Andrew Boulton (born 25 February 1973) is a Scottish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "X-Factor", he has won four titles on the PDC Challenge Tour and has participated in both the PDC World Darts Championship and the BDO World Darts Championship.

Career BDO, UK Open appearances Boulton made his PDC major debut at the 2005 UK Open, starting in the preliminary round and reaching the third round. He was eliminated after a 5–1 loss to Colin Osborne. He made his BDO World Championship debut at the 2008 edition, eliminating 10th seed Martin Atkins in the first round. He lost to Ted Hankey in the second round. In March 2008, he won the North Lanarkshire Open by beating Robert Thornton 4–1 in the final.

Boulton qualified for the 2009 UK Open as a pub qualifier. He beat Darren Latham 6–5 in the first round but lost 6–4 to Wes Newton in the second round. Later that year, he claimed the Granite City Open title in Aberdeen by beating former world champion John Walton in the final.

Boulton suffered first-round defeats at the 2011 and 2012 BDO World Championships, losing to Robbie Green and Scott Waites. However, in the PDC, Boulton reached the last 16 of the 2011 UK Open.

PDC After years of mainly playing in the BDO, Boulton officially crossed over to the PDC in 2015, winning a PDC Tour Card at Q-School by topping the Q-School Order of Merit. He qualified for the 2015 Grand Slam of Darts, getting through the PDC Qualifier that was held to fill the last eight spots. He was drawn into Group E with Gary Anderson, Raymond van Barneveld and Larry Butler, but failed to win a match. Boulton qualified for the 2016 PDC World Championship through the PDPA Qualifier, which saw him enter the preliminary round of the tournament. After beating Per Laursen to progress to the first round, he lost 3–0 to defending champion Gary Anderson.

He reached his first PDC European Tour semi-final at the 2018 European Darts Matchplay – defeating Cristo Reyes, Steve Beaton, Jelle Klaasen and Gerwyn Price en route. In his semi-final match, he lost 7–3 to William O'Connor.

After losing his Tour Card at the end of 2017, Boulton regained it at 2019 Q-School. He returned to Alexandra Palace at the 2020 PDC World Championship, but was defeated 3–2 by debutant Danny Baggish in the first round.

At the 2021 PDC World Championship, Boulton was drawn to play three-time women's world finalist Deta Hedman in the first round. He defeated Hedman 3–2, reaching the second round of the competition for the first time. He was eliminated after losing to Stephen Bunting. The same year, Boulton switched his allegiance from England to Scotland on residency grounds after previously living in England for many years.

After losing his Tour Card again at the end of 2022, Boulton saw success on the PDC Challenge Tour. He won two titles on the 2023 Challenge Tour at event 3 and event 23. On 16 March 2024, Boulton claimed two Challenge Tour titles on the same day, winning events 8 and 9.

Boulton won his Tour Card back at 2025 Q-School after finishing eighth on the UK Q-School Order of Merit.

World Championship performances BDO 2008: Second round (lost to Ted Hankey 1–4) 2011: First round (lost to Robbie Green 0–3) 2012: First round (lost to Scott Waites 1–3)

PDC 2016: First round (lost to Gary Anderson 0–3) 2020: First round (lost to Danny Baggish 2–3) 2021: Second round (lost to Stephen Bunting 2–3)

Performance timeline BDO Tournament 2006 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014BDO Ranked televised events DNP2RDNQ1R1RDNQ World Masters5R3R4R4R4R5R4R5R

PDC Tournament 2005 2009 2011 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2019 2020 2021 2022 2024 2025 2026PDC Ranked televised events World ChampionshipBDO 1RDNQ 1R 2RDNQ World MastersNot heldDid not qualify Prel. Prel. UK Open 3R 2R 5R 3R 3R 2R 3RDNQ 3R 5R 4R 4R 1R 2R 4R Grand SlamNHDid not qualify RRDid not qualify NHDid not qualify 1R 1R 2R 2RDNQCareer statisticsYear-end ranking (PDC)-----72586281515682116114

PDC European Tour Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 2015GDC2RGDTDNQGDM1RDid not qualify 2016Did not qualifyEDO2RIDO1REDT1REDG1RGDC1R 2017Did not qualifyGDG1RIDODNQEDTQF 2018Did not qualifyEDG1RDDMDNQGDT3RDDODNQEDMSFGDC1RDDC1RIDODNQEDTDNQ 2019EDODNQGDC2RDid not qualifyDDM1RDid not qualifyIDO1RGDTDNQ 2020BDC1RDid not qualify 2022IDO1RDid not qualifyDDC1RDid not qualify 2023BSDDNQEDO2RIDO1RGDG1RADODNQDDC1RDid not qualifyHDT1RGDCDNQ 2025Did not qualifyGDG1RDid not qualify

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 2015BAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR3RBAR1RCOVQFCOV1RCOV1RCRA2RCRA2RBAR3RBAR2RWIGDNPBAR1RBAR3RDUB4RDUB3RCOV3RCOV1R 2016BAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RCOV2RCOV2RBAR3RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RDUB3RDUB1RBAR2RBAR1R 2017BAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RMIL1RMIL2RBAR3RBAR1RWIG1RWIG1RMILSFMIL3RWIG2RWIG1RBAR2RBAR3RBAR1RBAR2RDUB2RDUB1RBAR2RBAR2R 2018Not a Tour card holderDid not participateBAR3RDUBDNPDUB2RBARDNP 2019WIG1RWIG2RWIG4RWIG2RBAR3RBAR2RWIG2RWIGQFBAR1RBAR2RBARQFBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RWIG2RWIG4RBAR3RBAR1RHIL2RHIL3RBAR1RBAR1RBAR4RBARQFDUB2RDUB2RBAR1RBAR3R 2020BAR1RBAR1RWIG2RWIG1RWIG1RWIG1RBAR1RBAR1RMIL2RMIL2RMIL1RMIL2RMIL1RNIE2RNIE4RNIE2RNIE3RNIE2RCOV3RCOV2RCOV3RCOV1RCOVSF 2021BOL1RBOL3RBOL1RBOL2RMIL3RMIL2RMIL1RMIL1RNIE2RNIE2RNIESFNIE2RMIL1RMIL2RMIL1RMIL2RCOV2RCOV2RCOV1RCOV1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR3RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR3RBAR2R 2022BAR3RBAR2RWIG2RWIG2RBAR1RBAR1RNIE2RNIE1RBAR3RBAR2RBAR2RBAR2RBAR3RWIG2RWIG2RNIE1RNIE2RBAR3RBAR3RBAR4RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2R 2023BARDNPBAR2RBAR3RBAR1RBAR1RHIL2RHIL4RWIG3RWIG1RLEIDNPHIL2RHIL3RLEI1RLEI1RHIL1RHIL2RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR3RBAR1RBAR2RBAR3RBAR3RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2R 2024Did not participateLEI1RLEI1RHIL1RHIL1RHIL1RHIL3RMILSFMIL1RMIL1RMIL3RMIL2RMIL2RMIL1RWIG2RWIG2RLEI1RLEI3RWIG1RWIG2RWIG3RWIG1RWIG1RLEI1RLEI2R 2025WIG1RWIG1RROS2RROS3RLEI2RLEI1RHIL2RHIL1RLEI1RLEI3RLEI2RLEI1RROS2RROS2RHIL1RHIL2RLEI2RLEI1RLEI1RHIL3RHIL1RMIL1RMIL2RMIL1RHIL2RHIL3RLEI2RLEI2RLEI2RWIG1RWIG3RWIG2RWIG3RWIG1R 2026HIL2RHIL1RWIG2RWIG1RLEI2RLEI1RLEI1RLEI2RWIG1RWIG1RMIL1RMIL3RHIL2RHIL2RLEI4RLEI4RLEI1RLEI2RMIL1RMILQFWIG1RWIG1RLEI3RLEI1RHIL1RHIL2RLEI1RLEI4RROS1RROS1RROSROSLEILEI

References

External links Andy Boulton's Website