Who is darts star Stephen Bunting?

STEPHEN BUNTING is one of the top darts players in the world - and he has made a cracking start to the 2024 season.

Here we take a look at his background and his phenomenal career in the sport so far.

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Who is Stephen Bunting?

Stephen Bunting, born on April 9, 1985 in Fazakerley, north Liverpool is a professional darts player who goes by the nickname The Bullet and is currently ranked 16 in the world.

In October 2012 he won the Winmau World Masters and Zuiderduin Masters, finishing the year as the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and World Darts Federation (WDF) world number one.

Stephen successfully defended his World Masters title in 2013 — becoming only the fourth man to do so after Bob Anderson, Eric Bristow and Martin Adams.

Following winning the BDO World Darts Championship in 2014, Bunting joined the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) the same year and rapidly climbed up the organisation's world rankings.

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He made an immediate impact on the circuit by winning his very first PDC Pro Tour event at a UK Open Qualifier.

In 2015 Stephen made his Premier League Darts debut after reaching the quarter-finals in his first PDC World Championship at Alexandra Palace, and then made the semi-finals of the UK Open weeks later.

During his run at Ally Pally, Prince Harry was in attendance as Bunting defeated James Wade 4-1.

After the match he said: "I didn't know Harry was here. I'm going to have a pint with him now! But it is great that darts is getting this type of coverage."

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Stephen has also made the semi-finals of the World Grand Prix and reached the same stage during the 2021 World Championship.

He won his third PDC ranking event at the Players Championship in July 2021.

The Bullet made a cracking start to the 2024 season after he beat Michael van Gerwen to win the Cazoo Darts Masters, Bunting's first televised PDC title.

He claimed a whopping £65,000 for his triumph in Milton Keynes, taking his total career winnings to a reported £1.7million.

The World No16 walks out onto the oche to the David Guetta club banger Titanium featuring Sia.

Bunting has a son named Toby who was born in 2012.