2025 PDC Players Championship series

The 2025 PDC Players Championship series is an ongoing series of 34 non-televised darts tournaments on the 2025 PDC Pro Tour.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The Players Championship Order of Merit, a ranking list that only includes the prize money won by each player in the Players Championship events, will determine the field of participants in the premier event 2025 Players Championship Finals. The top 64 players on this ranking qualify will qualify for the major tournament held in November.

The number of events will increase by four compared to the four previous years, bringing the total to thirty-four Players Championship events.

A total of four nine-dart finishes have been hit during the series.

Prize money

The prize money remained the same as the previous year, with a prize fund for each event of £125,000; £15,000 is given to each event‘s winner.

This is how the prize money is divided:^[5]

Stage (no. of players)		Prize money (Total: £125,000)
Winner	(1)	£15,000
Runner-up	(1)	£10,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£5,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£3,500
Fourth round	(8)	£2,500
Third round	(16)	£1,500
Second round	(32)	£1,000

February

Players Championship 1

Players Championship 1 was contested on Monday 10 February 2025 at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan. The tournament was won by Rob Cross who defeated Joe Cullen 8–3 in the final.^[6]^[7]

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)			Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)			Final (best of 15 legs)

16	Rob Cross 89.51	6

25	Jermaine Wattimena 93.75	5
			16	Rob Cross 108.55	7

			29	Andrew Gilding 99.20	3
29	Andrew Gilding 98.11	6

28	Luke Woodhouse 93.62	3
						16	Rob Cross 104.60	8

						31	Joe Cullen 94.26	3
31	Joe Cullen 98.02	6

	Richard Veenstra 99.93	4
			31	Joe Cullen 105.05	7

			3	Luke Humphries 102.05	6
3	Luke Humphries 95.64	6

	Darryl Pilgrim 88.78	1

Players Championship 2

Players Championship 2 was contested on Tuesday 11 February 2025 at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan. The tournament was won by Gerwyn Price who defeated Chris Dobey 8–7 in the final.^[8]^[9]

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)			Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)			Final (best of 15 legs)

1	Dave Chisnall 75.74	2

9	Ross Smith 96.73	6
			9	Ross Smith 89.10	4

			5	Chris Dobey 98.59	7
	Florian Hempel 93.30	5

5	Chris Dobey 94.35	6
						5	Chris Dobey 101.83	7

						22	Gerwyn Price 99.58	8
15	Gian van Veen 85.50	3

7	Ryan Searle 91.72	6
			7	Ryan Searle 98.81	5

			22	Gerwyn Price 99.26	7
3	Luke Littler 100.88	5

22	Gerwyn Price 102.32	6

Players Championship 3

Players Championship 3 was contested on Monday 17 February 2025 at the Autotron in Rosmalen. The tournament was won by Chris Dobey who defeated Jelle Klaasen 8–4 in the final.^[10]^[11]^[12]

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)			Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)			Final (best of 15 legs)

	Nick Kenny 88.70	6

24	Jermaine Wattimena 96.02	5
				Nick Kenny 93.16	5

				Jelle Klaasen 94.54	7
	Jelle Klaasen 84.55	6

12	Rob Cross 92.24	4
							Jelle Klaasen 87.34	4

						3	Chris Dobey 100.87	8
23	Gerwyn Price 99.53	5

	Callan Rydz 103.81	6
				Callan Rydz 101.69	6

			3	Chris Dobey 100.34	7
3	Chris Dobey 113.54	6

	Krzysztof Ratajski 91.55	1

Players Championship 4

Players Championship 4 was contested on Tuesday 18 February 2025 at the Autotron in Rosmalen. The tournament was won by Ryan Searle who defeated Cameron Menzies 8–3 in the final.^[13]^[14]

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)			Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)			Final (best of 15 legs)

	William O'Connor 94.01	4

9	Ryan Searle 101.70	6
			9	Ryan Searle 99.89	7

				Stefan Bellmont 98.71	6
	Stefan Bellmont 93.62	6

5	Josh Rock 90.27	2
						9	Ryan Searle 100.76	8

						19	Cameron Menzies 96.99	3
31	Gabriel Clemens 100.51	3

	Dom Taylor 106.64	6
				Dom Taylor 100.00	4

			19	Cameron Menzies 99.00	7
19	Cameron Menzies 96.24	6

22	James Wade 90.15	3

March

Players Championship 5

Players Championship 5 was contested on Tuesday 11 March 2025 at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester. Gary Anderson and Luke Littler both hit a nine-dart finish in their matches against Ryan Joyce and Adam Hunt respectively. The tournament was won by Joe Cullen who defeated Gian van Veen 8–7 in the final.^[15]

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)			Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)			Final (best of 15 legs)

16	Gian van Veen 108.16	6

9	Michael van Gerwen 101.49	4
			16	Gian van Veen 96.56	7

			4	Luke Littler 100.17	6
4	Luke Littler 122.96	6

12	Damon Heta 99.57	1
						16	Gian van Veen 100.33	7

						30	Joe Cullen 104.18	8
18	Mike De Decker 92.16	6

	Robert Owen 89.43	2
			18	Mike De Decker 93.50	5

			30	Joe Cullen 100.60	7
30	Joe Cullen 90.60	6

	Kevin Doets 87.02	3

Players Championship 6

Players Championship 6 was contested on Wednesday 12 March 2025 at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester. Luke Humphries and Alan Soutar both hit a nine-dart finish in their matches against Andy Boulton and Luke Littler respectively.^[16] The tournament was won by Gian van Veen who defeated Luke Humphries 8–3 in the final.^[17]

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)			Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)			Final (best of 15 legs)

	Kevin Doets 91.43	3

8	Ross Smith 90.72	6
			8	Ross Smith 96.75	4

			4	Luke Humphries 107.39	7
4	Luke Humphries 97.68	6

12	Damon Heta 98.85	5
						4	Luke Humphries 97.95	3

						14	Gian van Veen 97.41	8
2	Stephen Bunting 95.30	4

	Madars Razma 99.10	6
				Madars Razma 90.44	1

			14	Gian van Veen 103.34	7
14	Gian van Veen 99.87	6

22	James Wade 96.74	2