High dart average

The three-dart average in darts is the average of the total score achieved with each turn of three darts.

Averages are the most cited statistics in matches as they give a rough estimate of a player's form. The longer a match lasts, the harder it is to maintain a high average, as low-scoring legs or missed darts when aiming for a double bring the average down.

While there have been match averages of over 130 in floor tournaments,[1] the world record only lists televised matches, which are easy to verify.

History

Michael van Gerwen is the current world record holder for a televised match with an average of 123.40 thrown in the 2016 Premier League against Michael Smith.[2][3]

Peter Wright holds the record for highest Professional Darts Corporation live streamed match average (123.53), at Players Championship 29 in 2019.

Bobby George was the first player to throw an average of over 100 on television during the 1979 News of the World Darts Championship final against Alan Glazier.


Televised high averages

Key
  • (L) - score in legs
  • (S) - score in sets

Men

Televised averages of 114 points or more
Average Date Player Score Opponent Average Tournament Stage Broadcast Ref.
123.40 25 February 2016 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 7–1 England Michael Smith 91.41 2016 Premier League League Sky Sports [4]
121.97 4 June 2017 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 4–1 Singapore Paul Lim 100.40 2017 World Cup Quarter–Final Sky Sports [5]
120.24 24 July 2024 England Connor Scutt 4–0 England Steven Jamieson 82.75 MODUS Super Series Group stage YouTube [6]
119.50 2 March 2017 Scotland Peter Wright 7–2 England Adrian Lewis 109.15 2017 Premier League League Sky Sports [7]
118.66 5 June 2010 England Phil Taylor 9–0 England Kevin Painter 82.85 2010 UK Open Fourth round Sky Sports [8]
118.52 25 November 2023 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (2) 6–1 England Ross Smith 104.54 2023 Players Championship Finals Second round ITV Sport [9]
118.14 1 November 2009 England Phil Taylor (2) 10–3 Scotland Gary Anderson 106.12 2009 European Championship Quarter–Final None [8]
117.95 7 April 2016 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (3) 7–5 Scotland Robert Thornton 104.23 2016 Premier League League Sky Sports [10]
117.88 25 March 2024 Sweden Andreas Harrysson 4–0 England Michael Burgoine 81.18 MODUS Super Series Group stage YouTube [11]
117.88 1 July 2023 England Luke Littler 4–0 Belgium Andy Baetens 86.59 MODUS Super Series Final YouTube [12]
117.88 19 June 2022 Wales Gerwyn Price 4–0 Germany Martin Schindler 101.31 2022 World Cup Quarter–Final Sky Sports
117.88 1 March 2012 England Phil Taylor (3) 8–4 Australia Simon Whitlock 105.44 2012 Premier League League Sky Sports [13]
116.90 23 April 2015 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (4) 7–0 England James Wade 93.93 2015 Premier League League Sky Sports [14]
116.67 3 March 2016 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (5) 7–2 Scotland Peter Wright 108.98 2016 Premier League League Sky Sports [15]
116.10 3 May 2012 England Phil Taylor (4) 8–1 England James Wade 93.95 2012 Premier League League Sky Sports [16]
116.01 23 April 2009 England Phil Taylor (5) 8–3 Canada John Part 100.05 2009 Premier League League Sky Sports [17]
115.97 13 April 2023 Wales Gerwyn Price (2) 6–2 England Chris Dobey 103.27 2023 Premier League Night Quarter-Final Sky Sports
115.80 19 March 2015 England Phil Taylor (6) 4–7 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 104.18 2015 Premier League League Sky Sports [18]
115.62 7 June 2009 England Phil Taylor (7) 10–0 England Mark Lawrence 93.90 2009 UK Open Quarter–Final Sky Sports [19]
115.62 3 June 2017 Belgium Ronny Huybrechts 4–0 Greece John Michael 88.94 2017 World Cup Second round Sky Sports [5]
115.62 29 October 2021 England Mervyn King 6–0 England James Wade 86.13 2021 World Series Finals First round ITV4 [20]
115.62 26 November 2024 England Adam Lipscombe 4–0 England Hilton Klein 91.82 MODUS Super Series Group stage YouTube [21]
115.51 6 June 2009 England Phil Taylor (8) 9–3 England Ken Mather 93.49 2009 UK Open Fourth round Sky Sports [22]
115.25 25 February 2016 England Phil Taylor (9) 7–5 England Dave Chisnall 109.63 2016 Premier League League Sky Sports [15]
115.19 14 November 2021  Michael van Gerwen (6) 5–2  Joe Cullen 98.33 2021 Grand Slam Group stage Sky Sports [23]
115.10 8 June 2019 Republic of Ireland William O'Connor 4–1 England Rob Cross 106.62 2019 World Cup Second round Sky Sports [24]
114.99 17 July 2010 England Phil Taylor (10) 10–6 Wales Barrie Bates 93.20 2010 World Matchplay First round Sky Sports [25]
114.96 23 March 2023 Wales Gerwyn Price (3) 6–1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 98.48 2023 Premier League Night Final Sky Sports
114.91 7 March 2015 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (7) 9–2 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 101.59 2015 UK Open Fifth round ITV4 [26]
114.85 16 November 2020 Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 5–1 England Ricky Evans 95.80 2020 Grand Slam Group stage Sky Sports
114.73 28 April 2022 England James Wade 6–1 Wales Gerwyn Price 99.17 2022 Premier League Night semi-final Sky Sports
114.71 10 November 2024 Netherlands Gian van Veen 5–1 England Stephen Bunting 104.17 2024 Grand Slam of Darts Group stage Sky Sports
114.65 9 November 2014 England Phil Taylor (11) 5–1 Netherlands Christian Kist 99.46 2014 Grand Slam Group stage Sky Sports [27]
114.54 7 June 2008 England Phil Taylor (12) 9–3 England Wes Newton 97.32 2008 UK Open Fifth round Sky Sports [28]
114.17 9 April 2015 England Dave Chisnall 7–1 England James Wade 87.12 2015 Premier League League Sky Sports [29]
114.15 9 May 2004 England Darryl Fitton 6–0 Canada Davy Richardson 2004 International Darts League Last 32 group SBS6 [30][31]
114.05 1 January 2017 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (8) 6–2 [a] Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 109.34 2017 PDC World Championship Semi–Final Sky Sports [32]
114.00 14 March 2024  Luke Littler (2) 6–2  Michael van Gerwen 110.94 2024 Premier League Night quarter–final Sky Sports [33]

Women

Televised averages of 95 points or more
Average Date Player Opponent Tournament Stage Score Broadcast Ref.
114.56 26 April 2024  Beau Greaves  Kevin Painter MODUS Super Series 7 (Week 8) Group stage 4–1 (L) YouTube [34][35]
101.55 14 November 2021 England Fallon Sherrock Mike De Decker 2021 Grand Slam Group stage 5–0 (L) Sky Sports [23]
100.34 5 March 2021 England Lisa Ashton Aaron Beeney 2021 UK Open Last 128 6–2 (L) ITV Sport [36]
98.90 20 November 2021 England Fallon Sherrock (2) Peter Wright 2021 Grand Slam Quarter-Final 13–16 (L) Sky Sports
98.84 29 May 2016 England Lisa Ashton (2) Corrine Hammond 2016 BDO World Trophy Last 16 5–1 (L) Dave [37][38]
98.75 21 July 2024 England Beau Greaves (2) England Fallon Sherrock 2024 Women's World Matchplay Final 6–3 (L) Sky Sports [39]
97.56 4 December 1999 England Trina Gulliver Francis Hoenselaar 1999 World Masters Final 1–3 (S)
96.84 2004 England Trina Gulliver (2) Francis Hoenselaar 2004 World Masters Final 4–1 (S)
96.20 18 September 2021 England Fallon Sherrock (3) Michael van Gerwen 2021 Nordic Darts Masters Final 7–11 (L) ITV Sport
95.97 2006 England Trina Gulliver (3) Clare Bywaters 2006 BDO World Darts Championship Semi-Final 2–0 (S) BBC Sport
95.04 1999 Netherlands Francis Hoenselaar Trina Gulliver 1999 World Masters Final 3–1 (S)

Televised high averages world record progression

Men

The world record progression before 1997 is subject to further research.

Average Date Player Opponent Tournament Stage Score Broadcast Ref.
123.40 25 February 2016 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen Michael Smith 2016 Premier League Darts League 7–1 (L) Sky Sports [40]
118.66 5 June 2010 England Phil Taylor Kevin Painter 2010 UK Open Fourth round 9–0 (L) Sky Sports [8]
116.01 23 April 2009 England Phil Taylor John Part 2009 Premier League League 8–3 (L) Sky Sports [17]
114.54 7 June 2008 England Phil Taylor Wes Newton 2008 UK Open Fifth round 9–3 (L) Sky Sports
114.15 9 May 2004 England Darryl Fitton Davy Richardson 2004 International Darts League Last 32 group 6–0 (L) SBS6 [31]
113.43 28 July 1997 England Phil Taylor Gary Mawson 1997 World Matchplay Darts First round 8–0 (L) Sky Sports
107.49 5 December 1991 England Phil Taylor Alan Warriner-Little 1991 World Masters Quarter final 3–1 (S) Sky Sports
105.30 17 September 1983 England Eric Bristow Alan Glazier 1983 British Professional Championship Last 32 3–0 (S) BBC
100.20 2 June 1979 England Bobby George Alan Glazier News of the World Darts Championship Final 2–0 (L) ITV [41][42]

Women

Average Date Player Opponent Tournament Stage Score Broadcast Ref.
114.56 26 April 2024  Beau Greaves  Kevin Painter MODUS Super Series Group stage 4–1 (L) [43]
101.55 14 November 2021 England Fallon Sherrock Mike De Decker 2021 Grand Slam Group stage 5–0 (L) Sky Sports
100.34 5 March 2021 England Lisa Ashton Aaron Beeney UK Open Second Round (Last 128) 6–2 (L) ITV Sport [36]
98.84 29 May 2016 England Lisa Ashton Corrine Hammond BDO World Trophy Last 16 5–1 (L) Dave [37]
97.56 4 December 1999 England Trina Gulliver Francis Hoenselaar World Masters Final 1–3 (S)

Televised pairs high averages

Average Date Players Opponents Tournament Stage Score Broadcast Ref.
118.10 (WR) 16 June 2023 Poland Krzysztof Ratajski
Poland Krzysztof Kciuk 		Lithuania Darius Labanauskas
Lithuania Mindaugas Barauskas 		2023 World Cup of Darts Group stage 4–1 (L) Sky Sports

Televised combined high averages

# Combined average Date Winner (average) Opponent (average) Tournament Stage Score Broadcast Ref.
1 228.65 (WR) 2 March 2017 Scotland Peter Wright (119.50) England Adrian Lewis (109.15) 2017 Premier League Darts League 7–2 (L) Sky Sports [44]
2 225.65 3 March 2016 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (116.67) Scotland Peter Wright (108.98) 2016 Premier League Darts League 7–2 (L) Sky Sports [45]
3 224.94 14 March 2024 England Luke Littler (114.00) Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (110.94) 2024 Premier League Darts League 6–2 (L) Sky Sports [33]
4 224.88 25 February 2016 England Phil Taylor (115.25) England Dave Chisnall (109.63) 2016 Premier League Darts League 7–5 (L) Sky Sports [45]
5 224.44 6 April 2017 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (113.62) England James Wade (110.82) 2017 Premier League Darts League 7–5 (L) Sky Sports [44]

Highest televised averages by length of match in legs

This table shows the highest average for all matches containing at least as many legs as the number in the leftmost column. Set-play matches show the total number of legs won and lost across all sets.

Legs played Average Date Player Set score Leg score Opponent Tournament
4–8 123.40 25 February 2016 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen - 7–1 England Michael Smith 2016 Premier League Darts
9 119.50 2 March 2017 Scotland Peter Wright - 7–2 England Adrian Lewis 2017 Premier League Darts
10–13 118.14 1 November 2009 England Phil Taylor - 10–3 Scotland Gary Anderson 2009 European Championship
14–16 114.99 17 July 2010 England Phil Taylor - 10–6 Wales Barrie Bates 2010 World Matchplay
17–32 114.05 1 January 2017 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 6–2 19–13 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 2017 PDC World Championship
33–35 110.94 4 January 2009 England Phil Taylor 7–1 23–12 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 2009 PDC World Championship
36–44 107.79 2 January 2017 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 7–3 27–17 Scotland Gary Anderson 2017 PDC World Championship
45–48 103.67 3 January 2024 England Luke Humphries 7–4 25–23 England Luke Littler 2024 PDC World Championship
49–50 103.04 1 January 2013 England Phil Taylor 7–4 27–23 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 2013 PDC World Championship
51–52 102.44 30 December 2017 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 5–6 27–27 England Rob Cross 2018 PDC World Championship
53–57 100.93 1 January 2007 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 7–6 29–28 England Phil Taylor 2007 PDC World Championship

Highest tournament winning averages

Ten highest tournament winning averages[b]
Average Player Tournament Year Ref
111.54 England Phil Taylor European Championship 2009 [46]
108.20 England Phil Taylor European Championship 2008
107.58 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen European Darts Grand Prix 2018 [47]
107.51 England Luke Humphries German Darts Grand Prix 2024
107.48 England Phil Taylor RTL7 Masters 2011 [48]
107.48 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen Premier League 2016 [49]
107.38 England Phil Taylor UK Open 2009 [50]
106.81 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen German Darts Masters 2017 [51]
106.73 England Phil Taylor Premier League 2012 [52]
106.43 England Phil Taylor UK Open 2010 [53]

Notes

  1. ^ Score in sets not legs
  2. ^ These tournament averages were calculated by adding up the match averages and then dividing by the number of matches. The "true" tournament averages — which would be calculated by adding up the points scored divided by total darts thrown and multiplying by 3 — may differ, but cannot be accurately calculated for most tournaments as this data is unavailable.

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