Luke Littler
Won the 2025 PDC World Championship aged 17 years, 347 days. Broke the record previously held by Jelle Klaasen (BDO 2006, 21) and Michael van Gerwen (PDC 2014, 24).
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Records and Milestones
The numbers that anchor the sport. Title counts, televised nine-darters, averages, age records, honours, and the single-match moments still cited at every world championship. Every figure on this page is verifiable against published results.
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Most world championships
World title counts combining BDO (1978-2020) and PDC (1994-present). The PDC has been the primary world title since the early 2000s, but BDO titles are historical records and count in any honest all-time list.
Phil Taylor161990, 1992, 1995-2002, 2004-2006, 2009, 2010, 2013 (2 BDO + 14 PDC)
Michael van Gerwen32014, 2017, 2019 (PDC)
Eric Bristow51980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986 (BDO)
Raymond van Barneveld51998, 1999, 2003, 2005 (BDO) + 2007 (PDC)
John Lowe31979, 1987, 1993 (BDO)
Martin Adams32007, 2010, 2011 (BDO)
Gary Anderson22015, 2016 (PDC)
Jocky Wilson21982, 1989 (BDO)
Adrian Lewis22011, 2012 (PDC)
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Major title leaders (PDC era)
Counts across the four longest-running PDC majors: World Championship, World Matchplay, World Grand Prix and UK Open.
| Player | World | Matchplay | Grand Prix | UK Open |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Taylor | 14 | 16 | 11 | 5 |
| Michael van Gerwen | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Gary Anderson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrian Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rob Cross | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Wright | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luke Humphries | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Luke Littler | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Televised nine-darters
The nine-dart finish is darts' equivalent of the 147 break in snooker: the lowest-possible number of darts to complete a 501 leg. Televised examples are tracked individually.
First televisedJohn Lowe, 1984 MFI World Matchplay
First at World ChampionshipPaul Lim, 1990 BDO
First PDC World ChampionshipRaymond van Barneveld, 2009
Most televised 9-dartersPhil Taylor, 11
Two in one finalPhil Taylor, 2010 Premier League final vs Adrian Lewis
First women's televisedFallon Sherrock, 2021 Nordic Masters
Read the full nine-darters archive for the complete list with dates, venues and opponents.
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Age and longevity
Luke Littler
Reached the 2024 PDC World Championship final aged 16 years, 347 days, losing 7-4 to Luke Humphries. Youngest finalist in either BDO or PDC history.
Phil Taylor
Won his sixteenth world title in 2013 aged 52. Reached a further world final in 2015 and his farewell final in 2018 aged 57.
John Lowe
Fourteen years between his first BDO world title (1979) and his third (1993). No other player has won world titles across three separate decades.
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Finish and scoring records
- Highest televised checkout
- 170 (T20-T20-Bull). The maximum possible. Recorded hundreds of times on television; the "big fish".
- Highest PDC World Championship average (match)
- 123.52 - Michael van Gerwen vs Michael Smith, 2017 semi-final, widely regarded as the highest-quality televised match in the sport's history.
- Highest PDC World Championship final average
- 107.78 - Michael van Gerwen vs Gary Anderson, 2017 final.
- Most 180s in a PDC World Championship
- 84 - Gerwyn Price, 2021 event.
- First nine-darter in a world final
- Adrian Lewis, 2011 PDC World Championship final vs Gary Anderson.
- Most televised 100+ averages in a season
- A record repeatedly broken by Taylor and van Gerwen through the 2010s; a 100+ tournament average is now common at PDC majors rather than exceptional.
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Honours and awards
| Player | Honour | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Eric Bristow | MBE | 1989 |
| Phil Taylor | MBE | 2002 |
| Trina Gulliver | MBE | 2008 |
| John Lowe | MBE | 2009 |
| Phil Taylor | BBC Sports Personality 2nd place | 2010 |
| Luke Littler | BBC Young Sports Personality | 2024 |
PDC Hall of Fame inductees (selected): Bristow, Lowe, Wilson, Taylor, Priestley, van Barneveld, Anderson, van Gerwen.
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