Stephen Bunting
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Bunting in 2025 | |||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Full name | Stephen Paul Bunting | ||||||||||||
| Nickname | "The Bullet" | ||||||||||||
| Born | 9 April 1985 Liverpool, Merseyside, England | ||||||||||||
| Home town | St Helens, Merseyside, England | ||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 1997 | ||||||||||||
| Darts | 18g Target Signature Gen 5 | ||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Titanium" by David Guetta featuring Sia | ||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||
| BDO | 2002–2014 | ||||||||||||
| PDC | 2014–present (Tour Card: 2014–present) | ||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 9 2 (15 March 2026) | ||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||
| World Championship | Winner (1): 2014 | ||||||||||||
| World Masters | Winner (2): 2012, 2013 | ||||||||||||
| World Trophy | Last 32: 2003, 2004, 2005 | ||||||||||||
| Finder Masters | Winner (1): 2012 | ||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||
| World Championship | Semi-final: 2021, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| World Matchplay | Quarter-final: 2019, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Semi-final: 2014, 2021 | ||||||||||||
| UK Open | Semi-final: 2015 | ||||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Semi-final: 2023 | ||||||||||||
| European Championship | Quarter-final: 2014 | ||||||||||||
| Premier League | 8th: 2015, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| PC Finals | Quarter-final: 2018, 2019, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Masters | Winner (1): 2024 | ||||||||||||
| World Series Finals | Quarter-final: 2015 | ||||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||
Players Championships (x4)
UK Open Qualifiers (x1)
Youth Events
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Stephen Paul Bunting (born 9 April 1985) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is ranked world number nine; he reached a peak ranking of world number four in 2025. Nicknamed "the Bullet", Bunting previously competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He won the BDO World Championship in 2014. He also won three other BDO major titles: the World Masters in 2012 and 2013 and the Finder Masters in 2012.
He switched to the PDC after accepting a Tour Card in 2014, and has since won ten titles; seven ranking Pro Tour titles and three non-ranking. He won his first PDC major title at the 2024 Masters, defeating Michael van Gerwen in the final. He also reached the semi-finals of the PDC World Championship in 2021 and 2025.