Leonard Gates
| Leonard Gates | |||||||||||
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Gates at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts | |||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||
| Nickname | "Soulger" "Soldier" | ||||||||||
| Born | November 26, 1970 San Antonio, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Home town | Houston, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2007 | ||||||||||
| Darts | 21g Winmau Signature | ||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Too Hot ta Trot" by Commodores | ||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||
| BDO | 2007–2020 | ||||||||||
| PDC | 2016– | ||||||||||
| WDF | 2007– | ||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (WDF) 3 1 (23 February 2026) | ||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||
| World Championship | Last 16: 2023 | ||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 272: 2017 | ||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||
| World Championship | Last 64: 2023, 2025, 2026 | ||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 64: 2024 | ||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Group Stage: 2022, 2024 | ||||||||||
| World Series Finals | Last 16: 2022 | ||||||||||
| WSDT major events – best performances | |||||||||||
| World Championship | Semi-final: 2023 | ||||||||||
| World Matchplay | Winner (1): 2023 | ||||||||||
| World Masters | Winner (1): 2023 | ||||||||||
| Champions | Winner (1): 2023 | ||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||
CDC Pro Tour (x11) | |||||||||||
Leonard Gates (born November 26, 1970) is an American professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. In World Seniors Darts (WSD) he won three televised titles in 2023; the WSDT Champion of Champions, World Seniors Matchplay and the World Seniors Masters. He was the 2022 PDC North American champion and has won 11 titles on the CDC Pro Tour. Gates has been ranked as WDF world number one.
He is also a former baseball player, playing for Abilene Prairie Dogs, Massachusetts Mad Dogs, Catskill Cougars and Nashua Pride.