Michael Smith (darts player)

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Michael Smith
Smith in 2019
Personal information
NicknameBully Boy
Born (1990-09-18) 18 September 1990 (age 33)
St Helens, Merseyside, England
Home townSt Helens, Merseyside, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2006
DartsShot Michael Smith Achieve 90% tungsten steel tip darts 24g
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Shut Up and Dance" by Walk the Moon
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2008–
(Tour Card: 2011-)
Current world ranking3 Steady (21 April 2024)[1]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipWinner (1): 2023
World MatchplayRunner Up: 2019
World Grand PrixSemi Final: 2023
UK OpenRunner Up: 2022
Grand SlamWinner (1): 2022
European Ch'shipRunner Up: 2022
Premier LeagueRunner Up: 2018
PC FinalsQuarter Final: 2020
MastersRunner Up: 2020
World Series FinalsRunner Up: 2018
Other tournament wins
PDC World Youth Championship 2013
PDC Youth Tour England 2012 (x5)

European Tour Events

Dutch Darts Championship 2022
European Darts Trophy 2014, 2015
German Darts Grand Prix 2023
Gibraltar Darts Trophy 2017
International Darts Open 2015

Players Championships

Players Championship (BAR) 2018, 2021
Players Championship (COV) 2020 (x2)
Players Championship (HIL) 2023
Players Championship (NIE) 2021, 2022
Players Championship (SPA) 2012
Players Championship (WIG) 2022 (x2)
UK Open Qualifier 2011, 2015, 2018

World Series of Darts

Bahrain Darts Masters 2023
Shanghai Darts Masters 2018
US Darts Masters 2022
Other achievements
2013 Breaks into the world's top 32 for the first time

2014 PDC Young Player of the Year

2015 Breaks into the world's top 16 for the first time

2015 Breaks into the world's top 8 for the first time

2019 Reaches a career-high ranking of world No. 3

2019 Sets his highest televised average with 113.62 at the Grand Slam

2022 PDC Player of the Year[2]

2023 Wins his first PDC World Darts Championship, beating Michael van Gerwen, 7–4 in the final, having previously being runner up twice in 2019 and 2022. Smith also becomes only the 2nd player to hit a nine dart finish in the final.

Michael Smith (born 18 September 1990) is an English professional darts player. Nicknamed "Bully Boy", he plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked No. 3 in the world. He is a former world champion, having won the 2023 World Championship.

Smith was the 2013 PDC Under-21 World Champion and has since won 17 titles on the PDC Pro Tour. He won his first PDC major title at the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts, having previously been a runner-up at the World Championship (2019 and 2022), the Premier League (2018), the World Matchplay (2019), the European Championship (2022), the UK Open (2022), The Masters (2020), and the World Series Finals (2018).

Early life[edit]

Michael Smith was born on 18 September 1990 to parents Ian and Sandra. Smith lived in Cherry Tree Drive, Parr, St Helens throughout his childhood and attended St Cuthbert's High School nearby. When he was 15, he fell off his bike on the way to school breaking his hip, which required him to use crutches for 16 weeks. During that period, Smith threw his first 180 while on crutches. After leaving school, he took a joinery course at college, but he decided to drop out with one exam remaining to play in a darts tournament instead, a decision that he has described as the best of his life.[3] He was a regular winner of local darts events and made his debut in a PDC major at the 2009 UK Open where he lost 6–5 to Dave Ladley in the first round.[4]

Career[edit]

Smith reached the last 32 of the 2010 UK Open, knocking out Peter Manley and Matt Clark before losing to Mervyn King. He was one of a number of young players to make a significant impact in the tournament, along with William O'Connor, Arron Monk, and Reece Robinson.

He was the number four seed for the 2011 PDC Under-21 World Championship, where he lost in the quarter-finals to Benito van de Pas.[5]

On 26 February 2011, Smith hit a nine-dart finish in a PDC Youth Tour event in Barnsley, against Michael van Gerwen. He reached the final but lost to Shaun Griffiths.[6] The following day, he won his first PDC Pro Tour event, defeating Dave Chisnall 6–5 in the final of the 2011 UK Open Qualifier 2.[7]

2012[edit]

Smith had now become a full-time professional on the PDC darts Circuit and made his debut at the World Championships in 2012, losing 0–3 to Co Stompé in the first round. Smith only hit 3 of his 14 darts at a double during the match.[8] Smith won his second professional tournament in January 2012, at the Players Championship Event 2 in Benidorm. He won seven matches, concluding with a 6–3 victory over Justin Pipe to take the title and the £6,000 prize money.[9] In April, he earned a place in the European Tour Event 1 in Vienna by defeating Les Wallace and Shaun Griffiths in the UK qualifier.[10] He played Jamie Caven in the first round and hit a nine dart finish on his way to a 6–4 win,[11] but then lost 5–6 to Mark Walsh in round two.[12] His results meant he qualified for the World Matchplay for the first time in his career via the ProTour Order of Merit.[13] He faced Raymond van Barneveld in the first round and was beaten 4–10.[14] Smith also played in the World Grand Prix for the first time, losing to Phil Taylor 0–2 in the first round.[15] After all 33 ProTour events of 2012 had been played, Smith was 25th on the Order of Merit, inside the top 32 who qualified for the Players Championship Finals.[16] It was Smith's first appearance in the tournament and he beat Ian White 6–5 in the first round before losing 6–10 to Kim Huybrechts.[17]

2013[edit]

Smith's position on the ProTour Order of Merit also saw him qualify for the 2013 World Championship,[18] as he took the second of sixteen places that were awarded to the highest non-qualified players.[19] However, he ran into an in-form Raymond van Barneveld in the first round who averaged 108.31 as Smith could only win one leg during the match in a 0–3 defeat.[20] Smith reached the final of the third UK Open Qualifier in March, but was beaten 2–6 by Michael van Gerwen.[21] Smith won the 2013 PDC World Youth Championship with a 6–1 victory over Ricky Evans, which was broadcast just before the 2013 Premier League Darts Final. Smith led van Barneveld 3–0 in the third round of the UK Open but went on to lose 8–9.[22] In October, he advanced to the semi-finals for the second time in 2013 at the 12th Players Championship but his run was ended with a 6–3 defeat to Kevin Painter.[23] His youth title earned him a place in the Grand Slam of Darts and he produced an impressive display in his first group match against Dave Chisnall as from 3–1 down he hit legs of 11, 12, 14, and 13 darts to win 5–3 with an average of 103.17.[24] However, he then lost 5–2 to Scott Waites and 5–1 to Ted Hankey to finish third in Group H and be eliminated from the tournament.[25]

2014[edit]

Smith broke into the world's top 32 on the Order of Merit just before the cut-off for the 2014 World Championship to qualify through the main ranking list for the first time.[26] He beat Morihiro Hashimoto 3–1 in the first round.[27] He then defeated reigning and 16-time world champion Phil Taylor 4–3 in the second round, taking out the bullseye on a 128 finish to win the match.[28] In the next round, Smith hit a 136 finish, with his opponent Peter Wright waiting on 41, to lead 3–2 but only won one more leg after this to lose 4–3.[29] He was named the PDC's Young Player of the Year at the Annual Awards in January.[30] Smith won through to the final of the sixth UK Open Qualifier of the year but averaged just 70.94 as he was whitewashed 6–0 by Michael van Gerwen.[31] A rematch against Wright followed in the third round of the UK Open with Smith throwing for the match in the final leg, but he missed a total of seven darts at doubles to lose 9–8.[32] His second final of 2014 was at the fifth Players Championship, which he reached by beating Raymond van Barneveld 6–3 in the quarter-finals and Gary Anderson 6–4 in the semis, but he was again whitewashed in the decider, this time by Brendan Dolan.[33]

At the World Matchplay, he recorded a 10–8 victory over Justin Pipe before losing 13–6 to Taylor in the second round.[34] At the European Darts Grand Prix, Smith eliminated Gary Anderson, Adrian Lewis, and Stephen Bunting en route to facing Mervyn King in the final. Smith missed too many doubles throughout the match, including one to claim the title, as he lost his third ranking final of the year 6–5.[35] Another final followed a week later at the 14th Players Championship where he lost 6–4 to Van Gerwen.[36] Smith's rich vein of form continued into the European Darts Trophy as he reached the final and came back from 3–0 against Van Gerwen to win the title 6–5, which included a 158 finish to break throw in the ninth leg.[37] He suffered first round exits at the World Grand Prix and European Championship, but topped Group F at the Grand Slam by winning all three of his games.[38] Smith knocked out Christian Kist 10–5 but was then beaten 16–3 by Taylor in the quarter-finals, losing 13 consecutive legs from 3–3.[39] His year in the major events concluded with a 6–4 defeat to Andy Smith in the opening round of the Players Championship Finals.[40]

2015[edit]

After seeing off Mensur Suljović 3–1 in the first round of the 2015 World Championship, Smith beat Brendan Dolan 4–2 after having been 2–0 down, to set up a third round tie with fellow St. Helens player Stephen Bunting.[41] Despite taking out checkouts of 170 and 132, Smith was 3–0 down, before finding his scoring game to restrict Bunting to one leg as he closed the gap to 3–2. Ultimately his slow start to the match proved costly as he lost the next set to be knocked out 4–2 in a game that saw each player average 102 and hit eight 180s apiece.[42] Smith won the fifth UK Open Qualifier by beating Adrian Lewis 6–5.[43] A rematch with Bunting followed in the third round of the UK Open, with Smith missing two match darts in the deciding leg to be beaten 9–8.[44] He claimed the second European Tour title of his career by winning the International Darts Open with a 6–3 victory over Benito van de Pas in the final.[45] Smith suffered a 10–4 defeat to Gerwyn Price in the first round of the World Matchplay, but retained his European Darts Trophy title by seeing off Michael van Gerwen in the final for the second year in a row.[46] At the World Grand Prix, he punished two missed match darts from Price to beat him 2–1, but Smith then lost from 2–0 up in sets against Jamie Lewis in the second round.[47] Wins over Wayne Jones, Lewis and Andy Fordham saw Smith top his group at the Grand Slam and he then averaged 104.59 to beat Dave Chisnall 10–7 and reach the quarter-finals. Smith's first major event semi-final soon followed as he defeated Lewis 16–11, but he was heavily beaten 16–6 by Van Gerwen.[48][49]

2016[edit]

At the 2016 World Championship wins over Jeffrey de Zwaan, Steve Beaton, and Benito van de Pas saw Smith reach the quarter-finals for the first time, where he was 3–0 ahead of Raymond van Barneveld.[50] He could only win two legs as Van Barneveld moved 4–3 up, but he took the next to take the match to a ninth and final set. Smith finished 130 on double five to move within a leg of the match and missed one dart to win it, before Van Barneveld won four legs in a row to end Smith's event.[51] Smith made his debut in the Premier League after receiving a wildcard from the PDC.[52] On the opening night, he played twice due to Gary Anderson being ill. Smith lost his first matches 7–2 to Peter Wright and 7–1 to Adrian Lewis. His first point came in week three courtesy of a 6–6 draw with Dave Chisnall. Michael van Gerwen scored a world record three-dart average of 123.40 against Smith in a 7–1 win, but the following week, Smith got his first Premier League victory by beating Van Barneveld 7–5.[53] However, Smith lost his last two matches to finish bottom of the table and be eliminated from the event.[54]

Smith played in the final of the 2016 Austrian Darts Open and lost 6–4 to Phil Taylor.[55] He saw off Simon Whitlock 10–6 at the World Matchplay before losing 11–7 to Steve Beaton in the second round and was knocked out 2–1 in sets by Alan Norris in the first round of the World Grand Prix.[56] Smith was also eliminated in the first round of the European Championship and Players Championship Finals.[57]

2017[edit]

Smith during the 2017 German Darts Grand Prix

Smith entered the 2017 World Championship without a match win since September 2016 having lost 10 in a row. He took the deciding set of his first round match with Ricky Evans without dropping a leg and said he had been "fighting his demons" recently.[58] In the next round, he missed five darts to eliminate Mervyn King 4–1, but kept his composure to eventually see him off 4–3.[59] Smith went 3–1 up on James Wade in the third round, but after Wade took the next set, Smith lost six legs in a row to be eliminated 4–3.[60] He missed two darts to win the third UK Open Qualifier as Peter Wright beat him 6–5.[61] Four 6–5 wins saw him reach the final of the Gibraltar Darts Trophy and at 4–4 he took out a 132 finish with Mensur Suljović waiting on 56 to break throw and took home his first title in nearly two years with a 6–4 victory.[62] Smith qualified for the 2017 European Championship as third seed, losing in the quarter-final to Rob Cross.[63]

2018[edit]

Smith was thirteenth seeded at the 2018 World Championship, losing in the second round to eventual champion Rob Cross, having missed two match darts.[64] Following the championship, Smith was invited into the 2018 Premier League, the second invitation to the Premier League he had received.[65] Smith finished the league phase in second place, qualifying for the play-offs.[66] He beat Gary Anderson in the semi-final before losing in the final 4–11 to Michael van Gerwen.[67]

2018 also saw Smith win his first event on the World Series of Darts, taking the 2018 Shanghai Darts Masters with an 8–2 win over Rob Cross in the final.[68] Smith reached the final of the 2018 World Series of Darts Finals, missing five darts to take the title in a 10–11 defeat to James Wade.[69]

2019: World Championship and World Matchplay finals[edit]

Smith was tenth seed at the 2019 World Championship. In the second round, he eliminated Ron Meulenkamp[70] before beating John Henderson[71] and Ryan Searle to reach the quarter-final.[72] He reached his first World Championship semi-final with a 5–1 victory over Luke Humphries,[73] then beat Nathan Aspinall in the semi-final to set up a final against Michael van Gerwen.[74] Smith was defeated in the final, 7–3.[75]

He reached the final of the 2019 World Matchplay, where he faced Rob Cross. Smith lost the first 9 legs of the match and eventually succumbed 18–13.

2020[edit]

Smith suffered an early exit at the 2020 World Championship, losing to Luke Woodhouse in the second round. Smith missed three match darts to beat Peter Wright in the final of the 2020 Masters, losing 11–10 in a last leg decider. He had previously defeated Mensur Suljović, Adrian Lewis, and Nathan Aspinall to reach the final.[76]

On 27 February 2020, in week 4 of the 2020 Premier League, Smith hit his first televised nine-dart leg in a 7–5 victory over Daryl Gurney.

2021[edit]

Smith had another early exit at the 2021 World Championship, losing again in the second round, this time to Jason Lowe.

At the 2021 Grand Slam of Darts, he beat Michael van Gerwen 16–13 to reach the semi-finals, where he eventually lost 16–12 to Peter Wright. Smith led 12–8, but Wright won eight consecutive legs to clinch a place in the final against Gerwyn Price.[77]

2022: First major title[edit]

Smith began his 2022 World Championship campaign with a comfortable 3–0 win over Ron Meulenkamp, before defeating William O'Connor 4–2. The next two games saw him take on two of the most in-form players from the 2021 season; first defeating Jonny Clayton in a last-set shootout that went to extra legs; and then triumphing over defending champion Gerwyn Price, surviving two match darts and a 9 darter before winning the final set. In the semi-final Smith took an early lead over James Wade and eventually triumphed 6–3, reaching the final for the second time in his career.[78] Smith lost the final 7–5 to Peter Wright and claimed £200,000 as runner-up.

Smith reached the final of the UK Open in March, but lost 11–10 to Danny Noppert despite Noppert only averaging 84.82 to see his 7th final defeat. He recovered well to win a night event on the final standard night of the 2022 Premier League, but came 7th in the table and did not qualify for the playoff places. His good form after the UK Open continued, winning 3 Pro Tour titles in a short period and performing well in the European Tour and was victorious at the US Darts Masters at Maddison Square Gardens beating Michael Van Gerwen in the final 8-4 .

In July, Smith reached the last 16 of the 2022 World Matchplay, where he was beaten 11–7 by Dirk van Duijvenbode. In October, Smith reached an eighth major televised final, losing 11–8 to namesake Ross in the European Championship final.[79] The following month, Smith finally won his first major title at his ninth attempt in the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts. He consecutively defeated Lisa Ashton, Joe Cullen, Ritchie Edhouse, Rob Cross, Joe Cullen (second time in the tournament), and Raymond van Barneveld before defeating Nathan Aspinall 16–5 in the final.[80]

2023: World Championship win[edit]

Smith opened his 2023 World Championship campaign with a 3–0 win over Nathan Rafferty. In the third round Smith came from 3–1 down to beat Martin Schindler 4–3, before beating Joe Cullen and Stephen Bunting to reach the semi-finals. In the semi-final Smith beat Gabriel Clemens 6–2 to reach his third World Championship final. In the final, Smith hit a nine dart finish only seconds after Michael van Gerwen missed Double 12 for his own nine darter.[81] After a back and forth match, Smith broke van Gerwen's throw and held his own throw to lead 6–3. After losing the tenth set and going two down in the eleventh set, Smith won two legs in a row to throw for the match. Smith finished in eleven darts to win 7–4 and become world champion for the first time and move up to world number one in the PDC Order of Merit for the first time. He also became the first player to win both the PDC World Youth Championship and the PDC World Darts Championship.[82]

2024[edit]

At the 2024 World Championship, Smith opened the defence of his world crown with a 3–2 second-round victory over Kevin Doets.[83] In the third round, Smith defeated Madars Razma 4–1 and criticised his gamesmanship in an interview after the game, claiming, "He just tried to think about putting me off, I guess, but lessons learned. I learned my lesson, and he's learned his as well.".[84][85] In the fourth round, Smith was whitewashed 4–0 by Chris Dobey, ending the defence of his world title.[86]

Personal life[edit]

On 4 March 2023, Smith was nominated for Freedom of the Borough status by St Helens Borough Council for sporting services to his hometown city, the highest honour a council can award.[87] He married his wife Dagmara in 2019.[88]

World Championship results[edit]

PDC[edit]

Career finals[edit]

PDC major finals: 10 (2 titles, 8 runners-up)[edit]

Legend
World Championship (1–2)
World Matchplay (0–1)
Premier League (0–1)
European Championship (0–1)
UK Open (0–1)
The Masters (0–1)
Grand Slam of Darts (1–0)
World Series of Darts Finals (0–1)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score[N 1]
Runner-up 1. 2018 Premier League Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 4–11 (l)
Runner-up 2. 2018 World Series of Darts Finals England James Wade 10–11 (l)
Runner-up 3. 2019 World Darts Championship Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 3–7 (s)
Runner-up 4. 2019 World Matchplay England Rob Cross 13–18 (l)
Runner-up 5. 2020 The Masters Scotland Peter Wright 10–11 (l)
Runner-up 6. 2022 World Darts Championship Scotland Peter Wright 5–7 (s)
Runner-up 7. 2022 UK Open Netherlands Danny Noppert 10–11 (l)
Runner-up 8. 2022 European Championship England Ross Smith 8–11 (l)
Winner 1. 2022 Grand Slam of Darts England Nathan Aspinall 16–5 (l)
Winner 2. 2023 World Darts Championship Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 7–4 (s)

PDC World Series finals: 5 (3 titles, 2 runners-up)[edit]

Legend
World Series of Darts (3–2)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score[N 1]
Winner 1. 2018 Shanghai Darts Masters England Rob Cross 8–2 (l)
Runner-up 1. 2018 Melbourne Darts Masters Scotland Peter Wright 8–11 (l)
Runner-up 2. 2019 US Darts Masters England Nathan Aspinall 4–8 (l)
Winner 2. 2022 US Darts Masters Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 8–4 (l)
Winner 3. 2023 Bahrain Darts Masters Wales Gerwyn Price 8–6 (l)

PDC team finals: 1 (1 runner-up)[edit]

Outcome No. Year Championship Team Teammate Opponents in the final Score[N 1]
Runner-up 1. 2020 World Cup of Darts  England Rob Cross  Wales – Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton 0–3 (m)
  1. ^ a b c (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets, (m) = matches won.

Performance timeline[edit]

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship Did not qualify 1R 1R 3R 3R QF 3R 2R F 2R 2R F W 4R
UK Open 1R 4R 4R 3R 3R 3R 3R 4R 5R 5R SF 5R 5R F 5R 5R
World Matchplay Did not qualify 1R DNQ 2R 1R 2R 1R 2R F SF QF 2R 2R
World Grand Prix Did not qualify 1R DNQ 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R SF
European Championship Did not qualify 1R 2R 1R QF 2R SF 2R 1R F 2R
Grand Slam of Darts Did not qualify RR QF SF DNQ 2R 2R QF QF SF W RR
Players Championship Finals Did not qualify 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 3R QF 2R 1R 1R
Non-ranked televised events
Premier League Darts Did not participate 10th DNP F 7th 7th DNP 6th SF
The Masters Not held Did not qualify QF 1R 1R QF F 1R QF SF 2R
Champions League of Darts Not held RR DNQ SF NH
World Cup of Darts NH DNQ NH Did not qualify 2R F DNQ SF QF
World Series of Darts Finals Not held 1R 1R 1R F 1R QF 1R QF 2R
PDC World Youth Championship Not held QF 1R W Did not participate
Career statistics
Year-end ranking NR NR 62 38 32 22 8 11 13 10 4 7 5 1 3

PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2012 ADO
2R 		GDC
DNQ 		EDO
DNQ 		GDM
DNQ 		DDM
1R
2013 UKM
1R 		EDT
2R 		EDO
DNQ 		ADO
DNQ 		GDT
DNQ 		GDC
1R 		GDM
2R 		DDM
DNQ
2014 GDC
2R 		DDM
DNQ 		GDM
QF 		ADO
2R 		GDT
SF 		EDO
2R 		EDG
F 		EDT
W
2015 GDC
3R 		GDT
2R 		GDM
2R 		DDM
3R 		IDO
W 		EDO
3R 		EDT
W 		EDM
2R 		EDG
QF
2016 DDM
3R 		GDM
SF 		GDT
3R 		EDM
3R 		ADO
F 		EDO
3R 		IDO
2R 		EDT
QF 		EDG
3R 		GDC
2R
2017 GDC
2R 		GDM
QF 		GDO
2R 		EDG
2R 		GDT
W 		EDM
SF 		ADO
F 		EDO
SF 		DDM
SF 		GDG
QF 		IDO
2R 		EDT
QF
2018 EDO
3R 		GDG
3R 		GDO
F 		ADO
QF 		EDG
SF 		DDM
2R 		GDT
2R 		DDO
2R 		EDM
2R 		GDC
3R 		DDC
DNP 		IDO
DNP 		EDT
SF
2019 EDO
2R 		GDC
WD 		GDG
2R 		GDO
DNP 		ADO
2R 		EDG
3R 		DDM
2R 		DDO
2R 		CDO
2R 		ADC
2R 		EDM
2R 		IDO
DNP 		GDT
3R
2020 BDC
F 		GDC
2R 		EDG
3R 		IDO
SF
2021 HDT
F 		GDT
2R
2022 IDO
QF 		GDC
QF 		GDG
3R 		ADO
DNP 		EDO
DNP 		CDO
2R 		EDG
2R 		DDC
W 		EDM
WD 		HDT
3R 		GDO
WD 		BDO
WD 		GDT
2R
2023 BSD
3R 		EDO
3R 		IDO
2R 		GDG
W 		ADO
3R 		DDC
3R 		BDO
QF 		CDO
WD 		EDG
DNP 		EDM
QF 		GDO
DNP 		HDT
3R 		GDC
3R
2024 BDO
2R 		GDG
3R 		IDO
2R 		EDG
3R 		ADO
DNP 		BSD
DNP 		DDC
 EDO
 GDC
 FDT
 HDT
 SDT
 CDO
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

Nine-dart finishes[edit]

See also: Nine-dart finish
Michael Smith televised nine-dart finishes
Date Opponent Tournament Method
27 February 2020 Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney Premier League Darts 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12
5 March 2022 Austria Mensur Suljović UK Open 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12
3 January 2023 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen World Darts Championship 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12

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