Darts
Darts or dart-throwing is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small sharp-pointed projectiles known as darts at a round target known as a dartboard.
Darts in a dartboard | |
| Highest governing body | WDF |
|---|---|
| Nicknames | Arrows |
| First played | ~1860s United Kingdom |
| Registered players | 655 WDF ranked players 679 PDPA ranked players |
| Characteristics | |
| Team members | Team events exist, see World Cup and PDC World Cup of Darts |
| Mixed-sex | Separate men's & women's championship although no restrictions on women competing against men. |
| Type | Target sports, Individual sport |
| Equipment | Set of 3 darts, dartboard |
| Glossary | Glossary of darts |
Points can be scored by hitting specific marked areas of the board, though unlike in sports such as archery, these areas are distributed all across the board and do not follow a principle of points increasing toward the board's bullseye. Though a number of similar games using various boards and rules exist, the term "darts" usually now refers to a standardised game involving a specific board design and set of rules.
Darts is both a professional shooting sport and a traditional pub game. Darts is commonly played in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, and recreationally enjoyed around the world.