Q4QS October 2026 Darts Rankings: Top 30 Match Winners, Tournament Champions and Highest Averages

 

October has been another busy month in the Q4QS Database, and I've decided to introduce a monthly review looking at some of the standout performances across the darts scene.

There are plenty of ways to measure success in darts. Some players compete regularly and accumulate an impressive number of victories. Others might not play quite as often but have a habit of winning tournaments. Then there are those individual performances where everything seems to click and the average tells its own story.

For this first monthly review, I'm looking at three categories: most match wins, most tournament victories and highest individual match averages.

All three tables cover results recorded in the Q4QS Database between 1 and 31 October 2026.

October's Most Match Wins

Johnny Haines heads the October table with an impressive 135 recorded match victories, just ahead of Lee Evans with 132 and George Whyte with 130.

The leading three were separated by only five wins, while Jake B-Smith and Harvey-Lee Nelson-Harris also passed the 110-win mark.

Of course, the number of matches won is partly influenced by how many tournaments somebody enters. Nevertheless, consistently winning matches across a busy calendar is an achievement worth recognising.

Top 30 – October Match Wins

Rank	Player	Wins
1	Johnny Haines	135
2	Lee Evans	132
3	George Whyte	130
4	Jake B-Smith	116
5	Harvey-Lee Nelson-Harris	114
6	Cody Hughes	112
7	Jack Jones	110
8	Edward Manley	108
9	Kelson Hughes	107
10	Louis Melville	101
11	George Cressey	100
12	Pete Hughes	100
13	Charlie Lowin	98
14	James Welding	97
15	Ryan Davies	96
16	Baz Tym	95
17	Bobby Short	95
18	Mat Caste	91
19	Martin Tonks	90
20	Jamie Chaplin	84
21	Joey Cole	84
22	Paul Rowley	84
23	Cody Sheppard	83
24	Kaya Baysal	83
25	John Nelson	81
26	Liam Cook	81
27	Hayden Dunlavey	80
28	Curtis Hammond	79
29	Jenson Macey	79
30	Joshua Russell	79

October's Tournament Winners

Winning matches is one thing, but winning an entire tournament is another.

You can play brilliantly throughout a competition, only to lose in the final. The players in this next table have managed to go that extra step and collect titles.

Lee Evans leads the recorded October figures with 15 tournament victories, followed by Johnny Haines with 13. Cody Hughes and George Whyte are next, both recording 11 titles.

It's interesting that several players feature prominently in both the match wins and tournament victories tables. That suggests their success hasn't simply been about entering plenty of competitions; they've also been turning those opportunities into trophies.

Top 30 – October Tournament Wins

Rank	Player	Titles
1	Lee Evans	15
2	Johnny Haines	13
3	Cody Hughes	11
4	George Whyte	11
5	Charlie Lowin	9
6	Dan Nicholls	9
7	David Evans	9
8	George Cressey	9
9	Lloyd Walker	9
10	John Nelson	8
11	Mat Caste	8
12	Pete Hughes	8
13	Steve Haggerty	8
14	Baz Tym	7
15	Ben Flanagan-McClelland	7
16	Henry Cooper	7
17	Jason Collins	7
18	Kaya Baysal	7
19	Kevin Edwards	7
20	Oscar Monkton	7
21	Tyler Garrett	7
22	Andy Smith	6
23	Bobby Short	6
24	Carl Wilson	6
25	Daniel Astbury	6
26	Danny Goddard	6
27	Edward Manley	6
28	Harvey-Lee Nelson-Harris	6
29	Kelly Stevens	6
30	Kevin Leadenham	6

These totals are based on identifiable tournament victories within the available data. As with any database covering numerous competitions, occasional duplicate or incomplete tournament records may affect individual totals.

October's Highest Individual Match Averages

For this category, I've taken a slightly different approach.

Rather than simply listing the 30 highest averages, which could result in the same player appearing several times, I've selected each player's single highest recorded match average during October.

That means 30 different players get recognition.

It's also important to remember that a single-match average is different from an overall tournament average. A player can produce something exceptional over a short match without necessarily maintaining that standard throughout an entire competition.

Martyn Exall tops our filtered list with 127.79, followed closely by Joel Walton on 127.50. Connor Hopkins is third with 125.25.

Top 30 – October's Highest Match Averages

Rank	Player	Average
1	Martyn Exall	127.79
2	Joel Walton	127.50
3	Connor Hopkins	125.25
4	David Hitchman	122.57
5	Ash McKeever	120.24
6	Gian van Veen	120.24
7	Josh Sinkovits	120.24
8	Liam Parish	120.24
9	Paul Rowley	120.24
10	Tayab Ali	120.17
11	Ben Flanagan-McClelland	118.66
12	Carl Batchelor	118.66
13	Ciaran Forde	118.66
14	Johnny Haines	117.08
15	Michael Bean	116.24
16	Alec Small	115.62
17	Asa Cansdale	115.62
18	Ashton Brown	115.62
19	Callum Page	115.62
20	Clive Langford	115.62
21	Jack Johnson	115.62
22	Jake B-Smith	115.62
23	Jayden Walker	115.62
24	Joshua Russell	115.62
25	Kaya Baysal	115.62
26	Keegan Brown	115.62
27	Kelson Hughes	115.62
28	Kirk Shepherd	115.62
29	Maxwell Payne	115.62
30	Ryan Davies	115.62

For this first review, I've excluded known test competitions and obviously corrupted averages, and held back exceptionally high figures requiring further verification.

The table therefore represents the highest qualifying recorded performances after those checks, rather than a definitive list of every match played anywhere during the month.

Three Different Ways to Succeed

What I like about putting these tables together is that they tell different stories.

Johnny Haines has been incredibly consistent in accumulating match victories, while Lee Evans has converted his opportunities into an impressive number of tournament titles.

Meanwhile, the highest averages table allows players who might not appear in either of the other categories to receive some recognition.

I think that's important. Darts statistics shouldn't always be about the same handful of players, and there are plenty of achievements worth celebrating throughout the game.

Looking Ahead to November

My intention is to make these rankings a regular monthly feature.

Over time, it'll be interesting to see whether the same players continue to dominate, whether new names emerge and whether some of October's busiest competitors can maintain their level of success.

As the Q4QS Database continues to develop, I hope these reviews will become another useful way of following what's happening across competitive darts.

About the data: Figures are taken from matches and tournaments recorded in the Q4QS Database for 1–31 October 2026. Coverage varies between competitions and platforms. These are statistical leaderboards from the available records rather than official national rankings, and minor discrepancies may arise from missing results, naming variations or tournament duplication.