2025 in PDC
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The year 2025 is the 33rd year in the history of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), a darts promotion based in the United Kingdom.
| 2025 PDC season | |||
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| Country | Worldwide | ||
| Organisation(s) | Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) | ||
| Format | 501 Legs and Sets | ||
| Prize fund | Varies by tournament | ||
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Premier Events
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The PDC Premier Events are a series of major professional darts tournaments organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). These events, globally broadcast, are considered the most prestigious in the darts sport due their high level of competition and largest prize funds in PDC.
Ranked
These events contribute to a player's ranking on the PDC Order of Merit (PDC OoM). The prize money won in these tournaments is added to the player's total earnings over a two-year period, which determines their PDC OoM ranking.
On 28 October 2024, it was announced that the then non-ranked event, the Masters, would be renamed as the World Masters[1] and become a ranked[2] premier event. With this change, the tournament would now be played in sets instead of legs, and preliminary rounds will be held to complete the 32-player tournament field. On 24 December, the prize fund and the money distribution were announced.[3][4]
| Date | Event | Venue | Prize fund | Format | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Semi-finalists | Ref. |
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| 15 December 2024 – 3 January 2025 | 2025 World Darts Championship |  London, Alexandra Palace |
£2,500,000 | Sets | 102.73 Luke Littler |
7–3 |  Michael van Gerwen 100.69 |
Stephen Bunting Chris Dobey |
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| 30 January–2 February 2025 | World Masters | Milton Keynes, Marshall Arena |
£500,000 | Sets | 100.42 Luke Humphries |
6–5 |  Jonny Clayton 97.99 |
Danny Noppert  Dimitri Van den Bergh |
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| 28 February–2 March 2025 | UK Open | Minehead, Butlin's Minehead |
£600,000 | Legs | 101.51 Luke Littler |
11–2 | James Wade 88.06 |
Jonny Clayton  Josh Rock |
[9] |
| 19–27 July 2025 | World Matchplay | Blackpool, Winter Gardens |
£800,000 | Legs |  |
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| 6–12 October 2025 | World Grand Prix | Leicester, Mattioli Arena |
£600,000 | Sets | |
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| 23–26 October 2025 | European Championship |  Dortmund, Westfalenhallen |
£500,000 | Legs | |
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| 8–16 November 2025 | Grand Slam of Darts | Wolverhampton, WV Active Aldersley |
£650,000 | Legs | |
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| 21–23 November 2025 | Players Championship Finals | Minehead, Butlin's Minehead |
£600,000 | Legs | |
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| 15 December 2025 – 3 January 2026 | 2026 World Darts Championship | London, Alexandra Palace |
£5,000,000 | Sets | |
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Non-ranked
These events do not affect the PDC Order of Merit; therefore, the prize money won does not contribute to the players' PDC OoM rankings.
| Date | Event | Venue | Prize fund | Format | Champion | Legs | Runner-up | Semi-finalists | Ref. |
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| 6 February – 29 May 2025 | Premier League Darts | London, The O2 Arena[a] |
£1,000,000 | Legs | |
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| 12–15 June 2025 | World Cup of Darts | Frankfurt, Eissporthalle |
£450,000 | Legs | |
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World Series of Darts
The 2025 World Series of Darts is a series of televised darts tournaments organized by the Professional Darts Corporation, consisting of seven World Series events and one finals.[10]
There were no changes from the previous year; all eight events remained the same, with the only change being the Nordic Masters being held before the US Masters.
| No. | Date | Event | Venue | Champion | Legs | Runner-up | Semi-finalists | Ref. |
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| 1 | 16–17 January | Bahrain Masters |  Sakhir, Bahrain International Circuit |
99.33 Stephen Bunting |
8–4 | Gerwyn Price 96.64 |
Luke Humphries  Peter Wright |
[11] |
| 2 | 24–25 January | Dutch Darts Masters | Den Bosch, Maaspoort |
101.87 Rob Cross |
8–5 | Stephen Bunting 96.46 |
Luke Littler Gerwyn Price |
[12] |
| 3 | 6–7 June | Nordic Darts Masters |  Copenhagen, Forum Copenhagen |
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| 4 | 27–28 June | US Darts Masters |  New York City, Hulu Theater |
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| 5 | 4–5 July | Poland Darts Masters |  Gliwice, PreZero Arena |
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| 6 | 8–9 August | Australian Darts Masters |  Wollongong, WIN Entertainment Centre |
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| 7 | 15–16 August | New Zealand Masters |  Auckland, Spark Arena |
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| 8 | 12–14 September | World Series of Darts Finals | Amsterdam, AFAS Live |
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Pro Tour
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The 2025 PDC Pro Tour is a series of darts tournaments organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), made up by thirty-four Players Championship events and fourteen European Tour events. This year's Pro Tour is the biggest ever, as the PDC expanded its calendar by adding four more Players Championship events and increasing the number of European Tour events by one compared to previous years.[13][14]
The PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit is formed by combining the results from the PDC European Tour Order of Merit and the PDC Players Championships Order of Merit.
- Prize money
The prize money remained unchanged from the previous year. This is how it will be divided:
- 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.
Tour cards
128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships events, the UK Open, and qualifiers for all European Tours and select televised events.
The 2025 PDC Tour Cards are awarded to:
- (64) The top 64 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2025 World Championship.
- 56th-placed Steve Beaton resigned his Tour Card.[15] 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 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).
- Wessel Nijman, 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 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.[16][17]
Q-School
The winner of each day's play in the Final Stage is given a PDC Tour Card.
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| January 9 | January 10 | January 11 | January 12 |
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| 128 players | 127 players | 126 players | 125 players |
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| January 9 | January 10 | January 11 | January 12 |
| 128 players | 127 players | 126 players | 125 players |
To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, a ranking is created for each Q-School and a point is awarded for every win after the Last 64. Available Tour Card places for each Q-School are 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:[24]
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Global Affiliate Tours
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The PDC Global Affiliate Tours are a series of regional darts competitions organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) in collaboration with various local darts organizations around the world.[32]
Under PDC Order of Merit Rule 3.9,[33] first-year Tour Card holders can participate without restrictions, in their second year they may only qualify for a major event if at the entries' closing date they are outside the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit, and beyond the second year of being a Tour Card Holder they can play but not qualify for any PDC Premier Event via this route.
Asian Tour
The PDC Asian Tour is the PDC Global Affiliate Tour for players from Asia. The 2025 calendar consists of twenty-four events organized over six weekends.[34]
| No. | Date | Location | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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| 1 | 25–26 January |  Dubai |
(94.08) Alexis Toylo  |
5 – 3 |  Tomoya Goto (89.22) |
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| 2 | (100.65) Lourence Ilagan |
5 – 1 |  Man Lok Leung (88.64) |
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| 3 | (100.22) Lourence Ilagan |
5 – 2 | Paolo Nebrida (93.65) |
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| 4 | (76.60) Paul Lim  |
5 – 2 | Dolreich Tongcopanon (69.71) |
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| 5 | 12–13 April | Shizuoka |
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Nordic & Baltic Tour
The PDC 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.[39] On 8 October 2024, a sixth weekend in Norway with four events was added.[40]
| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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| 1 | Saturday 15 February | Bellevue Park Hotel, Riga |
(89.32) Oskar Lukasiak  |
6 – 5 | Andreas Harrysson (88.01) |
[41] |
| 2 | Sunday 16 February | (98.28) Jonas Masalin  |
6 – 5 | Teemu Harju (93.19) |
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| 3 | Saturday 29 March | Apple Hotel, Gothenburg |
(94.94) Valters Melderis |
6 – 4 | Johan Engström (91.83) |
[43] |
| 4 | Sunday 30 March | (81.21) Marko Kantele |
6 – 2 | Valters Melderis (79.33) |
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| 5 | Saturday 10 May | Hotelli Tallukka, Vääksy |
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| 7 | Saturday 5 July | Slangerup Dartklub, Slangerup |
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| 9 | Saturday 2 August | Olavsgaard Hotel, Oslo |
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| 11 | Saturday 6 September | Bullseye, Reykjavík |
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Next Gen
The PDC Europe Next Gen is the PDC Global Affiliate Tour for players from Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein. This series of tournaments is unique as the format of play is rotated event by event. These formats include: seeding, 'double in, double out' (DIDO), FA Cup (no seedings, random draw at the start of each round) and 'master out' (players can win a leg on a treble or double). The 2025 calendar consists of fifteen events organized over seven weekends.[45]
The prizes for this PDC Global Affiliate Tour are as follows:[46]
- The top twenty players on the Next Gen Order of Merit earn a spot in the 2025 PDC Europe Super League.
- The top four players on a separate Next Gen Youth Order of Merit (players between 16 and 22 years of age) earn a spot in the 2025 PDC Europe Super League.
| No. | Date | Location | Format | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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| 1 | 1–2 February | Hildesheim |
DIDO | (79.73) Kevin Troppmann |
5 – 3 |  Rowby-John Rodriguez (59.73) |
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| 2 | FA Cup | (85.99) Michael Klönhammer |
6 – 1 | Jarod Becker (76.71) |
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| 3 | 1–2 March | Kalkar |
Master Out | (82.39) Kevin Kuhn |
6 – 4 | Oliver Mueller (88.43) |
[49] |
| 4 | Seeding | (88.12) Dragutin Horvat |
6 – 2 | Paul Krohne (85.35) |
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| 5 | 20–22 June | Rust |
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| 8 | 2–3 August | Sindelfingen |
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| 12 | 23–24 August | Kalkar |
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| 14 | 13–14 September | Hildesheim |
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Dartplayers Australia (DPA) Pro Tour
The Dartplayers Australia (DPA) Pro Tour is the PDC Global Affiliate Tour for players from Australia. The 2025 calendar consists of 15 Pro Tour events organized over five weekends.[51] Events 1, 2 and 3 were held in September 2024 as part of the final weekend of the 2024 DPA Pro Tour.[52]
| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs/Sets | Runner-up | Ref. |
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| 4 | Saturday 22 February | Commercial Club, Albury |
(88.33) Brody Klinge  |
6 – 3 |  Koha Kokiri (84.60) |
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| 5 | (75.15) Darren Penhall |
6 – 0 |  James Bailey (66.33) |
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| 6 | Sunday 23 February | (81.04) Brody Klinge |
3 – 0 |  Danny Porter (80.37) |
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| 7 | Saturday 5 April | Italian Club, Bunbury |
(83.87) Stuart Coburn |
6 – 5 | Joe Comito (82.94) |
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| 8 | (80.39) Stuart Coburn |
6 – 5 | Joe Comito (82.84) |
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| 9 | Sunday 6 April | (82.07) James Bailey |
3 – 2 | Joe Comito (79.76) |
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| 10 | Saturday 14 June | Commercial Club, Albury |
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Dartplayers New Zealand (DPNZ) Pro Tour
The Dartplayers New Zealand (DPNZ) Pro Tour is the PDC Global Affiliate Tour for players from New Zealand. The 2025 calendar consists of 12 Pro Tour events organized over six weekends.
| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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| 1 | Saturday 15 February | Kapi Mana Darts, Wellington |
(73.60) Mark Cleaver |
7 – 2 | Jaymie Hilton-Jones (62.10) |
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| 2 | Sunday 16 February | (73.22) Mark Cleaver |
7 – 5 | Jaymie Hilton-Jones (68.11) |
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| 3 | Saturday 22 March | CSDA, Christchurch |
(85.90) John Hurring |
7 – 6 | Ben Robb (80.14) |
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| 4 | Sunday 23 March | (88.72) John Hurring |
7 – 5 | Ben Robb (88.68) |
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| 5 | Saturday 26 April | Sun City, Nelson |
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| 7 | Saturday 24 May | Hamilton Cossie Club, Hamilton |
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| 9 | Saturday 13 September | Howick Club, Auckland |
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Championship Darts Latin America and Caribbean (CDLC) Tour
The Championship Darts Latin America and Caribbean (CDLC) Tour is the PDC Global Affiliate Tour for players from Latin America and the Caribbean that was launched in 2023.[63] The 2025 calendar will consist of six events organised over three weekends in Panama, the Bahamas and Chile – an expansion from four events in 2024.[64]
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| 1 | Saturday 26 April |  Panama City |
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| 5 | Saturday 4 October |  Santiago |
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