‘Almost an I can't spake moment' – Darts star hits brilliant nine-darter in ‘one of most insane legs ever seen'
In January 2023 in the final of the World Darts Championship Michael Smith landed a nine-darter against Michael van Gerwen in one of the craziest legs of darts ever.
And two-and-a-half years, later Conan Whitehead and James Richardson repeated that famous leg of darts.
The moment came during the fourth day of the Super Series on Thursday.
Whitehead, 39, already led the Group C clash 1-0.
Richardson, 51, had a perfect response by landing six perfect darts in treble 20.
The Barbarian responded in kind by matching his rival.
However, Ruthless was then anything but, as he fumbled the chance of a perfect nine by landing a five in his first shot, eventually leaving the board with 96 after nine throws.
Whitehead stepped to the oche with 141 remaining.
And he was emphatic as he landed a treble 20, treble 19 and double 12 to finish a perfect leg to move him 2-0 ahead in the game.
Reacting on social media, one fan said: "Darts heritage."
A second said: "Absolutely incredible!!!"
A third added: "What a leg of darts."
Another said: "Almost a 'I can't spake' moment."
Whitehead ended up narrowly winning the match 4-3 after a strong comeback from Richardson.
He averaged 99.95 compared to his rival's 87.32.
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
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