The 2025

PDC Pro Tour The PDC Pro Tour is a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). They comprise Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) Players Championships and European Tour events. Only four players ...

is an ongoing series of non-televised

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tournaments organised by the

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(PDC). Players Championships and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. There will be 34 Players Championship events and 14

PDC European Tour The PDC European Tour is a series of darts tournaments held across Europe organized by the Professional Darts Corporation. Starting in 2012 with five events, the number of events has steadily risen with eight held in 2013 and 2014, nine in 2015, ten ...

events, as well as 24 events for the Challenge and Development Tours, and the Women's Series.

Prize money

The prize money will remain unchanged from the previous year. This is how it will be divided:

PDC Tour Card

128 players were granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships events, the

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, qualifiers for all European Tours, as well as the qualifiers for the

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, World Series Finals,

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and the

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Tour Cards

The 128 2025 PDC Tour Cards are awarded to: * (64) The top 64 players from the

PDC Order of Merit The PDC Order of Merit is a world ranking system used by one of the darts organisations, the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Following the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship it superseded a world ranking system based on points being awarded fo ...

after the 2025 World Championship. ** 56th-placed

Steve Beaton Steve Beaton (born 5 April 1964) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the BDO World Darts Championship in 1996 and is a former World No. 1. Background Beaton was born in Co ...

resigned his Tour Card. His spot went to the 65th ranked player, Nick Kenny. * (28) 28 qualifiers from 2024 Q-School not ranked in the top 64 of the

following the World Championship. **

Leighton Bennett Leighton Bennett (born 31 December 2005 in Lincoln, England) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. He won the final of the 2019 BDO World Youth Darts Championship. Career BDO In August 2018 ...

's Tour Card was removed as he had received an eight-year ban from competing in DRA-sanctioned events. ** Paul Krohne handed in his Tour Card. * (2) Two highest qualifiers from the 2023 Challenge Tour (

Berry van Peer Berry van Peer (born 23 August 1996) is a Dutch darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. Career Van Peer won two events on the PDC Development Tour in Coventry in April 2015. He went on to finish third in the 2015 Deve ...

and

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). * (1) Highest qualifier from the 2023 Development Tour (

Nathan Rafferty Nathan Rafferty (born 17 January 2000) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who currently competes in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career Rafferty made his TV debut on the 2018 UK Open where beat Jason Mold in roun ...

). **

Wessel Nijman Wessel Nijman (born 26 June 2000) is a professional Dutch darts player who is currently banned from playing until 18 February 2023. He played in PDC Development Tour events, and won his first title in 2018, defeating Bradley Brooks in the fina ...

, the other highest qualifier from the 2023 Development Tour, was in the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit, and therefore, one extra Tour Card was awarded to a Q-School qualifier. * (2) Two highest qualifiers from the

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(

Wesley Plaisier Wesley Plaisier (born 4 March 1990) is a Dutch professional darts player who is currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation events. Career He attended European Q-School in 2019, but never got farther than the last 32, missing out on ...

and

Christian Kist Christian Kist (born 21 April 1986) is a Dutch professional darts player. In 2012, he won the BDO World Darts Championship, defeating Tony O'Shea in the final. Since 2014, he has competed in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Career BDO ...

). * (2) Two highest qualifiers from the 2024 Development Tour (

Niko Springer Niko Springer (born 11 July 2000) is a German darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events. Career Springer made his debut at just 18 years old on the PDC Development Tour 2019, where he reached the round of 64 once. H ...

and

Sebastian Białecki Sebastian Białecki (born 6 December 2003) is a Polish professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. First Polish medalist in the WDF Europe Cup. He is also a Denmark Open ch ...

). * (8) The daily winners from the 2025 Q-Schools. Afterwards, the playing field was complemented by the highest qualified players from the Q-School Order of Merit until the maximum number of 128 Pro Tour Card players was reached. In 2025, that means that a total of 21 additional players qualifed this way.

Q-School

The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School (or Q-School) was split into the UK Q-School for British and Irish players, held at the

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in Milton Keynes, England; and the European Q-School for the rest of European players, held at

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, Germany. Non-European players can choose which Q-School to compete in. There are two stages in Q-School: * The First Stage, played between 6–8 January, was entered by any darts player who registers to Q-School. The eight quarter-finalists from each of the three days qualified for the Final Stage alongside other players coming from a First Stage Order of Merit ranking to produce a full list of 128 players for each Final Stage. * The Final Stage, held between 9–12 January, consisted of all players qualified from the First Stage plus the players exempted to the Final Stage. They are those who lost their PDC Tour Cards after the 2025 World Championship, and those who finished from third to sixteenth in the

and Development Tour Orders of Merit who did not have PDC Tour Cards yet. The winner of each day's play in the Final Stage was given a PDC Tour Card. To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, a ranking was created for each Q-School and a point was awarded for every win after the Last 64. Available Tour Card places for each Q-School were allocated in proportion to the total number of participants, with 9 cards going to the UK Q-School and 12 going to the European Q-School. At the end of the fourth day in the Final Stage, based on their ranking, the following players picked up Tour Cards as a result: UK Q-School Order of Merit # # # # # # # # # European Q-School Order of Merit # # # # # # # # # # # #

Players Championships

The PDC Players Championships (PC) are a series of non-televised darts events that are part of the PDC Pro Tour. Starting in 2025, the number of events will increase by four compared to previous years, bringing the total to thirty-four Players Championship events per year. The ''Players Championship Order of Merit'' is determined based on the total prize money won by each player in the Players Championship events throughout the year. The top 64 players on this ranking qualify for the premier event

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European Tour

The PDC European Tour (ET) is a series of darts events that are part of the PDC Pro Tour. Beginning in 2025, the total number of events will expand to fourteen per year, one more than the previous years. In a change from the previous year, the top 16 on the two-year main

ranking will now be seeded for events, while the 16 qualifiers from the one-year Pro Tour Order of Merit ranking will not be seeded. The ''PDC European Tour Order of Merit'' is determined based on the total prize money won by each player in the European Tour events throughout the year. The top 32 players on this ranking qualify for the European Championship.

Prize money

PDC Tour Card

Tour Cards

Q-School

Players Championships

European Tour

PDC secondary tours

Challenge Tour

Development Tour

Women's Series

See also

References