1-Phil Taylor

Last updated: 14th December 2011  

1-Phil Taylor

Taylor - 15-time world champion.

Date of birth: 13.08.60
Home town: Stoke-on-Trent
Nickname: The Power
Major titles: World Championship (15 times), World Masters (once), World Matchplay (12 times), World Grand Prix (10 times), Grand Slam (four times), Premier League (five times), Las Vegas Desert Classic (five times), European Championship (four times), UK Open (four times), US Open (four times), Players' Championship Final (twice)
World Championship best: Winner (15 times)
Walk-on music: The Power

Phil Taylor remains the best darts player on the planet - and you need only look at the last six months on the PDC Tour for your proof.

After a quarter-final exit from last year's World Championship, a third-placed finish in the Premier League and a fifth-round departure at the UK Open, the usual 'Is Taylor finished?' debate began to surface in places.

Surely no-one would answer that question 'yes' now.

Since mid-July he's won the Matchplay, European Championship, Grand Prix, Championship League and Grand Slam of Darts with the usual plethora of ton-plus averages along the way just to underline his class.

He's also taken four of the 'lesser' tour titles along the way, a tally second only to the seven won by Gary Anderson, who has really caught the eye on the floor.

All in all, his (comparative) struggles of 2010 - he's recently admitted he feared he may never win another title again - seem a long way away.

Taylor has dominated this event since its inception, winning it 13 of the 18 times it has been staged to add to the two titles he had claimed before the game split into its two rival factions in 1992.

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