Van Gerwen solidifies record at Grand Slam of Darts, Smith becomes most frequent table topper to not reach final

Thursday, 17 November 2022 at 20:31

Michael van Gerwen managed to qualify as group winner for the last sixteen at the Grand Slam of Darts on Tuesday. Despite a defeat in his final group match against Ross Smith (5-4), he held off 'Smudger' on leg difference.

It is the 11th consecutive year that Van Gerwen has managed to win his group at the Grand Slam of Darts. With that, he has more group wins than anyone else to his name.

Phil Taylor is number two on this list with nine group wins. Behind him follow Gary Anderson and James Wade with eight group wins each. Michael Smith and Raymond van Barneveld won their groups for the seventh time this year with the former becoming the most frequent table topper never to reach the final.

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🥇𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗹𝗮𝗺 - 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 11🇳🇱Van Gerwen* 9🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Taylor 8🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Anderson 8🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Wade 7🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿M Smith* 7🇳🇱Van Barneveld* Michael Smith is the most frequent table topper who never reached the Grand Slam final! #GSoD * group won in 2022