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.
In total 128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events.{{cite web|title=PDC Order of Merit Rules|url=https://www.pdc.tv/pdc-order-merit-rules|publisher=Professional Darts Corporation|accessdate=18 January 2018}}
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.
Players
class="wikitable sortable" | |
No.
! Country ! Prize Money ! Qualified through | |
---|---|
1
|align=left|{{NED}} | Michael van Gerwen
| £1,799,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
2
|{{SCO}} | Peter Wright
|£754,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
3
|{{ENG}} | Rob Cross
|£611,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
4
|{{SCO}} | Gary Anderson
|£458,250 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
5
|{{NIR}} | Daryl Gurney
|£416,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
6
|{{AUT}} | Mensur Suljović
|£373,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
7
|{{ENG}} | Dave Chisnall
|£332,500 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
8
|{{AUS}} | Simon Whitlock
|£310,250 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
9
|{{ENG}} | James Wade
|£276,250 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
10
|{{NED}} | Raymond van Barneveld
|£273,750 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
11
|{{ENG}} | Michael Smith
|£267,750 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
12
|{{WAL}} | Gerwyn Price
|£264,750 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
13
|{{NED}} | Benito van de Pas
|£255,000 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
14
|{{ENG}} | Ian White
|£253,250 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
15
|{{ENG}} | Alan Norris
|£244,250 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
16
|{{BEL}} | Kim Huybrechts
|£236,750 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
17
|{{NED}} | Jelle Klaasen
|£233,000 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
18
|{{ENG}} | Joe Cullen
|£219,250 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
19
|{{ENG}} | Darren Webster
|£209,000 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
20
|{{ENG}} | Adrian Lewis
|£209,000 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
21
|{{ENG}} | Stephen Bunting
|£192,500 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
22
|{{AUS}} | Kyle Anderson
|£182,500 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
23
|{{ENG}} | Mervyn King
|£180,500 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
24
|{{ENG}} | Steve Beaton
|£180,000 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
25
|{{ENG}} | Justin Pipe
|£152,000 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
26
|{{SCO}} | Robert Thornton
|£151,750 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
27
|{{SCO}} | John Henderson
|£150,750 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
28
|{{ESP}} | Cristo Reyes
|£147,750 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
29
|{{WAL}} | Jamie Lewis
|£147,000 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
30
|{{ENG}} | James Wilson
|£143,250 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
31
|{{WAL}} | Jonny Clayton
|£143,000 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
32
|{{ENG}} | Steve West
|£136,750 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
33
|{{NED}} | Vincent van der Voort
|£127,500 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
34
|{{WAL}} | Mark Webster
|£122,500 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
35
|{{ENG}} | Chris Dobey
|£114,750 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
36
|{{NIR}} | Brendan Dolan
|£111,500 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
37
|{{NED}} | Christian Kist
|£107,500 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
38
|{{BEL}} | Dimitri Van den Bergh
|£105,500 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
39
|{{NED}} | Jermaine Wattimena
|£104,250 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
40
|{{ENG}} | Terry Jenkins
|£98,500 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
41
|{{ENG}} | Robbie Green
|£92,250 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
42
|{{BEL}} | Ronny Huybrechts
|£91,250 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
43
|{{ENG}} | James Richardson
|£85,750 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
44
|{{NED}} | Jan Dekker
|£79,250 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
45
|{{ENG}} | Jamie Caven
|£78,750 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
46
|{{ENG}} | Kevin Painter
|£74,000 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
47
|{{ENG}} | Keegan Brown
|£66,000 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
48
|{{ENG}} | Josh Payne
|£63,750 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
49
|{{GER}} | Max Hopp
|£63,500 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
50
|{{ZAF}} | Devon Petersen
|£63,000 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
51
|{{ENG}} | Richard North
|£60,000 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
52
|{{NED}} | Ron Meulenkamp
|£58,500 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
53
|{{ENG}} | Joe Murnan
|£56,000 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
54
|{{NED}} | Jeffrey de Graaf
|£54,750 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
55
|{{ENG}} | Andrew Gilding
|£53,500 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
56
|{{IRL}} | William O'Connor
|£50,750 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
57
|{{AUT}} | Rowby-John Rodriguez
|£49,000 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
58
|{{ENG}} | Ricky Evans
|£48,750 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
59
|{{IRL}} | Steve Lennon
|£48,250 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
60
|{{AUT}} | Zoran Lerchbacher
|£47,000 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
61
|{{IRL}} | Mick McGowan
|£45,500 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
62
|{{ENG}} | Peter Jacques
|£43,000 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
63
|{{ESP}} | Antonio Alcinas
|£41,500 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
64
|{{GER}} | Martin Schindler
|£38,750 |Top 64 of Order of Merit |
65
|{{ENG}} | Ryan Searle
|£25,250 |2016 Challenge Tour |
66
|{{ENG}} | Darren Johnson
|£23,500 |2017 Q-School |
67
|{{ENG}} | Chris Quantock
|£22,000 |2017 Q-School |
68
|{{NED}} | Jimmy Hendriks
|£19,250 |2017 Q-School |
69
|{{AUS}} | Paul Nicholson
|£18,000 |2017 Q-School |
70
|{{SCO}} | Jamie Bain
|£17,750 |2017 Q-School |
71
|{{ENG}} | Kirk Shepherd
|£17,750 |2017 Q-School |
72
|{{NIR}} | Mickey Mansell
|£17,000 |2017 Q-School |
73
|{{ENG}} | Steve Hine
|£15,250 |2017 Q-School |
74
|{{ENG}} | Ritchie Edhouse
|£9,750 |2017 Q-School |
75
|{{ENG}} | Aden Kirk
|£9,250 |2016 Development Tour |
76
|{{ENG}} | Scott Taylor
|£8,750 |2017 Q-School |
77
|{{ENG}} | Paul Rowley
|£8,000 |2017 Q-School |
78
|{{ENG}} | Ronnie Baxter
|£7,750 |2017 Q-School |
79
|{{WAL}} | Richie Burnett
|£7,500 |2017 Q-School |
80
|{{LAT}} | Madars Razma
|£7,250 |2017 Q-School |
81
|{{GER}} | Maik Langendorf
|£5,750 |2017 Q-School |
82
|{{ENG}} | Stephen Burton
|£5,250 |2017 Q-School |
83
|{{ENG}} | Ross Twell
|£4,500 |2016 Development Tour |
84
|{{ENG}} | Lee Bryant
|£4,250 |2017 Q-School |
85
|{{NED}} | Sven Groen
|£3,000 |2017 Q-School |
86
|{{CAN}} | John Norman Jnr
|£2,500 |2017 Q-School |
87
|{{CAN}} | John Part
|£2,250 |2017 Q-School |
88
|{{SCO}} | Jim Brown
|£1,500 |2017 Q-School |
89
|{{ENG}} | Scott Darbyshire
|£1,500 |2017 Q-School |
90
|{{HKG}} | Royden Lam
|£1,000 |2017 Q-School |
91
|{{IND}} | Prakash Jiwa
|£1,000 |2017 Q-School |
92
|{{ENG}} | Wayne Jones
|£0 |2017 Challenge Tour |
93
|{{ENG}} | Mark Dudbridge
|£0 |2017 Challenge Tour |
94
|{{ENG}} | Luke Humphries
|£0 |2017 Development Tour |
95
|{{ENG}} | Adam Hunt
|£0 |2017 Development Tour |
96
|{{ENG}} | Eddie Dootson
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
97
|{{AUS}} | Corey Cadby
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
98
|{{NED}} | Jeffrey de Zwaan
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
99
|{{ENG}} | Alan Tabern
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
100
|{{WAL}} | Robert Owen
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
101
|{{NED}} | Mario Robbe
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
102
|{{ENG}} | Arron Monk
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
103
|{{ENG}} | George Killington
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
104
|{{POL}} | Tytus Kanik
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
105
|{{ENG}} | Bradley Brooks
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
106
|{{CAN}} | Dawson Murschell
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
107
|{{GER}} | Gabriel Clemens
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
108
|{{ENG}} | Nathan Aspinall
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
109
|{{ENG}} | Ross Smith
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
110
|{{ENG}} | Terry Temple
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
111
|{{ENG}} | Ryan Harrington
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
112
|{{ENG}} | Simon Stevenson
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
113
|{{ENG}} | Gary Eastwood
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
114
|{{SCO}} | John Goldie
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
115
|{{ENG}} | Matthew Edgar
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
116
|{{ENG}} | Ryan Meikle
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
117
|{{ENG}} | Ryan Joyce
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
118
|{{NIR}} | Kevin Burness
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
119
|{{ENG}} | Tony Newell
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
120
|{{ENG}} | Luke Woodhouse
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
121
|{{ENG}} | Peter Hudson
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
122
|{{ENG}} | Mark Wilson
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
123
|{{NED}} | Danny Noppert
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
124
|{{GER}} | Robert Marijanović
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
125
|{{NED}} | Dirk van Duijvenbode
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
126
|{{NED}} | Vincent Kamphuis
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
127
|{{ESP}} | José Justicia
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
128
|{{BEL}} | Davy Van Baelen
|£0 |2018 Q-School |
See also
References
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