Mitchell Lawrie

Career Lawrie has had an interest in playing darts since he was a toddler and started playing more regularly during the COVID-19 lockdown; he cites Scottish world champion Gary Anderson as his inspiration.

In December 2023, aged 13, Lawrie represented Scotland at the Junior Darts Corporation's JDC World Cup of Darts. He hit the winning double as Scotland beat Ireland 4–0 in the final. In the semi-finals of the tournament, Scotland defeated an England team that contained future world champion Luke Littler. In February 2024, Lawrie won three of the first four JDC Foundation Tour events of the year.

In May 2025, he became the first Scottish player to win a JDC Advanced Tour event. In July, Lawrie won the WDF Europe Youth Cup singles tournament and was part of Scotland's winning youth team. Lawrie won his first two senior WDF titles in September, winning both the Welsh and British Open. In October, he won the World Masters and World Open youth titles. He then won his third senior WDF title, the Irish Classic, to become the youngest player to win three senior WDF titles. Aged 15 years and 4 days old, he beat the previous record that was held by Luke Littler. At the end of November, Lawrie reached the 2025 JDC World Darts Championship final.

At the 2025 WDF World Darts Championship, Lawrie became the youngest player to compete in a senior event in the tournament's history, winning his opening match 3–0 against Tomoya Maruyama. He went on to reach the final by defeating Jenson Walker 5–2 in the semi-finals, with Walker being the first player to win sets against Lawrie during the tournament. Lawrie took a 3–0 lead in the final before losing 6–3 to Jimmy van Schie. He won his first WDF World Youth Championship by defeating Florian Preis 4–2 in the youth final. On 20 December 2025 at Alexandra Palace, Lawrie won the JDC World Championship by defeating Kaya Baysal 5–2.

In February 2026, following title wins in the Scottish Classic, Slovak Classic and Slovak Masters, Lawrie became the new WDF world no. 1. On the opening weekend of the 2026 JDC Advanced Tour, he hit a nine-dart finish and claimed three of four titles.

Personal life Lawrie is from Renfrew, Scotland, and is a pupil of Renfrew High School. Lawrie is a supporter of Scottish football club Rangers.

Career finals WDF major finals: 1 Legend World Championship (0–1)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score 1. 2025 World Championship Jimmy van Schie3–6 (s)

Performance timeline Mitchell Lawrie's performance timeline is as follows:

WDF

Tournament 2024 2025 2026WDF Ranked platinum/major youth events World ChampionshipDNP World Masters DNP Scottish Open World Open DNP Irish Classic Irish Open

Key

Titles Sources:

WDF Senior titles Gold ranked 2026: Denmark Open Silver ranked 2025: British Open, Irish Classic, Welsh Open 2026: Scottish Classic, Slovak Classic, Gibraltar Open Bronze ranked 2026: Slovak Masters

Youth titles Platinum/Major ranked 2025: Irish Classic, Irish Open, World Masters, World Open, World Championship 2026: Scottish Open

Gold ranked 2024: Irish Open 2025: Belgium Open, British Open 2026: Slovak Classic

Silver ranked 2025: Scottish Spring Singles, Welsh Open