List of darts players who have switched organisation
In professional darts, there are two bodies which stage tournaments and have separate pools of players, the British Darts Organisation and the Professional Darts Corporation. In practice, players must choose which organisation to represent, but many have switched between the two.
This situation arose following an acrimonious split in the early 1990s between the leading players and the BDO. Darts had boomed in popularity during the 1980s, with as many as 23 televised events in 1983. However, by the end of the decade this had fallen to just one. This, combined with general disillusionment at the BDO's management of the sport, prompted 16 top players to break away and form their own body. Four years of legal action followed, culminating in the 1997 Tomlin order, which confirmed the existence of both bodies, and established that players were free choose which one to play for.
This list documents the players who have made the decision to switch from one organisation to the other. In general more players switch from the BDO to the PDC than vice versa, attracted by the greater prize money and better competition offered by the PDC.
World Darts Council foundation
The sixteen darts defectors who formed the WDC were as follows:| Player | Time with BDO | Notes |
 Phil Taylor | 1988–1993 | Remained a PDC player until his retirement in 2018 |
| Dennis Priestley | 1989–1993 | Remained a PDC player until his retirement in 2014 |
| Rod Harrington | 1987–1993 | Remained a PDC player until his retirement in 2007. |
| Alan Warriner | 1985–1993 | Remained a PDC player until his retirement in 2009. |
| Peter Evison | 1986–1993 | Quit the PDC in 2008 to rejoin the BDO. Returned to the PDC in 2011 and retired from darts in 2018. |
| Ritchie Gardner | 1984–1993 | Remained a PDC player until his retirement in 2006. |
 Jocky Wilson | 1979–1993 | Remained a PDC player until his retirement in 1996. |
| Eric Bristow | 1979–1993 | Remained a PDC player until his retirement in 2007. |
| Keith Deller | 1983–1993 | Remained a PDC player until his retirement in 2007. |
| John Lowe | 1975–1993 | Remained a PDC player until his retirement in 2007. |
| Bob Anderson | 1979–1993 | Remained a PDC player until his retirement in 2008. |
| Cliff Lazarenko | 1977–1993 | Remained a PDC player until his retirement in 2007. |
| Kevin Spiolek | 1987–1993 | Remained a PDC player until his retirement in 2007. |
| Jamie Harvey | 1988–1993 | Quit the PDC in 2009 due to ill-health but returned to the BDO in 2011. Retired in 2013. |
| Mike Gregory | 1983–1992 | Quit the PDC in 1993 to return to the BDO. Retired from darts in 2005. |
 Chris Johns | 1986–1993 | Quit the PDC in 1993 and retired from professional darts the same year. |
Since then, many darts players have left the BDO to join the PDC, although some players rejoined the BDO either from finding it difficult on the PDC circuit or lack of sponsorship. The PDC had new talent of their own. However some players left them to join the BDO.