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Gary Anderson
Gary Anderson won back-to-back PDC World Darts Championship titles in 2015 and 2016, defeating Phil Taylor in the 2015 final in what turned out to be one of the last major finals of Taylor's storied career, effectively marking a generational handover at the top of the sport. Anderson's relaxed, understated on-stage demeanor contrasted with the more theatrical personas of some rivals, and his consistency across major PDC events throughout the mid-2010s made him one of the very few players who could regularly beat both Phil Taylor and Michael van Gerwen during their overlapping primes. His 2017 World Championship final loss to van Gerwen, in a high-scoring, closely contested match widely regarded as one of the best finals in the tournament's history, cemented Anderson's reputation as a genuine championship-level threat even in defeat, given the quality of darts both players produced. Anderson's Scottish nationality and his back-to-back titles gave Scotland a level of darts prominence it had rarely enjoyed since Jocky Wilson's era decades earlier, and his sustained run near the top of the world rankings throughout the 2010s places him firmly among the sport's modern-era greats.
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Jocky Wilson
Jocky Wilson won two World Darts Championship titles, in 1982 and 1989, and became one of the most beloved figures of darts' 1980s boom period despite an unglamorous, self-deprecating public image built around his short stature, thick Scottish accent, and openly working-class background. Wilson's rise from a Scottish mining town, where he'd worked in a coal mine before finding success in darts, made him a relatable underdog figure to British television audiences during an era when the sport was drawing viewership numbers that rivaled more traditional mainstream sports. His 1982 World Championship win came against a strong field that included several of the era's other dominant players, and Wilson's ability to compete at the very top of the sport despite lacking the polished public persona of rivals like Eric Bristow made him a fan favorite specifically because of, rather than despite, his rough-around-the-edges image. Wilson's career and personal life were affected by struggles with alcohol and health issues later in life, struggles that became part of the broader, more sobering conversation about the personal toll of the 1980s darts boom on some of its biggest stars, even as his two world titles secured his place among the sport's genuine greats.
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