# Alan Soutar

Alan Soutar (born 10 January 1978) is a Scottish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. A PDC Tour Card holder since 2021, Soutar won his first PDC title at 2024 Players Championship 11. He reached his first major quarter-final at the 2022 Grand Slam. His best World Championship performance is reaching the last 16 in consecutive years: 2022 and 2023.
Soutar previously participated in British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments, twice reaching the last 16 at the Winmau World Masters: in 2016 and 2017.

## Career
### BDO

In November 2011 Soutar won the Bellrock Open. He qualified for the 2011 BDO World Darts Championship, he played Willy van de Wiel in the first round and lost 3–1 in sets. In 2013 he won the 2013 WDF World Cup as part of Team Scotland. He qualified for the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship through the Hull qualifiers before losing to Craig Caldwell in the preliminary round.

### PDC

In February 2021, Soutar secured a two-year PDC Tour Card at UK Qualifying School. He made his televised PDC debut with a first round defeat of Raymond van Barneveld in the 2021 UK Open before falling to Dave Chisnall in the last 16.
In December 2021, Soutar made his debut at the PDC World Championship, where he defeated Diogo Portela in the first round in the deciding set. In the following two rounds, Soutar knocked out two seeds, Mensur Suljović and José de Sousa, each time in the deciding set having survived match darts from his opponent. Soutar's run to the last 16 was finally ended by Callan Rydz in a 1–4 defeat.
In 2022, Soutar made his debut as a qualifier for the Grand Slam of Darts, where he advanced from his group ahead of reigning World Champion Peter Wright after victories over Fallon Sherrock and Nathan Aspinall. In the round of 16, Soutar defeated ninth-ranked Jonny Clayton to reach the quarter final where he was defeated by eventual runner-up Nathan Aspinall. At the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship, Soutar reached the fourth round again after whitewashing Mal Cuming and Daryl Gurney 3–0 in sets. His run proceeded with a win over Danny Noppert before being defeated by Gabriel Clemens.
In June 2024, Soutar won a first PDC title at PC11 in Hildesheim, defeating Daryl Gurney in the final.

## Personal life

Away from darts, Soutar is a firefighter in Dundee as well as training guide dogs in his home with partner Amanda. Soutar is a keen supporter of his local football team Arbroath F.C.

## World Championship results
### BDO

* 2011: First round (lost to Willy van de Wiel 1–3)
* 2016: Preliminary round (lost to Craig Caldwell 1–3)

### PDC

* 2022: Fourth round (lost to Callan Rydz 1–4)
* 2023: Fourth round (lost to Gabriel Clemens 1–4)
* 2025: First round (lost to Kai Gotthardt 1–3)

## Performance timeline

BDO
| Tournament | 2008 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| BDO Ranked televised events ||||||||||
| World Championship | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | Prel. | DNQ | DNQ |
| Winmau World Masters | 4R | DNP | 3R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 6R | 6R | 1R |
| Career statistics ||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 47 | 805 | 332 | 127 | 473 | 1290 | 140 | 221 | 171 |
PDC
| Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| PDC Ranked televised events ||||||
| World Championship | DNQ | 4R | 4R | DNQ | 1R |
| World Masters | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | Prel. |
| UK Open | 6R | 3R | 4R | 3R | 5R |
| Grand Slam | DNQ | QF | DNQ | DNQ | |
| Players Championship Finals | 1R | 1R | DNQ | 1R | |
| Season-end ranking (PDC) | 51 | 32 | 45 | 57 | |
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 2021 | HDT 2R | GDT DNQ |
| 2022 | IDO DNQ | GDC 2R | GDG 1R | ADO DNQ | EDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDC DNQ | EDM DNQ | HDT DNQ | GDO 2R | BDO 1R | GDT DNQ |
| 2023 | BSD DNQ | EDO DNQ | IDO 3R | GDG 1R | ADO DNQ | DDC 1R | BDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG 1R | EDM DNQ | GDO 1R | HDT DNQ | GDC 2R |
| 2024 | BDO DNQ | GDG 1R | IDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | BSD DNQ | DDC DNQ | EDO DNQ | GDC DNQ | FDT 2R | HDT 1R | SDT DNQ | CDO 3R |
PDC Players Championships
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| 2021 | BOL 3R | BOL 3R | BOL QF | BOL 2R | MIL SF | MIL 3R | MIL 2R | MIL 2R | NIE 2R | NIE 2R | NIE 1R | NIE 3R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 3R | MIL 1R | COV 2R | COV 1R | COV 2R | COV 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR QF | BAR 2R | BAR 2R |
| 2022 | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | WIG 4R | WIG 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | WIG 2R | WIG SF | NIE 1R | NIE 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR QF | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR QF | BAR QF | BAR 2R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R |
| 2023 | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | HIL 1R | HIL 2R | WIG 2R | WIG 2R | LEI 1R | LEI 1R | HIL 3R | HIL 2R | LEI 2R | LEI 1R | HIL 1R | HIL 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R |
| 2024 | WIG SF | WIG 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 2R | HIL 2R | HIL 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 2R | HIL 2R | HIL 2R | HIL W | HIL 3R | MIL 1R | MIL 3R | MIL 4R | MIL 2R | MIL 3R | MIL 1R | MIL 3R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | LEI 4R | LEI 3R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 1R |
| 2025 | WIG 3R | WIG 1R | ROS 1R | ROS 2R | LEI 1R | LEI 1R | HIL | HIL | LEI | LEI | LEI | LEI | ROS | ROS | HIL | HIL | LEI | LEI | LEI | HIL | HIL | MIL | MIL | MIL | HIL | HIL | LEI | LEI | LEI | WIG | WIG | WIG | WIG | WIG |
Performance Table Legend :
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. | Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round | DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | #R RR Prel. | Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round | NYF | Not yet founded |