10th Players Championship title for Rob Cross, but Phil Taylor remains unchallenged all-time leader
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Rob Cross triumphed yesterday in the first Players Championship of 2025. 'Voltage' defeated Joe Cullen 8-3 in the final. For the 34-year-old Englishman, it was already the tenth Players Championship title of his career. With it, he is approaching the top 10 all-time most successful players at Players Championship tournaments.
For Cross it was already his second title this year, last month he was also the best at the Dutch Darts Masters in Den Bosch, a tournament of the World Series of Darts. Cross now ranks 11th all-time in terms of tournament victories at the Players Championship. He shares that 11th place with Colin Lloyd, Ian White and Raymond van Barneveld.
Unchallenged in first place is still Phil Taylor with 45 titles. He is followed by still active players such as Michael van Gerwen at 36 titles and Gary Anderson with 29 to his name.
Still in the top ten are Peter Wright with 22 titles, James Wade and Dave Chisnall with 18, Gerwyn Price with 17, Adrian Lewis and Simon Whitlock with 12 and Michael Smith with 11.
By the way, today marks the second Players Championship of the year. In Wigan, Rob Cross will then go in search of his second consecutive triumph.
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- Beau also skipped Players Championships 7 & 8 next week, and PC 3 & 4 four weeks ago. If she next chooses to miss the Women's Series and PC 13 & 14 in mid-April then we can make a fair guess as to her reason.Scoobedybop13-03-2025
- I've commented before,Phil should let us all remember how great he was,and leave your darts in the drawer. Another humiliation will tarnish everything,you couldn't even beat old blokes who you would have beaten before the game started !!rick6712-03-2025
- I've commented before,Phil should let us all remember how great he was,and leave your darts in the drawer. Another humiliation will tarnish everything,you couldn't even beat old blokes who you would have beaten before the game started !!rick6712-03-2025
- Aspinall was a no-show: Carl Sneyd steps in from the Challenge Tour.Scoobedybop11-03-2025
- Likewise, I have always been a fan of Mervyn and with this worry on his mind, it explains why his form and ranking plummeted. It is really sad to hear this, often chatted to Mervyn and Tracey during the Lakeside days, both are lovely people. It does seem naive not acknowledging the fact it was earnings, surely there must be others in the same situation. I really hope the Kings can get through this....would a go fund me be permittedrichieburnettrocks11-03-2025
- I always like Merv,but he does he seems slightly naive with his comments. I wish you all the best, hope you can get sorted,and try and get back to a decent game,a bit of money.....and get rid of the dogs,if that's your main concern,I believe your priorities may be slightly wrongrick6710-03-2025
- What’s with the dogs element to this story, trying to pull at the heart strings? Just goes to show that being a good dart player does not equate to being that bright. Seriously, ‘I thought you didn’t have to pay tax on winnings’ , your a pro dart player and its your line of work, your not playing the lottery or placing a bet. I think it was Phil Taylor who said you should put a third to one side of all winnings into a bank account, obviously Merv was wearing his earplugs at the time.Mysstree10-03-2025
- The thing is... the folks who "humiliated" Taylor in the Seniors Events never really achieved anything in the important events - like Taylor did. Taylor had/has nothing to prove... and beating Taylor after he had retired is of zero value. Taylor in his prime would have made easy work of all of them. Cheers.MrYnyslas197107-03-2025
- Taylor was humiliated in the seniors events,so he really has nothing to lose by playing littler. I think he should put his darts away,and let us remember what a great player he wasrick6706-03-2025
- actually, since you're asking... yes. yes i do.colt06-03-2025