Phil Taylor (darts Player)

Phil Taylor (darts Player)

Philip Douglas "Phil" Taylor (born 13 August 1960) is an English professional darts player, nicknamed Phil "The Power" Taylor. He is regarded as the best darts player of all time, having won more than 180 professional tournaments and a record 15 World Championships.

He has won the PDC Player of the Year award five times (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011) and has twice been nominated for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, in 2006 and 2010, finishing as runner-up in the latter. He was the first person to hit two nine dart finishes in one match, in the 2010 Premier League Darts final against James Wade. As of 16 February 2012, he has hit a record nine televised nine darters, and is ranked World No. 1 in the PDC Order of Merit.

Taylor played in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events until 1993, when he and several other players broke away to form the World Darts Council, now known as the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).

He was given the nickname "The Power" by a Sky Sports production manager, Peter Judge. Judge told Taylor that he should have a nickname, and he was named "The Power" after Judge stepped on an empty CD case of Snap!'s "The Power".