Ryan Searle | |||||||||||
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![]() Searle at the 2024 European Championship | |||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
Nickname | "Heavy Metal" | ||||||||||
Born | [1] 21 October 1987 Wellington, Somerset, England | ||||||||||
Home town | Holcombe Rogus, Devon, England | ||||||||||
Darts information | |||||||||||
Darts | 34g Harrows Signature | ||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||
Walk-on music | "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath | ||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||
BDO | 2011–2016 | ||||||||||
PDC | 2016– (Tour Card: 2017–) | ||||||||||
Current world ranking | (PDC) 18 ![]() | ||||||||||
WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||
World Masters | Last 16: 2013 | ||||||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 16: 2019, 2021, 2022 | ||||||||||
World Matchplay | Quarter Final: 2023 | ||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Quarter Final: 2021 | ||||||||||
UK Open | Last 16: 2022 | ||||||||||
Grand Slam | Last 16: 2023 | ||||||||||
European Ch'ship | Last 16: 2021, 2022, 2024 | ||||||||||
PC Finals | Runner Up: 2021 | ||||||||||
Masters | Last 16: 2022, 2025 | ||||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||||
Players Championships
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Ryan Searle (born 21 October 1987) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number eighteen. Nicknamed "Heavy Metal", Searle has won six ranking titles in PDC Players Championship events. He reached his first major final in 2021, finishing as the runner-up at the Players Championship Finals.