Ballon d'Art leaderboard: Who is leading race for most 180s at World Darts Championship?

12/24/2024 02:21 AM

THE World Darts Championship is UNDERWAY at the iconic Alexandra Palace.

And the players won’t just be eyeing up the biggest honour in the sport as the race for the most 180s at the tournament heats up.

The Ballon d’Art trophy will be up for grabs once again this year

Most 180s at World Darts Championship

Here is how the leaderboard shapes up so far:

(After Day 9)

Kevin Doets, Wessel Nijman- 12
Kim Huybrechts, Leonard Gates, Luke Littler, Connor Scutt – 10
Scott Williams, Madars Razma – 9
Alexis Toylo, Rhys Griffin, Keane Barry, Luke Woodhouse, Danny Noppert, Joe Cullen – 8
Nick Kenny, Kai Gotthardt, Niko Springer, Florian Hempel, Ryan Meikle, Jeffrey de Zwaan, Christian Kirst, Dylan Slevin – 7
Chris Dobey, Robert Owen, Wesley Plaisier, Cameron Carolissen, Noa-Lynn van Leuven, Jim Williams, Ricky Evans, Robert Owen, Jeffrey de Graaf, Callan Rydz, Dimitri van den Bergh – 6
Krzysztof Ratajski, Damon Heta, Niels Zonneveld, Cameron Menzies, Brendon Dolan, Stefan Bellmont, Gordon Mathers, Michael van Gerwen, Alexander Merkx, Matt Campbell, Paolo Nebrida – 5

Players at the World Darts Championship do not get any extra money for hitting 180s.

That said, for every 180 that is scored at Ally Pally, Paddy Power will donate £1,000 to Prostate Cancer UK.

Last year, 914 180s were hit, but Paddy Power rounded up their donation to a whopping £1million.

Michael Smith has scored the most 180s in an individual World Darts Championship event.

In 2022, he accumulated a stunning tally of 83 maximums, beating Gary Anderson’s previous record of 71.

Bully Boy was defeated by Michael van Gerwen in the final that year, but he went on to finally claim the title 12 months later.

Here are the past 10 players that have hit the most 180s winners:

2024: Luke Humphries (73 180’s & won tournament)
2023: Michael Smith (66 180’s & won tournament)
2022: Michael Smith (83 180’s & finished runner-up)
2021: Gerwyn Price (55 180’s & won tournament)
2020: Peter Wright (68 180’s & won tournament)
2019: Michael Smith (64 180’s & finished runner-up)
2018: Rob Cross (66 180’s & won tournament)
2017: Gary Anderson (71 180’s & finished runner-up)
2016: Adrian Lewis (60 180’s & finished runner-up)
2015: Gary Anderson (64 180’s & won tournament)

The data suggests that as time goes on, we are being treated to more and more maximums.

Could we see a new record in 2025?