The first list of the year - as usual, includes players who have won at least £100 in any BDO ranking tournament. Includes all ranking tournaments plus UK Open, GSOD, BDO Gold Cup, England Matchplay and Australian Open. Showing all those who have won at least £1000. Comparison shown with last year, plus tournaments won:

Men:

1 Richard Veenstra Holland £8,050.00 £20,485.00 Dutch Open, Isle of Man Classic
2 Wesley Harms Holland £7,190.00 £29,840.00 Scottish Open, Slovak Open
3 Martijn Kleermaker Holland £6,110.00 £2,260.00 West Fries Open, West Fries Masters
4 Dave Parletti England £3,640.00 £12,335.00 Romanian Open
5 Scott Waites England £3,530.00 £43,852.00 Isle of Man Open
6 Thibault Tricole France £2,970.00 - Torremolinos Open, Greek Open
7 Tony Martin England £2,590.00 - Slovak Masters
8 Mario Vandenbogaerde Belgium £2,440.00 £5,560.00 German Open
9 Ryan Hogarth Scotland £2,380.00 £4,785.00
10 Jeffrey van Egdom Belgium £2,370.00 £5,575.00
11 Adam Smith-Neale England £2,070.00 £30,370.00
12 Nick Kenny Wales £1,850.00 £2,235.00
13 Brian Dawson England £1,830.00 £580.00 German Masters
13 Cody Harris New Zealand £1,830.00 £640.00
15 Scott Mitchell England £1,810.00 £33,430.00
16 Leonard Gates USA £1,700.00 £1,840.00 Camellia Classic, Charlotte Open
17 Darin Young USA £1,420.00 £380.00 Virginia Beach Classic
18 Gary Robson England £1,310.00 £18,655.00
19 Jeff Smith Canada £1,290.00 £1,080.00 Port City Open, Halifax Open
20 Willem Mandigers Holland £1,280.00 £16,327.00
21 John Michael Greece £1,210.00 £1,510.00 Romanian Classic
22 Robbie Phillips USA £1,100.00 £260.00 Las Vegas Open
23 Nick Fulwell England £1,070.00 £390.00 Torremolinos Classic
24 Joe Chaney USA £1,050.00 £1,330.00
25 Sebastian Steyer Poland £1,030.00 £750.00
26 Stefano Tomassetti Italy £1,020.00 £130.00 Acropolis Open

Ladies:

1 Aileen de Graaf Holland £3,040.00 £14,795.00 Romanian Open, German Open
2 Laura Turner England £2,975.00 £3,095.00 Isle of Man Open
3 Deta Hedman England £2,700.00 £16,660.00 West Fries Masters
4 Lisa Ashton England £2,540.00 £29,925.00 Scottish Open
5 Paula Jacklin England £2,370.00 £4,435.00 Torremolinos Open, Acropolis Open, Greek Open
6 Mikuru Suzuki Japan £1,970.00 £14,270.00 Dutch Open
7 Kirsty Hutchinson England £1,825.00 £665.00 West Fries Open
8 Fallon Sherrock England £1,670.00 £16,830.00
9 Lorraine Winstanley England £1,510.00 £13,390.00 Isle of Man Classic
10 Anastasia Dobromyslova Russia £1,490.00 £17,815.00 Slovak Masters
11 Maria O'Brien England £1,400.00 £5,020.00 Slovak Open
12 Tori Kewish Australia £1,070.00 £4,050.00 Newcastle Classic, West Coast Classic

Conan Whitehead PDC earnings would put him 4th on that list and he's barely won a game and not had to leave the country either, doesn't half highlight the difference

neil rose wrote:Conan Whitehead PDC earnings would put him 4th on that list and he's barely won a game and not had to leave the country either, doesn't half highlight the difference

He also wont have had to pay a penny in entry fees either?

phil davies wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 12:22 am 4 months in and still less money for the top earner than one PDC players championship win why any young player who actually backs their talent would remain in the BDO rather than go to q school is beyond me.

Because only 128 players get a tour card

You can get loads of experience playing in the BDO

FFS it’s not hard

Ginge wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 7:33 am

neil rose wrote:Conan Whitehead PDC earnings would put him 4th on that list and he's barely won a game and not had to leave the country either, doesn't half highlight the difference

He also wont have had to pay a penny in entry fees either?

I was gonna add that on but to be fair Qschool entry is around 20 BDO events entry fees

phil davies wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 12:42 pm

oche balboa wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 10:38 am

phil davies wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 12:22 am 4 months in and still less money for the top earner than one PDC players championship win why any young player who actually backs their talent would remain in the BDO rather than go to q school is beyond me.

Because only 128 players get a tour card

You can get loads of experience playing in the BDO

FFS it’s not hard

So why wouldn’t you enter q school if you backed your talent? Don’t get a card and you can even more experience by playing challenge/development tour. Plus potentially ET’s qualifiers. It’s a no brainier only those younger players that don’t think they are good enough wouldn’t enter it.

Also as others have said Whitehead who has been pretty rubbish thus far in his PDC return has still earned more money than people who have won events this year and that’s without having to even leave the UK.

Not everyone gets through Q School. We almost had the BDO World Champion not qualifying. Its a lottery (Hi Bradders)

You can play in the Challenge & Development tours, Challenge Tour isnt every week ffs.

PDC is where the money is, everyone knows this but their are alternatives out there

If the under 19 lads want to play BDO tour to gain more experience then fair play to them.

Ah sorry I thought the original title was a poll and i was going to vote for 'Dry Roasted' over 'Salted'

phil davies wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 1:14 pm

oche balboa wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 1:07 pm

phil davies wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 12:42 pm

oche balboa wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 10:38 am

phil davies wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 12:22 am 4 months in and still less money for the top earner than one PDC players championship win why any young player who actually backs their talent would remain in the BDO rather than go to q school is beyond me.

Because only 128 players get a tour card

You can get loads of experience playing in the BDO

FFS it’s not hard

So why wouldn’t you enter q school if you backed your talent? Don’t get a card and you can even more experience by playing challenge/development tour. Plus potentially ET’s qualifiers. It’s a no brainier only those younger players that don’t think they are good enough wouldn’t enter it.

Also as others have said Whitehead who has been pretty rubbish thus far in his PDC return has still earned more money than people who have won events this year and that’s without having to even leave the UK.

Not everyone gets through Q School. We almost had the BDO World Champion not qualifying. Its a lottery (Hi Bradders)

You can play in the Challenge & Development tours, Challenge Tour isnt every week ffs.

PDC is where the money is, everyone knows this but their are alternatives out there

If the under 19 lads want to play BDO tour to gain more experience then fair play to them.

1- Never said they did

2- That makes zero sense as you can also play the BDO along with them

3- true

4- Yep thats fine but if they actually want to improve their game then they should enter q school aswell.

IMO, 4 days of Q School doesn’t improve a player

oche balboa wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:30 pm IMO, 4 days of Q School doesn’t improve a player

No of course it doesn't but it can be a reality check or a real eye opener as to the true level of the standard of your game or how well serious professional darts events are organised.
I think its fair to say more than a few people who had illusions of grandeur about their darting prowess ( first name Ian in at lease one case) based on having a medium of success at a few pissed up holiday camp opens shattered by 4 days of real tough high standard QS darts.

el_ringo wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 3:53 pm

oche balboa wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:30 pm IMO, 4 days of Q School doesn’t improve a player

No of course it doesn't but it can be a reality check or a real eye opener as to the true level of the standard of your game or how well serious professional darts events are organised.
I think its fair to say more than a few people who had illusions of grandeur about their darting prowess ( first name Ian in at lease one case) based on having a medium of success at a few pissed up holiday camp opens shattered by 4 days of real tough high standard QS darts.

one of the main reasons I went this year was to see how far away I was from the top level. turns out it was a long way off

mrsj180 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 4:37 pm

el_ringo wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 3:53 pm

oche balboa wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:30 pm IMO, 4 days of Q School doesn’t improve a player

No of course it doesn't but it can be a reality check or a real eye opener as to the true level of the standard of your game or how well serious professional darts events are organised.
I think its fair to say more than a few people who had illusions of grandeur about their darting prowess ( first name Ian in at lease one case) based on having a medium of success at a few pissed up holiday camp opens shattered by 4 days of real tough high standard QS darts.

one of the main reasons I went this year was to see how far away I was from the top level. turns out it was a long way off

Any progress towards the high 70s?

mrsj180 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 4:37 pm

el_ringo wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 3:53 pm

oche balboa wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:30 pm IMO, 4 days of Q School doesn’t improve a player

No of course it doesn't but it can be a reality check or a real eye opener as to the true level of the standard of your game or how well serious professional darts events are organised.
I think its fair to say more than a few people who had illusions of grandeur about their darting prowess ( first name Ian in at lease one case) based on having a medium of success at a few pissed up holiday camp opens shattered by 4 days of real tough high standard QS darts.

one of the main reasons I went this year was to see how far away I was from the top level. turns out it was a long way off

Did you find it worthwhile?

I know you posted that you wanted to see how far away you were from the top level, but would be interested to know firstly, if the experience improved your game, and secondly if you are considering going back next year.

1205 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 7:10 pm

mrsj180 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 4:37 pm

el_ringo wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 3:53 pm

oche balboa wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:30 pm IMO, 4 days of Q School doesn’t improve a player

No of course it doesn't but it can be a reality check or a real eye opener as to the true level of the standard of your game or how well serious professional darts events are organised.
I think its fair to say more than a few people who had illusions of grandeur about their darting prowess ( first name Ian in at lease one case) based on having a medium of success at a few pissed up holiday camp opens shattered by 4 days of real tough high standard QS darts.

one of the main reasons I went this year was to see how far away I was from the top level. turns out it was a long way off

Any progress towards the high 70s?

getting somewhere near consistently

ssjsa wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 9:21 pm

mrsj180 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 4:37 pm

el_ringo wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 3:53 pm

oche balboa wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:30 pm IMO, 4 days of Q School doesn’t improve a player

No of course it doesn't but it can be a reality check or a real eye opener as to the true level of the standard of your game or how well serious professional darts events are organised.
I think its fair to say more than a few people who had illusions of grandeur about their darting prowess ( first name Ian in at lease one case) based on having a medium of success at a few pissed up holiday camp opens shattered by 4 days of real tough high standard QS darts.

one of the main reasons I went this year was to see how far away I was from the top level. turns out it was a long way off

Did you find it worthwhile?

I know you posted that you wanted to see how far away you were from the top level, but would be interested to know firstly, if the experience improved your game, and secondly if you are considering going back next year.

yeah I did it helped massively with playing under pressure knowing that your only going to have 1 or 2 darts at double before your opponent checks out helps greatly in local leagues and local tournaments now.

the plan is to go back next year, going to try and play in the rest of the challenge tours this year and see how they go aswell, its all experience at the end of the day I just know I wasn't ready at all this year but it was a good starting point to try and improve on.

Who are you?>

It's Mrs J. Can't you read?

oche balboa wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2019 12:21 pm Who are you?>

Is greater than what?

Ginge wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2019 12:32 pm It's Mrs J. Can't you read?

Who?

Oh crikey.

You can quite easily work it out if you look at Dartconnect UK Q school entries. It looks as if he entered day 3 only.