Michael Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Smith in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Bully Boy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 18 September 1990 St Helens, Merseyside, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | St Helens, Merseyside, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing darts since | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Darts | Shot Michael Smith Achieve 24g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Walk-on music | "Shut Up and Dance" by Walk the Moon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC | 2008– (Tour Card: 2011–) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current world ranking | (PDC) 19 ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Winner (1): 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Matchplay | Runner Up: 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Semi Final: 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UK Open | Runner Up: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam | Winner (1): 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Ch'ship | Runner Up: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Premier League | Runner Up: 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PC Finals | Quarter Final: 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Masters | Runner Up: 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Series Finals | Runner Up: 2018, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Tour Events
Players Championships
World Series of Darts
Youth tour
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Other achievements | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 PDC Young Player of the Year 2022 PDC Player of the Year[2] 2023 Becomes world number one. |
Michael Smith (born 18 September 1990) is an English professional darts player. Nicknamed "Bully Boy", he competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number eighteen, having been the world number one during the 2023 season. He is a former PDC World Champion, having won the 2023 World Championship after hitting a nine-dart finish in the final. He won his first PDC major title at the 2022 Grand Slam, having previously finished as the runner-up in nine televised PDC major finals; World Championship in 2019 and 2022, 2019 World Matchplay, Premier League and Masters in 2020, UK Open and European Championship in 2022, 2018 World Series Finals, and the 2019 World Cup of Darts, partnering Rob Cross in the latter. He won the World Cup of Darts for England in 2024, partnering Luke Humphries, and finished as the runner-up in the 2024 World Series Finals. Smith has won a total of twenty-seven PDC titles in his professional career.
In his youth career, Smith won the 2013 PDC World Youth Championship and five Youth Tour titles.