Alan Soutar
Alan Soutar is a Scottish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation 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 tournaments, twice reaching the last 16 at the Winmau World Masters in 2016 and 2017.
Career
Soutar started playing darts as a teenager in the pub his grandparents ran. He plays in a saltire shirt and tartan pants, in tribute to his Scottish heritage.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
Soutar joined the Army Cadet Force at the age of 13 and spent nine years as a commando in the British Army, during which he was deployed to Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Northern Ireland.Away from darts, Soutar is a firefighter and trains guide dogs in his home with partner Amanda. Soutar is a keen supporter of his local football team Arbroath F.C. In 2012, he set up the Angus Darts Academy, training children in how to play darts. He won the "Sporting Volunteer of the Year" award at the Finding Scotland's Real Heroes award in 2013 for his mentorship in darts.
World Championship results
BDO
- 2011: First round
- 2016: Preliminary round
PDC
- 2022: Fourth round
- 2023: Fourth round
- 2025: First round
- 2026: Second round
Performance timeline
PDC
PDC European Tour
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 3R | HIL 2R | LEI 2R | LEI 1R | LEI 3R | LEI 4R | ROS 3R | ROS 1R | HIL 2R | HIL 2R | LEI 2R | LEI 4R | LEI QF | LEI 1R | LEI 1R | HIL 3R | HIL 2R | MIL QF | MIL QF | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | LEI 2R | LEI 1R | LEI 1R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 3R | WIG 1R |