# Steve Lennon

Steve Lennon (born 25 November 1993) is an Irish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He reached his first major quarter-final at the 2018 Players Championship Finals.

## Career

Lennon played county darts for Kilkenny and Kildare. Lennon has played professional darts since 2011. He first won a tournament in the Ireland Players Championship, beating Stephen Byrne 6–1 in the Final. In 2016, he made it to the Final of Finnish Masters, beating Dennis Nilsson.
Lennon entered the Professional Darts Corporation's Qualifying School in 2017, and picked up a Tour Card on the third day.
He made his World Championship debut in 2018 but lost 2–3 to Michael Smith in the first round.
Lennon made it to the final of the 2018 Dutch Darts Masters, where he lost out to Michael van Gerwen. He reached the quarter-final of the 2018 Players Championship Finals, again losing to van Gerwen.
Following Gary Anderson's withdrawal from the 2019 Premier League, Lennon was selected as one of nine 'contenders' to replace him. He played Peter Wright on Night 3, in Dublin. Lennon took a 3–0 lead, only to lose 7–5.
In June 2019, Lennon alongside William O'Connor made it all the way to the final of the 2019 PDC World Cup of Darts where they eventually lost to Scotland 3–1.
He enjoyed one of his finest days in the PDC on 22 February 2020 when he got to the semi-finals of Players Championship 5, only to lose narrowly to Gerwyn Price. Lennon had three averages of over 100. He hit his first PDC nine-dart finish in his last 32 game against Kai Fan Leung.
Unable to qualify for any ranking major apart from UK Open in 2022, Lennon dropped down in ranking. He missed his first World Championship in six years, but managed to stay within top 64 of PDC Order of Merit and continued on the Pro Tour in 2023.
In 2023 Lennon continued to struggle, missing out on PDC World Cup of Darts for the first time since 2017. He qualified for 2023 Grand Slam of Darts, but did not qualify from the round robin. He was also able to qualify for 2023 Players Championship Finals and was eliminated in Second Round. After one year absence he returned to Alexandra Palace for 2024 PDC World Darts Championship. Lennon came back from 0–2 on sets against Owen Bates in the First Round and won 3–2, giving him chance to keep his Tour card. However, he lost in Second round against Jonny Clayton 1–3 and finished the season on 66th place in PDC Order of Merit.
Lennon lost his Tour card after 2023 season, but managed to win his Tour card back on first day of UK Q-School 2024, defeating William Borland 6–4 and securing his position for seasons 2024 and 2025. In the 2024 PDC Players Championship series, Lennon made the quarter-finals of event 3, defeating Adam Warner 6–5, Gerwyn Price 6–3, Dimitri Van den Bergh 6–3 and Ritchie Edhouse 6–4 before losing to Michael van Gerwen 6–5.

## Personal life

Lennon previously studied business at Waterford Institute of Technology.

## World Championship results
### PDC

* 2018: First round (lost to Michael Smith 2–3)
* 2019: Second round (lost to Alan Norris 2–3)
* 2020: First round (lost to Callan Rydz 2–3)
* 2021: Second round (lost to Devon Petersen 1–3)
* 2022: Third round (lost to Mervyn King 0–4)
* 2024: Second round (lost to Jonny Clayton 1–3)

## Career finals
### PDC team finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Country | Teammate | Opponents in the final | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2019 | World Cup of Darts | Ireland | William O'Connor | Scotland – Peter Wright and Gary Anderson | 1–3 (m) |
* ↑ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets, (m) = score in matches.

## Performance timeline

| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| PDC Ranked televised events |||||||||||||
| PDC World Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | DNQ | 2R | DNQ |
| PDC World Masters | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | Prel. |
| UK Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | 2R | DNQ | 6R | 3R | 4R | 4R | 3R | 2R | 2R |
| World Matchplay | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |
| European Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |
| Grand Slam of Darts | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | RR | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | RR | DNQ | |
| Players Championship Finals | DNP | DNP | DNP | 2R | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | |
| PDC Non-ranked televised events |||||||||||||
| Premier League Darts | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | C | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PDC World Cup of Darts | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 1R | F | 1R | 1R | 2R | DNP | DNP | |
| PDC World Youth Championship | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| BDO Ranked televised events |||||||||||||
| World Masters | 2R | 1R | 3R | No longer a BDO Player | No longer a BDO Player | No longer a BDO Player | No longer a BDO Player | No longer a BDO Player | No longer a BDO Player | No longer a BDO Player | No longer a BDO Player | No longer a BDO Player |
| Career statistics |||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | - | - | - | 71 | 41 | 41 | 45 | 44 | 61 | 66 | 100 | |
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 2017 | GDC DNQ | GDM DNQ | GDO 1R | EDG 1R | GDT DNQ | EDM DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDO DNQ | DDM 1R | GDG DNQ | IDO 2R | EDT DNQ |
| 2018 | EDO DNQ | GDG 2R | GDO 2R | ADO 2R | EDG 1R | DDM F | GDT 1R | DDO DNQ | EDM DNQ | GDC DNQ | DDC DNQ | IDO 2R | EDT DNQ |
| 2019 | EDO DNQ | GDC DNQ | GDG DNQ | GDO 2R | ADO 2R | EDG DNQ | DDM DNQ | DDO 1R | CDO DNQ | ADC DNQ | EDM 1R | IDO DNQ | GDT DNQ |
| 2020 | BDC 2R | GDC 2R | EDG 2R | IDO DNQ |
| 2021 | HDT DNQ | GDT DNQ |
| 2022 | IDO DNQ | GDC DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDC 1R | EDM 1R | HDT DNQ | GDO DNQ | BDO DNQ | GDT DNQ |
| 2023 | BSD DNQ | EDO 1R | IDO 2R | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | DDC DNQ | BDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | EDM DNQ | GDO 1R | HDT DNQ | GDC 2R |
| 2024 | BDO DNQ | GDG 2R | IDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | BSD DNQ | DDC DNQ | EDO DNQ | GDC DNQ | FDT DNQ | HDT DNQ | SDT DNQ | CDO DNQ |
PDC Players Championships
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
| 2011 | HAL DNP | HAL DNP | DER DNP | DER DNP | CRA DNP | CRA DNP | VIE DNP | VIE DNP | CRA DNP | CRA DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | NUL DNP | NUL DNP | ONT DNP | ONT DNP | DER DNP | DER DNP | NUL DNP | NUL DNP | DUB DNP | DUB DNP | KIL 1R | GLA DNP | GLA DNP | ALI DNP | ALI DNP | CRA DNP | CRA DNP | WIG DNP | WIG DNP |
| 2012 | ALI DNP | ALI DNP | REA DNP | REA DNP | CRA DNP | CRA DNP | BIR DNP | BIR DNP | CRA DNP | CRA DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | DUB DNP | DUB DNP | KIL PR | KIL PR | CRA DNP | CRA DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP |
| 2013 | WIG DNP | WIG DNP | WIG DNP | WIG DNP | CRA DNP | CRA DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | DUB DNP | DUB DNP | KIL 1R | KIL PR | WIG DNP | WIG DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP |
| 2017 | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | MIL 3R | MIL 1R | BAR QF | BAR 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | MIL 4R | MIL 4R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | DUB QF | DUB 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R |
| 2018 | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | MIL 3R | MIL 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | MIL 3R | MIL 3R | WIG 3R | WIG 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR QF | DUB 4R | DUB 3R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R |
| 2019 | WIG 3R | WIG 4R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 3R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | DUB 2R | DUB 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R |
| 2020 | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | WIG SF | WIG 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 2R | MIL 2R | MIL 2R | NIE 1R | NIE 3R | NIE 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 1R | COV 2R | COV 3R | COV 1R | COV 3R | COV 2R |
| 2021 | BOL 3R | BOL 1R | BOL 2R | BOL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 4R | MIL QF | NIE 4R | NIE QF | NIE 2R | NIE 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | COV 1R | COV 3R | COV 1R | COV 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R |
| 2022 | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | NIE 2R | NIE 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | NIE 2R | NIE 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 4R | BAR 3R |
| 2023 | BAR 2R | BAR 4R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | HIL 1R | HIL 3R | WIG 3R | WIG 1R | LEI 2R | LEI 4R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | LEI 2R | LEI 2R | HIL 1R | HIL 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 3R | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R |
| 2024 | WIG 1R | WIG 3R | LEI QF | LEI 3R | HIL 1R | HIL 2R | LEI 1R | LEI 1R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | MIL 3R | MIL 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | LEI 2R | LEI 4R |
* 1 2 Not a Tour card holder
Performance Table Legend :
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. | Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round | DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | #R RR Prel. | Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round | NYF | Not yet founded |