Peter Wright
Gerwyn Price
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The verdict
Peter Wright leads 3 of 4 categories. Our all-time ranking places Peter Wright at #10 and Gerwyn Price at #11.
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The case for Peter Wright
The sport's most visually extravagant champion and the outstanding example of late-career transformation. Snakebite spent two decades as a journeyman, dropped off the circuit entirely to work outside the game, and returned in his forties with dyed mohican, painted snake and a wardrobe designed by his wife. He lost the 2014 world final to Michael van Gerwen, then won the title in 2020 at 49 by beating van Gerwen 7-3, and again in 2022 against Michael Smith. Three world finals, two titles, plus the 2019 World Matchplay and the 2017 UK Open among more than eight televised majors, and a spell at world number one. He is also the sport's most restless technician, changing darts, stems and flights mid-match and carrying dozens of setups to every event — the opposite of the received wisdom that a professional should find one dart and never change it.
The case for Gerwyn Price
The first Welsh world champion and the most physically imposing presence the sport has known. A former professional rugby union and rugby league hooker who played for Cross Keys and Glasgow Warriors, Price took up darts full time in his late twenties and won the 2021 World Championship by beating Gary Anderson 7-3, becoming world number one in the process — the first Welshman to hold the ranking. He won three consecutive Grand Slam of Darts titles in 2018, 2019 and 2020, the 2020 World Grand Prix and the 2020 World Cup of Darts alongside Jonny Clayton, part of more than eight televised majors. His aggression and roaring celebrations made him the pantomime villain of the Alexandra Palace crowd, and he embraced it, at one point wearing ear defenders on stage. Beneath the theatre is a genuinely elite scorer whose transition from a contact-sport career remains unmatched in darts.