BDO world darts champions

European Tour Events

Leighton Thomas Rees (17 January 1940 – 8 June 2003) was a Welsh professional darts player. He is best known to be the first-ever BDO World Professional Darts Champion, having won the inaugural 1978 BDO World Darts Championship and was a former World No. 1 player. He competed during the 1970s and 1980s before retiring from the game in 1991.

Players Championships

Players Championships

European Tour Events

Eric John Bristow, MBE (25 April 1957 – 5 April 2018), nicknamed "The Crafty Cockney", was an English professional darts player.

Old Majors

Wayne Warren (born 12 June 1962) is a professional Welsh darts player who plays in events of the British Darts Organisation (BDO). He is the reigning BDO World Darts Champion. He is the oldest player to become world champion.

Players Championships

John Thomas "Jocky" Wilson (22 March 1950 – 24 March 2012) was a Scottish professional darts player. After turning pro in 1979, he quickly rose to the top of the game, winning the World Professional Darts Championship in 1982, then again in 1989. Wilson competed in all major darts tournaments of the era and won the British Professional Championship a record four times between 1981 and 1988.