A nine-dart finish, most commonly known as a nine-darter, is a perfect leg of darts using only nine darts, the fewest possible, to finish off a 501 leg.
It is difficult to achieve, even for the top players, but every year we see more and more being hit across the PDC tour. It is considered as the hardest achievement in a game of darts, it is often compared to a maximum 147 break in snooker.
The following list has the number of players who have scored a perfect nine-dart leg in a PDC event since 1999.
1999 (x1)
Ronnie Baxter – Antwerp Open
2000 (x1)
Graeme Stoddart – Swiss Open
2001 (x1)
Shayne Burgess – Eastbourne Open
2002 (x5)
Steve Beaton – Irish Masters
Paul Williams – Northern Ireland Open
Alan Warriner – Northern Ireland Open
Lionel Sams – Le Skratch Open
Phil Taylor – World Matchplay
2003 (x2)
Shawn Brenneman – Golden Harvest North American Cup
Roland Scholten – Golden Harvest North American Cup
2004 (x4)
Wayne Mardle – Open Holland
Phil Taylor – UK Open Televised Finals
Chris Mason – Irish Players Championship
Yves Cottenge – Irish Players Championship
2005 (x3)
Phil Taylor – UK Open Televised Finals
Roland Scholten – Welsh Players Championship
Colin Osborne – World Matchplay Qualifiers
2006 (x7)
Colin Lloyd – Irish Masters
Alan Tabern – Vauxhall 128 Plus Classic
James Wade – UK Open North-West Regional Final
Raymond van Barneveld – Premier League Darts
Colin Osborne – Hayling Island Players Championship
James Wade – Hayling Island Players Championship
James Wade – Vauxhall Holiday Park Norfolk Singles
2007 (x6)
Michael van Gerwen – Masters of Darts
Phil Taylor – International Darts League
Phil Taylor – UK Open Televised Finals
Gary Barnett – World Darts Trophy PDPA Qualifier
Jason Clark – German Darts Championship
Raymond van Barneveld – German Darts Championship
2008 (x14)
Colin Lloyd – Players Championship, Germany
Phil Taylor – Players Championship, Germany
Dave Askew – Players Championship, Germany
Colin Osborne – Players Championship, Glasgow
Phil Taylor – UK Open Televised Finals
Ronnie Baxter – Las Vegas Desert Classic Qualifiers
John MaGowan – Players Championship, Holland
Adrian Lewis – Players Championship, Barnsley
Simon Whitlock – Players Championship, Nuland
Justin Pipe – Players Championship, Nuland
John Part – World Matchplay
Adrian Lewis – Championship League Darts
Jelle Klaasen – Players Championship, Holland
James Wade – Grand Slam of Darts
2009 (x15)
Raymond van Barneveld – World Darts Championship
Mark Walsh – Players Championship, Gibraltar
Mervyn King – Players Championship, Coventry
Raymond van Barneveld – UK Open West Midlands Regional Final, Cov
Vincent van der Voort – Players Championship, Nuland
Gary Anderson – Players Championship, Derby
Colin Monk – Players Championship, Barnsley
Andy Smith – UK Open Qualifier, Wigan
Simon Whitlock – Players Championship, Dinslaken
Larry Butler – Las Vegas Players Championship
Wes Newton – Las Vegas Players Championship
Adrian Lewis – Austrian Open Players Championship
Phil Taylor – Championship League Darts
Jelle Klaasen – Championship League Darts
Mervyn King – South African Masters
2010 (x14)
Raymond van Barneveld – World Darts Championship
Matt Clark – Players Championship, Gibraltar
Andy Hamilton – Players Championship, Crawley
Raymond van Barneveld – Premier League Darts
Andy Hamilton – Players Championship, Wigan
Co Stompe – UK Open Qualifier, Wigan
Simon Whitlock – Players Championship, Salzburg
Phil Taylor x2 – Premier League Darts Play-Offs
Mervyn King – UK Open Televised Finals
Colin Lloyd – Players Championship, Las Vegas
Raymond van Barneveld – World Matchplay
Jamie Caven – Players Championship, Crawley
Mark Dudbridge – Players Championship, Barnsley
2011 (x19)
Adrian Lewis – World Darts Championship
Dave Chisnall – Players Championship, Halle
John Henderson – Players Championship, Derby
Michael Smith – PDC Unicorn Youth Tour Event 2
Wayne Atwood – UK Open Qualifier, Barnsley
Dennis Priestley – UK Open Qualifier, Barnsley
Dave Chisnall – UK Open Qualifier, Wigan
Simon Whitlock – Players Championship, Barnsley
Simon Whitlock – Players Championship, Nuland
Justin Pipe – Players Championship, Nuland
John Part – World Matchplay
Adrian Lewis – European Championship
Phil Taylor – Players Championship, Dublin
Raymond van Barneveld – Players Championship, Dublin
Brendan Dolan – World Grand Prix
Phil Taylor – Championship League Darts
Simon Whitlock – Championship League Darts
Wes Newton – Players Championship, Gladbeck
Mark Webster – Players Championship, Benidorm
2012 (x21)
Ian White – Players Championship 1, Benidorm
Michael van Gerwen – UK Open Qualifier 1, Crawley
Phil Taylor – Premier League Darts, Aberdeen
Phil Taylor – Players Championship 3, Reading
Phil Taylor – Players Championship 4, Reading
Steve Farmer – UK Open Qualifier 3, Barnsley
Richie Burnett – UK Open Qualifier 4, Barnsley
Raymond van Barneveld – UK Open Qualifier 5
Simon Whitlock – Austrian Darts Open – European Tour 1
Michael Smith – Austrian Darts Open – European Tour 1
Kim Huybrechts – UK Open Qualifier 7, Birmingham
Simon Whitlock – Premier League Darts Play-Offs
Gary Anderson – UK Open Televised Finals
Colin Lloyd – German Darts Championship – European Tour 2
Michael van Gerwen – World Matchplay
Wes Newton – World Matchplay
Mark Webster – German Darts Masters – European Tour 4
Ian White – German Darts Masters – European Tour 4
Connie Finnan – Players Championship, Barnsley
Dean Winstanley – World Darts Championship
Michael van Gerwen – World Darts Championship
2013 (x24)
Charl Pietersen – Qualifying School, Wigan
Andy Parsons – Qualifying School, Wigan
Kevin McDine – Qualifying School, Wigan
Robert Thornton – UK Open Q1, Crawley
Kevin Thomas – UK Open Q2, Crawley
Gary Anderson – UK Open Q3, Wigan
Andy Hamilton – UK Open Q3, Wigan
Kurt Parry – World Youth Championship
Michael Smith – World Youth Championship
Prakash Jiwa – European Tour Event 3 UK Qualifier
Adam Hunt – European Tour Event 3 UK Qualifier
Joey Palfreyman – European Tour Event 5 UK Qualifier
Wes Newton – UK Open TV Finals
Steve Brown – Players Championship 5 (Crawley)
Ross Smith – Gibraltar Darts Trophy
Gaz Cousins – PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour Event 10
Phil Taylor – Championship League Darts G1
Mervyn King – Championship League Darts G4
Michael van Gerwen – Championship League Darts G4
Kim Huybrechts – Championship League Darts G6
Wes Newton – Players Championship (Killarney)
Jamie Robinson – World Championship PDPA Qualifier
Terry Jenkins – World Darts Championship
Kyle Anderson – World Darts Championship
2014 (x20)
Terry Jenkins – UK Open Qualifier, Wigan
Dave Ladley – UK Open Qualifier, Wigan
Dave Chisnall – UK Open Qualifier, Wigan
David Pallett – UK Open Qualifier, Wigan
Phil Taylor – UK Open Qualifier, Wigan
Phil Taylor – UK Open Qualifier, Wigan
Adrian Lewis – Players Championship One
Dave Chisnall – Players Championship Three
Michael van Gerwen – Players Championship Three
Johnny Haines – Players Championship Ten
Matt Dicken – Challenge Tour 12
Phil Taylor – World Matchplay
James Wade – World Grand Prix (double-start)
Robert Thornton – World Grand Prix (double-start)
Michael van Gerwen – European Championship
Darryl Fitton – Grand Slam of Darts Qualifier
Kim Huybrechts – Grand Slam of Darts
Adrian Lewis – Players Championship 20
Gary Stone – World Championship Qualifier
Adrian Lewis – World Darts Championship
2015 (x29)
Alan Norris – Qualifying School
Dyson Parody – Qualifying School
Alan Norris – ET1 UK Qualifier
Andrew Gilding – ET2 UK Qualifier
Simon Whitlock – UK Open Qualifier, Wigan
Ian White – UK Open Qualifier, Wigan
Kyle Anderson – ET4 UK Qualifier
Nathan Derry – Players Championship One
Jeffrey De Zwaan – Players Championship Two
Cristo Reyes – Players Championship Two
Darren Johnson – Players Championship Three
Benito van de Pas – Players Championship Five
Matt Dicken – Development Tour One
Dirk van Duijvenbode – Development Tour Three
Devon Petersen – Players Championship Six
James Wade – Players Championship Six
Peter Wright – Players Championship Seven
Ian White – Players Championship 11
Cristo Reyes – Players Championship 12
Max Hopp – ET5 Host Nation Qualifier
Magnus Caris – Players Championship 14
Simon Preston – Challenge Tour Ten
Phil Taylor – Sydney Darts Masters
Devon Petersen – ET9 UK Qualifier
Kim Huybrechts – Players Championship 16
Jamie Lewis – Players Championship 17
Michael van Gerwen – Players Championship 18
Phil Taylor – Players Championship 18
Dave Chisnall – Grand Slam of Darts
2016 (x26)
Gary Anderson – World Darts Championship
Ross Smith – Qualifying School
Jamie Caven – ET1 UK Qualifier
Mark Dudbridge – UK Open Qualifier One
Richie Corner – UK Open Qualifier Six
Michael van Gerwen – UK Open TV Finals
Stuart Kellett – ET3 UK Qualifier
Michael van Gerwen – Players Championship Two
Adrian Lewis – Players Championship Three
Alan Norris – Players Championship Three
Adrian Lewis – Premier League Darts
Dave Chisnall – Players Championship Six
Devon Petersen – Players Championship Seven
James Richardson – ET6 UK Qualifier
Jeffrey de Zwaan – Players Championship Nine
Steve Brown – ET9 UK Qualifier
Daniel Cole – Development Tour 15
Rob Cross – Challenge Tour 12
Richard Baillie – Challenge Tour 14
Jeffrey de Graaf – Players Championship 15
Michael van Gerwen – Players Championship 15
Yordi Meeuwisse – Players Championship 16
Simon Whitlock – Players Championship 16
Michael van Gerwen – Players Championship 16
Simon Whitlock – Players Championship 19
Alan Norris – Players Championship Finals
2017 (x27)
Ted Evetts – Coral UK Open Qualifier Three
Michael van Gerwen x2 – Coral UK Open Qualifier Four
Darren Webster – Coral UK Open Qualifier Five
Ronny Huybrechts – Coral UK Open Qualifier Five
Christian Kist – Coral UK Open Qualifier Six
Kenny Neyens – Unicorn Development Tour One
Adrian Lewis – Players Championship Two
Ryan Meikle – ET1 UK Qualifier
Kim Huybrechts – Players Championship Three
Joe Cullen – Players Championship Four
Mike De Decker – Unicorn Development Tour Five
Ricky Williams – Players Championship Six
Steve Beaton – ET3 UK Qualifier
Adrian Lewis – Betway Premier League
Mark Dudbridge – PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour Seven
Michael van Gerwen – Players Championship Nine
Peter Wright – Players Championship Ten
Dave Chisnall – Players Championship 12
Mickey Mansell – ET10 UK Qualifier
Rob Hewson – ET11 UK Qualifier
Jamie Lewis – Players Championship 17
Kyle Anderson – Players Championship 17
Robert Allenstein – ET9 South & West Europe Qualifier
Mensur Suljovic – Players Championship 19
Dave Chisnall – Players Championship 21
Kyle Anderson – Unibet European Championship
2018 (x29)
Robbie Green – Coral UK Open Qualifier Two
Ian White – Coral UK Open Qualifier Two
Michael van Gerwen – Coral UK Open Qualifier Three
Peter Jacques – Coral UK Open Qualifier Four
John Goldie – ET2 UK Qualifier
Cameron Menzies – ET3 UK Qualifier
Jamie Lewis – Players Championship Three
Noel Malicdem – PDC Asian Tour Event One
Steve Hine – Players Championship Six
Stephen Bunting – ET6 UK Qualifier
Nathan Aspinall – Players Championship Seven
Dawson Murschell – PDC Unicorn Development Tour Event One
Dennis Nilsson – PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour Event Ten
Lee Turle – PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour Event 12
Simon Preston – ET7 UK Qualifier
Adrian Lewis – Players Championship 16
Michael van Gerwen – European Darts Matchplay
Gary Anderson – BetVictor World Matchplay
Vincent van der Voort – Players Championship 17
James Wade – Players Championship 17
Krzysztof Ratajski – PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour Event 13
Rowby-John Rodriguez – PDC Unicorn Development Tour Event 16
George Killington – Players Championship 19
Michael van Gerwen – Players Championship 19
Peter Hudson – Players Championship 20
Andrew Gilding – Players Championship 21
Jimmy Hendriks – Players Championship 22
Eddie Lovely – PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour Event 20
Dimitri Van den Bergh – bwin Grand Slam of Darts
2019 (x47)
Peter Jacques – PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour Event Four
Geert Nentjes – Players Championship Two
Chris Dobey – Players Championship Two
Dave Chisnall – Players Championship Two
Michael van Gerwen – Players Championship Two
Michael van Gerwen – Players Championship Three
Ted Evetts – ET1 UK Qualifier
Ricky Evans – ET2 UK Qualifier
Scott Baker – Players Championship Five
Danny Noppert – Players Championship Five
Ritchie Edhouse – Players Championship Six
Brian Raman – PDC Unicorn Development Tour Event Four
Ritchie Edhouse – ET4 UK Qualifier
Ted Evetts – ET4 UK Qualifier
Michael van Gerwen – European Darts Open
James Wade – German Darts Championship
Mark McGeeney – Players Championship Nine
Harry Ward – Players Championship 11
Callan Rydz – PDC Unicorn Development Tour Event Six
Steve Beaton – German Darts Open
Geert De Vos – PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour Event Seven
Dave Chisnall – Players Championship 15
Michael Rasztovits – ET9 Associate Member Qualifier
Robert Thornton – Players Championship 16
Geert Nentjes – PDC Unicorn Development Tour Event 11
Madars Razma – ET9 ETCH Qualifier
Lourence Ilagan – PDC Asian Tour Event Seven
Dimitri Van den Bergh – Players Championship 17
Gerwyn Price – Czech Darts Open
Andy Jenkins – PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour Event Nine
Kyle Anderson – Players Championship 19
Boris Koltsov – PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour Event 14
Simon Preston – PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour Event 16
Geert Nentjes – PDC Unicorn Development Tour Event 14
John Henderson – Players Championship 24
Matt Clark – ET13 UK Qualifier
Jose De Sousa – ET13 European Tour Card Holder Qualifier
Jeffrey de Zwaan – Players Championship 25
Rob Cross – Players Championship 26
Ian White – Players Championship 26
Cody Harris – PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 18
Dave Chisnall – Gibraltar Darts Trophy
Mensur Suljovic – Players Championship 28
Gerwyn Price – Players Championship 30
James Beeton – PDC Unicorn Development Tour Event 18
Keane Barry – PDC Unicorn Development Tour Event 20
Michael van Gerwen – Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals
2020 (x15 so far)
Andy Jenkins – PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour Event Three
Mickey Mansell – Players Championship One
Mike van Duivenbode – Players Championship One
Keegan Brown – Players Championship Two
Scott Baker – Players Championship Two
Nathan Aspinall – Players Championship Two
Steve West – ET2 TCH Qualifier
Mensur Suljovic – Players Championship Three
Danny Noppert – Players Championship Three
Steve Lennon – Players Championship Five
Michael van Gerwen – Players Championship Six
Michael Smith – Unibet Premier League
Jonny Clayton – Ladbrokes UK Open
Michael van Gerwen – Ladbrokes UK Open
Luke Woodhouse – Unibet Home Tour Group Two
