Professional Darts Corporation Triple Crown

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The Triple Crown refers to winning the three most prestigious tournaments in the Professional Darts Corporation: the World Championship, Premier League Darts, and the World Matchplay.[1][2] Players who win all three tournaments over the course of their career are said to have won the PDC Triple Crown.

Three professional players have won a career PDC Triple Crown: Phil Taylor, Michael van Gerwen, and Gary Anderson.[3] Taylor has won the most Triple Crown titles, with 36,[4] while van Gerwen has won 10[5] and Anderson 5.[6] Only Taylor has won all three Triple Crown events in a single season, accomplishing this feat twice (in 2006 and 2010).

History[]

In 1994, the World Championship was held for the first time, with Dennis Priestley winning the first PDC Triple Crown event,[7] the only such win of his career. Larry Butler became the first winner of the World Matchplay that same year,[8] and this also the only Triple Crown event he won. In 2005, the first Premier League was held, with 7 players taking part. The event was won by Phil Taylor, who became the first player to win a career PDC Triple Crown in the process.[9]

Career Triple Crown winners[]

Three players have completed a career Triple Crown: Phil Taylor, Michael van Gerwen, and Gary Anderson. Only Taylor has won all three Triple Crown events in the same year. He has done so twice, in 2006 and 2010.

Legend
dagger The names of active players are marked in bold
Flag icon key: List of National Flags
Player Total WorldChampionship PremierLeague WorldMatchplay Winningspan
England Phil Taylor 36 14 6 16 1995–2017
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 10 3 5 2 2013–2019
Scotland Gary Anderson 4 2 1 1 2011–2018

One win away from Triple Crown[]

James Wade has won the Premier League and World Matchplay once each, meaning he needs to win the World Championship to complete the Triple Crown.[10] Peter Wright is yet to win the Premier League, but does have two World Championship titles and a Matchplay title to his name.[11] Rob Cross also needs to win the Premier League to complete the Triple Crown having won the World Championship in 2018 and World Matchplay in 2019.[12] Raymond van Barneveld has won the Premier League and World Championship once each, and needs to win a Matchplay to complete the set.[13]

Other tournament winners[]

As of 2022, only four players have won the World Championship and neither of the other two Triple Crown events: Adrian Lewis (2011 and 2012), John Part (2003 and 2008), Dennis Priestley (1994) and Gerwyn Price (2021).[14] Rod Harrington has won two Triple Crown titles, both at the World Matchplay (1998 and 1999).[15] Larry Butler (1994), Peter Evison (1996), Colin Lloyd (2005) and Dimitri Van den Bergh (2020) have each won one Triple Crown title, the World Matchplay.[15] Glen Durrant (2020) and Johnny Clayton (2021) won their only Triple Crown to date in the Premier League.[16]

References[]

  1. ^ "Anderson seals thrilling Matchplay win" – via www.bbc.com.
  2. ^ "World Matchplay: What if Gary Anderson wins the triple crown?". Sky Sports.
  3. ^ "Anderson becomes third player to complete darting triple crown with World Matchplay win". Dartsnews.com. July 30, 2018.
  4. ^ "Mastercaller". mastercaller.com.
  5. ^ "Mastercaller". mastercaller.com.
  6. ^ "Mastercaller". mastercaller.com.
  7. ^ https://www.balls.ie/other-sports/why-is-there-two-darts-world-championships-354404-354404#:~:text=Denis%20Priestley%20won%20the%20first,in%20the%201991%20Embassy%20Final.
  8. ^ "1994 World Matchplay Final | Larry Butler v Dennis Priestley" – via www.youtube.com.
  9. ^ "2005 888.com Premier League Darts Results". PDC.
  10. ^ "Mastercaller". mastercaller.com.
  11. ^ "Mastercaller". mastercaller.com.
  12. ^ "Mastercaller". mastercaller.com.
  13. ^ "Mastercaller". mastercaller.com.
  14. ^ "PDC World Championship Roll Of Honour". www.dartsdatabase.co.uk.
  15. ^ a b "World Matchplay Roll Of Honour". www.dartsdatabase.co.uk.
  16. ^ "Premier League Darts Winners List, Clayton 2021 debut year champion - Sports history". www.sportshistori.com.
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