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A nine-dart finish, also known as a nine-darter, is a perfect leg in the sport of darts, using only nine darts, the fewest possible, to check out from 501. It is difficult to achieve, even for the game's top professionals, and is considered the highest single-game achievement in the sport, similar to a maximum 147 break in snooker or a 300-point game in bowling.

Methods of achievement

See also: Darts § Scoring, and Darts § Games
This table shows all 3,944 possible paths for a nine-dart finish playing a 501 double-out dart leg

A single game of darts (known as a leg) requires a player to score exactly 501 points, ending with either the bullseye or a double. Each shot consists of exactly three darts, and 60 is the maximum that can be scored with any one dart. Thus 180 is the maximum score from a shot, and nine throws are the minimum necessary to win.

Although many other combinations are possible, the traditional nine-dart finish requires a score of 60 (treble 20) with each of the first six throws: that is, with the first two shots of three.[1] That leaves 141 to score on the final shot (of three darts), known as the outshot.

This outshot is traditionally performed in one of three ways:

  • treble 20 (60), treble 19 (57) and double 12 (24)
  • treble 20 (60), treble 15 (45) and double 18 (36)
  • treble 17 (51), treble 18 (54) and double 18 (36)

Another way is to score 167 with each set of three darts, scoring a perfect 501 total, in the following way:

  • treble 20 (60), treble 19 (57) and bullseye (50)

By throwing each dart of a shot to a different place on the board, this eliminates the chance of any dart being deflected by an already thrown dart into the wrong scoring area but it is usually seen only in exhibition matches, as in tournaments, players are inclined to aim for the treble 20, only switching to the treble 19 for a cover shot.

Arguably the most difficult nine dart finish would be 180 (3×T20), 171 (3×T19), and 150 (3×bullseye) – owing to the difficulty of getting all three darts in the bullseye: it is the smallest double on the board.

A nine dart finish is also attainable in games which require a double to start scoring (a double-in; such games are thus termed double-in double-out with the existing double-out requirement). In such games, throwing for double 20 first can lead to a maximum score of 160 with the first shot, leaving the thrower commonly requiring 180 then 161 (T20, T17, bullseye) with their remaining six darts, though other outshots are possible. It is worth noting that in these games, only throwing for double 20, double 17, or bullseye to start the leg can result in a nine dart finish.

The total number of different ways of achieving 501 with nine darts is 3,944,[2] of which 2,296 finish with the bullseye, 672 end on D20, 792 on D18, 56 end on D17, 120 end on D15, and 8 end on D12.

First televised nine-darter

The first televised nine dart finish was achieved at the MFI World Matchplay on 13 October 1984 by John Lowe,[3] who used the third method (with the T17 first, then T18, D18) above as his outshot after scoring two maximum 180s. For this he received a prize of £102,000, and he went on to win the whole event. This nine dart finish was not broadcast live, nor was Paul Lim's nine dart finish at the 1990 Embassy World Championship. The first ever live broadcast nine dart finish was performed by Shaun Greatbatch against Steve Coote in the Final of the Dutch Open on 3 February 2002, while Phil Taylor achieved the first live nine-darter broadcast on British television during the 2002 World Matchplay.

World Championship nine-darters

The first player to manage the outshot in the World Championship was Paul Lim on 9 January 1990 against Jack McKenna.[4] He favoured the first method of those listed above for his outshot.[5] Lim won a £52,000 bonus for the feat, which was more than the eventual tournament winner Phil Taylor who received £24,000 for becoming World Champion.

Even with two versions of the World Championship in operation, Lim's achievement was not repeated for nearly 19 years until 2 January 2009, when Raymond van Barneveld became only the second person to achieve the feat and the first since the split in darts.[6] The finish came against Jelle Klaasen at the quarter-final stage of the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship at the Alexandra Palace, and he claimed a £20,000 bonus prize (having rolled over from three previous tournaments since Phil Taylor's nine-darter at the 2008 UK Open). On 28 December 2009 he repeated the feat at the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship during his second round clash with Brendan Dolan netting him a £25,000 prize.[7]

Adrian Lewis achieved a nine-dart finish in the third leg of the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship final against Gary Anderson, winning £10,000.[8]

On 23 December 2012 at the 2013 PDC World Darts Championship, Dean Winstanley hit a nine-dart finish in the third leg of the third set in his second round defeat to Vincent van der Voort.[9] Another nine-dart finish at this Championship was achieved by Michael van Gerwen in his semi-final victory over James Wade in the third leg of the fifth set. The leg after the nine-darter (the fourth leg of the fifth set) van Gerwen hit another eight perfect darts but missed the last dart at the double to achieve consecutive nine-dart finishes.[10] Both shared the £15,000 prize.

On 14 December 2013 at the 2014 PDC World Darts Championship, Terry Jenkins and Kyle Anderson both hit nine darters in their first round matches against Per Laursen and Ian White respectively. Unusually, both players lost their matches.[11]

On 30 December 2014 in the third round of the 2015 PDC World Darts Championship, Adrian Lewis hit his second World Championship nine-dart finish and his third overall. He lost the match 3–4 to Barneveld.

On 2 January 2016 in the semi finals of the 2016 PDC World Darts Championship, Gary Anderson hit a nine-dart finish to defeat Klaasen 6–0 to reach his 3rd World Championship final. He would then go on to defeat Lewis 7–5 in the final to retain his title and become only the 4th person to successfully retain his title after winning it for the first time.

Most prolific nine-darters

Phil Taylor has achieved this feat more than any other darts player on television,[12] having done so 11 times. The first came on 1 August 2002 during a quarter final tie against Chris Mason, at the 2002 PDC World Matchplay in Blackpool.[13] It was the first live-televised nine-dart finish on British television,[citation needed] and Taylor received £100,000.[citation needed]

Despite having achieved the feat a record 11 times, Taylor has never hit a nine-darter in the World Championship, missing a chance on the outside wire of double 12 in his last match in the 2018 Final.[citation needed]

The youngest player to throw a televised nine-darter is Michael van Gerwen, who hit the perfect leg in the semi-finals of the 2007 Masters of Darts tournament in the Netherlands.[citation needed] The event was screened live in the Netherlands. Van Gerwen was just 17 years, 298 days old at the time. The Dutch youngster scored 174 (T20, T19, T19) and 180, then checked out 147 with T20, T17, D18. Van Gerwen's nine-darter was the first live televised nine-darter that did not start with two 180s. Van Gerwen has since hit six more televised nine-darters.[citation needed]

The 2007 International Darts League became the first televised tournament to witness two nine-darters when Phil Taylor's 9-dart finish against Raymond van Barneveld was matched the following day (9 May) by another perfect game from Tony O'Shea against Adrian Lewis.[citation needed]

In the Second Round of the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton, James Wade hit his first televised nine-dart-finish against Gary Anderson.[citation needed] The event was shown live on ITV4, making it the first time a nine-darter had been seen live on free-to-air television in the United Kingdom.[citation needed] Wade lost the match 10-8.

Mervyn King hit his first televised nine-dart finish in the 2009 South African Masters on September 2009 against James Wade — he became the first player to hit a televised nine-darter outside of Europe.[14]

On 24 May 2010, in the Premier League final against James Wade, Taylor made history by being the first player to ever hit two 9-dart finishes in a single match. These were his seventh and eighth nine-dart finishes.[15] On 10 February 2017, Michael van Gerwen became the second player to hit two 9-dart finishes in a match, in a 2017 UK Open qualification event against Ryan Murray.[16]

Brendan Dolan became the first player ever to hit a nine-darter in a double-in double-out game. He did this in the semi-final of the 2011 World Grand Prix against James Wade on 8 October 2011. He opened with double 20, before hitting successive treble 20s (160, 180) and then finished on 161 with T20, T17 and a bullseye.[17] He later changed his nickname to "The History Maker" to reflect his feat.[citation needed]

In October 2014 at the 2014 World Grand Prix, James Wade followed soon after by Robert Thornton became the first players to both hit a nine-darter in the same match.[citation needed] This tournament was double-in double-out, meaning the 2nd and 3rd televised double-in double-out nine-dart-finishes were hit in the same match.[citation needed] This also makes James Wade the only man ever to have hit a 'standard' nine-darter and a double-in double-out nine-darter.[citation needed]

Currently[when?] over 200 professional darts players[who?] have achieved nine-dart finishes, both televised and untelevised.[citation needed] Prior to 2006 there had been around 10.[18]

List of nine-darters thrown in televised matches

As of 8 March 2020, 56 televised nine-darters have been achieved by 27 different men, 34 of those 55 hit two 180s and finished with a 141 check-out. Only 3 have been double-in double-out.[19] English players have achieved a total of 30 nine-darters, 11 have been achieved by Dutch players, four by Scottish players, three by Australian players, two by Belgian players and one nine-darter has been achieved by players from Singapore, Canada, Northern Ireland and Wales.

No. Date Player Opponent Tournament Method Prize Referee Commentators Ref.
1 13 October 1984 England John Lowe England Keith Deller MFI World Matchplay 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T17, T18, D18 £102,000 Freddie Williams Dave Lanning
2 9 January 1990 Singapore Paul Lim Republic of Ireland Jack McKenna BDO World Championship 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 £52,000 Martin Fitzmaurice Tony Green
3 3 February 2002 England Shaun Greatbatch England Steve Coote Dutch Open 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T15, D18 Steve Nicolas Albert Mantingh
4 1 August 2002 England Phil Taylor England Chris Mason World Matchplay 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 £100,000 Russ Bray Sid Waddell
Dave Lanning
5 5 June 2004 England Phil Taylor (2) England Matt Chapman UK Open 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 501 bottles of
Budweiser 		Bruce Spendley Stuart Pyke
John Gwynne
6 12 June 2005 England Phil Taylor (3) Netherlands Roland Scholten UK Open 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 501 bottles of
Budweiser 		Bruce Spendley Dave Lanning
John Gwynne
7 23 March 2006 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld England Peter Manley Premier League Darts 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 Bruce Spendley Sid Waddell
John Gwynne 		[20]
8 17 February 2007 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld Masters of Darts T20, 2 x T19; 3 x T20; T20, T17, D18 €10,000 Russ Bray Leo Oldenburger
Jacques Nieuwlaat
[nb 1] 		[21]
9 8 May 2007 England Phil Taylor (4) Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld International Darts League 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 Opel Tigra Twin Top Bruce Spendley Leo Oldenburger
Jacques Nieuwlaat
10 9 May 2007 England Tony O'Shea England Adrian Lewis 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 Opel Tigra Twin Top Bruce Spendley Leo Oldenburger
Jacques Nieuwlaat
11 9 June 2007 England Phil Taylor (5) England Wes Newton UK Open 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 £20,000 Russ Bray John Gwynne
Rod Harrington 		[22]
12 17 November 2007 England John Walton Wales Martin Phillips World Masters 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 £2,000 Nick Rolls Tony Green
David Croft 		[23]
13 6 June 2008 England Phil Taylor (6) Scotland Jamie Harvey UK Open 3 x T20; 2 x T20, T19; 2 x T20, D12 £25,000 Russ Bray Stuart Pyke
Sid Waddell 		[24]
14 20 November 2008 England James Wade Scotland Gary Anderson Grand Slam of Darts 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 Bruce Spendley Stuart Pyke
Alan Warriner-Little
15 2 January 2009 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (2) Netherlands Jelle Klaasen PDC World Championship 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 £20,000 George Noble Nigel Pearson
Sid Waddell 		[25]
16 27 September 2009 England Mervyn King England James Wade South African Masters 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 £10,000 Russ Bray John Gwynne
Rod Harrington
17 13 December 2009 England Darryl Fitton Scotland Ross Montgomery Zuiderduin Masters 2 x T20, T19; 3 x T20; 2 x T20, D12 Rab Butler Jacques Nieuwlaat
18 28 December 2009 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (3) Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan PDC World Championship 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 £25,000 George Noble Stuart Pyke
Rod Harrington 		[26]
19 29 April 2010 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (4) England Terry Jenkins Premier League Darts 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 Bruce Spendley John Gwynne
Rod Harrington 		[27]
20 24 May 2010 England Phil Taylor (7) England James Wade T20, 2 x T19; 3 x T20; T20, T17, D18 George Noble Sid Waddell
Dave Lanning 		[28]
21 24 May 2010 England Phil Taylor (8) England James Wade 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 George Noble Sid Waddell
Dave Lanning 		[28]
22 5 June 2010 England Mervyn King (2) Scotland Gary Anderson UK Open 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 £5,000 George Noble John Gwynne
Rod Studd 		[29]
23 17 July 2010 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (5) England Denis Ovens World Matchplay 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 £5,000 Paul Hinks Sid Waddell
Stuart Pyke 		[30][31]
24 3 January 2011 England Adrian Lewis Scotland Gary Anderson PDC World Championship 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 £10,000 George Noble Different
(2D or 3D format)[nb 2] 		[32][33]
25 16 July 2011 Canada John Part Wales Mark Webster World Matchplay 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 £10,000 Paul Hinks Sid Waddell
Rod Harrington 		[34]
26 31 July 2011 England Adrian Lewis (2) Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld European Championship 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 Paul Hinks Stuart Pyke
Chris Mason 		[35]
27 8 October 2011 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan England James Wade World Grand Prix double-in double-out
D20, 2 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T17, bullseye 		£5,000 George Noble John Gwynne
Rod Harrington 		[36]
28 16 February 2012 England Phil Taylor (9) England Kevin Painter Premier League Darts 3 x T20; T20, 2 x T19; T20, T17, D18 Bruce Spendley Rod Studd
Wayne Mardle 		[37]
29 17 May 2012 Australia Simon Whitlock England Andy Hamilton 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T15, D18 George Noble John Gwynne
Rod Studd 		[38]
30 8 June 2012 Scotland Gary Anderson England Davey Dodds UK Open 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 £10,000 Russ Bray John Gwynne
Stuart Pyke 		[39]
31 25 July 2012 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (2) England Steve Beaton World Matchplay 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 £2,500 George Noble John Gwynne
Rod Harrington
Andrew Flintoff 		[40]
32 26 July 2012 England Wes Newton England Justin Pipe 3 x T20; 2 x T20, T19; 2 x T20, D12 £2,500 Russ Bray John Gwynne
Stuart Pyke 		[41]
33 23 December 2012 England Dean Winstanley Netherlands Vincent van der Voort PDC World Championship 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 £7,500 Bruce Spendley John Gwynne
Nigel Pearson 		[42]
34 30 December 2012 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (3) England James Wade 3 x T20; 2 x T20, T19; 2 x T20, D12 £7,500 Russ Bray John Gwynne
Stuart Pyke 		[43]
35 14 December 2013 England Terry Jenkins Denmark Per Laursen PDC World Championship 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 £15,000 Russ Bray Wayne Mardle
John Part 		[44]
36 14 December 2013 Australia Kyle Anderson England Ian White 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 £15,000 Paul Hinks Stuart Pyke
Rod Studd 		[45]
37 23 July 2014 England Phil Taylor (10) England Michael Smith World Matchplay 3 x T20; 2 x T20, T19; 2 x T20, D12 £10,000 Kirk Bevins Wayne Mardle
Stuart Pyke
38 8 October 2014 England James Wade (2) Scotland Robert Thornton World Grand Prix double-in double-out
D20, 2 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T17, bullseye 		£2,500 Paul Hinks Rod Studd
Stuart Pyke
39 8 October 2014 Scotland Robert Thornton England James Wade double-in double-out
D20, 2 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T17, bullseye 		£2,500 Paul Hinks Rod Studd
Stuart Pyke
40 26 October 2014 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (4) Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld European Championship 2 x T20, T19; 3 x T20; 2 x T20, D12 £5,000 Russ Bray Stuart Pyke
Alan Warriner-Little
41 14 November 2014 Belgium Kim Huybrechts Netherlands Michael van Gerwen Grand Slam of Darts 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 Kirk Bevins Wayne Mardle
Rod Studd
42 30 December 2014 England Adrian Lewis (3) Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld PDC World Championship 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 £10,000 George Noble David Croft
Wayne Mardle
43 1 February 2015 England Darryl Fitton (2) England Martin Adams Dutch Open 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 Škoda Fabia Nick Rolls Niels de Ruijter
44 22 August 2015 England Phil Taylor (11) Scotland Peter Wright Sydney Darts Masters 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 Russ Bray Stuart Pyke
Paul Nicholson
45 8 November 2015 England Dave Chisnall Scotland Peter Wright Grand Slam of Darts 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 £30,000 George Noble Rod Harrington
Rod Studd
46 2 January 2016 Scotland Gary Anderson (2) Netherlands Jelle Klaasen PDC World Championship 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 £15,000 Paul Hinks Rod Studd
Wayne Mardle
47 5 March 2016 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (5) England Rob Cross UK Open 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 £10,000 Russ Bray Stuart Pyke
Chris Mason
48 14 April 2016 England Adrian Lewis (4) England James Wade Premier League Darts 3 x T20; 2 x T20, T19; 2 x T20, D12 Paul Hinks Rod Harrington
Rod Studd
49 13 April 2017 England Adrian Lewis (5) Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld Premier League Darts 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 Paul Hinks Stuart Pyke
Wayne Mardle
50 29 October 2017 Australia Kyle Anderson (2) Netherlands Michael van Gerwen European Championship 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 £25,000 Paul Hinks John Rawling
Chris Mason
51 26 July 2018 Scotland Gary Anderson (3) England Joe Cullen World Matchplay 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 £45,000 Russ Bray John Part
Rod Studd
52 14 November 2018 Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh England Stephen Bunting Grand Slam of Darts 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 £25,000 Russ Bray Nigel Pearson
Wayne Mardle 		[46]
53 23 November 2019 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (6) England Adrian Lewis Players Championship Finals 3 x T20; 2 x T20, T19; 2 x T20, D12 Paul Hinks John Rawling
Alan Warriner-Little 		[47]
54 27 February 2020 England Michael Smith Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney Premier League Darts 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 Paul Hinks Nigel Pearson
Wayne Mardle
55 7 March 2020 Wales Jonny Clayton England Chris Dobey UK Open 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 Paul Hinks Chris Murphy
Paul Nicholson 		[48]
56 8 March 2020 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (7) Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney UK Open 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 Huw Ware John Rawling
Alan Warriner-Little 		[49]

Statistics

Nine-darters in televised matches by player

The following table lists the number of perfect legs recorded by players who have scored a nine-darter in a televised match.

Rank Player Nine-darters Last
1 England Phil Taylor 11 2015
2 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 7 2020
3 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 5 2010
England Adrian Lewis 2017
5 Scotland Gary Anderson 3 2018
6 England Mervyn King 2 2010
England James Wade 2014
England Darryl Fitton 2015
Australia Kyle Anderson 2017
10 England John Lowe 1 1984
Singapore Paul Lim 1990
England Shaun Greatbatch 2002
England Tony O'Shea 2007
England John Walton 2007
Canada John Part 2011
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 2011
Australia Simon Whitlock 2012
England Wes Newton 2012
England Dean Winstanley 2013
England Terry Jenkins 2013
Scotland Robert Thornton 2014
Belgium Kim Huybrechts 2014
England Dave Chisnall 2015
Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 2018
England Michael Smith 2020
Wales Jonny Clayton 2020
Total
26
56
2020

Nine-darters in televised matches by year

Year Total 9 darters Achieved by
1984 1 John Lowe
1990 1 Paul Lim
2002 2 Shaun Greatbatch, Phil Taylor
2004 1 Phil Taylor
2005 1 Phil Taylor
2006 1 Raymond van Barneveld
2007 5 Michael van Gerwen, Phil Taylor (2), Tony O'Shea, John Walton
2008 2 Phil Taylor, James Wade
2009 4 Raymond van Barneveld (2), Mervyn King, Darryl Fitton
2010 5 Raymond van Barneveld (2), Phil Taylor (2), Mervyn King
2011 4 Adrian Lewis (2), John Part, Brendan Dolan
2012 7 Phil Taylor, Simon Whitlock, Gary Anderson, Michael van Gerwen (2), Wes Newton, Dean Winstanley
2013 2 Terry Jenkins, Kyle Anderson
2014 6 Phil Taylor, James Wade, Robert Thornton, Michael van Gerwen, Kim Huybrechts, Adrian Lewis
2015 3 Darryl Fitton, Phil Taylor, Dave Chisnall
2016 3 Gary Anderson, Michael van Gerwen, Adrian Lewis
2017 2 Adrian Lewis, Kyle Anderson
2018 2 Gary Anderson, Dimitri Van den Bergh
2019 1 Michael van Gerwen
2020 3 Michael Smith, Jonny Clayton, Michael van Gerwen

Nine-darter in televised matches by tournament

Tournament Total 9 darters Org. Achieved by Last
PDC World Darts Championship 9 PDC Raymond van Barneveld (2), Adrian Lewis (2), Dean Winstanley, Michael van Gerwen, Terry Jenkins, Kyle Anderson, Gary Anderson 2016
Premier League Darts 9 PDC Phil Taylor (3), Raymond van Barneveld (2), Adrian Lewis (2), Simon Whitlock, Michael Smith 2020
UK Open 9 PDC Phil Taylor (4), Michael van Gerwen (2), Mervyn King, Gary Anderson, Jonny Clayton 2020
PDC World Matchplay 7 PDC Phil Taylor (2), Raymond van Barneveld, John Part, Michael van Gerwen, Wes Newton, Gary Anderson 2018
Grand Slam of Darts 4 PDC James Wade, Kim Huybrechts, Dave Chisnall, Dimitri Van den Bergh 2018
World Grand Prix 3 PDC Brendan Dolan, James Wade, Robert Thornton 2014
European Championship 3 PDC Adrian Lewis, Michael van Gerwen, Kyle Anderson 2017
International Darts League 2 BDO Phil Taylor, Tony O'Shea 2007
Dutch Open 2 BDO Shaun Greatbatch, Darryl Fitton 2015
Players Championship Finals 1 PDC Michael van Gerwen 2019
MFI World Matchplay 1 BDO John Lowe 1984
BDO World Darts Championship 1 BDO Paul Lim 1990
Masters of Darts 1 both Michael van Gerwen 2007
World Masters 1 BDO John Walton 2007
South African Masters 1 PDC Mervyn King 2009
Zuiderduin Masters 1 BDO Darryl Fitton 2009
Sydney Darts Masters 1 PDC Phil Taylor 2015

Nine-dart-finish prize money

In 1984, John Lowe pocketed £102,000 for the first TV perfect leg. With nine-dart finishes now thrown on a regular basis the reward for throwing one has decreased. Until 2013 the PDC had a rolling £400 prize-pool for a nine-dart leg.[50] As long as it wasn't won, it increased by £400 for the next event. In 2013 the bonus stopped being awarded.[51] For all PDC Premier events, including the Grand Slam of Darts, the PDC has a rolling £5000 prize-pool for a nine-dart leg.[52] As long as it isn't won, the prize for hitting a nine-dart leg is increased by £5000. If multiple players hit a nine-dart finish in one premier event, the money is split evenly across all players who achieved a nine-dart finish in that event. So the prize for a nine-darter varies for every PDC premier event. In the 2015 tournament, achieving the perfect leg in the PDC World Championships would win £10,000, (in the 2014 tournament the prize was £30,000). The reward for a 9-darter during the most recent BDO World Darts Championship was £52,000.[citation needed]

In 2019, a special prize of £100,000 was available to any player who hits two nine-dart finishes at the PDC World Championships, a feat which has never previously been achieved at any World Championship. As such, it didn't happen, and by the end of 2019, all prize money for nine-dart finishes were withdrawn, owing to the ever increasing prize fund for tournaments.

Women's nine-darters

No female darts player has recorded a televised nine-dart finish to date.

Mandy Solomons was the first woman to ever record a nine-dart finish in actual competition. It came in a match against Robert Hughes during the qualifying rounds for the 1996 BDO World Championship on 30 November 1995 at Earls Court, London. It was the first time female players were allowed to enter the qualifying rounds for the BDO World Championship. Hughes did end up winning the match 2–0 though.[53] Soloman was also one of the first women to record a nine-dart finish in SuperLeague.[54]

Claire Stainsby and Glen Durrant made history when they recorded the first ever nine-dart finish in mixed pairs competition at the 2013 BDO International Open in Brean, Somerset.[55][56] Durrant opened up with a 177, Stainsby followed that up with a 180 to leave Durrant on 144, which he ended up taking out for the first nine-dart finish in mixed pairs competition.[57] As a result, Claire Stainsby was inducted into the BDO 9 Dart Club, thus becoming the first and so far only female to be inducted.[58]

Ten-time World Champion Trina Gulliver revealed she has twice missed her last dart to record a nine-dart finish. One was a double 18 for $100,000 at an event in Canada and another missed double was for a car at an event in Ireland.[59]

15-year-old Beau Greaves hit a nine-darter in a competition at Balby Bridge on 17 April 2019.[60]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ On 17 February 2007, the semi-finals of the 2007 Masters of Darts tournament were broadcast live in the Netherlands on SBS6, with Leo Oldenburger and Jacques Nieuwlaat providing the Dutch language commentary during Michael van Gerwen's nine-dart finish against Raymond van Barneveld. On 16 July 2007, Sky Sports in the United Kingdom showed extended highlights of the 2007 Masters of Darts tournament from 5 months earlier, with Stuart Pyke and Rod Harrington providing the English language commentary for Michael van Gerwen's nine-dart finish against Raymond van Barneveld.
  2. ^ With the host broadcaster Sky Sports showing the final in both 2D and 3D, they implemented two different commentating teams. In 2D, Rod Studd and Sid Waddell commentated, while in 3D it was Wayne Mardle and Stuart Pyke.

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