Connor Scutt

Connor Scutt
Scutt at the 2024 Players Championship Finals
Personal information
Nickname	"The Sniper"
Born	(1996-04-15) 15 April 1996 (age 28) [1] Carshalton, England
Home town	Kenley, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	2014
Darts	Red Dragon
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns N' Roses
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2022– (Tour Card: 2022–2023, 2025–)
WDF	2021, 2024
Current world ranking	( PDC ) 60 2 (18 March 2025) [2]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 48: 2022
World Masters	Semi Final: 2024
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 64: 2024, 2025
UK Open	Last 32: 2025
Grand Slam	Group Stage: 2024
PC Finals	Quarter Final: 2024
Other tournament wins
British Classic 2024 British Pentathlon 2024 Denmark Open 2024 PDC Challenge Tour 2024 (x2)

Connor Scutt (born 15 April 1996) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a current PDC Tour Card holder, having previously held one from 2022 to 2023. He has finished as runner-up in two ranking PDC Players Championship events. He reached his first PDC major quarter-final at the 2024 Players Championship Finals. He won two titles on the 2024 PDC Challenge Tour and topped the Order of Merit ranking, which earned him a Tour Card.

Scutt previously competed in World Darts Federation (WDF) events, where he won three titles, and reached the semi finals of the 2024 World Masters.

Career

2022

At 2022 Q-School Scutt won a two-year PDC Tour Card by finishing third on the UK Q-School Order of Merit. ^[3]

Scutt qualified for the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship, which he was allowed to play after getting special dispensation from the PDC, but he would lose in the first round to Shawn Burt 2–0 in sets.

In the 2022 PDC Players Championship series Scutt reached the semi–finals at Players Championship 3, losing there to Joe Cullen 7–5. ^[4] At Players Championship 30 Scutt reached the quarter-finals, losing there to Martin Schindler 6–5. ^[5]

2023

Scutt reached the semi–finals at 2023's Players Championship 13, losing there to Michael Smith 7–3 and the final at Players Championship 27, losing to Radek Szagański 8–5. ^[6] As a result Scutt qualified for the 2023 Players Championship Finals, making his debut as the 37th seed, where he lost to the 28th seed, eventual–semi finalist Gabriel Clemens, in the first round.

2024

PDC

Despite his final at PC27, Scutt lost his Tour card after the 2024 PDC World Championship after he lost 3–0 to Gerwyn Price in the event's second round. Scutt was ranked sixty-ninth on the Order of Merit after the World Championship, therefore outside the top 64 which he needed to be in to keep his card.

Scutt failed to re-gain his tour card at 2024's UK Qualifying School (Q-School), finishing seventeenth on the UK Q-School Order of Merit, outside of the top ten required to win a card.

Scutt competed the secondary tier of the 2024 PDC Pro Tour, the 2024 PDC Challenge Tour (CT), winning two titles and topping the Order of Merit ranking. He won event thirteen, whitewashing Dragutin Horvat 5–0 in the final ^[7] and event seventeen, beating Tom Sykes 5–3 in the final. ^[8] Scutt finished as runner-up at event twenty, being defeated by Christian Kist 5–2 in the final. ^[9] He secured his place as the Challenge Tour Order of Merit winner by reaching the final at Challenge Tour 23, losing to Andreas Harrysson 5–3 but earning a place at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts and guaranteeing himself a place at the 2025 PDC World Championship.

At the Grand Slam Scutt made his debut and was drawn in Group D. He whitewashed number 5 seed Dave Chisnall 5–0 in his opening game but then lost to Ritchie Edhouse 5–2 and was whitewashed by Ross Smith. He was eliminated after finishishing third in his group.

Scutt 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. He reached the quarter-finals at Players Championship 6 (PC6), where he was whitewashed by Daryl Gurney 6–0, ^[10] and PC16, where he lost to Ricky Evans 6–5 in a deciding leg. ^[11] Scutt reached the final at PC22, losing to Gary Anderson 8–4. ^[12] At Players Championship Finals Scutt reached another quarter–final, losing to Stephen Bunting 6–4. ^[13]

As a result of his performances in Players Championship events Scutt qualified for the 2024 Players Championship Finals as 34th seed. This meant that he played 31st seed Martin Lukeman in the first round, ^{[14] [15] [16]} who he defeated 6–4. ^[17] Scutt then defeated Mario Vandenbogaerde 6–3 and Daryl Gurney 10–3 to reach his first PDC major quarter–final. ^[18] He then lost to Dirk van Duijvenbode 10–9 in a deciding leg. ^[14]

WDF

As he failed to re–gain his Tour Card status at Q-School, Scutt returned to playing World Darts Federation events.

Scutt won the 2024 British Classic, defeating Josh Clough 5–2 in the final. ^[19]

At the 2024 WDF World Masters Scutt reached the semi-final, losing there to Kai Gotthardt 6–5 in a deciding leg. ^{[20] [21]}

2025

In February 2025, Scutt signed for Red Dragon Darts.

World Championship results

WDF

• 2022: First round (lost to Shawn Burt 0–2)

PDC

• 2024: Second round (lost to Gerwyn Price 0–3)
• 2025: Second round (lost to Damon Heta 1–3)

Performance timeline

WDF

Tournament	2022	2024
WDF Major events
World Championship	1R	PDC
World Masters	DNP	SF

PDC

Tournament	2019	2022	2023	2024	2025
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship	Did not qualify			2R	2R
World Masters	Did not qualify				Prel.
UK Open	DNQ	3R	3R	1R	5R
Grand Slam	DNQ			RR
Players Championship Finals	DNQ		1R	QF
PDC Non-ranked events
World Youth Championship	RR	DNP
Career statistics
Season-end ranking (PDC)	NR	107	69	62

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
2022	DNQ				EDO 1R	DNQ		DDC 1R	DNQ		GDO 1R	DNQ
2023	Did not qualify									EDM 1R	GDO 1R	DNQ
2025	BDO DNQ	EDT 1R	IDO	GDG	ADO	EDG	DDC	EDO	BSD	FDT	CDO	HDT	SDT	GDC

PDC Players Championships

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
2020 [nb 1]	Did not participate							BAR 2R	Did not participate
2022	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	WIG SF	WIG 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR DNP	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR QF
2023	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	HIL 2R	HIL 1R	WIG 4R	WIG 2R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL SF	HIL 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 4R	HIL 4R	HIL 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR F	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R
2024 [nb 1]	DNP		LEI 1R	LEI DNP	HIL 2R	HIL QF	DNP				HIL 1R	HIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL QF	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	WIG 2R	WIG 2R	LEI F	LEI 1R	WIG 2R	WIG QF	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	LEI 3R	LEI 1R
2025	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	ROS 3R	ROS 1R	LEI	LEI	HIL	HIL	LEI	LEI	LEI	LEI	ROS	ROS	HIL	HIL	LEI	LEI	LEI	HIL	HIL	MIL	MIL	MIL	HIL	HIL	LEI	LEI	LEI	WIG	WIG	WIG	WIG	WIG

1. Not a Tour card holder

Performance Table Legend
W	Won the tournament	F	Finalist	SF	Semifinalist	QF	Quarterfinalist	#R RR Prel.	Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round	DQ	Disqualified
DNQ	Did not qualify	DNP	Did not participate	WD	Withdrew	NH	Tournament not held			NYF	Not yet founded

References

1. "Connor Scutt - Mastercaller".
2. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 18 March 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
3. "Fallon Sherrock: 'Queen of the Palace' beaten at Q School, ending hopes of PDC Tour Card". Sky Sports. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
4. Allen, Dave (12 February 2022). "Cullen claims second 2022 title with Players Championship 3 win". PDC.
5. Gorton, Josh (5 November 2022). "Wade edges out Beaton to prevail at Players Championship 30". PDC.
6. "PDC Players Championship 27 • Players Championship 27 Final". DartConnect. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
7. Josh, Gorton (8 June 2024). "Scutt & Hood claim maiden Challenge Tour titles in Leicester". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 8 June 2024.
8. Gorton, Josh (16 August 2024). "Scutt & Merkx seal Winmau Challenge Tour wins in Milton Keynes". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 16 August 2024.
9. Gorton, Josh (18 August 2024). "Clinical Kist sinks Scutt to secure Winmau Challenge Tour 20 title". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 18 August 2024.
10. Wood-Thompson, Lewis (19 March 2024). "Chisnall wins Players Championship 6". PDC. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
11. Allen, Dave (1 August 2024). "Deadly De Decker sweeps to maiden ProTour title at PC16". PDC. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
12. Gorton, Josh (24 September 2024). "Awesome Anderson marks return to action with PC22 victory". PDC. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
13. "Players Championship 25: Chris Dobey takes third title of the year ahead of World Grand Prix". Sky Sports. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
14. "Results of Players Championship Finals 2024". Mastercaller. 24 November 2024.
15. Gorton, Josh (21 November 2024). "2024 Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals preview". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 21 November 2024.
16. "Players Championship Order of Merit". www.dartsrankings.com. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
17. Gorton, Josh (22 November 2024). "Players Championship Finals 2024: Littler whitewashes Cross as five world champions crash out". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 22 November 2024.
18. Gorton, Josh (23 November 2024). "Players Championship Finals 2024: Humphries and Littler remain on collision course in Minehead". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 23 November 2024.
19. "Results of British Classic 2024". World Darts Federation.
20. Wood, Kieran (10 October 2024). "Wesley Plaisier and Connor Scutt reach semifinals at WDF World Masters in Budapest" . Retrieved 16 October 2024.
21. "Results of World Masters Men 2024". dartswdf.com . 10 October 2024.

External links

• Player profile for Connor Scutt from Dartsdatabase