DARTS

PREPARED BY:
NENITA C. VILLENA
PROFESSIONAL DARTS CORPORATION
• originally formed as the World Darts Council in 1992.
• The dominant professional body in the sport with over
£10 million in prize money being paid out on its global
circuit tournament.
• Launched its Hall of Fame in 2005.

PDC Hall of Fame

• Includes players, officials, administrators, and
commentators.
 TOP 10 PLAYERS OF DARTS
1. PHIL TAYLOR
o Won his initial major trophy in 1990 and his final title in 2017,
and he positioned as number one within the world for the lion's
share of that time.

o Taylor's has 85 major titles, and that he is worthy of his status

as our undisputed best darts player.

o He has a sensational 16 PDC World Championship titles, and

his place in darts history is not set in stone.
2. MICHAEL VAN GERWEN
o He has an incredible 32 major PDC titles, and Van Gerwen enters most
tournaments as an odds-on favorite.

o This dart prodigy had already won the World's Masters by the age of 17.

o Prohibiting the Champions League of Darts, he has won every

competition at least twice and is just 28 years old.
3. RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD
o He won four BDO world titles in just seven years.

o After winning BDO world titles in a seven-year stretch, Van Barneveld

made a choice to switch to the PDC.

o In 2007, he beat Phil Taylor and had been labeled as the "greatest darts
match of all time."
4. ERIC BRISTOW
o Known on the stage as "Crafty Cockney."

o The equivalent of darts royalty in the 1770s and 1980s

o He won five World Masters titles and five World Championships

during a whirlwind decade.

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5. JOHN LOWE
• He is a fantastic darts player who was at his best in the 70s,
80s, and early 90s. He won the World Championship in all three
of these decades.
• He was consistent and effective; two traits needed to be
successful in darts.
• His memorable moment was when he became the first man to
hit a nine-dart finish on the television in 1984.

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6. GARY ANDERSON
o He is the greatest Scottish darts player of all time.

o He has two World Championship Darts final wins under his

belt, as well as two Premier League titles.

o At his best, Anderson is quite possibly the only player on the

planet who can outscore Van Gerwen.

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 7. DENNIS PRIESTLY
• He won two World Championships titles during his career but fell short
in the final four times – all four defeats coming from Phil Taylor.

• Priestly could have gone down as one of the top three players if not
had been for Taylor.

• Taylor and Priestly were the only players to average 100 or more in the
World Championship showpiece until Raymond Van Barneveld in 2007.
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8. JOCKY WILSON
• He was one of the sport’s greatest personalities.

• An all-time favorite with crowds all over the United Kingdom.

• He is commemorated for his antics at the oche – this was an era

when players were granted to drink and smoke on stage.

• Wilson gained two world titles in 1982 and 1989.

9. MARTIN ADAMS
• He has played in the BDO for the majority of his darts
career.

• His choice not to switch to the PDC on a permanent basis

was heavily criticized.

• Adams was the superstar of his generation in the BDO. He

has an impressive three lakeside world titles.
10. ADRIAN LEWIS
• With roughly £3million procured in prize money.

• He became only the third man to maintain the PDC World

Championship back to back years after leading it for the
first time in 2011

• Lewis became the first player to ever hit a nine-dart finish

in the World Championship final.
 Other Names
Included in PDC
Hall of Fame
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 FREDDIE WILLIAMS
•The long-serving referee resigned from
top-level officiating in 2006 after spending
35 years at the forefront of the game.

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 SID WADDELL AND DAVE LANNING

•Legendary Sky Sports commentators.

•PDC Hall of Fame in January of 2008 to
recognize their contribution to darts in over
30 years of broadcasting.

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SID WADDELL DAVE LANNING
 DICK ALLIX AND THE LATE TOMMY COX

•Administrators
•The duo was initially involved in darts as player
managers during the 1980s and 1990s, looking
after the likes Eric Bristow, Jocky Wilson, and
Phil Taylor.

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DICK ALLIX TOMMY COX
 BRUCE SPENDLEY
•Legendary referee
•Initially, a caller in Cleveland had been
associated as a referee in the World
Championship from 1980 as he began a
top-level career in three decades.

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