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Darts Scorer

Keep score for a real game on your own board. Up to four players, checkout routes and averages as you go.

Game

First to (legs)

Best of 5 legs

Players

Names (optional)
More Games

How it works

Enter each dart as it lands: pick Double or Treble first if needed, then the number. The scorer moves to the next player after three darts, spots busts, and shows a checkout route whenever one is on.

A Free Darts Scorer for Your Phone

This scorer is for games played on a real dartboard. Prop your phone up by the board, pick 501 or 301, add up to four players and tap in each dart as it lands. It works out the scores left, spots busts, suggests a checkout route and keeps everyone's three-dart average running, so nobody has to do sums at the oche.

Darts are entered the same way as in Play Darts, so if you have played against the computer there, you already know how it works.

How to Use the Scorer

  1. Choose the game (501 is the standard), the match length and the number of players. Names are optional.
  2. Enter each dart as it lands: tap Double or Treble first if needed, then the number. Use 25, Bull or Miss for the rest.
  3. After three darts the scorer moves to the next player and shows a checkout route whenever the score left can be finished.
  4. Finish on a double or the bullseye and the leg is won. The scorer counts exactly how many darts the finish took.
  5. Made a mistake? Undo takes back one dart at a time, even across visits and legs.

How Scoring Works

The scorer follows standard double-out rules. A visit that takes a player past zero, or leaves exactly 1, is a bust: it scores nothing and the player stays on the score they had. A leg can only be won on a double or the bullseye, so if a player reaches zero without one, the scorer calls it a bust for you. You can read the full rules in our guide to how to play 501.

Reading the Averages

The average shown is the three-dart average used on TV: points scored divided by darts thrown, times three. Every visit counts as three darts except a checkout, which counts the darts it actually took. The results screen adds each player's first-nine average (the first three visits of each leg), highest checkout, best leg and 180s. Our guide to improving your darts average explains what the numbers mean and how to raise them.

Tips

  • The screen stays awake while a match is on, on browsers that allow it, so your phone will not lock between visits.
  • Learn the routes the scorer suggests with our checkout chart, then drill them in Checkout Practice.