In celebration of 30 years of the PDC
World Darts Championship, take a look
back at the very first tournament, a
classic final from 2007 and one of the
greatest legs ever played.
In the final act at the Circus Tavern, two
of the finest players to have ever played
the sport created a match for the ages,
as Phil Taylor and Raymond van
Barneveld met in the final.
Debuting in 2008 and bursting onto the
scene in 2013 where he took the great
Phil Taylor all the way, hear first-hand
accounts of Michael Van Gerwen's
incredible rise.
Gary Anderson tells the story of his PDC
World Darts Championship triumphs in
2015 and 2016, as the Scotsman become
only the third player to win back-to-back
titles.
At the first time of asking, Rob Cross
shocked the world on his PDC World
Darts Championship debut by defeating
the retiring Phil Taylor in the final at
Alexandra Palace in 2018.
In 2023, both MVG and Michael Smith
were on course to record a nine-dart leg;
the Dutchman fell short by a single dart,
but the Englishman achieved perfection.