Darryl Pilgrim
English darts player (born 1987)
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Darryl Pilgrim (born 30 June 1987)[1][4] is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. A PDC Tour Card holder since 2025 Q-School, he is a three-time quarter-finalist in the PDC's Players Championship events.
| Darryl Pilgrim | |||||
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| Personal information | |||||
| Nickname | Mr P[1][2] | ||||
| Born | 30 June 1987 Croydon, London, England | ||||
| Darts information | |||||
| Playing darts since | 2017 | ||||
| Darts | 20g Perfect Nine | ||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||
| Walk-on music | "Glad All Over" by The Dave Clark Five[1][2] | ||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||
| PDC | 2017–present (Tour Card: 2025–present) | ||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 74  (19 April 2026)[3] | ||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||
| UK Open | Last 32: 2026 | ||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||
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Before winning his Tour card, Pilgrim won a title on the PDC's secondary tour, the PDC Challenge Tour, in 2023.
Early life
Career
2017–2018
Pilgrim qualified for the 2017 UK Open through the Amateur Qualifiers.[6] Making his debut appearance in a PDC major event, he lost in the first round but qualified for the 2018 UK Open again a year later and reached the third round, where he lost to Steve West in a deciding leg.
2022
Pilgrim played on the 2022 PDC Challenge Tour series, reaching the semi-finals at event thirteen.[7]
He made his Players Championship debut at Players Championship 11, appearing as a call-up due to his ranking on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit. He lost to Brendan Dolan 6–5 in the first round.[8]
Pilgrim reached the semi-finals of MODUS Super Series 1 Champions Week, but lost 4–3 to eventual champion Conan Whitehead.[9][10]
2023
Pilgrim reached his first PDC Players Championship quarter-final at Players Championship 18.[11][12][13]
In August, he won Challenge Tour 16, defeating Andy Boulton 5–1 in the final.[14][15]
He also competed in the MODUS Super Series. On 15 August, he broke the series' record for a three-dart average with a 122.69 in a 4–0 win against Dennie Olde Kalter.[16][5][17] On the same day, he also set the tournament's record for highest losing average, with a 118.88 in a 4–2 defeat to Scott Taylor.[18] Pilgrim also hit a nine-dart finish in this match.[19][17]
2024
In 2024, Pilgrim again played in Players Championship events, on the 2024 PDC Pro Tour.[20] In May, Pilgrim hit his second career nine-dart finish in his deciding leg loss to Jelle Klaasen at PDC Players Championship 11.[21]
In December, Pilgrim topped his group at the Amateur Darts Circuit's ADC Global Championship.[22] He reached the semi-finals in Week One.[23] He advanced to the Global Finals, where he made the semi-finals before losing to eventual champion Devon Petersen 7–3.[24]
2025
In January, Pilgrim won a PDC Tour Card for the first time at PDC Qualifying School.[25] He entered in stage two of Q-School, virtue of his Challenge Tour Order of Merit ranking, giving him an exemption from stage one. In stage two, he finished second in the UK Q-School of Merit table, earning him his Tour Card.[5][26]
On 10 February, he reached his second Players Championship quarter-final at Players Championship 1.[27] Two days later, he qualified for his third PDC European Tour event, the 2025 Belgian Darts Open, through the Tour Card Holder Qualifier.[28] He was defeated by Ryan Searle 6–2 in the first round.[29]
On 30 May at the 2025 European Darts Open, Pilgrim achieved a 6–3 victory over Madars Razma in the first round. It was his second win on the European Tour.[30] He lost in a deciding leg to Peter Wright in the second round.[31]
Personal life
Outside of darts, Pilgrim works for Tesco.[6] He is a supporter of Crystal Palace F.C.[30]
Performance timeline
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 |
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| 2022[nb 1] | Did not participate | BAR 1R |
Did not participate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023[nb 1] | Did not participate | WIG 3R |
WIG 2R |
Did not participate | HIL 3R |
HIL QF |
Did not participate | BAR 4R |
BAR 2R |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024[nb 1] | WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI DNP |
HIL 2R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 2R |
MIL DNP |
MIL DNP |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
MIL DNP |
MIL DNP |
WIG 2R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 3R |
WIG 2R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 3R | ||||
| 2025 | WIG QF |
WIG 1R |
ROS 1R |
ROS 3R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 3R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
ROS 1R |
ROS 1R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 2R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 3R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 4R |
LEI 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
- 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 | ||