Draft: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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]128 players are granted 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
[edit | edit source]The 2026 Tour Cards will be awarded to:
- (64) The top 64 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2026 World Championship
- (??) ?? 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 to a 2026 Q-School qualifier.
- (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)
- (8) The daily winners from the 2026 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 2026, that means that a total of ?? additional players will qualify this way.
Q-School
[edit | edit source]PDC Qualifying School (or Q-School) was 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 could choose which Q-School to compete in.
There are two stages in Q-School:
- The First Stage, played between 5–7 January, was entered by any darts player who registered to compete. 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 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.
The winner of each day's play in the Final Stage was given a PDC Tour Card.
Players Championships
[edit | edit source]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 | ||||
| 2 | Tuesday 10 February | |||||
| 3 | Monday 16 February | Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan, England | ||||
| 4 | Tuesday 17 February | |||||
| 5 | Tuesday 24 February | Leicester Arena, England | ||||
| 6 | Wednesday 25 February | |||||
| 7 | Monday 30 March | |||||
| 8 | Tuesday 31 March | |||||
| 9 | Monday 13 April | Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan, England | ||||
| 12 | Tuesday 14 April | |||||
| 13 | Monday 27 April | Arena MK, Milton Keynes, England | ||||
| 14 | 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
[edit | edit source]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.
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.
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PDC secondary tours
[edit | edit source]Challenge Tour
[edit | edit source]| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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| 1 | Friday 16 January | Arena MK, Milton Keynes, England | ||||
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| 3 | Saturday 17 January | |||||
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| 5 | Sunday 18 January | |||||
| 6 | Friday 27 March | Leicester Arena, England | ||||
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| 8 | Saturday 28 March | |||||
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| 10 | Sunday 29 March | |||||
| 11 | Friday 1 May | Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany | ||||
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| 13 | Saturday 2 May | |||||
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| 15 | Sunday 3 May | |||||
| 16 | Friday 14 August | Arena MK, Milton Keynes, England | ||||
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| 18 | Saturday 15 August | |||||
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| 20 | Sunday 16 August | |||||
| 21 | Saturday 26 September | Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan, England | ||||
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| 23 | Sunday 27 September | |||||
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Development Tour
[edit | edit source]| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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| 1 | Friday 20 February | Leicester Arena, England | ||||
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| 3 | Saturday 21 February | |||||
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| 5 | Sunday 22 February | |||||
| 6 | Friday 24 April | Arena MK, Milton Keynes, England | ||||
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| 8 | Saturday 25 April | |||||
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| 10 | Sunday 26 April | |||||
| 11 | Friday 5 June | |||||
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| 13 | Saturday 6 June | |||||
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| 15 | Sunday 7 June | |||||
| 16 | Friday 31 July | Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany | ||||
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| 18 | Saturday 1 August | |||||
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| 20 | Sunday 2 August | |||||
| 21 | Saturday 3 October | Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan, England | ||||
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| 23 | Sunday 4 October | |||||
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Women's Series
[edit | edit source]| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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| 1 | Saturday 7 February | Halle 39, Hildesheim, Germany | ||||
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| 3 | Sunday 8 February | |||||
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| 5 | Saturday 21 March | Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan, England | ||||
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| 7 | Sunday 22 March | |||||
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| 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 | ||||
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| 15 | Sunday 21 June | |||||
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| 17 | Saturday 22 August | Leicester Arena, England | ||||
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| 19 | Sunday 23 August | |||||
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| 21 | Saturday 10 October | Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan, England | ||||
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| 23 | Sunday 11 October | |||||
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