Dave Chisnall

Titles and achievements

• European Tour titles (8) 2024 European Darts Open, 2024 Flanders Darts Trophy, 2023 Baltic Sea Darts Open, 2023 Dutch Darts Championship, 2023 Hungarian Darts Trophy, 2022 Belgian Darts Open, 2019 Danish Darts Open, 2013 German Darts Championship
• Players Championship titles (18) 2011 to 2024
• PDC World Championship semi-final 2021
• BDO World Championship runner-up 2010

Who is Dave Chisnall?

Dave Chisnall is a professional darts player born in St Helens, Merseyside, in 1980 and based in Morecambe. He throws right-handed and is known on the circuit as "Chizzy".

He started in the BDO and reached the 2010 BDO World Championship final, where he came back from 3-0 down to 4-4 before losing 7-5 to Martin Adams. He won a PDC Tour Card at Q-School in January 2011 and has been on the PDC tour since.

What has Dave Chisnall won?

Chisnall has 18 Players Championship titles and eight European Tour titles, three of them in 2023. He has reached six major finals: the 2013 World Grand Prix and 2014 Grand Slam of Darts, both lost to Phil Taylor; the 2016 Masters, 2016 Players Championship Finals and 2019 World Grand Prix, all lost to Michael van Gerwen; and the 2022 Masters, lost 11-9 to Joe Cullen.

His best PDC World Championship run came in 2021. He beat van Gerwen 5-0 in the quarter-finals, then lost 6-3 to Gary Anderson in the semi-finals. He hit a televised nine-darter against Peter Wright at the 2015 Grand Slam of Darts.

How has Dave Chisnall played in 2025 and 2026?

In 2025 he missed the World Grand Prix for the first time since 2011, after a run of European Tour defeats. At the 2026 World Championship, played in December 2025, he lost 3-2 to Ricardo Pietreczko in the second round. He was 30th on the PDC Order of Merit as of October 2026.

What darts does Dave Chisnall use?

Chisnall has been with Harrows since September 2019 and signed a new long-term deal with the brand in 2023. Harrows lists his dart weight as 22g, and his signature darts run in series. The latest is the Chizzy Series 4 Quick Point: a 90% tungsten, 51mm parallel barrel, sandblasted, with a black titanium nitride rear and milled "Geo" cuts. It is made in 22g, 23g, 24g and 26g, and Harrows supplies it with midi Supergrip Carbon shafts, Chizzy Series 4 Silika flights and 26mm Quick Points, so the point length can be changed. Earlier Series 2 and Series 3 models, also in 90% tungsten, sit alongside it in the range.