2020 PDC Pro Tour

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:

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:

• (64) The top 64 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2020 World Championship.
  • Raymond van Barneveld resigned his card, and therefore, Toni Alcinas moved into the top 64.
  • Corey Cadby resigned his card, and therefore, Simon Stevenson moved into the top 64.
• (25) 25 qualifiers from 2019 Q-School not ranked in the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit following the World Championship.
  • Jamie Bain resigned his Tour Card.
• (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2018 Challenge Tour (Michael Barnard and Ted Evetts).
• (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2018 Development Tour (Geert Nentjes and Rowby-John Rodriguez).
• (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2019 Challenge Tour (Callan Rydz and Jesús Noguera).
• (2) The highest qualifiers from 2019 Development Tour (Ryan Meikle and Ciarán Teehan).
• (12) The 12 qualifiers from the 2020 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 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 UK Q-School took place at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan from 16 to 19 January.
• The European Q-School took place at Halle 39 in Hildesheim from 16 to 19 January.

The following players won two-year tour cards on each of the days played:

An Order of Merit was also created for each Q School. For every win after the first full round (without byes) 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:

The Players Championship events was scheduled to be 30 events as normal, but due to the COVID-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 the Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, to make up. These events were branded the "PDC Summer Series".^[7] Following this a "PDC Autumn Series" was arranged in Niedernhausen, Germany, with a "PDC Winter Series" following in Coventry.

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 8 February	Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley	(97.97) Gary Anderson	8 – 4	Jeff Smith (93.78)	[8]
2	Sunday 9 February		(101.25) Nathan Aspinall	8 – 3	Gerwyn Price (97.26)	[9]
3	Saturday 15 February	Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan	(97.07) Ryan Searle	8 – 6	Michael van Gerwen (99.61)	[10]
4	Sunday 16 February		(98.41) Krzysztof Ratajski	8 – 7	Ian White (99.61)	[11]
5	Saturday 22 February		(109.59) Peter Wright	8 – 6	Gerwyn Price (109.19)	[12]
6	Sunday 23 February		(102.54) Gerwyn Price	8 – 7	Michael van Gerwen (101.93)	[13]
7	Saturday 14 March	Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley	(98.20) Nathan Aspinall	8 – 4	Brendan Dolan (93.69)	[14]
8	Sunday 15 March		(102.06) Ian White	8 – 3	James Wade (88.28)	[15]
9	Wednesday 8 July	Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes[a]	(104.53) Michael van Gerwen	8 – 7	Peter Wright (100.53)	[16]
10	Thursday 9 July		(100.16) Ryan Joyce	8 – 7	Dave Chisnall (94.65)	[17]
11	Friday 10 July		(102.50) Michael van Gerwen	8 – 3	José de Sousa (97.77)	[18]
12	Saturday 11 July		(95.82) James Wade	8 – 2	Rob Cross (95.71)	[19]
13	Sunday 12 July		(99.30) Peter Wright	8 – 2	Gerwyn Price (91.82)	[20]
14	Saturday 12 September	H+ Hotel, Niedernhausen[b]	(91.82) Peter Wright	8 – 1	Madars Razma (84.78)	[21]
15	Sunday 13 September		(96.43) Damon Heta	8 – 4	Joe Cullen (94.49)	[22]
16	Monday 14 September		(98.93) Michael van Gerwen	8 – 1	Mensur Suljović (81.98)	[23]
17	Tuesday 15 September		(92.29) Gerwyn Price	8 – 7	Devon Petersen (98.38)	[24]
18	Wednesday 16 September		(98.66) Gerwyn Price	8 – 5	Krzysztof Ratajski (99.05)	[25]
19	Tuesday 10 November	Ricoh Arena, Coventry[c]	(92.99) Michael Smith	8 – 6	Jermaine Wattimena (88.50)	[26]
20	Wednesday 11 November		(96.67) Michael Smith	8 – 7	José de Sousa (100.00)	[27]
21	Thursday 12 November		(95.55) Gerwyn Price	8 – 6	Damon Heta (94.26)	[28]
22	Friday 13 November		(98.14) Peter Wright	8 – 7	José de Sousa (100.49)	[29]
23	Saturday 14 November		(105.09) Joe Cullen	8 – 4	Krzysztof Ratajski (94.28)	[30]

The European Tour was announced at 13 events, including events in Belgium and Hungary for the first time. Due to the COVID-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	(100.03) Gerwyn Price	8 – 3	Michael Smith (96.26)	[34]
2	25–27 September	German Darts Championship	Hildesheim, Halle 39	(102.75) Devon Petersen	8 – 3	Jonny Clayton (91.43)	[35]
3	16–18 October	European Darts Grand Prix	Sindelfingen, Glaspalast	(105.79) José de Sousa	8 – 4	Michael van Gerwen (92.43)	[36]
4	23–25 October	International Darts Open	Riesa, SACHSENarena	(97.19) Joe Cullen	8 – 5	Michael van Gerwen (91.37)	[37]

Final Challenge Tour ranking^[38]

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

The Challenge Tour was planned to increase from 20 to 24 events for 2020, but due to the COVID-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 the 2020/21 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, while Ritchie Edhouse took second and also earned a Tour Card.^[39][38]

The top eight unqualified players will also qualify for the 2021 UK Open.

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 25 January	Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan	(89.10) Rob Collins	5 – 4	Adam Huckvale (89.21)	[40]
2			(99.41) Scott Mitchell	5 – 1	Andrew Gilding (91.69)	[41]
3	Sunday 26 January		(91.96) Matthew Dennant	5 – 4	Nathan Rafferty (86.18)	[42]
4			(89.27) Jitse Van der Wal	5 – 2	Arjan Konterman (87.76)	[43]
5	Friday 9 October	Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley	(91.33) Keane Barry	5 – 4	Maikel Verberk (85.68)	[44]
6			(92.34) David Evans	5 – 4	Richie Burnett (94.07)	[45]
7	Saturday 10 October		(100.50) Jim Williams	5 – 2	Lewy Williams (96.74)	[46]
8			(93.94) David Evans	5 – 0	Chas Barstow (85.75)	[47]
9	Sunday 11 October		(97.83) Ritchie Edhouse	5 – 4	Scott Taylor (83.10)	[48]
10			(96.64) Kevin Doets	5 – 3	Ritchie Edhouse (95.92)	[49]

Final Development Tour ranking^[50]

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

The Development 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 the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship.

Ryan Meikle topped the Development Tour Order of Merit, with Keane 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 ranked Berry van Peer, with Barry being the other Tour Card winner.^[51][50]

The top eight unqualified players also qualified for the 2021 UK Open.

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 29 February	Halle 39, Hildesheim	(91.47) Berry van Peer	5 – 1	Martin Schindler (85.75)	[52]
2			(83.88) Ryan Meikle	5 – 3	Niels Zonneveld (86.53)	[53]
3	Sunday 1 March		(91.29) Ryan Meikle	5 – 3	Nico Kurz (87.72)	[54]
4			(90.28) Wessel Nijman	5 – 3	Martin Schindler (88.84)	[55]
5	Friday 25 September	Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley	(92.05) Kevin Doets	5 – 4	Keane Barry (93.99)	[56]
6			(80.78) Damian Mol	5 – 3	Keelan Kay (76.89)	[57]
7	Saturday 26 September		(90.00) Ted Evetts	5 – 3	Joe Davis (93.66)	[58]
8			(89.31) Keane Barry	5 – 3	Ryan Meikle (83.70)	[59]
9	Sunday 27 September		(101.74) Keane Barry	5 – 4	Ryan Meikle (104.71)	[60]
10			(104.28) Callan Rydz	5 – 1	Lok Yin Lee (90.04)	[61]

Final Women's Series ranking^[62]

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

The PDC 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 holder Lisa Ashton topped the weekend table with two event victories to qualify for the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship. Though Deta Hedman and Fallon 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	(94.70) Lisa Ashton	6 – 3	Fallon Sherrock (89.16)	[64]
2			(83.31) Deta Hedman	6 – 5	Aileen de Graaf (75.21)	[65]
3	Sunday 18 October		(83.39) Lisa Ashton	6 – 3	Deta Hedman (76.78)	[66]
4			(87.94) Fallon Sherrock	6 – 2	Corrine Hammond (83.11)	[67]

The Professional Darts Corporation Nordic & Baltic Tour had 10 events scheduled. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, planned events in Copenhagen and Gothenburg were postponed.^[68][69] A planned season restart in Riga 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	(89.77) Kim Viljanen	6 – 5	Darius Labanauskas (89.31)	[71]
2	Sunday 1 March		(89.24) Daniel Larsson	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 the COVID-19 pandemic. On 11 August 2020, the Tour was cancelled.^[73]

The DPA 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 the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship.^[73]

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Friday 31 January	Warilla Bowls and Recreation Club Barrack 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 Club Brisbane	(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 the EADC Tour, but owing to the COVID-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 a tour of 8 events held over 2 weekends, one in the United States and one in Canada. 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 the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship. There were originally due to be more events, but the schedule was heavily disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.^[83]

Matt Campbell and Danny 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	(94.22) Shawn Burt	6 – 3	David Cameron (89.48)	[84]
2			(89.14) David Cameron	6 – 5	Matt Campbell (87.30)	[85]
3	Saturday 27 September		(93.19) Matt Campbell	6 – 3	Shawn Burt (86.48)	[86]
4			(78.79) Jim Long	6 – 3	Matt Campbell (80.39)	[87]

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-up	Ref.
1	Saturday 3 October	Indianapolis	(92.29) Danny Baggish	6 – 5	Chuck Puleo (93.60)	[88]
2			(92.68) Danny Baggish	6 – 5	Danny Lauby (89.49)	[89]
3	Sunday 4 October		(82.05) Darin Young	6 – 5	Chuck Puleo (85.94)	[90]
4			(94.93) Danny Baggish	6 – 0	Gary Mawson (75.47)	[91]