Ryan Searle (darts player)
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Searle at the 2024 European Championship | |||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||
| Nickname | "Heavy Metal" | ||||||||||
| Born | 21 October 1987 Wellington, Somerset, England | ||||||||||
| Home town | Holcombe Rogus, Devon, England | ||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||
| Darts | 32g Harrows Signature | ||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath | ||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||
| BDO | 2011–2016 | ||||||||||
| PDC | 2016– (Tour Card: 2017–) | ||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 19 (1 June 2025) | ||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 16: 2013 | ||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||
| World Championship | Last 16: 2019, 2021, 2022 | ||||||||||
| World Matchplay | Quarter Final: 2023 | ||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Quarter Final: 2021 | ||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 16: 2022 | ||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Last 16: 2023 | ||||||||||
| European Championship | Last 16: 2021, 2022, 2024 | ||||||||||
| PC Finals | Runner Up: 2021 | ||||||||||
| Masters | Last 16: 2022, 2025 | ||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||
Players Championships (x6)
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Ryan Searle (born 21 October 1987) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number nineteen. Nicknamed "Heavy Metal", Searle has won six ranking titles in PDC Players Championship events. He reached his first major final at the 2021 Players Championship Finals, finishing as runner-up after losing to Peter Wright 11–10.