Bradley Brooks
English darts player (born 2000) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bradley Brooks (born 20 February 2000) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He reached the last 16 at the 2021 Grand Slam of Darts. In his youth career, Brooks won the 2020 PDC World Youth Championship and five titles on the PDC Development Tour.
Bradley Brooks | |||||||
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![]() Brooks at the 2019 European Darts Matchplay | |||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Nickname | "Bam Bam"[1] | ||||||
Born | [2] 20 February 2000 Blackburn, Lancashire, England | ||||||
Darts information | |||||||
Playing darts since | 2016 | ||||||
Darts | 23g Target 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) 100 3 (6 April 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 | |||||||
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Career
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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]
Personal life
Brooks is a Blackburn Rovers supporter.[18]
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
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Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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
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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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 |
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 |
LEI |
LEI |
LEI |
ROS |
ROS |
HIL |
HIL |
LEI |
LEI |
LEI |
HIL |
HIL |
MIL |
MIL |
MIL |
HIL |
HIL |
LEI |
LEI |
LEI |
WIG |
WIG |
WIG |
WIG |
WIG |
- Not a Tour card holder
Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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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 |
References
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