Ryan Meikle

Ryan Meikle
Meikle in 2019
Personal information
Nickname	The Barber
Born	(1996-08-13) 13 August 1996 Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Home town	Leiston, Suffolk, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	2014
Darts	22g Red Dragon Amberjacks
Laterality	Left-handed
Walk-on music	"This Girl" by Kungs vs. Cookin' on 3 Burners
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2015– (Tour Card: 2016–)
Current world ranking	62 1 (24 November 2024)
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 64: 2022, 2023, 2025
UK Open	Last 32: 2018, 2024
European Ch'ship	Last 32: 2022
PC Finals	Last 16: 2019
Other tournament wins
PDC Development Tour 2017, 2018, 2019 (x2), 2020 (x2)

Ryan Thomas Meikle (/ˈmiːkəl/ born 13 August 1996) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Career

Born in Ipswich, Suffolk, Meikle is a barber by trade, hence his nickname of "The Barber". He won a PDC Tour Card by qualifying from the second day of Q–School in 2016.

He made his PDC European Tour debut in the 2016 International Darts Open in Riesa, Germany, where he whitewashed Austrian Michael Rasztovits 6–0 thanks to an opening 151 checkout. He was scheduled to play world number one Michael van Gerwen in the next round, but an ankle injury forced Van Gerwen to withdraw, giving Meikle a bye to round three, where he lost 6–2 to Yordi Meeuwisse.

In 2018, he won his second PDC Development Tour title, defeating Rowby-John Rodriguez 5–3 in the final of Development Tour 11 in Wigan.

Meikle made the semi-finals of the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship but lost 6–3 to Adam Gawlas.

He qualified for the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship where he lost on his debut against Yuki Yamada. He played his last season on the PDC Development Tour in 2020. During his six years on the tour, he has won six PDC Development Tour titles.

Meikle was able to qualify for the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship and again lost in the first round, this time against Keegan Brown, without winning a set.

On the third attempt, Meikle was able to win his first round match at the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship, where he won against debutant Fabian Schmutzler 3–0, then he lost against Peter Wright 0–3.

At his fourth World Championship at the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship, he survived a scare against Lisa Ashton When he was leading 2-0 on sets, the match went to the deciding set where he won and advanced to the second round for the second time in a row. He then lost against Raymond van Barneveld 1–3.

In 2023, Meikle did not qualify for the Players Championship Finals for the first time since 2018 and after four appearances in a row at the World Championship, he missed out on qualifying for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship. He was able to stay in top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit and continued on the Pro Tour in 2024.

In 2024, Meikle made it into the fifth round at the 2024 UK Open, his first time doing so at the event. He was also able to qualify for the 2024 Players Championship Finals. He defeated Gary Anderson in the deciding leg 6-5 in the First Round, before losing to Martin Schindler. He also returned to Alexandra Palace for 2025 PDC World Darts Championship.

World Championship results

PDC

• 2020: First round (lost to Yuki Yamada 1–3)
• 2021: First round (lost to Keegan Brown 0–3)
• 2022: Second round (lost to Peter Wright 0–3)
• 2023: Second round (lost to Raymond van Barneveld 1–3)
• 2025: Second round (lost to Luke Littler 1–3)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
PDC World Championship	Did not qualify					1R	1R	2R	2R	DNQ
UK Open	DNP	DNQ	2R	4R	2R	1R	2R	4R	3R	5R
European Championship	Did not qualify							1R	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	DNP	DNQ			3R	1R	2R	1R	DNQ	2R
Non-ranked televised events
PDC World Youth Championship	1R	1R	1R	3R	SF	QF	DNP
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	-	113	92	81	69	97	60	45	59

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2016	DDM DNP	GDM DNP	GDT DNQ	EDM DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	IDO 3R	EDT DNQ	EDG DNQ	GDC DNQ
2017	GDC 1R	GDM DNQ	GDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	GDT DNQ	EDM DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDG 1R	IDO DNQ	EDT DNQ
2018	EDO 1R	GDG 2R	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	DDO DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDC DNQ	DDC DNP	IDO DNP	EDT DNQ
2019	EDO 1R	GDC DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM DNQ	DDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	ADC DNQ	EDM 2R	IDO DNQ	GDT 1R
2020	BDC DNP	GDC DNP	EDG DNQ	IDO DNQ
2021	HDT DNQ	GDT DNQ
2022	IDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	GDG 1R	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG 2R	DDC 3R	EDM DNQ	HDT QF	GDO DNQ	BDO 2R	GDT 1R
2023	BSD 1R	EDO 3R	IDO 1R	GDG DNQ	ADO 2R	DDC DNQ	BDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDO DNP	HDT DNQ	GDC DNP
2024	BDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	BSD DNQ	DDC 1R	EDO 1R	GDC DNQ	FDT DNQ	HDT DNQ	SDT 1R	CDO DNQ

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
2016	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	COV 1R	COV 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	DUB 1R	DUB 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R
2017	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 3R	BAR 3R	DUB 3R	DUB 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R
2018	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	DUB 1R	DUB 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R
2019	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	WIG 2R	WIG 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR QF	BAR 2R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 3R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	DUB 1R	DUB 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R
2020	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	WIG DNP	WIG DNP	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 4R	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	NIE 3R	NIE 1R	COV 1R	COV 4R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 3R
2021	BOL 1R	BOL 2R	BOL 1R	BOL 3R	MIL 3R	MIL 3R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	NIE 4R	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 3R	MIL 3R	MIL 3R	COV DNP	COV DNP	COV DNP	COV DNP	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR QF	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R
2022	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	WIG 2R	WIG 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	NIE 2R	NIE 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	WIG 4R	WIG 3R	NIE 2R	NIE 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR DNP	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR SF	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R
2023	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 2R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL 4R	HIL 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR DNP	BAR 2R	BAR 1R
2024	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	LEI 3R	LEI 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 2R	LEI QF	LEI 2R	HIL 2R	HIL 1R	HIL 3R	HIL 4R	MIL 3R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	LEI 2R	LEI 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	LEI 4R	LEI 1R

Performance Table Legend
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

External links

• Ryan Meikle player profile at Darts Orakel