Ross Smith (darts player)

Ross Smith
Smith at the 2024 World Grand Prix
Personal information
Nickname	"Smudger"
Born	(1989-01-12) 12 January 1989 (age 36) Dover, Kent, England
Home town	Deal, Kent, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	2003
Darts	22g Unicorn
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Sweet Child o' Mine" by Guns N' Roses
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2007–2011
PDC	2005–2006, 2012–2016, 2018– (Tour Card: 2012–2016, 2018–)
Current world ranking	(PDC) 19 1 (18 February 2025)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Quarter Final: 2011
World Masters	Last 40: 2011
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 32: 2022, 2023, 2024
World Matchplay	Quarter Final: 2024
World Grand Prix	Last 16: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
UK Open	Quarter Final: 2019
Grand Slam	Last 16: 2022, 2024
European Ch'ship	Winner (1): 2022
PC Finals	Semi Final: 2024
Masters	Last 16: 2023
World Series Finals	Last 24: 2018, 2024
Other tournament wins
Players Championships Players Championship (Barnsley) 2023 (x2) Players Championship (Coventry) 2021 Players Championship (Milton Keynes) 2024 PDC Challenge Tour PDC Challenge Tour 2013 (x4)

Ross Smith (born 12 January 1989) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number eighteen; he reached a peak ranking of world number nine in 2024. Nicknamed "Smudger", Smith won his first PDC major title at the 2022 European Championship, defeating Michael Smith 11–8 in the final. He reached his second major semi-final at the 2024 Players Championship Finals. Smith has won a total of five PDC ranking titles in his professional career.

Smith was a one-time quarter-finalist in the British Darts Organisation's BDO World Darts Championship, reaching the last four at the 2011 event.