Stephen Bunting

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Stephen Bunting
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Bunting in 2025
Personal information
Nickname"The Bullet”
Born (1985-04-09) 9 April 1985 (age 40)
Liverpool, England
Home town St Helens, England
Darts information
Playing darts since1997
Darts18g Target Signature Gen 5
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Titanium" by David Guetta featuring Sia
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2002–2014
PDC 2014–
(Tour Card: 2014–)
Current world ranking ( PDC ) 4 Steady2.svg (31 August 2025) [1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Championship Winner (1): 2014
World Masters Winner (2): 2012, 2013
World Trophy Last 32: 2003, 2004, 2005
Finder Masters Winner (1): 2012
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship Semi-final: 2021, 2025
World Matchplay Quarter-final: 2019, 2025
World Grand Prix Semi-final: 2014, 2021
UK Open Semi-final: 2015
Grand Slam Semi-final: 2023
European Championship Quarter-final: 2014
Premier League 8th: 2015, 2025
PC Finals Quarter-final: 2018, 2019, 2023
Masters Winner (1): 2024
World Series Finals Quarter-final: 2015
Other tournament wins
BDO Gold Cup 2012
BDO British Classic 2009
England Classic 2010, 2011
England Masters 2013
England Open 2013
Isle of Man Open 2013
Northern Ireland Open 2008
Welsh Classic 2012
Welsh Open 2013
WDF World Cup Pairs 2013

European Tour Events (x1)

International Darts Open 2025

Players Championships (x4)

2016, 2021, 2025 (x2)

World Series of Darts (x2)

Bahrain Darts Masters 2025
Nordic Darts Masters 2025

UK Open Qualifiers (x1)

UK Open Qualifier 2014

Youth Events

WDF World Youth Cup 2001
World Youth Masters 2001
WDF Europe Youth Cup 2002

Stephen Bunting (born 9 April 1985) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number four. Nicknamed "the Bullet", Bunting formerly competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events. He is a former BDO World Champion, having won the 2014 World Championship. He also won three other BDO major titles: the World Masters in 2012 and 2013 and the 2012 Zuiderduin Masters.

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He switched to the PDC after accepting a Tour Card in 2014, and has since won nine titles; six ranking Pro Tour titles and three non-ranking. He won his first PDC major title at the 2024 Masters, defeating Michael van Gerwen in the final. He also reached the semi-finals of the PDC World Championship in 2021 and 2025. In 2025, Bunting won his first two World Series of Darts titles, at the Bahrain Darts Masters and Nordic Darts Masters, and won his first PDC European Tour title at the International Darts Open.

Early life

Bunting was born on 9 April 1985 in Liverpool, England, specifically the suburb of Fazakerley; he is a long-time resident of St Helens. [2] [3] [4] He began playing darts at the Copplehouse pub and Holy Name Social Club in Fazakerley. [5] He was educated at Archbishop Beck Catholic College in Liverpool. [6]

Darts career

Beginnings

Bunting won both the British Teenage Open and the World Youth Masters in 2001 and also captured the WDF Europe Youth Cup in 2002. He made his BDO World Darts Championship debut in 2004 aged 18, where he beat Vincent van der Voort in the first round before losing in the second round to former World Champion Ted Hankey. He returned to Lakeside in 2005 but was beaten in the first round by John Henderson.

In 2008 Bunting won the Lytham St Annes Open and was also recalled to the England squad. In July 2008 he reached the quarter-finals of the BDO British Classic where he lost to Scotland's Ross Montgomery live on Setanta. In November 2008 Bunting captured his maiden BDO ranked open title when he won the Northern Ireland Open, beating fellow Cheshire player Darryl Fitton two sets to nil in the Final.

Bunting was successful in qualifying for the 2009 BDO World Darts Championship as the standby qualifier, but was beaten by Gary Robson in the first round.

On 21 May 2009 Bunting finished joint fourth in the Dutch Pentathlon in Oosterhout, Netherlands. The pentathlon had a field of 20 BDO and PDC players and was won by Gary Anderson with Scott Waites 2nd and Gary Robson 3rd. It was played in Oosterhout Holland.

Bunting competed in the Winmau British Classic on 25 July 2009. He played Dave Chisnall in the semi-final and beat him 2–0 in sets. In the final Bunting played Scott Waites, where he came out the eventual winner 2 sets to 1 with a 170 finish in the fifth leg.

Bunting qualified for the 2010 BDO World Championship, beating the debuting Ian White 3–0 in the first round before losing to top seed Tony O'Shea 4–0 in the second round. The following year, Bunting once again qualified and won his first round match 3–0, this time against Brian Woods with the tournament's highest three-dart average of 94.62. Bunting then defeated Scott Waites in the second round 4–2 averaging 89.79 to reach his first World Championship quarter-final, where he was beaten 5–1 by third seed Dean Winstanley with both players averaging over the 90 mark.

September 2011 saw Bunting reach the quarterfinals of the Winmau World Masters on ESPN. Bunting had been playing all morning to fight through to the live televised stages and in the deciding match Bunting defeated Wayne Warren. Bunting was into the last 32 and played Peter Johns from Wales. Bunting won 3–0 in sets and played Robbie Green in the last 16. Bunting won 3–1 with per dart average of 30.33. In the quarter-finals Bunting lost 3 sets to nil against Ross Montgomery.

On 30 September 2011 Bunting played in the England Classic at Bunn Leisure, in Selsey Sussex. Bunting was the defending champion having won the title in 2010. Bunting started the day with a 3–0 win over Steve Gurney, followed up by a 3–0 win over Mark Davis. In the last 64 defeated Trevor Chant 3–0. In the last 32 Bunting beat Clive Barden 3–2. The last 16 saw Bunting defeat Sam Rooney 3–0. Bunting defeated Dean Jones 4–0 in the quarterfinal. In the semi-final Bunting defeated Tony Andrews 5–1 with a per dart average of 30.27. In the final Bunting defeated Jamie Robinson 6–3 with a per dart average of 29.10. Bunting won the £2,500 first prize for the second time.

On 22 October 2011 Bunting won his first European event at the Tops of Ghent tournament in Belgium. In the last 256 Bunting defeated Billy Caluwaerts (Belgium) 4–2. Bunting then defeated Marcel Blik (Netherlands) 4–1 in the last 128 round. In the last 64 Bunting played his Lancashire county teammate Gary Hooper and won 4–2. In the last 32 Bunting played another Lancashire county teammate and newly crowned Romanian Open Champion Joe Murnan. Bunting won 4–3. In the last 16 Bunting played Martin Atkins 'The Assassin' who is a regular in the BDO World Championships. Bunting had a 4–1 victory. In the quarterfinals Bunting played Christian Kist. Bunting won the tie 5–1 to gain a place in the semi-finals. In the semi-final Bunting played Darryl Fitton. Bunting ran out a 2 sets to 0 victor. In the final Bunting played Steve West. Bunting took the title 3–0 (2–3; 2–3; 1–3) in sets. Bunting won €1600 in prize money.

Bunting played in the PDC UK Open as an amateur entrant, and played two-time and defending champion James Wade in the second round. Bunting led the best-of-seven legs match 3–2 and had four match darts in the deciding leg – one at bullseye and three at double-19 – but was eventually defeated 4–3.

World Masters and World Champion

In October 2012, Bunting took his largest career title by winning the Winmau World Masters as the number one seed, defeating Tony O'Shea 7–4 in the final. [7] In December, Bunting won the Zuiderduin Masters, by defeating Alan Norris in the final. [8] Bunting finished 2012 at BDO and WDF World number one. [9]

At the 2013 BDO World Championship, Bunting recorded the highest average of the first round in beating James Wilson 3–2, but in the second round he was unexpectedly defeated by Darryl Fitton 4–2 despite once again recording the highest average of the round. Bunting led 2–1 and had five darts at double top to take a 3–1 lead, but was unable to take the chance and Fitton went on to win six of the next eight legs to clinch victory. At the 2013 Isle of Man tournament final Bunting defeated Darryl Fitton 4–2 to win the title. He then won the Mariflex Open, the Welsh Open and the England Open. In July, Bunting won the England Masters title at the Pontins Southport beating Paul Jennings in the final 6–5. In the semi-final Bunting defeated Tony O'Shea 5–3.

Bunting successfully retained the World Masters title in 2013, becoming only the fourth man to do so after Eric Bristow, Bob Anderson, and Martin Adams. He also became the first man in history to win the title without dropping a single set. His tournament included a 6-0 semi-final win over world #4 Darryl Fitton, and a 7–0 final win over world #2 James Wilson. [10] At the Zuiderduin Masters, Bunting reached the final for the second straight year but this time was comprehensively beaten by Wilson, 5–1 in sets. [11]

Bunting entered the 2014 BDO World Championship as the number one seed for the second year in a row. He defeated Jim Widmayer 3–1 in the first round, Dave Prins 4–0 in the second round with the tournament's highest three-dart average (100.65), and Rick Hofstra 5–2 in the quarter-finals after Hofstra led 2-0 and had chances to win the fourth and sixth sets. In the semi-final, Bunting beat fourth seed Robbie Green 6–1 to set up a final with Alan Norris, which Bunting won 7-4 after the match had been level at 3–3. [12]

Switch to the PDC

On 22 January 2014, it was announced that Bunting had received and accepted a tour card to join the Professional Darts Corporation. [13] Bunting's first tournaments were the UK Open Qualifiers and he won the second and £10,000 by beating eight players, concluding with a 6–5 victory over Andrew Gilding. [14] The result saw him enter the 2014 UK Open at the third round stage where he made his PDC televised debut against Kevin Dowling. Dowling threw for the match in the penultimate leg and missed match darts before Bunting stepped in to take out a 151 finish and sealed a 9–8 victory in the next leg to set up a meeting with Dean Winstanley. [15] Bunting missed a dart at double 12 to start the match with a nine-dart finish, but went on to lose 9–6. [16] He made his European Tour debut at the 2014 German Darts Masters and won through to the semi-finals where he lost to Phil Taylor 6—3. [17] Bunting's second PDC final came at Players Championship 10, in a run which included a victory over world number one Michael van Gerwen, before being defeated by Terry Jenkins 6–3. [18] He made his debut in the World Matchplay against Peter Wright and he beat the world number five 10–6. [19] In the subsequent round he started badly against Gary Anderson to trail 5–0 and could never recover the deficit as he was defeated 13–8. [20] In August he made his first World Series of Darts appearance as he was given a wildcard pick for the Sydney Darts Masters. Bunting beat John Weber, Wright and James Wade to reach the final where Taylor defeated him 11–3. [21]

In October, Bunting reached the semi-finals of the World Grand Prix by beating Ronnie Baxter, Wright and Richie Burnett. [22] He was defeated 4–0 by Michael van Gerwen, with the Dutchman winning three of the four sets in deciding legs. [23] Bunting produced a superb performance in the second round of the European Championship as he averaged 102.21 in beating Taylor 10–9 having never been behind during the match and missed a double 12 for a nine-dart finish. [24] He was unable to replicate the performance in the quarter-finals against Terry Jenkins as he was eliminated 10–7. [25] Bunting reached the quarter-finals for the third major event in a row by beating Wade 10–8 at the Grand Slam of Darts, but lost 16–9 against Mervyn King. [26] In the Players Championship Finals he was defeated 10–5 by Anderson in the second round. [27]

2015

In his debut at the 2015 PDC World Darts Championship, Bunting saw off Robert Marijanović 3–1 in his first match, before defeating James Wade 4–1. [28] He played Michael Smith in the third round and eliminated him 4–2, after surviving a comeback when Smith rallied from 3–0 down. Both players had a three-dart average of 102 and hit eight 180s each during the match. [29] In an extremely close quarter-final clash with Raymond van Barneveld there was never more than a set between the players as they both averaged 98.30. Bunting could not win a leg in the deciding set to be defeated 5–4 and end his chances of becoming the first player to hold both versions of the World Championship at the same time. [30] After Van Barneveld stated that his opponent's performance had shown he was a world class player, Bunting was left in tears on stage in the post-match interview. [31]

Following the World Championship final, Bunting was named as a Sky Sports Wildcard to compete in the 2015 Premier League Darts. [32] He drew 6–6 with Wade on the opening night. [33] In the following weeks, Bunting would fall into the relegation zone, losing his next three games before winning his first game against Adrian Lewis 7–3 in the fifth week. [34] He survived relegation by a point, but could only win one of his last seven matches to finish eighth in the league. [35]

In March, Bunting would make it to the semi-finals of the UK Open, beating Adam Huckvale, Michael Smith, Dave Chisnall, William O'Connor and Mervyn King before being defeated by Peter Wright 10–0 with an average of just 82.39 over 20 points lower than Wright. [36] He lost to Ian White 10–6 in the first round of the World Matchplay and took out just 19% of his finishes in the opening round of the World Grand Prix to be eliminated 2–1 in sets by Mark Webster. [37] [38] He lost in the first round of the Players Championship Finals and second round of the European Championship. [39] Bunting did reach the quarter-finals of the inaugural World Series of Darts Finals, but was heavily beaten by Phil Taylor 10–3. [40]

2016

Bunting met Raymond van Barneveld at the World Championship for the second successive year, this time in the second round. Once again there was never a set between the players, with Van Barneveld taking the final set by six legs to four. [41] Bunting did not receive a wildcard for a second appearance at the Premier League this year. He reached the fifth round of the UK Open, but was beaten by Joe Cullen 9–7. [42] En route to the final of the second Players Championship event, Bunting overturned a 5–0 deficit against Adrian Lewis to win 6–5. He then earned his second PDC title by overcoming Michael van Gerwen 6–4. [43] Despite averaging 102.48, he was only ahead of Mensur Suljović in the first leg of their opening round World Matchplay match as he lost 10–8. [44] A week later Bunting reached the semi-finals of the European Darts Open and was defeated 6–4 by Peter Wright. [45] He was knocked out in the second round of both the World Grand Prix and European Championship, 3–0 in sets by Kim Huybrechts and 10–4 by Jelle Klaasen respectively. [46]

2017

Bunting missed seven darts for the match in his first round tie with Darren Webster at the 2017 World Championship and bowed out 3–2 in sets. [47]

2018

At the 2018 World Championship, he lost 3–1 in the first round to Dimitri Van den Bergh.

2019

At the 2019 World Championship, he lost 3–1 in the second round to Luke Humphries. Bunting returned to form in 2019, making two ranking finals and reaching the quarter-finals of both the 2019 World Matchplay and the 2019 Players Championship Finals.

2020

After three years without a win at the World Championship, he made it to the last 16 at the 2020 edition, beating José Justicia and Jonny Clayton, before being whitewashed 4–0 by world no. 1 Michael van Gerwen. As a result of his 2019 runs to the quarter-finals in the majors, he was selected for a return to the Premier League, appearing as a 'challenger' for the night in Liverpool. [48]

In October, Bunting tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to withdraw from the 2020 World Grand Prix. [49]

2021–2022

After winning a sudden death leg against Andy Boulton his opening match of the 2021 World Championship, [50] Bunting defeated James Wade, Ryan Searle and Krzysztof Ratajski en route to his first PDC World Championship semi-final. [51] [52] [53] He was eliminated by the eventual champion Gerwyn Price, who beat him 6–4. [54] He later reached the semi-finals of the 2021 World Grand Prix, where he was beaten by Price once again. [55] On the 2021 PDC Pro Tour, Bunting won his first PDC title since 2016 by defeating Dimitri Van den Bergh 8–4 in the final of Players Championship 17. [56]

At the 2022 World Championship, Bunting faced Ross Smith in the second round. He led the match 2–1 but went on to lose a tiebreaker in a 3–2 defeat. [57] On the 2022 European Tour, he reached the semi-finals of the Austrian Darts Open and the European Darts Matchplay. [58] [59]

2023

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Bunting in 2023

Bunting won his opening match of the 2023 World Championship by recovering from 1–0 down to defeat Leonard Gates 3–1 in the second round. [60] He ended an eight-match losing streak against Dave Chisnall by beating him 4–2 in the third round, [61] before a 4–1 win against fifth seed Luke Humphries sent him through to the quarter-finals. [62] He was eliminated in a 5–3 loss to eventual champion Michael Smith. [63] Bunting appeared in his second European Tour final at the German Darts Open in September, where he was beaten 8–3 by Krzysztof Ratajski. [64] At the Grand Slam, he reached his first major semi-final since October 2021, being defeated by Rob Cross by a score of 16–13. [65] [66] He also reached the quarter-finals of the Players Championship Finals, where he lost in a deciding leg to Michael van Gerwen. [67]

2024

At the 2024 World Championship, Bunting reached the fourth round by beating Ryan Joyce and Florian Hempel by scorelines of 3–0 and 4–0 respectively, [68] [69] before suffering a 4–0 loss at the hands of Michael van Gerwen. [70] At the Masters, he reached his first PDC major final, defeating reigning world champion Luke Humphries en route. [71] [72] He went on to win the final 11–7 against Van Gerwen, thereby winning his first PDC major title. [73] [74] He reached the quarter-finals of the UK Open, where he was defeated 10–2 by Humphries. [75]

On the 2024 PDC Pro Tour, Bunting set the fourth highest three-dart average ever on the European Tour in his 6–0 victory over Owen Bates at the European Darts Open; Bunting averaged 117.12 in the match. [76] He reached six Players Championship finals during the year and was unable to capture a title. In March, he lost to Raymond van Barneveld 8–1 in the final of Players Championship 5 (PC5). [77] In September, he lost to Luke Littler 8–7 in the PC20 final. [78] In October, Bunting was the runner-up at three consecutive events, losing to Wessel Nijman, Chris Dobey and Luke Humphries at PC24, PC25 and PC26 respectively. [79] [80] [81] He reached his sixth Players Championship final of the year at PC29, but lost to Cameron Menzies 8–4. [82] Bunting finished second on the 2024 Players Championship Order of Merit, meaning he would be the number two seed for the Players Championship Finals. [83] [84] He lost to 63rd seed Mario Vandenbogaerde 6–2 in the first round. [85]

2025

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Bunting on night nine of 2025 Premier League Darts

At the 2025 World Championship, Bunting defeated Kai Gotthardt and Madars Razma before beating Luke Woodhouse 4–0 to reach the quarter-finals. [86] [87] [88] He then defeated Peter Wright 5–2 to reach his first World Championship semi-final since the 2021 event. [89] He was eliminated after a 6–1 loss to eventual champion Luke Littler. [90] After the end of the tournament, Bunting was announced as part of the 2025 Premier League lineup. [91] It was his first inclusion in the main lineup since the 2015 edition. [92]

Competing on the World Series of Darts for the first time in 11 years, [93] Bunting won his first World Series title at the 2025 Bahrain Darts Masters, beating Gerwyn Price 8–4 in the final. [94] A week later, he was the runner-up at the Dutch Darts Masters after losing the final 8–5 to Rob Cross. [95] He lost his first eight matches of the 2025 Premier League but turned his form around on night nine. On 3 April in Berlin, he achieved his first two wins before defeating Price 6–5 in the final to claim his first nightly win. [96] The following weekend, Bunting won his first PDC European Tour title. He beat world number one Luke Humphries 7–6 in a last-leg decider in the semi-finals before defeating Nathan Aspinall 8–4 in the final. [97] [98] He reached a second Premier League nightly final on night 11 but suffered a 6–2 loss to Chris Dobey. [99] At the end of the league stage, Bunting finished last in the table on 12 points. [100]

Following the culmination of the Premier League, Bunting won his second World Series title at the Nordic Darts Masters by defeating Rob Cross 8–4 in a rematch of their final in the Netherlands. [101] After losing six finals in Players Championship events in 2024, he claimed the Players Championship 18 (PC18) title by beating Jermaine Wattimena 8–5 in the final. [102] He reached back-to-back finals at PC24 and PC25, winning the latter with an 8–6 victory over Jonny Clayton. [103]

Personal life

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Bunting performing the Bird Dance in 2014

Bunting and his wife Keila have two sons. [104] [105] [106] His eldest son Tobias is regularly seen cheering him on from the crowd at events. [107] Bunting is a supporter of football club Liverpool and rugby league club St Helens R.F.C; [108] he was the half-time guest for Liverpool's match against Aston Villa in January 2014 following his BDO World Championship win. [109] He previously worked as the administrator for a darts supplier, but left his job to focus on practicing. [110] He initially used "Surfin' Bird" by the Trashmen as his walk-on music as a nod to remarks that he resembles Peter Griffin from the animated show Family Guy , the song being long associated with the character. The resemblance was exemplified by a 2014 YouTube video of Bunting dancing to the song. [104] He decided to change his music to "Titanium" by David Guetta featuring Sia, his son Tobias's favourite song. [111]

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A "Let's go #BuntingMental" sign from a 2025 Premier League Darts event

Bunting has been noted for his popularity on social media, particularly TikTok, where he started posting humourous videos at the recommendation of his son. [112] [113] [114] His catchphrase "Let's go Bunting mental" (LGBM) became a popular tagline amongst darts fans, being used as a hashtag and being chanted by the crowd during his matches. [112] [115] These factors, as well as his walk-ons that feature the crowd singing along to "Titanium", [116] have seen him be described as a "cult hero". [111] [117]

World Championship results

BDO

PDC

Career finals

BDO major finals: 5 (4 titles)

Legend
World Championship (1–0)
World Masters (2–0)
Zuiderduin Masters (1–1)
OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore [N 1]
Winner1. 2012 World Masters (1) Flag of England.svg Tony O'Shea 7–4 (s)
Winner2. 2012 Zuiderduin Masters (1) Flag of England.svg Alan Norris 5–0 (s)
Winner3. 2013 World Masters (2) Flag of England.svg James Wilson 7–0 (s)
Runner-up1. 2013 Zuiderduin Masters Flag of England.svg James Wilson 1–5 (s)
Winner4. 2014 World Championship (1) Flag of England.svg Alan Norris 7–4 (s)

WDF major finals: 1

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Runner-up1. 2013 World Cup Singles Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wesley Harms 6–7 (s)

PDC major finals: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Masters (1–0)
OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1. 2024 Masters Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 11–7 (l)

PDC World Series finals: 5 (2 titles)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Runner-up1. 2014 Sydney Darts Masters Flag of England.svg   Phil Taylor 3–11 (l)
Winner1. 2025 Bahrain Darts Masters Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 8–4 (l)
Runner-up2. 2025 Dutch Darts Masters Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 5–8 (l)
Winner2. 2025 Nordic Darts Masters Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 8–4 (l)
Runner-up3. 2025 Poland Darts Masters Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Gerwyn Price 7–8 (l)

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014
BDO Ranked televised events
World Championship DNQ 2R 1R DNQ 1R 2R QF DNQ 2R W
International Darts League NHDNQ RR 2R DNQNot held
World Darts Trophy DNQ 1R 1R 1R DNQNot held
Winmau World Masters 2R 2R 4R 3R 2R DNP 4R 5R 1R QF W W PDC
Finder Masters DNP QF RR DNQNHDNP W F PDC

PDC

Tournament20122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship Non-PDC QF 2R 1R 1R 2R 4R SF 2R QF 4R SF
World Masters [N 2] NHDNQ 1R DNQ QF DNQ 1R 1R 2R W QF
UK Open 2R 4R 4R SF 5R 2R 4R 4R 6R 4R 5R 4R QF 4R
World Matchplay Non-PDC 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R QF DNQ 1R 1R 1R 2R QF
World Grand Prix Non-PDC SF 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R WD SF 2R 2R 1R
European Championship Non-PDC QF 2R 2R 2R 1R 2R DNQ 1R 2R 1R
Grand Slam [N 3] DNQ QF DNQ 2R 2R DNQ RR DNQ SF 2R
Players Championship Finals Non-PDC 2R 1R 1R 3R QF QF 1R 1R 1R QF 1R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
Premier League DNP 8th DNP C DNP 8th
World Series Finals Not held QF DNQ 1R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking--241619221717172024165

PDC European Tour

Season1234567891011121314
2014 GDC
DNP
DDM
DNP
GDM
SF
ADO
3R
GDT
DNQ
EDO
2R
EDG
SF
EDT
1R
2015 GDC
3R
GDT
2R
GDM
DNQ
DDM
2R
IDO
QF
EDO
1R
EDT
2R
EDM
2R
EDG
3R
2016 DDM
2R
GDM
2R
GDT
2R
EDM
DNQ
ADO
QF
EDO
SF
IDO
2R
EDT
2R
EDG
QF
GDC
2R
2017 GDC
3R
GDM
3R
GDO
3R
EDG
1R
GDT
3R
EDM
QF
ADO
2R
EDO
3R
DDM
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
EDT
3R
2018 EDO
DNQ
GDG
2R
GDO
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDG
1R
DDM
QF
GDT
2R
DDO
3R
EDM
SF
GDC
2R
DDC
2R
IDO
3R
EDT
3R
2019 EDO
DNQ
GDC
QF
GDG
3R
GDO
1R
ADO
3R
EDG
1R
DDM
2R
DDO
3R
CDO
F
ADC
1R
EDM
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
2020 BDC
1R
GDC
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
IDO
2R
2021 HDT
DNQ
GDT
1R
2022 IDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
ADO
SF
EDO
1R
CDO
DNQ
EDG
1R
DDC
DNQ
EDM
SF
HDT
2R
GDO
DNQ
BDO
DNQ
GDT
2R
2023 BSD
3R
EDO
3R
IDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
ADO
1R
DDC
QF
BDO
DNQ
CDO
1R
EDG
DNQ
EDM
3R
GDO
F
HDT
1R
GDC
QF
2024 BDO
QF
GDG
2R
IDO
SF
EDG
3R
ADO
SF
BSD
3R
DDC
2R
EDO
QF
GDC
2R
FDT
3R
HDT
QF
SDT
3R
CDO
2R
2025 BDO
QF
EDT
WD
IDO
W
GDG
DNP
ADO
2R
EDG
2R
DDC
2R
EDO
QF
BSD
2R
FDT
3R
CDO
HDT
SDT
GDC

PDC World Series of Darts

Season1234567
2014 DUB
DNP
SIN
DNP
PER
DNP
SYD
F
2015 DUB
QF
JPN
QF
PER
1R
SYD
QF
AUC
1R
2024 BAH
DNP
DUT
DNP
USA
DNP
NOR
QF
POL
QF
AUS
DNP
NZE
DNP
2025 BAH
W
DUT
F
NOR
W
USA
1R
POL
F
AUS
SF
NZE
QF

PDC Players Championships

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2014 BAR
2R
BAR
1R
CRA
3R
CRA
QF
WIG
4R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
SF
CRA
2R
CRA
F
COV
2R
COV
2R
CRA
3R
CRA
3R
DUB
1R
DUB
SF
CRA
4R
CRA
3R
COV
3R
COV
1R
2015 BAR
4R
BAR
4R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
COV
1R
COV
4R
COV
1R
CRA
1R
CRA
QF
BAR
QF
BAR
1R
WIG
4R
WIG
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
3R
DUB
QF
DUB
QF
COV
SF
COV
QF
2016 BAR
1R
BAR
W
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
COV
2R
COV
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
4R
BAR
4R
BAR
1R
BAR
4R
BAR
4R
BAR
4R
DUB
QF
DUB
1R
BAR
QF
BAR
3R
2017 BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
MIL
3R
MIL
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
MIL
3R
MIL
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
QF
BAR
SF
DUB
4R
DUB
F
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
2018 BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
QF
MIL
2R
MIL
QF
BAR
QF
BAR
2R
WIG
2R
WIG
SF
MIL
2R
MIL
3R
WIG
SF
WIG
1R
BAR
4R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
DUB
1R
DUB
2R
BAR
QF
BAR
2R
2019 WIG
3R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
WIG
3R
WIG
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
4R
BAR
3R
BAR
F
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
WIG
4R
WIG
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
HIL
1R
HIL
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
DUB
2R
DUB
1R
BAR
4R
BAR
3R
2020 BAR
2R
BAR
2R
WIG
4R
WIG
2R
WIG
2R
WIG
SF
BAR
1R
BAR
4R
MIL
4R
MIL
1R
MIL
QF
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
NIE
3R
NIE
SF
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
NIE
3R
COV
2R
COV
2R
COV
QF
COV
3R
COV
2R
2021 BOL
2R
BOL
1R
BOL
3R
BOL
1R
MIL
3R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
NIE
2R
NIE
3R
NIE
3R
NIE
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
SF
MIL
1R
COV
W
COV
QF
COV
2R
COV
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
4R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
4R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
4R
2022 BAR
4R
BAR
QF
WIG
3R
WIG
3R
BAR
4R
BAR
1R
NIE
3R
NIE
QF
BAR
3R
BAR
4R
BAR
1R
BAR
4R
BAR
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
4R
NIE
4R
NIE
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
QF
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
QF
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
QF
2023 BAR
4R
BAR
4R
BAR
1R
BAR
QF
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
HIL
4R
HIL
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
3R
LEI
2R
LEI
4R
HIL
1R
HIL
2R
LEI
3R
LEI
2R
HIL
2R
HIL
SF
BAR
1R
BAR
4R
BAR
3R
BAR
4R
BAR
3R
BAR
SF
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
4R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
4R
2024 WIG
1R
WIG
2R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
HIL
F
HIL
2R
LEI
3R
LEI
3R
HIL
QF
HIL
QF
HIL
2R
HIL
1R
MIL
4R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
4R
MIL
4R
MIL
3R
MIL
4R
WIG
F
WIG
QF
LEI
QF
LEI
1R
WIG
F
WIG
F
WIG
F
WIG
QF
WIG
2R
LEI
F
LEI
DNP
2025 WIG
3R
WIG
4R
ROS
1R
ROS
4R
LEI
2R
LEI
QF
HIL
DNP
LEI
3R
LEI
QF
Did not participate LEI
4R
LEI
W
LEI
1R
LEI
F
DNP MIL
F
MIL
W
HIL
HIL
LEI
LEI
LEI
WIG
WIG
WIG
WIG
Performance Table Legend
WWon the tournamentFFinalistSFSemifinalistQFQuarterfinalist#R
RR
L#
Lost in # round
Round-robin
Last # stage
DQDisqualified
DNQDid not qualifyDNPDid not participateWDWithdrewNHTournament not heldNYFNot yet founded

Notes

  1. (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.
  2. Before 2025 this was a non ranked event.
  3. Before 2015 this was a non ranked event.

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