Cameron Crabtree (born 21 September 2003) 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 was a semi-finalist at Players Championship 13 in 2024. He has qualified for two PDC European Tours in 2025. He won two events on the PDC's secondary tour, the Challenge Tour, in 2023.
He previously competed in World Darts Federation (WDF) events, winning a silver and bronze medal at the WDF Europe Cup.
Career
2020
Crabtree first attended the PDC's Qualifying School in 2020, but failed to gain a Tour Card.
2022
In the 2022 PDC Development Tour series he reached a semi-final at event fifteen, which he lost to Keane Barry. He also played on the Challenge Tour, where he hit a nine-dart finish in the penultimate event of the year. He was eliminated in the group stage of the 2022 PDC World Youth Championship.
In November, Crabtree won the Southwark Open.
2023
In 2023, Crabtree won two titles on the PDC Challenge Tour, winning events four and eighteen.
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. He was also the runner-up at the final event of the year in August, losing to Luke Littler in the final.
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 and 30.
Also in July, Crabtree reached the semi-finals of week nine of the MODUS Super Series, but lost there to Jelle Klaasen.
2024
At the 2024 PDC Challenge Tour series, Crabtree reached the semi-finals at event six and the quarter-finals at event seven. Crabtree also made the semi-finals at event eleven.
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. 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, 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.
Crabtree won his group in the preliminary round of the 2025 PDC World Masters, with wins over Wesley Plaisier and George Killington. He beat Luke Woodhouse in the last 64, but was eliminated in the last 32 by Bradley Brooks 2–0 in sets.
In February, he qualified for his first PDC European Tour event, the 2025 Belgian Darts Open, through the Tour Card Holder Qualifier.
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.
Personal life
Crabtree has a younger brother, Cody, who also plays on the PDC Development Tour and sponsored by Mission.
He is close friends with fellow PDC Tour Card Holder Owen Bates. The two used to travel together to Challenge Tour events.
Performance timeline
PDC European Tour
PDC Players Championships
PDC Development Tour
Notes
References
External links
- Cam Crabtree player profile at Darts Orakel (2024 Challenge Tours 1–5, Players Championship 17, Players Championship 27–present)
- Cameron Crabtree player profile at Darts Orakel (2021 UK Development Tour 10 until 2024 Players Championship 26, 2025 World Masters and UK Open)
- Player profile for Cam Crabtree from Dartsdatabase (Cam Crabtree until 2023 Development Tour 10 2024 UK Open, 2025 Players Championship 4 Development Tour 4)
- Player profile for Cam Crabtree from Dartsdatabase (Cameron Crabtree from Development Tour 11 2023–present, excluding 2024 UK Open)
- Cameron Crabtree player profile at Flash Score UK
