The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) grants a Tour Card every year to 128 darts players, which allows them to compete in all PDC ProTour tournaments, those being all Players Championships and European Tours (or qualifiers to the later events in case the player has not automatically qualified). Additionally, holding a PDC Tour Card offers further benefits such as automatic qualifications for the UK Open or participation in the qualifying rounds for the World Darts Championship, Grand Slam and World Masters, among others.
PDC Tour Cards are valid for two years. The top 64 players in the PDC Order of Merit (OoM) and the players who won a card last year automatically receive Tour Cards for the rest of the year. Tour Cards can be removed if any player resigns it, do not compete in any ProTour event during their first year of their card, or have been banned for a period longer than the remaining duration of the card.
The top two players from last year's secondary tours (Challenge Tour and Development Tour), along with the players who earned a Tour Card at this year's UK & European Q-Schools, are awarded two-year long cards. All these players have their Order of Merit rankings reset to zero since the beginning of the season.
According to PDC Order of Merit Rule 3.2, in case a tie occurs when two or more players have the same amount of money in the PDC Order of Merit, the countback rule is used to break the tie. This rule looks at the cumulative money won by each player in the previous four eligible events, with the players who gained more money being placed higher in the ranking.
World number 56 Steve Beaton resigned his Tour Card and retired from professional darts, which allowed Nick Kenny to move into the top 64 and retain his Tour Card. Leighton Bennett's Tour Card, which he won at the 2024 Q-School, was removed as he had received an eight-year suspension from events sanctioned by the Darts Regulation Authority (DRA). Paul Krohne voluntarily gave back his Tour Card which he won at 2024 Q-School.
List of players The following is the list of darts players with a 2025 PDC Tour Card: No. Country Player Prize money Qualified through 1 £1,804,250 Top 64 of Order of Merit 2 £1,118,500 Top 64 of Order of Merit 3 £815,500 Top 64 of Order of Merit 4 £551,750 Top 64 of Order of Merit 5 £536,000 Top 64 of Order of Merit 6 £528,500 Top 64 of Order of Merit 7 £494,000 Top 64 of Order of Merit 8 £484,000 Top 64 of Order of Merit 9 £480,500 Top 64 of Order of Merit 10 £480,250 Top 64 of Order of Merit 11 £470,500 Top 64 of Order of Merit 12 £442,500 Top 64 of Order of Merit 13 £431,750 Top 64 of Order of Merit 14 £430,500 Top 64 of Order of Merit 15 £426,750 Top 64 of Order of Merit 16 £405,000 Top 64 of Order of Merit 17 £405,000 Top 64 of Order of Merit 18 £399,250 Top 64 of Order of Merit 19 £398,250 Top 64 of Order of Merit 20 £395,500 Top 64 of Order of Merit 21 £395,000 Top 64 of Order of Merit 22 £365,000 Top 64 of Order of Merit 23 £357,250 Top 64 of Order of Merit 24 £356,000 Top 64 of Order of Merit 25 £334,250 Top 64 of Order of Merit 26 £325,750 Top 64 of Order of Merit 27 £299,000 Top 64 of Order of Merit 28 £289,250 Top 64 of Order of Merit 29 £282,000 Top 64 of Order of Merit 30 £280,750 Top 64 of Order of Merit 31 £271,500 Top 64 of Order of Merit 32 £267,750 Top 64 of Order of Merit 33 £262,750 Top 64 of Order of Merit 34 £252,750 Top 64 of Order of Merit 35 £240,250 Top 64 of Order of Merit 36 £220,750 Top 64 of Order of Merit 37 £219,750 Top 64 of Order of Merit 38 £202,500 Top 64 of Order of Merit 39 £178,000 Top 64 of Order of Merit 40 £177,000 Top 64 of Order of Merit 41 £146,500 Top 64 of Order of Merit 42 £144,750 Top 64 of Order of Merit 43 £143,250 Top 64 of Order of Merit 44 £142,250 Top 64 of Order of Merit 45 £139,000 Top 64 of Order of Merit 46 £136,000 Top 64 of Order of Merit 47 £122,750 Top 64 of Order of Merit 48 £121,250 Top 64 of Order of Merit 49 £116,250 Top 64 of Order of Merit 50 £115,250 Top 64 of Order of Merit 51 £111,250 Top 64 of Order of Merit 52 £107,000 Top 64 of Order of Merit 53 £103,000 Top 64 of Order of Merit 54 £103,000 Top 64 of Order of Merit 55 £100,000 Top 64 of Order of Merit 56 £85,500 Top 64 of Order of Merit 57 £80,500 Top 64 of Order of Merit 58 £80,250 Top 64 of Order of Merit 59 £78,500 Top 64 of Order of Merit 60 £78,000 Top 64 of Order of Merit 61 £77,000 Top 64 of Order of Merit 62 £75,250 Top 64 of Order of Merit 63 £75,000 Top 64 of Order of Merit 64 £71,750 Top 64 of Order of Merit 65 £57,250 2024 Q-School 66 £45,750 2024 Q-School 67 £39,500 2024 Q-School 68 £39,250 2024 Q-School 69 £31,000 2024 Q-School 70 £28,000 2024 Q-School 71 £24,500 2024 Q-School 72 £23,500 2023 Challenge Tour 73 £22,250 2023 Development Tour 74 £22,000 2024 Q-School 75 £21,750 2024 Q-School 76 £21,500 2024 Q-School 77 £19,000 2024 Q-School 78 £19,000 2024 Q-School 79 £18,750 2024 Q-School 80 £18,250 2024 Q-School 81 £18,000 2024 Q-School 82 £17,000 2024 Q-School 83 £16,500 2024 Q-School 84 £14,500 2024 Q-School 85 £14,000 2023 Challenge Tour 86 £13,750 2024 Q-School 87 £13,500 2024 Q-School 88 £13,500 2024 Q-School 89 £12,500 2024 Q-School 90 £11,750 2024 Q-School 91 £11,500 2024 Q-School 92 £7,500 2024 Q-School 93 £7,500 2024 Q-School 94 £6,000 2024 Q-School 95 £4,000 2024 Q-School 96 £0 2024 Challenge Tour 97 £0 2024 Challenge Tour 98 £0 2024 Development Tour 99 £0 2024 Development Tour 100 £0 2025 Q-School 101 £0 2025 Q-School 102 £0 2025 Q-School 103 £0 2025 Q-School 104 £0 2025 Q-School 105 £0 2025 Q-School 106 £0 2025 Q-School 107 £0 2025 Q-School 108 £0 2025 Q-School109 £0 2025 Q-School110£02025 Q-School111£02025 Q-School112£02025 Q-School113£02025 Q-School114£02025 Q-School115£02025 Q-School116£02025 Q-School117£02025 Q-School118£02025 Q-School119£02025 Q-School120£02025 Q-School121£02025 Q-School122£02025 Q-School123£02025 Q-School124£02025 Q-School125£02025 Q-School126£02025 Q-School127£02025 Q-School128£02025 Q-School
Tour Cards per nation No. Nation Number of Tour card holders Difference to prior year 1 43 -2 2 21 -33 12 +34 8 +25 6 -1 6 -17 5 08 4 0 4 +210 3 +211 2 0 2 +1 2 014 1 -1 1 0 1 -1 1 0 1 -1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 +1 1 0 - 0 -1 23 Nations 128 players
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