The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) grants every year to 128 darts players a Tour Card, which allows them to compete in all PDC ProTour tournaments, those being all Players Championships and European Tours (or qualifiers to the later events in case the player has not automatically qualified). Additionally, holding a PDC Tour Card offers further benefits such as automatic qualifications for the UK Open or participation in the qualifying rounds for the World Darts Championship, Grand Slam and World Masters, among others.
PDC Tour Cards are valid for two years. The top 64 players in the PDC Order of Merit (OoM) and the players who won a card last year automatically receive Tour Cards for the rest of the year. Players can have their card stripped if they relinquish it, do not compete in any ProTour for a whole year, or have been banned for a period longer than the remaining duration of the card.
The top two players from last year's secondary tours (Challenge Tour and Development Tour), along with the players who earned a Tour Card at this year's UK & European Q-Schools, are awarded two-year long cards. All these players have their Order of Merit rankings reset to zero since the beginning of the season. [1]
According to PDC Order of Merit Rule 3.2, [2] in case a tie occurs when two or more players have the same amount of money in the PDC Order of Merit, the countback rule is used to break the tie. This rule looks at the cumulative money won by each player in the previous four eligible events, with the players who gained more money being placed higher in the ranking.
Leighton Bennett's Tour Card, which he won at the 2024 Q-School, was removed as he had received an eight-year suspension from DRA-sanctioned events. [3]
The following is the list of darts players with a 2025 PDC Tour Card:
No. | Country | Player | Prize Money [4] | Qualified through |
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1 | England | Luke Humphries | £1,804,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
2 | England | Luke Littler | £1,118,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
3 | Netherlands | Michael van Gerwen | £815,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
4 | England | Rob Cross | £551,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
5 | England | Stephen Bunting | £536,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
6 | England | Dave Chisnall | £528,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
7 | Wales | Jonny Clayton | £494,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
8 | Australia | Damon Heta | £484,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
9 | Wales | Gerwyn Price | £480,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
10 | England | Chris Dobey | £480,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
11 | England | Nathan Aspinall | £470,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
12 | Scotland | Peter Wright | £442,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
13 | Netherlands | Danny Noppert | £431,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
14 | Scotland | Gary Anderson | £430,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
15 | England | James Wade | £426,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
16 | Northern Ireland | Josh Rock | £405,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
17 | England | Michael Smith | £405,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
18 | Belgium | Dimitri Van den Bergh | £399,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
19 | England | Ryan Searle | £398,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
20 | England | Andrew Gilding | £395,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
21 | England | Ross Smith | £395,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
22 | Germany | Martin Schindler | £365,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
23 | England | Joe Cullen | £357,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
24 | Belgium | Mike De Decker | £356,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
25 | Northern Ireland | Daryl Gurney | £334,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
26 | Netherlands | Dirk van Duijvenbode | £325,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
27 | Netherlands | Gian van Veen | £299,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
28 | England | Ritchie Edhouse | £289,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
29 | England | Ryan Joyce | £282,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
30 | Germany | Ricardo Pietreczko | £280,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
31 | Northern Ireland | Brendan Dolan | £271,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
32 | Poland | Krzysztof Ratajski | £267,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
33 | England | Luke Woodhouse | £262,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
34 | Netherlands | Raymond van Barneveld | £252,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
35 | Netherlands | Jermaine Wattimena | £240,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
36 | England | Scott Williams | £220,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
37 | Germany | Gabriel Clemens | £219,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
38 | England | Martin Lukeman | £202,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
39 | Scotland | Cameron Menzies | £178,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
40 | England | Callan Rydz | £177,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
41 | Netherlands | Kevin Doets | £146,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
42 | Latvia | Madars Razma | £144,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
43 | Northern Ireland | Mickey Mansell | £143,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
44 | England | Ricky Evans | £142,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
45 | Portugal | José de Sousa | £139,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
46 | Belgium | Kim Huybrechts | £136,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
47 | Netherlands | Richard Veenstra | £122,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
48 | Netherlands | Niels Zonneveld | £121,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
49 | England | Ian White | £116,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
50 | Ireland | Keane Barry | £115,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
51 | Wales | Jim Williams | £111,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
52 | Ireland | William O'Connor | £107,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
53 | Germany | Florian Hempel | £103,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
54 | Canada | Matt Campbell | £103,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
55 | Netherlands | Wessel Nijman | £100,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
56 | Scotland | Alan Soutar | £85,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
57 | Ireland | Dylan Slevin | £80,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
58 | Wales | Robert Owen | £80,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
59 | England | Ryan Meikle | £78,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
60 | England | Stephen Burton | £78,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
61 | England | Connor Scutt | £77,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
62 | Austria | Mensur Suljović | £75,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
63 | Sweden | Jeffrey de Graaf | £75,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
64 | Wales | Nick Kenny | £71,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
65 | France | Thibault Tricole | £57,250 | 2024 Q-School |
66 | England | James Hurrell | £45,750 | 2024 Q-School |
67 | England | Dom Taylor | £39,500 | 2024 Q-School |
68 | Netherlands | Chris Landman | £39,250 | 2024 Q-School |
69 | Belgium | Mario Vandenbogaerde | £31,000 | 2024 Q-School |
70 | Wales | Rhys Griffin | £28,000 | 2024 Q-School |
71 | Belgium | Andy Baetens | £24,500 | 2024 Q-School |
72 | Netherlands | Berry van Peer | £23,500 | 2023 Challenge Tour |
73 | Northern Ireland | Nathan Rafferty | £22,250 | 2023 Development Tour |
74 | Ireland | Steve Lennon | £22,000 | 2024 Q-School |
75 | Poland | Radek Szagański | £21,750 | 2024 Q-School |
76 | Germany | Lukas Wenig | £21,500 | 2024 Q-School |
77 | Netherlands | Patrick Geeraets | £19,000 | 2024 Q-School |
78 | England | Matthew Dennant | £19,000 | 2024 Q-School |
79 | Scotland | Darren Beveridge | £18,750 | 2024 Q-School |
80 | Netherlands | Jitse van der Wal | £18,250 | 2024 Q-School |
81 | Denmark | Benjamin Drue Reus | £18,000 | 2024 Q-School |
82 | United States | Danny Lauby | £17,000 | 2024 Q-School |
83 | England | Robert Grundy | £16,500 | 2024 Q-School |
84 | England | George Killington | £14,500 | 2024 Q-School |
85 | England | Owen Bates | £14,000 | 2023 Challenge Tour |
86 | England | Brett Claydon | £13,750 | 2024 Q-School |
87 | Netherlands | Martijn Dragt | £13,500 | 2024 Q-School |
88 | England | Adam Hunt | £13,500 | 2024 Q-School |
89 | New Zealand | Haupai Puha | £12,500 | 2024 Q-School |
90 | Netherlands | Jelle Klaasen | £11,750 | 2024 Q-School |
91 | Scotland | William Borland | £11,500 | 2024 Q-School |
92 | Germany | Tim Wolters | £7,500 | 2024 Q-School |
93 | England | Joshua Richardson | £7,500 | 2024 Q-School |
94 | Italy | Michele Turetta | £6,000 | 2024 Q-School |
95 | United States | Jules van Dongen | £4,000 | 2024 Q-School |
96 | Netherlands | Wesley Plaisier | £0 | 2024 Challenge Tour |
97 | Netherlands | Christian Kist | £0 | 2024 Challenge Tour |
98 | Germany | Niko Springer | £0 | 2024 Development Tour |
99 | Poland | Sebastian Białecki | £0 | 2024 Development Tour |
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