Build a fictional finishing record
Suppose a player has five successful finishes from ten attempts at the required finishing doubles. That is 5/10=50 percent. If those finishes win five legs in an eight-leg passage, five divided by eight gives 62.5 percent of the legs, a different measure.
The same five successful finishes therefore appear in two different calculations. One asks how efficiently the player converted finishing attempts. The other asks how many legs the player won. Replacing one denominator with the other changes the question.
A good scoring visit need not be a checkout attempt
A large score early in a leg can reduce the remaining total without presenting a legal finish on the final dart. Conversely, a low-scoring dart can be the successful double that completes the leg. Scoring volume and finishing accuracy are separate parts of a performance.
PDC’s reports make this distinction visible: they can describe a player’s average and separately report doubles converted from attempts. Its 2025 Players Championship 21 final report, for example, records a doubles conversion fraction while discussing a closely fought result. The original numbers here illustrate the denominator rather than reproduce that match.
Use the provider’s attempt definition
For a detailed comparison, check how the statistics provider defines an attempt at a double, including the treatment of the bull as a finishing double and the scope of the sample. Do not manufacture an attempt count from every dart visible in a short montage. The clip may omit misses or entire legs.
If a graphic rounds a percentage, retain the underlying counts when available. Three successful attempts from five is 60 percent; four from seven is about 57.14 percent. The second player has more successes but a lower rate in these fictional samples.
A useful viewing note therefore records successes, attempts, percentage and the match or session covered. This keeps the statistic connected to actual opportunities and avoids treating a high checkout rate as a guarantee of victory, especially when the opponent creates or wins more legs overall.
Related questions
Does 50 percent checkouts mean half the legs were won?
No. The percentage concerns the finishing attempts included in that statistic.
Sources and scope
Scope notes distinguish published documentation, supplied information and editorial methods. They do not report a hands-on service test.
- PDC Players Championship21 report — Doubles successes and attempts reported separately from average and leg result
- PDC 2026 World Masters report — Official finishing percentage reporting
