Cam Crabtree
English darts player (born 2003)
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Cameron Crabtree (born 21 September 2003)[4] is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "Shazam", he obtained a PDC Tour Card at 2025 Q-School. Crabtree is a two-time semi-finalist in Players Championship events. He won two events on the 2023 PDC Challenge Tour.
| Cam Crabtree | |||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||
| Full name | Cameron Crabtree | ||||||
| Nickname | "Shazam"[1] | ||||||
| Born | 21 September 2003 London, England[2] | ||||||
| Home town | Croydon, London, England[2] | ||||||
| Darts information | |||||||
| Playing darts since | 2020 | ||||||
| Darts | 23g Mission Signature[1][2] | ||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed[1] | ||||||
| Walk-on music | "Blinding Lights" by the Weeknd[1][2] | ||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||
| PDC | 2021–present (Tour Card: 2025–present) | ||||||
| WDF | 2023–2024 | ||||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 68  1 (5 May 2026)[3] | ||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||
| World Championship | Last 128: 2026 | ||||||
| UK Open | Last 96: 2025 | ||||||
| Grand Slam | Group Stage: 2025 | ||||||
| PC Finals | Last 32: 2025 | ||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||
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In his youth career, Crabtree has found success in the PDC's youth system, topping the 2025 PDC Development Tour, winning five titles.
He previously competed in World Darts Federation (WDF) events, winning a silver and bronze medal at the WDF Europe Cup.
Career
2022
Crabtree first attended the PDC's Qualifying School in 2022, but failed to gain a Tour Card.[5] In the 2022 PDC Development Tour series he reached a semi-final at event fifteen, which he lost to Keane Barry.[6][7] He also played on the Challenge Tour, where he hit a nine-dart finish in the penultimate event of the year.[8] He was eliminated in the group stage of the 2022 PDC World Youth Championship.
In November, Crabtree won the Southwark Open.[9]
2023
In 2023, Crabtree won two titles on the PDC Challenge Tour, winning events four[10] and eighteen.[11][12]
In the 2023 PDC Development Tour series, he finished as the runner-up at event eighteen in mid-July, losing the final to Nathan Rafferty.[13][14] He was also the runner-up at the final event of the year in August, losing to Luke Littler in the final.[15]
Crabtree received call–ups for 2023 PDC Players Championship series events filling in as a reserve for an absent tour card holder virtue of his ranking on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit. He reached the quarter-finals at events 25[16][17] and 30.[18]
Also in July, Crabtree reached the semi-finals of week nine of the MODUS Super Series, but lost there to Jelle Klaasen.[19]
2024
At the 2024 PDC Challenge Tour series, Crabtree reached the semi-finals at event six and the quarter-finals at event seven.[20][21][22][23] Crabtree also made the semi-finals at event eleven.[24]
Crabtree received call–ups for 2024 PDC Players Championship events, filling in as a reserve for an absent tour card holder virtue of his ranking on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit. In early-July, he reached his first PDC Pro Tour semi-final at event thirteen.[25][26] He beat former PDC major champions Danny Noppert and James Wade on his run to the semis.
In May, Crabtree achieved success on the MODUS Super Series,[27] winning the week seven title.
2025
In January, he won a PDC Tour Card for the first time at PDC Qualifying School, by finishing sixth on the UK Q-School Order of Merit.[7][28][29]
Crabtree won his group in the preliminary round of the 2025 PDC World Masters, with wins over Wesley Plaisier and George Killington.[30] He beat Luke Woodhouse in the last 64, but was eliminated in the last 32 by Bradley Brooks 2–0 in sets.[31]
In February, he qualified for his first PDC European Tour event, the 2025 Belgian Darts Open, through the Tour Card Holder Qualifier.[32]
Crabtree made his second UK Open appearance at the 2025 event. He defeated Wesley Plaisier and Andy Baetens 6–1 to reach the third round.[33]
In October 2025, Crabtree confirmed his qualification for the 2025 Grand Slam of Darts having finished top of the Development Tour rankings.[34]
Personal life
Crabtree has a younger brother, Cody, who is also sponsored by Mission[35] and competes in PDC Development Tour events.[36][37]
He is close friends with fellow PDC Tour Card Holder Owen Bates. The two have travelled together to PDC events.[29]
World Championship results
PDC
- 2026: First round (lost to Andrew Gilding 1–3)
Performance timeline
| Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||
| World Championship | DNQ | 1R | ||||||||
| PDC World Masters[N 1] | DNQ | Prel. | ||||||||
| UK Open | DNQ | 1R | 3R | |||||||
| Grand Slam of Darts | DNQ | RR | ||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | DNQ | 2R | ||||||||
| PDC Non-ranked televised events | ||||||||||
| PDC World Youth Championship | RR | 2R | RR | QF | ||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||
| Season-end ranking | – | 119 | 142 | 74 | ||||||
PDC European Tour
PDC Players Championships
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023[nb 1] | BAR 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
HIL 4R |
HIL 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 4R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR QF |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR QF | ||||
| 2024[nb 1] | DNP | HIL 3R |
HIL 2R |
MIL SF |
DNP | MIL 3R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
DNP | WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
LEI DNP |
LEI 1R | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | WIG 2R |
WIG 2R |
ROS 2R |
ROS 1R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 3R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 3R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
ROS 2R |
ROS 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI QF |
LEI 1R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 3R |
HIL SF |
HIL 2R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 2R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 3R |
WIG 4R |
WIG 1R |
WIG QF |
WIG 2R |
PDC Development Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | NIE 2R |
NIE 3R |
NIE 3R |
NIE 2R |
NIE 3R |
NIE 2R |
NIE 2R |
NIE 2R |
NIE 2R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 3R |
NIE 2R | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 3R |
WIG 3R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 3R |
WIG 2R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 5R |
HIL 5R |
HIL 2R |
HIL SF |
HIL 4R |
HIL 4R |
HIL 4R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 4R |
WIG 4R |
WIG 3R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 4R |
| 2023 | MIL 4R |
MIL QF |
MIL QF |
MIL 2R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 4R |
WIG 4R |
WIG 3R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 4R |
HIL QF |
HIL SF |
HIL 4R |
LEI SF |
LEI 4R |
LEI F |
LEI 1R |
LEI QF |
MIL 3R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 5R |
MIL F |
| 2024 | MIL 5R |
MIL 6R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 5R |
MIL SF |
HIL QF |
HIL 5R |
HIL 5R |
HIL 5R |
HIL 4R |
DNP | WIG 4R |
WIG 6R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 3R |
WIG 5R |
WIG 4R |
WIG QF |
WIG 4R |
WIG 5R | ||||
| 2025 | MIL QF |
MIL 5R |
MIL SF |
MIL QF |
MIL 5R |
LEI SF |
LEI 5R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 3R |
LEI 4R |
HIL W |
HIL 3R |
HIL W |
HIL 5R |
HIL W |
MIL 6R |
MIL F |
MIL 2R |
MIL W |
MIL 6R |
WIG 2R |
WIG W |
WIG 1R |
WIG 6R |
- Not a Tour card holder
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. |
Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round |
DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
Notes
- A non-ranked event until 2025.