Matthew Edgar

Matthew Edgar (born 28 August 1986) is an English darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He has won 2 ranking WDF titles and is a former PDC Tour Card holder.

Matthew Edgar
Edgar in 2022
Personal information
Nickname	"Prime Time"
Born	(1986-08-28) 28 August 1986 (age 38) Doncaster, England
Home town	Daventry, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	2001
Darts	21g Mission Darts signature "Edgar TV"
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Sweet Child o' Mine" by Guns N' Roses previously "Buck Rogers" by Feeder
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2011–2022 (Tour Card 2012–2013, 2015–2016, 2018–2021)
WDF	2023–
Current world ranking	37 1 (8 December 2024)[1] (WDF)
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 48: 2024
World Masters	Last 32: 2024
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 64: 2021
UK Open	Last 32: 2011, 2018, 2020
PC Finals	Last 64: 2016, 2018, 2019
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour England 2014, 2017 Warwickshire Open 2011 Iceland Masters 2023 Slovenian Open 2023 Q-School 2015 Q-School Ranking Tour Card 2012, 2018

Career

2011

Edgar joined the PDC in 2011, and qualified for the 2011 UK Open. He defeated Nigel Heydon, Andy Pearce and Martyn Turner on the way to the last 32, where he lost to Andy Boulton 9–5.

2012

In January 2012, he entered the Professional Darts Corporation Pro Tour 'Q School' qualifying tournament. On the first day, Edgar lost to Darren Whittingham 6–4 at the final stage.^[2] After four days playing in the event in Barnsley, Edgar gained his professional tour card for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. His best results of 2012 came in two UK Open Qualifiers, where he lost in the last 16 to Johnny Haines and Richie Howson respectively.^[3] These results helped him to reach the UK Open for the second time where he was beaten in the second round by Kevin McDine.^[4] He could not advance beyond the last 32 in any of the rest of the events he played in the year.^[3]

2013

Edgar went into 2013 ranked world number 81,^[5] and reached his first PDC quarter-final at the eighth UK Open Qualifier where he was edged out 5–6 by Adrian Lewis. He was seeded 50th for the UK Open itself, meaning he began at the second round stage, with a 5–4 win over Colin Osborne.^[6] He faced reigning champion Robert Thornton in the third round and led 6–4, before going on to lose 7–9.^[7] Edgar also qualified for two European Tour events during the year, losing in the first round of the Gibraltar Darts Trophy and beating Stuart Kellett 6–1 at the German Darts Championship before being defeated 6–2 by Paul Nicholson in the second round.^[8]

2014

Edgar began 2014 outside of the world's top 64 and entered Q School in an attempt to win his place back, coming closest on the third day when he advanced to the last 32 but lost 5–2 to Darron Brown.^[9][10] Edgar only had PDPA Associate Member status for the year ahead which allowed him to compete in UK Open and European Tour qualifiers as well as the Challenge Tour.^[11] He qualified for the UK Open and lost 5–3 to Spain's Antonio Alcinas in the second round.^[12] Edgar was a runner-up in the first Challenge Tour event of the year when he lost 5–4 to Jamie Robinson, but he went one better in the fourth event by claiming the title with a deciding leg victory over Mark Frost.^[13][14] He came within a match of qualifying for both the 2014 Grand Slam of Darts and 2015 World Championship but was beaten on both occasions.^[15]

2015

On the second day of 2015 Q School, Edgar won seven matches ending with a 5–0 whitewash of Andy Boulton to earn a new two-year tour card.^[15] He reached the quarter-finals of the third UK Open Qualifier, but was edged out 6–5 by Adrian Lewis.^[16] Edgar also suffered a narrow defeat in the second round of the UK Open, 5–4 against Jason Mold.^[17] The only European Tour event he could qualify for was the 2015 International Darts Open and he beat Darren Webster 6–5, but was whitewahsed by Dave Chisnall 6–0 in the second round.^[18]

2016

A last 16 showing in the final qualifier saw Edgar enter the UK Open at the second round stage and he beat Mark Wilson 6–4, before losing 9–3 to Mark Webster.^[19][20] He had two last 16 finishes in Players Championship events, before reaching the quarter-finals for the only time this season at the final one by defeating Jelle Klaasen, Wayne Jones, Cristo Reyes and Robbie Green, before losing to Benito van de Pas 6–2.^[21] It was this result which saw Edgar make his debut in the Players Championship Finals and he lost to Simon Whitlock 6–3 in the first round.^[22]

2017

With his tour card status now expired, Edgar entered Q–School. He finished 13th on the Order of Merit, just one point shy of reclaiming his place.^[23] A host of injuries including a broken hand restricted the amount of entries available through the year which meant he did not qualify for 2017 UK Open, the first time in Edgar's career he did not qualify. There were positive signs in the Summer when Edgar won a second Challenge Tour title came beating Barrie Bates 5–2 in the final.

2018

Edgar re-gained his PDC Tour Card at Q–School, finishing 9th on the UK Q–School Order of Merit.

On the 2018 PDC Pro Tour, he competed in the 2018 UK Open Qualifiers.^[24]

At UK Open Qualifier 1 he defeated Adam Hunt 6–5 in a deciding leg, Mick McGowan 6–1, Mark Webster 6–5 in a deciding leg and Mervyn King 6–2 to reach the fourth round (Last 16), where he was beaten by Kyle Anderson, who averaged 107.32 to Edgar’s 95.40, 6–2.^[25]

At UK Open Qualifier 2, Edgar defeated Charlie Jackson 6–5 in a deciding leg and Philip Borthwick 6–4, then both Andrew Gilding and Cristo Reyes 6–5 in last-leg deciders. This meant Edgar reached the Last 16 in successive UK Open qualifiers, where he lost to Justin Pipe 6–5 in another deciding leg.^[26]

Edgar became the 23rd seed for the 2018 UK Open and entered in the third round. There, he achieved a 10–4 win over John Henderson, reaching the fourth round for the second time in his career, but lost to Steve West 10–7 in round 4.

In April Edgar made his return to the PDC European Tour at the 2018 German Darts Open, where he lost to Steve West 6–2 in the first round.

Edgar did enough on the Players Championship circuit to qualify for the 2018 Players Championship Finals where he met Michael van Gerwen in the first round and lost 6–2. He also managed to qualify for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship through the ProTour.

2019

In the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship, Edgar played Darius Labanauskas in the first round and lost 3–1 despite winning the first set.

Edgar started the year off placed world number 68, so to maintain his tour card for next season he needed to jump 4 places in the rankings. He played in the 2019 UK Open where he made the third round before losing to Ryan Searle 6–3. He qualified again for the Players Championship Finals that year and played Dave Chisnall in the first round. He lost 6–2.

2020

Edgar hadn’t managed to do enough on the tour to qualify for the 2020 PDC World Championship. He entered the last chance Tour Card Holder qualifier and managed to come through it with wins over Tytus Kanik, Gary Eastwood and Christian Bunse, before beating Adam Hunt 7–4 to book his place at Alexandra Palace. However, he lost to Darius Labanauskas once again.

He was unable to achieve qualification for a 3rd year running for the Players Championship Finals, however the day after the Players Championship Final at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, he qualified for the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship via the UK Tour Card Holder Qualifiers, beating Josh Payne 7–2 in the last 8 to confirm his place in his 3rd successive PCC World Championship.

2021

Edgar finally progressed past the first round of the World Championship in the 2021 edition by whitewashing Maik Kuivenhoven 3–0 in sets. In round 2, he lost to Mensur Suljović 3–1.^[27]

2022

Matthew returned to PDC Q-School looking to regain his tour card. During the first 3 days, Edgar picked up 0 points, which left him needing to reach the Final on Day 4 as a minimum. The day brought the best out in Edgar, and he progressed to the Semi-Finals, the highlight being a 106.35 average against Kai Fan Leung in the Last 64. Unfortunately for Matt, he lost against Nathan Rafferty 6–3 in the Semi-Final, leaving him outside of the Tour Card spots in the Q-School Order of Merit.^[28][29]

2023

In 2023 Edgar won 2 WDF ranking events, the Iceland Masters and the Slovenian Open.

2024

Edgar was the runnner-up at the 2024 Welsh Open, he lost to Andy Davidson 5–1 in the final.^[30]

Edgar qualified for the 2024 WDF World Darts Championship at the Lakeside Country Club virtue of being ranked 20th on their World Championship rankings race.^[31] He was drawn to play Dutch Open champion Jarno Bottenberg in the first round, who defeated him 2–0 in sets.^[32]

Practice and personal life

Edgar practices with former world championship runner-up Kevin Painter. He has previously worked for Northampton Town as a sports coach.^[33] Edgar also runs a YouTube channel dedicated to darts called "Edgar TV Darts", where he regularly answers questions raised by followers and chronicles his journeys through various PDC and WDF competitions.^[34]

Before starting his darts career, Edgar was a professional wrestler and trained in mixed martial arts.^[35]

The Online Betting Guide, OLBG, began sponsoring Matthew Edgar in 2011 and have since sponsored the darts player intermittently for over 13 years. In 2024 they supported his journey to qualify for Lakeside 2024 at the WDF World Championships.^[36]

World Championship results

PDC

• 2019: First round (lost to Darius Labanauskas 1–3)
• 2020: First round (lost to Darius Labanauskas 0–3)
• 2021: Second round (lost to Mensur Suljović 1–3)

WDF

• 2024: First round (lost to Jarno Bottenberg 0–2)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
PDC World Championship	Did not qualify								1R	1R	2R	DNQ		WDF
UK Open	4R	2R	3R	2R	2R	3R	DNQ	4R	3R	5R	3R	DNQ	DNP
Players Championship Finals	Did not qualify					1R	DNQ	1R	1R	DNQ			DNP
BDO/WDF Ranked televised events
WDF World Championship	Not established											DNP	DNQ	1R
World Masters (darts)WDF World Masters	PDC									NH		DNP	NH	4R
PDC Year-end ranking	96	102	81	141	107	77	153	86	66	66	62	148	-	-
WDF Year-end ranking	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	66	37

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2012	ADO DNQ	GDC DNQ	EDO DNQ	GDM DNQ	DDM DNQ
2013	UKM DNQ	EDT DNQ	EDO DNP	ADO DNQ	GDT 1R	GDC 2R	GDM DNQ	DDM DNQ
2014	GDC DNP	DDM DNP	GDM DNQ	ADO DNQ	GDT DNQ	EDO DNP	EDG DNQ	EDT DNQ
2015	GDC DNQ	GDT DNQ	GDM DNQ	DDM DNQ	IDO 2R	EDO DNQ	EDT DNQ	EDM DNQ	EDG DNQ
2016	DDM DNQ	GDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	EDM DNQ	ADO DNP	EDO DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT DNQ	EDG DNP	GDC DNP
2017	GDC DNQ	GDM DNP	GDO DNP	EDG DNP	GDT DNP	EDM DNP	ADO DNP	EDO DNP	DDM DNP	GDG DNP	IDO DNP	EDT DNP
2018	EDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO 1R	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	DDO DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDC DNQ	DDC DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT 3R
2019	EDO 1R	GDC DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG 1R	DDM DNQ	DDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	ADC DNQ	EDM 1R	IDO DNQ	GDT DNQ
2020	BDC DNQ	GDC DNQ	EDG DNQ	IDO DNQ
2021	HDT DNQ	GDT 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
2011	HAL DNP	HAL DNP	DER DNP	DER 1R	CRA 2R	CRA DNP	VIE DNP	VIE DNP	CRA 1R	CRA 3R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	NUL 2R	NUL 1R	ONT 2R	ONT 3R	DER 1R	DER 1R	NUL 2R	NUL 1R	DUB 1R	DUB 3R	KIL 4R	GLA 2R	GLA 2R	ALI 1R	ALI 2R	CRA 1R	CRA 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R
2012	ALI 2R	ALI 2R	REA 2R	REA 1R	CRA 1R	CRA 1R	BIR 2R	BIR 2R	CRA 1R	CRA 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	DUB 2R	DUB 1R	KIL 3R	KIL 1R	CRA 1R	CRA 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R
2013	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	CRA 1R	CRA 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	DUB 1R	DUB 2R	KIL 2R	KIL PR	WIG 2R	WIG 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R
2014 [nb 1]	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	CRA DNP	CRA 1R	WIG DNP	WIG DNP	WIG DNP	WIG DNP	CRA DNP	CRA DNP	COV DNP	COV DNP	CRA DNP	CRA DNP	DUB DNP	DUB DNP	CRA 1R	CRA 2R	COV 1R	COV 3R
2015	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 1R	CRA 2R	CRA 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	DUB 2R	DUB 3R	COV 2R	COV 1R
2016	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	COV 2R	COV 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	DUB 4R	DUB 1R	BAR 1R	BAR QF
2017 [nb 1]	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	MIL DNP	MIL 2R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	WIG DNP	WIG DNP	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	WIG DNP	WIG DNP	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	DUB 2R	DUB 2R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP
2018	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	MIL 4R	MIL 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	WIG 2R	WIG 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	DUB 2R	DUB 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R
2019	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG QF	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	WIG 2R	WIG 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 3R	HIL 3R	HIL 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 4R	DUB 1R	DUB 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R
2020	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 3R	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 3R	NIE 2R	NIE 2R	NIE 2R	NIE 3R	NIE 1R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 1R
2021	BOL 1R	BOL 1R	BOL 1R	BOL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	NIE 3R	NIE 3R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	COV 2R	COV 1R	COV 3R	COV 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR QF
2022[nb 1]	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	WIG DNP	WIG DNP	BAR DNP	BAR 2R	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 3R	WIG 2R	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR 1R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR 1R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP

1. Not a Tour card holder

Performance Table Legend
W	Won the tournament	F	Finalist	SF	Semifinalist	QF	Quarterfinalist	#R RR L#	Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage	DQ	Disqualified
DNQ	Did not qualify	DNP	Did not participate	WD	Withdrew	NH	Tournament not held			NYF	Not yet founded

References

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External links

• Matthew Edgar player profile at Darts Orakel
• Article on Matt Edgar on Red Dragon