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Gary Anderson

Gary Anderson, nicknamed "The Flying Scotsman", is 55 years old, born on 22 December 1970. World number 10 on the PDC Order of Merit. Walks on to "Jump Around" by House of Pain. Throws 23g Unicorn darts, right-handed.

NicknameThe Flying Scotsman
Age55 born 22 December 1970
Walk-on song"Jump Around" by House of Pain
Darts23g Unicorn
ThrowsRight-handed

When is Gary Anderson playing next?

No televised match is confirmed yet. Next on TV: European Championship, 22 to 25 October 2026, live on ITV4, free on ITVX. The top 32 on the European Tour Order of Merit qualify when it closes on 19 October, after the Dutch Darts Championship.

Coming up on TV

  • 22 to 25 October 2026 European ChampionshipITV4 The top 32 on the European Tour Order of Merit qualify when it closes on 19 October, after the Dutch Darts Championship.
  • 14 to 22 November 2026 Grand Slam of DartsSky Sports Not among the 30 qualified so far. The rest of the field of 48 is settled by 6 November.
  • 27 to 29 November 2026 Players Championship FinalsITV4 The top 64 on this year’s Players Championship Order of Merit qualify when it closes on 6 November.
  • 11 December 2026 to 3 January 2027 World Darts ChampionshipSky Sports The top 40 on the PDC Order of Merit after the Players Championship Finals qualify, then 40 more from the ProTour rankings and 48 through international qualifiers. Gary Anderson is 10th on the Order of Merit.

Last televised match: lost 3-1 to Niels Zonneveld at the 2026 World Grand Prix, averaging 84.6 to 85.2.

World ranking 10
Two-year prize money £592k
Plays for SCO Scotland
Majors won 4 in the last ten years

Gary Anderson is ranked 10 in the world on the PDC Order of Merit, with £591,750 of ranking prize money over the previous two years. That is inside the top 16, so they are seeded at the World Championship and exempt into the later rounds of most majors.

Ranking up to the Swiss Darts Trophy, checked 12 October 2026. It moves after every ranking event.

Our rating

1666, 15th of the active players in our darts ratings, from 323 televised matches. Their peak was 1888 points, after the 2015 Masters.

20162026

Head to head: vs Michael van Gerwen (21 meetings), vs Phil Taylor (16 meetings), vs James Wade (15 meetings), vs Peter Wright (13 meetings), vs Gerwyn Price (9 meetings), vs Stephen Bunting (8 meetings).

Major titles

Every major on this site that Gary Anderson has won. The winners rolls here run back about ten years, so this is titles in that window rather than a career total. Players who were winning majors before then have more.

World Darts Championship ×2 2016, 2015
World Matchplay 2018
UK Open 2018
← 9. Michael van Gerwen All rankings 11. Nathan Aspinall →
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