+Final 2021 PDC Pro Tour Order of MeritRankPlayerEarnings 1£98,000 2£76,750 3£68,750 4£66,250 5£60,750 6£59,250 7£57,500 8£56,750 9£54,000 10£47,250 11£46,250 12£44,250 13£43,000 14£42,750 15£41,250 16£41,000 17£40,000 18£39,500 19£39,000 20£38,500 21£36,500 22£33,000 23£30,750 24£28,500 25£28,000 26£26,250 27£26,000 28£25,750 29£24,750 29£24,750 31£24,250 32£24,000 The 2021 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 32 PDC Pro Tour events held, 30 Players Championships and 2 European Tour events, and in a change to previous years, the Challenge and Development Tours were split with 12 UK and European editions each.
Prize money The prize money for the Players Championship and European Tour events was unchanged from the 2020 levels.
This is how the prize money is divided:
Stage 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 £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
PDC Tour Card 128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships events, the UK Open and qualifiers for all European Tour and select other televised events.
Tour cards
The 2021 Tour Cards are awarded to: (64) The top 64 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2021 World Championship. resigned his card, and therefore, moved into the top 64. resigned his card, and therefore, moved into the top 64. (27) 27 qualifiers from 2020 Q-School not ranked in the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit following the World Championship. (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2019 Challenge Tour ( and ). (2) The highest qualifiers from 2019 Development Tour ( and ). (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2020 Challenge Tour ( and ). (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2020 Development Tour ( and ). (8) The daily winners from the 2021 Qualifying Schools.
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 2021, that means that a total of 21 additional players will qualify this way.
Q-School The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School (or Q-School) were split into a UK and European Q-School. Players that are not from Europe could choose which Q-School they wanted to compete in.
In a change from previous years, Q-School were split into two stages; with all players who lost their tour cards after the 2021 World Championship and the top sixteen players from the 2020 Challenge Tour and Development Tour Orders of Merit exempted to the final stage. The first stage would consist of two blocks of three days (with a maximum of 256 players per block) with the last four players from each block qualifying into the final stage. A ranking of other players will also be produced with players qualifying via that ranking to produce a full list of 128 players for each final stage.
Stage One took place in two blocks between 8–10 February & 11–13 February; with the Final Stage held between 14 and 17 February. The winner of each day's play were given a PDC Tour Card.
The UK Q-School was held at the Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England; with the European Q-School held at the H+ Hotel, Niedernhausen, Germany.
UK Q-School February 14 February 15 February 16 February 17 127 players 126 players 124 players 118 playersEuropean Q-School February 14 February 15 February 16 February 17 128 players 127 players 122 players 113 players
An Order of Merit was also created for each Q School. For every win after the Last 64 the players will be awarded 1 point.
To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, places will be allocated down the final Qualifying School Order of Merits in proportion to the number of participants, with 13 cards going to the UK Q-School and 8 going to the European Q-School.
The following players picked up Tour Cards as a result:
UK Q-School Order of Merit
European Q-School Order of Merit
Players Championships Due to the COVID-19 pandemic still being active, Players Championship events were again put into blocks, this time of 4 events, as opposed to 5 in 2020, with the first 20 Players Championship events being referred to as PDC Super Series 1–5. The final 10 events were split into 3 Super Series events (6–8), with 4 events in Super Series 7 and 3 in Super Series 6 and 8.
No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 1 Bolton Whites Hotel, Bolton 2 Friday 26 February 8 – 7 3 Saturday 27 February 4 Sunday 28 February 5 Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes(Super Series 2) 6 Wednesday 17 March 7 Thursday 18 March 8 Friday 19 March 9 Saturday 24 April H+ Hotel, Niedernhausen(Super Series 3) 10 Sunday 25 April 11 Monday 26 April 12 Tuesday 27 April 13 Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes(Super Series 4) 14 Tuesday 15 June 15 Wednesday 16 June 16 Thursday 17 June 17 Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry(Super Series 5) 18 Tuesday 6 July 19 Wednesday 7 July 20 Thursday 8 July 21 Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley(Super Series 6) 22 Tuesday 3 August 23 Wednesday 4 August 24 Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley(Super Series 7) 25 26 Thursday 21 October 27 Friday 22 October 28 Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley(Super Series 8) 29 30 Thursday 4 November
European Tour The PDC announced the first (and only) two European Tour events of 2021 on 1 July 2021, with events to be held in Hungary, which was planned to make its debut as a host in 2020 before cancellation, and Gibraltar, returning after a year's absence.
No. Date Event Location Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 1 2
PDC Challenge Tour Due to the COVID-19 pandemic still being active, the Challenge Tour was split into UK and European events. The winner of each of the UK and European Orders of Merit at the end of 2021 received a PDC Tour Card, a place at the World Championships and a place at the Grand Slam of Darts.
UK Challenge Tour +Final UK Challenge Tour ranking Rank Player Earnings1 £3,9502 £3,8503 £3,8004 £3,4005 £3,3506 £3,2007 £3,1508 £3,1009 £3,00010 £2,700 No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 1 Friday 6 August Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes 5 – 2 2 5 – 4 3 Saturday 7 August 5 – 4 4 5 – 1 5 Sunday 8 August 5 – 4 6 5 – 3 7 Friday 3 September 5 – 2 8 5 – 4 9 Saturday 4 September 5 – 4 10 5 – 2 11 Sunday 5 September 5 – 1 12 5 – 0
European Challenge Tour +Final European Challenge Tour ranking Rank Player Earnings1 £6,8002 £5,1003 £4,3504 £3,8505 £3,8006 £3,7507 £3,7508 £3,6009 £3,35010 £2,850 No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 1 Friday 2 July H+ Hotel, Niedernhausen 5 – 1 2 5 – 2 3 Saturday 3 July 5 – 0 4 5 – 3 5 Sunday 4 July 5 – 4 6 5 – 4 7 Friday 3 September 5 – 1 8 5 – 0 9 Saturday 4 September 5 – 2 10 5 – 4 11 Sunday 5 September 5 – 0 12 5 – 4
PDC Development Tour Due to the COVID-19 pandemic still being active, the Development Tour was split into UK and European events. The winner of each of the UK and European Orders of Merit at the end of 2021 received a PDC Tour Card and a place at the Grand Slam of Darts and the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship.
As Bradley Brooks already qualified for the Grand Slam following his World Youth championship victory, the second placed player of the UK Development Tour, Nathan Rafferty, was granted the Grand Slam spot.
The European Development Tour Winner, Rusty-Jake Rodriguez already qualified for the World Championship via Pro Tour Order of Merit, therefore the second placed player qualified instead. German player Fabian Schmutzler debuted in PDC darts tournaments at the seventh event of the European Development Tour, and qualified for the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship.
UK Development Tour +Final UK Development Tour ranking Rank Player Earnings1 £7,9002 £6,6503 £6,2004 £5,9005 £5,0506 £4,8007 £4,8008 £2,7509 £2,50010 £2,100 No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 1 Friday 20 August Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes 5 – 3 2 5 – 4 3 Saturday 21 August 5 – 4 4 5 – 3 5 Sunday 22 August 5 – 0 6 5 – 2 7 Friday 29 October Metrodome, Barnsley 5 – 1 8 5 – 3 9 Saturday 30 October 5 – 4 10 5 – 2 11 Sunday 31 October 5 – 4 12 5 – 1
European Development Tour +Final EU Development Tour ranking Rank Player Earnings1 £11,8002 £6,0003 £4,1004 £4,0005 £3,9506 £3,7007 £3,6508 £3,4009 £3,10010 £2,950 No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 1 Friday 20 August H+ Hotel, Niedernhausen 5 – 2 2 5 – 3 3 Saturday 21 August 5 – 4 4 5 – 3 5 Sunday 22 August 5 – 0 6 5 – 1 7 Friday 5 November 5 – 3 8 5 – 4 9 Saturday 6 November 5 – 1 10 5 – 2 11 Sunday 7 November 5 – 2 12 5 – 1
PDC Women's Series +Final Women's Series rankings Rank Player Earnings Total 1–6 7–121 £8,150 £4,300 £3,8502 £7,650 £3,950 £3,7003 £3,450 £2,000 £1,4504 £3,050 £1,100 £1,9505 £2,700 £1,500 £1,2006 £2,450 £1,100 £1,3507 £2,100 £1,350 £7508 £2,000 £700 £1,3009 £1,850 £950 £90010 £1,750 £400 £1,350 The PDC Women's Series comprised 12 events held over two weekends. The woman who finishes top of the rankings and the runner-up after all 12 events will qualify for the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship.
Originally, the women who finished top of Events 5–8 and 9–12 were each going to qualify for the 2021 Grand Slam of Darts.
However, due to a lack of entrants for the opening weekend in Niedernhausen, the first four events were cancelled and reintegrated into the two weekends held in the United Kingdom. So, instead the winners of Events 1–6 and Events 7–12 each received a spot at the Grand Slam of Darts.
With three victories in five finals, Fallon Sherrock topped the Order of Merit after the first six events to book her Grand Slam entry.
After the ninth event of the series on 23 October, it was confirmed that Sherrock and Ashton, the only players to have won events thus far, were guaranteed to top the order of merit and locked in their return to the World Championship. Though Sherrock also topped the Event 7–12 Order of Merit, Ashton was granted the second Grand Slam spot as the highest ranked player not yet qualified.
No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 1 Saturday 25 September Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes 5 – 3 2 5 – 2 3 5 – 3 4 Sunday 26 September 5 – 4 5 5 – 2 6 5 – 0 7 Saturday 23 October Metrodome, Barnsley 5 – 0 8 5 – 3 9 5 – 2 10 Sunday 24 October 5 – 0 11 5 – 1 12 5 – 3
Professional Darts Corporation Nordic & Baltic (PDCNB) +Final PDCNB ranking Rank Player Points1 32002 27253 26004 18005 13506 12007 11008 10258 1025 The PDCNB tour returned in August with five events over three days in Iceland. Latvian PDC Tour Card Holder topped the table after winning two of the five events. He was followed by Swedish tour card holder , of Finland, and the Danish newcomer Andreas Toft Jørgensen, each of the three winning a single event of the tour.
In addition to the three current and one former tour card holder on this ranking, the top three ranked Danish players gained entry via this method to the 2021 Nordic Darts Masters. They would ultimately be joined by Johan Engström to complete the field of eight local players.
In October, it was decided that there would be no more tour dates, and that the PDC would grant two places in the world championship to the top players by ranking, Razma and Larsson. No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-up Ref. 1 Thursday 19 August Bullseye Darts, Reykjavík 6 – 3 2 Friday 20 August 6 – 3 3 6 – 4 4 Saturday 21 August 6 – 2 5 6 – 4
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