Fantasy Darts: Top five scoring players of World Championship so far

Callan Rydz

With Gameweek One now over, we've taken a look at the top five scoring players of the World Championship so far in PDC Fantasy Darts.

Listed below are the top five scoring players from Gameweek Ons (rounds one and two) who are still in this year's tournament.

Nine-dart hitters William Borland and Darius Labanauskas, who each scored 15 points for hitting a perfect leg, are not included in the list as both players have been eliminated.

PDC Fantasy Darts Gameweek Two (rounds three and four) starts on December 27 with a deadline of 1130 GMT to make any changes to your team.

Each Fantasy Darts player will have two Free Transfers, with -4 points deducted for every additional transfer.

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1st - Callan Rydz (23 points)
Matches won: 2 (6 points)
Sets won: 6 (6 points)
Sets lost: 0 (0 points)
180s: 10 (3 points)
Checkout over 99.5: 3 (6 points)
Averages over 99.99: 1 (2 points)
170 checkouts: 0 (0 points)
Nine-Darters: 0 (0 points)

Callan Rydz continued his 'coming of age' year in 2021, breezing past Yuki Yamada 3-0 before producing one of the displays of the tournament so far, averaging 102.73 in a 3-0 whitewash of Brendan Dolan.

The young Geordie is yet to drop a set, but faces the tough challenge of two-time semi-finalist Nathan Aspinall in round three.

2nd - Florian Hempel (22 points)
Matches won: 2 (6 points)
Sets won: 6 (6 points)
Sets lost: 1 (-1 point)
180s: 5 (1 point)
Checkout over 99.5: 5 (10 points)
Averages over 99.99: 0 (0 points)
170 checkouts: 0 (0 points)
Nine-Darters: 0 (0 points)

Florian Hempel has been the tournament's surprise package so far, defeating fellow German Martin Schindler before producing the biggest upset of the tournament so far in dumping out world number five Dimitri Van den Bergh.

There's been plenty of noise about the former handball player in 2021 and he's showed why at Alexandra Palace. A meeting with Raymond Smith awaits in the last 32.

3rd - Ross Smith (22 points)
Matches won: 2 (6 points)
Sets won: 6 (6 points)
Sets lost: 2 (-2 points)
180s: 7 (2 points)
Checkout over 99.5: 5 (10 points)
Averages over 99.99: 0 (0 points)
170 checkouts: 0 (0 points)
Nine-Darters: 0 (0 points)

Similarly to Rydz and Hempel, Ross Smith has also continued the momentum of a breakthrough 2021 season into the World Championship with wins over Jeff Smith and Stephen Bunting.

Smith has been deadly on the checkouts, hitting five ton-plus finishes so far. Dirk van Duijvenbode will be Smith's third round opponent.

4th - William O'Connor (19 points)
Matches won: 2 (6 points)
Sets won: 6 (6 points)
Sets lost: 2 (-2 points)
180s: 7 (2 points)
Checkout over 99.5: 2 (4 points)
Averages over 99.99: 0 (0 points)
170 checkouts: 1 (3 points)
Nine-Darters: 0 (0 points)

William O'Connor was a popular pick among Fantasy Players and he's lived up to his owners' faith with a dramatic win over Danny Lauby before defeating Glen Durrant in straight sets.

The Irishman landed the tournament's first 170 finish, but faces a tough test in the next round as he takes on 2019 finalist Michael Smith.

5th - Raymond Smith (19 points)
Matches won: 2 (6 points)
Sets won: 6 (6 points)
Sets lost: 1 (-1 point)
180s: 3 (0 points)
Checkout over 99.5: 4 (8 points)
Averages over 99.99: 0 (0 points)
170 checkouts: 0 (0 points)
Nine-Darters: 0 (0 points)

Raymond Smith has taken the role of 'giant-killer' at this year's World Championship, claiming the scalps of Jamie Hughes and Devon Petersen.

The impressive Aussie will face Hempel in round three in a battle of the tournament's surprise packages.