Dennis PriestleyPDC World Championship record

Darts Draft has records of 18 World Championship appearances by Dennis Priestley, from 1994 to 2013, with 22 matches won and 17 lost. Dennis Priestley won the title in 1994. Highest tournament average: 95.29 in 1997. Highest match average: 101.48 against Phil Taylor in the final of 1996.

Year by year

Year	Reached	Avg	Best	Worst	Sets won
2013	Last 64	88.20	88.20	88.20	25%
2011	Last 32	94.73	97.26	92.21	56%
2010	Last 64	93.90	93.90	93.90	40%
2009	Last 16	91.22	95.05	87.00	64%
2008	Last 64	92.06	92.06	92.06	25%
2007	Last 16	91.93	94.92	89.76	53%
2006	Last 32	91.63	95.69	87.57	50%
2005	Last 16	84.59	91.32	77.87	44%
2004	Last 16	85.04	87.06	83.02	42%
2003	Last 32	84.46	84.46	84.46	20%
2002	Quarter-final	86.06	91.26	80.85	47%
2001	Last 32	85.77	85.77	85.77	40%
2000	Runner-up	92.14	98.76	83.58	53%
1999	Last 32	85.16	85.16	85.16	0%
1998	Runner-up	88.66	90.75	87.14	47%
1997	Runner-up	95.29	96.79	94.34	52%
1996	Runner-up	94.14	101.48	90.38	62%
1994	Champion	91.62	94.38	89.56	71%

2013 Last 64

Round	Result	Opponent	Avg	Opp avg
Last 64	L 1–3	Ronnie Baxter	88.20	88.72

2011 Last 32

Round	Result	Opponent	Avg	Opp avg
Last 64	W 3–0	Bernd Roith	92.21	83.12
Last 32	L 2–4	Gary Anderson	97.26	103.44

2010 Last 64

Round	Result	Opponent	Avg	Opp avg
Last 64	L 2–3	Kevin McDine	93.90	99.06

2009 Last 16

Round	Result	Opponent	Avg	Opp avg
Last 64	W 3–0	Warren French	87.00	76.74
Last 32	W 4–1	John MaGowan	91.60	93.01
Last 16	L 2–4	Paul Nicholson	95.05	97.40

2008 Last 64

Round	Result	Opponent	Avg	Opp avg
Last 64	L 1–3	Steve Maish	92.06	92.59

2007 Last 16

Round	Result	Opponent	Avg	Opp avg
Last 64	W 3–0	Josephus Schenk	91.12	74.99
Last 32	W 4–3	Per Laursen	89.76	89.35
Last 16	L 1–4	Andy Hamilton	94.92	98.73

2006 Last 32

Round	Result	Opponent	Avg	Opp avg
Last 64	W 3–1	John MaGowan	95.69	86.78
Last 32	L 2–4	Adrian Lewis	87.57	92.79

2005 Last 16

Round	Result	Opponent	Avg	Opp avg
Last 32	W 4–1	Lionel Sams	77.87	80.50
Last 16	L 0–4	Phil Taylor	91.32	100.31

2004 Last 16

Round	Result	Opponent	Avg	Opp avg
Last 32	W 4–3	Ritchie Buckle	83.02	84.18
Last 16	L 1–4	Phil Taylor	87.06	94.50

2003 Last 32

Round	Result	Opponent	Avg	Opp avg
Last 32	L 1–4	Dennis Smith	84.46	92.96

2002 Quarter-final

Round	Result	Opponent	Avg	Opp avg
Last 16	W 6–3	Rod Harrington	80.85	79.55
Quarter-final	L 2–6	Dave Askew	91.26	87.94

2001 Last 32

Round	Result	Opponent	Avg	Opp avg
Last 32	L 2–3	Keith Deller	85.77	88.13

2000 Runner-up

Round	Result	Opponent	Avg	Opp avg
Last 32	W 3–2	Braulio Roncero	96.31	88.77
Last 16	W 3–2	Jamie Harvey	83.58	84.91
Quarter-final	W 5–4	Shayne Burgess	90.24	89.37
Semi-final	W 5–2	Peter Manley	98.76	97.07
Final	L 3–7	Phil Taylor	91.79	94.42

1999 Last 32

Round	Result	Opponent	Avg	Opp avg
Last 32	L 0–3	John Ferrell	85.16	86.66

1998 Runner-up

Round	Result	Opponent	Avg	Opp avg
Quarter-final	W 4–3	Peter Manley	88.10	88.91
Semi-final	W 5–1	Keith Deller	87.14	79.36
Final	L 0–6	Phil Taylor	90.75	103.99

1997 Runner-up

Round	Result	Opponent	Avg	Opp avg
Quarter-final	W 5–2	Rod Harrington	94.73	94.50
Semi-final	W 5–4	Peter Evison	94.34	91.32
Final	L 3–6	Phil Taylor	96.79	100.91

1996 Runner-up

Round	Result	Opponent	Avg	Opp avg
Quarter-final	W 4–1	Alan Warriner-Little	90.56	89.99
Semi-final	W 5–1	Jamie Harvey	90.38	85.13
Final	L 4–6	Phil Taylor	101.48	98.52

1994 Champion

Round	Result	Opponent	Avg	Opp avg
Quarter-final	W 4–2	Tom Kirby	90.92	84.02
Semi-final	W 5–3	Peter Evison	89.56	82.44
Final	W 6–1	Phil Taylor	94.38	85.62