Jeff Smith (born 6 November 1975) is a Canadian professional darts player who competes in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He reached the final of the 2016 BDO World Championship, where he finished as runner-up to Scott Waites. He also reached the final of the 2025 WDF World Masters, finishing as runner-up to Jimmy van Schie.

Career In his first tournament, Smith reached the semi-final of the Canada National Championships in 1996.1996 Canada National Championships. DartsDatabase He won the tournament in 2008 beating Jeff Noble.2008 Canada National Championships Results. DartsDatabase Smith entered the Professional Darts Corporation Q School in January 2011. He won a PDC tour card on the third and final day by defeating Ross Smith 6–2 in his final match. He took part in the 2013 PDC World Cup of Darts with John Part.2013 PDC World Cup of Darts Results. DartsDatabase In 2014, he returned to the BDO, and won the Halifax Open and the Canadian Open.2014 Halifax Open. DartsDatabase2014 Canadian Open. DartsDatabase

He qualified for the 2015 BDO World Darts Championship, and entered the preliminary stage, where he beat Mike Day of New Zealand 3-0, hitting three 100+ checkouts. He then played two-time semi-finalist Wesley Harms in the last 32, winning 3–1 after losing the first set. Smith then beat Gary Robson 4-3 in the last 16, after Robson had recovered from 3-1 down to level the match. In the quarter-finals, Smith caused yet another upset as he beat bookmakers' favourite Robbie Green 5-1, crucially hitting a 160 checkout to win the fourth set, with Green waiting on 56. Smith was beaten 6-0 by fourth seed and eventual champion Scott Mitchell in the semi-finals.2015 BDO World Championship Results. DartsDatabase Smith followed this good run by reaching the semi-finals of the 2015 BDO World Trophy, losing to Jeffrey de Graaf.2015 BDO World Trophy Results. DartsDatabase

He qualified for the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship, and entered the preliminary stage, where he beat Matthew Medhurst 3–0 with a 130 checkout. He played Martin Adams in the first round, winning 3–0. In the second round, be beat Brian Dawson 4–1. He played Dennis Harbour in the Quarter-Finals, winning 5–2 to reach the Semi-Finals. He played Richard Veenstra and won 6–5 to reach his first Final, where he played Scott Waites. In the final, Smith lost to Waites 7–1. In the post match interview, Smith promised to return next year. He received the runners up cheque of £35,000. In the 2017 BDO World Darts Championship Smith entered in the preliminary round, where he beat Seigo Asada 3–1. In the first round Smith beat Brian Dawson 3–2. In the second round Smith lost 4–1 to Martin Adams.

Smith was a wild card entry into the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship. He hit a 170 checkout on his way to a 2–0 win against Luke Humphries in the preliminary round. In the first round Smith lost 3–0 to Gary Anderson. After his first round defeat in the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship he announced ‘I definitely will be playing Q-school this year, based on the current situation. I owe it to my family and my sponsors to carry on playing, wherever it takes me. I will do just that.’ Smith failed to gain a tour card at Q-School. Smith qualified for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship by winning the North American Championship, securing his place with a 6–4 win over John Norman Jnr.

On 18 January 2020, Smith regained his PDC Tour Card by beating Seigo Asada 5–4 in the final of day 3 of UK Q-School.

World Championship results BDO 2015: Semi-final (lost to Scott Mitchell 0–6) 2016: Runner-up (lost to Scott Waites 1–7) 2017: Second round (lost to Martin Adams 1–4)

PDC 2018: First round (lost to Gary Anderson 0–3) 2019: First round (lost to Josh Payne 2–3) 2021: Second round (lost to Chris Dobey 2–3) 2022: First round (lost to Ross Smith 0–3) 2023: First round (lost to Mike De Decker 1–3)

Career statistics Performance timeline BDO Tournament 1996 2002 2008 2014 2015 2016 2017 2019BDO Ranked televised events Did not qualifySFF2RDNP World MastersPrel.1R2R4R3R5R3R5R BDO World TrophyNot heldDNQSF1R2RDNP

WDF Tournament 2025WDF Ranked major/platinum events WDF World Masters

PDC Tournament 2013 2016 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024PDC Ranked televised events BDO1R1RDNQ2R 1R1RDNQ UK OpenDid not qualify2R2R3R3RDNP Grand Slam of DartsDNQ2RDid not qualify Did not qualifyWD1RDid not qualifyPDC Non-ranked televised events PDC World Cup of Darts2RDid not qualifyQF1R1R2RDNQ World Series of Darts FinalsNHDid not qualify2RDNQ1R2RCareer statisticsYear-end ranking172NR206NR77536483

PDC European Tour Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 2020BDCDNQGDC2REDGDNQIDODNQ 2022IDO2RDid not qualifyHDT1RGDO1RBDO1RGDT1R 2023Did not qualifyBDO1RDid not qualifyGDC1R

PDC World Series of Darts Tournament 2018 2019 2022 2023 2024 1R1R1RFQF

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 2011Did not participateONT2RONT3RDid not participate 2012DNPREA2RREA1RDNPBIR2RBIR1RDid not participate 2013WIG2RWIG1RDNPCRA1RCRA1RBAR2RBAR1RDUB1RDUBSFKIL2RKIL1RWIG1RWIGQFBAR2RBAR1R 2020BARFBAR4RWIG1RWIG1RWIG2RWIG1RBAR1RBAR2RMIL2RMIL2RMILSFMIL1RMIL1RNIE1RNIE1RNIE1RNIE1RNIE1RCOV1RCOV2RCOV4RCOV3RCOV1R 2021BOL2RBOL4RBOL2RBOL3RMIL1RMIL2RMIL4RMIL2RNIE2RNIE1RNIE3RNIE2RMIL2RMIL3RMIL4RMIL1RCOV1RCOV1RCOV4RCOV1RDNPBAR3RBAR4RBAR2RBAR3RDNP 2022BAR2RBAR2RWIG1RWIG1RBAR2RBAR1RNIE3RNIE2RBAR1RBARQFBAR1RBAR1RBAR3RWIG1RWIG3RNIE1RNIE1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR3RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR4RBAR1RBAR3RBAR1RBAR2R 2023BAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RHIL1RHIL1RWIG1RWIG1RDNPHIL1RHIL1RDNPHILQFHIL3RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR3RBAR1RBAR1R

Career finals

BDO/WDF major finals: 2 Legend World Championship (0–1) World Masters (0–1)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score(l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.Runner-up 1. 2016 World Championship Scott Waites 1–7 (s)Runner-up 2. 2025 World Masters Jimmy van Schie 2–7 (l)

PDC World Series finals: 1 Legend World Series of Darts (0–1)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score Runner-up 1. 2023 US Darts Masters 0–8 (l)

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