 Order of Merit

Pro Tour

PDPA Qualifiers

European Order of Merit"First Round Qualifiers"

International Qualifiers"First Round Qualifiers"

International Qualifiers"Preliminary Round Qualifiers"
There were two notable absentees from this year's tournament.Bob Anderson had resigned from the PDC in 2008 to take part in the BetFred League of Legends, thus ending a run of 25 consecutive appearances in a World Championship stretching back to 1984, while Alan Warriner-Little also did not participate, having made 20 consecutive appearances stretching back to 1989.This meant that Phil Taylor now had the longest unbroken run in World Championships, making his 20th consecutive appearance, while Dennis Priestley was the only other remaining player to have played in every WDC/PDC World Championship since the inaugural event in 1994.