2026 PDC Pro Tour
The 2026 PDC Pro Tour is an upcoming series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Players Championships and European Tours are the events that make up the Pro Tour. The 2026 calendar consists of 34 Players Championship events and 15 European Tour events, as well as 24 events for each of the PDC's secondary tours—the Challenge Tour, Development Tour and Women's Series.[1]
Prize money
On 31 March 2025, the PDC announced a mass increase in prize money for PDC Pro Tour tournaments, along with increases for the PDC's secondary tours.[2][3] The breakdown for each tour is shown below:
| Stage | ET | PC | CT/DT | WS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | £35,000 | £15,000 | £3,000 | £2,500 |
| Runner-up | £15,000 | £10,000 | £2,000 | £1,000 |
| Semi-finalists | £10,000 | £6,500 | £1,000 | £750 |
| Quarter-finalists | £8,000 | £4,000 | £750 | £500 |
| Last 16 | £5,000 | £3,000 | £350 | £300 |
| Last 32 | £3,500[a] | £2,000 | £250 | £200 |
| Last 48 | £2,000[a] | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Last 64 | N/A | £1,250 | £100 | £75[b] |
| Total | £230,000 | £150,000 | £20,000 | £15,000 |
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Last 64 prize money is only paid out if a minimum of 128 participants take part in a Women's Series event.
PDC Tour Card
128 players are granted PDC Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championship events, the UK Open, and qualifiers for all European Tours and select televised events.
Tour Cards
The 2026 PDC Tour Cards were awarded to:
- (64) The top 64 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2026 World Championship
- (28) Qualifiers from 2025 Q-School not ranked in the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit following the World Championship
- (2) Two highest qualifiers from the 2024 Challenge Tour (Wesley Plaisier and Christian Kist)
- (1) The highest qualifier from the 2024 Development Tour (Sebastian Białecki)
- Niko Springer, who also earned a Tour Card through the 2024 Development Tour, entered the top 64 in his first year on tour. Therefore, one extra Tour Card was awarded at 2026 Q-School.
- (2) Two highest qualifiers from the 2025 Challenge Tour (Stefan Bellmont and Darius Labanauskas)
- (2) Two highest qualifiers from the 2025 Development Tour (Beau Greaves and Owen Bates)
- (16) The daily finalists from the 2026 Q-Schools.
Afterwards, the playing field was complemented by the highest qualified players from the Q-School Orders of Merit until the maximum number of 128 Tour Card players had been reached.
Q-School
PDC Qualifying School (or Q-School) is split into two different events: UK Q-School for British and Irish players, held at the Arena MK in Milton Keynes, England; and European Q-School for the rest of Europe, held at Wunderland Kalkar in Kalkar, Germany. Non-European players can choose which Q-School to compete in.[4]
There are two stages in Q-School:[5]
- The First Stage, played between 5–7 January, was entered by any darts player who registered to compete. The players who reached the last 16 of each of the three days qualified for the Final Stage alongside other players coming from a First Stage Order of Merit ranking, producing a full list of 128 players for each Final Stage.
- The Final Stage, held between 8–11 January, consisted of all players qualified from the First Stage plus the players exempted to the Final Stage; players who were exempted were those who lost their PDC Tour Cards after the 2026 World Championship, and those who finished from third to sixteenth in the 2025 Challenge Tour and Development Tour Orders of Merit who did not have PDC Tour Cards yet. In a change from prior years, players from lower in the First Stage Order of Merit came in after the first day to replace Tour Card winners, with the intent of consistently having a 128-player field at both Q-Schools.
The final two players of each day's play in the Final Stage were given a PDC Tour Card. The remaining Tour Cards were then awarded to players in qualifying positions on the respective UK and European Q-School Orders of Merit.[6][7] A total of 29 PDC Tour Cards were distributed—13 at UK Q-School and 16 at European Q-School.[4]
| 8 January[8] | 9 January[9] | 10 January[10] | 11 January[11] |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK Q-School | |||
| Rhys Griffin (WAL) Adam Leek (AUS) |
Carl Sneyd (ENG) Niall Culleton (IRL) |
Shane McGuirk (IRL) Tom Sykes (ENG) |
Charlie Manby (ENG) Samuel Price (ENG) |
| European Q-School | |||
| Arno Merk (GER) Filip Bereza (POL) |
Jeffrey Sparidaans (NED) Cristo Reyes (ESP) |
Matthias Ehlers (GER) Yorick Hofkens (GER) |
Sietse Lap (NED) Jeffrey de Zwaan (NED) |
At the end of the fourth day in the Final Stage, the following players earned Tour Cards through the Orders of Merit:[12]
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UK Q-School Order of Merit
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European Q-School Order of Merit
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Players Championships
The PDC Players Championships (PC) are a series of non-televised darts events that are part of the PDC Pro Tour. The number of events was the same as the previous year, with a total of 34 Players Championship events.
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 will qualify for the Players Championship Finals.
| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monday 9 February | Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany | James Wade (93.69) | 8 – 6 | Nathan Aspinall (95.26) | [13] |
| 2 | Tuesday 10 February | Wessel Nijman (102.78) | 8 – 7 | Gerwyn Price (107.41) | [14] | |
| 3 | Monday 16 February | Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan, England | Chris Dobey (95.37) | 8 – 1 | Stephen Bunting (84.92) | [15] |
| 4 | Tuesday 17 February | Luke Humphries (104.62) | 8 – 6 | Wessel Nijman (92.87) | [16] | |
| 5 | Tuesday 24 February | Leicester Arena, England | Ross Smith (104.24) | 8 – 2 | Chris Dobey (97.86) | [17] |
| 6 | Wednesday 25 February | Gerwyn Price (95.59) | 8 – 1 | Andrew Gilding (94.67) | [18] | |
| 7 | Monday 30 March | |||||
| 8 | Tuesday 31 March | |||||
| 9 | Monday 13 April | Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan, England | ||||
| 10 | Tuesday 14 April | |||||
| 11 | Monday 27 April | Arena MK, Milton Keynes, England | ||||
| 12 | Tuesday 28 April | |||||
| 13 | Monday 4 May | Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany | ||||
| 14 | Tuesday 5 May | |||||
| 15 | Tuesday 12 May | Leicester Arena, England | ||||
| 16 | Wednesday 13 May | |||||
| 17 | Monday 18 May | |||||
| 18 | Tuesday 19 May | |||||
| 19 | Tuesday 2 June | Arena MK, Milton Keynes, England | ||||
| 20 | Wednesday 3 June | |||||
| 21 | Tuesday 16 June | Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan, England | ||||
| 22 | Wednesday 17 June | |||||
| 23 | Monday 6 July | Leicester Arena, England | ||||
| 24 | Tuesday 7 July | |||||
| 25 | Tuesday 28 July | Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany | ||||
| 26 | Wednesday 29 July | |||||
| 27 | Tuesday 25 August | Leicester Arena, England | ||||
| 28 | Wednesday 26 August | |||||
| 29 | Tuesday 22 September | Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands | ||||
| 30 | Wednesday 23 September | |||||
| 31 | Wednesday 28 October | |||||
| 32 | Thursday 29 October | |||||
| 33 | Wednesday 4 November | Leicester Arena, England | ||||
| 34 | Thursday 5 November |
European Tour
The PDC European Tour (ET) is a series of darts events that are part of the PDC Pro Tour. In 2026, the total number of events expanded to fifteen, one more than the previous year. European Tour events in Poland and Slovakia will be held for the first time.[19]
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 will qualify for the European Championship.
| No. | Date | Event | Location | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20–22 February | 2026 Poland Darts Open | EXPO Kraków | Luke Littler (108.06) | 8 – 4 | Gian van Veen (96.11) | [20] |
| 2 | 13–15 March | 2026 European Darts Trophy | Lokhalle, Göttingen | Wessel Nijman (100.80) | 8 – 3 | Gerwyn Price (92.38) | [21] |
| 3 | 20–22 March | 2026 Belgian Darts Open | Oktoberhallen, Wieze | ||||
| 4 | 4–6 April | 2026 German Darts Grand Prix | Zenith, Munich | ||||
| 5 | 17–19 April | 2026 European Darts Grand Prix | Glaspalast Sindelfingen | ||||
| 6 | 8–10 May | 2026 Austrian Darts Open | Stadthalle Graz | ||||
| 7 | 22–24 May | 2026 International Darts Open | WT Energiesysteme Arena, Riesa | ||||
| 8 | 29–31 May | 2026 Baltic Sea Darts Open | Wunderino Arena, Kiel | ||||
| 9 | 19–21 June | 2026 Slovak Darts Open | Incheba, Bratislava | ||||
| 10 | 10–12 July | 2026 European Darts Open | Ostermann-Arena, Leverkusen | ||||
| 11 | 28–30 August | 2026 Hungarian Darts Trophy | MVM Dome, Budapest | ||||
| 12 | 4–6 September | 2026 Czech Darts Open | PVA EXPO, Prague | ||||
| 13 | 11–13 September | 2026 Flanders Darts Trophy | Antwerp Expo | ||||
| 14 | 9–11 October | 2026 Swiss Darts Trophy | St. Jakobshalle, Basel | ||||
| 15 | 16–18 October | 2026 Dutch Darts Championship | MECC Maastricht |
PDC secondary tours
Challenge Tour
| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friday 16 January | Arena MK, Milton Keynes, England | Tommy Lishman (99.12) | 5 – 2 | Tommy Morris (98.52) | [22] |
| 2 | Joe Hunt (99.49) | 5 – 2 | José Justicia (90.20) | [23] | ||
| 3 | Saturday 17 January | Joe Hunt (88.04) | 5 – 2 | Arron Monk (80.40) | [24] | |
| 4 | Martijn Dragt (88.23) | 5 – 3 | Scott Waites (88.38) | [25] | ||
| 5 | Sunday 18 January | Jack Tweddell (85.68) | 5 – 1 | Steve Lennon (84.06) | [26] | |
| 6 | Friday 27 March | Leicester Arena, England | ||||
| 7 | ||||||
| 8 | Saturday 28 March | |||||
| 9 | ||||||
| 10 | Sunday 29 March | |||||
| 11 | Friday 1 May | Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany | ||||
| 12 | ||||||
| 13 | Saturday 2 May | |||||
| 14 | ||||||
| 15 | Sunday 3 May | |||||
| 16 | Friday 14 August | Arena MK, Milton Keynes, England | ||||
| 17 | ||||||
| 18 | Saturday 15 August | |||||
| 19 | ||||||
| 20 | Sunday 16 August | |||||
| 21 | Saturday 26 September | Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan, England | ||||
| 22 | ||||||
| 23 | Sunday 27 September | |||||
| 24 |
Development Tour
| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friday 20 February | Leicester Arena, England | Jurjen van der Velde (95.35) | 5 – 1 | Dylan Slevin (86.10) | [27] |
| 2 | Sebastian Białecki (90.41) | 5 – 3 | James Beeton (84.51) | [28] | ||
| 3 | Saturday 21 February | Jurjen van der Velde (97.54) | 5 – 3 | Charlie Manby (94.96) | [29] | |
| 4 | Jack Drayton (86.31) | 5 – 1 | Angelo Balsamo (75.39) | [30] | ||
| 5 | Sunday 22 February | Jack Drayton (90.67) | 5 – 3 | Cam Crabtree (89.35) | [31] | |
| 6 | Friday 24 April | Arena MK, Milton Keynes, England | ||||
| 7 | ||||||
| 8 | Saturday 25 April | |||||
| 9 | ||||||
| 10 | Sunday 26 April | |||||
| 11 | Friday 5 June | |||||
| 12 | ||||||
| 13 | Saturday 6 June | |||||
| 14 | ||||||
| 15 | Sunday 7 June | |||||
| 16 | Friday 31 July | Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany | ||||
| 17 | ||||||
| 18 | Saturday 1 August | |||||
| 19 | ||||||
| 20 | Sunday 2 August | |||||
| 21 | Saturday 3 October | Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan, England | ||||
| 22 | ||||||
| 23 | Sunday 4 October | |||||
| 24 |
Women's Series
| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturday 7 February | Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany | Beau Greaves (98.43) | 5 – 2 | Lisa Ashton (92.61) | [32] |
| 2 | Beau Greaves (89.46) | 5 – 0 | Lisa Ashton (75.48) | [33] | ||
| 3 | Sunday 8 February | Beau Greaves (86.39) | 5 – 1 | Fallon Sherrock (76.08) | [34] | |
| 4 | Beau Greaves (100.20) | 5 – 0 | Lisa Ashton (75.92) | [35] | ||
| 5 | Saturday 21 March | Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan, England | ||||
| 6 | ||||||
| 7 | Sunday 22 March | |||||
| 8 | ||||||
| 9 | Saturday 16 May | Leicester Arena, England | ||||
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| 11 | Sunday 17 May | |||||
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| 13 | Saturday 20 June | Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan, England | ||||
| 14 | ||||||
| 15 | Sunday 21 June | |||||
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| 17 | Saturday 22 August | Leicester Arena, England | ||||
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| 19 | Sunday 23 August | |||||
| 20 | ||||||
| 21 | Saturday 10 October | Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan, England | ||||
| 22 | ||||||
| 23 | Sunday 11 October | |||||
| 24 |
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