Gerwyn Stephen Price (born 7 March 1985) is a Welsh professional
darts
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player and former professional
rugby union
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and
rugby league
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player. Nicknamed "The Iceman", he competes in events of the
Professional Darts Corporation
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(PDC), where he is currently the World No. 4. He is a 3-time Grand Slam Champion and a former
world champion
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, becoming the first ever Welshman to win the tournament. He is also a former world No. 1.
He broke into the top 32 on the
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in 2016 and soon afterwards won his first
Pro Tour title. In 2017, he was the runner-up at the
UK Open
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, Price's first major event final, and has also competed in the prestigious
Premier League Darts
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tournament on three occasions, finishing 10th, 5th, and 5th, in 2018, 2019, and 2020, respectively. Price took his first major win in controversial fashion at the
2018 Grand Slam of Darts tournament. He retained the title at the
2019 tournament, and won it again in
2021
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.
Price has also played rugby union for
Welsh Premier Division
The Welsh Premier Division, () known for sponsorship reasons as the Indigo Group Premiership, (''Uwch Gynghrair grŵp indigo'') is a rugby union league in Wales first implemented by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) for the 1990–91 season.
Compe ...
sides
Neath
Neath (; cy, Castell-nedd) is a market town and Community (Wales), community situated in the Neath Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales. The town had a population of 50,658 in 2011. The community of the parish of Neath had a po ...
and
Cross Keys,
Pro12
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with
Glasgow Warriors
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and rugby league with
South Wales Scorpions
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.
Rugby
Price played as a
hooker for
Welsh Premier Division
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sides
Neath
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and
Cross Keys as well as
rugby league
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with
South Wales Scorpions
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and Blackwood Bulldogs where he was capped by Wales Dragonhearts. He also had a short spell at
Pro12
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side
Glasgow Warriors
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as injury cover for their first choice players. During Price's time with Cross Keys, they won the 2011–12
WRU Challenge Cup
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On 26 Februa ...
, with Price scoring a
try
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in the final. He ended his rugby career in 2014 in order to concentrate on playing darts full-time.
Boxing
On 16 February 2022, Price announced on
Instagram
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his debut boxing fight which was originally scheduled for 9 April 2022 against Rhys Evans at Valley Tavern,
Blackwood,
Wales
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. The boxing fight was later delayed due to injury and scheduled for 13 May 2022. Price later announced he would no longer be taking part in the event stating “I’ve pulled out of boxing now. On medical advice, I’ve been advised not to do it."
Darts
Price began playing darts for his local side Markham Welfare, before playing in the Super League for Aberbargoed. Welsh darts professional
Barrie Bates
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Bates made his PDC televised ...
advised him to enter Qualifying School to join the
Professional Darts Corporation
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(PDC) in January 2014 and Price was successful in the second event. He won six matches on the day concluding with a 5–3 victory over
Rowby-John Rodriguez
Rowby-John Rodriguez (born 27 March 1994) is an Austrian professional darts player currently playing in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).
Career
In 2010, as a 16-year-old, Rodriguez won the Austrian National Championship by bea ...
to earn a two-year tour card. He qualified for the
2014 UK Open, and lost 5–2 to
Aden Kirk
Aden Kirk (born 3 March 1992) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
In 2014, Kirk reached the last 64 in two of the six UK Open qualifiers to enter the event in the first rou ...
in the second round. He twice reached the last 16 stage of
Players Championship events during the first half of 2014, losing to
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently ranked number 3 in the world, having been number 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Champion, having won the title in 2014, 2 ...
and
Stephen Bunting
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. In July, Price averaged 98.32 in beating former world number one
Colin Lloyd
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6–2 at the
European Darts Open. In the second round he led
Gary Anderson 2–0 but went on to lose 6–3. At the 13th Players Championship, Price saw off Lloyd, Kirk,
James Wade
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and
Wayne Jones to advance to the quarter-finals for the first time, where he was edged out 6–5 by
Adrian Lewis
Adrian Lewis (born 21 January 1985) is an English professional darts player currently playing in the PDC. He is a two-time PDC World Darts Champion, winning in 2011 and 2012. He is nicknamed Jackpot, as he won a jackpot gambling in Las Vegas ...
.
Price qualified for the
European Darts Trophy in
Leipzig
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during mid September. There, he beat
Bernd Roith
Bernd Roith (born 30 December 1959) is a German darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
Roith is a chef by profession. He qualified for the 2010 European Championship via the PDC European Order of Merit. ...
6–3 in the first round to face
Steve Beaton
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Background
Beaton was born in Co ...
in the second round. Thanks to a great performance, which included the tournament's highest finish of 167, he saw off Beaton 6–3 and won against
Vincent van der Voort
Vincent van der Voort (born 18 December 1975) is a Dutch professional darts player on the PDC circuit. As of the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship, his nickname is the "Dutch Destroyer", although he used to go by "Grease Lightning". He is bes ...
in the following round. He nearly qualified for the
2014 World Grand Prix, for which a place in the semi-finals was needed, but was beaten 6–3 in the quarter-finals by
Andy Hamilton
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Hamilton was born in Fulham, southwest London. He ...
. Price's impressive start to his darting career continued by reaching his first semi-final at the 19th Players Championship where he lost 6–3 to
Ian White.
2015
left, upPrice in 2015
The £12,750 he earned in Pro Tour events during 2014 saw him finish 39th on the Order of Merit to claim the eighth of sixteen places that were on offer to non-qualified players for the
2015 World Championship. Price missed one dart at tops to level at one set all against
Peter Wright in the first round and was beaten 3–0. His successful year saw him start 2015 ranked world number 59.
Price was knocked out of the preliminary round of the
2015 UK Open 5–2 by
Matt Padgett
Matthew Padgett (born 27 March 1982) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) tournaments.
Career
A bowling alley technician by trade, Padgett joined the PDC in 2010. In June 2010, he qual ...
. On his way to his first quarter-final of the year, Price eliminated
Adrian Lewis
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6–4 with an average of 105.78 at the second
Players Championship event, but he went on to lose 6–2 to
James Wade
James Martin Wade (born 6 April 1983) is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He became the youngest player to win a major PDC title, when he won the 2007 World Matchplay at the ...
. At the
Gibraltar Darts Trophy, Price defeated two top 16 players in
Robert Thornton and
Simon Whitlock
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to play in his second career European Tour quarter-final, where compatriot
Jamie Lewis
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narrowly won 6–5. In total during the first half of 2015 Price lost in four quarter-finals on the
Pro Tour, and reached the semi-finals of the eighth
Players Championship where he lost 6–4 to
Adrian Lewis
Adrian Lewis (born 21 January 1985) is an English professional darts player currently playing in the PDC. He is a two-time PDC World Darts Champion, winning in 2011 and 2012. He is nicknamed Jackpot, as he won a jackpot gambling in Las Vegas ...
. These results sealed his qualification for the
World Matchplay through the Pro Tour Order of Merit, with Price seeing off
Michael Smith 10–4 in his debut in the event. He then produced the performance of his career to date as he defeated two-time world champion Lewis 13–10, but could only average 88.17 in his first major quarter-final during a 16–7 defeat by
Peter Wright. Price met Smith again in the first round of the
World Grand Prix with the tie going to a deciding set in which Price established a 2–0 leg lead. He would miss two match darts as Smith levelled and in the final leg Price was unable to score a point as he missed a total of 15 darts at doubles in the double-start event. He led
Ian White 9–8 in the second round of the
Players Championship Finals
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, but went on to lose 10–9.
2016
Andrew Gilding
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won each set in the first round of the
2016 World Championship by three legs to one in beating Price 3–0. In February at the fifth
UK Open Qualifier, Price defeated
Mark Webster 6–1 and
Mensur Suljović
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6–3 to reach his first PDC final, but he was denied the title by world number one
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently ranked number 3 in the world, having been number 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Champion, having won the title in 2014, 2 ...
who triumphed 6–2. In the seventh
Players Championship, Price won through to another final and this time took the title by coming back from 3–0 down against
Peter Wright to win 6–3. He also took the eighth event as he averaged 108 in the final during a 6–1 victory over
Jamie Caven
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. After knocking out
Kim Huybrechts
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10–8 at the
World Matchplay, Price would face
Adrian Lewis
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in the second round for the second year in a row. Before the match Lewis stated that Price's win over him 12 months ago was lucky and that Price was a "big mouth who's never won anything and never will win anything". The pre-match tension seemed to affect both players as both averaged in the 80s with Lewis prevailing 11–5. Price lost 2–0 in the first round of the
World Grand Prix to
Benito van de Pas
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Career BDO
Van de Pas reached the semi-finals of the 2011 PDC Under-21 World Championship, losing 1-4 to Michael van Gerwen.
Van de Pas won the 2011 German Open. Th ...
, and 10–2 to
Michael van Gerwen
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in the second round of the
European Championship. Wins over
Scott Waites
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and
Robert Thornton saw him top his group on his debut at the
Grand Slam of Darts
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. He missed one match dart against
Brendan Dolan
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in the last 16 in a 10–9 defeat.
2017
After taking the opening set against
Jonny Clayton
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in their first round match at the
2017 World Championship, Price lost three in a row to be beaten 3–1. He was ranked 20th on the Order of Merit afterwards. He defeated
Justin Pipe
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Pipe was a boxer in his youth, and, as a staunc ...
10–5,
David Pallett
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Career
In January 2013, Pallett entered PDC Q School and stood just one match from joining the tour in t ...
10–4 and
Paul Hogan
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10–6 at the
UK Open
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to reach the quarter-finals.
Ian White was on 20 to win 10–9, but hit a double 15 to burst his score and Price stepped in with a 160 checkout to progress through to the semi-finals where he was locked at 9–9 with
Alan Norris. Norris missed three darts to take the 19th leg and Price finished 100 with two double tops, before breaking throw in the next to win 11–9. In his first major final he was 7–2 down to
Peter Wright, before reducing his deficit to 8–6. However, Price then lost the last three legs to be beaten 11–6.
Victories over Finland, Ireland and Russia helped Price and
Mark Webster into the semi-finals of the
World Cup
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. A pair of 4–2 wins over the Belgian team of
Kim
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and
Ronny Huybrechts
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Ronny and his brother Kim Huybrechts became the first brothers to play in the World Cup of Darts in February 2013 and advanced from Group H courtesy of a ...
saw them play in the final, where their only point came courtesy of a Webster win over
Raymond van Barneveld
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as they went down 3–1 to the Dutch.
2018
In the
2018 World Championship, Price won in the first round of the World Championship for the first time when he beat
Ted Evetts
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Career
Evetts plays for his local Super League team and also plays Men's County fo ...
3–0. In the second round Price beat
Ian White 4–1. In the third round Price faced the defending World Champion
Michael van Gerwen
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. Van Gerwen won the first two sets but then Price won seven legs in a row to go two sets all and ahead in the fifth set. Price had set darts in the fifth set, but failed to take them. Van Gerwen won the fifth and sixth set which meant Price lost the match 2–4.
Following good performances over 2017 Price was selected as a wildcard for the
2018 Premier League Darts tournament. Despite good draws against world number 2
Peter Wright and
2017 World Grand Prix winner
Daryl Gurney
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, Price failed to register a victory and was eliminated on week nine's judgement night at the
Echo Arena Liverpool
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.
Price started to show some consistency in the televised majors in 2018, reaching the quarter finals of the
Masters,
UK Open
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,
World Grand Prix and
European Championship. He also won a European Tour event in September, the
International Darts Open in Germany, just 2 months after having an operation to repair a broken achilles heel. In November, Price, as a 40/1 outsider at the start of the event, won his first televised PDC major by winning the
Grand Slam of Darts
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, with come from behind wins against
Simon Whitlock
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in the quarter finals and surviving match darts to win 16–15, against
Mensur Suljović
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by 16–12 in the semi finals, and against
Gary Anderson by 16–13 in the final. With his controversial Grand Slam of Darts victory, Price was the first Welshman to win a PDC televised major.
2019
280px, Price during the 2019 European Darts Matchplay
In the
2019 World Championship, Price lost 3–2 to
Nathan Aspinall
Nathan Aspinall (born 15 July 1991) is an English professional darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the 2019 UK Open with a 170 checkout in the final leg against former World Champion Rob Cross.
...
in the second round despite leading 2-0 in sets.
In January 2019, Gerwyn Price was hit with a record fine by the Darts Regulation Authority due to his actions at the 2018 Grand Slam of Darts. In total he was fined £21,500 for his actions during his victory at the Grand Slam of Darts. He was fined £12,000 for gamesmanship in the final of the Grand Slam of Darts against Gary Anderson. He was fined £8,000 for gamesmanship in his quarter-final game against Simon Whitlock. He was also fined £1,500 for social media posts following his events, which were directed towards the beaten finalist Gary Anderson. His fine was reduced on appeal to a total of £11,500.
Gerwyn's second
Premier League Darts
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campaign saw him just miss out on a play-off spot, as he finished 5th.
In October 2019, Price reached the final of the
European Championship beating
Ted Evetts
Ted Evetts (born 3 August 1997) is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is the 2021 PDC World Youth Champion.
Career
Evetts plays for his local Super League team and also plays Men's County fo ...
,
Nathan Aspinall
Nathan Aspinall (born 15 July 1991) is an English professional darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the 2019 UK Open with a 170 checkout in the final leg against former World Champion Rob Cross.
...
,
Vincent van der Voort
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and
Michael Smith on the way. However, he lost the final to
Rob Cross 11–6.
In November 2019, Price successfully defended his
Grand Slam of Darts
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title beating
Peter Wright 16–6 in the final after defeating Gary Anderson in the quarter-final and recording his first career win over Michael van Gerwen in the semi-final. Price then reached the final of the
Players Championship, where he was the top seed due to his performances on the Pro Tour. He was narrowly beaten 11-9 by van Gerwen after missing four darts to take the match into a deciding leg.
2020
Price's 2019 season meant he entered the
2020 World Championship as the second favourite behind van Gerwen. He reached the semi-finals by defeating three-time BDO world champion
Glen Durrant
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, but he was eventually defeated, in a heated encounter 6–3 by
Peter Wright, who went on to win the title.
In March Price reached the
2020 UK Open final, his second UK Open final, losing to
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently ranked number 3 in the world, having been number 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Champion, having won the title in 2014, 2 ...
11–9. Price won two televised titles for the first time in 2020; winning the
World Series of Darts Finals
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with a win over
Rob Cross and winning the
World Grand Prix by beating
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Dirk van Duijvenbode (born 30 June 1992) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is known for his energetic walk-on, combined with hardstyle music. More recently, he has become known for ...
5–2 in the final.
2021
Price went into the
2021 World Championship as third seed. He came thorough a last set decider against fellow Welshman
Jamie Lewis
Jamie Lewis (born 8 November 1991) is a Welsh professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. His biggest achievement to date was reaching the semi-finals of the 2018 ...
and a sudden death last leg decider against 30th seed
Brendan Dolan
Brendan Gabriel Dolan (born 2 August 1973) is a Northern Irish professional darts player from County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is best known for becoming the first player to hit a ...
to reach the fourth round, where he won 4–1 against
Mervyn King to reach the quarter-finals for the second consecutive year.
He then beat
Daryl Gurney
Daryl Gurney (born 22 March 1986) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Gurney is a winner of two majors, having won the World Grand Prix in 2017 in his native Ireland, and the P ...
in another last leg decider
and beat
Stephen Bunting
Stephen Bunting (born 9 April 1985) is an English professional darts player who competes in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Nicknamed The Bullet, Bunting won the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship and is a twice former Wor ...
6–4 to set up a final clash with
Gary Anderson.
Price beat Anderson 7–3 to win his first PDC World Championship, and replaced
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently ranked number 3 in the world, having been number 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Champion, having won the title in 2014, 2 ...
as world number one. He also became the first Welshman ever to win the PDC world championship, although
Leighton Rees
Leighton Thomas Rees (17 January 1940 – 8 June 2003) was a Welsh professional darts player. He is best known as the first BDO World Professional Darts Champion, having won the inaugural 1978 BDO World Darts Championship and was a former Wor ...
,
Richie Burnett
Richard Mark "Richie" Burnett (born 7 February 1967), nicknamed Prince of Wales, is a Welsh professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a former World No. 1 who won the 1995 Embassy World Darts Cha ...
,
Mark Webster and
Wayne Warren
Wayne Warren (born 12 June 1962) is a Welsh professional darts player who plays in events of the World Darts Federation (WDF). He was the last ever 2020 BDO World Darts Championship, BDO World Darts Champion. He is the oldest player to become wo ...
had previously won the BDO version of the championship.
In April, Price was ruled out of the
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
due to testing positive for COVID-19. During the
2021 UK Open, Price made it to the semi-finals losing 11–6 in legs to eventual winner
James Wade
James Martin Wade (born 6 April 1983) is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He became the youngest player to win a major PDC title, when he won the 2007 World Matchplay at the ...
. At the
2021 World Matchplay in July, he lost in the quarter-finals to
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Dimitri Van den Bergh (born 8 July 1994) is a Belgian professional darts player who currently competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a two-time World Youth Champion and the 2020 World Matchplay champion, after beating Gar ...
. Price reached his first major final since the World Championship at the
World Grand Prix which he lost to fellow Welshman
Jonny Clayton
Jonny Clayton (born 4 October 1974) is a Welsh professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed The Ferret, he was half of the Welsh team that won the 2020 PDC World Cup of Darts before winning his ...
5–1 in sets.
In November 2021, Price won his third
Grand Slam of Darts
The Grand Slam of Darts is a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation and is known as the Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts for sponsorship purposes. The PDC also invited the best performing players from its rival, the British Dart ...
title by beating Peter Wright 16–8 in the final.
2022
In the
2022 World Championship, Price began the defence of his world crown against
Ritchie Edhouse
Ritchie Edhouse (born 19 April 1983) is a professional English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. He reached the last 32 of the 2015 BDO World Trophy, and won a PDC Challenge Tour event in 2016, before gaining a ...
, winning 3–1. In the quarter-finals, Price hit a
Nine-dart finish against
Michael Smith, but went on to lose the match 5–4.
In the
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
in Belfast, Price would go on to hit two further nine-dart legs. First against
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently ranked number 3 in the world, having been number 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Champion, having won the title in 2014, 2 ...
in the semi-final and then a second against
James Wade
James Martin Wade (born 6 April 1983) is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He became the youngest player to win a major PDC title, when he won the 2007 World Matchplay at the ...
in the final.
At the
World Matchplay Price made it to his first final at the Winter Gardens, hitting a 9 darter against
Danny Noppert
Danny Noppert (born 31 December 1990) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a former BDO World Darts Championship finalist, as well as being a Finder Darts Masters champion in 2017, ...
along the way. He eventually lost to
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently ranked number 3 in the world, having been number 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Champion, having won the title in 2014, 2 ...
.
2023
In the
2023 World Championship, Price beat
Luke Woodhouse
Luke Woodhouse (born 13 October 1988) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Known as "Woody", he won a PDC Challenge Tour event in 2013.
World Championship results PDC
* 2020: Third ro ...
,
Raymond van Barneveld
Raymond van Barneveld (born 20 April 1967) is a Dutch professional darts player. Nicknamed Barney, although originally known as The Man, he is one of the most successful darts players in history. Van Barneveld is a five-time World Darts Champ ...
and
José de Sousa
José Augusto Oliveira de Sousa (born 12 February 1974) is a Portuguese professional darts player. He is based in Tarragona and represented Spain at the 2011 WDF World Cup, but played for the Portuguese team afterwards at the PDC. He won his ...
to
reach the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals, badly affected by noise in the crowd, he resorted to wearing ear defenders before losing 5–1 to
Gabriel Clemens
Gabriel Clemens (born August 16, 1983) is a German professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
In 2017, Clemens made the semi-finals of the 2017 World Masters (darts), World Masters, and missed matc ...
.
World Championship results
PDC
* 2015: First round (lost to
Peter Wright 0–3)
* 2016: First round (lost to
Andrew Gilding
Andrew Gilding (born 7 December 1970) is an English professional darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He made his television debut in 2011. Gilding's best result at a PDC major event was reaching the sem ...
0–3)
* 2017: First round (lost to
Jonny Clayton
Jonny Clayton (born 4 October 1974) is a Welsh professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed The Ferret, he was half of the Welsh team that won the 2020 PDC World Cup of Darts before winning his ...
1–3)
* 2018: Third round (lost to
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently ranked number 3 in the world, having been number 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Champion, having won the title in 2014, 2 ...
2–4)
* 2019: Second round (lost to
Nathan Aspinall
Nathan Aspinall (born 15 July 1991) is an English professional darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the 2019 UK Open with a 170 checkout in the final leg against former World Champion Rob Cross.
...
2–3)
* 2020: Semi-finals (lost to
Peter Wright 3–6)
* 2021: Winner (beat
Gary Anderson 7–3)
* 2022: Quarter-finals (lost to
Michael Smith 4–5)
* 2023: Quarter-finals (lost to
Gabriel Clemens
Gabriel Clemens (born August 16, 1983) is a German professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
In 2017, Clemens made the semi-finals of the 2017 World Masters (darts), World Masters, and missed matc ...
1–5)
Career finals
PDC major finals: 13 (7 titles, 6 runners-up)
PDC team finals: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-up)
PDC World Series finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Career statistics
(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
Performance timeline
PDC
''PDC European Tour''
Personal life
In 2010, Price was punched outside a pub in
Bargoed
Bargoed ( cy, Bargod) is a town and community in the Rhymney Valley, Wales, one of the South Wales Valleys. It lies on the Rhymney River in the county borough of Caerphilly. It straddles the ancient boundary of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, wit ...
, causing an injury which required 42 stitches to his forehead and five to his chin, as well as suffering a
brain haemorrhage
Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), also known as cerebral bleed, intraparenchymal bleed, and hemorrhagic stroke, or haemorrhagic stroke, is a sudden bleeding into the tissues of the brain, into its ventricles, or into both. It is one kind of bleed ...
and nerve damage to an eyebrow. His attacker, Owen Body, received a 12-month jail term. Price also received a suspended jail sentence for assaulting Body on the same evening.
Following Price's controversial victory in the
2018 Grand Slam of Darts final, he spoke out about how his then-12-year-old daughter, Emily, had received online abuse on
Twitter
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, in relation to his antics in the Grand Slam final. He called on his own followers to report the
troll
A troll is a being in Nordic folklore, including Norse mythology. In Old Norse sources, beings described as trolls dwell in isolated areas of rocks, mountains, or caves, live together in small family units, and are rarely helpful to human bei ...
, and said that he wanted the culprit "kicked off of Twitter".
Nine-dart finishes
Notes
References
External links
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1985 births
Living people
Cross Keys RFC players
Glasgow Warriors players
Grand Slam of Darts champions
Neath RFC players
PDC World Cup of Darts Welsh championship team
PDC world darts champions
Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders
Rugby league players from Caerphilly County Borough
Rugby union players from Caerphilly County Borough
South Wales Scorpions players
Welsh darts players
Welsh rugby league players
Welsh rugby union players
World Grand Prix (darts) champions
World Series of Darts winners