Raymond Smith (darts player)
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| Nickname | "Guru" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 December 1979 Brisbane, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 22g Shot Signature | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Can't Hold Us" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 2008, 2015–2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2018– | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF | 2021– | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (WDF) 12 Increase 3 (7 December 2025)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Last 16: 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 32: 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Last 16: 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Series Finals | Last 24: 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Raymond Smith (born 6 December 1979) is an Australian professional darts player who competes in both Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events.
Career
[edit | edit source]BDO
[edit | edit source]In 2015, Smith won the Central Coast Australian Classic, New South Wales Open and North Queensland Classic. In 2016 he won the Sunshine State Classic and the North Queensland Classic for the second time. He reached the Last 32 of the 2016 World Masters. He qualified for the 2017 BDO World Darts Championship, beating Davy Van Baelen in the preliminary round before losing to Geert De Vos.[citation needed]
PDC
[edit | edit source]Smith competed on the DartPlayers Australia tour in 2018; winning five events and topping the rankings to qualify for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship.[2] He also competed in two Australia-held events on the 2018 World Series of Darts, the Melbourne Darts Masters where he lost in the first round to Michael van Gerwen,[3] and the 2018 Brisbane Darts Masters where he beat Michael Smith before being knocked out by Peter Wright.[4] Raymond Smith qualified for the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship and reached the last 16 losing to Mervyn King 4–3. He beat Jamie Hughes, Devon Petersen and Florian Hempel along the way.[citation needed]
On 4 February 2023, Smith won the second edition of the MODUS Super Series beating Matt Clark in the final in a last leg decider.[citation needed]
Raymond Smith competed in the inaugural Australian Darts Association Tour in 2025. At the end of June, he won all 4 events in the opening weekend.[5]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Raymond has a son, Ky Smith, who is also a professional darts player. In the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship, they became the first father-son duo to compete at a World Championship in the same year.[citation needed]
World Championship results
[edit | edit source]BDO/WDF
[edit | edit source]- 2017: First round (lost to Geert De Vos 0–3)
- 2025: Third round (lost to Jenson Walker 1–3)
PDC
[edit | edit source]- 2019: First round (lost to Alan Tabern 2–3)
- 2022: Fourth round (lost to Mervyn King 3–4)
- 2023: First round (lost to Karel Sedláček 0–3)
Performance timeline
[edit | edit source]BDO
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | |||||||||
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| BDO World Championship | DNQ | 1R | |||||||||
| World Masters | RR | ||||||||||
PDC
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||||
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| PDC Ranked televised events | |||||||||||
| PDC World Championship | BDO | 1R | 4R | 1R | |||||||
| PDC Non-ranked televised events | |||||||||||
| World Series of Darts Finals | 2R | Did not participate | |||||||||
Australian Darts Association Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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| 2025 | SAN W |
SAN W |
SAN W |
SAN W |
LIZ DNP |
MLT SF |
MLT F |
MLT L32 |
MLT F | |||
ANZ Premier League
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | F |
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| 2025 | MLB F |
NEW W |
CAN SF |
HOB F |
ADE SF |
WEL SF |
GOL W |
BRI F |
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR L# |
Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage |
DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
References
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