Matt Campbell (darts player)
| Matt Campbell | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Matthew Campbell | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Ginja Ninja" | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 September 1989[1] Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 22g Galaxy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "On Top of the World" by Imagine Dragons | ||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2019– (Tour Card: 2022–) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 53 (9 July 2025)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 128: 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Last 32: 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 64: 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Group Stage: 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| PC Finals | Last 16: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Series Finals | Last 16: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||||||
CDC Pro Tour (x5)
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Matthew Campbell (born 29 September 1989) is a Canadian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Campbell is a two-time PDC North American Champion. He also won three titles on the PDC Challenge Tour, and five titles on the CDC Pro Tour. Campbell has been the runner-up in a Players Championship event twice, in 2022 and 2024. His best major performance is reaching the last 16 at the 2022 Players Championship Finals.
Career
In 2019, Campbell won the ADO Syracuse Open where he defeated Darin Young in the final. On the CDC Pro Tour, he finished as the best Canadian player and qualified for the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship.[3] He played Mark McGeeney in the first round and lost the match 3–1.[4] On the 2020 CDC Pro Tour he finished as the best Canadian player and qualified for the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship, where lost 3-2 to Scott Waites in the first round.
In 2021, he won three PDC European Challenge Tour tournaments and topped the ranking, thus he earned a PDC Tour Card for 2022/2023, a place at the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship and a place at the 2021 Grand Slam of Darts.[5] He played in Group F at the Grand Slam and lost all three matches to Mensur Suljovic, José De Sousa and Luke Humphries, finishing last in his group.
He faced Adrian Lewis in the first round of the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship. Campbell won the first set, but eventually lost 3–1 and was eliminated. In April 2022, he reached his first PDC Pro Tour final at Players Championship 13, where he lost 8–6 to Nathan Aspinall.[6]
The 2024 PDC World Darts Championship saw Campbell win his first match at the competition, defeating Lourence Ilagan 3–2 in the first round.[7] He followed up his first victory with a 3–2 win over thirteenth seed James Wade in the second round.[8][9] He was defeated 4–1 by Luke Littler in the third round.[10][11]
In 2024, Campbell won the North American Darts Championship by defeating Stowe Buntz 6–4 in the final.[12] The result would've allowed him to automatically qualify for both the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts and the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship. However, under PDC Rule 3.9, Campbell was not eligible to do so, as he held his Tour Card for more than two years.[13] Despite this setback, Campbell still managed to qualify for the World Championship through the PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier, where he defeated Mario Vandenbogaerde 6–1 and Andy Baetens 6–3 before beating Mervyn King in their quarter's final 7–6 in a deciding leg.[14] Campbell won his first-round match 3–2 against Mensur Suljović but was eliminated by Ryan Searle in the second round.[15][16] He also reached his second Pro Tour final in July 2024, losing to Dimitri Van den Bergh 8–3 in the final of Players Championship 12.[17]
Campbell became the first player to retain the North American Championship by winning the 2025 final 6–3 against fellow Canadian Jim Long.[18] Once again, he was ineligible to use this win to qualify for the 2025 Grand Slam and 2026 World Championship.
World Championship results
PDC
- 2020: First round (lost to Mark McGeeney 1–3)
- 2021: First round (lost to Scott Waites 2–3)
- 2022: First round (lost to Adrian Lewis 1–3)
- 2023: First round (lost to Danny Baggish 0–3)
- 2024: Third round (lost to Luke Littler 1–4)
- 2025: Second round (lost to Ryan Searle 0–3)
Performance timeline
| Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||||||
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| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||
| World Championship | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | ||||||
| UK Open | DNQ | 1R | 4R | 3R | 4R | |||||||
| Grand Slam | DNQ | RR | DNQ | |||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | DNQ | 3R | 2R | DNQ | ||||||||
| PDC Non-ranked televised events | ||||||||||||
| World Cup | QF | 1R | 1R | 2R | RR | RR | ||||||
| World Series Finals | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | |||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||
| Season-end ranking | 125 | 111 | 75 | 48 | 54 | |||||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Did not qualify | ADO 1R |
Did not qualify | |||||||||||
| 2023 | DNQ | IDO 2R |
GDG 1R |
ADO 2R |
DDC DNQ |
BDO 3R |
CDO 1R |
EDG DNQ |
EDM 1R |
DNQ | ||||
| 2025 | BDO 3R |
EDT DNQ |
IDO 1R |
GDG DNQ |
ADO 3R |
DNQ | EDO QF |
BSD |
FDT |
CDO |
HDT |
SDT |
GDC | |
PDC Players Championships
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
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| 2022 | BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 1R |
NIE 2R |
NIE 3R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR F |
WIG 2R |
WIG DNP |
NIE 3R |
NIE 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 2R |
BAR QF |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R | ||||
| 2023 | BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR SF |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 4R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 2R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 2R |
LEI 3R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R | ||||
| 2024 | WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
HIL DNP |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 1R |
HIL F |
MIL 2R |
MIL 2R |
MIL DNP |
MIL 3R |
MIL 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
LEI 3R |
LEI 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 3R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R | |||||||
| 2025 | WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
ROS 1R |
ROS 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 2R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 3R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 3R |
ROS 2R |
ROS 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
HIL DNP |
MIL |
MIL |
MIL |
HIL |
HIL |
LEI |
LEI |
LEI |
WIG |
WIG |
WIG |
WIG |
WIG | |
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. |
Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round |
DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
References
- ^ "Matt Campbell player profile". Mastercaller.
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 9 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ^ "Long shot Canadian, the 'Ginger Ninja,' in London seeking world darts title". Radio Canada International. 13 December 2019.
- ^ "McGeeney sets up Evans tie at World Darts Championship - Darts News". dartsnews.com. Archived from the original on 29 December 2019.
- ^ "Williams and Campbell top Unicorn Challenge Tour Orders of Merit". Professional Darts Corporation. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ Wood-Thompson, Lewis (10 April 2022). "Aspinall battles injury to claim PC13 title". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
- ^ "Humphries eases through on Day Three at Alexandra Palace". Professional Darts Corporation. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "James Wade knocked out of World Darts Championship in second round by Matt Campbell". Sky Sports. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ "Van Gerwen begins title bid, as Wade crashes out". Professional Darts Corporation. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ Hope, Russell (28 December 2023). "Luke Littler wins again, as teenager reaches World Darts Championship fourth round". Sky News. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ "PDC World Championship 2024: Teenager Luke Littler beats Matt Campbell to reach last 16". BBC Sport. 27 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ Gill, Samuel (2 June 2024). "Matt Campbell captures title at North American Darts Championship but doesn't receive Ally Pally spot for this reason". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ Phillips, Josh (1 June 2024). "Campbell claims North American Championship title". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (25 November 2024). "Campbell, De Zwaan, Slevin, Griffin secure last Ally Pally spots". Professional Darts Corporation.
- ^ "Canadian Matt Campbell advances at Paddy Power World Darts Championship". The Hamilton Spectator. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ "Canada's Matt (Ginja Ninja) Campbell beaten at world darts championship in London". Times Colonist. 22 December 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ Phillips, Josh (12 June 2024). "Van den Bergh doubles 2024 title tally with PC12 victory". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ^ "Hamilton's Matt Campbell defeats Jim Long in all-Canadian darts final". TSN. The Canadian Press. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
External links
- Player profile for Matt Campbell from Dartsdatabase