Devon Petersen

Titles and achievements

• ADC Global Championship 2024
• PDC European Championship semi-final 2020
• German Darts Championship (PDC European Tour) 2020
• PDC World Championship last 16 2014, 2019, 2021
• World Cup of Darts quarter-final 2012, 2014

Who is Devon Petersen?

Devon Petersen is a professional darts player born in 1986 who grew up in Cape Town. He throws right-handed and walks on to Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) by Shakira. He first held a PDC Tour Card in 2011, and after a break won another at Q-School in 2015, keeping it every year until the end of 2023. He has also worked as a darts pundit for Sky Sports.

How did Devon Petersen break through?

Petersen reached the last 16 of the PDC World Championship three times, in 2014, 2019 and 2021. His best season was 2020. He beat Jonny Clayton 8-3 in the final of the German Darts Championship to win his first PDC European Tour title, the first PDC ranking title won by a player from Africa. Later that year he reached the semi-finals of the European Championship.

He has represented South Africa at the World Cup of Darts in most years since 2012, reaching the quarter-finals in 2012 and 2014. In 2024 he won the inaugural ADC Global Championship.

What is Devon Petersen doing in 2026?

Petersen has not held a Tour Card since 2023 and has said he still wants one more push to regain it. In April 2026 he won the African qualifier in Kimberley to return to the World Cup of Darts, where he and Graham Filby lost to Sweden and beat Mongolia but did not get out of their group.

Off the oche he works to grow darts across Africa. In June 2026 he and Mission launched Mission369, a programme taking darts into schools, starting in South Africa. He was not in the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit as of October 2026.

What darts does Devon Petersen use?

Petersen is a Mission player and throws 22g Mission darts. He previously played Shot darts from 2022 to 2023. His current Mission signature dart, the Devon Petersen R2.5, was part of Mission's 2026 launch. The 95% tungsten barrel is fully contoured, with a short-radius nose, a scalloped nano section and ring-milled grooves, plus cross-hatch and shark-cut detailing in green and gold. It is made in 22g and 24g and uses Mission's R2.5 Rapid interchangeable points. We carry the R2.5, shown above when in stock.

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