CHRISTIAN KIST has hit the first nine-darter at the PDC World Championship.
The Dutch star – a former BDO world champ – hit the brilliant effort in his round one clash against Madars Ramza.
Sky SportsChristian Kist hit the first nine-darter at the World Championship[/caption]
Kist, 38, was thrilled with the moment as he could be seen celebrating at the oche.
He will pocket a tidy £60,000 from throwing the nine-darter.
This cash bonus will treble his yearly earnings as to date he had only won £27,250, according to dartsrankings.com.
Fans hailed the moment from Kist as they reacted on social media.
One posted: “Take a bow son.”
A second commented: “One of the cleanest 9 darters ever. Every dart was perfection.”
A third wrote: “Looked so effortless, beautiful.”
A fourth said: “Unreal stuff from Kist.”
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Another added: “Not many better sights in sport than a nine-darter.”
The total bonus for hitting a nine-darter at the tournament is £180,000.
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However, £60,000 will be given to a lucky fan in the crowd and the remaining cash will be donated to Prostate Cancer UK.
Kist came into the tournament as a massive outsider but is a former world champion.
He shocked the darts world in 2012 when, as a rookie, he beat Tony O’Shea to become the BDO Champion.
As a result, he won £100,000 in prize money.
However, when he joined the PDC Tour, he struggled to replicate his form.
List of all-time Darts World Champions
BELOW is a list of Darts world champions by year.
The list does not include winners from the pre-Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) era or BDO world champions.
That means Raymond van Barneveld, for example, is only listed once – Barney also won four BDO titles – and none of Eric Bristow’s five BDO titles are included.
1994 – Dennis Priestley
1995 – Phil Taylor
1996 – Phil Taylor (2)
1997 – Phil Taylor (3)
1998 – Phil Taylor (4)
1999 – Phil Taylor (5)
2000 – Phil Taylor (6)
2001 – Phil Taylor (7)
2002 – Phil Taylor (8)
2003 – John Part
2004 – Phil Taylor (9)
2005 – Phil Taylor (10)
2006 – Phil Taylor (11)
2007 – Raymond van Barneveld
2008 – John Part (2)
2009 – Phil Taylor (12)
2010 – Phil Taylor (13)
2011 – Adrian Lewis
2012 – Adrian Lewis (2)
2013 – Phil Taylor (14)
2014 – Michael van Gerwen
2015 – Gary Anderson
2016 – Gary Anderson (2)
2017 – Michael van Gerwen (2)
2018 – Rob Cross
2019 – Michael van Gerwen (3)
2020 – Peter Wright
2021 – Gerwyn Price
2022 – Peter Wright (2)
2023 – Michael Smith
2024 – Luke Humphries
Most World Titles
14 – Phil Taylor
3 – Michael van Gerwen
2 – John Part, Adrian Lewis, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright
1 – Dennis Priestley, Raymond van Barneveld, Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Luke Humphries