Scott Williams (darts player)

Scott Williams
Scott Williams
	Williams at the 2024 Players Championship Finals
Personal information
Nickname	"Shaggy"
Born	18 January 1990 (age 34); Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Home town	Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	2018
Darts	20g signature _target soft-tip with swiss point converter
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" by My Chemical Romance
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2019–2020
PDC	2022–
WDF	2019–2022
Current world ranking	37 1 (24 November 2024)
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 40: 2020
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Semi Final: 2024
UK Open	Last 64: 2024
Grand Slam	Group Stage: 2022
PC Finals	Quarter Final: 2022, 2024
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour	2022 (x4)
Players Championship (NIE)	2022
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing England
WDF Europe Cup

Scott Williams (born 18 January 1990) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the third player to win a PDC ranking title without being a tour card holder.

Career

In October 2019, Williams qualified for the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship as one of the Playoff qualifiers, he defeated Wes Newton and Andrew Kateley to secure his place in the tournament. He was whitewashed 3–0 by Justin Thompson in the preliminary round.^[2]

2022

Williams won his first PDC Challenge Tour, at Challenge Tour 1 in Milton Keynes. On his way to the final, Williams defeated Conor Heneghan in the last 64, Jimmy Bristow 5–1 in the last 32, Darryl Pilgrim 5–2 in the round of 16, Darren Johnson 5–3 in the quarter-finals and Danny Lauby Jr. 5–1 in the semi-finals. He defeated Robert Owen in the final 5–2.^[3]^[4]

Later the same day, Williams won his second Challenge Tour title at Challenge Tour 2. Williams won 5–2 against Lee Evans in the final.^[3]^[5]

Williams won Players Championship 17 in June, beating Nathan Aspinall in the final. This meant he became the third player, after Joe Murnan and Krzysztof Ratajski, to win a Players Championship event without being a PDC tour card holder.^[6]

At the end of September 2022, he was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup. On the second day of the tournament, he advanced to the finals of the pairs competition where he played together with Joshua Richardson. On the way to the final, they defeated rivals from Wales, Romania and Czech Republic.^[7] Finally, on 1 October, they beat Poland pairs Sebastian Białecki and Dariusz Marciniak by 6–2 in legs.^[8]^[9] On the third day of the tournament, he advanced to the fifth round of the singles competition, surprisingly lost by 1–4 in legs to Jan McIntosh, who played on an average of 103.90.^[10] In the team competition, together with the team, he won the gold medal.^[11] In the points classification, as a representative of England, he also contributed to won a gold medal.

World Championship results

BDO

2020: Preliminary round (lost to Justin Thompson 0–3)

PDC

2023: Second round (lost to Rob Cross 1–3)
2024: Semi-finals (lost to Luke Humphries 0–6)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship	BDO		DNQ		2R	SF
UK Open	DNP				3R	4R
Grand Slam of Darts	DNP			RR	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	BDO		DNQ	3R	1R	QF
BDO Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship	DNP	PR	NH		PDC
Winmau World Masters	2R	NH		DNP	NH	PDC
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	-	-	173	57	52

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2021	HDT DNQ	GDT DNP
2022	IDO DNP	GDC DNP	GDG DNP	ADO DNQ	EDO 3R	CDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDC DNP	EDM 3R	HDT DNP	GDO DNP	BDO DNQ	GDT DNQ
2023	BSD DNQ	EDO DNP	IDO 1R	GDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	DDC DNQ	BDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDO DNQ	HDT SF	GDC DNQ
2024	BDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDG 3R	ADO DNQ	BSD DNQ	DDC DNQ	EDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	FDT 2R	HDT 3R	SDT DNQ	CDO DNQ

PDC Players Championships

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
2021^{[nb 1]}	BOL DNP	BOL DNP	BOL DNP	BOL DNP	MIL DNP	MIL DNP	MIL DNP	MIL DNP	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	MIL DNP	MIL DNP	MIL DNP	MIL 1R	COV DNP	COV DNP	COV DNP	COV DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR 2R
2022^{[nb 1]}	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	WIG 4R	WIG 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 4R	NIE QF	NIE 1R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	NIE 1R	NIE W	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R
2023	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	HIL 1R	HIL 3R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	LEI 4R	LEI 4R	HIL 3R	HIL 2R	LEI 3R	LEI 2R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R
2024	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	LEI 1R	LEI QF	HIL 3R	HIL 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	HIL 4R	HIL QF	HIL 4R	HIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 3R	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 3R	MIL 4R	MIL 1R	WIG 3R	WIG 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 2R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R

^ ^a ^b Not a Tour card holder

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	#R RR Prel.	Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round	NYF	Not yet founded

References

^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
^ "Fullwell and Hammond among final qualifiers for 2020 BDO World Championship". dartsnews.com. 30 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b Phillips, Josh (21 January 2022). "Williams does the double on Challenge Tour opening day". PDC.
^ Gill, Samuel (21 January 2022). "Scott Williams claims maiden PDC Challenge Tour title with event one win". Darts News. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
^ Gill, Samuel (21 January 2022). "Williams doubles up on opening day of PDC Challenge Tour". Darts News. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
^ Gorton, Josh (15 June 2022). "Wonderful Williams claims fairytale win at PC17". PDC.
^ "WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
^ "Bialecki/Marciniak and Williams/Richardson reach men's pairs tournament final at WDF Europe Cup". dartsnews.com. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
^ "England win men's and ladies pairs tournaments at WDF Europe Cup". dartsnews.com. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
^ "WDF Europe Cup Men Singles". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
^ "WDF Europe Cup Men Teams". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.

[NTC-12] Not a Tour card holder

[PDC_Rankings-1] "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.

[2] "Fullwell and Hammond among final qualifiers for 2020 BDO World Championship". dartsnews.com. 30 October 2019.

[:0-3] Phillips, Josh (21 January 2022). "Williams does the double on Challenge Tour opening day". PDC.

[4] Gill, Samuel (21 January 2022). "Scott Williams claims maiden PDC Challenge Tour title with event one win". Darts News. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

[5] Gill, Samuel (21 January 2022). "Williams doubles up on opening day of PDC Challenge Tour". Darts News. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

[6] Gorton, Josh (15 June 2022). "Wonderful Williams claims fairytale win at PC17". PDC.

[7] "WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.

[8] "Bialecki/Marciniak and Williams/Richardson reach men's pairs tournament final at WDF Europe Cup". dartsnews.com. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

[9] "England win men's and ladies pairs tournaments at WDF Europe Cup". dartsnews.com. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.

[10] "WDF Europe Cup Men Singles". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.

[11] "WDF Europe Cup Men Teams". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.

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