While we touched upon those who could even jump into the top 64 in their first year on the PDC Tour, those at greater risk are spotlighted next.

The top 128 Tour Card holders is a rough school with only 64 guaranteed to still be there at the end of the season and added to with another 64 from the first year Tour Card holders, Q-School winners, and secondary tour champions.

For some, it is perhaps a big downturn featured on this list, and for many, they have been teetering on the edge, so to speak, for quite some time. But who is in big danger? See below the players in the first part of this subject.

Kenny always seems to be in this conversation during his career, looking inevitable until he saves it through a majestic World Championship display. This was the case in 2025, with a last-32 result consolidating a vital £30,000 into his earnings. This will run off at the end of the year, and the signs indicate that this pattern will end.

Winning his card in 2020, Kenny has had six years of tour action, but the World No. 61 is closer to losing his card than rankings suggest, sitting just £8,250 above the danger line. The World Championship prize money accounts for a third of his rankings, and with a World Cup lined up for his country, his energy and preparation may be diverted. Following Gerwyn Price pulling out of the World Cup in Frankfurt, Kenny steps up and will need to perform better than in 2026 to give Clayton and Wales the kind of performance they showed in their run to the final last time out.

Kenny is currently averaging 88.02 over the last 12 months, outside of the top 128 players in the world in this metric. With the top 64 average sitting over three points above this, any signs of Kenny stepping up his form when it matters can be questioned. A steady decline in win percentage from 47% to 39% in 2026 indicates that he hasn’t been winning 50% of his games for three years, and a decline from this doesn’t keep his professional status.

Kenny has had flashes of brilliance, beating Rob Cross 6-1 with a 98.23 average at PC34, as well as Damon Heta six events earlier at PC28, winning 6-5 with a 98.96 average. In 2026, a last-32 run at PC15, losing to Beau Greaves 4-6 with a 98.47 average, and a tight 6-5 win over Maik Kuivenhoven, averaging 96.83, are the highlights.

Although respected results, without a single average above 100 in the last 12 months, and with most wins coming against players outside the top 64, these results aren’t going to overturn the worrying signs. This year alone, six first-round exits in tour events and multiple low-80s averages, including a 77.43 average in defeat to a below-par Niko Springer, show that 2026 has been truly disappointing for the 33-year-old.

National pride may be on offer, yet ranking money doesn’t come with that. Kenny’s tour card depends on whether a positive World Cup can kickstart results, and whether he can carry that momentum into January 2027 inside the top 64. This is a pattern with Kenny, performing when it matters at the 2025 World Championship. That wasn’t seen with his 3-0 loss to eventual quarter-finalist Justin Hood, showing two sides of a genuinely complicated story. If the World Cup goes badly, however, finding a way out of the hole 2026 has dug becomes significantly harder.

Not just this, players below him, such as Sebastian Bialecki, Beau Greaves, and Cameron Crabtree, may leapfrog him and leave him stranded.

Meikle is the most comfortable on this list, £12,750 above Tricole in 58th. This doesn’t mean he’s safe, however, but rather money that seems imminent to come off. Currently outside the World Championship qualification race, the left-hander has had a far from comfortable start to 2026 after an encouraging 2025 World Championship.

Comfortably beating Jesus Salate 3-0, and recovering to beat Jonny Tata 3-2 after winning three sets in a row, put him against Justin Hood, who beat him convincingly 4-1. This result alone may save his tour card; 2026 form alone would not have got him there. Earning just £17,250 so far, this collapse is masked by the Worlds run.

A drop to a 40% win percentage has put Meikle firmly into this conversation. Outside the top 80 in averages worldwide, 89.58 isn’t shocking but is far from impressive.

Key wins over Gary Anderson, Rob Cross, and Ross Smith show that, unlike some on this list, he has demonstrated the ability to beat players ranked significantly above him. But so too has he lost to players ranked below him. A 74.94 average against Tytus Kanik at the ET4 qualifier and an 80.63 average in a 6-1 loss to Callum Goffin highlight the inconsistency.

52nd in the World Championship race means that if 2026 form continues, Meikle falls off the tour. The Barber defends £15,000 he may not recoup, along with £6,500 from the Players Championship Finals, where he currently sits £5,000 outside qualification.

The next six months will reveal whether this is merely a dip in form, as he is in a quietly dangerous situation. On paper, Meikle looks comfortable, but that provides a false sense of security that 2026 form does not justify.

Tricole is the benchmark, sitting at World No. 64. Winning his tour card in 2024, his earnings have been consistent across 30 months, with £42,500 in 2024 and £49,000 in 2025.

However, his 89.17 average leaves him vulnerable against those below him, particularly players such as Max Hopp. A sustained poor run through 2026 has seen him slide backwards.

A semi-final at PC6, where he lost 7-6 to Andrew Gilding, was the high point. A 105.05 average victory over Max Hopp showed his potential.

However, a 45% win percentage is nine points lower than his debut year, while seven first-round exits from 11 events paint a bleak picture. Averaging in the mid-to-low 80s has become increasingly common.

Tricole has never sustained a long TV run. A Players Championship Finals win over Gerwyn Price remains one of the few standout televised results of his career. Something needs to change quickly if he is to remain above the cut line.

Rob Owen regained his tour card for 2025 after an impressive 2024 World Championship run, but that last-16 prize money is due to come off the rankings.

World No. 63 and just £1,000 above the benchmark, Owen is firmly in danger territory. Failing to qualify for the 2025 World Championship following that run proved costly.

However, his 2026 form may save him. His 54% win percentage is the best of his career, while quarter-finals at PC13 and PC17 show he remains competitive.

He has also produced averages of 104.82 and 108.82 during Euro Tour qualifying victories over Ricky Evans and Niall Culleton.

Owen currently sits in a World Championship qualification place. If he can produce the same kind of stage form that carried him to Ally Pally success previously, survival is achievable. But mathematically, he remains vulnerable.

Kuivenhoven is the only player on this list who won his tour card in 2025 and could potentially lose it after the initial two-year period.

After narrowly missing out on the 2024 and 2025 World Championships by £1,000 and £500 respectively, he now sits ninth in the World Championship race and is in an excellent position to qualify.

His win percentage has improved from 51% to 56%, while his average has risen to 90.76. The numbers suggest progress.

A semi-final at PC13 and last-16 appearances at PC14 and PC17 represent his best results of the season. Victories over Jonny Clayton and Kim Huybrechts highlight his ability.

Yet five first-round exits and nine last-64 defeats show why his position remains fragile. Every pound earned between now and the end of the season will be crucial.