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WORLD
RANKING
MICHaeL
SMITH

Meet PDC World Champion Michael 'Bully Boy' Smith - and discover the darts he trusts to keep him on top of the world.

Rowby-John
Rodriguez

World ranked 53, ‘Little John’

Devon
Petersen

World ranked 65, ‘The African Warrior’

Barbora
Hospodářská

Former European soft tip champion

Our players

Mindaugas Barauskas

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Mindaugas

Hailing from Lithuania, Mindaugas Barauskas has played in Professional Darts Corporation events in 2019, after making great strides by qualifying for the European Darts Grand Prix on the PDC European Tour. He has predominantly featured at the World Cup of Darts with Lithuania alongside Darius Labanauskas - their best run coming in 2020 when they reached the last 16.

Mindaugas is also a regular on the PDC's affiliate Nordic and Baltic Tour and in February 2023, he won his first title when he beat Tom Veje 6-5 in the final. While not playing darts, Mindaugas works as a bricklayer in the South Lithuania in Prienai.

Nickname
Mindy
Walk-On Music
Teenage Riot
Darts Used
Date of Birth
Boris Koltsov

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Boris

Residing in Moscow, Koltsov was born in 1988 and has been playing darts since 2011. He started his professional career in the British Darts Organisation and reached the semi-finals of the WDF Europe Cup. Moving back to the PDC World Championship and Boris has made four appearances in the event to date. He also played in the 2020 UK Open, one of the biggest tournaments on the PDC Tour.

In terms of tournament victories, Boris Koltsov has an impressive CV including the EADC Pro Tour, Finnish Open, Kalashnikov Cup, PDC Challenge Tour England, WDF World Cup Pairs, and Russian Cup.

Nickname
The Russian Viking
Walk-On Music
Gorky Park - Moscow Calling
Darts Used
Date of Birth
Raymond Smith

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Raymond

Queenslander Raymond Smith is one of the best players to hail from Australia which has seen him play around the World. He started off playing in the British Darts Organisation where in 2016 he reached the last 16 of the World Masters before taking part in the 2017 BDO World Championship. He has also played in three Professional Darts Corporation World Championships, his best run coming in 2022 when he reached the last 16. Ray contributes hugely to youth darts and coaching the sport in Australia, and is the author of several Darts Coach articles on this website.

In 2023, Smith took part in the Modus Super Series, winning an event, before capturing the title in the Champions week.

Nickname
The Guru
Walk-On Music
Can't Hold Us - Macklemore
Darts Used
Date of Birth
Niels Zonneveld

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Niels

Known as ‘Triple Z’, Zonneveld was born on the 22nd of July 1998 in Uitgeest, a town in the province of North Holland. The Dutchman joined the Professional Darts Corporation in 2019 having attended the European Q-School in the same year, winning his Tour Card on the first day of the event.  Capable of producing an average of over 100, as shown on the PDC Youth/Development Tour 2020 at DT 02 Hildesheim, Zonneveld has already played in some of the biggest events in the PDC. His best achievement to date came at the 2020 Players Championship Finals as Zonneveld defeated the number 6 seed, James Wade, 6-3 in the first round with a 94.41 average.

The Netherlands has long been a hotbed for professional darts players and we are seeing the introduction of another star in Niels Zonneveld.

Nickname
Triple Z
Walk-On Music
Nickleback
Darts Used
Date of Birth
Ryan Murray

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Ryan M

Born in Edinburgh, Ryan Murray has long been a participant on the PDC Challenge Tour and has enjoyed several appearances at the UK Open, one of the biggest tournaments in world darts. Despite being only 33 years of age, Murray first came to light in the PDC when playing in the 2010 UK Open.

Ryan held his Tour Card on the Professional Darts Corporation for two years between 2020-21, but had limited opportunities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, although he did qualify for the World Darts Championship once.

Since then, Murray has been a regular of the PDC Challenge Tour while taking part in Modus Super Series events.

Nickname
Muzz Lightyear
Walk-On Music
Buzzing - Mann Ft 50 Cent
Darts Used
Date of Birth
Joe Chaney

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Joe

Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chaney is looking to make big strides in the game and propel himself up the rankings to challenge the best in the business.

Chaney is not inexperienced when it comes to winning trophies and he has several in the cabinet. The Portland City Open, Cleveland Darts Extravaganza, Las Vegas Open and Chicago Open are just some of the big domestic events Chaney has won during his career. While Joe continues to dominate the United States darts scene, he has also been making inroads on the international circuit.

You are sure to be hearing ‘The Chainsaw’ blasting out at WDF events in the future as Chaney continues to climb the world rankings.

Nickname
The Chainsaw
Walk-On Music
I Walk The Line
Darts Used
Date of Birth
Stowe Buntz

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Stowe

A twenty-year dart veteran Stowe Buntz is a native of Portsmouth, Virginia, where he lives with his wife Crystal and daughters Layla, Payton, and Harper and son Stowe Jr.

Stowe is a Multiple Singles, Men's Doubles, Mixed Doubles, and Mixed Triples Winner on the ADO circuit. Currently, at number 12 on the CDC Ranking at the time of writing, he is a two-time runner-up on the CDC 2022 Tour. He also finished 5th at the 2022 CDC Continental Cup.

Impressively Stowe is also a Multiple ADA National Champion with Singles, Doubles, and Triples over multiple years under his belt.

Nickname
Buntzy
Walk-On Music
Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
Darts Used
Date of Birth
Jason Brandon

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Jason B

Jason Brandon has been a regular on the darting scene in the United States which has seen him win titles across four decades. Some of his biggest wins have been recently including the 2022 Virginia Beach Classic, while a win on the PDC's North American affiliate tour saw him qualify for the US Darts Masters.

Playing on the iconic Madison Square Garden stage, Jason went down 6-2 to Robb Cross

Nickname
Brandy
Walk-On Music
Oh Mandy
Darts Used
Date of Birth
Robbie Phillips

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Robbie

Robbie's been a sponsored player with Shot Darts for several years, hailing back to Puma Darts days and counts as part of the family, the tribe. Robbie's parents played darts when he was a child and he earned a spot on their league team when he was 13, joining an adult league in 1996 and he hasn't looked back! Robbie says “I feel a great deal of pride to have an outstanding company believe in me. It makes me want to become an even better player to represent myself and Shot Darts”.

Nicknamed The Robot, the North Carolina based player spends a lot of time giving back to the game and sponsoring youth players in his area and around the USA.

Nickname
The Robot
Walk-On Music
The Wanderer
Darts Used
Date of Birth
Jason Watt

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Jason W

Hailing from Indiana USA, Jason, AKA "Notorious BDG" found love for the game at a very early age. He was introduced to darts by his Uncle (Forest Hall) at the age of 15. Playing with his Uncle at his house he honed his skills until he reached the age of 21.

He plans to focus on the CDC tour and larger steel tip events in 2023.

Nickname
Notorious BDG
Walk-On Music
A Boy Named Sue
Darts Used
Date of Birth
Gordon Mathers

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Gordon

A true Aussie Battler "GG" Mathers got his start in darts back in 1998. Hailing from Bisbane, Gordon was a permanent fixture in the BDO from 2011 to 2020 and in 2021 he moved to the PDC. n 2020 he was a part of the PDC Tour Card UK Qualifying School, and he also attended the PDC Challenge Tour England where he was in the last 16 for the first challenge, last 256 for the second one, in the semi final for the 3rd one and the last 128 for the 4tth one. He won his tour card and played the tour in 2021-2023.

Gordon Mathers is a resilient player, his commitment & focus on growth and success has allowed him to constantly push himself to new heights and never give up.

Nickname
GG
Walk-On Music
Khe Sanh - Cold Chisel
Darts Used
Date of Birth
Tori Kewish

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Tori

Tori started playing darts at the age of 14. Her Dad (Steve Kewish) has played darts for a very long time and Tori decided to give it a go and it worked out well, and she really enjoyed it so kept playing. In 2022, Kewish qualified for the WDF World Darts Championship. She went on a good run defeating Lorraine Hyde & Deta Hedman without dropping a set. She reached the Quarter final where she lost a close match to Lorraine Winstanley 2–1. 

Torza has won an impressive 25 WDF titles in Australia in her career to date.

Nickname
Torza
Walk-On Music
Get'cha Head In The Game
Darts Used
Date of Birth
Haupai Puha

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Haupai

Haupai Puha has been competing on the New Zealand darts circuit since 2017, since swapping the golf clubs for tungsten arrows. He made his first PDC major appearance at the 2019 World Cup of Darts in Hamburg together with Cody Harris. They beat Lithuania and South Africa to reach the quarter-finals, eventually losing to Japan. The biggest win of his career came at the 2022 Queensland Darts Masters when he beat Jonny Clayton. Puha has also played in the PDC and WDF World Championships, losing in the first round in 2021 and 2022 respectively. 

He has also qualified for the 2023 WDF World Championships.

Nickname
Hopes
Walk-On Music
How Bizarre
Darts Used
Date of Birth
Ky Smith

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Ky

Ky "The Prodigy" Smith first held a dart in his hand at 18 months old and has been playing in earnest since he was 12 years old. Darts runs in the family with his Dad being Australian dart legend and Shot sponsored pro Raymond Smith. He made his William Hill World Darts Championship debut in December 2021 after winning the DPA Oceanic Masters. Ky and his father Ray made history that year for the first father and son duo to compete at the Championship.

Ky's been a Shot Young Gun right through his teenage years and we're stoked to have him on board! We can't wait to see how the younger Smith progresses.

Nickname
The Prodigy
Walk-On Music
Tinder Dreams
Darts Used
Date of Birth
Ryan Avellino

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Ryan A

I got started playing darts because of my parents! For as long as I can remember, there has been a dartboard set up in our house. I would watch them play until one day I asked, “Can I try?” they said, “absolutely!” and started to teach me. A few months after I first started, I let my mom and dad know that I’d like to try to play in a youth event. I was 10/11 at the time, and I just wanted to play and have fun. I placed 2nd in my age group and thought, “oh, I like this”, and started to play more each day. 5 months later; I won my first NC State Youth (under 13) Championship.

I already had the darting bug but then this playing competitively thing got ahold of me and has not let go since. I love the game of darts, the competition, learning to “play the board”, improving my game each day and seeing how far I can take it.

Nickname
The Express
Walk-On Music
Fade to Black - Metallica
Darts Used
Date of Birth
EST 1970

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