Ryan Searle (darts player)

Ryan Searle
Ryan Searle
	Searle in 2023
Personal information
Nickname	"Heavy Metal"
Born	21 October 1987 (age 37); Wellington, Somerset, England
Home town	Holcombe Rogus, Devon, England
Darts information
Darts	38g Loxley Darts signature
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Paranoid" by Black Sabbath
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2011–2016
PDC	2016– ; (Tour Card: 2017–)
Current world ranking	20 1 (24 November 2024)
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters	Last 16: 2013
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 16: 2019, 2021, 2022
World Matchplay	Quarter Final: 2023
World Grand Prix	Quarter Final: 2021
UK Open	Last 16: 2022
Grand Slam	Last 16: 2023
European Ch'ship	Last 16: 2021, 2022
PC Finals	Runner Up: 2021
Masters	Last 16: 2022
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour England	2016 (x2)
Players Championship (BAR)	2021, 2022, 2023
Players Championship (WIG)	2020

Ryan Searle (born 21 October 1987) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Career

He reached the last 16 of the 2013 BDO World Masters after a controversial win over Richie George, when his winning dart at double 10 did not actually hit the target, but referee Nick Rolls called 'game shot', ending the leg and giving Searle the match.

In 2016, he finished second on the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit, thanks to winning two events along the way, which meant he automatically gained a PDC Tour Card.

In the PDC, Searle reached the fourth round of the World Championship on his debut in 2019, then the third round the following year where he led Gary Anderson 3–1 but was eventually defeated 3–4. The next season, Searle won his first Pro Tour title by beating world number one Michael van Gerwen 8–6 in the final of event 3.

Searle made his first appearance in a PDC major quarter-final at the 2021 World Grand Prix, following victories over Dimitri Van den Bergh and Luke Humphries. He lost to Stephen Bunting in the quarter-finals, by a score of 3–1 in sets.^[3]

Searle hit a first televised Nine-dart finish at the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts in a final group match victory over Nathan Rafferty.^[4]

Nine-dart finishes

Ryan Searle televised nine-dart finishes
Date	Opponent	Tournament	Method	Prize
13 November 2023	Nathan Rafferty	Grand Slam of Darts	3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12	£10,000

Personal

Searle has astigmatism. He often cannot even see where his darts land.^[5]

World Championship results

PDC

2019: Fourth round (lost to Michael Smith 1–4)
2020: Third round (lost to Gary Anderson 3–4)
2021: Fourth round (lost to Stephen Bunting 3–4)
2022: Fourth round (lost to Peter Wright 1–4)
2023: Third round (lost to José de Sousa 3–4)
2024: Third round (lost to Joe Cullen 2–4)

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
BDO World Championship	DNQ
World Masters	1R	DNP	6R	DNP	3R	DNP

PDC

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
PDC World Championship	BDO	DNQ		4R	3R	4R	4R	3R	3R
UK Open	DNP	4R	DNQ	4R	4R	5R	6R	4R
World Matchplay	DNQ					1R	1R	QF
World Grand Prix	DNQ				1R	QF	1R	2R
European Championship	DNQ					2R	2R	1R
Grand Slam of Darts	DNQ		RR	DNQ	RR	DNQ	RR	2R
Players Championship Finals	DNQ	1R	2R	1R	2R	F	3R	3R
Non-ranked televised events
Masters	DNQ						2R	1R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	-	85	50	52	38	16	15	19

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2017	GDC 1R	GDM DNQ	GDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	GDT DNQ	EDM DNQ	ADO DNP	EDO DNQ	DDM 1R	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT DNQ
2018	EDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	DDO DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDC DNQ	DDC 2R	IDO QF	EDT DNQ
2019	EDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO DNQ	ADO 2R	EDG 3R	DDM DNQ	DDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	ADC DNQ	EDM DNQ	IDO DNQ	GDT DNQ
2020	BDC 2R	GDC DNQ	EDG DNQ	IDO DNQ
2021	HDT DNQ	GDT 2R
2022	IDO 1R	GDC 3R	GDG 3R	ADO 2R	EDO QF	CDO 3R	EDG 3R	DDC 3R	EDM 2R	HDT 2R	GDO 2R	BDO 3R	GDT 3R
2023	BSD SF	EDO 2R	IDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO QF	DDC 3R	BDO 2R	CDO 3R	EDG 2R	EDM 3R	GDO 3R	HDT 2R	GDC 2R