
The prestigious World Darts Championship is underway at the renowned Alexandra Palace.
Competitors are not only striving for the prized title in the sport but also competing for the top position in the 180s count as the stakes rise.
Top 180s at the World Darts Championship
Check out the updated leaderboard:
(After Day 6)
- Kevin Doets – 12
- Kim Huybrechts, Leonard Gates – 10
- Scott Williams – 9
- Luke Woodhouse – 8
- Keane Barry, Christian Kist, Niko Springer, Wessel Nijman – 7
- Noa-Lynn van Leuven, Jim Williams, Ricky Evans, Cameron Carolissen, Florian Hempel, Jeffrey De Zwaan – 6
- Stefan Bellmont, Madars Razma, Gordon Mahers, Michael van Gerwen – 5
- Thibaut Tricole, Jermaine Wattimena, Connor Scutt, Ricardo Pietreczko, Fallon Sherrock, Peter Wright, Mensur Suljovic, Matt Campbell, Michael Smith, Kai Gotthardt, Dylan Slevin, James Hurrell – 4
- Joe Comito, Darius Labanauskas, Mike De Decker, Jeffrey de Graaf, Rashad Sweeting, Xiao Chen Zong, Ryan Meikle, Wesley Plaisier, Nathan Aspinall, Callan Rydz, Nitin Kumar, Gabriel Clemens, Robert Owen, Nick Kenny – 3
- Luke Humphries, Ryan Joyce, Chris Landman, Martin Lukeman, Stowe Buntz, Stephen Bunting, Tomoya Goto, William O’Connor – 2
- Gerwyn Price, Jim Long, Paolo Nebrida, Mickey Mansell – 1
Are there rewards for achieving 180s at the World Darts Championship?
Participants in the World Darts Championship do not receive additional cash prizes for hitting 180s.
Nonetheless, for every 180 scored at Ally Pally, Paddy Power will contribute £1,000 to Prostate Cancer UK.
Last year, a total of 914 180s were recorded, leading Paddy Power to enhance their donations to an impressive £1 million.
Recent Champions
Michael Smith has set the record for the most 180s scored in a single World Darts Championship.
In 2022, he achieved an astonishing 83 maximums, surpassing Gary Anderson’s former record of 71.
Bully Boy was defeated by Michael van Gerwen in that year’s final but went on to win the title the following year.
Here are the last ten players with the highest number of 180s:
- 2024: Luke Humphries (73 180s & won tournament)
- 2023: Michael Smith (66 180s & won tournament)
- 2022: Michael Smith (83 180s & finished runner-up)
- 2021: Gerwyn Price (55 180s & won tournament)
- 2020: Peter Wright (68 180s & won tournament)
- 2019: Michael Smith (64 180s & finished runner-up)
- 2018: Rob Cross (66 180s & won tournament)
- 2017: Gary Anderson (71 180s & finished runner-up)
- 2016: Adrian Lewis (60 180s & finished runner-up)
- 2015: Gary Anderson (64 180s & won tournament)
Which edition of the World Darts Championship saw the most 180s?
Statistics reveal that the overall number of maximums has been steadily increasing every year.
Will we record a new high in 2025?
- 1st – 914 in 2024
- 2nd – 901 in 2023
- 3rd – 880 in 2019
- 4th – 877 in 2021
- 5th – 862 in 2020