1. Stephen Bunting was born on 9 April 1985 and is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events, where he is currently ranked world number four.
44 Facts About Stephen Bunting
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Stephen Bunting is a former BDO World Champion, having won the 2014 World Championship.
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Stephen Bunting won three other BDO major titles: the World Masters in 2012 and 2013 and the 2012 Zuiderduin Masters.
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Stephen Bunting switched to the PDC after accepting a Tour Card in 2014, and has since won six titles: four ranking Pro Tour titles and two non-ranking.
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Stephen Bunting won his first PDC major title at the 2024 Masters, defeating Michael van Gerwen in the final.
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Stephen Bunting has reached the semi-finals of the PDC World Championship in 2021 and 2025.
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Stephen Bunting won his first World Series of Darts title at the 2025 Bahrain Darts Masters and his first PDC European Tour title at the 2025 International Darts Open.
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Stephen Bunting won both the British Teenage Open and the World Youth Masters in 2001 and captured the WDF Europe Youth Cup in 2002.
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Stephen Bunting made his BDO World Darts Championship debut in 2004 aged 18, where he beat Vincent van der Voort in the first round before losing in the second round to former World Champion Ted Hankey.
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Stephen Bunting returned to Lakeside in 2005 but was beaten in the first round by John Henderson.
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In 2008 Stephen Bunting won the Lytham St Annes Open and was recalled to the England squad.
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In November 2008 Stephen Bunting captured his maiden BDO ranked open title when he won the Northern Ireland Open, beating fellow Cheshire player Darryl Fitton two sets to nil in the Final.
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Stephen Bunting was successful in qualifying for the 2009 BDO World Darts Championship as the standby qualifier, but was beaten by Gary Robson in the first round.
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On 21 May 2009 Stephen Bunting finished joint fourth in the Dutch Pentathlon in Oosterhout, Netherlands.
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Stephen Bunting competed in the Winmau British Classic on 25 July 2009.
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September 2011 saw Stephen Bunting reach the quarterfinals of the Winmau World Masters on ESPN.
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Stephen Bunting had been playing all morning to fight through to the live televised stages and in the deciding match Stephen Bunting defeated Wayne Warren.
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Stephen Bunting was into the last 32 and played Peter Johns from Wales.
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On 30 September 2011 Stephen Bunting played in the England Classic at Bunn Leisure, in Selsey Sussex.
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Stephen Bunting was the defending champion having won the title in 2010.
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On 22 October 2011 Stephen Bunting won his first European event at the Tops of Ghent tournament in Belgium.
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Stephen Bunting played in the PDC UK Open as an amateur entrant, and played two-time and defending champion James Wade in the second round.
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Stephen Bunting finished 2012 at BDO and WDF World number one.
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Stephen Bunting then won the Mariflex Open, the Welsh Open and the England Open.
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Stephen Bunting successfully retained the World Masters title in 2013, becoming only the fourth man to do so after Eric Bristow, Bob Anderson, and Martin Adams.
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Stephen Bunting became the first man in history to win the title without dropping a single set.
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Stephen Bunting entered the 2014 BDO World Championship as the number one seed for the second year in a row.
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On 22 January 2014, it was announced that Stephen Bunting had received and accepted a tour card to join the Professional Darts Corporation.
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Stephen Bunting survived relegation by a point, but could only win one of his last seven matches to finish eighth in the league.
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Stephen Bunting lost in the first round of the Players Championship Finals and second round of the European Championship.
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Stephen Bunting met Raymond van Barneveld at the World Championship for the second successive year, this time in the second round.
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Stephen Bunting did not receive a wildcard for a second appearance at the Premier League this year.
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Stephen Bunting returned to form in 2019, making two ranking finals and reaching the quarter-finals of both the 2019 World Matchplay and the 2019 Players Championship Finals.
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In October, Stephen Bunting tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to withdraw from the 2020 World Grand Prix.
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Stephen Bunting began 2021 on a high by reaching the semi-finals of the 2021 World Championship beating Andy Boulton, James Wade, Ryan Searle and Krzysztof Ratajski on the way, before being eliminated by the eventual champion, Gerwyn Price.
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Stephen Bunting later reached the semi-finals of the 2021 World Grand Prix, following victories over Daryl Gurney, Wade and Searle.
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Once again, Stephen Bunting was beaten by Price in the semi-finals.
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At the Masters, Stephen Bunting reached his first PDC major final.
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Stephen Bunting won 37 of 55 legs in 15 darts or fewer and never trailed his opponent at any point in his last four matches.
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At the 2024 UK Open, Stephen Bunting achieved victories over Danny Lauby Jr.
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Stephen Bunting lost his first eight matches of the 2025 Premier League but turned his form around on night nine.
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At the weekend, Stephen Bunting followed up by winning his first PDC European Tour title.
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Stephen Bunting initially used "Surfin' Bird" by the Trashmen as his entrance music as a humorous nod to remarks that he resembles Peter Griffin from the animated show Family Guy, the song being long associated with the animated character.
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Stephen Bunting has been noted for his popularity on social media, particularly TikTok, with his supporters famously chanting "Let's go Stephen Bunting Mental" during his matches.