List of darts players who have switched organisation

In professional darts, there are two bodies which stage tournaments and have separate pools of players, the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). In practice, players must choose which organisation to represent, but many have switched between the two.

This situation arose following an acrimonious split in the early 1990s between the leading players and the BDO. Darts had boomed in popularity during the 1980s, with as many as 23 televised events in 1983. However, by the end of the decade this had fallen to just one. This, combined with general disillusionment at the BDO's management of the sport, prompted 16 top players to break away and form their own body. Four years of legal action followed, culminating in the 1997 Tomlin order, which confirmed the existence of both bodies, and established that players were free choose which one to play for.

This list documents the players who have made the decision to switch from one organisation to the other. In general more players switch from the BDO to the PDC than vice versa, attracted by the greater prize money and better competition offered by the PDC.

World Darts Council foundation

The sixteen darts defectors who formed the WDC were as follows:

Player Time with BDO Notes
Phil Taylor1988–1993Remained a PDC player until his retirement in 2018
Dennis Priestley1989–1993Remained a PDC player until his retirement in 2014
Rod Harrington1987–1993Remained a PDC player until his retirement in 2007.
Alan Warriner1985–1993Remained a PDC player until his retirement in 2009.
Peter Evison1986–1993Quit the PDC in 2008 to rejoin the BDO. Returned to the PDC in 2011 and retired from darts in 2018.
Ritchie Gardner1984–1993Remained a PDC player until his retirement in 2006.
Jocky Wilson1979–1993Remained a PDC player until his retirement in 1996.
Eric Bristow1979–1993Remained a PDC player until his retirement in 2007.
Keith Deller1983–1993Remained a PDC player until his retirement in 2007.
John Lowe1975–1993Remained a PDC player until his retirement in 2007.
Bob Anderson1979–1993Remained a PDC player until his retirement in 2008.
Cliff Lazarenko1977–1993Remained a PDC player until his retirement in 2007.
Kevin Spiolek1987–1993Remained a PDC player until his retirement in 2007.
Jamie Harvey1988–1993Quit the PDC in 2009 due to ill-health but returned to the BDO in 2011. Retired in 2013.
Mike Gregory1983–1992Quit the PDC in 1993 to return to the BDO. Retired from darts in 2005.
Chris Johns1986–1993Quit the PDC in 1993 and retired from professional darts the same year.

Since then, many darts players have left the BDO to join the PDC, although some players rejoined the BDO either from finding it difficult on the PDC circuit or lack of sponsorship. The PDC had new talent of their own. However some players left them to join the BDO.

Players who transferred from the BDO to the PDC
Year of transfer Player Time with BDO Notes
1993 Tom Kirby1992Quit the PDC in 2007. Died in 2008
1994 Mick Manning1988–1994Quit the PDC in 2005
1994 Larry Butler1992–1993Quit the PDC in 1997 but rejoined them in 2007. Quit in 2011 and is now with the BDO
1994 Paul Lim1980–1994
1994 Dennis Smith1993–1994
1994 Graeme Stoddart1990Quit the PDC in 2009
1994 Tony Payne1985–1994Quit the PDC in 1995 but rejoined them in 2003. Quit in 2007
1994 Jerry Umberger1981–1993Quit the PDC in 1997
1994 Gerald Verrier1987–1993Quit the PDC in 2000
1994 Sean Downs1993Quit the PDC in 2010
1994 Whit Whitley1993Quit the PDC in 1995
1994 Damien Tonge1993–1994Quit the PDC in 1995
1994 Gary Stevens1993Quit the PDC in 2009
1994 Jim Watkins1993Quit the PDC in 1995
1994 Jim Widmayer1993Quit the PDC in 2007 to rejoin BDO in 2008
1994 Dave Kelly1991–1993Quit the PDC in 1996 but rejoined them in 2006. Quit in 2008
1994 Kevin Burrows1989–1994Quit the PDC in 2004
1994 Shayne Burgess1989–1994Quit the PDC in 2008 to rejoin BDO in 2012. Quit in 2014
1994 Steve Raw1993Quit the PDC in 2001
1995 Gary Mawson1994Quit the PDC in 2001 but rejoined them in 2004.
1995 John Russell1994Quit the PDC in 1996
1995 Reg Harding1988–1993Quit the PDC in 2006
1995 Nigel Justice1991Quit the PDC in 2003
1995 Kevin Kenny1987–1994Quit the PDC in 2001
1995 Jef Scheyltjens1994Quit the PDC in 1995
1996 Tony Holyoake1983Quit the PDC in 1997
1996 Phil Gilman1992Quit the PDC in 2006
1996 Bruce Robbins1995Quit the PDC in 2008
1996 Peter Manley1995–1996Quit the PDC in 2017
1996 Harry Robinson1990–1996
1996 Johnny Deley1987–1990Quit the PDC in 1996
1996 Paul Cook1990Quit the PDC in 2017
1996 Avtar Gill1981–1987Quit the PDC in 1997
1996 Frans Harmsen1995Quit the PDC in 2000 to rejoin BDO in 2002. Quit the 2017
1996 Jack North1975–1976Quit the PDC in 2004
1996 Fran Lynch1994–1996Quit the PDC in 1997
1996 Jason Lucas1995–1996Quit the PDC in 1997
1997 John Part1991–1997Also a pundit for Sky Sports Darts
1997 Drew O'Neill1986Quit the PDC in 1998
1997 Dean Allsop1995–1997Quit the PDC in 2010 to rejoin the BDO in 2011
1997 Chris Whiting1986–1994Quit the PDC in 1997
1997 Mark Robinson1995–1997Quit the PDC in 2015
1997 Carl Mercer1993–1997Quit the PDC in 2004 to rejoin the BDO in 2006. Quit the 2009
1997 Anthony Ridler1977–1983Quit the PDC in 2006. Died in 2014
1998 John Ferrell1994–1997Quit the PDC in 2017
1998 Dan Lauby1996–1998
1998 Scott Cummings1997–1998Quit the PDC in 2001
1998 Alex Roy1998Quit the PDC in 2018
1999 Richie Burnett1987–1999Quit the PDC in 2014 but rejoined them in 2016
1999 Roland Scholten1989–1999Quit the PDC in 2014 and is now a pundit for RTL7 Darts
1999 Colin Lloyd1998Quit the PDC in 2015 but rejoined them in 2018. Quit in 2018
1999 Darin Young1998Quit the PDC in 2014 to rejoin BDO in 2014
2000 Braulio Roncero1994–1998Quit the PDC in 2010. Died in 2018
2000 Dave Askew1988–2000Quit the PDC in 2011
2000 Roger Carter1996–1999Quit the PDC in 2012
2000 Denis Ovens1986–2000Quit the PDC in 2015
2000 Les Fitton1998–2000Quit the PDC in 2004
2001 Norman Fletcher1999–2001Quit the PDC in 2013
2001 Ronnie Baxter1988–2001
2001 Steve Beaton1990–2001
2001 Andy Jenkins1994–2001
2001 Kevin Painter1994–2001
2001 Chris Mason1990–2001Quit the PDC in 2014 and is now a commentator for ITV Sports Darts rejoined the BDO in 2015. Quit in 2016
2001 Paul Williams1993–2001Quit the PDC in 2007
2001 Robbie Widdows1987–2001Quit the PDC in 2006
2001 Lionel Sams1994–2001Quit the PDC in 2011 but rejoined them in 2013. Quit in 2015
2002 Matt Chapman1999–2001Quit the PDC in 2006
2002 Mark Holden1990–2001Quit the PDC in 2007
2002 Paul Whitworth1990–2001
2002 Barrie Bates2001
2002 Mark Dudbridge2002
2002 Arjan Moen2000–2002Quit the PDC in 2003 the rejoin BDO in 2005. Quit in 2010
2002 Aaron Turner2000-2002Quit the PDC in 2015 to rejoin BDO in 2016.
2002 Al Hedman1995–2001Quit the PDC in 2005
2002 Mick Savvery1985–2002Quit the PDC in 2016
2002 Lee Palfreyman1995–2001
2002 Wayne Jones1988–2002
2002 Jack McKenna1974–2002Quit the PDC in 2005 the rejoin BDO in 2006. Quit in 2007
2002 John MaGowan1994–2001Quit the PDC in 2012 to rejoin BDO in 2012. Quit in 2016
2002 Brian Roach1998Quit the PDC in 2017
2002 Wayne Mardle1993–2002Quit the PDC in 2012 and is now a commentator for Sky Sports Darts
2002 Les Hodkinson1997–2002Quit the PDC in 2004
2002 Dave Smith2001Quit the PDC in 2012 to rejoin BDO in 2013. Quit the 2015
2003 Dave Jowett1996–1997Quit the PDC in 2008
2003 David Platt2002Quit the PDC in 2010 to rejoin BDO in 2011
2003 Ray Carver2002Quit the PDC in 2010 to rejoin BDO in 2011. Quit in 2015. but rejoined them in 2018
2003 Ray Farrell1985–1993Quit the PDC in 2009 to rejoin BDO in 2012. Quit in 2014
2003 Vic Hubbard1985–1986Quit the PDC in 2006
2003 Marshall James1991–1999Quit the PDC in 2003
2003 Andy Smith1997–2002
2003 Simon Whatley2002Quit the PDC in 2008 to rejoin BDO in 2010. Quit in 2011
2003 Gerry Convery2001–2003Quit the PDC in 2011
2003 Colin McGarry1995Quit the PDC in 2014 to rejoin BDO in 2014. Quit in 2017
2003 Vijay Kumar1989–2002Quit the PDC in 2004
2003 Geoff Wylie1991–2003Quit the PDC in 2009 to rejoin BDO in 2013. Quit the 2015
2004 Matt Clark1996–2004
2004 Erik Clarys1989–2004Quit the PDC in 2006
2004 Bruce Cottrell2003Quit the PDC in 2017
2004 Norm Tremblay2002–2003Quit the PDC in 2007 to rejoin BDO in 2010. Quit in 2017
2004 Ricky Villanueva2004Quit the PDC in 2011
2004 Colin Monk1993–2004Quit the PDC in 2011
2004 James Wade2001–2004
2004 Ron Miller2004Quit the PDC in 2013
2004 Dave Whitcombe1979–1992Quit the PDC in 2007.
2004 Peter Wright1995–2004
2004 George Walls2003Quit the PDC in 2007
2004 Ed de Behnke2004Quit the PDC in 2017
2005 Mark Frost2004
2005 Steve Gittins1985–1990Quit the PDC in 2005
2005 Tomas Seyler1998–2004
2005 Russell Stewart1983–2005Quit the PDC in 2016
2005 Alan Tabern2004
2006 Raymond van Barneveld1987–2006
2006 David DePriest2006Quit the PDC in 2017
2006 John Kuczynski2000–2005Quit the PDC in 2012
2006 Bill Davis2001–2004Quit the PDC in 2012
2006 Brad Wethington1998Quit the PDC in 2015
2006 Jann Hoffmann1989–2004Quit the PDC in 2016
2006 Peter Locke1983–1992Quit the PDC in 2006
2006 Charles Losper2003–2006Quit the PDC in 2015
2006 Shane O'Connor2006
2006 Brian Cyr1998–2006Quit the PDC in 2008 to rejoin BDO in 2011
2006 Michael Rosenauer1991–2006Quit the PDC in 2016 to rejoin BDO in 2017
2006 Kirk Shepherd2003–2006
2007 Jamie Caven1992–2007
2007 Michael van Gerwen2003–2007
2007 Stuart Holden1983Quit the PDC in 2015
2007 Mervyn King1994–2007
2007 Jelle Klaasen2003–2007
2007 Dave Ladley1992–2005
2007 Per Laursen1987–2007
2007 Carlos Rodriguez2006–2007
2007 Mensur Suljović1999–2005
2007 Vincent van der Voort2001–2007
2007 Rory Orvis1998–2007Quit the PDC in 2013
2007 Dan Olson1990–2007Quit the PDC in 2011
2008 Rizal Barellano2006Quit the PDC in 2009
2008 Sammy Cruz1990–1992Quit the PDC in 2017
2008 Nándor Bezzeg2000–2008
2008 Dietmar Burger2002–2007
2008 Marko Kantele1996–2008
2008 Ken MacNeil2005–2008
2008 Miloslav Navrátil2005–2007Quit the PDC in 2008
2008 Aodhagan O'Neill2003–2008Quit the PDC in 2012
2008 Ashfaque Sayed2005–2006Quit the PDC in 2015
2008 Bob Sinnaeve1980–1992Quit the PDC in 2010 to rejoin BDO in 2010
2008 Robert Thornton2002–2008
2009 Gary Anderson2000–2009
2009 Magnus Caris1987–2009
2009 Andy Fordham1994–2009Quit the PDC in 2011 to rejoin the BDO in 2013
2009 Jarkko Komula1998–2009Quit the PDC in 2015
2009 Mark Webster2006–2009
2010 Antonio Alcinas2005–2009
2010 Stacy Bromberg1995–2010Quit the PDC in 2012. Died in 2017
2010 Steve Farmer2004–2010Quit the PDC in 2013
2010 Mareno Michels2004–2010
2010 Krzysztof Ratajski2007–2010
2010 Tricia Wright2000–2010Joined the PDC in 2005 Still plays in the BDO since 2013
2010 Ian White2005–2010
2011 Dave Chisnall2004–2011
2011 Brian Woods2003–2011
2011 Kurt van de Rijck2002–2011Quit the PDC in 2014 to rejoin BDO in 2014
2012 Tony West2002–2012Quit the PDC in 2016
2012 Steve West2004–2012
2012 Stuart Kellett2006–2012
2012 Ted Hankey1994–2012Quit the PDC in 2013 to rejoin the BDO in 2014
2012 Dean Winstanley2008–2012Quit the PDC in 2016 but rejoined them in 2018
2012 Les Wallace1995–2003Quit the PDC in 2013
2013 Wayne Weening1988–2012Quit the PDC in 2015
2014 Christian Kist2009–2014
2014 Stephen Bunting2002–2014
2015 Alan Norris2006–2015
2015 James Wilson2007–2015
2015 Jan Dekker 2008–2015
2016 Jeffrey de Graaf2010–2016
2017 Madars Razma2009–2017
2017 Jimmy Hendriks2010–2017
2017 Krzysztof Ratajski2007–2017
2018 Cameron Menzies2006–2018
2018 Danny Noppert2012–2018
2018 Davy Van Baelen2016–2018
2018 Darryl Fitton2002–2018Quit the PDC in 2018
2018 Dennis Nilsson2006–2018
2018 Tony O'Shea1995–2018Quit the PDC in 2018
2018 Martin Atkins2002–2018Quit the PDC in 2018
2018 Jamie Hughes2013–2018
2018 Ryan Joyce2007–2018
2018 Eddy Sims2005–2018
2019 Geert De Vos2004–2019
2019 Andy Baetens2010–2019
2019 Darius Labanauskas2006–2019
2019 Glen Durrant2004–2019
2019 Mark McGeeney2010–2019
2019 Scott Waites2004–2019
2019 Jim Williams2012–2019
2019 Daniel Day2016–2019
2019 Kyle McKinstry2014–2019
2019 Conan Whitehead2016–2019
2019 Dean Reynolds2015–2019
2019 Scott Baker2016–2019

BDO darts players who joined the PDC before returning
Year of transfer Player Time with BDO Time with PDC Notes
2004 Steve Brown1976–19911993–2004
2007 Steve Alker1998–20052005–2007
2007 Steve Coote1994–20042004–2007
2007 Mark Salmon1994–20052005–2006Quit the BDO in 2017
2008 Peter Evison1986–19931993–2008Was one of the 16 WDC defectors. Quit in 2018
2009 Deta Hedman1990–19972002–2005
2009 Anton Pein2003–20072007–2009
2010 Remco van Eijden2004–20082008–2010
2010 Chris Loudon1998–20092009–2010Quit the BDO in 2018 rejoined the PDC in 2018
2010 Jan van der Rassel2002–20032004–2009Quit the PDC in 2010
2011 Anastasia Dobromyslova2004–20082008–2011
2012 Tony Eccles2002–20072007–2011Quit the PDC in 2011 rejoined the BDO in 2012 Quit in 2014
2013 Andy Fordham1990–20082009–2011Rejoined the BDO in 2013
2014 Co Stompé1994–20082008–2013Rejoined the PDC in 2018
2014 Ted Hankey1995–20122012–2014Rejoined the BDO in 2014
2014 Jeff Smith2008–20112011–2013Rejoined the PDC in 2018

PDC darts players who joined the BDO before returning
Year of transfer Player Time with PDC Time with BDO Ref
2009 Simon Whitlock2002–20032004–2009[1]
2011 John Henderson2002–20032004–2011[2]
2012 Toon Greebe2008–20102006–2008, 2010–2012
2015 Robbie Green2003–20072008–2015[3]
2018 Jeff Smith2011–20132002–2011, 2014–2017
2020 Andy Hamilton2004–20182018-2020
2020 Wes Newton2002–20182018–2020

References
  1. "Simon Whitlocks World Championship Results". Darts database. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  2. "John Henderson BDO results". Darts Database. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  3. "Robbie Green BDO results". Darts Database. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
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