DartCounter stats, explained.
DartCounter records a lot of numbers and explains almost none of them. This page goes through the ones that matter: what each stat measures, what counts as good, and which are worth acting on. It applies to any scoring app, and to a pen and paper.
3-dart average
The headline number, and the one everybody quotes. It is your total points scored divided by darts thrown, multiplied by three, so it answers "how much do I score with a typical visit to the board".
Rough bands: a newer player sits in the 30s, a regular pub player lands somewhere between 40 and 55, a strong league player breaks 60, and a tour professional averages in the 90s and low 100s across a televised match. There is more detail on what counts as a good darts average, and you can check a single leg with the average calculator.
The one trap: a single leg tells you very little. Averages bounce around by ten points or more night to night. Judge yourself on a run of ten sessions, not on your best one.
First-9 average
Your average across the first three visits of a leg only. It strips out the slow finishing darts at the end, so it measures pure scoring power rather than how the leg played out.
A first-9 well above your overall average means your scoring is fine and the leg is being lost at the finish. A first-9 close to your overall average means the scoring itself is the thing to work on. That single comparison is the most useful thing in the whole stats screen.
Checkout percentage
How often you take out a finish when you have a dart at a double. If you had 40 darts at a double across a session and hit 6 of them, that is 15 per cent.
Club players commonly sit between 10 and 25 per cent. Professionals land around 40 per cent. It is the stat most worth improving, because a leg you fail to close is a leg your opponent gets another go at, and because doubles respond well to deliberate practice. The practice games page has drills built for exactly this.
Be careful comparing this number between people. Some apps count only the darts actually thrown at a double, others count every visit where a checkout was available, and the two produce quite different percentages.
180s, tons and the scoring breakdown
A 180 is the maximum with three darts. Counting 180s, 140-plus visits and 100-plus visits shows how often you find the big scores.
The breakdown matters more than the 180 count on its own. Two players can average the same 55 while one posts steady 60s and the other alternates 140s with 26s. The steady player wins more legs, because darts rewards consistency more than it rewards spikes.
Doubles
Worth looking at double by double rather than as one number. Almost everybody has one or two doubles they quietly avoid, and the fix is to notice which and then practise those specifically rather than drilling every double equally.
The common pattern is a strong D20 and D16 with a weak D1, D5 and D13, because those come up less often in standard routes. The checkout chart shows which doubles the standard route sends you to, which tells you which ones you will actually face.
Which numbers to actually act on
- First-9 versus overall average. Tells you whether to practise scoring or finishing. Everything else is downstream of this.
- Checkout percentage. The fastest thing to improve, and the most directly worth wins.
- Your worst two doubles. Specific, fixable, and nobody practises them by accident.
Almost everything else is interesting rather than useful. Personal bests are fun; they do not tell you what to do on Tuesday.
Want the numbers without the app? Score a game in the browser and it works out the average, darts thrown and checkouts as you play. Nothing to install and no account.
Common questions
Does CSWStats import my DartCounter history?
No, not any more. We used to, and we stopped at DartCounter's request in July 2026. There is nothing to connect and we do not ask for your DartCounter login. What is here now is free to use without an account: the scoreboard, the guides, and the darts schedule and world rankings.
Why is my match average lower than my practice average?
Pressure, an unfamiliar opponent and the mental load of tracking the leg all cost a few points. It is normal and it happens to professionals. The gap usually narrows the more matches you play.
Do busted visits count toward my average?
No. A bust scores nothing for that visit, and standard scoring does not count busted points toward the average.
Do I need a smart board to track any of this?
No. Every stat on this page comes from the scores alone. A smart board adds dart-by-dart landing positions, which is interesting, but it is not needed to know your average or your checkout percentage.
CSWStats is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to DartCounter, and DartCounter is a trademark of its owner. This is an independent guide for players who use it.