Trina Gulliver MBE
Ten-time BDO Women's World Champion between 2001 and 2011, the benchmark female darts player of the modern era and awarded an MBE in 2008. She was the women's game's first fully professional tour-level name.
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Women's Darts
The women's game is older than the televised professional tour, and its modern leading players are as skilled as any in the sport's history. From Trina Gulliver's ten world titles to Fallon Sherrock's Ally Pally breakthrough to Beau Greaves's record-breaking averages, this is the archive of the players reshaping the game.
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The era-defining pioneers
Lisa Ashton
Four BDO Women's World titles (2014, 2017, 2018, 2020). Earned a PDC Tour Card through Q-School in 2020 - one of the first women to do so outright.
Fallon Sherrock
In December 2019, first woman to win a match at the PDC World Championship (beating Ted Evetts 3-2, then Mensur Suljović 3-1). The biggest crossover news story women's darts has produced.
Mikuru Suzuki
Two BDO Women's World titles (2019, 2020). First non-British winner of the women's world title in the modern era and one of the strongest international women's players.
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The current leading names
Beau Greaves
Dominant on the PDC Women's Series since 2022, with PDC Women's Series event wins, Women's Matchplay titles and tour averages that rival the top end of the men's tour. "Beau 'n' Arrow" is widely regarded as the best female player currently playing.
Noa-Lynn van Leuven
Won the 2024 Dutch Open and ranks inside the top-two women globally. One of the most visible women on the PDC tour with multiple Women's Series titles and a 2024 World Championship appearance.
Rhian Griffiths (Edwards)
Welsh international, multiple Welsh Open titles, consistent top-eight presence on the Women's Series in 2024 and 2025.
Lorraine Winstanley
Long-serving top-ten women's player; multiple Women's Matchplay and Women's Series final appearances through the late 2010s and 2020s.
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The breakthrough moments
2001
First BDO Women's World Championship
Trina Gulliver wins the inaugural title. The women's game gets its first world-championship brand.
2010
PDC Women's Series launched
PDC runs its first formally branded women's circuit, creating a ranking pathway into PDC televised events.
2019
Fallon Sherrock at Ally Pally
Sherrock beats Ted Evetts and Mensur Suljović at the PDC World Championship - the first woman to win PDC World Championship matches. Global news story.
2020
Tour cards for women
Lisa Ashton and Fallon Sherrock compete for full PDC Tour Cards. Ashton wins hers outright through Q-School.
2021
First televised women's nine-darter
Fallon Sherrock throws a televised nine-darter at the Nordic Darts Masters - the first by a woman on television.
2022
Beau Greaves's Women's Series dominance
Greaves wins a record run of PDC Women's Series events, establishing herself as the new world number one in women's darts.
2024
Noa-Lynn van Leuven at the PDC World Championship
Van Leuven becomes one of only a handful of women to play at Ally Pally, and an active selling point for PDC international marketing.
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Structural context
Women's professional darts currently runs across three overlapping structures: the WDF (World Darts Federation) circuit that inherited most of the former BDO framework, the PDC Women's Series and Women's World Matchplay, and the annual two-woman qualifier route into the PDC World Championship. This three-lane structure is not always tidy, but it gives the women's game more televised opportunities than it has ever had.
Prize money has risen materially since 2020. PDC Women's Series events are now formally prize-pool ranked, and the Women's Matchplay at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool has established itself as the women's circuit's biggest annual televised prize.
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