A 2022 Tour Card is needed to compete in Professional Darts Corporation ProTour tournaments.
In total 128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships and European Tour Qualifiers.
Most Tour Cards are valid for 2 years. The top 64 in the PDC Order of Merit all receive Tour Cards automatically, and those who won a two-year card in 2021 still had a valid card for 2022. The top player from the European and UK branches of the 2021 Challenge Tour and Development Tour received cards automatically. The remaining places were awarded at the 2022 Q-Schools, with the final four days of competition awarding two Tour Cards per 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 Tour Cards. All players who won a card at either Q-School had their Order of Merit ranking reset to zero.[1][2]
Kirk Shepherd and Robert Marijanović resigned their Tour Cards despite having a year left on their Cards, meaning an extra 2 places were made available at Q-School.[3]
Boris Koltsov began competing under a neutral nationality starting at Players Championship 14 on 10 May, following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4]
| No. | Country | Player | Prize Money[5] | Qualified through |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Wales |
Gerwyn Price | £1,206,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 2 |  Scotland |
Peter Wright | £1,191,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 3 |  Netherlands |
Michael van Gerwen | £656,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 4 |  England |
James Wade | £565,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 5 | England |
Michael Smith | £540,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 6 | Scotland |
Gary Anderson | £487,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 7 |  Portugal |
José de Sousa | £429,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 8 | Wales |
Jonny Clayton | £421,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 9 |  Belgium |
Dimitri Van den Bergh | £408,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 10 | England |
Rob Cross | £357,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 11 | England |
Joe Cullen | £313,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 12 |  Poland |
Krzysztof Ratajski | £310,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 13 | England |
Dave Chisnall | £288,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 14 | England |
Nathan Aspinall | £275,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 15 | Netherlands |
Dirk van Duijvenbode | £271,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 16 | England |
Ryan Searle | £261,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 17 | England |
Mervyn King | £241,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 18 | Netherlands |
Danny Noppert | £233,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 19 | England |
Luke Humphries | £224,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 20 | England |
Stephen Bunting | £224,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 21 |  Germany |
Gabriel Clemens | £218,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 22 |  Northern Ireland |
Daryl Gurney | £213,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 23 | Northern Ireland |
Brendan Dolan | £206,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 24 | England |
Ian White | £200,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 25 |  Australia |
Simon Whitlock | £199,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 26 |  South Africa |
Devon Petersen | £195,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 27 |  Austria |
Mensur Suljović | £192,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 28 | Netherlands |
Vincent van der Voort | £178,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 29 | Australia |
Damon Heta | £177,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 30 | England |
Callan Rydz | £175,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 31 | England |
Glen Durrant | £169,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 32 | England |
Chris Dobey | £156,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 33 | England |
Ross Smith | £144,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 34 | England |
Ryan Joyce | £128,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 35 | Belgium |
Kim Huybrechts | £123,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 36 | Netherlands |
Jermaine Wattimena | £116,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 37 |  Ireland |
William O'Connor | £111,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 38 | England |
Jamie Hughes | £111,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 39 | England |
Adrian Lewis | £106,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 40 | Netherlands |
Martijn Kleermaker | £105,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 41 | England |
Ricky Evans | £103,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 42 | England |
Adam Hunt | £87,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 43 |  Lithuania |
Darius Labanauskas | £86,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 44 | Ireland |
Steve Lennon | £85,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 45 | Netherlands |
Jeffrey de Zwaan | £82,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 46 | England |
Jason Lowe | £80,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 47 | England |
Luke Woodhouse | £71,250 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 48 | Netherlands |
Maik Kuivenhoven | £70,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 49 |  Latvia |
Madars Razma | £70,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 50 | England |
Steve Beaton | £70,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 51 | Scotland |
Alan Soutar | £67,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 52 | Netherlands |
Ron Meulenkamp | £64,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 53 |  Canada |
Jeff Smith | £59,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 54 | England |
Steve West | £58,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 55 | Scotland |
William Borland | £57,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 56 | Scotland |
Andy Boulton | £56,600 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 57 | England |
Keegan Brown | £55,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 58 | Netherlands |
Raymond van Barneveld | £53,500 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 59 | Belgium |
Mike De Decker | £53,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 60 | England |
Ryan Meikle | £52,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 61 |  Croatia |
Boris Krčmar | £50,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 62 | Germany |
Florian Hempel | £49,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 63 | Scotland |
John Henderson | £48,750 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 64 | Germany |
Max Hopp | £48,000 | Top 64 of Order of Merit |
| 65 | Germany |
Martin Schindler | £45,500 | 2021 Q-School |
| 66 | England |
Ritchie Edhouse | £45,250 | 2020 Challenge Tour |
| 67 | Ireland |
Keane Barry | £40,250 | 2020 Development Tour |
| 68 | England |
Scott Mitchell | £37,500 | 2021 Q-School |
| 69 | Wales |
Lewy Williams | £35,250 | 2021 Q-School |
| 70 | England |
Joe Murnan | £35,000 | 2021 Q-School |
| 71 | England |
Jason Heaver | £32,500 | 2021 Q-School |
| 72 |  Russia Neutral[a] |
Boris Koltsov | £23,000 | 2021 Q-School |
| 73 | Australia |
Gordon Mathers | £18,000 | 2021 Q-School |
| 74 |  Czech Republic |
Adam Gawlas | £17,500 | 2021 Q-School |
| 75 |  Greece |
John Michael | £14,250 | 2021 Q-School |
| 76 | England |
Peter Hudson | £13,500 | 2021 Q-School |
| 77 | England |
Eddie Lovely | £11,500 | 2021 Q-School |
| 78 | Netherlands |
Niels Zonneveld | £10,750 | 2021 Q-School |
| 79 | Belgium |
Geert De Vos | £10,000 | 2021 Q-School |
| 80 | England |
Martin Lukeman | £9,500 | 2021 Q-School |
| 81 |  United States |
Danny Baggish | £8,000 | 2021 Q-School |
| 82 | England |
Andrew Gilding | £8,000 | 2021 Q-School |
| 83 | Netherlands |
Geert Nentjes | £8,000 | 2021 Q-School |
| 84 | England |
John Brown | £8,000 | 2021 Q-School |
| 85 | England |
Jack Main | £7,000 | 2021 Q-School |
| 86 | Wales |
Jonathan Worsley | £6,500 | 2021 Q-School |
| 87 | England |
David Evans | £6,000 | 2020 Challenge Tour |
| 88 | Netherlands |
Berry van Peer | £6,000 | 2020 Development Tour |
| 89 | Austria |
Zoran Lerchbacher | £6,000 | 2021 Q-School |
| 90 | England |
Brett Claydon | £5,000 | 2021 Q-School |
| 91 | England |
Jake Jones | £3,500 | 2021 Q-School |
| 92 | Germany |
Michael Unterbuchner | £1,500 | 2021 Q-School |
| 93 | Wales |
Jim Williams | £0 | 2021 UK Challenge Tour |
| 94 | Canada |
Matt Campbell | £0 | 2021 EU Challenge Tour |
| 95 | England |
Bradley Brooks | £0 | 2021 UK Development Tour |
| 96 | Austria |
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | £0 | 2021 EU Development Tour |
| 97 |  Spain |
José Justicia | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 98 | England |
James Wilson | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 99 | Belgium |
Brian Raman | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 100 | England |
Darren Webster | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 101 | Netherlands |
Luc Peters | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 102 | Scotland |
Ross Montgomery | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 103 | Poland |
Krzysztof Kciuk | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 104 | Northern Ireland |
Josh Rock | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 105 | Belgium |
Mario Vandenbogaerde | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 106 | United States |
Jules van Dongen | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 107 | Netherlands |
Kevin Doets | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 108 | Spain |
Tony Martinez | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 109 | Netherlands |
Danny Jansen | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 110 | Poland |
Radek Szagański | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 111 | Netherlands |
Damian Mol | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 112 | Netherlands |
Jimmy Hendriks | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 113 | Germany |
Ricardo Pietreczko | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 114 |  Denmark |
Vladimir Andersen | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 115 | Austria |
Rowby-John Rodriguez | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 116 | Scotland |
Jamie Clark | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 117 | England |
Ted Evetts | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 118 | England |
Connor Scutt | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 119 | Wales |
Richie Burnett | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 120 | Northern Ireland |
Kevin Burness | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 121 | England |
Scott Waites | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 122 | Northern Ireland |
Nathan Rafferty | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 123 | Scotland |
Cameron Menzies | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 124 | Ireland |
John O'Shea | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 125 | England |
George Killington | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 126 | Northern Ireland |
Mickey Mansell | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 127 | England |
Nick Fullwell | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
| 128 | England |
Shaun Wilkinson | £0 | 2022 Q-School |
Tour Cards per Nations
edit| Nr. | Nation | Number of Tour card holders | Difference to prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | England
|
48 | −11 |
| 2. | Netherlands
|
18 | +2 |
| 3. | Scotland
|
9 | +2 |
| 4. | Germany
|
6 | −1 |
| Belgium
|
6 | +2 | |
| Northern Ireland
|
6 | +3 | |
| Wales
|
6 | +1 | |
| 8. | Ireland
|
4 | ±0 |
| Austria
|
4 | +1 | |
| 10. | Australia
|
3 | ±0 |
| Poland
|
3 | +1 | |
| 12. | Spain
|
2 | ±0 |
| Canada
|
2 | +1 | |
| United States
|
2 | +1 | |
| 15. | Czech Republic
|
1 | −1 |
| Greece
|
1 | ±0 | |
| Croatia
|
1 | ±0 | |
| Latvia
|
1 | ±0 | |
| Lithuania
|
1 | ±0 | |
| Portugal
|
1 | ±0 | |
| Russia
|
1 | ±0 | |
| South Africa
|
1 | ±0 | |
| Denmark
|
1 | +1 | |
| 23 Nations | 128 | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "2022 PDC Tour Cards". Professional Darts Players Association.
- ^ "Post World Championship Order of Merit 2021". Darts Rankings. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ Allen, Dave. "2022 PDC Qualifying School final entries, exemptions & info confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ a b Allen, Dave. "2022 Players Championship 14-15 entries confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Order of Merit". Professional Darts Players Association. Retrieved 27 November 2019.