The three-dart average in darts is the average of the total score achieved with each turn of three darts.
Averages are the most cited statistics in matches as they give a rough estimate of a player's form. The longer a match lasts, the harder it is to maintain a high average, as low-scoring legs or missed darts when aiming for a double bring the average down.
While there have been match averages of over 130 in floor tournaments, the world record only lists televised matches, which are easy to verify.
To compute the three-dart average, the total amount of points scored is divided by the number of darts thrown, and then multiplied by three to find the average score per round. On occasion the one-dart average (the above measure but not multiplied by three) is used instead.
If a player busts their score on their first or second throw in a visit, then that counts as a complete visit and is counted as three darts thrown.
If the winning dart is in the first or second dart thrown in a visit, only those darts are counted as thrown for that visit (the one or two darts not thrown are not counted).
Michael van Gerwen is the current world record holder for a televised match with a three-dart average of 123.40 thrown in the 2016 Premier League against Michael Smith.
Gary Anderson holds the record for highest Professional Darts Corporation live streamed match average (123.83), at Players Championship 15 in 2024.
Bobby George was the first player to throw an average of over 100 on television during the 1979 News of the World Darts Championship final against Alan Glazier.
Luke Littler is the current world record holder for highest three-dart average in a set at a PDC World Darts Championship with a three-dart average of 140.91 thrown in the final set of his 2025 PDC World Championship second round match against Ryan Meikle. The record was previously held by Gerwyn Price with a 136.64 three-dart average in the sixth set of the 2021 PDC World Championship final against Gary Anderson.
The world record progression before 1997 is subject to further research.
This table shows the highest average for all matches containing at least as many legs as the number in the leftmost column. Set-play matches show the total number of legs won and lost across all sets.