Bradley Brooks

Bradley Brooks (born 20 February 2000) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won his first ranking PDC title in 2025 at Players Championship 21.

Bradley Brooks
Brooks at the 2019 European Darts Matchplay
Personal information
Nickname	"Bam Bam"[1]
Born	(2000-02-20) 20 February 2000 (age 25)[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 2016–2023, 2025–)
Current world ranking	(PDC) 73 (30 July 2025)[3]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship	Last 96: 2021, 2022
UK Open	Last 64: 2020
Grand Slam	Last 16: 2021
Masters	Last 32: 2025
Other tournament wins
Players Championships 2025 PC21 Youth Events JDC European Open 2017 PDC World Youth Championship 2020 PDC Development Tour 2021 (x3), 2022, 2023

In his youth career, Brooks won the 2020 PDC World Youth Championship and five titles on the PDC Development Tour.

Career

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)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship	DNQ			1R	1R	DNQ
World Masters	Did not qualify							1R
UK Open	2R	2R	4R	2R	1R	2R	2R	2R
Grand Slam	DNQ			2R	DNQ
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Youth Championship	RR	RR	W	2R	2R	2R	3R	DNP
Career statistics
Season-end ranking	117	94	104	70	134	92	235

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
2019	Did not qualify										EDM 2R	IDO DNQ	GDT DNQ
2021	HDT 2R	GDT DNQ
2022	Did not qualify								EDM 1R	HDT DNQ	GDO 2R	BDO 2R	GDT DNQ
2023	BSD 2R	EDO 1R	IDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO 1R	DDC DNQ	BDO 2R	CDO 1R	Did not qualify
2025	Did not qualify					EDG 1R	DDC DNQ	EDO 2R	DNQ		CDO	HDT	SDT	GDC

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
2018	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	BAR 1R	BAR QF	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	DUB 1R	DUB 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R
2019	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG QF	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	HIL 2R	HIL 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	DUB 2R	DUB 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R
2020	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 3R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	NIE 4R	COV 1R	COV 3R	COV 1R	COV 2R	COV 2R
2021	BOL 1R	BOL 1R	BOL 1R	BOL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	MIL 4R	MIL 1R	MIL 3R	MIL 3R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR DNP
2022	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR DNP	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R
2023	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	HIL SF	HIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 4R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R
2024[nb 1]	Did not participate
2025	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	ROS 1R	ROS 2R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 2R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 3R	LEI 1R	ROS 3R	ROS 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	LEI QF	LEI 3R	LEI W	HIL 2R	HIL SF	MIL	MIL	HIL	HIL	LEI	LEI	LEI	WIG	WIG	WIG	WIG

1. 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