Peter Wright leads World Darts Championship rivals in one crucial stat
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Peter Wright has proved his doubters wrong so far at the World Darts Championship and arrives at the quarter-final stage as the most efficient double-hitter left in the field. Snakebite had a nightmare 2024 in major tournaments and arrived at Alexandra Palace seemingly short on form and confidence.
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The two-time world champion had won just one match in the last two editions of the World Championship, so needed a dramatic turnaround at Ally Pally. The 54-year-old has managed exactly that, scraping through a bit of a dodgy first game against Wesley Plaisier, but then improving to beat Jermaine Wattimena before his stunning victory over defending champion Luke Humphries.
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Wright was brilliant in downing Cool Hand, averaging 100.93 and checking out at 70 per cent, which is where he has really excelled so far this tournament. Snakebite goes into the quarter-finals with a tournament checkout rate of 52 per cent, significantly clear of his closest rival in the last eight, Nathan Aspinall on 47 per cent.
Tournament favourite Luke Littler is lagging a long way behind Wright on the doubles, checking out at just 38 per cent, while Chris Dobey has the lowest rate of any of the quarter-finalists at 31 per cent. Littler may not have been quite as sharp on the doubles as he would like, but he tops the charts for tournament average and most 180s ahead of the quarter-finals.
The Nuke boasts an average of 100.88 over his three games, landing 36 180s in the process. The impressive Callan Rydz is not far behind on the tournament average (99.43), while he is also Littler’s closest competition in the maximum stakes on 26 180s.
