George Killington

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George Killington
Personal information
Full nameGeorge Alan Killington
NicknameKiller
Born (1996-05-23) 23 May 1996 (age 28) [1]
Tottenham, England
Home town Harlow, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2010
Darts24 Gram Signature Mission
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Omen" by The Prodigy
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC 2012–
(Tour Card: 2018–2019, 2022–)
Current world ranking ( PDC ) 86 Decrease2.svg 2 (2 February 2025) [2]
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open Last 64: 2023
Other tournament wins
PDC Youth Tour England 2014
PDC Development Tour 2018

George Alan Killington (born 23 May 1996) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events.

Contents

Career

After entering the PDC Youth Tour in 2012, Killington won his first title during the 2014 Youth Tour at the sixth event in Wigan, defeating Germany's Max Hopp 4–2 in the final. [3]

Killington entered UK Q-School in 2018, winning a two-year PDC Tour Card on the third day by defeating Gary Eastwood 5–3 in the final. [4]

At the 2018 UK Open, Killington defeated Andy Jenkins 6–4 in the first round but lost to Keegan Brown 6–3 in the second round. At the 2019 UK Open, Killington beat Ted Evetts 6–3 in the second round before losing to Madars Razma 6–4 in the third round.

Performance timeline

Tournament2013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
PDC Ranked televised events
World Masters Did not qualify Prel.
UK Open Did not participate 2R 3R DNP 2R 4R 3R
PDC Non-major televised events
PDC World Youth Championship 2R 2R 1R DNP RR RR 3R Did not participate
Career statistics
Season-end ranking (PDC)-----130121--11888124

PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
2018 EDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDM
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
DDO
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
EDT
1R
2019 EDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDM
DNQ
DDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
ADC
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
2020 Did not play
2021 Did not play
2022 IDO
DNP
GDC
1R
GDG
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
HDT
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
BDO
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
2023 BSD
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
DDC
1R
BDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
EDM
1R
GDO
1R
HDT
DNQ
GDC
3R
2024 BDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
BSD
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
FDT
DNQ
HDT
DNQ
SDT
DNQ
CDO
DNQ

Key

Performance Table Legend
WWon the tournamentFFinalistSFSemifinalistQFQuarterfinalist#R
RR
Prel.
Lost in # round
Round-robin
Preliminary round
DQDisqualified
DNQDid not qualifyDNPDid not participateWDWithdrewNHTournament not heldNYFNot yet founded

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References

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  2. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 2 February 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
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