2025 PDC Pro Tour

The 2025 PDC Pro Tour will be a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Players Championships and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. There will be thirty-four Players Championship events and fourteen PDC European Tour events, as well as 24 events for the Challenge and Development Tours, and the Women's Series. ^{[1] [2]}

Prize money

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

Stage	ET	PC	CT/DT	WS
Winner	£30,000	£15,000	£2,500	£2,000
Runner-up	£12,000	£10,000	£1,000	£1,000
Semi-finalists	£8,500	£5,000	£750	£500
Quarter-finalists	£6,000	£3,500	£500	£300
Last 16	£4,000	£2,500	£300	£200
Last 32	£2,500 [a]	£1,500	£200	£100
Last 48	£1,250 [a]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Last 64	N/A	£1,000	£75	£50 [b]
Total	£175,000	£125,000	£15,000	£10,000

1. Pre-qualified players from the PDC and PDC Pro Tour Orders of Merit who lose in their first match of the event shall not be credited with prize money on any Order of Merit. A player who qualifies as a qualifier, but later becomes a seed due to the withdrawal of one or more other players shall be credited with their prize money on all Orders of Merit regardless of how far they progress in the event.
2. Last 64 prize money will only be paid out, if a minimum of 128 participants take part in a Women's Series event.

PDC Tour Card

128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships events, the UK Open and qualifiers for all European Tour and select televised events.

Tour cards

Main article: List of players with a 2025 PDC Tour Card

The 2025 PDC Tour Cards are awarded to:

• (64) The top 64 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2025 World Championship.
• (28) 28 qualifiers from 2024 Q-School not ranked in the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit following the World Championship.
  • Leighton Bennett'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 and Owen Bates).
• (1) Highest qualifier from the 2023 Development Tour (Nathan Rafferty).
• (2) Two highest qualifiers from the 2024 Challenge Tour (Wesley Plaisier and Christian Kist).
• (2) Two highest qualifiers from the 2024 Development Tour (Niko Springer and Sebastian Białecki).
• (8) The daily winners from the 2025 Q-Schools.

Afterwards, the playing field will be complemented by the highest qualified players from the Q-School Order of Merit until the maximum number of 128 Pro Tour Card players has been reached. In 2025, that means that a total of 21 additional players will qualify this way. ^{[3] [4]}

The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School (or Q–School) is split into the UK Q-School for British and Irish players, held at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England; and the European Q-School for the rest of European players, held at Wunderland Kalkar in Kalkar, Germany. Non-European players can choose which Q-School to compete in. ^{[5] [6]}

There are two stages in Q-School: ^[7]

• The First Stage, played between 6–8 January, is entered by any darts player who registers to Q-School. The eight quarterfinalists from each of the three days qualify into the Final Stage alongside other players coming from a First Stage ranking to produce a full list of 128 players for each Final Stage.
• The Final Stage, held between 9–12 January, consists of all players qualified from the First Stage plus players exempted to the Final Stage. The exemptions are given to those who lost their PDC Tour Cards after the 2025 World Championship, and those who finished from third to sixteenth in the 2024 Challenge Tour and Development Tour Orders of Merit and do not have PDC Tour Cards yet.

The winner of each day's play in the Final Stage is given a PDC Tour Card.

Player Championships

Main article: 2025 PDC Players Championship series

The PDC Player 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. ^{[1] [2]}

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 Players Championship Finals .

2025 PDC Players Championship season

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Monday 10 February	Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
2	Tuesday 11 February
3	Monday 17 February	Autotron, Rosmalen
4	Tuesday 18 February
5	Tuesday 11 March	Mattioli Arena, Leicester
6	Wednesday 12 March
7	Monday 17 March	Halle 39, Hildesheim
8	Tuesday 18 March
9	Monday 31 March	Mattioli Arena, Leicester
10	Tuesday 1 April
11	Tuesday 8 April
12	Wednesday 9 April
13	Monday 14 April	Autotron, Rosmalen
14	Tuesday 15 April
15	Monday 12 May	Halle 39, Hildesheim
16	Tuesday 13 May
17	Tuesday 17 June	Mattioli Arena, Leicester
18	Wednesday 18 June
19	Thursday 19 June
20	Tuesday 29 July	Halle 39, Hildesheim
21	Wednesday 30 July
22	Monday 25 August	Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes
23	Tuesday 26 August
24	Wednesday 27 August
25	Tuesday 9 September	Halle 39, Hildesheim
26	Wednesday 10 September
27	Tuesday 30 September	Mattioli Arena, Leicester
28	Wednesday 1 October
29	Thursday 2 October
30	Tuesday 14 October	Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
31	Wednesday 15 October
32	Tuesday 28 October
33	Wednesday 29 October
34	Thursday 30 October

European Tour

Main article: PDC European Tour

The PDC European Tour (ET) is a series of televised 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. The German Darts Open returns after a one-year absence and will be hosted in Göttingen, location rejoining the tour for the first time since 2018. ^[8]

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 premier event European Championship . ^[9]

2025 PDC European Tour season

No.	Date	Event	Location	Winner	Legs	Runner-Up	Ref.
1	7–9 March	2025 Belgian Darts Open	Wieze, Oktoberhallen
2	21–23 March	2025 German Darts Open	Göttingen, Lokhalle
3	4–6 April	2025 International Darts Open	Riesa, WT Energiesysteme Arena
4	19–21 April	2025 German Darts Grand Prix	Munich, Zenith
5	25–27 April	2025 Austrian Darts Open	Graz, Premstättner Halle
6	2–4 May	2025 European Darts Grand Prix	Sindelfingen, Glaspalast
7	23–25 May	2025 Dutch Darts Championship	Rosmalen, Autotron
8	30 May–1 June	2025 European Darts Open	Leverkusen, Ostermann-Arena
9	11–13 July	2025 Baltic Sea Darts Open	Kiel, Wunderino Arena
10	29–31 August	2025 Flanders Darts Trophy	Antwerp, Antwerp Expo
11	5–7 September	2025 Czech Darts Open	Prague, PVA EXPO Praha
12	19–21 September	2025 Hungarian Darts Trophy	Budapest, MVM Dome
13	26–28 September	2025 Swiss Darts Trophy	Basel, St. Jakobshalle
14	17–19 October	2025 German Darts Championship	Hildesheim, Halle 39

PDC Challenge Tour

Challenge Tour

Main article: 2025 PDC Challenge Tour series

The Challenge Tour, known as the Winmau Challenge Tour for sponsorship reasons, is the PDC's second tier system for players of any age who competed at the current year's Qualifying Schools but did not win a Tour Card ^[10] . Under PDC Order of Merit Rule 4.2 ^[11] , the Challenge Tour OoM rankings are used to top up Players Championship events to make the total number of entries up to 128, should any of the current Tour Card holders choose not to enter the brackets, as of the Event entry deadline.

Under PDC Order of Merit Rule 6.9, the 2025 Challenge Tour prizes are as follows:

• The top two players on the Challenge Order of Merit, who have not obtained the further rewards via another method, win a two-year PDC Tour Card starting 2026, and a place in the first round of the 2026 World Darts Championship .
• The highest ranked player on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit, who has not obtained the further reward via another method, gets a spot at the 2025 Grand Slam of Darts .
• The players in the Top 16 of the Challenge Tour Order of Merit, who have not obtained a PDC Tour Card before the 2025 Q-School, receive free entry to the Final Stage of the later event.
• The eight highest ranked players from the Challenge Tour Order of Merit who remain non-Tour Card Holders for the 2026 season qualify for the first round of the 2026 UK Open .

The 2025 Challenge Tour will consist of four weekends of five events, and one weekend of four events.

2025 PDC Challenge Tour season

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Friday 17 January	Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes
2
3	Saturday 18 January
4
5	Sunday 19 January
6	Friday 14 March	Halle 39, Hildesheim
7
8	Saturday 15 March
9
10	Sunday 16 March
11	Friday 2 May	Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes
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13	Saturday 3 May
14
15	Sunday 4 May
16	Friday 15 August	Mattioli Arena, Leicester
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18	Saturday 16 August
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20	Sunday 17 August
21	Saturday 25 October	Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
22
23	Sunday 26 October
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Development Tour

Main article: 2025 PDC Development Tour series

The Development Tour, known as the Winmau Development Tour for sponsorship reasons, is the PDC's youth system open to all players aged 16–24 ^[12] . According to PDC Order of Merit Rule 6.2 ^[11] , players ranked in the top 32 of the PDC Order of Merit or outside the previously mentioned age range on the cut-off date of a Development Tour event are not eligible to enter said event.

Under PDC Order of Merit Rule 6.9, the 2025 Development Tour prizes are as follows:

• The top two players on the Development Order of Merit, who have not obtained the further rewards via another method, win a two-year PDC Tour Card, starting 2025, and a place in the first round of the 2026 World Darts Championship .
• The highest ranked player on the Development Tour Order of Merit, who has not obtained the further reward via another method, gets a spot at the 2025 Grand Slam of Darts .
• The players in the Top 16 of the Development Tour Order of Merit, who have not obtained a PDC Tour Card before the 2025 Q-School, receive free entry to the Final Stage of the later event.
• The eight highest ranked players from the Development Tour Order of Merit who do not manage to earn a Tour Card for the 2026 season qualify for the first round of the 2026 UK Open .
• The two finalists of the PDC World Youth Championship qualify for the 2026 Grand Slam of Darts . Furthermore, the winner of the PDC World Youth Championship receives an invitation to play in the first round of the 2026 World Darts Championship .

The 2025 PDC Development Tour consisted of four weekends of five events, and one weekend of four events.

2025 PDC Development Tour season

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Friday 21 February	Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes
2
3	Saturday 22 February
4
5	Sunday 23 February
6	Friday 28 March	Mattioli Arena, Leicester
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8	Saturday 29 March
9
10	Sunday 30 March
11	Friday 9 May	Halle 39, Hildesheim
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13	Saturday 10 May
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15	Sunday 11 May
16	Friday 5 September	Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
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18	Saturday 6 September
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20	Sunday 7 September
21	Saturday 11 October
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23	Sunday 12 October
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Women's Series

Main article: 2025 PDC Women's Series

The PDC Women's Series is a series of female-only darts tournaments organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) ^[13] . According to PDC Order of Merit Rule 6.2 ^[11] , women players ranked in the top 32 of the PDC Order of Merit or under 16 years of age on the cut-off date of a Women's Series event are not eligible to enter said event.

Under PDC Order of Merit Rule 6.9 ^[11] , the Women's Series prizes are as follows:

• The winner of the Women's World Matchplay earns a place in the first round of the 2026 World Darts Championship and qualifies for the 2025 Grand Slam of Darts .
• The top two players on the Women's Series Order of Merit, who have not obtained the further rewards via another method, win a place in the first round of the 2026 World Darts Championship .
• The top player on the Women's Series Order of Merit, who has not obtained the further rewards via another method, gets a spot at the 2025 Grand Slam of Darts .
• The players in the Top 8 of the Women's Series Order of Merit, who have not obtained a PDC Tour Card before the 2025 Q-School, receive free entry to the later event.
• The highest ranked U24 player on the Women's Series Order of Merit obtains a place in the 2025 PDC World Youth Championship .

The 2025 PDC Women's Series consisted of six weekends of four events.

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 15 February	Mattioli Arena, Leicester
2
3	Sunday 16 February
4
5	Saturday 8 March
6
7	Sunday 9 March
8
9	Saturday 12 April	Autotron, Rosmalen
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11	Sunday 13 April
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13	Saturday 7 June	Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes
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15	Sunday 8 June
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17	Saturday 23 August
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19	Sunday 24 August
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21	Saturday 18 October	Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan
22
23	Sunday 19 October
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PDC Asian Tour

Main article: 2025 PDC Asian Tour series

The PDC Asian Tour is the PDC Global Affiliate Tour specifically for Asian darts players. This year's calendar will consist of twenty-four events organized over six weekends. ^[14]

The prizes for this PDC Global Affiliate Tour are as follows:

• The top four players on the Asian Tour Order of Merit, who have not obtained the further reward via another method, earn a spot in the first round of the 2026 World Darts Championship .
• The top two players of the PDC Asian Championship, who have not obtained the further reward via another method, qualify to the first round of the 2026 World Darts Championship . Furthermore, the winner of the PDC Asian Championship receives an invitation to play in the 2025 Grand Slam of Darts .

2025 PDC Asian Tour season

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	25–26 January	Dubai
2
3
4
5	12–13 April	Shizuoka
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7
8
9	3–4 May	Kuala Lumpur
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11
12
13	17–18 May	Ulaanbaatar
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15
16
17	5–6 July	Singapore
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19
20
21	2–3 August	Manila
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23
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Professional Darts Corporation Nordic & Baltic (PDCNB) Tour

Main article: 2025 PDC Nordic & Baltic ProTour series

The Professional Darts Corporation Nordic & Baltic Tour (PDCNB) is the PDC Global Affiliate Tour for players from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden. On 30 August 2024, the 2025 calendar was announced, consisting of five weekends in five different countries. ^[15] On 8 October 2024, a sixth weekend in Norway with four events was added. ^[16]

The prizes for this PDC Global Affiliate Tour are as follows:

• The top four players on the PDCNB Order of Merit, who have not obtained the further reward via another method, earn a spot in the first round of the 2026 World Darts Championship .
• The players in the Top 8 of the PDCNB Order of Merit, who have not obtained a PDC Tour Card before the 2025 Q-School, receive free entry to the later event.
• The two highest ranked U24 players on the PDCNB Order of Merit obtain a place in the 2025 PDC World Youth Championship .

2025 PDCNB Tour season

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 15 February	Bellevue Park Hotel, Riga
2	Sunday 16 February
3	Saturday 29 March	Apple Hotel, Gothenburg
4	Sunday 30 March
5	Saturday 10 May	Hotelli Tallukka, Vääksy
6	Sunday 11 May
7	Saturday 5 July	Slangerup Dartklub, Slangerup
8	Sunday 6 July
9	Saturday 2 August	Olavsgaard Hotel, Oslo
10	Sunday 3 August
11	Saturday 6 September	Bullseye, Reykjavík
12	Sunday 7 September

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