The 2025 PDC Development Tour (known for sponsorship reasons as the Winmau Development Tour) was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). A secondary tour to the PDC Pro Tour, it consisted of 24 tournaments, held over four weekends of five events and one weekend of four events.
The Development Tour is the PDC's youth system open to all players outside of the top 64 on the PDC Order of Merit that are aged 16âÂÂ24. According to PDC Order of Merit Rule 6.2, from 2025, players ranked in the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit were no longer eligible to play in Development Tour events, a change from the previous rule that only prohibited top 32 players from competing.
Under PDC Order of Merit Rule 6.9, the 2025 Development Tour rewards were as follows:
The prize money for the Development Tour events remained the same as in 2023 and 2024. ã360,000 was the total prize fund, with ã15,000 being the prize fund for each of the 24 events. The winner of each event received ã2,500. The prize fund breakdown was:
Development Tour 1 was contested on Friday 21 February at the Arena MK in Milton Keynes. The tournament was won by Sebastian Biaà Âecki, who defeated Owen Bates 5âÂÂ2 in the final.
Development Tour 2 was contested on Friday 21 February at the Arena MK in Milton Keynes. The tournament was won by Beau Greaves, who defeated 5âÂÂ3 in the final.
Development Tour 3 was contested on Saturday 22 February at the Arena MK in Milton Keynes. The tournament was won by Owen Bates, who defeated Charlie Manby 5âÂÂ2 in the final.
Development Tour 4 was contested on Saturday 22 February at the Arena MK in Milton Keynes. The tournament was won by Beau Greaves, who defeated 5âÂÂ2 in the final.
Notably, Charlie Manby recorded a three-dart average of 130.70 in his win against Patrik Williams, the highest recorded match average in PDC history.
Development Tour 5 was contested on Sunday 23 February at the Arena MK in Milton Keynes. The tournament was won by , who defeated 5âÂÂ2 in the final.
Development Tour 6 was contested on Friday 28 March at the Leicester Arena. Beau Greaves won her third Development Tour title of the year by defeating Henry Coates 5âÂÂ3 in the final.
Development Tour 7 was contested on Friday 28 March at the Leicester Arena. The tournament was won by Ryan Branley who defeated Dominik Grüllich 5âÂÂ4 in the final.
Development Tour 8 was contested on Saturday 29 March at the Leicester Arena. Patrik Williams won his first Development Tour title by defeating Nathan Potter 5âÂÂ2 in the final.
Development Tour 9 was contested on Saturday 29 March at the Leicester Arena. Owen Bates won his second Development Tour title by defeating Leon Weber 5âÂÂ2 in the final.
Development Tour 10 was contested on Sunday 30 March at the Leicester Arena. The tournament was won by Dominik Grüllich, who defeated Leon Weber 5âÂÂ0 in the final.
Development Tour 11 was contested on Friday 9 May at Halle 39 in Hildesheim. The tournament was won by Cam Crabtree, who defeated Adam Gawlas 5âÂÂ2 in the final.
Development Tour 12 was contested on Friday 9 May at Halle 39 in Hildesheim. The tournament was won by Jannis Barkhausen, who defeated Owen Bates 5âÂÂ2 in the final.
Development Tour 13 was contested on Saturday 10 May at Halle 39 in Hildesheim. The tournament was won by Cam Crabtree, who defeated Patrik Williams 5âÂÂ1 in the final.
Development Tour 14 was contested on Saturday 10 May at Halle 39 in Hildesheim. The tournament was won by Jurjen van der Velde, who defeated Henry Coates 5âÂÂ4 in the final.
Development Tour 15 was contested on Sunday 11 May at Halle 39 in Hildesheim. The tournament was won by Cam Crabtree, who defeated Jenson Walker 5âÂÂ0 in the final.
Development Tour 16 was contested on Friday 5 September at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan. Charlie Manby won his first Development Tour title by defeating Owen Bates 5âÂÂ4 in the final.
Development Tour 17 was contested on Friday 5 September at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan. The tournament was won by Jamai van den Herik, who defeated Cam Crabtree 5âÂÂ1 in the final.
Development Tour 18 was contested on Saturday 6 September at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan. Oliver Pearce-Burgess hit a nine-dart finish in his defeat against Ben Townley. The tournament was won by Tyler Thorpe, who defeated Viktor Tingström 5âÂÂ3 in the final.
Development Tour 19 was contested on Saturday 6 September at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan. The tournament was won by Cam Crabtree, who defeated Sebastian Biaà Âecki 5âÂÂ3 in the final.
Development Tour 20 was contested on Sunday 7 September at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan. Jurjen van der Velde won his second Development Tour title of the year by defeating Henry Coates 5âÂÂ2 in the final.
Development Tour 21 was contested on Saturday 11 October at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan. The tournament was won by Dominik Grüllich who defeated Beau Greaves 5âÂÂ4 in the final.
Development Tour 22 was contested on Saturday 11 October at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan. Cam Crabtree won his fifth title of the year by defeating Viktor Tingström 5âÂÂ2 in the final.
Development Tour 23 was contested on Sunday 12 October at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan.
Development Tour 24 was contested on Sunday 12 October at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan.
The table lists all players who achieved a three-dart average of at least 110 in a match. In the case one player has multiple records, this is indicated by the number in brackets.