What Is the DPBA Pro Tour? Duckpin Bowling's Professional Tour Explained

The DPBA Pro Tour is the professional tour of the Duckpin Professional Bowlers Association — competitive duckpin bowling for DPBA members, organized into a season of tour stops that ends with a final event and season-long awards. It is not a tenpin (standard) bowling tour: the sport here is duckpin, with its smaller pins and ball. The official site, dpbatour.com, is the place to follow results, standings, and tour history.

Who competes and how the season is structured

The tour is built around DPBA members. The site's 2026 welcome message is addressed to "DPBA members," and the season's statistics cover "all bowlers who have bowled in the tour during the 2026 season." That wording tells you participation is tracked per bowler across the season rather than as a single weekend event.

A season has a series of stops and then a last stop that closes it out. On the current site, the final result shown is "Last Stop: Eddie Darling defeats Logan Williams, 190-122 at Parkville," followed by "See You Next Season." So the visible pattern is:

• Tour stops during the season, each producing match results (the final one is a head-to-head decided by score, as in the 190-122 example).
• A season-ending last stop that crowns the closing event.
• Season awards and statistics compiled after the tour concludes.

The site does not publish a full schedule, entry requirements, or eligibility rules on the page reviewed, so treat those as things to confirm with the DPBA directly rather than assume.

How performance is tracked during and after the season

The DPBA Pro Tour measures bowlers in three ways, all visible on the site:

Bowler of the Year points

A season-long points race. The 2026 final standings listed:

Points accumulate across the season, so the leaderboard rewards consistent participation and results rather than one hot stop.

High average

Averaged pinfall per game, with games played shown alongside — which matters, because a high average over few games is a different achievement from one over many. The 2026 list includes Colton Gue at 156.966 over 29 games, Eric Villeneuve at 154.462 over 13 games, and, at the high-volume end, Colby DeAntoniis at 150.037 over 81 games and Jonathan Green at 149.913 over 80 games.

Complete bowler statistics

The site links a full statistics list for every bowler who appeared in the season, plus a DPBA History section. These are the reference points for comparing players and tracking the tour over time.

What this means if you want to follow or join

If you are a fan, the practical path is straightforward: use the Bowler of the Year points table to see who leads, the high-average table to see scoring form (check the games column), and the complete statistics and history pages for depth.

If you are a bowler interested in the tour, the site's framing — a members' association with a season, a welcome letter, and a points race — suggests membership is the entry point, but the reviewed page does not state dues, eligibility, or how to register. Confirm those details with the DPBA before planning a season. The same caution applies to any assumption that following the tour or its statistics is free or requires no login; the page doesn't say either way.

One useful habit from the season data: because averages are listed with games played, judge a bowler's average together with volume. A 156 average over 29 games and a 150 average over 81 games describe different kinds of seasons, and the points table already blends both into the Bowler of the Year race.