Raymond Smith (darts player)

Raymond Smith (born 6 December 1979) is an Australian professional darts player who plays in both Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events.

Raymond Smith
Personal information
Nickname	"Guru"
Born	(1979-12-06) 6 December 1979 (age 45) Brisbane, Australia
Darts information
Playing darts since	2004
Darts	22g Shot Signature
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Can't Hold Us" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2008, 2015–2017
PDC	2018–
WDF	2021–
Current world ranking	(WDF) 18 1 (6 July 2025)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Championship	Last 32: 2017
World Masters	Last 32: 2016
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship	Last 16: 2022
World Series Finals	Last 24: 2018
Other tournament wins
ADA Tour 2025 (x4) Australian Darts Open 2022 Australian Classic 2015 New South Wales Open 2015 North Queensland Classic 2015, 2016, 2021, 2024 Challenger Classic 2021 Pacific Masters 2023 Sunshine State Classic 2016, 2022 DPA Pro Tour 2018 (x5), 2022 (x4) DPA Satellite Finals 2021, 2022 MODUS Super Series 2 2023
Medal record Men's Darts Representing  Australia WDF World Cup 2017 Kobe Men's team WDF Asia-Pacific Cup 2016 Osaka Team event 2016 Osaka Men's pairs

Career

BDO

In 2015, Smith won the Central Coast Australian Classic, New South Wales Open and North Queensland Classic. In 2016 he won the Sunshine State Classic and the North Queensland Classic for the second time. He reached the Last 32 of the 2016 World Masters. He qualified for the 2017 BDO World Darts Championship, beating Davy Van Baelen in the preliminary round before losing to Geert De Vos.^{[citation needed]}

PDC

Smith competed on the DartPlayers Australia tour in 2018; winning five events and topping the rankings to qualify for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship.^[2] He also competed in two Australia-held events on the 2018 World Series of Darts, the Melbourne Darts Masters where he lost in the first round to Michael van Gerwen,^[3] and the 2018 Brisbane Darts Masters where he beat Michael Smith before being knocked out by Peter Wright.^[4] Raymond Smith qualified for the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship and reached the last 16 losing to Mervyn King 4-3. He beat Jamie Hughes, Devon Petersen and Florian Hempel along the way.^{[citation needed]}

On 4 February 2023, Smith won the second edition of the MODUS Super Series beating Matt Clark in the final in a last leg decider.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Raymond has a son, Ky Smith, who is also a professional darts player. In the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship, they became the first father-son duo to compete at a World Championship.^{[citation needed]}

World Championship results

BDO

• 2017: First round (lost to Geert De Vos 0–3)

PDC

• 2019: First round (lost to Alan Tabern 2–3)
• 2022: Fourth round (lost to Mervyn King 3–4)
• 2023: First round (lost to Karel Sedláček 0–3)