From pub pastime to global phenomenon – how darts went from courtroom drama to filling arenas with fans dressed as giant pencils. All thanks to one man proving it’s skill, not luck (sorry, drunk clerks).

From cavemen’s atlatls to Roman plumbatae, we’ve been hurling pointy sticks for millennia. Medieval knights turned it into a drinking game and now we call it darts. Some traditions never die—they just get better aim.