| Rank | Player | Earnings |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Gerwyn Price | £96,750 |
| 2 |  Peter Wright | £86,750 |
| 3 |  Michael van Gerwen | £85,250 |
| 4 |  Joe Cullen | £67,000 |
| 5 |  José de Sousa | £63,500 |
| 6 | Nathan Aspinall | £62,500 |
| 7 | Michael Smith | £59,000 |
| 8 |  Krzysztof Ratajski | £58,250 |
| 9 | James Wade | £56,750 |
| 10 |  Devon Petersen | £50,000 |
| 11 | Ian White | £46,750 |
| 12 | Danny Noppert | £43,750 |
| 13 |  Mensur Suljović | £43,250 |
| 14 | Glen Durrant | £31,750 |
| 15 | Rob Cross | £31,250 |
| 16 |  Brendan Dolan | £30,250 |
| 17 |  Damon Heta | £29,750 |
| 18 | Dave Chisnall | £29,500 |
| 19 | Daryl Gurney | £28,000 |
| 20 | Ryan Searle | £26,750 |
| 20 |  Gabriel Clemens | £26,750 |
| 22 | Jonny Clayton | £26,500 |
| 23 | Mervyn King | £25,500 |
| 24 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | £25,000 |
| 24 | Stephen Bunting | £25,000 |
| 26 | Jermaine Wattimena | £24,750 |
| 27 | Jamie Hughes | £24,500 |
| 28 | Vincent van der Voort | £22,750 |
| 29 | Ross Smith | £22,250 |
| 30 |  Madars Razma | £21,000 |
| 31 | Ryan Joyce | £20,750 |
| 31 | Martijn Kleermaker | £20,750 |
The2020PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televiseddarts tournaments organised by theProfessional Darts Corporation (PDC). Players Championships and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. There were 27 PDC Pro Tour events held, 23 Players Championships and 4 European Tour events.[2]
This page also includes results from the PDC's affiliated tours including the Development and Challenge Tours and all the regional tours as well as the results from the World Championship regional qualifiers. There were 10 Challenge Tour events, 10 Development Tour events, 2 PDC Nordic and Baltic Events, 6 Dartplayers Australia Pro Tour events, 3 EuroAsian Darts Corporation Pro Tour Events and 8 Championship Darts Circuit Pro Tour events during the 2020 season.
All tours were disrupted, and in the case of the PDC Asian Tour cancelled, as a result of theCOVID-19 pandemic.
The prize money for the Players Championship and European Tour events was unchanged from the 2019 levels.
This is how the prize money is divided:
| Stage | ET | PC | CT/DT | WS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | £25,000 | £10,000 | £2,000 | £1,000 |
| Runner-up | £10,000 | £6,000 | £1,000 | £600 |
| Semi-finalists | £6,500 | £3,000 | £500 | £400 |
| Quarter-finalists | £5,000 | £2,250 | £300 | £250 |
| Last 16 | £3,000 | £1,500 | £200 | £100 |
| Last 32 | £2,000 | £1,000 | £100 | £50 |
| Last 48 | £1,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Last 64 | N/A | £500 | £50 | N/A |
| Total | £140,000 | £75,000 | £10,000 | £5,000 |
128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships events, the UK Open and all the European Tour events.
The 2020 Tour Cards are awarded to:
Afterwards, the playing field will be complemented by the highest qualified players from the Q School Order of Merit until the maximum number of 128 Pro Tour Card players had been reached. In 2020, that means that a total of 19 players will qualify this way.
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 they wanted to compete in.
The following players won two-year tour cards on each of the days played:
| UK Q-School | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| January 16 | January 17 | January 18 | January 19[3] |
| |||
| 506 players | 503 players | 461 players | 469 players |
| European Q-School | |||
| January 16 | January 17 | January 18 | January 19 |
| |||
| 313 players | 314 players | 271 players | 280 players |
An Order of Merit was also created for each Q School. For every win after the first full round (withoutbyes) the players were awarded 1 point.
To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, places were allocated down the final Qualifying School Order of Merits in proportion to the number of entrants. The following players picked up Tour Cards as a result:
UK Q-School Order of Merit | European Q-School Order of Merit
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ThePlayers Championship events was scheduled to be 30 events as normal, but due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, a significant number of events were postponed, including all from mid-March to the end of June.[4][5][6] The PDC scheduled five events from July 8 at theMarshall Arena,Milton Keynes, to make up. These events were branded the "PDC Summer Series".[7] Following this a "PDC Autumn Series" was arranged inNiedernhausen,Germany, with a "PDC Winter Series" following inCoventry.
| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturday 8 February | Barnsley Metrodome,Barnsley | Gary Anderson (97.97) | 8 – 4 |  Jeff Smith (93.78) | [8] |
| 2 | Sunday 9 February | Nathan Aspinall (101.25) | 8 – 3 | Gerwyn Price (97.26) | [9] | |
| 3 | Saturday 15 February | Robin Park Tennis Centre,Wigan | Ryan Searle (97.07) | 8 – 6 | Michael van Gerwen (99.61) | [10] |
| 4 | Sunday 16 February | Krzysztof Ratajski (98.41) | 8 – 7 | Ian White (99.61) | [11] | |
| 5 | Saturday 22 February | Peter Wright (109.59) | 8 – 6 | Gerwyn Price (109.19) | [12] | |
| 6 | Sunday 23 February | Gerwyn Price (102.54) | 8 – 7 | Michael van Gerwen (101.93) | [13] | |
| 7 | Saturday 14 March | Barnsley Metrodome,Barnsley | Nathan Aspinall (98.20) | 8 – 4 | Brendan Dolan (93.69) | [14] |
| 8 | Sunday 15 March | Ian White (102.06) | 8 – 3 | James Wade (88.28) | [15] | |
| 9 | Wednesday 8 July | Marshall Arena,Milton Keynes[a] | Michael van Gerwen (104.53) | 8 – 7 | Peter Wright (100.53) | [16] |
| 10 | Thursday 9 July | Ryan Joyce (100.16) | 8 – 7 | Dave Chisnall (94.65) | [17] | |
| 11 | Friday 10 July | Michael van Gerwen (102.50) | 8 – 3 | José de Sousa (97.77) | [18] | |
| 12 | Saturday 11 July | James Wade (95.82) | 8 – 2 | Rob Cross (95.71) | [19] | |
| 13 | Sunday 12 July | Peter Wright (99.30) | 8 – 2 | Gerwyn Price (91.82) | [20] | |
| 14 | Saturday 12 September | H+ Hotel,Niedernhausen[b] | Peter Wright (91.82) | 8 – 1 | Madars Razma (84.78) | [21] |
| 15 | Sunday 13 September | Damon Heta (96.43) | 8 – 4 | Joe Cullen (94.49) | [22] | |
| 16 | Monday 14 September | Michael van Gerwen (98.93) | 8 – 1 | Mensur Suljović (81.98) | [23] | |
| 17 | Tuesday 15 September | Gerwyn Price (92.29) | 8 – 7 | Devon Petersen (98.38) | [24] | |
| 18 | Wednesday 16 September | Gerwyn Price (98.66) | 8 – 5 | Krzysztof Ratajski (99.05) | [25] | |
| 19 | Tuesday 10 November | Ricoh Arena,Coventry[c] | Michael Smith (92.99) | 8 – 6 | Jermaine Wattimena (88.50) | [26] |
| 20 | Wednesday 11 November | Michael Smith (96.67) | 8 – 7 | José de Sousa (100.00) | [27] | |
| 21 | Thursday 12 November | Gerwyn Price (95.55) | 8 – 6 | Damon Heta (94.26) | [28] | |
| 22 | Friday 13 November | Peter Wright (98.14) | 8 – 7 | José de Sousa (100.49) | [29] | |
| 23 | Saturday 14 November | Joe Cullen (105.09) | 8 – 4 | Krzysztof Ratajski (94.28) | [30] |
The European Tour was announced at 13 events, including events inBelgium andHungary for the first time. Due to theCOVID-19, only 4 events took place with the others having been cancelled.[31][32][33]
| No. | Date | Event | Location | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 February–1 March | Belgian Darts Championship |  Hasselt,Expo Hasselt | Gerwyn Price (100.03) | 8 – 3 | Michael Smith (96.26) | [34] |
| 2 | 25–27 September | German Darts Championship | Hildesheim, Halle 39 | Devon Petersen (102.75) | 8 – 3 | Jonny Clayton (91.43) | [35] |
| 3 | 16–18 October | European Darts Grand Prix | Sindelfingen,Glaspalast | José de Sousa (105.79) | 8 – 4 | Michael van Gerwen (92.43) | [36] |
| 4 | 23–25 October | International Darts Open | Riesa,SACHSENarena | Joe Cullen (97.19) | 8 – 5 | Michael van Gerwen (91.37) | [37] |
| Rank | Player | Earnings |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | David Evans | £4,400 |
| 2. | Ritchie Edhouse | £3,450 |
| 3. |  Keane Barry | £3,350 |
| 4. | Matthew Dennant | £3,300 |
| 5. | Scott Mitchell | £3,150 |
| 6. | Jim Williams | £2,450 |
| 6. | Rob Collins | £2,450 |
| 8. | Maikel Verberk | £2,400 |
| 9. | Kevin Doets | £2,300 |
| 10. | Jitse Van der Wal | £2,150 |
TheChallenge Tour was planned to increase from 20 to 24 events for 2020, but due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom was only ten events.
The top two players win a Two-Year PDC Tour Card for 2021–20, with the players finishing from third to eighth earning free entry to the 2021 PDC Q-School. The Order of Merit leader is also invited to compete in the2020/21 World Darts Championship.
David Evans topped the rankings and qualified for the World Championship and was awarded a Tour Card for the next two years, whileRitchie Edhouse took second and also earned a Tour Card.[39][38]
The top eight unqualified players will also qualify for the2021 UK Open.
| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturday 25 January | Robin Park Tennis Centre,Wigan | Rob Collins (89.10) | 5 – 4 | Adam Huckvale (89.21) | [40] |
| 2 | Scott Mitchell (99.41) | 5 – 1 | Andrew Gilding (91.69) | [41] | ||
| 3 | Sunday 26 January | Matthew Dennant (91.96) | 5 – 4 | Nathan Rafferty (86.18) | [42] | |
| 4 | Jitse Van der Wal (89.27) | 5 – 2 | Arjan Konterman (87.76) | [43] | ||
| 5 | Friday 9 October | Barnsley Metrodome,Barnsley | Keane Barry (91.33) | 5 – 4 | Maikel Verberk (85.68) | [44] |
| 6 | David Evans (92.34) | 5 – 4 | Richie Burnett (94.07) | [45] | ||
| 7 | Saturday 10 October | Jim Williams (100.50) | 5 – 2 | Lewy Williams (96.74) | [46] | |
| 8 | David Evans (93.94) | 5 – 0 | Chas Barstow (85.75) | [47] | ||
| 9 | Sunday 11 October | Ritchie Edhouse (97.83) | 5 – 4 | Scott Taylor (83.10) | [48] | |
| 10 | Kevin Doets (96.64) | 5 – 3 | Ritchie Edhouse (95.92) | [49] |
| Rank | Player | Earnings |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ryan Meikle | £7,000 |
| 2. | Keane Barry | £6,000 |
| 3. | Berry van Peer | £4,250 |
| 4. | Damian Mol | £3,750 |
| 5. | Ted Evetts | £3,450 |
| 6. | Kevin Doets | £2,950 |
| 7. | Martin Schindler | £2,400 |
| 8. | Callan Rydz | £2,350 |
| 9. | Wessel Nijman | £2,250 |
| 10. | Niels Zonneveld | £2,200 |
TheDevelopment Tour was planned with 20 events for 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom there were only ten events.
The top two players earned a PDC Tour Card for 2021/2022, with the players from third to eighth receiving free entry to the 2021 PDC Q-School (if they do not already possess a Tour Card). The top two players also earned a place in the2021 PDC World Darts Championship.
Ryan Meikle topped the Development Tour Order of Merit, withKeane Barry finishing second, both gaining their place at the 2021 World Championship. As Meikle is already a Tour Card holder, the second automatic tour card goes to the third rankedBerry van Peer, with Barry being the other Tour Card winner.[51][50]
The top eight unqualified players also qualified for the2021 UK Open.
| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturday 29 February | Halle 39,Hildesheim | Berry van Peer (91.47) | 5 – 1 | Martin Schindler (85.75) | [52] |
| 2 | Ryan Meikle (83.88) | 5 – 3 | Niels Zonneveld (86.53) | [53] | ||
| 3 | Sunday 1 March | Ryan Meikle (91.29) | 5 – 3 | Nico Kurz (87.72) | [54] | |
| 4 | Wessel Nijman (90.28) | 5 – 3 | Martin Schindler (88.84) | [55] | ||
| 5 | Friday 25 September | Barnsley Metrodome,Barnsley | Kevin Doets (92.05) | 5 – 4 | Keane Barry (93.99) | [56] |
| 6 | Damian Mol (80.78) | 5 – 3 | Keelan Kay (76.89) | [57] | ||
| 7 | Saturday 26 September | Ted Evetts (90.00) | 5 – 3 | Joe Davis (93.66) | [58] | |
| 8 | Keane Barry (89.31) | 5 – 3 | Ryan Meikle (83.70) | [59] | ||
| 9 | Sunday 27 September | Keane Barry (101.74) | 5 – 4 | Ryan Meikle (104.71) | [60] | |
| 10 | Callan Rydz (104.28) | 5 – 1 |  Lok Yin Lee (90.04) | [61] |
| Rank | Player | Earnings |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lisa Ashton | £2,450 |
| 2. | Deta Hedman | £2,250 |
| 2. | Fallon Sherrock | £2,250 |
| 4. | Corrine Hammond | £1,350 |
| 5. | Aileen de Graaf | £1,000 |
| 6. | Lorraine Winstanley | £800 |
| 7. |  Vicky Pruim | £650 |
| 8. | Felicia Blay | £550 |
| 8. |  Joanne Locke | £550 |
| 8. | Tracy North | £550 |
ThePDC Women's Series was introduced to replace the separate World Championship qualifiers that had been held the last two years. The top two players both qualified for the World Championship.[63]
Tour Card holderLisa Ashton topped the weekend table with two event victories to qualify for the2021 PDC World Darts Championship. ThoughDeta Hedman andFallon Sherrock tied the weekend on earnings, Hedman was granted the second spot on the tiebreaker with 85 legs won over the series to Sherrock's 83 legs won.[62]
| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturday 17 October | Barnsley Metrodome,Barnsley | Lisa Ashton (94.70) | 6 – 3 | Fallon Sherrock (89.16) | [64] |
| 2 | Deta Hedman (83.31) | 6 – 5 | Aileen de Graaf (75.21) | [65] | ||
| 3 | Sunday 18 October | Lisa Ashton (83.39) | 6 – 3 | Deta Hedman (76.78) | [66] | |
| 4 | Fallon Sherrock (87.94) | 6 – 2 | Corrine Hammond (83.11) | [67] |
TheProfessional Darts Corporation Nordic & Baltic Tour had 10 events scheduled. Due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, planned events in Copenhagen andGothenburg were postponed.[68][69] A planned season restart inRiga was also cancelled, and the season was settled based on the first two events.[70]
| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturday 29 February | Hotelli Tallukka, Vääksy | Kim Viljanen (89.77) | 6 – 5 |  Darius Labanauskas (89.31) | [71] |
| 2 | Sunday 1 March | Daniel Larsson (89.24) | 6 – 2 | Kim Viljanen (82.44) | [72] |
The Professional Darts Corporation Asian Tour was scaled down to 10 events, taking place from August to November. The postponements were due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. On 11 August 2020, the Tour was cancelled.[73]
TheDPA Tour was suspended after the sixth event and was not restarted in 2020.Gordon Mathers, who was top of the DPA rankings at the time of the suspension, took the place at the2021 PDC World Darts Championship.[73]
| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friday 31 January | Warilla Bowls and Recreation ClubBarrack Heights | (88.02)Gordon Mathers  | 6 – 3 (l) | Kyle Anderson (88.70) | [74] |
| 2 | Saturday 1 February | (87.18)Robbie King | 5 – 3 (l) | Jamie Rundle (81.18) | [75] | |
| 3 | Sunday 2 February | (91.50)Kyle Anderson | 2 – 0 (s) |  Mal Cuming (87.91) | [76] | |
| 4 | Friday 6 March | Pine Rivers Darts ClubBrisbane | (78.94)Mal Cuming | 6 – 1 (l) | Jamie Rundle (76.45) | [77] |
| 5 | Saturday 7 March | (85.45)Ben Robb  | 5 – 2 (l) | Haupai Puha (82.34) | [78] | |
| 6 | Sunday 8 March | (87.12)Steve Fitzpatrick  | 2 – 0 (s) | Gordon Mathers (85.79) | [79] |
Originally six events were due to take place on theEADC Tour, but owing to theCOVID-19 pandemic, only the first three took place.[80][81]
| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturday 22 February | Omega Plaza Business Center, Moscow | Boris Koltsov | 6 – 4 | Aleksei Kadochnikov | [82] |
| 2 | Aleksei Kadochnikov | 6 – 2 | Boris Koltsov | |||
| 3 | Sunday 23 February | Boris Koltsov | 6 – 2 | Evgenii Izotov |
The Championship Darts Corporation hosted atour of 8 events held over 2 weekends, one in theUnited States and one inCanada. Players are only able to enter the events held in their own country and the top player from each group of 4 events will qualify for the2021 PDC World Darts Championship. There were originally due to be more events, but the schedule was heavily disrupted by theCOVID-19 pandemic.[83]
Matt Campbell andDanny Baggish topped the Canadian and USA Series Order of Merits respectively and qualified for the World Championship.
| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturday 26 September | Woodstock, Ontario | Shawn Burt (94.22) | 6 – 3 | David Cameron (89.48) | [84] |
| 2 | David Cameron (89.14) | 6 – 5 | Matt Campbell (87.30) | [85] | ||
| 3 | Saturday 27 September | Matt Campbell (93.19) | 6 – 3 | Shawn Burt (86.48) | [86] | |
| 4 | Jim Long (78.79) | 6 – 3 | Matt Campbell (80.39) | [87] |
| No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturday 3 October |  Indianapolis | Danny Baggish (92.29) | 6 – 5 | Chuck Puleo (93.60) | [88] |
| 2 | Danny Baggish (92.68) | 6 – 5 | Danny Lauby (89.49) | [89] | ||
| 3 | Sunday 4 October | Darin Young (82.05) | 6 – 5 | Chuck Puleo (85.94) | [90] | |
| 4 | Danny Baggish (94.93) | 6 – 0 | Gary Mawson (75.47) | [91] |
| Date | Event | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 19 October 2019 | CDC Continental Cup[a] | New York City, K of C Council Hall | Danny Lauby (88.48) | 8 – 2 | Gary Mawson (89.03) | [93] |
| Sunday 14 June | German Super League | Munich | Nico Kurz (94.07) | 10 – 9 | Dragutin Horvat (94.76) | |
| Sunday 11 October | PDJ Japanese Championship[94] |  Kobe, Port Terminal Hall | Edward Foulkes (80.39) | 5 – 4 | Akihito Morita (81.16) | |
| Saturday 17 October | PDC China Qualifier |  Zhoushan | Chengan Liu (87.82) | 6 – 4 | Qingyu Zhan (77.24) | |
| East Europe Qualifier |  Vecsés, Bálint Ágnes Cultural Center | Boris Krčmar  (94.37) | 6 – 1 | Patrik Kovács | ||
| Sunday 25 October | EuroAsian Darts Corporation Qualifier[95] | Moscow, Omega Plaza Business Center | Dmitriy Gorbunov (75.90) | 3 – 1 | Roman Obukhov (73.88) | [96] |
| Sunday 1 November | African Qualifier | Cape Town, Goodwood Sports Club | Cameron Carolissen | 7 – 4 | Charles Losper | |
| Sunday 22 November | PDC Asia China Qualifier | Xiamen, Cuesoul Darts Club | Di Zhuang (76.63) | 3 – 0 | Wenge Xie (70.92) | [97] |
| Saturday 28 November | PDC Asia Philippines Qualifier |  Tacloban | Lourence Ilagan (81.74) | 3 – 1 | Paolo Nebrida (83.53) | |
| Sunday 29 November | PDC Asia Japan Qualifier[98] | Tokyo, Darts Stadium Ikebukuro | Toru Suzuki (68.74) | 5 – 3 | Kota Suzuki (65.91) | [99] |
| PDC Asia Hong Kong Qualifier | Kowloon, Regal Oriental Hotel | Paul Lim  (89.23) | 7 – 5 | Lee Lok Yin (87.64) | ||
| World Youth Championship | Coventry,Ricoh Arena | Bradley Brooks (81.63) | 6 – 5 | Joe Davis (78.16) | [100] | |
| Monday 30 November | UK Tour Card Holders' Qualifier | Ciarán Teehan (97.95) | 7 – 6 | Joe Murnan (90.06) | ||
| Jamie Lewis (83.03) | 7 – 5 | Robert Thornton (85.99) | ||||
| Matthew Edgar (95.93) | 7 – 2 | Josh Payne (87.43) | ||||
| Nick Kenny (86.47) | 7 – 6 | James Wilson (92.64) | ||||
| Rest of the World Tour Card Holders' Qualifier | Niels Zonneveld (95.02) | 7 – 4 | Martin Schindler (88.16) | |||
Karel Sedláček  (94.32) | 7 – 2 | Jan Dekker (89.65) |