The 2024 PDC Pro Tour is the current 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 Players Championship events and thirteen PDC European Tour events, as well as 24 events for the Challenge and Development Tours, and the Women's Series.[1]

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

The 2023 Tour Cards were awarded to:

Afterwards, the playing field was 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 2024, that means that a total of 23 additional players qualified this way.[3]

Q-School

The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School (or Q-School) was split into a UK and European Q-School. Players that are not from Europe could choose which Q-School to compete in.

Stage One took place between 8–10 January; with the Final Stage being held between 11 and 14 January. The winner of each day's play in the Final Stage will be given a PDC Tour Card.

The UK Q-School was held at the Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England; with the European Q-School held at Wunderland Kalkar in Kalkar, Germany.

UK Q-School
January 11 January 12 January 13 January 14
 Steve Lennon [4][5]  Robert Grundy [6]  Leighton Bennett [7]  Dom Taylor [8]
127 players 126 players 124 players 119 players
European Q-School
January 11 January 12 January 13 January 14
 Martijn Dragt [9][5]  Jelle Klaasen [10]  Andy Baetens [11]  Jeffrey de Graaf [12]
127 players 124 players 119 players 105 players

An Order of Merit was created for each Q School. For every win after the Last 64, the players will be awarded 1 point. The top ten from the UK rankings and top thirteen from the Europe rankings, excluding those who won their cards outright, will win a Tour Card.

The following players picked up Tour Cards as a result:

Players Championships

There are 30 Players Championship events in 2024.

No. Date Location Winner Legs Runner-up Ref.
1 12 February England Wigan    
2 13 February    
3 19 February England Leicester    
4 20 February    
5 18 March Germany Hildesheim    
6 19 March    
7 8 April England Leicester    
8 9 April    
9 6 May Germany Hildesheim    
10 7 May    
11 11 June    
12 12 June    
13 2 July England Milton Keynes    
14 3 July    
15 31 July    
16 1 August    
17 2 August    
18 21 August    
19 22 August    
20 17 September England Wigan    
21 18 September    
22 24 September England Milton Keynes    
23 25 September    
24 1 October England Wigan    
25 2 October    
26 3 October    
27 15 October    
28 16 Ocotber    
29 30 October England Leicester    
30 31 October    

PDC European Tour

There are 13 European Tour events in 2024.

No. Date Location Winner Legs Runner-up Ref.
1 8–10 March Belgium Wieze    
2 30 March–1 April Germany Munich    
3 12–14 April Germany Riesa    
4 19–21 April Germany Sindelfingen    
5 26–28 April Austria Graz    
6 10-12 May Germany Kiel    
7 24–26 May Netherlands Rosmalen    
8 21–23 June Germany Leverkusen    
9 30 August–1 September Germany Hildesheim    
10 6–8 September Belgium Antwerp    
11 20–22 September Hungary Budapest    
12 27–29 September Switzerland Basel    
13 18–20 October Czech Republic Prague    

PDC Challenge Tour

The Challenge Tour will once again consist of 4 weekends of 5 events, and 1 weekend of 4 events. The top 2 players on the Order of Merit get a PDC Tour Card and a place at the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, meanwhile the winner of the Order of Merit gets a spot at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts as well. The Challenge Tour rankings are additionally used to top up Players Championship events should not all 128 Tour Card holders choose to enter. Furthermore, the eight highest ranked players from the 2024 Challenge Tour without a tour card for the 2025 season qualified for the first round of the 2025 UK Open.

No. Date Location Winner Legs Runner-up Ref.
1 19 January England Milton Keynes    
2    
3 20 January    
4    
5 21 January    
6 15 March Germany Hildesheim    
7    
8 16 March    
9    
10 17 March    
11 7 June England Leicester    
12    
13 8 June    
14    
15 9 June    
16 16 August England Milton Keynes    
17    
18 17 August    
19    
20 18 August    
21 2 November England Leicester    
22    
23 3 November    
24    

    PDC Development Tour

    The 2023 Development Tour will once again consist of 4 weekends of 5 events, and 1 weekend of 4 events. The top 2 players on the Order of Merit get a PDC Tour Card and a place at the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, meanwhile the winner of the Order of Merit gets a spot at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts as well. The Development Tour rankings additionally form a large part of qualification for the 2024 PDC World Youth Championship. Furthermore, the top 8 ranked players from the 2024 Development Tour Order of Merit, who do not manage to earn a Tour Card for the 2025 season, will qualify for the first round of the 2025 UK Open.

    No. Date Location Winner Legs Runner-up Ref.
    1 23 February England Milton Keynes    
    2    
    3 24 February    
    4    
    5 25 February    
    6 3 May Germany Hildesheim    
    7    
    8 4 May    
    9    
    10 5 May    
    11 21 June England Wigan    
    12    
    13 22 June    
    14    
    15 23 June    
    16 26 July England Milton Keynes    
    17    
    18 27 July    
    19    
    20 28 July    
    21 12 October England Wigan    
    22    
    23 13 October    
    24    

      PDC Women's Series

      There are 24 2024 PDC Women's Series events in 2024. The top two players from the series will qualify for the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, while the top non-qualified player will qualify for the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts.

      No. Date Location Winner Legs Runner-up Ref.
      1 23 March England Wigan    
      2    
      3 24 March    
      4    
      5 20 April    
      6    
      7 21 April    
      8    
      9 15 June    
      10    
      11 16 June    
      12    
      13 10 August Germany Niedernhausen    
      14    
      15 11 August    
      16    
      17 7 September England Wigan    
      18    
      19 8 September    
      20    
      21 19 October England Leicester    
      22    
      23 20 October    
      24    

      PDC Asian Tour

      There are 24 PDC Asian Tour events in 2024.[15]

      2024 Asian Tour ranking after 3 events
      Rank Player Earnings
      1 Alexis Toylo $4,300
      2 Paolo Nebrida $3,200
      3 Nitin Kumar $1,800
      4 Alain Abiabi $1,200
      5 Joel Hizon $1,100
      6 Man Lok Leung $1,000
      7 Paul Lim $1,000
      8 Reynaldo Rivera $800
      9 Noel Malicdem $800
      10 Lourence Ilagan $700
      11 Sandro Eric Sosing $700
      No. Date Location Winner Legs Runner-up Ref.
      1 13–14 January United Arab Emirates Dubai (91.47) Alexis Toylo  5 – 3  Paolo Nebrida (90.76) [16]
      2 (93.70) Alexis Toylo  5 – 3  Joel Hizon (86.47) [17]
      3 (88.24) Paolo Nebrida  5 – 3  Nitin Kumar (80.85) [18]
      4 16–17 March Japan Kyoto    
      5    
      6    
      7 20–21 April Philippines Manila    
      8    
      9    
      10 18–19 May Malaysia Penang    
      11    
      12    
      13 8–9 June Mongolia Ulaanbaatar    
      14    
      15    
      16 TBC TBC    
      17    
      18    
      19    
      20    
      21    
      22    
      23    
      24    

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