Scott Williams (darts player)

Scott Williams
Personal information
Nickname"Shaggy"
Born (1990-01-18) 18 January 1990 (age 34)
Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Home townBoston, Lincolnshire, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2018
Darts20g signature Target soft-tip with swiss point converter
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" by My Chemical Romance
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2019–2020
PDC2022–
WDF2019–2022
Current world ranking37 Increase 1 (24 November 2024)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 40: 2020
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipSemi Final: 2024
UK OpenLast 64: 2024
Grand SlamGroup Stage: 2022
PC FinalsQuarter Final: 2024
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour 2022 (x4)

Players Championships

Players Championship (NIE) 2022
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing  England
WDF Europe Cup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Gandía Men's pairs
Gold medal – first place 2022 Gandía Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Gandía Men's overall

Scott Williams (born 18 January 1990) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the third player to win a PDC ranking title without being a tour card holder and reached the semi-finals at the 2024 PDC World Championship.

Career

In October 2019, Williams qualified for the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship as one of the Playoff qualifiers, he defeated Wes Newton and Andrew Kateley to secure his place in the tournament. He was whitewashed 3–0 by Justin Thompson in the preliminary round.[2]

Williams won his first PDC Challenge Tour, at Challenge Tour 1 in Milton Keynes. On his way to the final, Williams defeated Conor Heneghan in the last 64, Jimmy Bristow 5–1 in the last 32, Darryl Pilgrim 5–2 in the round of 16, Darren Johnson 5–3 in the quarter-finals and Danny Lauby Jr. 5–1 in the semi-finals. He defeated Robert Owen in the final 5–2.[3][4] Later the same day, Williams won his second Challenge Tour title at Challenge Tour 2. Williams won 5–2 against Lee Evans in the final.[3][5]

Williams won Players Championship 17 in June, beating Nathan Aspinall in the final. This meant he became the third player, after Joe Murnan and Krzysztof Ratajski, to win a Players Championship event without being a PDC tour card holder.[6]

At the end of September 2022, he was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup. On the second day of the tournament, he advanced to the finals of the pairs competition where he played together with Joshua Richardson. On the way to the final, they defeated rivals from Wales, Romania and Czech Republic.[7] Finally, on 1 October, they beat Poland pairs Sebastian Białecki and Dariusz Marciniak by 6–2 in legs.[8][9] On the third day of the tournament, he advanced to the fifth round of the singles competition, surprisingly lost by 1–4 in legs to Jan McIntosh, who played on an average of 103.90.[10] In the team competition, together with the team, he won the gold medal.[11] In the points classification, as a representative of England, he also contributed to won a gold medal.

Williams reached his first major semi-final at the 2024 PDC World Championship. He shocked Michael van Gerwen 5–3 in the quarter-finals,[12] being whitewashed by Luke Humphries 6–0, who averaged 108.74 to Williams' 94.93.[13]

World Championship results

BDO

PDC

Performance timeline

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship BDO DNQ 2R SF
UK Open DNP 3R 4R
Grand Slam of Darts DNP RR DNQ
Players Championship Finals BDO DNQ 3R 1R QF
BDO Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship DNP PR NH PDC
Winmau World Masters 2R NH DNP NH PDC
Career statistics
Year-end ranking - - 173 57 52

PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2021 HDT
DNQ
GDT
DNP
2022 IDO
DNP
GDC
DNP
GDG
DNP
ADO
DNQ
EDO
3R
CDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDC
DNP
EDM
3R
HDT
DNP
GDO
DNP
BDO
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
2023 BSD
DNQ
EDO
DNP
IDO
1R
GDG
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
BDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
HDT
SF
GDC
DNQ
2024 BDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
EDG
3R
ADO
DNQ
BSD
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
FDT
2R
HDT
3R
SDT
DNQ
CDO
DNQ

PDC Players Championships

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
2021[nb 1] BOL
DNP
BOL
DNP
BOL
DNP
BOL
DNP
MIL
DNP
MIL
DNP
MIL
DNP
MIL
DNP
NIE
1R
NIE
2R
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
MIL
DNP
MIL
DNP
MIL
DNP
MIL
1R
COV
DNP
COV
DNP
COV
DNP
COV
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
2R
2022[nb 1] BAR
4R
BAR
2R
WIG
4R
WIG
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
4R
NIE
QF
NIE
1R
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
NIE
1R
NIE
W
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
2023 BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
HIL
1R
HIL
3R
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
LEI
4R
LEI
4R
HIL
3R
HIL
2R
LEI
3R
LEI
2R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
2024 WIG
1R
WIG
2R
LEI
1R
LEI
QF
HIL
3R
HIL
1R
LEI
2R
LEI
1R
HIL
4R
HIL
QF
HIL
4R
HIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
3R
MIL
3R
MIL
1R
MIL
3R
MIL
4R
MIL
1R
WIG
3R
WIG
2R
MIL
2R
MIL
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
2R
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
  1. ^ a b Not a Tour card holder
Performance Table Legend
W Won the tournament F Finalist SF Semifinalist QF Quarterfinalist #R
RR
Prel.
Lost in # round
Round-robin
Preliminary round
DQ Disqualified
DNQ Did not qualify DNP Did not participate WD Withdrew NH Tournament not held NYF Not yet founded

References

  1. ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Fullwell and Hammond among final qualifiers for 2020 BDO World Championship". dartsnews.com. 30 October 2019.
  3. ^ a b Phillips, Josh (21 January 2022). "Williams does the double on Challenge Tour opening day". PDC.
  4. ^ Gill, Samuel (21 January 2022). "Scott Williams claims maiden PDC Challenge Tour title with event one win". Darts News. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  5. ^ Gill, Samuel (21 January 2022). "Williams doubles up on opening day of PDC Challenge Tour". Darts News. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  6. ^ Gorton, Josh (15 June 2022). "Wonderful Williams claims fairytale win at PC17". PDC.
  7. ^ "WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Bialecki/Marciniak and Williams/Richardson reach men's pairs tournament final at WDF Europe Cup". dartsnews.com. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  9. ^ "England win men's and ladies pairs tournaments at WDF Europe Cup". dartsnews.com. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  10. ^ "WDF Europe Cup Men Singles". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  11. ^ "WDF Europe Cup Men Teams". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  12. ^ "World Darts Championship: Michael van Gerwen suffers shock exit to Scott Williams in quarter-finals". Sky Sports. 2 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Luke Littler beats Rob Cross to reach World Darts Championship final". BBC Sport. 2 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.