Raymond Smith (darts player)

Raymond Smith
Personal information
Nickname	"Guru"
Born	(1979-12-06) 6 December 1979 (age 45) Brisbane, Australia
Darts information
Playing darts since	2004
Darts	22g Shot Signature
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Can't Hold Us" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2008, 2015–2017
PDC	2018–
WDF	2021–
Current world ranking	(WDF) 14 4 (7 November 2025) [1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Championship	Last 32: 2017
World Masters	Last 32: 2016
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship	Last 16: 2022
World Series Finals	Last 24: 2018
Other tournament wins
ADA Tour 2025 (x4) Australian Darts Open 2022 Australian Classic 2015 New South Wales Open 2015 North Queensland Classic 2015, 2016, 2021, 2024 Challenger Classic 2021 Pacific Masters 2023 Sunshine State Classic 2016, 2022 DPA Pro Tour 2018 (x5), 2022 (x4) DPA Satellite Finals 2021, 2022 MODUS Super Series 2 2023
Medal record Men's Darts Representing   Australia WDF World Cup 2017 Kobe Men's team WDF Asia-Pacific Cup 2016 Osaka Team event 2016 Osaka Men's pairs

RaymondSmith (born 6 December 1979) is an Australian professional darts player who competes in both Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events.

Career

BDO

In 2015, Smith won the Central Coast Australian Classic, New South Wales Open and North Queensland Classic. In 2016 he won the Sunshine State Classic and the North Queensland Classic for the second time. He reached the Last 32 of the 2016 World Masters. He qualified for the 2017 BDO World Darts Championship, beating Davy Van Baelen in the preliminary round before losing to Geert De Vos.^{[ citation needed ]}

PDC

Smith competed on the DartPlayers Australia tour in 2018; winning five events and topping the rankings to qualify for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship. ^[2] He also competed in two Australia-held events on the 2018 World Series of Darts, the Melbourne Darts Masters where he lost in the first round to Michael van Gerwen, ^[3] and the 2018 Brisbane Darts Masters where he beat Michael Smith before being knocked out by Peter Wright. ^[4] Raymond Smith qualified for the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship and reached the last 16 losing to Mervyn King 4–3. He beat Jamie Hughes, Devon Petersen and Florian Hempel along the way.^{[ citation needed ]}

On 4 February 2023, Smith won the second edition of the MODUS Super Series beating Matt Clark in the final in a last leg decider.^{[ citation needed ]}

Raymond Smith competed in the inaugural Australian Darts Association Tour in 2025. At the end of June, he won all 4 events in the opening weekend. ^[5]

Personal life

Raymond has a son, Ky Smith, who is also a professional darts player. In the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship, they became the first father-son duo to compete at a World Championship.^{[ citation needed ]}

World Championship results

BDO

• 2017: First round (lost to Geert De Vos 0–3)

PDC

• 2019: First round (lost to Alan Tabern 2–3)
• 2022: Fourth round (lost to Mervyn King 3–4)
• 2023: First round (lost to Karel Sedláček 0–3)

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament	2016	2017
BDO Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship	DNQ	1R
World Masters	RR

PDC

Tournament	2018	2019	2022	2023
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship	BDO	1R	4R	1R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Series of Darts Finals	2R	Did not participate

Australian Darts Association Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
2025	SAN W	SAN W	SAN W	SAN W	LIZ DNP				MLT SF	MLT F	MLT L32	MLT F

ANZ Premier League

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	F
2025	MLB F	NEW W	CAN SF	HOB F	ADE SF	WEL SF	GOL W	BRI F

Performance Table Legend
W	Won the tournament	F	Finalist	SF	Semifinalist	QF	Quarterfinalist	#R RR L#	Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage	DQ	Disqualified
DNQ	Did not qualify	DNP	Did not participate	WD	Withdrew	NH	Tournament not held			NYF	Not yet founded

References

1. "WDF Open Rankings Table". WDF. 7 November 2025. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
2. "Aussie Smith Seals World Championship Spot". PDC. 7 September 2018.
3. Banks, Jamie. "2018 Melbourne Darts Masters Day One". PDC . Retrieved 7 September 2018.
4. Allen, Dave. "2018 Brisbane Darts Masters Day One". PDC . Retrieved 7 September 2018.
5. "Raymond Smith's Tungsten Tyranny". Darts World. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 15 November 2025.

External links

• Profile and stats on Darts Database