2026 PDC Pro Tour


The 2026 PDC Pro Tour is an upcoming series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. 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.

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. The breakdown for each tour is shown below:
Stage
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£2,000£250£200
Last 48£2,000N/AN/AN/A
Last 64N/A£1,250£100£75
Total£230,000£150,000£20,000£15,000

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:
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 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.
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 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. A total of 29 PDC Tour Cards were distributed—13 at UK Q-School and 16 at European Q-School.
At the end of the fourth day in the Final Stage, the following players earned Tour Cards through the Orders of Merit:
UK Q-School Order of Merit
European Q-School Order of Merit

  8. Players Championships

The PDC Players Championships 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.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-up
1Monday 9 FebruaryHalle 39, Hildesheim, Germany
2Tuesday 10 FebruaryHalle 39, Hildesheim, Germany
3Monday 16 FebruaryRobin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan, England
4Tuesday 17 FebruaryRobin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan, England
5Tuesday 24 FebruaryLeicester Arena, England
6Wednesday 25 FebruaryLeicester Arena, England
7Monday 30 MarchLeicester Arena, England
8Tuesday 31 MarchLeicester Arena, England
9Monday 13 AprilRobin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan, England
10Tuesday 14 AprilRobin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan, England
11Monday 27 AprilArena MK, Milton Keynes, England
12Tuesday 28 AprilArena MK, Milton Keynes, England
13Monday 4 MayHalle 39, Hildesheim, Germany
14Tuesday 5 MayHalle 39, Hildesheim, Germany
15Tuesday 12 MayLeicester Arena, England
16Wednesday 13 MayLeicester Arena, England
17Monday 18 MayLeicester Arena, England
18Tuesday 19 MayLeicester Arena, England
19Tuesday 2 JuneArena MK, Milton Keynes, England
20Wednesday 3 JuneArena MK, Milton Keynes, England
21Tuesday 16 JuneRobin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan, England
22Wednesday 17 JuneRobin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan, England
23Monday 6 JulyLeicester Arena, England
24Tuesday 7 JulyLeicester Arena, England
25Tuesday 28 JulyHalle 39, Hildesheim, Germany
26Wednesday 29 JulyHalle 39, Hildesheim, Germany
27Tuesday 25 AugustLeicester Arena, England
28Wednesday 26 AugustLeicester Arena, England
29Tuesday 22 SeptemberMaaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands
30Wednesday 23 SeptemberMaaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands
31Wednesday 28 OctoberMaaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands
32Thursday 29 OctoberMaaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands
33Wednesday 4 NovemberLeicester Arena, England
34Thursday 5 NovemberLeicester Arena, England

European Tour

The PDC European Tour 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.
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.DateEventLocationWinnerLegsRunner-up
120–22 February2026 Poland Darts Open