Bradley Brooks
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Blackburn, Lancashire, England
| Bradley Brooks | |||||||||
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.jpg) Brooks at the 2019 European Darts Matchplay | |||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Nickname | "Bam Bam"[1] | ||||||||
| Born | 20 February 2000[2] Blackburn, Lancashire, England | ||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2016 | ||||||||
| Darts | 23g Shot! Signature | ||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Booyah" by Showtek featuring We Are Loud and Sonny Wilson | ||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||
| PDC | 2016– (Tour Card 2018–2023, 2025–) | ||||||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 68  (19 April 2026)[3] | ||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||
| World Championship | Last 96: 2021, 2022 | ||||||||
| UK Open | Last 64: 2020 | ||||||||
| Grand Slam | Last 16: 2021 | ||||||||
| PC Finals | Last 32: 2025 | ||||||||
| Masters | Last 32: 2025 | ||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||
Players Championships
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Bradley Brooks (born 20 February 2000) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won his first PDC ranking title at Players Championship 21 on the 2025 PDC Pro Tour.
In his youth career, Brooks won the 2020 PDC World Youth Championship and five PDC Development Tours.
In 2017, Brooks won the Junior Darts Corporation (JDC) European Open title, defeating Jarred Cole 6–5 in the final.[4]
Brooks entered PDC UK Q-School in 2018, winning a two-year PDC Tour Card on the fourth and final day by defeating John Goldie 5–1 in the final round.[5] His first significant run in the PDC came in late June 2018, when he made the quarter-finals of Players Championship 16 in Barnsley, only to be knocked out by eventual winner Ian White.[6]
After losing his two-year Tour Card at the end of 2019, he won it straight back on 17 January 2020 by beating Damon Heta 5–3 in the Day 2 final at 2020 Q-School.[7] Brooks reached the final of the 2020 PDC World Youth Championship;[8] where took on Joe Davis on 29 November 2020, and won the match in a last-leg decider, qualifying him for the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship.[9][10] In his debut he faced Dirk van Duijvenbode and led 2–0 in sets, but eventually lost 3–2 and exited in the first round.[11]
As the reigning World Youth Champion, he earned a spot at the 2021 Grand Slam of Darts. In Group B he faced Jonny Clayton, Mervyn King and Rusty-Jake Rodriguez. Brooks won his first match against King 5–1 but lost to Clayton.[12] After winning 5–3 against Rodriguez in the last match, he secured second place in the group and qualified for the second round. There, he faced Gerwyn Price, the world number one at the time. Price won the close contest 10–8 and eliminated Brooks.[13]
Brooks qualified for the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship by topping the PDC UK Development Tour ranking.[14] He drew William Borland in the first round. The match went to the a deciding fifth set, where Borland hit a nine-dart finish in the deciding leg and eliminated Brooks 3–2.[15]
After losing his Tour Card at the end of 2023, he regained it at 2025 Q-School, finishing first in the UK Q-School Order of Merit with a total of 16 points, a Q-School record.[16][17] In July 2025, Brooks won his first title on the senior PDC tour by defeating Gerwyn Price in the final of Players Championship 21.[18]
Personal life
Brooks is a Blackburn Rovers supporter,[19] and played football in his youth before breaking his foot.[20] He studied sports and coaching management at Blackburn College.[20]
World Championship results
PDC
- 2021: First round (lost to Dirk van Duijvenbode 2–3)
- 2022: First round (lost to William Borland 2–3)
- 2026: First round (lost to Joe Cullen 0–3)
