James Wade

James Martin Wade (born 6 April 1983) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number five; he reached a peak ranking of world number two in 2010. Widely regarded as one of the greatest ever darts players to have never won a world championship and the greatest left-hander in the history of the sport, Wade is a four-time PDC World Championship semi-finalist and eleven-time PDC major winner, placing him third in the all-time list behind Phil Taylor and Michael van Gerwen. Wade started his career in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) in 2001 before joining the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) in 2004. His best performance in a major BDO tournament came at the International Darts League in 2004 and 2007, reaching the quarter-finals on both occasions. He became the then-youngest player to win a major PDC title when he won the 2007 World Matchplay at age 24. His PDC major wins include the World Grand Prix in 2007 and 2010, the UK Open in 2008, 2011 and 2021, the Premier League in 2009, the Championship League in 2010, the Masters in 2014 and both the European Championship and World Series Finals in 2018. He has won a total of 43 professional titles in his career, with 38 of those being PDC titles. Wade has been noted for the high amount of nine-dart finishes hit against him; he has been on the receiving end of thirteen nine darters in professional matches, eight of which were televised, in his career.