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From Eric Bristow to Phil Taylor, the most successful dart players' earnings rival athletes in some of the more mainstream sports. Take a look at some of the highest-earning dart players of all time:
Mervyn King player profile at Darts Orakel Player profile for List of darts players from Dartsdatabase Mickey Mansell: Clonoe Cyclone 1973 Northern Ireland: Mickey Mansell player profile at Darts Orakel Player profile for List of darts players from Dartsdatabase Michael Rasztovits: Rasto 1984 Austria: Michael Rosenauer: ROSI 501 1966 Germany ...
Eric John Bristow MBE (25 April 1957 – 5 April 2018), nicknamed "The Crafty Cockney", was an English professional darts player and one of the most recognisable and successful players of the 1980s. He was ranked World No. 1 by the World Darts Federation a record five times, in 1980, 1981 and 1983–1985.
When a tournament is played, the previous year's results are removed from the rankings and the new tournament scores are used. This list is used to determine seeds for some of the WDF Opens. The World Darts Federation ranking system is designed to provide a measure of the global activities of darts players in every WDF recognized darts event ...
Thomas "Tommy" O'Regan (28 February 1939 - 8 October 2000) was a professional Irish darts player who captained both the Ireland and England darts teams. From Limerick in the south west of Ireland, he was one of the pioneers of the modern era of darts. He was the first captain of an England team in the Home International tournament series.
This remained the highest amount of money earned by a darts player at a single tournament for almost two decades. [ 4 ] In addition to his three world titles, Lowe has also won two World Masters titles, [ 1 ] two British Open titles, [ 1 ] two British Matchplay championships, [ 1 ] two World Cup Singles , [ 1 ] and three European Cup Singles ...
Brendan Gabriel Dolan (born 2 August 1973) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the first player to hit a nine-dart finish in a "double-to-start" event (where a player must hit a double to begin play), which he achieved at the 2011 World Grand Prix, giving him the nickname The History Maker.
Surprisingly, most of these high-profile millionaires and billionaires aren't athletes -- they're head coaches and team owners.