Jeff Smith (darts player)

Jeff Smith (born 6 November 1975) is a Canadian professional darts player. He reached the final of the 2016 BDO World Championship, where he finished as runner-up to Scott Waites.

Jeff Smith
Personal information
Nickname	"The Silencer"
Born	(1975-11-06) 6 November 1975 (age 49) Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada[1]
Home town	Hampton, New Brunswick, Canada
Darts information
Playing darts since	1979
Darts	21g Cosmo Discovery Label
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Summer of '69" by Bryan Adams
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2008–2011, 2014–2017, 2019–2020
PDC	2012–2013, 2018–2019, 2020–2023 (Tour Card: 2012–2013, 2020–2023)
Current world ranking	(WDF) 93 2 (17 February 2025)[2]
WDF major events – best performances
World Championship	Runner Up: 2016
World Masters	Last 16: 2019
World Trophy	Semi Final: 2015
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship	Last 64: 2018, 2021
UK Open	Last 96: 2023
Grand Slam	Last 16: 2016
PC Finals	Last 64: 2021
World Series Finals	Last 16: 2020, 2024
Other tournament wins
ADO Sunday River Open 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 ADO White Mountain Shootout 2012, 2019 Bob Jones Memorial 2016 Canada National Championships 2008, 2024 Canadian Open 2014, 2019 Halifax Open 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 K-W Tri City Open 2017 Las Vegas Classic 2024 Las Vegas Open 2015 MLD Maritime Masters 2011 MLD The Schooner 2011 North American World Series Qualifier 2018, 2019 Norfolk Darts Festival 2024 PDC North American Championship 2018, 2023 PEI Potato Open 2015 Port City Open 2012 Saint John Port City Open 2015 Seacoast Open 2017, 2018, 2019 WDF World Cup Singles 2017 Witch City Open 2015 CDC Canada Pro Tour 2021 CDC Continental Cup 2021

Career

In his first tournament, Smith reached the semi-final of the Canada National Championships in 1996.^[3] He won the tournament in 2008 beating Jeff Noble.^[4] Smith entered the Professional Darts Corporation Q School in January 2011. He won a PDC tour card on the third and final day by defeating Ross Smith 6–2 in his final match. He took part in the 2013 PDC World Cup of Darts with John Part.^[5] In 2014, he returned to the BDO, and won the Halifax Open and the Canadian Open.^[6][7]

He qualified for the 2015 BDO World Darts Championship, and entered the preliminary stage, where he beat Mike Day of New Zealand 3-0, hitting three 100+ checkouts. He then played two-time semi-finalist Wesley Harms in the last 32, winning 3–1 after losing the first set. Smith then beat Gary Robson 4-3 in the last 16, after Robson had recovered from 3-1 down to level the match. In the quarter-finals, Smith caused yet another upset as he beat bookmakers' favourite ^{[clarification needed]} Robbie Green 5-1, crucially hitting a 160 checkout to win the fourth set, with Green waiting on 56. Smith was beaten 6-0 by fourth seed and eventual champion Scott Mitchell in the semi-finals.^[8] Smith followed this good run by reaching the semi-finals of the 2015 BDO World Trophy, losing to Jeffrey de Graaf.^[9]

He qualified for the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship, and entered the preliminary stage, where he beat Matthew Medhurst 3–0 with a 130 checkout. He played Martin Adams in the first round, winning 3–0. In the second round, be beat Brian Dawson 4–1. He played Dennis Harbour in the Quarter-Finals, winning 5–2 to reach the Semi-Finals. He played Richard Veenstra and won 6–5 to reach his first Final, where he played Scott Waites. In the final, Smith lost to Waites 7–1. In the post match interview, Smith promised to return next year. He received the runners up cheque of £35,000. In the 2017 BDO World Darts Championship Smith entered in the preliminary round, where he beat Seigo Asada 3–1. In the first round Smith beat Brian Dawson 3–2. In the second round Smith lost 4–1 to Martin Adams.

Smith was a wild card entry into the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship. He hit a 170 checkout on his way to a 2–0 win against Luke Humphries in the preliminary round. In the first round Smith lost 3–0 to Gary Anderson. After his first round defeat in the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship he announced ‘I definitely will be playing Q-school this year, based on the current situation. I owe it to my family and my sponsors to carry on playing, wherever it takes me. I will do just that.’ Smith failed to gain a tour card at Q-School. Smith qualified for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship by winning the North American Championship, securing his place with a 6–4 win over John Norman Jnr.^[10]

On 18 January 2020, Smith regained his PDC Tour Card by beating Seigo Asada 5–4 in the final of day 3 of UK Q-School.

World Championship results

BDO

• 2015: Semi-final (lost to Scott Mitchell 0–6)
• 2016: Runner-up (lost to Scott Waites 1–7)
• 2017: Second round (lost to Martin Adams 1–4)

PDC

• 2018: First round (lost to Gary Anderson 0–3)
• 2019: First round (lost to Josh Payne 2–3)
• 2021: Second round (lost to Chris Dobey 2–3)
• 2022: First round (lost to Ross Smith 0–3)
• 2023: First round (lost to Mike De Decker 1–3)

Career statistics

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament	1996	2002	2008	2014	2015	2016	2017	2019
BDO Ranked televised events
World Championship	Did not qualify				SF	F	2R	DNP
World Masters	Prel.	1R	2R	4R	3R	5R	3R	5R
World Trophy	Not held			DNQ	SF	1R	2R	DNP

PDC

Tournament	2013	2016	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship	BDO		1R	1R	DNQ	2R	1R	1R	DNQ
UK Open	Did not qualify				2R	2R	3R	3R	DNP
Grand Slam	DNQ	2R	Did not qualify
Players Championship Finals	Did not qualify				WD	1R	Did not qualify
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Cup	2R	Did not qualify			QF	1R	1R	2R	DNQ
World Series Finals	NH	Did not qualify			2R	DNQ		1R	2R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	172	NR	206	NR	77	53	64	83

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2020	BDC DNQ	GDC 2R	EDG DNQ	IDO DNQ
2022	IDO 2R	Did not qualify								HDT 1R	GDO 1R	BDO 1R	GDT 1R
2023	Did not qualify						BDO 1R	Did not qualify					GDC 1R

PDC World Series of Darts

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
2018	GER DNP	USA 1R	Did not participate
2019	USA 1R	Did not participate
2022	USA 1R	Did not participate
2023	DNP		USA F	Did not participate
2024	DNP		USA QF	Did not participate

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	31
2011	Did not participate														ONT 2R	ONT 3R	Did not participate
2012	DNP		REA 2R	REA 1R	DNP		BIR 2R	BIR 1R	Did not participate
2013	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	DNP		CRA 1R	CRA 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	DUB 1R	DUB SF	KIL 2R	KIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG QF	BAR 2R	BAR 1R
2020	BAR F	BAR 4R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL SF	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	COV 1R	COV 2R	COV 4R	COV 3R	COV 1R
2021	BOL 2R	BOL 4R	BOL 2R	BOL 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 4R	MIL 2R	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	NIE 3R	NIE 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 3R	MIL 4R	MIL 1R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 4R	COV 1R	DNP			BAR 3R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	DNP
2022	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	NIE 3R	NIE 2R	BAR 1R	BAR QF	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R
2023	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	DNP		HIL 1R	HIL 1R	DNP		HIL QF	HIL 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R

Performance Table Legend
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

Career finals

BDO major finals: 1

Legend
World Championship (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score[N 1]
Runner-up	1.	2016	World Championship	Scott Waites	1–7 (s)

PDC World Series finals: 1

Legend
World Series of Darts (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	2023	US Darts Masters	Michael van Gerwen	0–8 (l)

1. (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.