Phil Taylor career statistics

This is a list of the main career statistics of English professional darts player, Phil Taylor, whose professional career lasted from 1987 to 2018. Taylor won 214 professional titles and was runner-up in 48 finals. He won a record 85 major titles and a record 16 World Championships. In team events, he won 10 titles including being a four-time winner of the PDC World Cup of Darts and has had 2 runners-up finishes in team events. In 1999 and 2004 he defeated the reigning BDO champion in a special challenge match.

Career finals

BDO major finals: 7 (4 titles, 3 runners-up)

Legend
World Championship (2–0)
Winmau World Masters (1–1)
World Darts Trophy (1–1)
British Matchplay (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score^{[note 1]}	Ref.
Winner	1.	1990	World Darts Championship (1)	Eric Bristow	6–1 (s)	^[1]
Winner	2.	1990	Winmau World Masters (1)	Jocky Wilson	3–2 (s)	^[2]
Runner-up	1.	1991	British Matchplay	Dennis Priestley	2–5 (s)
Runner-up	2.	1991	Winmau World Masters	Rod Harrington	2–3 (s)	^[3]
Winner	3.	1992	World Darts Championship (2)	Mike Gregory	6–5 (s)	^[4]
Winner	4.	2006	World Darts Trophy (1)	Martin Adams	7–2 (s)	^[5]
Runner-up	3.	2007	World Darts Trophy	Gary Anderson	3–7 (s)	^[6]

PDC major finals: 92 (79 titles, 13 runners-up)

Legend
World Championship (14–5)
World Matchplay (16–1)
World Grand Prix (11–0)
Grand Slam (6–1)
Premier League (6–2)
UK Open (5–1)
The Masters (1–0)
Champions League of Darts (1–0)
European Championship (4–0)
Players Championship Finals (3–1)
Championship League (4–2)
US Open (3–0)
Las Vegas Desert Classic (5–0)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score^{[note 1]}
Runner-up	1.	1994	World Darts Championship	Dennis Priestley	1–6 (s)
Winner	1.	1995	World Darts Championship (1)	Rod Harrington	6–2 (s)
Winner	2.	1995	World Matchplay (1)	Dennis Priestley	16–11 (l)
Winner	3.	1996	World Darts Championship (2)	Dennis Priestley	6–4 (s)
Winner	4.	1997	World Darts Championship (3)	Dennis Priestley	6–3 (s)
Winner	5.	1997	World Matchplay (2)	Alan Warriner-Little	16–11 (l)
Winner	6.	1998	World Darts Championship (4)	Dennis Priestley	6–0 (s)
Winner	7.	1998	World Grand Prix (1)	Rod Harrington	13–8 (s)
Winner	8.	1999	World Darts Championship (5)	Peter Manley	6–2 (s)
Winner	9.	1999	World Grand Prix (2)	Shayne Burgess	6–1 (s)
Winner	10.	2000	World Darts Championship (6)	Dennis Priestley	7–3 (s)
Winner	11.	2000	World Matchplay (3)	Alan Warriner-Little	18–12 (l)
Winner	12.	2000	World Grand Prix (3)	Shayne Burgess	6–1 (s)
Winner	13.	2001	World Darts Championship (7)	John Part	7–0 (s)
Winner	14.	2001	World Matchplay (4)	Richie Burnett	18–10 (l)
Winner	15.	2002	World Darts Championship (8)	Peter Manley	7–0 (s)
Winner	16.	2002	Las Vegas Desert Classic (1)	Ronnie Baxter	3–0 (s)
Winner	17.	2002	World Matchplay (5)	John Part	18–16 (l)
Winner	18.	2002	World Grand Prix (4)	John Part	7–3 (s)
Runner-up	2.	2003	World Darts Championship	John Part	6–7 (s)
Winner	19.	2003	UK Open (1)	Shayne Burgess	18–8 (l)
Winner	20.	2003	World Matchplay (6)	Wayne Mardle	18–12 (l)
Winner	21.	2003	World Grand Prix (5)	John Part	7–2 (s)
Winner	22.	2004	World Darts Championship (9)	Kevin Painter	7–6 (s)
Winner	23.	2004	Las Vegas Desert Classic (2)	Wayne Mardle	6–4 (s)
Winner	24.	2004	World Matchplay (7)	Mark Dudbridge	18–8 (l)
Winner	25.	2005	World Darts Championship (10)	Mark Dudbridge	7–4 (s)
Winner	26.	2005	Premier League (1)	Colin Lloyd	16–4 (l)
Winner	27.	2005	UK Open (2)	Mark Walsh	13–7 (l)
Winner	28.	2005	Las Vegas Desert Classic (3)	Wayne Mardle	6–1 (s)
Winner	29.	2005	World Grand Prix (6)	Colin Lloyd	7–1 (s)
Winner	30.	2006	World Darts Championship (11)	Peter Manley	7–0 (s)
Winner	31.	2006	World Series US Open (1)	Adrian Lewis	13–5 (l)
Winner	32.	2006	Premier League (2)	Roland Scholten	16–6 (l)
Winner	33.	2006	World Matchplay (8)	James Wade	18–11 (l)
Winner	34.	2006	World Grand Prix (7)	Terry Jenkins	7–4 (s)
Runner-up	3.	2007	World Darts Championship	Raymond van Barneveld	6–7 (s)
Winner	35.	2007	US Open (2)	Raymond van Barneveld	4–1 (s)
Winner	36.	2007	Premier League (3)	Terry Jenkins	16–6 (l)
Winner	37.	2007	Grand Slam of Darts (1)	Andy Hamilton	18–11 (l)
Winner	38.	2008	US Open (3)	Colin Lloyd	3–0 (s)
Winner	39.	2008	Premier League (4)	James Wade	16–8 (l)
Winner	40.	2008	Las Vegas Desert Classic (4)	James Wade	13–7 (l)
Winner	41.	2008	World Matchplay (9)	James Wade	18–9 (l)
Winner	42.	2008	World Grand Prix (8)	Raymond van Barneveld	6–2 (s)
Winner	43.	2008	Championship League (1)	Mervyn King	7–5 (l)
Winner	44.	2008	European Championship (1)	Adrian Lewis	11–5 (l)
Winner	45.	2008	Grand Slam of Darts (2)	Terry Jenkins	18–9 (l)
Winner	46.	2009	World Darts Championship (12)	Raymond van Barneveld	7–1 (s)
Winner	47.	2009	Players Championship Finals (1)	Robert Thornton	16–9 (l)
Winner	48.	2009	UK Open (3)	Colin Osborne	11–6 (l)
Winner	49.	2009	Las Vegas Desert Classic (5)	Raymond van Barneveld	13–11 (l)
Winner	50.	2009	World Matchplay (10)	Terry Jenkins	18–4 (l)
Winner	51.	2009	World Grand Prix (9)	Raymond van Barneveld	6–3 (s)
Runner-up	4.	2009	Championship League	Colin Osborne	4–6 (l)
Winner	52.	2009	European Championship (2)	Steve Beaton	11–3 (l)
Winner	53.	2009	Grand Slam of Darts (3)	Scott Waites	16–2 (l)
Winner	54.	2010	World Darts Championship (13)	Simon Whitlock	7–3 (s)
Winner	55.	2010	Premier League (5)	James Wade	10–8 (l)
Winner	56.	2010	UK Open (4)	Gary Anderson	11–5 (l)
Winner	57.	2010	World Matchplay (11)	Raymond van Barneveld	18–12 (l)
Winner	58.	2010	European Championship (3)	Wayne Jones	11–1 (l)
Runner-up	5.	2010	Championship League	James Wade	5–6 (l)
Winner	59.	2011	Players Championship Finals (2)	Gary Anderson	13–12 (l)
Winner	60.	2011	World Matchplay (12)	James Wade	18–8 (l)
Winner	61.	2011	European Championship (4)	Adrian Lewis	11–8 (l)
Winner	62.	2011	World Grand Prix (10)	Brendan Dolan	6–3 (s)
Winner	63.	2011	Championship League (2)	Paul Nicholson	6–1 (l)
Winner	64.	2011	Grand Slam of Darts (4)	Gary Anderson	16–4 (l)
Winner	65.	2012	Premier League (6)	Simon Whitlock	10–7 (l)
Runner-up	6.	2012	UK Open	Robert Thornton	5–11 (l)
Winner	66.	2012	World Matchplay (13)	James Wade	18–15 (l)
Winner	67.	2012	Championship League (3)	Simon Whitlock	6–4 (l)
Winner	68.	2012	Players Championship Finals (3)	Kim Huybrechts	13–6 (l)
Winner	69.	2013	World Darts Championship (14)	Michael van Gerwen	7–4 (s)
Runner-up	7.	2013	Premier League	Michael van Gerwen	8–10 (l)
Winner	70.	2013	UK Open (5)	Andy Hamilton	11–4 (l)
Winner	71.	2013	World Matchplay (14)	Adrian Lewis	18–13 (l)
Winner	72.	2013	World Grand Prix (11)	Dave Chisnall	6–0 (s)
Winner	73.	2013	Championship League (4)	Michael van Gerwen	6–3 (l)
Winner	74.	2013	The Masters (1)	Adrian Lewis	10–1 (l)
Winner	75.	2013	Grand Slam of Darts (5)	Robert Thornton	16–6 (l)
Runner-up	8.	2013	Players Championship Finals	Michael van Gerwen	7–11 (l)
Winner	76.	2014	World Matchplay (15)	Michael van Gerwen	18–9 (l)
Winner	77.	2014	Grand Slam of Darts (6)	Dave Chisnall	16–13 (l)
Runner-up	9.	2015	PDC World Darts Championship	Gary Anderson	6–7 (s)
Runner-up	10.	2015	Grand Slam of Darts	Michael van Gerwen	13–16 (l)
Runner-up	11.	2016	Premier League	Michael van Gerwen	3–11 (l)
Runner-up	12.	2016	World Matchplay	Michael van Gerwen	10–18 (l)
Winner	78.	2016	Champions League of Darts (1)	Michael van Gerwen	11–5 (l)
Winner	79.	2017	World Matchplay (16)	Peter Wright	18–8 (l)
Runner-up	13.	2018	PDC World Darts Championship	Rob Cross	2–7 (s)

Independent major finals: 2 (2 titles)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	1997	News of the World Championship	Ian White	2–0 (l)
Winner	2.	2005	Masters of Darts	Andy Fordham	7–1 (s)

PDC world series finals: 10 (8 titles, 2 runners-up)

Legend
World Series of Darts (8–2)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	^{[note 1]}
Winner	1.	2013	Sydney Darts Masters	Michael van Gerwen	10–3 (l)
Winner	2.	2014	Sydney Darts Masters	Stephen Bunting	11–3 (l)
Winner	3.	2014	Perth Darts Masters	Michael van Gerwen	11–9 (l)
Runner-up	1.	2015	Dubai Darts Masters	Michael van Gerwen	8–11 (l)
Winner	4.	2015	Japan Darts Masters	Peter Wright	8–7 (l)
Winner	5.	2015	Perth Darts Masters	James Wade	11–7 (l)
Winner	6.	2015	Sydney Darts Masters	Adrian Lewis	11–3 (l)
Winner	7.	2016	Sydney Darts Masters	Michael van Gerwen	11–9 (l)
Winner	8.	2017	Melbourne Darts Masters	Peter Wright	11–8 (l)
Runner-up	2.	2017	German Darts Masters	Peter Wright	4–11 (l)

PDC team finals: 8 (6 titles, 2 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Team	Teammate	Opponents in the final	Score ^{[note 1]}
Winner	1.	1996	World Team Championship	with Bob Anderson		Chris Mason and Steve Raw	18–15 (l)
Runner-up	1.	2007	World Darts Challenge	with Ray Carver		Raymond van Barneveld and John Kuczynski	11–14 (l)
Winner	2.	2009	Jocky Wilson Cup	with James Wade		Gary Anderson and Robert Thornton	6–0 (p)
Winner	3.	2012	World Cup of Darts	England	Adrian Lewis	Australia – Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson	4–3 (m)
Winner	4.	2013				Belgium – Kim Huybrechts and Ronny Huybrechts	3–1 (m)
Runner-up	2.	2014				Netherlands – Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld	0–3 (m)
Winner	5.	2015				Scotland – Gary Anderson and Peter Wright	3–2 (m)
Winner	6.	2016				Netherlands – Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld	3–2 (m)

Other BDO finals

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score^{[note 1]}
Winner	1.	1988	Canadian Open	Bob Anderson	5–1 (l)
Winner	2.	1989	Las Vegas Open	Calvin Peters
Winner	3.	1990	Isle of Man Open	Ronnie Baxter	3–2 (s)
Winner	4.	1990	Finnish Open	Alan Warriner
Winner	5.	1990	British Pentathlon (1)	Alan Warriner
Winner	6.	1990	North American Open (1)	Ronnie Baxter
Winner	7.	1990	Denmark Open	Dave Whitcombe
Winner	8.	1990	Pontins British Masters	Dennis Priestley	2–0 (s)
Winner	9.	1990	Jersey Festival Of Darts (1)	Ronnie Baxter
Winner	10.	1990	Malta Open	Steve Brown	2–0 (s)
Winner	11.	1991	British Pentathlon (2)	Ronnie Baxter
Winner	12.	1991	North American Open (2)	Jerry Umberger
Runner-up	1.	1991	Denmark Open	Rod Harrington	4–5 (s)
Runner-up	2.	1992	Canadian Open	Bob Anderson
Runner-up	3.	1992	Jersey Festival Of Darts	Rod Harrington
Winner	13.	1993	Berlin Open	Peter Evison
Winner	14.	1999	Jersey Festival Of Darts (2)	Rod Harrington

WDF finals: 2 (2 titles)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	1990	Europe Cup Singles (1)	Eric Burden	?–?
Winner	2.	1992	Europe Cup Singles (2)	John Lowe	4–2

WDF team finals: 4 (4 titles)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Team/partner	Opponents in the final	Score ^{[note 1]}
Winner	1.	1990	WDF Europe Cup (pairs)	Bob Anderson	Eric Bristow and John Lowe	4–2
Winner	2.	1990	WDF Europe Cup (team event)	England	Sweden	9–1 (l)
Winner	3.	1991	WDF World Cup (team event)	England	Wales	9–7 (l)
Winner	4.	1992	WDF Europe Cup (team event)	England	Wales	9–3 (l)

Champion vs Champion: 2 (2 titles)

Outcome	No.	Year	Opponent	Score^{[note 1]}
Winner	1.	1999	Raymond van Barneveld	21–10 (l)
Winner	2.	2004	Andy Fordham	5–2 (s)*

* The match was best of 13 sets, but Fordham retired after the seventh set due to ill-health

Seniors finals: 2 (2 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	2022	World Seniors Darts Masters	David Cameron	3–6 (s)
Runner-up	2.	2022	World Seniors Darts Matchplay	Robert Thornton	10–12 (l)

Performance timelines

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Prel.	DNQ	DNP	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Prel.) Preliminary round; (DNQ) Did not qualify; (DNP) Did not participate; (NH) Not held

Majors

Tournament	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011		2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship	Not yet founded						F	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	F	W	W	W	F	QF	W	W	QF		2R	W	2R	F	3R	QF	F
World Matchplay	Not held						2R	W	2R	W	QF	SF	W	W	W	W	W	QF	W	SF	W	W	W	W		W	W	W	SF	F	W	^{[N 1]}
World Grand Prix	Not held										W	W	W	1R	W	W	1R	W	W	1R	W	W	SF	W		2R	W	QF	1R	1R	DNP
UK Open	Not held															W	QF	W	QF	QF	QF	W	W	5R		F	W	3R	QF	SF	DNQ
Grand Slam of Darts	Not held																			W	W	W	QF	W		2R	W	W	F	QF	SF
European Championship	Not held																				W	W	W	W		QF	2R	2R	QF	QF	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	Not held																					W	SF	W	2R	W	F	QF	1R	DNQ
PDC Non-ranked televised events
Premier League Darts	Not held																	W	W	W	W	SF	W	SF		W	F	SF	5th	F	SF	^{[N 1]}
PDC World Cup of Darts	Not held																						2R	NH		W	W	F	W	W	DNQ
The Masters	Not held																										W	SF	1R	SF	SF
World Series of Darts Finals	Not held																												SF	SF	DNP
Champions League of Darts	Not held																													W	SF
PDC Past major events
Las Vegas Desert Classic	Not held														W	SF	W	W	SF	1R	W	W	Not held
WSoD / US Open	Not held																		W	W	W	Not held
BDO Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship	DNQ		W	QF	W	2R	No longer a BDO Member
World Masters	4R	SF	W	F	3R	DNP
British Professional	1R	Not held
World Darts Trophy	Not held														DNP				W	F	Not held
International Darts League	Not held															DNP			QF	2R	Not held
Masters of Darts	Not held																	W	NH	RR	Not held
News of the World	DNP			Not held						W	Not held
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	Non-PDC					6	4	1	2	1	3	2	4	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	2	3	4	6	NR

^ ^a ^b resigned Tour Card and retired from professional darts after the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship.

World Series of Darts

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
World Series of Darts Finals	Not held		SF	SF	DNP
Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters	QF	QF	F	SF	QF
Sydney Darts Masters	W	W	W	W	NH
Singapore Darts Masters	NH	QF	Not held
Perth Darts Masters	NH	W	W	1R	QF
Japan/Tokyo Darts Masters	Not held		W	QF	NH
Auckland Darts Masters	Not held		SF	QF	SF
Shanghai Darts Masters	Not held			SF	QF
Melbourne Darts Masters	Not held				W
German Darts Masters	Not held				F

Head-to-head record

Only players who have featured in a major PDC or BDO final are listed.^[7]

Players who have been world champions are in boldface.
Won–Lost–Draw, in that order.

Raymond van Barneveld 61–18–4 (73.49%)
Adrian Lewis 55–17–2 (74.32%)
James Wade 51–14–6 (71.83%)
Simon Whitlock 41–7 (85.42%)
Ronnie Baxter 41–5 (89.13%)
Gary Anderson 40–17–3 (66.67%)
Terry Jenkins 39–4–3 (84.78%)
Andy Hamilton 38–5 (88.37%)
Dennis Priestley 37–6–1 (84.09%)
Colin Lloyd 35–4–1 (87.50%)
Michael van Gerwen 34–26–2 (54.84%)
Wes Newton 32–2 (94.12%)
Kevin Painter 32–1 (96.97%)
Mervyn King 31–8–2 (75.61%)
John Part 31–6 (83.78%)
Wayne Mardle 29–3 (90.63%)
Mark Walsh 26–5 (83.87%)
Steve Beaton 26–2 (92.86%)
Roland Scholten 25–0–2 (92.59%)
Paul Nicholson 24–2 (92.31%)
Dave Chisnall 23–9 (71.88%)
Vincent van der Voort 23–4 (85.19%)
Peter Wright 22–11–3 (62.86%)
Robert Thornton 22–6 (78.57%)
Peter Manley 22–3 (88%)
Mark Webster 20–2 (90.91%)
Alan Warriner-Little 19–3 (86.36%)
Colin Osborne 19–2 (90.48%)
Bob Anderson 18–3 (85.71%)
Brendan Dolan 18–1 (94.74%)
Jelle Klaasen 14–3 (82.35%)
Wayne Jones 15–1 (93.75%)
Mark Dudbridge 14–1–1 (87.50%)
John Lowe 12–1 (92.31%)
Kim Huybrechts 11–1–1 (84.62%)
Shayne Burgess 11–0 (100%)
Richie Burnett 10–1 (90.91%)
Co Stompé 10–1 (90.91%)
Stephen Bunting 9–1–1 (81.82%)
Rod Harrington 9–7 (60%)
Andy Fordham 7–0 (100%)
Gary Mawson 6–1 (85.71%)
Darren Webster 6–2 (75%)
Dave Askew 5–1 (83.33%)
Darryl Fitton 5–1 (83.33%)
Mensur Suljović 5–1 (83.33%)
Barrie Bates 4–1 (80%)
Peter Evison 4–4 (50%)
Dave Whitcombe 4–1 (80%)
Robbie Green 4–0 (100%)
Keith Deller 4–0 (100%)
Colin Monk 4–0 (100%)
Martin Phillips 4–0 (100%)
Martin Adams 3–1 (75%)
Mike Gregory 3–1 (75%)
Stuart Kellett 3–1 (75%)
Jocky Wilson 3–1 (75%)
Eric Bristow 3–0 (100%)
Cliff Lazarenko 3–0 (100%)
Christian Kist 3–0 (100%)
Alan Norris 3–0 (100%)
Kirk Shepherd 3–0 (100%)
Dean Winstanley 2–0 (100%)
Ted Hankey 1–1 (50%)
Scott Waites 1–1 (50%)
Rob Cross 0–1 (0%)

High averages

Taylor had recorded the majority of the highest ever televised averages, but Michael van Gerwen is slowly taking these records.^[8] Taylor's highest ever average was achieved in round four of the 2010 UK Open, in which he averaged 118.66 in a 9–0 win over Kevin Painter.^[9] This stood until 2016 when Van Gerwen set a new world record of 123.40.^[10] Taylor had the World Championship record of 111.21 which he set in the 2002 event, but Van Gerwen raised it to 114.05 in 2017.^[11] Taylor holds the record for the highest average in a PDC World Championship final of 110.94 which he set whilst beating Raymond van Barneveld in 2009.^[12] In March 2015, Taylor recorded the highest ever losing average, as Van Barneveld beat him 7–4 in the Premier League with Taylor averaging 115.80.^[13] Taylor holds the highest tournament average with 111.54 set at the 2009 European Championship. Taylor's lifetime average from 774 matches in which it was recorded is 101.28, the highest of any player.^[14]

Phil Taylor televised high averages
Number	Average	Date	Opponent	Tournament	Stage	Score
1	118.66	5 June 2010	Kevin Painter	2010 UK Open	Fourth round	9–0 (L)
2	118.14	1 November 2009	Gary Anderson	2009 European Championship	Quarter finals	10–3 (L)
3	117.35	1 March 2012	Simon Whitlock	2012 Premier League Darts	League	8–4 (L)
4	116.10	3 May 2012	James Wade	2012 Premier League Darts	League	8–1 (L)
5	116.01	23 April 2009	John Part	2009 Premier League Darts	League	8–3 (L)
6	115.80	19 March 2015	Raymond van Barneveld	2015 Premier League Darts	League	4–7 (L)
7	115.62	7 June 2009	Mark Lawrence	2009 UK Open	Quarter-finals	10–0 (L)
8	115.51	6 June 2009	Ken Mather	2009 UK Open	Fourth round	9–3 (L)
9	115.25	25 February 2016	Dave Chisnall	2016 Premier League Darts	League	7–5 (L)
10	114.99	17 July 2010	Barrie Bates	2010 World Matchplay	First round	10–6 (L)
11	114.65	9 November 2014	Christian Kist	2014 Grand Slam of Darts	Group stage	5–1 (L)
12	114.54	7 June 2008	Wes Newton	2008 UK Open	Fifth round	9–3 (L)
13	113.92	1 November 2008	Mervyn King	2008 European Championship	Second round	9–3 (L)
14	113.92	19 March 2011	Adrian Lewis	2011 RTL7 Masters	Group stage	8–4 (L)
15	113.60	21 March 2011	Raymond van Barneveld	2011 RTL7 Masters	Final	8–3 (L)
16	113.43	28 July 1997	Gary Mawson	1997 World Matchplay	First round	8–0 (L)

Nine-dart finishes

Taylor has supplemented his accomplishments in televised tournaments by frequently achieving the perfect leg of darts- a nine-dart finish. The first time he achieved this was at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, against Chris Mason in the televised World Matchplay Championship in 2002.^[15] He has achieved the feat 11 times on television (and 22 times overall), including four times in the UK Open at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton (2004, 2005, 2007, and 2008).

On 24 May 2010, in the final of the 2010 PDC Whyte & Mackay Premier League, Taylor became the first player in professional darts to hit two nine-dart finishes in a single match.^[9]

Phil Taylor's televised nine-dart finishes
Date	Opponent	Tournament	Method	Prize
1 August 2002	Chris Mason	2002 World Matchplay	3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12	£100,000
5 June 2004^[16]	Matt Chapman	2004 UK Open	3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12	501 bottles of Budweiser
12 June 2005^[17]	Roland Scholten	2005 UK Open	3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12	501 bottles of Budweiser
8 May 2007^[18]	Raymond van Barneveld	2007 International Darts League	3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12	Opel Tigra Twin Top
9 June 2007^[19]	Wes Newton	2007 UK Open	3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12	£20,000^[20]
7 June 2008^[21]	Jamie Harvey	2008 UK Open	3 x T20; 2 x T20, T19; 2 x T20, D12	£25,000^[22]
24 May 2010	James Wade	2010 Premier League Darts	T20, 2 x T19; 3 x T20; T20, T17, D18
24 May 2010	James Wade	2010 Premier League Darts	3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12
16 February 2012	Kevin Painter	2012 Premier League Darts	3 x T20; T20, 2 x T19; T20, T17, D18
23 July 2014	Michael Smith	2014 World Matchplay	3 x T20; 2 x T20, T19; 2 x T20, D12
22 August 2015	Peter Wright	2015 Sydney Darts Masters	3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12

Career earnings

This includes money earned from all darts tournaments Taylor has participated in held by any darts organisation where the prize money is known. The money list rank covers both PDC and BDO players.^[14]

Year	Majors	Pro Tour	Other wins	Earnings	Money list rank
1988	0	0	1	£2,638	28th
1989	0	0	0	£1,300	21st
1990	2	0	8	£39,400	2nd
1991	0	0	2	£8,650	4th
1992	1	0	1	£29,250	1st
1993	0	0	1	£6,750	10th
1994	0	0	1	£15,850	4th
1995	2	0	0	£22,500	3rd
1996	1	0	3	£21,125	3rd
1997	3	0	2	£102,210	1st
1998	2	0	1	£31,000	2nd
1999	2	0	2	£106,775	1st
2000	3	0	1	£78,031	1st
2001	2	0	2	£69,347	1st
2002	4	2	3	£220,021	1st
2003	3	2	1	£116,850	1st
2004	3	3	3	£181,595	1st
2005	5	5	5	£317,608	1st
2006	6	4	1	£326,373	1st
2007	3	5	2	£343,796	1st
2008	8	13	2	£553,639	1st
2009	8	12	5	£769,639	1st
2010	6	6	2	£643,688	1st
2011	6	5	3	£587,571	1st
2012	5	3	4	£454,400	1st
2013	8	1	2	£799,522	1st
2014	2	3	2	£382,000	2nd
2015	1	2	3	£424,910	3rd
2016	2	1	2	£449,236	4th
2017	1	0	1		4th
Career *	89	67	65	£7,143,612	2nd

* As of 1 January 2020. Pro Tour events were not held until 2002.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets, (m) = matches won.

References

^ "1990 BDO World Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
^ "1990 World Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
^ "1991 World Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
^ "1992 BDO World Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
^ "2006 World Darts Trophy Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
^ "2007 World Darts Trophy Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
^ "Phil Taylor Head To Head List". Darts Database. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
^ "Average Records". PDPA. Archived from the original on 3 June 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Phil Taylor reflects on his brace of Premier League nine-darters a decade ago today".
^ "Michael van Gerwen sets record televised average in Premier League". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
^ "William Hill World Championship Semi-Finals". PDC. Archived from the original on 2 January 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
^ "Taylor powers to 14th world title". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
^ "Betway Premier League Night Seven". PDC. 19 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Darts Database Player Stats". Darts Database. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
^ Phil Taylor, Chris Mason (players) (2002). Phil Taylor (Television production). Blackpool: Sky Sports. Event occurs at 0:32–1:43. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
^ Phil Taylor, Matt Chapman (players) (2004). phil taylor 9darts vs matt chapman uk open (Television production). Bolton: Sky Sports. Event occurs at 0:00–1:01. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
^ Phil Taylor, Roland Scholten (players) (12 June 2005). Phil Taylor 9 Darter 2005 (Television production). Bolton: Sky Sports. Event occurs at 0:50–1:58. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
^ Phil Taylor, Raymond van Barneveld (players) (8 May 2007). Phil Taylors fourth perfect game – another 9 Darter (Television production) (in Dutch). Nijmegen. Event occurs at 0:06–1:06. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
^ Phil Taylor, Wes Newton (players) (9 June 2007). Phil Taylor 9 darter – UK Open 2007 (Television production). Bolton: Sky Sports. Event occurs at 0:09–1:18. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
^ "Phil Taylor". Unicorn. 31st paragraph from bottom. Retrieved 15 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
^ Phil Taylor, Jamie Harvey (players) (7 June 2008). Phil Taylor – nine-dart finish at UK Open (2008) (Television production). Bolton: Sky Sports. Event occurs at 0:24–1:37. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
^ "Taylor perfect in Bolton". Sky Sports. 8 June 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2010.

[retired-8] resigned Tour Card and retired from professional darts after the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship.

[score-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets, (m) = matches won.

[2] "1990 BDO World Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 16 February 2012.

[3] "1990 World Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 16 February 2012.

[4] "1991 World Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 16 February 2012.

[5] "1992 BDO World Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 16 February 2012.

[6] "2006 World Darts Trophy Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 16 February 2012.

[7] "2007 World Darts Trophy Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 16 February 2012.

[9] "Phil Taylor Head To Head List". Darts Database. Retrieved 18 September 2014.

[averages-10] "Average Records". PDPA. Archived from the original on 3 June 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2012.

[skysports2020-11] "Phil Taylor reflects on his brace of Premier League nine-darters a decade ago today".

[12] "Michael van Gerwen sets record televised average in Premier League". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 January 2017.

[13] "William Hill World Championship Semi-Finals". PDC. Archived from the original on 2 January 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.

[14] "Taylor powers to 14th world title". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 September 2014.

[15] "Betway Premier League Night Seven". PDC. 19 March 2015.

[Database-16] "Darts Database Player Stats". Darts Database. Retrieved 18 September 2014.

[Taylor_Mason_9_dart-17] Phil Taylor, Chris Mason (players) (2002). Phil Taylor (Television production). Blackpool: Sky Sports. Event occurs at 0:32–1:43. Retrieved 15 August 2010.

[Taylor_Chapman_9_dart-18] Phil Taylor, Matt Chapman (players) (2004). phil taylor 9darts vs matt chapman uk open (Television production). Bolton: Sky Sports. Event occurs at 0:00–1:01. Retrieved 15 August 2010.

[Taylor_Scholten_9_dart-19] Phil Taylor, Roland Scholten (players) (12 June 2005). Phil Taylor 9 Darter 2005 (Television production). Bolton: Sky Sports. Event occurs at 0:50–1:58. Retrieved 15 August 2010.

[Taylor_Barneveld_9_dart-20] Phil Taylor, Raymond van Barneveld (players) (8 May 2007). Phil Taylors fourth perfect game – another 9 Darter (Television production) (in Dutch). Nijmegen. Event occurs at 0:06–1:06. Retrieved 15 August 2010.

[Taylor_Newton_9_dart-21] Phil Taylor, Wes Newton (players) (9 June 2007). Phil Taylor 9 darter – UK Open 2007 (Television production). Bolton: Sky Sports. Event occurs at 0:09–1:18. Retrieved 15 August 2010.

[Unicorn-22] "Phil Taylor". Unicorn. 31st paragraph from bottom. Retrieved 15 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

[23] Phil Taylor, Jamie Harvey (players) (7 June 2008). Phil Taylor – nine-dart finish at UK Open (2008) (Television production). Bolton: Sky Sports. Event occurs at 0:24–1:37. Retrieved 15 August 2010.

[24] "Taylor perfect in Bolton". Sky Sports. 8 June 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2010.

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