Dave Prins
Personal information
Full name	David Michael Prins
Nickname	"The Badger"
Born	(1968-11-16) 16 November 1968 (age 55) Durham, County Durham, England
Home town	Peterlee, County Durham, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	1988
Darts	26g Target
Laterality	Left-handed
Walk-on music	"Teenage Kicks" by The Undertones
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2005–2018
PDC	2018–2020
WDF	2021–
Current world ranking	(WDF) 36 36 22 (14 November 2023)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 16: 2014
World Masters	Last 16: 2009, 2012
Finder Masters	Last 24 Group: 2009, 2010
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open	Last 64: 2018
WSDT major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Quarter Final: 2022
Other tournament wins
Czech Open 2008 Fife Open 2011 Isle of Man Open 2010, 2022 Hungarian Open 2011, 2012 Swiss Open 2015

David Michael Prins (born 16 November 1968) is an English professional darts player.

Career

Prins reached the last 16 of the 2009 Winmau World Masters, where he lost to Tony O'Shea in three straight sets.

Prins qualified for his first BDO World Darts Championship in 2010. He was the seventh seed, but lost in the first round to eventual semi-finalist Martin Phillips.

He won the 2010 Isle of Man Open, beating Joey ten Berge. He also qualified for the 2011 BDO World Darts Championship as the number 16 seed, but lost 1–3 to John Walton. After the match, Prins said that he believed he would not be able to compete on the BDO Circuit in 2011 due to work commitments. However, he continued playing and subsequently qualified for the 2012 BDO World Darts Championship, where he again lost in the first round, 3–0 to Willy van de Wiel;^[2] this match then became the focus of a match-fixing controversy where it was alleged that Prins had intentionally played poorly, though no evidence was ultimately found and no action was taken.^[3] Prins once again reached the World Championship in 2013, this time missing seven match darts in a 3–2 defeat by Richie George. In 2014, Prins entered the tournament at the newly implemented preliminary round and finally won his first match at the Lakeside, defeating Dutch debutant Jeroen Geerdink 3–0. Prins followed this up with a 3–0 first round victory over Jim Williams to set up a second round clash with world number one Stephen Bunting, which Prins lost 4–0 despite averaging almost 90 while Bunting averaged over 100.

Prins returned to the TV Screens in 2022 qualifying for 2 TV Events, Firstly the inaugural 2022 World Seniors Darts Championship reaching the Quarter-Final beating Paul Lim & John Lowe before losing to Robert Thornton in the last 8. Prins also qualified for the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship Beating Mark Graham in the Last 48 before falling in a Lakeside classic last leg decided to Welshman Michael Warburton

World Championship results

BDO/WDF

• 2010: First round (lost to Martin Phillips 0–3)
• 2011: First round (lost to John Walton 1–3)
• 2012: First round (lost to Willy van de Wiel 0–3)
• 2013: First round (lost to Richie George 2–3)
• 2014: Second round (lost to Stephen Bunting 0–4)
• 2022: Second round (lost to Mike Warburton 2–3)
• 2023: First round (lost to Reece Colley 0–2)

WSDT

• 2022: Quarter-finals (lost to Robert Thornton 0–3)
• 2023: First round (lost to Martin Adams 1–3)