Jeff Smith (darts player)

Jeff Smith (born 6 November 1975) is a Canadian professional darts player. He reached the semi-final of the 2015 BDO World Darts Championship and the final of the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship in the following year where he faced 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	25 (8 December 2024)[2] (WDF)
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Runner Up: 2016
World Masters	Last 16: 2019
World Trophy	Semi Final: 2015
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	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 Ch'ships 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 play-off match at day 3 of UK Q-School. He will play on the ProTour in 2020 and 2021.

2023

After unsuccessfully attempting to qualify for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship he has lost his tour card and announced that he is taking a break and stepping away from competitive darts.

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

Tournament	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship	Non-PDC																						1R	1R	DNQ	2R	1R	1R	DNQ
UK Open	Not held							DNQ																	2R	2R	3R	3R	DNP
Grand Slam of Darts	Not held											DNQ									2R	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	Not held													DNQ											WD	1R	DNQ
PDC Non-ranked televised events
PDC World Cup of Darts	Not held														DNQ	NH	DNQ	2R	DNQ						QF	1R	1R	2R	DNQ
World Series of Darts Finals	Not held																			DNQ					2R	DNQ		1R	2R
BDO Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship	DNQ																			SF	F	2R	DNQ	DNP	DNQ	NH	DNP
World Masters	Prel.	DNQ					1R	DNQ					2R	DNQ					4R	3R	5R	3R	DNQ	5R	NH		DNP	NH
BDO World Trophy	Not held																		DNQ	SF	1R	2R	DNP		NH
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	Non-PDC															145	165	172	Non-PDC				206	-	77	53	64	83

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2012	Did not participate
2013	Did not participate
2020	BDC DNQ	GDC 2R	EDG DNQ	IDO DNQ
2021	HDT DNQ	GDT DNQ
2022	IDO 2R	GDC DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDC DNQ	EDM DNQ	HDT 1R	GDO 1R	BDO 1R	GDT 1R
2023	BSD DNQ	EDO DNQ	IDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	DDC DNQ	BDO 1R	CDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDO DNQ	HDT DNQ	GDC 1R

PDC World Series of Darts

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
2018	GER DNP	USA 1R	SHA DNP	AUC DNP	MEL DNP	BRI DNP
2019	USA 1R	GER DNP	BRI DNP	MEL DNP	NZE DNP
2022	USA 1R	NOR DNP	DUT DNP	QUE DNP	NSW DNP	NZE DNP
2023	BAH DNP	NOR DNP	USA F	POL DNP	NZE DNP	NSW DNP
2024	BAH DNP	DUT DNP	USA QF	NOR DNP	POL DNP	AUS DNP	NZE DNP

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	HAL DNP	HAL DNP	DER DNP	DER DNP	CRA DNP	CRA DNP	VIE DNP	VIE DNP	CRA DNP	CRA DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	NUL DNP	NUL DNP	ONT 2R	ONT 3R	DER DNP	DER DNP	NUL DNP	NUL DNP	DUB DNP	DUB DNP	KIL DNP	GLA DNP	GLA DNP	ALI DNP	ALI DNP	CRA DNP	CRA DNP	WIG DNP	WIG DNP
2012	ALI DNP	ALI DNP	REA 2R	REA 1R	CRA DNP	CRA DNP	BIR 2R	BIR 1R	CRA DNP	CRA DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	DUB DNP	DUB DNP	KIL DNP	KIL DNP	CRA DNP	CRA DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP
2013	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	WIG DNP	WIG 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	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR 3R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR 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	LEI DNP	LEI DNP	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	LEI DNP	LEI 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 (1 runner-up)

Legend
World Championship (0–1)

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

PDC World Series finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

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.

References

1. Twitter R. Smith. Twitter
2. "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
3. 1996 Canada National Championships. DartsDatabase
4. 2008 Canada National Championships Results. DartsDatabase
5. 2013 PDC World Cup of Darts Results. DartsDatabase
6. 2014 Halifax Open. DartsDatabase
7. 2014 Canadian Open. DartsDatabase
8. 2015 BDO World Championship Results. DartsDatabase
9. 2015 BDO World Trophy Results. DartsDatabase
10. "Smith Relishing Ally Pally Return". PDC. 6 July 2018.

External links

• Jeff Smith player profile at Darts Orakel