The darts forum definitive all time top 32

[Randall]

The top 3 are pretty obvious imo.

Beneath that the task becomes extremely difficult.

Anderson at 4 isn't unreasonable

Aye, a case could indeed be made for him.

But a similar case could be made for a few other players.

Only really Lowe for me
How long before Humphries is in the top 10 conversation?

[sennafan24]

The top 3 are pretty obvious imo.

Beneath that the task becomes extremely difficult.

Anderson at 4 isn't unreasonable

Aye, a case could indeed be made for him.

But a similar case could be made for a few other players.

Only really Lowe for me
How long before Humphries is in the top 10 conversation?

Some would argue for Barney also.

Another Ally Pally win and Hump probably breaks the top 10.

[Randall]

The top 3 are pretty obvious imo.

Beneath that the task becomes extremely difficult.

Anderson at 4 isn't unreasonable

Aye, a case could indeed be made for him.

But a similar case could be made for a few other players.

Only really Lowe for me
How long before Humphries is in the top 10 conversation?

Some would argue for Barney also.

Another Ally Pally win and Hump probably breaks the top 10.

They would be wrong
Massively underachived

[HalloweenJack]

Anderson at 4 isn't unreasonable

Aye, a case could indeed be made for him.

But a similar case could be made for a few other players.

Only really Lowe for me
How long before Humphries is in the top 10 conversation?

Some would argue for Barney also.

Another Ally Pally win and Hump probably breaks the top 10.

They would be wrong
Massively underachived

Most polls seem to have Barney in the top 5 Number 4 is perfectly plausible.

[Randall]

Aye, a case could indeed be made for him.

But a similar case could be made for a few other players.

Only really Lowe for me
How long before Humphries is in the top 10 conversation?

Some would argue for Barney also.

Another Ally Pally win and Hump probably breaks the top 10.

They would be wrong
Massively underachived

Most polls seem to have Barney in the top 5 Number 4 is perfectly plausible.

I refer the right honourable gentleman to my previous answer

[sennafan24]

Aye, a case could indeed be made for him.

But a similar case could be made for a few other players.

Only really Lowe for me
How long before Humphries is in the top 10 conversation?

Some would argue for Barney also.

Another Ally Pally win and Hump probably breaks the top 10.

They would be wrong
Massively underachived

Most polls seem to have Barney in the top 5 Number 4 is perfectly plausible.

HalloweenJack's 4-step guide to forum debating:

"Other people agree with me"

"it's subjective"

"I was joking"

"If someone mentions Ted Hankey, run for the hills"

[sennafan24]

I refer the right honourable gentleman to my previous answer

I could make a case for and against Barney being top 5.

I just can't be arsed to do either at the moment

[Randall]

I refer the right honourable gentleman to my previous answer

I could make a case for and against Barney being top 5.

I just can't be arsed to do either at the moment

The case for cannot rely on his performances in the professional game

[HalloweenJack]

Only really Lowe for me
How long before Humphries is in the top 10 conversation?

Some would argue for Barney also.

Another Ally Pally win and Hump probably breaks the top 10.

They would be wrong
Massively underachived

Most polls seem to have Barney in the top 5 Number 4 is perfectly plausible.

HalloweenJack's 4-step guide to forum debating:

"Other people agree with me"

"it's subjective"

"I was joking"

"If someone mentions Ted Hankey, run for the hills"

It pains me to say this Senna, but you are losing your touch and have become rather passé and boring. You need some new material.

[Ross, Bob]

The top 3 are pretty obvious imo.

Beneath that the task becomes extremely difficult.

Anderson at 4 isn't unreasonable

Aye, a case could indeed be made for him.

But a similar case could be made for a few other players.

Only really Lowe for me
How long before Humphries is in the top 10 conversation?

Some would argue for Barney also.

Another Ally Pally win and Hump probably breaks the top 10.

Why bring Barney into the conversation? I was having a nice day. Not cool mate.

[Ross, Bob]

And someone should start a thread along the lines of 'top 10 of most liked players'.

Pretty sure we won't see Barney.

[sennafan24]

The case for cannot rely on his performances in the professional game

The case for Barney:

- The Lakeside and Masters titles were won when the BDO was at its strongest post-split [1998-2005]

- He beat a very good version of Taylor to win his PDC World Title.

- He won the 06/07 UK Open [beating Taylor in both], 07 Desert Classic [against a very tough draw], and later beat a very good version of MVG in finals to win the GSOD and PL. He also won the 2006 IDL[beating a peak version of Lloydy in the final]

- He did have great longevity at the top-end of the game. He was at least in the top 5 players overall of the 1990s and 2000s. Probably 2nd for the 2000s.

I feel dirty after typing this.

[Rogg]

And someone should start a thread along the lines of 'top 10 of most liked players'.

Pretty sure we won't see Barney.

We did an all-time most disliked players poll in 2021. Barney only got 2 nominations. None of today's regular posters picked him. None!

viewtopic.php?t=9616&hilit=nominations+ ... 0#p1050095

[Emulsfier]

And someone should start a thread along the lines of 'top 10 of most liked players'.

Pretty sure we won't see Barney.

We did an all-time most disliked players poll in 2021. Barney only got 2 nominations. None of today's regular posters picked him. None!

viewtopic.php?t=9616&hilit=nominations+ ... 0#p1050095

Embarassing that I didnt pick Barney or Snakeshite. I did pick Thief-Neale and scum Bennett so I at least had part of my hate compass working.

[Ross, Bob]

And someone should start a thread along the lines of 'top 10 of most liked players'.

Pretty sure we won't see Barney.

We did an all-time most disliked players poll in 2021. Barney only got 2 nominations. None of today's regular posters picked him. None!

viewtopic.php?t=9616&hilit=nominations+ ... 0#p1050095

How did I miss this poll?

[sennafan24]

The case for cannot rely on his performances in the professional game

The case for Barney:

- The Lakeside and Masters titles were won when the BDO was at its strongest post-split [1998-2005]

- He beat a very good version of Taylor to win his PDC World Title.

- He won the 06/07 UK Open [beating Taylor in both], 07 Desert Classic [against a very tough draw], and later beat a very good version of MVG in finals to win the GSOD and PL. He also won the 2006 IDL[beating a peak version of Lloydy in the final]

- He did have great longevity at the top-end of the game. He was at least in the top 5 players overall of the 1990s and 2000s. Probably 2nd for the 2000s.

I feel dirty after typing this.

The case against Barney:

- His first two Lakesides [98 and 99] were won without top players such as Taylor, Priestley, Harrington and Warriner in the fields. Likewise his final two Lakeside titles [2003 and 2005] were won without top players such as Taylor and Part in the fields. In a unified field I suspect he would have won 2-3 World titles, but not 5.

- His two biggest wins of the 90s came in Lakeside finals against Burnett and Baxter. Harrington beat both Baxter and Burnett in TV games 6 months prior to when Barney beat them at Lakeside. Warriner and Taylor also beat Burnett in TV games 6 months before Barney beat him at Lakeside. So it wasn't like Barney was beating opponents that the top players in the PDC could not beat in the late 90s.

- His head to head records against Taylor and MVG are/were lopsided in his opponent's favour. While Lowe also had a losing record against Bristow, and Gando losing records against Taylor/MVG, this merely puts his status on par with them as a rival to the top players of his time, rather than an equal.

- His PDC career was a disappointment after the opening 18 months or so. He hasn't won a ranking TV event in 17 years [07 UK Open] and has only won 2 TV singles events in that timeframe [2012 GSOD and 2014 PL]. This is despite the quantity of PDC TV events increasingly compared to the 2000s and especially the 1990s.

[Malanax]

wright at 13th is so outdated now, far higher than that

[sennafan24]

wright at 13th is so outdated now, far higher than that

Aye, he is top 10.

[tungsten tossers]

wright at 13th is so outdated now, far higher than that

Aye, he is top 10.

+1

[Jimmi]

Would stick him at 6th on this list