Clayton leads high finishes as Price tops PDC’s recent averages

Jonny Clayton leads the PDC’s latest measure of high finishes, while Gerwyn Price tops its recent scoring averages. The Welsh pair’s strengths come from different parts of the game. Christopher Kempf’s form guide, published on 14 October, examines each player’s last 200 legs. It is a snapshot of recent performance, separate from the prize-money Order of Merit.

Clayton’s finishing closes the scoring gap

Clayton finished 21 of those legs with a checkout of 99 or 101-plus, the leading total in the guide. His three-dart average was 96.09, ranked 16th in the form guide, while his doubles accuracy was reported at 43%, inside the top ten. That combination explains why scoring average alone gives an incomplete picture of his recent form. The high-finish category measures completed legs from those scores; doubles accuracy measures successful attempts at a double. Neither is a prediction that Clayton will win his next match.

Price leads the recent averages

The original PDC chart puts Price’s average at 100.32, ahead of Luke Humphries on 100.12. Price recorded 13 finishes in the same high-checkout category and 42.25% accuracy on doubles. The chart also lists 66 scores in its “171–180” column for Price. That is the source’s combined scoring category, so it should not be presented as a count of 180s alone. All these figures use the recent 200-leg window, rather than a whole season or one tournament.

The Swiss run behind Clayton’s title

Clayton’s Swiss Darts Trophy path was 6-1 against Maik Kuivenhoven, 6-4 against Rob Cross, 6-2 against Karel Sedlacek, 7-4 against Gian van Veen and 8-4 against Humphries in the final on 11 October. Those are tournament results from the PDC’s completed record. The form guide adds a wider view of finishing and scoring, but its figures cannot be substituted for averages or checkout rates from that final. Cover’s separate Welsh weekend round-up retains the results across the Swiss event and Women’s Series.