Philip Douglas Taylor born 13 August 1960 is an English former professional darts player Nicknamed The Power he dominated darts for over two decades and won 214 professional tournaments including a record 85 major titles and a record 16 World Championships He is the most successful darts player in history Taylor won eight consecutive World Championships from 1995 to 2002 reached 14 consecutive finals from 1994 to 2007 and reached 21 world finals overall all of which are records He held the world number one ranking for thirteen years in total including eight in a row from 20062013 He won 70 PDC Pro Tour events which was a record until Michael van Gerwen passed it in February 2019 Taylor hit a record 11 televised ninedart finishes and 22 overall He was also the first person to hit two ninedart finishes in the same match Taylor played in competitions organised by the British Darts Organisation BDO until 1993 Amidst growing disenchantment with the BDO he was among 16 top players who broke away to form their own organisation the World Darts Council now known as the Professional Darts Corporation PDC He won the PDC Player of the Year award six times 2006 2008 2009 2010 2011 and 2012 and was twice nominated for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2006 and 2010 in the latter event he finished as runnerup making him the only darts player ever to finish in the top two He was inducted into the PDC Hall of Fame in 2011 Taylor retired from professional darts after the 2018 World Championship From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
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