2021 PDC Pro Tour

The 2021 Tour Cards are awarded to:

• (64) The top 64 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2021 World Championship.
  • Harry Ward resigned his card, and therefore, Mark McGeeney moved into the top 64.[1]
  • Kyle Anderson resigned his card, and therefore, Maik Kuivenhoven moved into the top 64.[2]
• (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 (Callan Rydz and Jesús Noguera).
• (2) The highest qualifiers from 2019 Development Tour (Ryan Meikle and Ciarán Teehan).
• (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2020 Challenge Tour (David Evans and Ritchie Edhouse).
• (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2020 Development Tour (Keane Barry and Berry van Peer).
• (8) The daily winners from the 2021 Qualifying Schools.[3]

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.

The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School (or Q-School) will be 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 will be 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 will take place in two blocks between 8–10 February & 11–13 February; with the Final Stage to be held between 14–17 February. The winner of each day's play will be given a PDC Tour Card.

The UK Q-School will be held at the Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England; with the European Q-School held at the H+ Hotel, Niedernhausen, Germany.[4]

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.[5]

The Dartplayers Australia Tour was modified to reduce the amount of travel required within the context of the global pandemic. The Tour consisted of seven regional bubbles spread over the six states and the Australian Capital Territory, with the top eight players from each State qualifying for the World Championship qualifier, along with eight players from a final knockout qualifier.[6]