ADRIAN LEWIS admits he’s standing at a “crossroads” as he contemplates a return to professional darts.
Two-times World Champion Lewis has been competing at exhibition events throughout the UK this year.
Adrian Lewis has hinted that he may soon return to the world of competitive darts[/caption]
The two-time world champion stepped away from the competitive game and has since been playing exhibition events[/caption]
But the Stoke-on-Trent thrower has been absent from competitive action for over 26 months.
“Jackpot” had previously stepped away from the oche due to the stress of the game and to care for his ill wife Sarah.
He told the Tops and Tales podcast: “Sarah’s got an incurable kidney disease, so we obviously spent a lot of time in hospital.
“My daughter, she’s got autism and ADHD, so she’s got them both combined. So, she’s on disability.
“So, and all that like, like I said, she’s at our level, our level needs. But yeah, she’s still a diamond like, you know.”
The 40-year-old is currently unable to compete in PDC events after his Tour Card expired at the end of 2024.
Four-times major winner Lewis insists there’s no chance of a half-hearted return to the big stage as he weighs up his next move carefully.
Lewis added: “I mean, we’ll see where January takes us in regards to going back to professional darts.
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It has been 26 months since Lewis last played a competitive game of darts[/caption]
“You know, obviously, I’ll never write it off and say I’m, you know, I never go back to the PDC because that would be my aim again.
“But I wouldn’t turn up there, say I won my Tour Card back and then after six months, say no, I wasn’t ready for it.
“I want to make sure I’m 100 per cent ready, mentally right and just go at it all guns blazing.
“I feel, I mean, I haven’t really said anything to anybody else really. I feel as if like it’s a crossroads. Do you know what I mean?”
List of all-time Darts World Champions
BELOW is a list of darts world champions by year.
The list does not include winners from the pre-Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) era or BDO world champions.
That means Raymond van Barneveld, for example, is only listed once – Barney also won four BDO titles – and none of Eric Bristow’s five BDO titles are included.
- 1994 – Dennis Priestley
- 1995 – Phil Taylor
- 1996 – Phil Taylor (2)
- 1997 – Phil Taylor (3)
- 1998 – Phil Taylor (4)
- 1999 – Phil Taylor (5)
- 2000 – Phil Taylor (6)
- 2001 – Phil Taylor (7)
- 2002 – Phil Taylor (8)
- 2003 – John Part
- 2004 – Phil Taylor (9)
- 2005 – Phil Taylor (10)
- 2006 – Phil Taylor (11)
- 2007 – Raymond van Barneveld
- 2008 – John Part (2)
- 2009 – Phil Taylor (12)
- 2010 – Phil Taylor (13)
- 2011 – Adrian Lewis
- 2012 – Adrian Lewis (2)
- 2013 – Phil Taylor (14)
- 2014 – Michael van Gerwen
- 2015 – Gary Anderson
- 2016 – Gary Anderson (2)
- 2017 – Michael van Gerwen (2)
- 2018 – Rob Cross
- 2019 – Michael van Gerwen (3)
- 2020 – Peter Wright
- 2021 – Gerwyn Price
- 2022 – Peter Wright (2)
- 2023 – Michael Smith
- 2024 – Luke Humphries
- 2025 – Luke Littler
Most World Titles
- 14 – Phil Taylor
- 3 – Michael van Gerwen
- 2 – John Part, Adrian Lewis, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright
- 1 – Dennis Priestley, Raymond van Barneveld, Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Luke Humphries, Luke Littler
