Raymond Smith (darts player)
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| Nickname | "Guru" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 December 1979 Brisbane, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF | 2021–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (WDF) 12 1 (16 March 2026)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Last 16: 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 32: 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Winner (1): 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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
BDO
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.
PDC
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.
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.
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]
Smith was also one of eight players invited to compete in the inaugural ANZ Premier League.[6] He reached 4 finals and won 2 of them to end the league phase on top with the most points. At finals night, Smith won his semi-final clash against Tim Pusey 8–2 but lost in the final to Simon Whitlock 10–7.[7] The winner was also awarded a spot at the 2026 PDC World Darts Championship. However, Smith announced that he would have declined the spot at Alexandra Palace, focusing his efforts at the 2025 WDF World Championship instead.[8]
Personal life
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.
World Championship results
BDO/WDF
- 2017: First round (lost to Geert De Vos 0–3)
- 2025: Third round (lost to Jenson Walker 1–3)
PDC
- 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
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 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
- ^ "WDF Open Rankings Table". WDF. 16 March 2026. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ^ "Aussie Smith Seals World Championship Spot". PDC. 7 September 2018. Archived from the original on 7 September 2018.
- ^ Banks, Jamie. "2018 Melbourne Darts Masters Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ Allen, Dave. "2018 Brisbane Darts Masters Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 17 August 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "Raymond Smith's Tungsten Tyranny". Darts World. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
- ^ "PDC ANZ PREMIER LEAGUE MEDIA RELEASE". dartplayersaustralia.com. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
- ^ Francis, Ben (22 November 2025). "Whitlock wins ANZ Premier League to confirm World Championship return". Retrieved 22 November 2025.
- ^ https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/darts/raymond-smith-lakeside-world-championship-36289559