The World Professional Darts Championship is the most important tournament in the darts calendar. Originally held as an annual event between 1978 and 1993, players then broke off into two separate organisations after a controversial split in the game. Each organisation, the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) now organise their own World Championship in January. As a result there is no longer a unified World Champion in the game. The BDO have organised their version dating back to 1978, when it was held at the Heart of the Midlands nightclub, Nottingham. The following year it moved to the Jollees Cabaret Club, Stoke, where it stayed until 1985. Since then it has been held at the Lakeside Country Club at Frimley Green, Surrey. The PDC version started in 1994 after "the split", with a field of players containing all active previous World Champions from the BDO. It was originally staged at Purfleet's Circus Tavern, Essex before moving to Alexandra Palace for the 2008 World Championship.

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Winners

Year	Winner	Country
1978	Leighton Rees
1979	John Lowe
1980	Eric Bristow
1981	Eric Bristow
1982	Jocky Wilson
1983	Keith Deller
1984	Eric Bristow
1985	Eric Bristow
1986	Eric Bristow
1987	John Lowe
1988	Bob Anderson
1989	Jocky Wilson
1990	Phil Taylor
1991	Dennis Priestley
1992	Phil Taylor
1993	John Lowe

British Darts Organisation current sponsors Lakeside see main article BDO World Championship Year Winner Country 1994 John Part 1995 Richie Burnett 1996 Steve Beaton 1997 Les Wallace 1998 Raymond van Barneveld 1999 Raymond van Barneveld 2000 Ted Hankey 2001 John Walton 2002 Tony David 2003 Raymond van Barneveld 2004 Andy Fordham 2005 Raymond van Barneveld 2006 Jelle Klaasen 2007 Martin Adams 2008 Mark Webster 2009 Ted Hankey

Professional Darts Corporation current sponsors Ladbrokes see main article PDC World Championship Year Winner Country 1994 Dennis Priestley 1995 Phil Taylor 1996 Phil Taylor 1997 Phil Taylor 1998 Phil Taylor 1999 Phil Taylor 2000 Phil Taylor 2001 Phil Taylor 2002 Phil Taylor 2003 John Part 2004 Phil Taylor 2005 Phil Taylor 2006 Phil Taylor 2007 Raymond van Barneveld 2008 John Part 2009 Phil Taylor

Total World Darts Championship wins

The following sortable table lists all winners of both versions of the World Championship (1978-2009).

Player	Total	Unified	BDO	PDC
Phil Taylor	14	2
12
Eric Bristow	5	5
Raymond van Barneveld	5
4	1
John Lowe	3	3
John Part	3
1	2
Jocky Wilson	2	2
Dennis Priestley	2	1	1	1
Ted Hankey	2
2
Leighton Rees	1	1
Keith Deller	1	1
Bob Anderson	1	1
Richie Burnett	1
1
Steve Beaton	1
1
Les Wallace	1
1
John Walton	1
1
Tony David	1
1
Andy Fordham	1
1
Jelle Klaasen	1
1
Martin Adams	1
1
Mark Webster	1
1

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