George Killington | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Full name | George Alan Killington | ||||
Nickname | Killer | ||||
Born | [1] 23 May 1996 Tottenham, England | ||||
Home town | Harlow, England | ||||
Darts information | |||||
Playing darts since | 2010 | ||||
Darts | 24 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 ![]() | ||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||
UK Open | Last 64: 2023 | ||||
Other tournament wins | |||||
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George Alan Killington (born 23 May 1996) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events.
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.
Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
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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) | - | - | - | - | - | 130 | 121 | - | - | 118 | 88 | 124 |
PDC European Tour
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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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 | |||||||||||
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W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. | Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round | DQ | Disqualified |
DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded |
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