| Connor Scutt | |||||||||
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Scutt at the2024 Players Championship Finals | |||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Nickname | "The Sniper" | ||||||||
| Born | (1996-04-15)15 April 1996 (age 29)[1] Carshalton, England | ||||||||
| Home town | Kenley, England | ||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2014 | ||||||||
| Darts | 22g Red Dragon | ||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Welcome to the Jungle" byGuns N' Roses | ||||||||
| Organisation (seesplit in darts) | |||||||||
| PDC | 2022– (Tour Card: 2022–2023, 2025–) | ||||||||
| WDF | 2021, 2024 | ||||||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 50 | ||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||
| World Championship | Last 48:2022 | ||||||||
| World Masters | Semi-final: 2024 | ||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||
| World Championship | Last 64:2024,2025 | ||||||||
| UK Open | Last 32:2025 | ||||||||
| Grand Slam | Last 16:2025 | ||||||||
| PC Finals | Quarter-final:2024 | ||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||
BDO/WDF Events (x4)
PDC Challenge Tour (x2)
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Connor Scutt (born 15 April 1996) is an English professionaldarts player who competes inProfessional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a currentPDC Tour Card holder, having previously held one from 2022 to 2023. He has finished as runner-up in two rankingPDC Players Championship events. He reached his first PDC major quarter-final at the2024 Players Championship Finals. He won two titles on the2024 PDC Challenge Tour and topped the Order of Merit ranking, which would have earned him a tour card. Scutt, however, was able to reach the top 64 of the Order of Merit by which he automatically earned his tour card.
Scutt previously competed inWorld Darts Federation (WDF) events, where he won three titles, and reached the semi-finals of the 2024World Masters.
At2022 Q-School Scutt won a two-year PDC Tour Card by finishing third on the UK Q-School Order of Merit.[3]
Scutt qualified for the2022 WDF World Darts Championship, which he was allowed to play after getting special dispensation from the PDC, but he would lose in the first round to Shawn Burt 2–0 in sets.
In the2022 PDC Players Championship series Scutt reached the semi-finals atPlayers Championship 3, losing there toJoe Cullen 7–5.[4] AtPlayers Championship 30 Scutt reached the quarter-finals, losing there toMartin Schindler 6–5.[5]
Scutt reached the semi-finals at 2023's Players Championship 13, losing there toMichael Smith 7–3 and the final at Players Championship 27, losing toRadek Szagański 8–5.[6] As a result Scutt qualified for the2023 Players Championship Finals, making his debut as the 37th seed, where he lost to the 28th seed, eventual semi-finalistGabriel Clemens, in the first round.
Despite his final at PC27, Scutt lost his Tour card after the2024 PDC World Championship after he lost 3–0 toGerwyn Price in the event's second round. Scutt was ranked sixty-ninth on the Order of Merit after the World Championship, therefore outside the top 64 which he needed to be in to keep his card.
Scutt failed to re-gain his tour card at2024's UK Qualifying School (Q-School), finishing seventeenth on the UK Q-School Order of Merit, outside of the top ten required to win a card.
Scutt competed the secondary tier of the2024 PDC Pro Tour, the2024 PDC Challenge Tour (CT), winning two titles and topping the Order of Merit ranking. He wonevent thirteen, whitewashingDragutin Horvat 5–0 in the final[7] andevent seventeen, beating Tom Sykes 5–3 in the final.[8] Scutt finished as runner-up atevent twenty, being defeated byChristian Kist 5–2 in the final.[9] He secured his place as the Challenge Tour Order of Merit winner by reaching the final atChallenge Tour 23, losing toAndreas Harrysson 5–3 but earning a place at the2024 Grand Slam of Darts and guaranteeing himself a place at the2025 PDC World Championship.
At the Grand Slam Scutt made his debut and was drawn in Group D. He whitewashed number 5 seedDave Chisnall 5–0 in his opening game but then lost toRitchie Edhouse 5–2 and was whitewashed byRoss Smith. He was eliminated after finishishing third in his group.
Scutt received call-ups for2024 PDC Players Championship events filling in as a reserve for an absent tour card holder virtue of his ranking on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit. He reached the quarter-finals atPlayers Championship 6 (PC6), where he was whitewashed byDaryl Gurney 6–0,[10] andPC16, where he lost toRicky Evans 6–5 in a deciding leg.[11] Scutt reached the final atPC22, losing toGary Anderson 8–4.[12] AtPC25 Scutt reached another quarter-final, losing toStephen Bunting 6–4.[13]
As a result of his performances in Players Championship events Scutt qualified for the2024 Players Championship Finals as 34th seed. This meant that he played 31st seedMartin Lukeman in the first round,[14][15][16] who he defeated 6–4.[17] Scutt then defeatedMario Vandenbogaerde 6–3 andDaryl Gurney 10–3 to reach his first PDC major quarter-final.[18] He then lost toDirk van Duijvenbode 10–9 in a deciding leg.[14]
As he failed to regain his Tour Card status at Q-School, Scutt returned to playingWorld Darts Federation events.
Scutt won the 2024British Classic, defeating Josh Clough 5–2 in the final.[19]
At the 2024 WDF World Masters Scutt reached the semi-final, losing there to Kai Gotthardt 6–5 in a deciding leg.[20][21]
In March 2025, Scutt signed for Red Dragon Darts.[22]
WDF
| Tournament | 2022 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| WDF Major/platinum events | ||
| WDF World Championship | 1R | PDC |
| WDF World Masters | DNP | SF |
PDC
| Tournament | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||
| PDC World Championship | Did not qualify | 2R | 2R | |||||
| PDC World Masters | Did not qualify | Prel. | ||||||
| UK Open | DNQ | 3R | 3R | 1R | 5R | |||
| Grand Slam of Darts | DNQ | RR | 2R | |||||
| Players Championship Finals | DNQ | 1R | QF | |||||
| PDC Non-ranked events | ||||||||
| PDC World Youth Championship | RR | Did not participate | ||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||
| Season-end ranking (PDC) | NR | 107 | 69 | 62 | ||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | DNQ | EDO 1R | DNQ | DDC 1R | DNQ | GDO 1R | DNQ | |||||||
| 2023 | Did not qualify | EDM 1R | GDO 1R | DNQ | ||||||||||
| 2025 | BDO DNQ | EDT 1R | DNQ | EDG 2R | Did not qualify | SDT 1R | GDC DNQ | |||||||
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 |
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| 2020[nb 1] | Did not participate | BAR 2R | Did not participate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | WIG SF | WIG 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | NIE 2R | NIE 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR DNP | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR QF | ||||
| 2023 | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | HIL 2R | HIL 1R | WIG 4R | WIG 2R | LEI 1R | LEI 1R | HIL SF | HIL 1R | LEI 2R | LEI 4R | HIL 4R | HIL 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR F | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | ||||
| 2024[nb 1] | WIG DNP | LEI 1R | LEI DNP | HIL 2R | HIL QF | DNP | HIL 1R | HIL 2R | MIL 2R | MIL 2R | MIL 2R | MIL QF | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 2R | WIG 2R | WIG 2R | LEI F | LEI 1R | WIG 2R | WIG QF | WIG 3R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | LEI 3R | LEI 1R | ||||||||
| 2025 | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | ROS 3R | ROS 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 3R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 4R | LEI 2R | LEI 2R | ROS 2R | ROS 1R | HIL 1R | HIL 2R | LEI 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 2R | LEI 1R | LEI 2R | HIL 2R | HIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 2R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | LEI 2R | LEI 3R | LEI 3R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R |
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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| 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 | NYF | Not yet founded | ||