Owen Bates
| Owen Bates | |||||
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| Personal information | |||||
| Full name | Owen Bates | ||||
| Born | 12 December 2002 | ||||
| Home town | Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom | ||||
| Darts information | |||||
| Darts | 25g Loxley | ||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||
| Walk-on music | "Can't Stop" by Red Hot Chili Peppers | ||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||
| PDC | 2021– (Tour Card: 2024–) | ||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 84 (19 June 2025) | ||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||
| World Championship | Last 96: 2024 | ||||
| UK Open | Last 128: 2024, 2025 | ||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||
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Owen Bates (born 12 December 2002) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a current PDC Tour Card holder, having gained a Tour Card through his placement on the 2023 Challenge Tour Order of Merit ranking. This also qualified Bates for the 2024 PDC World Championship, where he was banned from using his former nickname "the Master", garnering significant mainstream media attention.
In his youth career, Bates has won two titles on the 2025 PDC Development Tour.