Stephen Bunting
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Personal information
Full name	Stephen Paul Bunting[1]
Nickname	"The Bullet"
Born	(1985-04-09) 9 April 1985 (age 40) Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Home town	St Helens, Merseyside, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	1997
Darts	18g Target Signature Gen 5
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Titanium" by David Guetta featuring Sia
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2002–2014
PDC	2014–present (Tour Card: 2014–present)
Current world ranking	(PDC) 8 👁 Increase 1 (31 March 2026)[2]
WDF major events – best performances
World Championship	Winner (1): 2014
World Masters	Winner (2): 2012, 2013
World Trophy	Last 32: 2003, 2004, 2005
Finder Masters	Winner (1): 2012
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship	Semi-final: 2021, 2025
World Matchplay	Quarter-final: 2019, 2025
World Grand Prix	Semi-final: 2014, 2021
UK Open	Semi-final: 2015
Grand Slam	Semi-final: 2023
European Championship	Quarter-final: 2014
Premier League	8th: 2015, 2025
PC Finals	Quarter-final: 2018, 2019, 2023
Masters	Winner (1): 2024
World Series Finals	Quarter-final: 2015
Other tournament wins
WDF World Cup Pairs 2013 Players Championships (x4) 2016, 2021, 2025 (x2) UK Open Qualifiers (x1) UK Open Qualifier 2014 Youth Events WDF World Youth Cup 2001 World Youth Masters 2001 WDF Europe Youth Cup 2002

Stephen Paul Bunting (born 9 April 1985) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is ranked world number eight; he reached a peak ranking of world number four in 2025. Nicknamed "the Bullet", Bunting previously competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He won the BDO World Championship in 2014. He also won three other BDO major titles: the World Masters in 2012 and 2013 and the Finder Masters in 2012.

He switched to the PDC after accepting a Tour Card in 2014, and has since won ten titles; seven ranking Pro Tour titles and three non-ranking. He won his first PDC major title at the 2024 Masters, defeating Michael van Gerwen in the final. He also reached the semi-finals of the PDC World Championship in 2021 and 2025.

Bunting was born on 9 April 1985 in Liverpool, England, specifically the suburb of Fazakerley; he is a long-time resident of St Helens.^[3][4][5] He began playing darts at the Copplehouse pub and Holy Name Social Club in Fazakerley.^[6] He was educated at Archbishop Beck Catholic College in Liverpool.^[7]

Bunting won both the British Teenage Open and the World Youth Masters in 2001 and also captured the WDF Europe Youth Cup in 2002. He made his BDO World Darts Championship debut in 2004 aged 18, where he beat Vincent van der Voort in the first round before losing in the second round to former World Champion Ted Hankey. He returned to Lakeside in 2005 but was beaten in the first round by John Henderson.

In 2008 Bunting won the Lytham St Annes Open and was also recalled to the England squad. In July 2008 he reached the quarter-finals of the BDO British Classic where he lost to Scotland's Ross Montgomery live on Setanta. In November 2008 Bunting captured his maiden BDO ranked open title when he won the Northern Ireland Open, beating fellow Cheshire player Darryl Fitton two sets to nil in the Final.

Bunting was successful in qualifying for the 2009 BDO World Darts Championship as the standby qualifier, but was beaten by Gary Robson in the first round.

On 21 May 2009 Bunting finished joint fourth in the Dutch Pentathlon in Oosterhout, Netherlands. The pentathlon had a field of 20 BDO and PDC players and was won by Gary Anderson with Scott Waites 2nd and Gary Robson 3rd. It was played in Oosterhout Holland.

Bunting competed in the Winmau British Classic on 25 July 2009. He played Dave Chisnall in the semi-final and beat him 2–0 in sets. In the final Bunting played Scott Waites, where he came out the eventual winner 2 sets to 1 with a 170 finish in the fifth leg.

Bunting qualified for the 2010 BDO World Championship, beating the debuting Ian White 3–0 in the first round before losing to top seed Tony O'Shea 4–0 in the second round. The following year, Bunting once again qualified and won his first round match 3–0, this time against Brian Woods with the tournament's highest three-dart average of 94.62. Bunting then defeated Scott Waites in the second round 4–2 averaging 89.79 to reach his first World Championship quarter-final, where he was beaten 5–1 by third seed Dean Winstanley with both players averaging over the 90 mark.

September 2011 saw Bunting reach the quarterfinals of the Winmau World Masters on ESPN. Bunting had been playing all morning to fight through to the live televised stages and in the deciding match Bunting defeated Wayne Warren. Bunting was into the last 32 and played Peter Johns from Wales. Bunting won 3–0 in sets and played Robbie Green in the last 16. Bunting won 3–1 with per dart average of 30.33. In the quarter-finals Bunting lost 3 sets to nil against Ross Montgomery.

On 30 September 2011 Bunting played in the England Classic at Bunn Leisure, in Selsey Sussex. Bunting was the defending champion having won the title in 2010. Bunting started the day with a 3–0 win over Steve Gurney, followed up by a 3–0 win over Mark Davis. In the last 64 defeated Trevor Chant 3–0. In the last 32 Bunting beat Clive Barden 3–2. The last 16 saw Bunting defeat Sam Rooney 3–0. Bunting defeated Dean Jones 4–0 in the quarterfinal. In the semi-final Bunting defeated Tony Andrews 5–1 with a per dart average of 30.27. In the final Bunting defeated Jamie Robinson 6–3 with a per dart average of 29.10. Bunting won the £2,500 first prize for the second time.

On 22 October 2011 Bunting won his first European event at the Tops of Ghent tournament in Belgium. In the last 256 Bunting defeated Billy Caluwaerts (Belgium) 4–2. Bunting then defeated Marcel Blik (Netherlands) 4–1 in the last 128 round. In the last 64 Bunting played his Lancashire county teammate Gary Hooper and won 4–2. In the last 32 Bunting played another Lancashire county teammate and newly crowned Romanian Open Champion Joe Murnan. Bunting won 4–3. In the last 16 Bunting played Martin Atkins 'The Assassin' who is a regular in the BDO World Championships. Bunting had a 4–1 victory. In the quarterfinals Bunting played Christian Kist. Bunting won the tie 5–1 to gain a place in the semi-finals. In the semi-final Bunting played Darryl Fitton. Bunting ran out a 2 sets to 0 victor. In the final Bunting played Steve West. Bunting took the title 3–0 (2–3; 2–3; 1–3) in sets. Bunting won €1600 in prize money.

Bunting played in the PDC UK Open as an amateur entrant, and played two-time and defending champion James Wade in the second round. Bunting led the best-of-seven legs match 3–2 and had four match darts in the deciding leg – one at bullseye and three at double-19 – but was eventually defeated 4–3.

In October 2012, Bunting took his largest career title by winning the Winmau World Masters as the number one seed, defeating Tony O'Shea 7–4 in the final.^[8] In December, Bunting won the Zuiderduin Masters, by defeating Alan Norris in the final.^[9] Bunting finished 2012 at BDO and WDF World number one.^[10]

At the 2013 BDO World Championship, Bunting recorded the highest average of the first round in beating James Wilson 3–2, but in the second round he was unexpectedly defeated by Darryl Fitton 4–2 despite once again recording the highest average of the round. Bunting led 2–1 and had five darts at double top to take a 3–1 lead, but was unable to take the chance and Fitton went on to win six of the next eight legs to clinch victory. At the 2013 Isle of Man tournament final Bunting defeated Darryl Fitton 4–2 to win the title. He then won the Mariflex Open, the Welsh Open and the England Open. In July, Bunting won the England Masters title at the Pontins Southport beating Paul Jennings in the final 6–5. In the semi-final Bunting defeated Tony O'Shea 5–3.

Bunting successfully retained the World Masters title in 2013, becoming only the fourth man to do so after Eric Bristow, Bob Anderson, and Martin Adams. He also became the first man in history to win the title without dropping a single set. His tournament included a 6–0 semi-final win over world #4 Darryl Fitton, and a 7–0 final win over world #2 James Wilson.^[11] At the Zuiderduin Masters, Bunting reached the final for the second straight year but this time was comprehensively beaten by Wilson, 5–1 in sets.^[12]

Bunting entered the 2014 BDO World Championship as the number one seed for the second year in a row. He defeated Jim Widmayer 3–1 in the first round, Dave Prins 4–0 in the second round with the tournament's highest three-dart average (100.65), and Rick Hofstra 5–2 in the quarter-finals after Hofstra led 2-0 and had chances to win the fourth and sixth sets. In the semi-final, Bunting beat fourth seed Robbie Green 6–1 to set up a final with Alan Norris, which Bunting won 7–4 after the match had been level at 3–3.^[13]

On 22 January 2014, it was announced that Bunting had received and accepted a tour card to join the Professional Darts Corporation.^[14] Bunting's first tournaments were the UK Open Qualifiers and he won the second and £10,000 by beating eight players, concluding with a 6–5 victory over Andrew Gilding.^[15] The result saw him enter the 2014 UK Open at the third round stage where he made his PDC televised debut against Kevin Dowling. Dowling threw for the match in the penultimate leg and missed match darts before Bunting stepped in to take out a 151 finish and sealed a 9–8 victory in the next leg to set up a meeting with Dean Winstanley.^[16] Bunting missed a dart at double 12 to start the match with a nine-dart finish, but went on to lose 9–6.^[17] He made his European Tour debut at the 2014 German Darts Masters and won through to the semi-finals where he lost to Phil Taylor 6–3.^[18] Bunting's second PDC final came at Players Championship 10, in a run which included a victory over world number one Michael van Gerwen, before being defeated by Terry Jenkins 6–3.^[19] He made his debut in the World Matchplay against Peter Wright and he beat the world number five 10–6.^[20] In the subsequent round he started badly against Gary Anderson to trail 5–0 and could never recover the deficit as he was defeated 13–8.^[21] In August he made his first World Series of Darts appearance as he was given a wildcard pick for the Sydney Darts Masters. Bunting beat John Weber, Wright and James Wade to reach the final where Taylor defeated him 11–3.^[22]

In October, Bunting reached the semi-finals of the World Grand Prix by beating Ronnie Baxter, Wright and Richie Burnett.^[23] He was defeated 4–0 by Michael van Gerwen, with the Dutchman winning three of the four sets in deciding legs.^[24] Bunting produced a superb performance in the second round of the European Championship as he averaged 102.21 in beating Taylor 10–9 having never been behind during the match and missed a double 12 for a nine-dart finish.^[25] He was unable to replicate the performance in the quarter-finals against Terry Jenkins as he was eliminated 10–7.^[26] Bunting reached the quarter-finals for the third major event in a row by beating Wade 10–8 at the Grand Slam of Darts, but lost 16–9 against Mervyn King.^[27] In the Players Championship Finals he was defeated 10–5 by Anderson in the second round.^[28]

In his debut at the 2015 PDC World Darts Championship, Bunting saw off Robert Marijanović 3–1 in his first match, before defeating James Wade 4–1.^[29] He played Michael Smith in the third round and eliminated him 4–2, after surviving a comeback when Smith rallied from 3–0 down. Both players had a three-dart average of 102 and hit eight 180s each during the match.^[30] In an extremely close quarter-final clash with Raymond van Barneveld there was never more than a set between the players as they both averaged 98.30. Bunting could not win a leg in the deciding set to be defeated 5–4 and end his chances of becoming the first player to hold both versions of the World Championship at the same time.^[31] After Van Barneveld stated that his opponent's performance had shown he was a world class player, Bunting was left in tears on stage in the post-match interview.^[32]

Following the World Championship final, Bunting was named as a Sky Sports Wildcard to compete in the 2015 Premier League Darts.^[33] He drew 6–6 with Wade on the opening night.^[34] In the following weeks, Bunting would fall into the relegation zone, losing his next three games before winning his first game against Adrian Lewis 7–3 in the fifth week.^[35] He survived relegation by a point, but could only win one of his last seven matches to finish eighth in the league.^[36]

In March, Bunting would make it to the semi-finals of the UK Open, beating Adam Huckvale, Michael Smith, Dave Chisnall, William O'Connor and Mervyn King before being defeated by Peter Wright 10–0 with an average of just 82.39 over 20 points lower than Wright.^[37] He lost to Ian White 10–6 in the first round of the World Matchplay and took out just 19% of his finishes in the opening round of the World Grand Prix to be eliminated 2–1 in sets by Mark Webster.^[38][39] He lost in the first round of the Players Championship Finals and second round of the European Championship.^[40] Bunting did reach the quarter-finals of the inaugural World Series of Darts Finals, but was heavily beaten by Phil Taylor 10–3.^[41]

Bunting met Raymond van Barneveld at the World Championship for the second successive year, this time in the second round. Once again there was never a set between the players, with Van Barneveld taking the final set by six legs to four.^[42] Bunting did not receive a wildcard for a second appearance at the Premier League this year. He reached the fifth round of the UK Open, but was beaten by Joe Cullen 9–7.^[43] En route to the final of the second Players Championship event, Bunting overturned a 5–0 deficit against Adrian Lewis to win 6–5. He then earned his second PDC title by overcoming Michael van Gerwen 6–4.^[44] Despite averaging 102.48, he was only ahead of Mensur Suljović in the first leg of their opening round World Matchplay match as he lost 10–8.^[45] A week later Bunting reached the semi-finals of the European Darts Open and was defeated 6–4 by Peter Wright.^[46] He was knocked out in the second round of both the World Grand Prix and European Championship, 3–0 in sets by Kim Huybrechts and 10–4 by Jelle Klaasen respectively.^[47]

Bunting missed seven darts for the match in his first round tie with Darren Webster at the 2017 World Championship and bowed out 3–2 in sets.^[48]

At the 2018 World Championship, he lost 3–1 in the first round to Dimitri Van den Bergh.

At the 2019 World Championship, he lost 3–1 in the second round to Luke Humphries. Bunting returned to form in 2019, making two ranking finals and reaching the quarter-finals of both the 2019 World Matchplay and the 2019 Players Championship Finals.

After three years without a win at the World Championship, he made it to the last 16 at the 2020 edition, beating José Justicia and Jonny Clayton, before being whitewashed 4–0 by world no. 1 Michael van Gerwen. As a result of his 2019 runs to the quarter-finals in the majors, he was selected for a return to the Premier League, appearing as a 'challenger' for the night in Liverpool.^[49]

In October, Bunting tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to withdraw from the 2020 World Grand Prix.^[50]

After winning a sudden death leg against Andy Boulton his opening match of the 2021 World Championship,^[51] Bunting defeated James Wade, Ryan Searle and Krzysztof Ratajski en route to his first PDC World Championship semi-final.^[52][53][54] He was eliminated by the eventual champion Gerwyn Price, who beat him 6–4.^[55] He later reached the semi-finals of the 2021 World Grand Prix, where he was beaten by Price once again.^[56] On the 2021 PDC Pro Tour, Bunting won his first PDC title since 2016 by defeating Dimitri Van den Bergh 8–4 in the final of Players Championship 17.^[57]

At the 2022 World Championship, Bunting faced Ross Smith in the second round. He led the match 2–1 but went on to lose a tiebreaker in a 3–2 defeat.^[58] On the 2022 European Tour, he reached the semi-finals of the Austrian Darts Open and the European Darts Matchplay.^[59][60]

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Bunting won his opening match of the 2023 World Championship by recovering from 1–0 down to defeat Leonard Gates 3–1 in the second round.^[61] He ended an eight-match losing streak against Dave Chisnall by beating him 4–2 in the third round,^[62] before a 4–1 win against fifth seed Luke Humphries sent him through to the quarter-finals.^[63] He was eliminated in a 5–3 loss to eventual champion Michael Smith.^[64] Bunting appeared in his second European Tour final at the German Darts Open in September, where he was beaten 8–3 by Krzysztof Ratajski.^[65] At the Grand Slam, he reached his first major semi-final since October 2021, being defeated by Rob Cross by a score of 16–13.^[66][67] He also reached the quarter-finals of the Players Championship Finals, where he lost in a deciding leg to Michael van Gerwen.^[68]

At the 2024 World Championship, Bunting reached the fourth round by beating Ryan Joyce and Florian Hempel by scorelines of 3–0 and 4–0 respectively,^[69][70] before suffering a 4–0 loss at the hands of Michael van Gerwen.^[71] At the Masters, he reached his first PDC major final, defeating reigning world champion Luke Humphries en route.^[72][73] He went on to win the final 11–7 against Van Gerwen, thereby winning his first PDC major title.^[74][75] He reached the quarter-finals of the UK Open, where he was defeated 10–2 by Humphries.^[76]

On the 2024 PDC Pro Tour, Bunting set the fourth highest three-dart average ever on the European Tour in his 6–0 victory over Owen Bates at the European Darts Open; Bunting averaged 117.12 in the match.^[77] He reached six Players Championship finals during the year and was unable to capture a title. In March, he lost to Raymond van Barneveld 8–1 in the final of Players Championship 5 (PC5).^[78] In September, he lost to Luke Littler 8–7 in the PC20 final.^[79] In October, Bunting was the runner-up at three consecutive events, losing to Wessel Nijman, Chris Dobey and Luke Humphries at PC24, PC25 and PC26 respectively.^[80][81][82] He reached his sixth Players Championship final of the year at PC29, but lost to Cameron Menzies 8–4.^[83] Bunting finished second on the 2024 Players Championship Order of Merit, meaning he would be the number two seed for the Players Championship Finals.^[84][85] He lost to 63rd seed Mario Vandenbogaerde 6–2 in the first round.^[86]

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At the 2025 World Championship, Bunting defeated Kai Gotthardt and Madars Razma before beating Luke Woodhouse 4–0 to reach the quarter-finals.^[87][88][89] He then defeated Peter Wright 5–2 to reach his first World Championship semi-final since the 2021 event.^[90] He was eliminated after a 6–1 loss to eventual champion Luke Littler.^[91] After the end of the tournament, Bunting was announced as part of the 2025 Premier League lineup.^[92] It was his first inclusion in the main lineup since the 2015 edition.^[93]

Competing on the World Series of Darts for the first time in 11 years,^[94] Bunting won his first World Series title at the 2025 Bahrain Darts Masters, beating Gerwyn Price 8–4 in the final.^[95] A week later, he was the runner-up at the Dutch Darts Masters after losing the final 8–5 to Rob Cross.^[96] He lost his first eight matches of the 2025 Premier League but turned his form around on night nine. On 3 April in Berlin, he achieved his first two wins before defeating Price 6–5 in the final to claim his first nightly win.^[97] The following weekend, Bunting won his first PDC European Tour title. He beat world number one Luke Humphries 7–6 in a last-leg decider in the semi-finals before defeating Nathan Aspinall 8–4 in the final.^[98][99] He reached a second Premier League nightly final on night 11 but suffered a 6–2 loss to Chris Dobey.^[100] At the end of the league stage, Bunting finished last in the table on 12 points.^[101]

Following the culmination of the Premier League, Bunting won his second World Series title at the Nordic Darts Masters by defeating Rob Cross 8–4 in a rematch of their final in the Netherlands.^[102] After losing six finals in Players Championship events in 2024, he claimed the Players Championship 18 (PC18) title by beating Jermaine Wattimena 8–5 in the final.^[103] He reached back-to-back finals at PC24 and PC25, winning the latter with an 8–6 victory over Jonny Clayton.^[104] He won his second European Tour title at the Swiss Darts Trophy by beating Luke Woodhouse 8–3 in the final.^[105] At the European Championship, Bunting averaged 109.20 in his first-round defeat to Chris Dobey, a record losing average in the competition.^[106][107]

At the 2026 World Championship, Bunting was the fourth seed and reached the third round following wins over Sebastian Białecki and Nitin Kumar.^[108][109] He exited the tournament after a 4–3 upset loss to James Hurrell.^[110]

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Bunting and his wife Keila have two sons.^{[111][112][113]} His eldest son Tobias is regularly seen cheering him on from the crowd at events.^[114] Bunting is a supporter of football club Liverpool and rugby league club St Helens R.F.C;^[115] he was the half-time guest for Liverpool's match against Aston Villa in January 2014 following his BDO World Championship win.^[116]

He previously worked as the administrator for a darts supplier, but left his job to focus on practicing.^[117] He initially used "Surfin' Bird" by the Trashmen as his walk-on music as a nod to remarks that he resembles Peter Griffin from the animated show Family Guy, the song being long associated with the character. The resemblance was exemplified by a 2014 YouTube video of Bunting dancing to the song.^[111] He later decided to change his walk-on music to "Titanium" by David Guetta featuring Sia, his son Tobias's favourite song.^[118]

Bunting has been noted for his popularity on social media, particularly TikTok, where he started posting humorous videos at the recommendation of his son.^{[119][120][121]} His catchphrase "Let's go Bunting mental" (LGBM) became a popular tagline amongst darts fans, being used as a hashtag and being chanted by the crowd during his matches.^[119][122] These factors, as well as his walk-ons that feature him and the crowd singing along to "Titanium",^[123] have seen him be described as a "cult hero".^[118][124]

• 2004: Second round (lost to Ted Hankey 0–3)
• 2005: First round (lost to John Henderson 0–3)
• 2009: First round (lost to Gary Robson 1–3)
• 2010: Second round (lost to Tony O'Shea 0–4)
• 2011: Quarter-finals (lost to Dean Winstanley 1–5)
• 2013: Second round (lost to Darryl Fitton 2–4)
• 2014: Winner (beat Alan Norris 7–4)

• 2015: Quarter-finals (lost to Raymond van Barneveld 4–5)
• 2016: Second round (lost to Raymond van Barneveld 3–4)
• 2017: First round (lost to Darren Webster 2–3)
• 2018: First round (lost to Dimitri Van den Bergh 1–3)
• 2019: Second round (lost to Luke Humphries 1–3)
• 2020: Fourth round (lost to Michael van Gerwen 0–4)
• 2021: Semi-finals (lost to Gerwyn Price 4–6)
• 2022: Second round (lost to Ross Smith 2–3)
• 2023: Quarter-finals (lost to Michael Smith 3–5)
• 2024: Fourth round (lost to Michael van Gerwen 0–4)
• 2025: Semi-finals (lost to Luke Littler 1–6)
• 2026: Third round (lost to James Hurrell 3–4)

Legend
World Championship (1–0)
World Masters (2–0)
Zuiderduin Masters (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score[N 1]
Winner	1.	2012	World Masters (1)	👁 England Tony O'Shea	7–4 (s)
Winner	2.	2012	Zuiderduin Masters (1)	👁 England Alan Norris	5–0 (s)
Winner	3.	2013	World Masters (2)	👁 England James Wilson	7–0 (s)
Runner-up	1.	2013	Zuiderduin Masters	👁 England James Wilson	1–5 (s)
Winner	4.	2014	World Championship (1)	👁 England Alan Norris	7–4 (s)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	2013	World Cup Singles	👁 Netherlands Wesley Harms	6–7 (s)

Legend
Masters (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2024	Masters	👁 Image  Michael van Gerwen	11–7 (l)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	2014	Sydney Darts Masters	👁 Image  Phil Taylor	3–11 (l)
Winner	1.	2025	Bahrain Darts Masters	👁 Image  Gerwyn Price	8–4 (l)
Runner-up	2.	2025	Dutch Darts Masters	👁 Image  Rob Cross	5–8 (l)
Winner	2.	2025	Nordic Darts Masters	👁 Image  Rob Cross	8–4 (l)
Runner-up	3.	2025	Poland Darts Masters	👁 Image  Gerwyn Price	7–8 (l)

BDO

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
BDO Ranked televised events
World Championship	DNQ		2R	1R	DNQ			1R	2R	QF	DNQ	2R	W
International Darts League	NH	DNQ	RR	2R	DNQ		Not held
World Darts Trophy	DNQ	1R	1R	1R	DNQ		Not held
World Masters	2R	2R	4R	3R	2R	DNP	4R	5R	1R	QF	W	W	PDC
Finder Masters	DNP	QF	RR	DNQ	NH	DNP					W	F	PDC

PDC

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship	Non-PDC			QF	2R	1R	1R	2R	4R	SF	2R	QF	4R	SF	3R
World Masters[N 2]	NH	DNQ			1R	DNQ		QF	DNQ	1R	1R	2R	W	QF	2R
UK Open	2R	4R	4R	SF	5R	2R	4R	4R	6R	4R	5R	4R	QF	4R	6R
World Matchplay	Non-PDC		2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	QF	DNQ	1R	1R	1R	2R	QF
World Grand Prix	Non-PDC		SF	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	WD	SF	2R	2R	1R	2R
European Championship	Non-PDC		QF	2R	2R	2R	1R	2R	DNQ		1R	2R	1R	1R
Grand Slam[N 3]	DNQ		QF	DNQ		2R	2R	DNQ		RR	DNQ	SF	2R	RR
Players Championship Finals	Non-PDC		2R	1R	1R	3R	QF	QF	1R	1R	1R	QF	1R	2R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
Premier League	DNP			8th	DNP				C	DNP				8th
World Series Finals	Not held			QF	DNQ								1R	1R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	-	-	24	16	19	22	17	17	17	20	24	16	5	7

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
2014	GDC DNP	DDM DNP	GDM SF	ADO 3R	GDT DNQ	EDO 2R	EDG SF	EDT 1R
2015	GDC 3R	GDT 2R	GDM DNQ	DDM 2R	IDO QF	EDO 1R	EDT 2R	EDM 2R	EDG 3R
2016	DDM 2R	GDM 2R	GDT 2R	EDM DNQ	ADO QF	EDO SF	IDO 2R	EDT 2R	EDG QF	GDC 2R
2017	GDC 3R	GDM 3R	GDO 3R	EDG 1R	GDT 3R	EDM QF	ADO 2R	EDO 3R	DDM DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT 3R
2018	EDO DNQ	GDG 2R	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG 1R	DDM QF	GDT 2R	DDO 3R	EDM SF	GDC 2R	DDC 2R	IDO 3R	EDT 3R
2019	EDO DNQ	GDC QF	GDG 3R	GDO 1R	ADO 3R	EDG 1R	DDM 2R	DDO 3R	CDO F	ADC 1R	EDM DNQ	IDO DNQ	GDT DNQ
2020	BDC 1R	GDC DNQ	EDG DNQ	IDO 2R
2021	HDT DNQ	GDT 1R
2022	IDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO SF	EDO 1R	CDO DNQ	EDG 1R	DDC DNQ	EDM SF	HDT 2R	GDO DNQ	BDO DNQ	GDT 2R
2023	BSD 3R	EDO 3R	IDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO 1R	DDC QF	BDO DNQ	CDO 1R	EDG DNQ	EDM 3R	GDO F	HDT 1R	GDC QF
2024	BDO QF	GDG 2R	IDO SF	EDG 3R	ADO SF	BSD 3R	DDC 2R	EDO QF	GDC 2R	FDT 3R	HDT QF	SDT 3R	CDO 2R
2025	BDO QF	EDT WD	IDO W	GDG DNP	ADO 2R	EDG 2R	DDC 2R	EDO QF	BSD 2R	FDT 3R	CDO QF	HDT 2R	SDT W	GDC 2R
2026	PDO QF	EDT 2R	BDO 2R	GDG DNP	ADO DNP

PDC World Series of Darts

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
2014	DUB DNP	SIN DNP	PER DNP	SYD F
2015	DUB QF	JPN QF	PER 1R	SYD QF	AUC 1R
2024	BAH DNP	DUT DNP	USA DNP	NOR QF	POL QF	AUS DNP	NZE DNP
2025	BAH W	DUT F	NOR W	USA 1R	POL F	AUS SF	NZE QF

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	32	33	34
2014	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	CRA 3R	CRA QF	WIG 4R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG SF	CRA 2R	CRA F	COV 2R	COV 2R	CRA 3R	CRA 3R	DUB 1R	DUB SF	CRA 4R	CRA 3R	COV 3R	COV 1R
2015	BAR 4R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	COV 1R	COV 4R	COV 1R	CRA 1R	CRA QF	BAR QF	BAR 1R	WIG 4R	WIG 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 3R	DUB QF	DUB QF	COV SF	COV QF
2016	BAR 1R	BAR W	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	COV 2R	COV 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 4R	BAR 4R	DUB QF	DUB 1R	BAR QF	BAR 3R
2017	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	MIL 3R	MIL 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR QF	BAR SF	DUB 4R	DUB F	BAR 2R	BAR 2R
2018	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR QF	MIL 2R	MIL QF	BAR QF	BAR 2R	WIG 2R	WIG SF	MIL 2R	MIL 3R	WIG SF	WIG 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	DUB 1R	DUB 2R	BAR QF	BAR 2R
2019	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 3R	BAR F	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 4R	WIG 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	HIL 1R	HIL 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	DUB 2R	DUB 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 3R
2020	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	WIG 4R	WIG 2R	WIG 2R	WIG SF	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	MIL 4R	MIL 1R	MIL QF	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	NIE 3R	NIE SF	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 3R	COV 2R	COV 2R	COV QF	COV 3R	COV 2R
2021	BOL 2R	BOL 1R	BOL 3R	BOL 1R	MIL 3R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	NIE 2R	NIE 3R	NIE 3R	NIE 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL SF	MIL 1R	COV W	COV QF	COV 2R	COV 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R
2022	BAR 4R	BAR QF	WIG 3R	WIG 3R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	NIE 3R	NIE QF	BAR 3R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 4R	NIE 4R	NIE 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR QF	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR QF	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR QF
2023	BAR 4R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR QF	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	HIL 4R	HIL 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 3R	LEI 2R	LEI 4R	HIL 1R	HIL 2R	LEI 3R	LEI 2R	HIL 2R	HIL SF	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 3R	BAR 4R	BAR 3R	BAR SF	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 4R
2024	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL F	HIL 2R	LEI 3R	LEI 3R	HIL QF	HIL QF	HIL 2R	HIL 1R	MIL 4R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 4R	MIL 4R	MIL 3R	MIL 4R	WIG F	WIG QF	LEI QF	LEI 1R	WIG F	WIG F	WIG F	WIG QF	WIG 2R	LEI F	LEI DNP
2025	WIG 3R	WIG 4R	ROS 1R	ROS 4R	LEI 2R	LEI QF	HIL DNP		LEI 3R	LEI QF	Did not participate						LEI 4R	LEI W	LEI 1R	LEI F	DNP			MIL F	MIL W	HIL DNP		LEI 4R	LEI 4R	LEI DNP	WIG SF	WIG SF	WIG 2R	WIG 1R
2026	HIL DNP		WIG F	WIG 4R	LEI DNP		LEI 4R	LEI	WIG	WIG	MIL	MIL	HIL	HIL	LEI	LEI	LEI	LEI	MIL	MIL	WIG	WIG	LEI	LEI	HIL	HIL	LEI	LEI	ROS	ROS	ROS	ROS	LEI	LEI

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

The following is a list of titles won by Stephen Bunting in his career.^[125][126]

BDO

• Majors (4)
  • 2012 (×2): World Masters, Zuiderduin Masters
  • 2013: World Masters
  • 2014: World Championship
• 2004 British Internationals
• 2008 Northern Ireland Open
• 2009 British Classic
• 2010: British Internationals, England Classic
• 2011: British Internationals, England Classic, Tops of Gent
• 2012: Gold Cup, Granite City Open, SunParcs Masters, Welsh Classic
• 2013: British Internationals, England Masters, England Matchplay, England Open, Isle of Man Open, Jersey Classic, Jersey Open, Mariflex Open, Welsh Open

PDC

• Majors (1)
  • 2024: Masters
• World Series (2)
  • 2025 (×2): Bahrain, Nordic
• Pro Tour (7)
  • European Tour (2)
    • 2025 (×2): International, Swiss
  • Players Championships (4)
    • 2016: 2
    • 2021: 17
    • 2025 (×2): 18, 25
  • 2014 UK Open Qualifier 2

• Personal website
• Stephen Bunting player profile at Darts Orakel
• Player profile for Stephen Bunting from Dartsdatabase
• Stephen Bunting player profile at Mastercaller

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