+Final 2024 PDC Pro Tour Order of MeritPrize money in the tables is in thousands £ Rank Player Prize money 1 164.5 2 162.5 3 151.5 4 148 5 144 6 141 7 140 8 138.5 9 138 10 124 11 123.5 12 122 13 107.5 14 107 15 97 16 95
The 2024 PDC Pro Tour was a 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 were thirty Players Championship events, thirteen PDC European Tour events, 24 events for the Challenge and Development Tours, as well as the Women's Series.
Dave Chisnall topped the 2024 Pro Tour Order of Merit, with Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, Stephen Bunting and Ryan Searle completing the top five.
Prize money This is how the prize money was divided:
Stage Winner £30,000 £15,000 £2,500 £2,000 Runner-up £12,000 £10,000 £1,000 £1,000 Semi-finalists £8,500 £5,000 £750 £500 £6,000 £3,500 £500 £300 Last 16 £4,000 £2,500 £300 £200 Last 32 £2,500 £1,500 £200 £100 Last 48 £1,250 N/A N/A N/A Last 64 N/A £1,000 £75 £50 Total £175,000 £125,000 £15,000 £10,000
PDC Tour Card 128 players were granted Tour Cards, which enabled them to participate in all Players Championships events, the UK Open and qualifiers for all European Tour and select televised events.
Tour cards
The 2024 Tour Cards were awarded to: (64) The top 64 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2024 World Championship. (25) 25 qualifiers from 2023 Q-School not ranked in the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit following the World Championship. Corey Cadby's Tour Card was removed as he had not competed in any events during the 12 months since the previous Q-School. (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2022 Challenge Tour (Robert Owen and Danny van Trijp). (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2022 Development Tour (Geert Nentjes and Jurjen van der Velde). (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2023 Challenge Tour (Berry van Peer and Owen Bates). (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2023 Development Tour (Wessel Nijman and Nathan Rafferty). (8) The daily winners from the 2024 Q-Schools.
Afterwards, the playing field was complemented by the highest qualified players from the final stage Q-School Order of Merit until the maximum number of 128 Pro Tour Card players was reached. In 2024, that meant a total of 23 additional players qualified this way.
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 Arena MK, 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 14 127 players 126 players 124 players 119 playersEuropean Q-School January 11 January 12 January 13 January 14 127 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 were awarded 1 point. The top ten from the UK rankings and top thirteen from the Europe rankings, excluding those who won their cards outright, won a Tour Card.
The following players picked up Tour Cards as a result:
UK Q-School Order of Merit
European Q-School Order of Merit
Players Championships
There were 30 Players Championship events in 2024. The top 64 players from the Players Championships Order of Merit qualified for the 2024 Players Championship Finals, which was solely based on prize money won in the 30 Players Championship events during the season.
No. Date Location Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 1 Wigan 8 – 7 2 8 – 5 3 Leicester 8 – 7 4 8 – 4 5 Hildesheim 8 – 1 6 8 – 6 7 Leicester 8 – 4 8 8 – 6 9 Hildesheim 8 – 6 10 8 – 4 11 8 – 7 12 8 – 3 13 Milton Keynes 8 – 7 14 8 – 5 15 8 – 6 16 8 – 2 17 8 – 6 18 8 – 3 19 8 – 6 20 Wigan 8 – 7 21 8 – 4 22 Leicester 8 – 4 23 8 – 4 24 Wigan 8 – 5 25 8 – 3 26 8 – 7 27 8 – 4 28 8 – 7 29 30 OctoberLeicester 8 – 4 30 8 – 7
PDC European Tour There were 13 European Tour events in 2024.
No. Date Event Location Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 1 8 – 7 2 8 – 1 3 8 – 5 4 8 – 6 5 8 – 4 6 8 – 6 7 8 – 4 8 8 – 6 9 8 – 5 10 8 – 6 11 8 – 7 12 8 – 7 13 8 – 1
PDC Challenge Tour
The Challenge Tour once again consisted of 4 weekends of 5 events, and 1 weekend of 4 events. The top 2 not yet qualified players on the Order of Merit received a PDC Tour Card and a place at the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, while the winner of the Order of Merit received a spot at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts as well. The Challenge Tour rankings were additionally used to top up Players Championship events when not all 128 Tour Card holders entered. Furthermore, the eight highest ranked players from the 2024 Challenge Tour without a tour card for the 2025 season qualified for the preliminary round group stage of the 2025 PDC World Masters, and first round of the 2025 UK Open.
No. Date Location Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 1 19 January Milton Keynes 5 – 4 2 5 – 3 3 20 January 5 – 3 4 5 – 0 5 21 January 5 – 3 6 15 March Hildesheim 5 – 3 7 5 – 4 8 16 March 5 – 0 9 5 – 4 10 17 March 5 – 0 11 7 June Leicester 5 – 4 12 5 – 3 13 8 June 5 – 0 14 5 – 1 15 9 June 5 – 4 16 16 August Milton Keynes 5 – 3 17 5 – 3 18 17 August 5 – 4 19 5 – 3 20 18 August 5 – 2 21 Leicester 5 – 3 22 5 – 2 23 3 November 5 – 3 24 5 – 4
PDC Development Tour
The 2024 Development Tour once again consisted of 4 weekends of 5 events, and 1 weekend of 4 events. The top 2 players on the Order of Merit received a PDC Tour Card and a place at the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, meanwhile the winner of the Order of Merit received a spot at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts as well. The Development Tour rankings additionally formed 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, qualified for the preliminary round group stage at the 2025 PDC World Masters and the first round of the 2025 UK Open.
No. Date Location Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 1 23 February Milton Keynes 5 – 4 2 5 – 4 3 24 February 5 – 0 4 5 – 0 5 5 – 0 6 3 May Hildesheim 5 – 4 7 5 – 1 8 4 May 5 – 4 9 5 – 2 10 5 May 5 – 2 11 21 June Wigan 5 – 1 12 5 – 2 13 22 June 5 – 2 14 5 – 3 15 23 June 5 – 4 16 26 July Milton Keynes 5 – 4 17 5 – 3 18 27 July 5 – 4 19 5 – 2 20 28 July 5 – 3 21 12 October Wigan 5 – 0 22 5 – 3 23 13 October 5 – 0 24 5 – 3
World Youth Championship The preliminary rounds of the 2024 World Youth Championship were held on 14 October 2024 at the Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan; while the final was held on 24 November 2024 at Butlin's Minehead before the final of the 2024 Players Championship Finals.
The 2022 champion Josh Rock, the 2023 World Youth champion Luke Littler, and Beau Greaves were among the players who chose not to the enter tournament.
Gian van Veen, the 2023 runner-up and top seed, defeated Jurjen van der Velde 6–5 in the final, Van der Velde having missed five match darts for the title.
The results from the third round onwards are shown below.
PDC Women's Series
There were twenty-four Women's Series events in 2024. The top two players from the series qualified for the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, while the top non-qualified player qualified for the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts. The top 8 ranked players from the last 12 Women's Series events of 2023 and the first 12 events of 2024 qualified for the 2024 Women's World Matchplay in Blackpool. The top 8 not-yet qualified players on the ranking qualified for the preliminary round group stage of the 2025 PDC World Masters.
No. Date Location Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 1 23 March Wigan 5 – 4 2 5 – 2 3 24 March 5 – 2 4 5 – 1 5 20 April 5 – 4 6 5 – 1 7 21 April 5 – 0 8 5 – 1 9 15 June 5 – 4 10 5 – 3 11 16 June 5 – 1 12 5 – 1 13 10 August Niedernhausen 5 – 1 14 5 – 2 15 11 August 5 – 4 16 5 – 3 17 7 September Wigan 5 – 2 18 5 – 4 19 8 September 5 – 1 20 5 – 2 21 19 October Leicester 5 – 3 22 5 – 1 23 20 October 5 – 2 24 5 – 4
PDC Europe Next Gen PDC Europe announced a new tournament series in November 2023 called PDC Europe Next Gen. There were 18 PDC Europe Next Gen events in 2024. There was a separate ranking list for the PDC Europe Next Gen, which was used directly for qualification for the PDC Europe Super League. The top 10 in the rankings qualified for the event and competed for a place in the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship.
+2024 PDC Europe Next Gen final ranking+after 18 events Rank Player Earnings 1 €6,169 2 €5,199 3 €4,307 4 €4,156 5 €3,839 6 €3,817 7 €3,400 8 €3,245 9 €2,747 10 €2,491 11 €2,291 12 €2,261 13 €2,238
No. Date Location Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 1 10–11 February Hildesheim 6 – 5 2 6 – 2 3 2–3 March Eisenstadt 6 – 2 4 6 – 5 5 15–16 June Hildesheim 6 – 0 6 6 – 5 7 29–30 June Eisenstadt 5 – 4 8 5 – 3 9 20–21 July Sindelfingen 6 – 2 10 6 – 4 11 3–4 August 6 – 3 12 6 – 5 13 17–18 August Hildesheim 6 – 5 14 6 – 1 15 24–25 August 6 – 2 16 6 – 4 17 14–15 September Eisenstadt 5 – 2 18 5 – 1
PDC Asian Tour There were 24 PDC Asian Tour events in 2024. The top four ranked players qualified for the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship. The top 8 not-yet qualified players on the ranking qualified for the 2025 PDC World Masters.
+2024 Asian Tour final ranking +after 24 events Rank Player Earnings 1 $16,800 2 $12,900 3 $12,700 4 $12,150 5 $9,450 6 $9,150 7 $7,650 8 $6,350 9 $5,000 10 $4,350
No. Date Location Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 1 13–14 January Dubai 5 – 3 2 5 – 3 3 5 – 3 4 16–17 March Kyoto 5 – 4 5 5 – 3 6 5 – 3 7 20–21 April Manila 5 – 4 8 5 – 3 9 5 – 1 10 18–19 May Penang 5 – 2 11 5 – 2 12 5 – 0 13 8–9 June Ulaanbaatar 5 – 4 14 5 – 1 15 5 – 2 16 10–11 August Singapore 5 – 1 17 5 – 1 18 5 – 4 19 4–6 October Qingdao 5 – 2 20 5 – 3 21 5 – 4 22 5 – 4 23 5 – 4 24 5 – 4
PDC Asian Championship The 2024 PDC Asian Championship was held in Manila. The results from the second round onwards are shown below. The winner qualified for the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts. The winner and runner-up also qualified for the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship. With Ilagan already being qualified via the Asian Tour, Lee qualified as next-best-placed non-qualified player from the PDC Asian Championship.
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+2024 Japan Tour final ranking +after 10 events Rank Player Points 1 384 2 368 3 322 4 312 5 296 6 262 7 230 8 222 9 218 10 214
No. Date Location Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 1 27–28 April Hamamatsu 4 – 3 2 4 – 1 3 4 – 0 4 4 – 1 5 13–14 July Kobe 4 – 1 6 4 – 1 7 4 – 3 8 4 – 0 9 7–8 September Shizuoka 4 – 0 10 4 – 3
The PDJ Japan Tour final was contested on 8 September 2024. The winner qualified for the PDC World Championship. The results from the quarter-final onwards are shown.
PDC China Championship PDC China Championship was contested on 18 August 2024. The winner qualified for the PDC World Championship. The results from the quarter-final onwards are shown.
PDC China Premier League +2024 China Premier League ranking after 7 events Rank Player Points 1 Xiaochen Zong 28 2 Chengan Liu 13 3 Bin Zheng 13 4 Yuanjun Liu 11
+2024 China Premier League Night Date Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 1 2 March 5 – 1 2 5 – 3 3 3 March 5 – 0 4 5 – 4 5 13 April 5 – 0 6 5 – 3 7 14 April 5 – 4
The 2024 China Premier League playoff was held on 14 April.
PDC Nordic & Baltic (PDCNB) Tour