2022 Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates12–20 November 2022
VenueAldersley Leisure Village
LocationAldersley, Wolverhampton
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£650,000
Winner's share£150,000
Nine-dart finish Josh Rock
High checkout170  Luke Woodhouse
170  Joe Cullen
Champion(s)
 Michael Smith
«2021 2023»

The 2022 Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts, was the sixteenth staging of the Grand Slam of Darts, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place at the Aldersley Leisure Village, Aldersley, Wolverhampton, 12–20 November 2022.[1]

Gerwyn Price was the defending champion, after defeating Peter Wright 16–8 in the 2021 final,[2] but he was eliminated by Raymond van Barneveld, losing 16–13 in their quarter-final.

Michael Smith won his first major title, defeating Nathan Aspinall 16–5 in the final. It was the first time the tournament had been won by an Englishman since 2014, when it was won by Phil Taylor.[3]

Josh Rock, who made his debut, hit a nine-dart finish during his second-round defeat to Michael van Gerwen.[4]

Prize money

The quarter finals of the Grand Slam of Darts 2022 at Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton

The prize fund for the Grand Slam increased by £100,000 to £650,000.[5][6]

Position (num. of players) Prize money
(Total: £650,000)
Winner (1) £150,000
Runner-up (1) £70,000
Semi-finalists (2) £50,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £25,000
Last 16 (8) £12,250
Third in group (8) £8,000
Fourth in group (8) £5,000
Group winner bonus (8) £3,500

Qualification

The qualification criteria were slightly altered again for the 2022 tournament, with no representation from the World Darts Federation.[7]

The qualifiers are:

PDC Qualifying Tournaments

PDC Main Tournaments
Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
PDC World Darts Championship 2022 Winner  Peter Wright  Peter Wright
 Gerwyn Price
 Michael van Gerwen
 Joe Cullen
 Danny Noppert
 Ross Smith
 Damon Heta
 Simon Whitlock
 Michael Smith
 Nathan Aspinall
 Dave Chisnall
 Ryan Searle
 Dirk van Duijvenbode
 Jonny Clayton
Grand Slam of Darts 2021 Winner  Gerwyn Price
Premier League Darts 2022 Winner  Michael van Gerwen
World Matchplay 2022 Winner  Michael van Gerwen
World Grand Prix 2022 Winner  Michael van Gerwen
Masters 2022 Winner  Joe Cullen
UK Open 2022 Winner  Danny Noppert
European Championship 2022 Winner  Ross Smith
Players Championship Finals 2021 Winner  Peter Wright
World Series of Darts Finals 2022 Winner  Gerwyn Price
PDC World Cup of Darts 2022 Winners  Damon Heta
 Simon Whitlock
PDC World Darts Championship 2022 Runner-up  Michael Smith
Grand Slam of Darts 2021 Runner-up  Peter Wright
Premier League Darts 2022 Runner-up  Joe Cullen
World Matchplay 2022 Runner-up  Gerwyn Price
World Grand Prix 2022 Runner-up  Nathan Aspinall
Masters 2022 Runner-up  Dave Chisnall
UK Open 2022 Runner-up  Michael Smith
European Championship 2022 Runner-up  Michael Smith
Players Championship Finals 2021 Runner-up  Ryan Searle
World Series of Darts Finals 2022 Runner-up  Dirk van Duijvenbode
PDC World Cup of Darts 2022 Runners-Up  Gerwyn Price
 Jonny Clayton
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

If the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments produced fewer than the required number of players (16), the field will be filled from the reserve lists. The first list consisted of the winners from 2022 European Tour events, in which the winners were ordered firstly by number of wins, then by Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.

PDC European Tour
Tournament Event Position Player Qualifiers
2022 European Tour
International Darts Open Winner  Gerwyn Price  Luke Humphries
German Darts Championship Winner  Michael van Gerwen
German Darts Grand Prix Winner  Luke Humphries
Austrian Darts Open Winner  Michael van Gerwen
European Darts Open Winner  Michael van Gerwen
Czech Darts Open Winner  Luke Humphries
European Darts Grand Prix Winner  Luke Humphries
Dutch Darts Championship Winner  Michael Smith
European Darts Matchplay Winner  Luke Humphries
Hungarian Darts Trophy Winner  Joe Cullen
German Darts Open Winner  Peter Wright
Belgian Darts Open Winner  Dave Chisnall
Gibraltar Darts Trophy Winner  Damon Heta
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

If there are still not enough qualifiers after European Tour events are added, the winners of 2022 Players Championship events will be added, firstly in order by number of wins, then in Order of Merit order.

PDC Pro Tour
Tournament Event Position Player Qualifiers
2022 PDC Pro Tour
Players Championship 1 Winner  Luke Humphries  Rob Cross
Players Championship 2 Winner  Peter Wright
Players Championship 3 Winner  Joe Cullen
Players Championship 4 Winner  Joe Cullen (2)
Players Championship 5 Winner  Damon Heta
Players Championship 6 Winner  Jim Williams
Players Championship 7 Winner  Gerwyn Price
Players Championship 8 Winner  Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 9 Winner  Danny Jansen
Players Championship 10 Winner  Michael van Gerwen (2)
Players Championship 11 Winner  Ryan Searle
Players Championship 12 Winner  Dirk van Duijvenbode
Players Championship 13 Winner  Nathan Aspinall
Players Championship 14 Winner  Michael Smith
Players Championship 15 Winner  Michael Smith (2)
Players Championship 16 Winner  Michael Smith (3)
Players Championship 17 Winner  Scott Williams
Players Championship 18 Winner  Dirk van Duijvenbode (2)
Players Championship 19 Winner  Danny Noppert
Players Championship 20 Winner  Adrian Lewis
Players Championship 21 Winner  Brendan Dolan
Players Championship 22 Winner  Nathan Aspinall (2)
Players Championship 23 Winner  Keegan Brown
Players Championship 24 Winner  Rob Cross
Players Championship 25 Winner  Dave Chisnall
Players Championship 26 Winner  Damon Heta (2)
Players Championship 27 Winner  Rob Cross (2)
Players Championship 28 Winner  Josh Rock
Players Championship 29 Winner  Gerwyn Price (2)
Players Championship 30 Winner  James Wade
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

    PDC Qualifying Event

    A further eight places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by qualifiers from a PDC Tour Card Holder qualifier held on 6 November in Barnsley.

    These are the qualifiers:

    Additional Qualifiers

    The winners of these tournaments and tours also qualified for the tournament.

    Tournament Year Position Player
    PDC World Youth Championship 2021 Winner  Ted Evetts
    Runner-up  Nathan Rafferty
    PDC Challenge Tour 2022 Order of Merit Winner  Scott Williams
    PDC Development Tour 2022 Order of Merit Winner  Josh Rock [lower-alpha 1]
    Women's World Matchplay 2022 Winner  Fallon Sherrock
    PDC Women's Series 2022 Order of Merit Winner  Lisa Ashton
    PDC Asian Championship 2022 Winner  Christian Perez
    PDC North American Championship 2022 Winner  Leonard Gates
    1. Rock qualified as 2nd of the Development Tour Order of Merit after Nathan Rafferty was already qualified.

    Draw

    The draw was done by PDC executive Matt Porter on 7 November.[8]

    Pools

    Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
    (Seeded Players) (Qualifiers)

     Gerwyn Price (1)
     Peter Wright (2)
     Michael van Gerwen (3)
     Michael Smith (4)
     Rob Cross (5)
     Luke Humphries (6)
     Jonny Clayton (7)
     Danny Noppert (8)

     Nathan Aspinall
     Dave Chisnall
     Joe Cullen
     Dirk van Duijvenbode
     Ryan Searle
     Damon Heta
     Ross Smith
     Simon Whitlock

     Mensur Suljović
     Martin Schindler
     Jermaine Wattimena
     Alan Soutar
     Luke Woodhouse
     Raymond van Barneveld
     Josh Rock
     Ritchie Edhouse

     Adam Gawlas
     Scott Williams
     Nathan Rafferty
     Ted Evetts
     Lisa Ashton
     Leonard Gates
     Christian Perez
     Fallon Sherrock

      Group stage

      All group matches are best of nine legs
      After three games, the top two in each group qualify for the knock-out stage

      NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Pts = Points; Status = Qualified to knockout stage

      Knockout stage

      Second round (best of 19 legs)
      16–17 November
      Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
      18–19 November
      Semi-finals (best of 31 legs)
      20 November
      Final (best of 31 legs)
      20 November
                  
      A1  Raymond van Barneveld 97.40 (Q) 10
      B2  Simon Whitlock 101.14 8
      A1  Raymond van Barneveld 99.64 (Q) 16
      A2  Gerwyn Price 101.78 (1) 13
      B1  Danny Noppert 98.04 (8) 8
      A2  Gerwyn Price 100.10 (1) 10
      A1  Raymond van Barneveld 94.97 (Q) 12
      C1  Michael Smith 104.10 (4) 16
      C1  Michael Smith 96.01 (4) 10
      D2  Rob Cross 97.02 (5) 8
      C1  Michael Smith 100.11 (4) 16
      C2  Joe Cullen 98.13 15
      D1  Dirk van Duijvenbode 93.47 4
      C2  Joe Cullen 95.46 10
      C1  Michael Smith 96.84 (4) 16
      E1  Nathan Aspinall 90.94 5
      E1  Nathan Aspinall 97.49 10
      F2  Jermaine Wattimena 94.55 (Q) 6
      E1  Nathan Aspinall 95.18 16
      E2  Alan Soutar 95.12 (Q) 12
      F1  Jonny Clayton 94.54 (7) 8
      E2  Alan Soutar 97.42 (Q) 10
      E1  Nathan Aspinall 96.70 16
      H1  Luke Humphries 94.38 (6) 12
      G1  Michael van Gerwen 107.71 (3) 10
      H2  Josh Rock 103.93 8
      G1  Michael van Gerwen 95.99 (3) 10
      H1  Luke Humphries 96.71 (6) 16
      H1  Luke Humphries 96.20 (6) 10
      G2  Ross Smith 92.72 8

      Top averages

      The table lists all players who achieved an average of at least 100 in a match. In the case one player has multiple records, this is indicated by the number in brackets.

      # Player Round Average Result
      1  Ross Smith RR 107.92 Won
      2  Michael van Gerwen 2R 107.71 Won
      3  Scott Williams RR 107.46 Won
      4  Luke Humphries RR 107.04 Won
      5  Gerwyn Price RR 105.99 Lost
      6  Michael van Gerwen (2) RR 104.80 Lost
      7  Michael Smith SF 104.10 Won
      8  Josh Rock 2R 103.93 Lost
      9  Ryan Searle RR 103.59 Lost
      10  Gerwyn Price (2) RR 103.16 Won
      11  Dirk van Duijvenbode RR 102.89 Won
      12  Michael Smith (2) RR 102.20 Won
      13  Ryan Searle (2) RR 101.92 Lost
      14  Gerwyn Price (3) QF 101.78 Lost
      15  Michael van Gerwen (3) RR 101.58 Won
      16  Dave Chisnall RR 101.50 Won
      17  Dave Chisnall (2) RR 101.44 Lost
      18  Gerwyn Price (4) RR 101.39 Won
      19  Luke Woodhouse RR 101.26 Lost
      20  Simon Whitlock 2R 101.14 Lost
      21  Rob Cross RR 100.87 Won
      22  Michael Smith (3) QF 100.11 Won
      23  Gerwyn Price (5) 2R 100.10 Won
      24  Raymond van Barneveld RR 100.08 Won

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