Darts

Darts

Darts in a dartboard
Highest governing body	PDC (de facto)
Nicknames	Arrows
First played	~1860s United Kingdom [1]
Registered players	655 PDC ranked players 679 PDPA ranked players
Characteristics
Team members	Team events exist, see World Cup and PDC World Cup of Darts
Mixed-sex	Separate men's & women's championship although no restrictions on women competing against men.
Type	Target sports, Individual sport
Equipment	Set of 3 darts, dartboard
Glossary	Glossary of darts

Darts or dart-throwing is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small sharp-pointed projectiles known as darts at a round target known as a dartboard.^[2]

Points can be scored by hitting specific marked areas of the board, though unlike in sports such as archery, these areas are distributed all across the board and do not follow a principle of points increasing toward the board's bullseye. Though a number of similar games using various boards and rules exist, the term "darts" usually now refers to a standardised game involving a specific board design and set of rules.

Darts is both a professional shooting sport and a traditional pub game. Darts is commonly played in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, and recreationally enjoyed around the world.