Alan Soutar

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Alan Soutar
Personal information
Nickname"Soots" [1]
Born (1978-01-10) 10 January 1978 (age 47)
Dundee, Scotland [1]
Home town Arbroath, Scotland [1]
Darts information
Playing darts since1995
Darts24g Mission [1]
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Freed from Desire" by Gala [1]
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2007–2021
PDC 2021–
(Tour Card: 2021–)
Current world ranking ( PDC ) 53 Increase2.svg 1 (26 August 2025) [2]
WDF major events – best performances
World Championship Last 32: 2011
World Masters Last 16: 2016, 2017
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship Last 16: 2022, 2023
UK Open Last 16: 2021
Grand Slam Quarter-final: 2022
PC Finals Last 64: 2021
Other tournament wins
Bellrock Open 2011
Helvetia Open 2019

Players Championships

2024 PC11
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
WDF World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 St. John's Men's team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 St. John's Men's overall
WDF Europe Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Egmond aan Zee Men's pairs
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Bucharest Men's pairs
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Egmond aan Zee Men's overall
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Budapest Men's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Budapest Men's pairs

Alan Soutar (born 10 January 1978) is a Scottish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. A PDC Tour Card holder since 2021, Soutar won his first PDC title at 2024 Players Championship 11. He reached his first major quarter-final at the 2022 Grand Slam. His best World Championship performance is reaching the last 16 in consecutive years: 2022 and 2023.

Contents

Soutar previously participated in British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments, twice reaching the last 16 at the Winmau World Masters: in 2016 and 2017.

Career

Soutar started playing darts as a teenager in the pub his grandparents ran. [3] He plays in a saltire shirt and tartan pants, in tribute to his Scottish heritage. [4]

BDO

In November 2011 Soutar won the Bellrock Open. He qualified for the 2011 BDO World Darts Championship, he played Willy van de Wiel in the first round and lost 3–1 in sets. In 2013 he won the 2013 WDF World Cup as part of Team Scotland. [5] He qualified for the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship through the Hull qualifiers before losing to Craig Caldwell in the preliminary round. [6]

PDC

In February 2021, Soutar secured a two-year PDC Tour Card at UK Qualifying School. [7] He made his televised PDC debut with a first round defeat of Raymond van Barneveld in the 2021 UK Open before falling to Dave Chisnall in the last 16.

In December 2021, Soutar made his debut at the PDC World Championship, where he defeated Diogo Portela in the first round in the deciding set. In the following two rounds, Soutar knocked out two seeds, Mensur Suljović and José de Sousa, each time in the deciding set having survived match darts from his opponent. Soutar's run to the last 16 was finally ended by Callan Rydz in a 1–4 defeat. [8]

In 2022, Soutar made his debut as a qualifier for the Grand Slam of Darts, where he advanced from his group ahead of reigning World Champion Peter Wright after victories over Fallon Sherrock and Nathan Aspinall. In the round of 16, Soutar defeated ninth-ranked Jonny Clayton to reach the quarter final [9] where he was defeated by eventual runner-up Nathan Aspinall. [10] At the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship, Soutar reached the fourth round again after whitewashing Mal Cuming and Daryl Gurney 3–0 in sets. His run proceeded with a win over Danny Noppert before being defeated by Gabriel Clemens. [11]

In June 2024, Soutar won a first PDC title at PC11 in Hildesheim, defeating Daryl Gurney in the final. [12] [13]

Personal life

Soutar joined the Army Cadet Force at the age of 13 and spent nine years as a commando in the British Army, [14] during which he was deployed to Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Northern Ireland. [3]

Away from darts, Soutar is a firefighter as well as training guide dogs in his home with partner Amanda. [14] Soutar is a keen supporter of his local football team Arbroath F.C. [15] In 2012, he set up the Angus Darts Academy, training children in how to play darts. [3] He won the "Sporting Volunteer of the Year" award at the Finding Scotland's Real Heroes award in 2013 for his mentorship in darts. [16]

World Championship results

BDO

PDC

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament200820112012201320142015201620172018
BDO Ranked televised events
World Championship DNQ 1R DNQ Prel. DNQ
Winmau World Masters 4RDNP3R2R1R4R6R6R1R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking478053321274731290140221171

PDC

Tournament20212022202320242025
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship DNQ 4R 4R DNQ 1R
World Masters DNQ Prel.
UK Open 6R 3R 4R 3R 5R
Grand Slam DNQ QF DNQ
Players Championship Finals 1R 1R DNQ 1R
Season-end ranking (PDC)51324557

PDC European Tour

Season1234567891011121314
2021 HDT
2R
GDT
DNQ
2022 IDO
DNQ
GDC
2R
GDG
1R
Did not qualify GDO
2R
BDO
1R
GDT
DNQ
2023 BSD
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
IDO
3R
GDG
1R
ADO
DNQ
DDC
1R
BDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
EDG
1R
EDM
DNQ
GDO
1R
HDT
DNQ
GDC
2R
2024 BDO
DNQ
GDG
1R
Did not qualify FDT
2R
HDT
1R
SDT
DNQ
CDO
3R
2025 BDO
DNQ
EDT
1R
Did not qualify EDO
1R
Did not qualify SDT
GDC

PDC Players Championships

Season12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
2021 BOL
3R
BOL
3R
BOL
QF
BOL
2R
MIL
SF
MIL
3R
MIL
2R
MIL
2R
NIE
2R
NIE
2R
NIE
1R
NIE
3R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
3R
MIL
1R
COV
2R
COV
1R
COV
2R
COV
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
QF
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
2022 BAR
2R
BAR
1R
WIG
4R
WIG
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
NIE
1R
NIE
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
SF
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
QF
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
QF
BAR
QF
BAR
2R
BAR
4R
BAR
1R
2023 BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
2R
WIG
2R
WIG
2R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
HIL
3R
HIL
2R
LEI
2R
LEI
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
2024 WIG
SF
WIG
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
2R
HIL
2R
HIL
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
2R
HIL
2R
HIL
2R
HIL
W
HIL
3R
MIL
1R
MIL
3R
MIL
4R
MIL
2R
MIL
3R
MIL
1R
MIL
3R
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
LEI
4R
LEI
3R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
2025 WIG
3R
WIG
1R
ROS
1R
ROS
2R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
HIL
3R
HIL
2R
LEI
2R
LEI
1R
LEI
3R
LEI
4R
ROS
3R
ROS
1R
HIL
2R
HIL
2R
LEI
2R
LEI
4R
LEI
QF
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
HIL
3R
HIL
2R
MIL
QF
MIL
QF
HIL
HIL
LEI
LEI
LEI
WIG
WIG
WIG
WIG
Performance Table Legend
WWon the tournamentFFinalistSFSemifinalistQFQuarterfinalist#R
RR
Prel.
Lost in # round
Round-robin
Preliminary round
DQDisqualified
DNQDid not qualifyDNPDid not participateWDWithdrewNHTournament not heldNYFNot yet founded

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Alan Soutar player profile". Professional Darts Players Association .
  2. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 26 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Smith, Ewan (24 April 2021). "How life in a warzone prepared Dundee firefighter Alan Soutar for top-level darts". The Courier. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  4. Smith, Tyrone (15 December 2022). "PDC World Darts Championship: Alan Soutar focuses on form over showmanship". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  5. Arbroath player Alan Soutar seals Scotland's World Cup of Darts team title. The Courier
  6. BDO World Darts Championships 2016: Draw and schedule
  7. Allen, Dave (17 February 2021). "Koltsov & Mitchell enjoy Day Four wins as 2021 Q Schools conclude". PDC . Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  8. Elder, Matthew (30 December 2021). "Alan Soutar remains upbeat after fairytale PDC World Championship run ends with defeat to Callan Rydz". The Scotsman.
  9. "Grand Slam of Darts: Michael van Gerwen wins epic battle vs nine-dart Josh Rock as Jonny Clayton is shocked by Alan Soutar". Sky Sports. 18 November 2022.
  10. Gorton, Josh (19 November 2022). "Humphries dumps out Van Gerwen to storm through to Grand Slam Semis". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  11. Wellens, Megan (30 December 2022). "World Darts Championship: Michael Smith shows class to knock out Joe Cullen as Gabriel Clemens makes history with win over Alan Soutar". Sky Sports . Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  12. "PDC Darts: Stephen Bunting hits epic nine-darter as Alan Soutar wins maiden tour title". Sky Sports . 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  13. "Spirited Soutar wins maiden PDC title in Hildesheim". www.pdc.tv. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  14. 1 2 Jack, Chris (10 December 2022). "The many faces of Alan Soutar". The National. pp. M36. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  15. Gorton, Josh (29 December 2021). "World Darts Championship: Firefighter Alan Soutar lighting up Alexandra Palace on debut". Sky Sports . Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  16. Strachan, Graeme (20 January 2017). "Angus young guns go back to the dart board in a bid to be the next Lakeside star". The Courier. Retrieved 22 August 2025.