Gary Blades

Gary Blades
Personal information
Nickname	"Razor"
Born	(1980-11-16) 16 November 1980 Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Darts information
Darts	23g Loxley
Laterality	Right-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2005–2010, 2019–
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open	Last 96: 2021

Gary "Razor" Blades (born 16 November 1980) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Career

Blades has played in the UK Open four times. He lost 4–3 in the 1st Round to Gary Flynn in 2005. In 2007, he beat Justin Henshaw 8–6 in the preliminary round, before losing 8–6 to Simon Craven in the 1st Round. In 2020, he lost 6–1 to Wayne Jones in the 1st round. In 2021 he beat Dom Taylor in Round 2 6–0, but then lost 6–3 to Andy Hamilton in the 3rd round.

After returning to the circuit in 2019 without a great deal of success, Blades entered Q-School on 16 January 2020 and won his Tour Card on the first day by beating Tony Newell 5–1 in the final round. He will play on the PDC ProTour in 2020 and 2021.

Gary had moderate success prior to the Covid lockdown, making the last 32 twice in the first 8 PDC Players Championship events, beating Darren Webster and Scott Waites among others. However he lost his tour card at the end of 2021.

Gary's best run to date in a PDC Players Championship came as a Challenge Tour top up in 2022, reaching the Quarter Final in Players Championship 7, beating Michael van Gerwen along the way. Gary also had a run to the last 32 later in the year, beating another World Champion Rob Cross in the 2nd Round.

Performance timeline

PDC Players Championships

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
2020	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 2R	COV 1R
2021	BOL 1R	BOL 1R	BOL 1R	BOL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R
2022	Did not participate						NIE QF	NIE 1R	Did not participate							NIE 3R	NIE 1R	Did not participate

External links

• Gary Blades player profile at Darts Orakel