Daryl Gurney | |||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||
Nickname | "SuperChin" | ||||||||||||
Born | 22 March 1986 Derry, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||
Home town | Derry, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||
Darts information | |||||||||||||
Playing darts since | 1996 | ||||||||||||
Darts | Winmau Daryl Gurney 23gr | ||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||
Walk-on music | "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond, preceded by "Superman March" from Boston Pops Orchestra and John Williams | ||||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||
BDO | 2004–2013 | ||||||||||||
PDC | 2013– (Tour Card: 2013-) | ||||||||||||
Current world ranking | 26 (31 October 2024)[1] | ||||||||||||
WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 16: 2009, 2010 | ||||||||||||
World Masters | Last 24: 2009 | ||||||||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Quarter-final: 2017, 2021 | ||||||||||||
World Matchplay | Semi-final: 2017, 2019 | ||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Winner (1): 2017 | ||||||||||||
UK Open | Semi-final: 2017, 2020 | ||||||||||||
Grand Slam | Quarter-final: 2017 | ||||||||||||
European Ch'ship | Semi-final: 2017, 2019 | ||||||||||||
Premier League | Semi-final: 2019 | ||||||||||||
PC Finals | Winner (1): 2018 | ||||||||||||
Masters | Quarter-final: 2024 | ||||||||||||
Champions League | Group Stage: 2018, 2019 | ||||||||||||
World Series Finals | Semi-final: 2017 | ||||||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||
European Tour Events
Players Championships
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Other achievements | |||||||||||||
2016 Breaks into the top 32 on the PDC Order of Merit for the first time
2017 claims his first major televised title after winning the World Grand Prix 2017 Breaks into the top 4 on the PDC Order of Merit for the first time 2019 Reaches a career-high ranking of world No. 3 |
Daryl Gurney (born 22 March 1986) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "Superchin", he is a winner of two majors, having won the World Grand Prix in 2017 and the Players Championship Finals in 2018.