To compete in the Professional Darts Corporation pro tour tournaments one needs a Tour card.
In total 128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events.
A tour card is valid for 2 years. The top 64 in the PDC Order of Merit and some secondary tour winners and those who won card at Q-School in 2016 still had a valid card for 2017. 28 remaining places were played out at the 2017 Qualifying-School. All players who won a card there had their Order of Merit ranking reset to zero. [1]
No. | Country | Player | Prize Money | Qualified through |
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1 | Netherlands | Michael van Gerwen | £1,642,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
2 | Scotland | Gary Anderson | £740,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
3 | Scotland | Peter Wright | £512,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
4 | England | Adrian Lewis | £426,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
5 | England | James Wade | £392,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
6 | England | Phil Taylor | £360,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
7 | England | Dave Chisnall | £354,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
8 | Austria | Mensur Suljović | £324,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
9 | Netherlands | Jelle Klaasen | £309,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
10 | Netherlands | Raymond van Barneveld | £299,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
11 | England | Michael Smith | £290,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
12 | Scotland | Robert Thornton | £283,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
13 | Belgium | Kim Huybrechts | £271,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
14 | England | Ian White | £267,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
15 | Netherlands | Benito van de Pas | £251,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
16 | Australia | Simon Whitlock | £208,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
17 | England | Terry Jenkins | £197,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
18 | England | Alan Norris | £190,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
19 | England | Stephen Bunting | £185,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
20 | Wales | Gerwyn Price | £182,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
21 | Northern Ireland | Daryl Gurney | £179,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
22 | England | Mervyn King | £171,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
23 | Wales | Mark Webster | £162,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
24 | Northern Ireland | Brendan Dolan | £156,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
25 | Netherlands | Vincent van der Voort | £153,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
26 | England | Justin Pipe | £143,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
27 | England | Steve Beaton | £141,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
28 | England | Joe Cullen | £132,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
29 | England | Jamie Caven | £120,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
30 | Australia | Kyle Anderson | £118,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
31 | Wales | Jamie Lewis | £113,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
32 | England | Darren Webster | £107,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
33 | England | Andrew Gilding | £107,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
34 | Scotland | John Henderson | £104,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
35 | Spain | Cristo Reyes | £100,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
36 | England | James Wilson | £96,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
37 | England | Joe Murnan | £88,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
38 | Germany | Max Hopp | £84,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
39 | Netherlands | Christian Kist | £81,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
40 | England | Robbie Green | £81,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
41 | Austria | Rowby-John Rodriguez | £77,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
42 | England | Chris Dobey | £76,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
43 | England | Steve West | £75,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
44 | England | Keegan Brown | £70,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
45 | England | Kevin Painter | £68,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
46 | England | Josh Payne | £67,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
47 | Belgium | Ronny Huybrechts | £67,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
48 | England | Ricky Evans | £65,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
49 | Netherlands | Jermaine Wattimena | £64,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
50 | South Africa | Devon Petersen | £63,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
51 | Belgium | Dimitri Van den Bergh | £60,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
52 | Wales | Jonny Clayton | £54,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
53 | England | Andy Hamilton | £53,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
54 | England | David Pallett | £46,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
55 | Netherlands | Jan Dekker | £41,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
56 | Netherlands | Dirk van Duijvenbode | £41,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
57 | Netherlands | Jeffrey de Zwaan | £39,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
58 | England | Andy Boulton | £39,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
59 | England | Wes Newton | £37,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
60 | Netherlands | Jeffrey de Graaf | £34,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
61 | Ireland | Mick McGowan | £32,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
62 | England | Andy Jenkins | £32,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
63 | Netherlands | Ron Meulenkamp | £31,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
64 | Ireland | William O'Connor | £30,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
65 | England | James Richardson | £25,500 | 2016 Q-School |
66 | England | Simon Stevenson | £21,000 | 2016 Q-School |
67 | Netherlands | Berry van Peer | £17,750 | 2015 Development Tour |
68 | Netherlands | Vincent Kamphuis | £16,500 | 2016 Q-School |
69 | England | Mark Walsh | £16,500 | 2016 Q-School |
70 | Greece | John Michael | £15,250 | 2016 Q-School |
71 | Finland | Kim Viljanen | £12,000 | 2016 Scandinavian Tour |
72 | Netherlands | Yordi Meeuwisse | £11,500 | 2016 Q-School |
73 | England | John Bowles | £11,000 | 2016 Q-School |
74 | England | Tony Newell | £10,750 | 2016 Q-School |
75 | England | Matt Clark | £10,750 | 2016 Q-School |
76 | Belgium | Mike De Decker | £10,750 | 2015 Development Tour |
77 | England | Ted Evetts | £9,750 | 2016 Q-School |
78 | England | Ryan Meikle | £9,000 | 2016 Q-School |
79 | England | Richie Corner | £8,750 | 2015 Challenge Tour |
80 | Scotland | Mark Barilli | £8,000 | 2016 Q-School |
81 | Wales | Jonathan Worsley | £6,750 | 2016 Q-School |
82 | England | Dennis Smith | £6,500 | 2016 Q-School |
83 | England | Shaun Griffiths | £5,750 | 2015 Challenge Tour |
84 | Wales | Robert Owen | £5,750 | 2016 Q-School |
85 | England | Ross Smith | £5,500 | 2016 Q-School |
86 | England | Darron Brown | £5,500 | 2016 Q-School |
87 | England | Matthew Dennant | £5,000 | 2016 Q-School |
88 | England | Ricky Williams | £4,250 | 2016 Q-School |
89 | England | Ryan Palmer | £3,500 | 2016 Q-School |
90 | England | Brian Woods | £3,250 | 2016 Q-School |
91 | Netherlands | Dick van Dijk | £2,750 | 2016 Q-School |
92 | England | Harry Robinson | £2,000 | 2016 Q-School |
93 | England | Terry Temple | £1,750 | 2016 Q-School |
94 | Northern Ireland | Ray Campbell | £1,750 | 2016 Q-School |
95 | England | Andy Parsons | £1,750 | 2016 Q-School |
96 | England | Simon Preston | £1,500 | 2016 Q-School |
97 | England | Rob Cross | £0 | 2016 Challenge Tour |
98 | England | Ryan Searle | £0 | 2016 Challenge Tour |
99 | England | Ross Twell | £0 | 2016 Development Tour |
100 | England | Aden Kirk | £0 | 2016 Development Tour |
101 | India | Prakash Jiwa | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
102 | England | Lee Bryant | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
103 | England | Stephen Burton | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
104 | Scotland | Jim Brown | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
105 | England | Richard North | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
106 | England | Ritchie Edhouse | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
107 | Hong Kong | Royden Lam | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
108 | Austria | Maik Langendorf | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
109 | England | Scott Taylor | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
110 | Wales | Richie Burnett | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
111 | Canada | John Part | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
112 | Ireland | Steve Lennon | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
113 | Germany | Martin Schindler | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
114 | England | Kirk Shepherd | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
115 | Spain | Antonio Alcinas | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
116 | Australia | Paul Nicholson | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
117 | Scotland | Jamie Bain | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
118 | Netherlands | Jimmy Hendriks | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
119 | England | Ronnie Baxter | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
120 | England | Steve Hine | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
121 | Netherlands | Sven Groen | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
122 | England | Paul Rowley | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
123 | England | Scott Darbyshire | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
124 | Northern Ireland | Mickey Mansell | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
125 | England | Chris Quantock | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
126 | Canada | John Norman Jnr | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
127 | England | Darren Johnson | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
128 | Latvia | Madars Razma | £0 | 2017 Q-School |
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