List of players with a 2018 PDC Tour Card

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To compete in the Professional Darts Corporation pro tour tournaments one needs a Tour Card.

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In total 128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events. [1]

A Tour Card is valid for 2 years. The top 64 in the PDC Order of Merit all received Tour Cards automatically, and those who won a two-year card in 2017 still had a valid card for 2018. The top 2 of the 2017 Challenge Tour and Development Tour also won cards. 33 remaining places were played out at the 2018 Q-Schools, with the four days of competition giving two Cards a day from the UK Q-School and one a day from the European Q-School; with the remaining players being ranked and the top players also receiving Cards. All players who won a card at either Q-School had their Order of Merit ranking reset to zero. [1]

Players

No.CountryPlayer [2] Prize MoneyQualified through
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Michael van Gerwen £1,799,250Top 64 of Order of Merit
2Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Peter Wright £754,250Top 64 of Order of Merit
3Flag of England.svg  England Rob Cross £611,250Top 64 of Order of Merit
4Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Gary Anderson £458,250Top 64 of Order of Merit
5Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney £416,750Top 64 of Order of Merit
6Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Mensur Suljović £373,500Top 64 of Order of Merit
7Flag of England.svg  England Dave Chisnall £332,500Top 64 of Order of Merit
8Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Simon Whitlock £310,250Top 64 of Order of Merit
9Flag of England.svg  England James Wade £276,250Top 64 of Order of Merit
10Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld £273,750Top 64 of Order of Merit
11Flag of England.svg  England Michael Smith £267,750Top 64 of Order of Merit
12Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Gerwyn Price £264,750Top 64 of Order of Merit
13Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Benito van de Pas £255,000Top 64 of Order of Merit
14Flag of England.svg  England Ian White £253,250Top 64 of Order of Merit
15Flag of England.svg  England Alan Norris £244,250Top 64 of Order of Merit
16Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Kim Huybrechts £236,750Top 64 of Order of Merit
17Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jelle Klaasen £233,000Top 64 of Order of Merit
18Flag of England.svg  England Joe Cullen £219,250Top 64 of Order of Merit
19Flag of England.svg  England Darren Webster £209,000Top 64 of Order of Merit
20Flag of England.svg  England Adrian Lewis £209,000Top 64 of Order of Merit
21Flag of England.svg  England Stephen Bunting £192,500Top 64 of Order of Merit
22Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Kyle Anderson £182,500Top 64 of Order of Merit
23Flag of England.svg  England Mervyn King £180,500Top 64 of Order of Merit
24Flag of England.svg  England Steve Beaton £180,000Top 64 of Order of Merit
25Flag of England.svg  England Justin Pipe £152,000Top 64 of Order of Merit
26Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Robert Thornton £151,750Top 64 of Order of Merit
27Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland John Henderson £150,750Top 64 of Order of Merit
28Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Cristo Reyes £147,750Top 64 of Order of Merit
29Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Jamie Lewis £147,000Top 64 of Order of Merit
30Flag of England.svg  England James Wilson £143,250Top 64 of Order of Merit
31Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Jonny Clayton £143,000Top 64 of Order of Merit
32Flag of England.svg  England Steve West £136,750Top 64 of Order of Merit
33Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Vincent van der Voort £127,500Top 64 of Order of Merit
34Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Mark Webster £122,500Top 64 of Order of Merit
35Flag of England.svg  England Chris Dobey £114,750Top 64 of Order of Merit
36Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan £111,500Top 64 of Order of Merit
37Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Christian Kist £107,500Top 64 of Order of Merit
38Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh £105,500Top 64 of Order of Merit
39Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jermaine Wattimena £104,250Top 64 of Order of Merit
40Flag of England.svg  England Terry Jenkins £98,500Top 64 of Order of Merit
41Flag of England.svg  England Robbie Green £92,250Top 64 of Order of Merit
42Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Ronny Huybrechts £91,250Top 64 of Order of Merit
43Flag of England.svg  England James Richardson £85,750Top 64 of Order of Merit
44Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jan Dekker £79,250Top 64 of Order of Merit
45Flag of England.svg  England Jamie Caven £78,750Top 64 of Order of Merit
46Flag of England.svg  England Kevin Painter £74,000Top 64 of Order of Merit
47Flag of England.svg  England Keegan Brown £66,000Top 64 of Order of Merit
48Flag of England.svg  England Josh Payne £63,750Top 64 of Order of Merit
49Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Max Hopp £63,500Top 64 of Order of Merit
50Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Devon Petersen £63,000Top 64 of Order of Merit
51Flag of England.svg  England Richard North £60,000Top 64 of Order of Merit
52Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Ron Meulenkamp £58,500Top 64 of Order of Merit
53Flag of England.svg  England Joe Murnan £56,000Top 64 of Order of Merit
54Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jeffrey de Graaf £54,750Top 64 of Order of Merit
55Flag of England.svg  England Andrew Gilding £53,500Top 64 of Order of Merit
56Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland William O'Connor £50,750Top 64 of Order of Merit
57Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez £49,000Top 64 of Order of Merit
58Flag of England.svg  England Ricky Evans £48,750Top 64 of Order of Merit
59Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Steve Lennon £48,250Top 64 of Order of Merit
60Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Zoran Lerchbacher £47,000Top 64 of Order of Merit
61Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Mick McGowan £45,500Top 64 of Order of Merit
62Flag of England.svg  England Peter Jacques £43,000Top 64 of Order of Merit
63Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Antonio Alcinas £41,500Top 64 of Order of Merit
64Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Martin Schindler £38,750Top 64 of Order of Merit
65Flag of England.svg  England Ryan Searle £25,2502016 Challenge Tour
66Flag of England.svg  England Darren Johnson £23,5002017 Q-School
67Flag of England.svg  England Chris Quantock £22,0002017 Q-School
68Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jimmy Hendriks £19,2502017 Q-School
69Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Paul Nicholson £18,0002017 Q-School
70Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Jamie Bain £17,7502017 Q-School
71Flag of England.svg  England Kirk Shepherd £17,7502017 Q-School
72Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland Mickey Mansell £17,0002017 Q-School
73Flag of England.svg  England Steve Hine £15,2502017 Q-School
74Flag of England.svg  England Ritchie Edhouse £9,7502017 Q-School
75Flag of England.svg  England Aden Kirk £9,2502016 Development Tour
76Flag of England.svg  England Scott Taylor £8,7502017 Q-School
77Flag of England.svg  England Paul Rowley £8,0002017 Q-School
78Flag of England.svg  England Ronnie Baxter £7,7502017 Q-School
79Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Richie Burnett £7,5002017 Q-School
80Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Madars Razma £7,2502017 Q-School
81Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Maik Langendorf £5,7502017 Q-School
82Flag of England.svg  England Stephen Burton £5,2502017 Q-School
83Flag of England.svg  England Ross Twell £4,5002016 Development Tour
84Flag of England.svg  England Lee Bryant £4,2502017 Q-School
85Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Sven Groen £3,0002017 Q-School
86Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada John Norman Jnr £2,5002017 Q-School
87Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada John Part £2,2502017 Q-School
88Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Jim Brown £1,5002017 Q-School
89Flag of England.svg  England Scott Darbyshire £1,5002017 Q-School
90Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Royden Lam £1,0002017 Q-School
91Flag of India.svg  India Prakash Jiwa £1,0002017 Q-School
92Flag of England.svg  England Wayne Jones £02017 Challenge Tour
93Flag of England.svg  England Mark Dudbridge £02017 Challenge Tour
94Flag of England.svg  England Luke Humphries £02017 Development Tour
95Flag of England.svg  England Adam Hunt £02017 Development Tour
96Flag of England.svg  England Eddie Dootson £02018 Q-School
97Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Corey Cadby £02018 Q-School
98Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jeffrey de Zwaan £02018 Q-School
99Flag of England.svg  England Alan Tabern £02018 Q-School
100Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Robert Owen £02018 Q-School
101Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Mario Robbe £02018 Q-School
102Flag of England.svg  England Arron Monk £02018 Q-School
103Flag of England.svg  England George Killington £02018 Q-School
104Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Tytus Kanik £02018 Q-School
105Flag of England.svg  England Bradley Brooks £02018 Q-School
106Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Dawson Murschell £02018 Q-School
107Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Gabriel Clemens £02018 Q-School
108Flag of England.svg  England Nathan Aspinall £02018 Q-School
109Flag of England.svg  England Ross Smith £02018 Q-School
110Flag of England.svg  England Terry Temple £02018 Q-School
111Flag of England.svg  England Ryan Harrington £02018 Q-School
112Flag of England.svg  England Simon Stevenson £02018 Q-School
113Flag of England.svg  England Gary Eastwood £02018 Q-School
114Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland John Goldie £02018 Q-School
115Flag of England.svg  England Matthew Edgar £02018 Q-School
116Flag of England.svg  England Ryan Meikle £02018 Q-School
117Flag of England.svg  England Ryan Joyce £02018 Q-School
118Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland Kevin Burness £02018 Q-School
119Flag of England.svg  England Tony Newell £02018 Q-School
120Flag of England.svg  England Luke Woodhouse £02018 Q-School
121Flag of England.svg  England Peter Hudson £02018 Q-School
122Flag of England.svg  England Mark Wilson £02018 Q-School
123Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Danny Noppert £02018 Q-School
124Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Robert Marijanović £02018 Q-School
125Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode £02018 Q-School
126Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Vincent Kamphuis £02018 Q-School
127Flag of Spain.svg  Spain José Justicia £02018 Q-School
128Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Davy Van Baelen£02018 Q-School

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References

  1. 1 2 "PDC Order of Merit Rules". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. "Tour Cards". Professional Darts Players Association. Retrieved 18 January 2018.