The stats
What is a 3-dart average, and what’s a good one?
Updated November 9, 2026
The 3-dart average is the number most players look at first. It answers one question: in an 01 game, how many points do you take off the board each time you walk up and throw three darts? You will also see it written as 3DA or PPR (points per round). They all mean the same thing.
How it’s worked out
Take every point you scored in 01 games, divide by the number of darts you threw, and multiply by three.
3-dart average = points scored ÷ darts thrown × 3
Say you win a leg of 501 in 30 darts. You scored 501 points with 30 darts, which is 16.7 a dart, or 50.1 a round. If the other player was stuck on 120 when you went out, having also thrown 30 darts, they scored 381 points for an average of 38.1.
The division by darts, not rounds, matters at the end of a leg. If you finish with the first dart of your turn, you are charged for one dart and not three, so a quick finish is never punished.
Why your number here might differ from the one in your head
On this site the average is always rebuilt from raw totals: all your 01 points over all your 01 darts. We never average your averages. That matters more than it sounds. If you threw a 55 in a short leg and a 35 in a long one, the true figure sits closer to 35, because you threw more darts in that leg. Adding the two and halving them would flatter you.
The same rule is used when seasons and leagues are combined. A player in two leagues gets one career average built from every dart in both, so a short hot season can’t outweigh three long ordinary ones.
Only 01 games count toward it. Cricket has its own number, marks per round. Career figures on player pages use the regular season, so playoff nights don’t move them.
What’s a good 3-dart average in Queens?
This table is worked out from the 1,308 players who have thrown at least 50 regular-season games in a Queens league, out of 2,429 who have thrown at all. It updates whenever the stats do.
| Where you stand | 3-dart average | Who that is |
|---|---|---|
| Bottom 10% | 26.75 | Newer players finding the board |
| Bottom quarter | 29.11 | Steady, still building consistency |
| Middle of the pack | 32.58 | The typical league regular |
| Top quarter | 36.78 | One of the stronger players on most teams |
| Top 10% | 41.24 | Among the best on any league night |
| Top 1% | 50.46 | The best handful in the borough |
So the typical regular throws about 32.6, and the best career mark in the borough is 63.93. For scale, the most you can score with three darts is 180, and the professionals you see on television average somewhere around 95 to 100. Bar league darts is a different game, played after work with a drink on the table, and a 40 average will win you a lot of matches here.
What moves it
- Scoring. The obvious one. Three single 20s is 60; one stray dart in the 1 or the 5 drags a round down to the low 40s. Grouping matters more than the odd triple.
- Finishing. In a double-out game every dart you miss at the double is a dart that scored nothing. Players with the same scoring power can sit five points apart because one of them takes out the double in two darts and the other needs eight.
- The format. Double-in games cost darts at the start too. If your league plays a lot of double in, double out, expect a lower figure than someone who mostly plays straight in. The guide to 01 games covers the formats.
- Sample size. Ten games is a mood. Fifty is a player. That’s why the leaderboards need a minimum number of games before they list anyone.
Where to see yours
Find your player page for your career average, your rank across all of Queens, and a chart of how it has moved season by season. The leaders page shows the top ten this season and all-time.