| Scott Williams | |
| Nickname: | "Shaggy" |
| Birth Place: | Boston, Lincolnshire, England |
| Hometown: | Boston, Lincolnshire, England |
| Homecountry: | England |
| Since: | 2018 |
| Darts: | 25g Target |
| Laterality: | Right-handed |
| Music: | "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" by My Chemical Romance |
| Bdo: | 2019–2020 |
| Pdc: | 2022– |
| Wdf: | 2019–2022 |
| Bdo World: | Last 40: 2020 |
| Pdc World: | Semi Final: 2024 |
| Uk Open: | Last 64: 2024 |
| Grand Slam: | Group Stage: 2022 |
| Pc Finals: | Last 16: 2022 |
| Results: | Players Championships |
Scott Williams (born 18 January 1990) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the third player to win a PDC ranking title without being a tour card holder.
In October 2019, Williams qualified for the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship as one of the Playoff qualifiers, he defeated Wes Newton and Andrew Kateley to secure his place in the tournament. He was whitewashed 3–0 by Justin Thompson in the preliminary round.[1]
Williams won his first PDC Challenge Tour, at Challenge Tour 1 in Milton Keynes. On his way to the final, Williams defeated in the last 64, 5–1 in the last 32, 5–2 in the round of 16, 5–3 in the quarter-finals and 5–1 in the semi-finals. He defeated Robert Owen in the final 5–2.[2] [3]
Later the same day, Williams won his second Challenge Tour title at Challenge Tour 2. Williams won 5–2 against Lee Evans in the final.[2] [4]
Williams won Players Championship 17 in June, beating Nathan Aspinall in the final. This meant he became the third player, after Joe Murnan and Krzysztof Ratajski, to win a Players Championship event without being a full tour card holder.[5]
At the end of September 2022, he was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup. On the second day of the tournament, he advanced to the finals of the pairs competition where he played together with Joshua Richardson. On the way to the final, they defeated rivals from Wales, Romania and Czech Republic.[6] Finally, on 1 October, they beat Poland pairs Sebastian Białecki and Dariusz Marciniak by 6–2 in legs.[7] [8] On the third day of the tournament, he advanced to the fifth round of the singles competition, surprisingly lost by 1–4 in legs to Jan McIntosh, who played on an average of 103.90.[9] In the team competition, together with the team, he won the gold medal.[10] In the points classification, as a representative of England, he also contributed to won a gold medal.
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| PDC World Championship | BDO | DNQ | 2R | SF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | DNP | 3R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam of Darts | DNP | RR | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | DNQ | 3R | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO World Championship | DNP | PR | NH | PDC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winmau World Masters | 2R | NH | DNP | NH | PDC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | style="text-align:center; | - | style="text-align:center; | - | 173 | 57 | 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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| 2021 | HDT DNQ | GDT DNP | |||||||||||
| 2022 | IDO DNP | GDC DNP | GDG DNP | ADO DNQ | EDO 3R | CDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDC DNP | EDM 3R | HDT DNP | GDO DNP | BDO DNQ | GDT DNQ |
| 2023 | BSD DNQ | EDO DNP | IDO 1R | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | DDC DNQ | BDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | EDM DNQ | GDO DNQ | HDT SF | GDC DNQ |
| 2024 | BDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | IDO DNQ | EDG 3R | ADO DNQ | BSD DNQ | DDC DNQ | EDO DNQ | GDC | FDT | HDT | SDT | CDO |
PDC Players Championships
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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| 2021[11] | BOL DNP | BOL DNP | BOL DNP | BOL DNP | MIL DNP | MIL DNP | MIL DNP | MIL DNP | NIE 1R | NIE 2R | NIE 1R | NIE 1R | MIL DNP | MIL DNP | MIL DNP | MIL 1R | COV DNP | COV DNP | COV DNP | COV DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR 2R |
| 2022 | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | WIG 4R | WIG 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 4R | NIE QF | NIE 1R | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | NIE 1R | NIE W | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R |
| 2023 | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | HIL 1R | HIL 3R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | LEI 4R | LEI 4R | HIL 3R | HIL 2R | LEI 3R | LEI 2R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R |
| 2024 | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | LEI 1R | LEI QF | HIL 3R | HIL 1R | LEI 2R | LEI 1R | HIL 4R | HIL QF | HIL 4R | HIL | MIL | MIL | MIL | MIL | MIL | MIL | MIL | WIG | WIG | MIL | MIL | WIG | WIG | WIG | WIG | WIG | LEI | LEI |