Its intention is to look after the interests of all professional players through an annually-elected Board.
It is headed by President Alan Warriner-Little and Chairman Peter Manley.
The PDPA was initially formed in the early 1980s with the first members being John Lowe, Dave Whitcombe, Ritchie Gardner, Bob Anderson, Eric Bristow and Alan Evans.
[3] The PDPA has different types of membership status: The PDPA holds qualifiers for PDC Tour Card holders to a number of PDC televised events: the PDC World Darts Championship, the Grand Slam of Darts and the World Series of Darts Finals.
[2] In 2020, the PDPA financially assisted PDC Tour Card holders who were negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw the postponement and cancellation of darts events.