Darryl Pilgrim (born 30 June 1987) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. A PDC Tour Card holder since 2025 Q-School, he is a three-time quarter-finalist in the PDC's Players Championship events.
Before winning his Tour card, Pilgrim won a title on the PDC's secondary tour, the PDC Challenge Tour, in 2023.
Early life Born on 30 June 1987, Pilgrim is from Croydon, London, England. He started playing darts at the age of eight, inspired by his father also playing darts.
Career 2017–2018 Pilgrim qualified for the 2017 UK Open through the Amateur Qualifiers. Making his debut appearance in a PDC major event, he lost in the first round but qualified for the 2018 UK Open again a year later and reached the third round, where he lost to Steve West in a deciding leg.
2022 Pilgrim played on the 2022 PDC Challenge Tour series, reaching the semi-finals at event thirteen.
He made his Players Championship debut at Players Championship 11, appearing as a call-up due to his ranking on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit. He lost to Brendan Dolan 6–5 in the first round.
Pilgrim reached the semi-finals of MODUS Super Series 1 Champions Week, but lost 4–3 to eventual champion Conan Whitehead.
2023 Pilgrim reached his first PDC Players Championship quarter-final at Players Championship 18.
In August, he won Challenge Tour 16, defeating Andy Boulton 5–1 in the final.
He also competed in the MODUS Super Series. On 15 August, he broke the series' record for a three-dart average with a 122.69 in a 4–0 win against Dennie Olde Kalter. On the same day, he also set the tournament's record for highest losing average, with a 118.88 in a 4–2 defeat to Scott Taylor. Pilgrim also hit a nine-dart finish in this match.
2024 In 2024, Pilgrim again played in Players Championship events, on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. In May, Pilgrim hit his second career nine-dart finish in his deciding leg loss to Jelle Klaasen at PDC Players Championship 11.
In December, Pilgrim topped his group at the Amateur Darts Circuit's ADC Global Championship. He reached the semi-finals in Week One. He advanced to the Global Finals, where he made the semi-finals before losing to eventual champion Devon Petersen 7–3.
2025 In January, Pilgrim won a PDC Tour Card for the first time at PDC Qualifying School. He entered in stage two of Q-School, virtue of his Challenge Tour Order of Merit ranking, giving him an exemption from stage one. In stage two, he finished second in the UK Q-School of Merit table, earning him his Tour Card.
On 10 February, he reached his second Players Championship quarter-final at Players Championship 1. Two days later, he qualified for his third PDC European Tour event, the 2025 Belgian Darts Open, through the Tour Card Holder Qualifier. He was defeated by Ryan Searle 6–2 in the first round.
On 30 May at the 2025 European Darts Open, Pilgrim achieved a 6–3 victory over Madars Razma in the first round. It was his second win on the European Tour. He lost in a deciding leg to Peter Wright in the second round.
Personal life Outside of darts, Pilgrim works for Tesco. He is a supporter of Crystal Palace F.C.
Performance timeline Pilgrim's performance timeline is as follows:
PDC Tournament 2017 2018 2023 2024 2025 2026PDC Ranked televised events World MastersDid not qualifyPrel.Prel. UK Open1R3R1R1R3R5R
European Tour Tournament 2023 2025 2026European Matchplay1RNot heldGerman Championship2RDNQNHBelgian OpenDNQ1RDNQEuropean OpenDNQ2RDNQPoland OpenNot held2R
Players Championships Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 2022Not a Tour card holder Did not participateBAR1R Did not participate 2023 Did not participateWIG3RWIG2R Did not participateHIL3RHILQF Did not participateBAR4RBAR2RBARDNPBARDNP 2024WIG1RWIG1RLEI1RLEI1RHIL1RHIL1RLEI1RLEIDNPHIL2RHIL1RHIL1RHIL1RMIL2RMIL1RMIL2RMIL2RMIL2RMILDNPMILDNPWIG2RWIG1RMILDNPMILDNPWIG2RWIG2RWIG1RWIG3RWIG2RLEI2RLEI3R 2025WIGQFWIG1RROS1RROS3RLEI1RLEI1RHIL2RHIL3RLEI1RLEI1RLEI1RLEI1RROS1RROS1RHIL3RHIL2RLEI2RLEI1RLEI1RLEI1RLEI1RHIL1RHIL1RMIL1RMIL3RHIL2RHIL1RLEI1RLEI4RLEI1RWIG2RWIG2RWIG1RWIG2R 2026HIL1RHIL2RWIGQFWIG2RLEI1RLEI3RLEI1RLEI2RWIG1RWIG2RMIL2RMIL4RHIL2RHIL1RLEI3RLEI3RLEI2RLEI2RMIL1RMIL1RWIG2RWIG2RLEI1RLEI2RHIL4RHIL2RHIL3RHIL1RROS2RROS1RROSROSLEILEI
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