If they can continue to hit maxima at the 2nd and 4th highest rates, Adrian Lewis and Devon Petersen (currently the last players into the Grand Prix) will be sweating it out this coming weekend. The 2020 PDC World Championship will begin its second half tomorrow but we take a look at the runners and riders average wise after the opening stanza of the tournament. 108.65 Dave Chisnall (Second Round) 106.92 Krzysztof Ratajski (Last 16) 106.76 Peter Wright (Second Round) 103.86 Jonny Clayton (Quarter-Finals) 103.83 Mervyn King (Second Round) 103.21 James Wade (Last 16) 102.93 Dave Chisnall (Quarter-Finals) 102.75 Devon Petersen (Final) On February 22 Petersen defeated Niels Zonneveld with his first recorded 110+ average in PDC tournament play; a ruthless string of victories (including a whitewash of Stephen Bunting and a deciding-leg triumph against Rob Cross) saw him through to his first Pro Tour semi-final.

His 98.46 average thus far puts him ahead of Nathan Aspinall, Krzysztof Ratajski and Gary Anderson, despite those three winning Players Championship titles. Phase 2: Jonny Clayton, a finalist in the first Home Tour, ranks sixth with a 97.15 average; Krzystof Ratajski's excellent 96.95 average belies the fact that he has not reached a final in any event since March. Die William Hill World Darts Championship 2020 wurde vom 13. Corporation 2020, Cullen & Chisnall win thrillers to reach quarter-finals, Barry & Evans claim titles as Challenge Tour returns, Kim Huybrechts believes changes could re-ignite his career, Van Gerwen & Anderson among four through to quarter-finals, How to watch the 2020 BoyleSports World Grand Prix, https://mobile.boylesports.com/sports/darts, https://www.playwiththebest.com/darts.html.

Averages. AVERAGES OF 115 OR BETTER. Typically high averagers Rob Cross, Dave Chisnall, Adrian Lewis and Ian White are well off the pace, given their high Order of Merit rank; they hold only the 27th, 26th, 30th and 23rd highest averages, respectively. Phase 2 matches have a maximum of fourteen legs, allowing for the winner being first to eight or a seven-seven draw. On the basis of his outstanding Summer Series performance, José De Sousa leads all players with his combined 99.88 average over the span of nearly 200 legs, giving him the #1 average in post-pandemic darts. The 2020 Unibet Premier League Darts is an ongoing darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation – the sixteenth edition of the tournament. The players in this year's tournament were announced following the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship final on 1 January. The debate often focuses on the three-dart averages of players in matches. After the first nine rounds in phase 1, the bottom player in the table is eliminated. The event began on Thursday 6 February at the P&J Live in Aberdeen and will end with the Play-offs at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry on Thursday 15 October, after a delay was caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.

... will depend on continuing the run of form that has made Whitlock and Dobey the players with the 11th and 20th highest averages in the PDC. Phase 1 matches have a maximum of twelve legs, allowing for the winner being first to seven or a six-six draw. The top four players then compete in the knockout semi-finals and final on the playoff night. At the end of Phase 1, the bottom player is eliminated from the competition.
So many players are taking part in the PDC's new Home Tour events that nearly every player, no matter how obscure, is becoming known to darts-hungry fans through their appearances. Dezember 2019 bis 1. The event took place at Alexandra Palace in London from 13 December 2019 to 1 January 2020. The challengers do not earn any league points but they earn financial bonuses if they win or draw their match.[8]. Jeffrey de Zwaan leads the way with his third round effort when he defeated Dave Chisnall ; he hit a 106.09 during victory and he will be hoping for more when he takes on Peter Wright who doesn't feature on the list. Top ten highest averages - 2020 German Darts Championship. Austragungsort war zum dreizehnten Mal der Alexandra Palace in London.. Peter Wright gewann das Turnier durch einen 7:3-Finalsieg gegen Vorjahressieger Michael van Gerwen. Since the breakaway of the PDC players, there has been much debate about the relative merits of the players within each organisation. The prize money for the 2020 tournament remained at £825,000. The top ten highest set averages have been revealed for this year's 2020 PDC World Championship with Peter Wright leading the way. White's presence on lists of high averages always brings into focus the stark contrast between the efficiency with which his opponents (especially Van Gerwen and Peter Wright) have converted their comparably high averages into televised titles. (Q) = Qualified For The Playoffs A disappointing summer for Jeffrey de Zwaan, unable to match his 2018 World Matchplay breakthrough, sees him ranked only 62nd in averages.

Wade's 19th highest average of the PDC field, though respectable at 95.13, belies his extraordinary completion percentage of 18.02% on three-figure checkouts. Januar 2020 in ihrer 27. Christopher Kempf, the statistical analyst of the PDC, takes a look at the top 30 players ranked by their averages so far in 2020. Phase 1: Ian White tops the list narrowly ahead of MvG as the highest-averaging player in the PDC in 2020.

Gerwyn Price came back from 7-4 down to deny Devon Petersen a first PDC title on Tuesday. World Youth Champion Luke Humphries currently holds the 8th highest average in COVID-era darts; World Matchplay Champion Dimitri Van den Bergh ranks ninth, and a superb sequence of match victories in the Premier League for Nathan Aspinall push him to the 10th highest average. Darts News Link Partners, How to watch the 2020 World Grand Prix live, Sherrock averages over 110 to win match on PDC Challenge Tour, Prize money breakdown for the 2020 World Grand Prix with £450,000 on offer, World Grand Prix 2020 preview and schedule: Friday October 9 featuring Price vs Huybrechts, Price eases through to World Grand Prix Quarter-Finals with brilliant victory against Huybrechts, Draw for sixth event of PDC Challenge Tour 2020, World Grand Prix 2020 preview and schedule: Saturday October 10, featuring Anderson, Van Gerwen and Price, Barry wins maiden PDC Challenge Tour title in Event Five with victory over Verberk, Evans claims victory over Burnett to win PDC Challenge Tour Event Six, Cullen survives comeback to see off Clayton in deciding leg thriller, Barry, Mitchell, Williams and Burnett among players through to Last 16 during PDC Challenge Tour 7, VIDEO: Highlights from Day Four of 2020 World Grand Prix, Cullen pleased with sudden-death leg win against Clayton: 'That's what dreams are made of', Chisnall 'over the moon' after recovering from brink to see off Joyce: "I should be packing my bags to go home", Draw released for PDC Challenge Tour Event Seven.
108.65 Dave Chisnall (Second Round) 106.92 Krzysztof Ratajski (Last 16) 106.76 Peter Wright (Second Round) 103.86 Jonny Clayton (Quarter-Finals) 103.83 Mervyn King (Second Round) 103.21 James Wade (Last 16) 102.93 Dave Chisnall (Quarter-Finals) 102.75 Devon Petersen (Final)

The two winning semi-finalists meet in the final which is first to 11 legs (best of 21).

The 2020 PDC World Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2020 William Hill World Darts Championship ) was the 27th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. This was also the first time in Premier League Darts history that the 4 players that qualified for the finals had not appeared in the finals of the previous year's edition (them being the aforementioned van Gerwen, Gurney, Cross and James Wade). An average over 100 in a match in the PDC World Championship has since been achieved 195 times. Even considering just the last two months of PDC play, White pocketed a mere £33,500 in reward for his unrivalled 100.23 average, while MvG's second-best 100.21 average netted him £128,000. At the end of Phase 2, the bottom four players in the league table are eliminated from the competition. The top four on the PDC Order of Merit are joined by five wildcards.

If the first two months of play in the 2020 PDC season are any guide, then the statistical gap between Michael van Gerwen and the rest of the field is ever-narrowing. In phase 2, the eight remaining players play in a single match on each of the seven nights. Follow Christopher on Twitter @ochepedia. The event began on Thursday 6 February at the P&J Live in Aberdeen and will end with the Play-offs at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry on Thursday 15 October, after a delay was caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. Top ten highest averages - 2020 German Darts Championship. [4] Further changes were announced in July and August, with the cancellation of the events in Birmingham, Belfast, Leeds, Berlin, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield, and the double header in Rotterdam; and the reinstatement of The O2 Arena as the host of the final. Oct 5 2020 Darts News Link Partners, How to watch the 2020 World Grand Prix live, Sherrock averages over 110 to win match on PDC Challenge Tour, Prize money breakdown for the 2020 World Grand Prix with £450,000 on offer, World Grand Prix 2020 preview and schedule: Friday October 9 featuring Price vs Huybrechts, Price eases through to World Grand Prix Quarter-Finals with brilliant victory against Huybrechts, Draw for sixth event of PDC Challenge Tour 2020, World Grand Prix 2020 preview and schedule: Saturday October 10, featuring Anderson, Van Gerwen and Price, Barry wins maiden PDC Challenge Tour title in Event Five with victory over Verberk, Evans claims victory over Burnett to win PDC Challenge Tour Event Six, Cullen survives comeback to see off Clayton in deciding leg thriller, Barry, Mitchell, Williams and Burnett among players through to Last 16 during PDC Challenge Tour 7, VIDEO: Highlights from Day Four of 2020 World Grand Prix, Cullen pleased with sudden-death leg win against Clayton: 'That's what dreams are made of', Chisnall 'over the moon' after recovering from brink to see off Joyce: "I should be packing my bags to go home", Draw released for PDC Challenge Tour Event Seven. [7], The tournament format will remain the same as 2019, with the only difference being the re-branding of 'contenders' to 'challengers' for this season.[8]. After an insane output of 180s in the Premier League (which nonetheless failed to propel him to a semifinal berth), Michael Smith is again the number one hitter of three-treble visits in the PDC, taking over from Chisnall (who has slipped to #14) and MvG (now #30). A resurgent Simon Whitlock takes second place, owing in part to an impressive World Matchplay campaign. With so little time remaining before the World Grand Prix, the race to qualify for players like Chris Dobey and Simon Whitlock (both currently outside of qualification position) will depend on continuing the run of form that has made Whitlock and Dobey the players with the 11th and 20th highest averages in the PDC. Wright hit the highest average of 123.83 during his tie against Luke Humphries to reach the semi-finals; in what turned out to be one of his most integral runs during the tournament. Christopher Kempf, the statistical analyst of the PDC, takes a look at the top 30 players ranked by their averages so far in 2020. 19-year-old Rusty-Jake Rodriguez, with his 19 101+ finishes, is also well ahead of many top PDC players - even if it does not translate into tournament wins just yet, it is impressive to see young players completing difficult checkouts at a rate exceeding that of top professionals, and augurs well for their future. Two points are awarded for a win and one point for a draw. The only change of venues from 2019 to 2020 was the introduction of the P&J Live in Aberdeen, which hosted the opening night's action. 1 123.53 PC 29 14-10-2019 Peter Wright v Krzysztof Ratajski Won 6-0 (Stream) The 2020 Unibet Premier League Darts is an ongoing darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation – the sixteenth edition of the tournament. With MvG a full five points behind Wade, and World Champion Wright nearly six points behind, Wade is one of the few players who can draw upon such a skill to compensate for a less prodigious scoring ability.

De Sousa, Danny Noppert and 2020 PDC debutant Leung Kai Fan all rank the top five in their ton-plus checkout abilities, though they remain at least 2.8 points behind master finisher Wade. The semi-finals are first to 10 legs (best of 19). The 9 main players earn league points if they win or draw against the challengers. Please note these are not calculated properly and are not indicative of actual averages for each night. Corporation 2020. [8], The format is similar to that of 2019, with 9 main players plus 9 invited players, now referred to as 'challengers' in a re-brand from the tag of 'contenders'. © Copyright Professional Darts