi-final meeting should deliver a winning return to punters.

Predicting who will progress from the other sections of the draw is no easy task given they are both stacked with hugely talented players.

Gerwyn Price has had an underwhelming year by his usual high standards but will be eager to make his mark in Quarter Three. Michael Smith and Chris Dobey should also be competitive.

Gary Anderson and Michael van Gerwen are the favourites to win Quarter Four, and the Scotsman is slightly preferred at odds of 9/4 to get the job done.

However, Anderson and the rest of the field will likely be playing second fiddle to the big two. At odds of 3/1, Humphries is the value bet to retain the title.

Here are the latest odds for the 2025 World Championship Darts (via Rhino Bet):

• Luke Littler - 2/1
• Luke Humphries - 3/1
• Gary Anderson - 10/1
• Michael van Gerwen - 12/1
• Mike de Decker - 28/1
• Chris Dobey - 33/1
• Michael Smith - 33/1
• Gerwyn Price - 35/1
• Wessel Nijman - 35/1
• Gian van Veen - 40/1
• Rob Cross - 40/1
• Ross Smith - 45/1
• Stephen Bunting - 45/1
• Josh Rock - 66/1
• Nathan Aspinall - 70/1
• Damon Heta - 80/1
• Dave Chisnall - 80/1
• Dimitri van den Bergh - 80/1
• Jonny Clayton - 80/1
• Danny Noppert - 100/1
• Dirk van Duijvenbode - 100/1
• James Wade - 100/1
• Martin Schindler - 100/1
• Peter Wright - 100/1
• Ryan Searle - 110/1
• Bar – 150/1