Smith-Neale started playing in the PDC at the age of 17 in 2011 when he entered the World Youth Championships and lost in the last 64 to Lewis Venes. The following January Smith-Neale entered Q School and after making the last 16 all four days he was given a two-year tour card to play the Pro tour.^[2] Through those 2 years Smith-Neale split his time between playing on the main tour and on the Youth tour, on the main tour he failed to make an impact and only made one TV major which was the 2012 UK Open where he made the last 96. On the Youth tour however Smith-Neale had much more success where he managed to finish the 2011 season 9th in the Rankings which qualified him for the 2012 PDC World Youth Championship where he again went out at the last 64 stage.

In 2012 Smith-Neale won his first PDC tournament when he won Event 7 of the Youth tour ^[3] and finished the season in 14th qualifying for the 2013 PDC World Youth Championship where he went out in the first round.

After not making the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit by the end of 2012, Smith-Neale lost his tour card and went to Q-School again. He failed to gain a tour card in 2013, 14, 15, 17, but continued to play on the Challenge Tour and Development Tour during that time.

2018 season

After failing to get a Tour Card at the start of the 2018 season, Smith-Neale started to play in more BDO events which lead him to qualify for the BDO World Masters. Not being a seed meant that he had to start the tournament at the first round but Smith-Neale won through the first 6 rounds on the floor to reach the stage finals. He defeated Aaron Turner 3-1 in the last 48, Daniel Day 3-0 in the last 32, Mark McGeeney 3-2 in the last 16, Wayne Warren 4-1 in the quarter-finals, Jim Williams 5-3 in the semi-final and BDO Number 1 Glen Durrant 6-4 in the final. Winning the World Masters meant Smith-Neale qualified for the 2019 BDO World Championship, and the 2018 Grand Slam of Darts.

2019

Prior to the 2019 BDO World Darts Championship, Smith-Neale suffered a broken leg in a fall following a tournament in Italy, with Smith-Neale admitting he was inebriated before the fall. He managed to play his preliminary round match, but did so on crutches, using both during his walk-on and using his right crutch while throwing his darts. He was beaten 3–0 by New Zealand's Mark McGrath.

2023-present

He regained his tour card in 2023 after defeating Nick Kenny in the final on the last day of Q School, and will play on the PDC circuit for the 2023 and 2024 seasons.^[4]

In March 2024, Smith-Neale was suspended by the Darts Regulation Authority following footage emerging of him punching an opponent during an amateur event in Nuneaton.^[5]

World Championship results

BDO

2019: Preliminary round (lost to Mark McGrath 0–3)
2020: First round (lost to Paul Hogan 0–3)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
PDC Ranked televised events
UK Open	DNQ	2R	DNQ					Non-PDC		2R	DNQ		1R	2R
European Championship	DNQ								Non-PDC		1R	DNQ
Grand Slam of Darts	DNQ							RR	DNQ
PDC Non-major televised events
PDC World Youth Championship	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	DNP
BDO Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship	PDC								PR	1R	NH	DNQ	PDC
BDO World Trophy	PDC							1R	NH
Winmau World Masters	PDC					2R	PDC	W	2R	NH		DNQ	PDC
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	114	91	-	-	-	-	209	-	-	-	120	-	131

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2012	ADO DNQ	GDC DNQ	EDO DNQ	GDM DNQ	DDM DNQ
2021	HDT DNQ	GDT 3R
2022	Did not play
2023	BSD DNQ	EDO DNQ	IDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	DDC 1R	BDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG 2R	EDM	GDO	HDT	GDC

Career finals

BDO major finals: 1 (1 titles)

Legend
Winmau World Masters (1–0)

Performance timeline legend
DNP	Did not play in the event	DNQ	Did not qualify for the event	WD	Withdrew from the event	#R	lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = Round robin)
QF	lost in the quarter-finals	SF	lost in the semi-finals	F	lost in the final	W	won the tournament

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score^{[N 1]}
Winner	1.	2018	Winmau World Masters	Glen Durrant	6–4 (s)

^ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

Darts career

Early career