Adam Hunt

Adam Hunt(born 21 August 1993) is an English professionaldartsplayer who competes inProfessional Darts Corporation(PDC) events. He has won titles on both of the PDC's secondary tours: four titles on the Development Tour; and two on the Challenge Tour.

Adam Hunt
Personal information
Nickname	"The Hunter"
Born	(1993-08-21)21 August 1993 Chester-le-Street,County Durham,England
Darts information
Playing darts since	2009
Darts	23g Unicorn Signature
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"What's Up" byDJ Miko
Organisation (seesplit in darts)
PDC	2011– (Tour Card: 2014–2015, 2018–2022, 2024–)
Current world ranking	(PDC) 862 (18 February 2025)
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 32:2021
UK Open	Last 64:2013,2014,2019,2021,2025
Grand Slam	Last 16:2020
European Ch'ship	Last 32:2021
PC Finals	Last 64:2018,2020
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour 2013, 2016 PDC Development Tour 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017

A currentPDC Tour Cardholder, he is a two-timePro Tourquarter-finalist: reaching the last eight at the2014 Gibraltar Darts Trophyand 2018 Players Championship 14.

His best performance in a PDC major is reaching the last 16 of the2020 Grand Slam.His best World Championship performance is reaching the last 32 at the2021 PDC World Championship.

Career

Hunt began competing in PDC events in 2011 and won his first tournament in his second month, beating Josh Jones 4–2 in the final of the opening youth tour event of the year.In 2012 he qualified for theUK Openfor the first time and defeatedSteve Maish4–2, before losing 4–1 toArron Monkin the second round.A year later he reached his first quarter-final on thePro Tourat the first UK Open qualifier where he lost 6–1 toMichael van Gerwen.Hunt then won a Challenge Tour title with a 4–2 victory overRicky Evansand advanced to the semi-finals of theWorld Youth Championship,whereMichael Smitheliminated him 6–3.He went one better in theUK Openthan last year as he lost in the third round 9–8 againstKevin McDinehaving led 4–1.Hunt's performances on the Challenge Tour saw him finish fourth on the Order of Merit to earn a two-year PDC tour card from 2014.

2014

In March, Hunt reached the third round of theUK Openfor the second year in a row, but lost 9–5 toPaul Nicholson.Later in the month he beatMichael van Gerwento reach the last 16 of the fourthPlayers Championship,where he was defeated 6–5 byMagnus Caris.Hunt was still competing in youth tournaments as well as the main professional tour and he won the ninth event with a 4–3 success overRowby-John Rodriguez.He entered the2014 PDC World Youth Championshipas the number 1 seed, but lost in the last 16 toKevin Voornhout6-4. At theGibraltar Darts Trophy,Hunt beatMervyn King6–3 and then survived 14 match darts fromDave Chisnallto edge him out 6–5 and reach his first European Tour quarter-final, but his run came to an end asSimon Whitlockdefeated him 6–2.

2015

At the2015 UK Open,Hunt lost 5–4 toAlan Tabernin the first round.He competed in the2015 PDC World Youth Championshipbut lost 6–2 to Bradley Kirk. He was knocked out in the first round of theInternational Darts OpenandEuropean Darts Matchplayand at theEuropean Darts Trophyhe beatKrzysztof Ratajski6–5, before losing 6–1 toMichael van Gerwenin the second round.Hunt advanced to the last 16 of an event once this year, but he was defeated 6–1 byMensur Suljovićat the eighthPlayers Championship.

2016

After the2016 World ChampionshipHunt was 71st on the Order of Merit, narrowly outside the top 64 who remain on tour.He therefore entered Q School, but could not advance beyond the last 64 on any of the four days to fall off the tour.He therefore had to build his year onChallengeandDevelopment Tourevents winning one of each. He beatDean Reynolds4−2 in the fourth Development event and Jamie Bain 5−3 in the sixth Challenge event.Hunt also lost in the final of the sixth Development event 4−2 to Ross Twell.He was the number 5 seed for the2016 PDC World Youth Championshipbut lost 6-5 in the first round to Sven Groen.

2017

Hunt finished third on the Development Tour Order of Merit, winning one event as well as being a three time runner up that year. By finishing third, he earned a two-year PDC Tour Card for 2018/2019 due to 2nd placedDimitri van den Berghalready possessing a Tour Card by virtue of being in the world’s top 64. He was the number 4 seed for the2017 PDC World Youth Championshipbut lost 6-2 toJosh Paynein the second round.

2018

He came through the Tour Card Holders’ Qualifier on 26 November with victories overTerry Temple,Maik Langendorf,Bradley BrooksandRichie Burnettto reach the2019 PDC World Darts Championship.Hunt lost in the first round 3–0 to eventual quarter finalistLuke Humphries.

World Championship results

PDC

• 2019: First round (lost toLuke Humphries0–3)
• 2021: Third round (lost toDirk van Duijvenbode0–4)
• 2022: Second round (lost toVincent van der Voort0–3)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
PDCRanked televised events
World Championship	Did not qualify								1R	DNQ	3R	2R	DNQ
World Masters	NYF		Did not qualify												Prel.
UK Open	DNQ	2R	3R	3R	1R	DNQ		1R	4R	1R	4R	3R	DNP	WD
European Championship	Did not qualify										1R	DNQ
Grand Slam	Did not qualify									2R	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	Did not qualify							1R	DNQ	1R	DNQ		DNP	DNQ
PDCNon-ranked televised events
World Youth Championship	2R	2R	SF	QF	2R	1R	2R	Did not participate
Career statistics
Season-end ranking (PDC)	125	114	115	94	70	–	112	98	80	59	42	79	–	128

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2013	UKM 1R	EDT DNP	EDO 1R	ADO DNP	GDT DNQ	GDC DNP	GDM DNQ	DDM DNP
2014	GDC DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDM DNP	ADO DNQ	GDT QF	EDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	EDT DNQ
2015	GDC DNQ	GDT DNQ	GDM DNQ	DDM DNQ	IDO 1R	EDO DNQ	EDT 2R	EDM 1R	EDG DNQ
2016	DDM DNQ	GDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	EDM DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT DNQ	EDG DNQ	GDC DNQ
2017	GDC 1R	GDM DNQ	GDO 3R	EDG DNQ	GDT DNQ	EDM DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT DNP
2018	EDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO DNQ	ADO 2R	EDG DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	DDO DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDC DNP	DDC DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT DNQ
2019	EDO 2R	GDC DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM DNQ	DDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	ADC DNQ	EDM DNQ	IDO 1R	GDT DNQ
2020	BDC DNQ	GDC 2R	EDG 2R	IDO DNQ
2021	HDT DNQ	GDT 2R
2022	IDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	GDG 1R	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDC DNQ	EDM DNQ	HDT DNQ	GDO DNQ	BDO DNQ	GDT 1R
2023	Did not play
2024	BDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	BSD DNQ	DDC DNQ	EDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	FDT DNQ	HDT DNP	SDT DNP	CDO DNQ

PDC Players Championships

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
2011	HAL DNP	HAL DNP	DER 2R	DER DNP	CRA 1R	CRA 1R	VIE DNP	VIE DNP	CRA 1R	CRA 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	NUL DNP	NUL DNP	ONT DNP	ONT DNP	DER 2R	DER 2R	NUL 1R	NUL 1R	DUB 2R	DUB 2R	KIL 1R	GLA DNP	GLA DNP	ALI DNP	ALI DNP	CRA 2R	CRA 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R
2012	ALI DNP	ALI DNP	REA DNP	REA DNP	CRA DNP	CRA DNP	BIR DNP	BIR DNP	CRA DNP	CRA DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	DUB DNP	DUB DNP	KIL DNP	KIL DNP	CRA 2R	CRA 4R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R
2013	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	CRA DNP	CRA DNP	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	DUB DNP	DUB DNP	KIL DNP	KIL DNP	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R
2014	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	CRA 2R	CRA 4R	WIG DNP	WIG DNP	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	CRA 2R	CRA 1R	COV 2R	COV 1R	CRA 1R	CRA 1R	DUB 2R	DUB 1R	CRA 1R	CRA 1R	COV 1R	COV 2R
2015	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	COV 2R	COV 1R	COV 4R	CRA 2R	CRA 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG DNP	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	DUB 2R	DUB 2R	COV 1R	COV 2R
2016	Did not play
2017	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR DNP	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	MIL 2R	MIL DNP	WIG 2R	WIG 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	DUB DNP	DUB DNP	BAR 1R	BAR 1R
2018	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	MIL 4R	MIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG QF	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	DUB 2R	DUB 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R
2019	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	HIL 3R	HIL 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	DUB 2R	DUB 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R
2020	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 3R	NIE 2R	NIE 2R	NIE 3R	COV 3R	COV 2R	COV 1R	COV 3R	COV 4R
2021	BOL 2R	BOL 2R	BOL 1R	BOL 1R	MIL 3R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	NIE 3R	NIE 3R	NIE 3R	NIE 1R	MIL DNP	MIL DNP	MIL DNP	MIL DNP	COV 2R	COV 2R	COV 2R	COV 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R
2022	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	NIE 3R	NIE 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R
2023	Did not play
2024	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	WIG 2R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R

Performance Table Legend
W	Won the tournament	F	Finalist	SF	Semifinalist	QF	Quarterfinalist	#R RR Prel.	Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round	DQ	Disqualified
DNQ	Did not qualify	DNP	Did not participate	WD	Withdrew	NH	Tournament not held			NYF	Not yet founded

External links

• Adam Hunt player profile at Darts Orakel
• Player profile for Adam Huntfrom Dartsdatabase