Michael Mansell (born 31 August 1973) is an Irish darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He reached his first major semi-final at the 2024 Grand Slam. Mansell won his maiden PDC ranking title at Players Championship 8 on the 2018 PDC Pro Tour.
Mansell competed at the PDC World Cup of Darts for Northern Ireland from 2012 to 2015, reaching the semi-finals in 2014. He competed at the 2026 World Cup representing Ireland.
Career In October 2010, Mansell reached the semi-finals of a Players Championship in Dublin.Caven's Dublin Delight PDC.tv A week later, he qualified for the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship after defeating Stephen Byrne to win the Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay.Mansell Seals Irish Matchplay Win PDC.tv He was beaten in the preliminary round by New Zealand's Preston Ridd 4–0.
Mansell qualified for the 2011 PDC Pro Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the third day of the Pro Tour's Q-School.Qualifying School Day Three PDC.tv
Mansell qualified for the 2011 UK Open, held in June, finishing inside the top 96 after the 8 UK Open qualifiers were held. PDC.tv At the tournament he lost in the last 64 to James Wade 9–2.
He represented Northern Ireland alongside Brendan Dolan in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts and together they reached the quarter-finals, where they were defeated by the Netherlands 4–0, having beaten Denmark in the second round. Mansell had a good season in the new European Tour events by qualifying for three of the five tournaments. He lost in the last 32 of the European Darts Open, and in the last 16 of both the German Darts Championship (beat Jamie Caven and Dean Winstanley, before losing to Wes Newton) and the German Darts Masters (beat Mervyn King and Paul Nicholson, before losing to Adrian Lewis). Mansell played in his first World Grand Prix in October as he was one of the two Irish qualifiers. He was beaten by Paul Nicholson 0–2 in sets, averaging just 64.48 in the event where a double must be hit to start and end every leg.
Mansell qualified for the 2013 World Championship by taking the 14th place of the 16 that were available through the ProTour Order of Merit for the highest non-qualified players. In his second World Championship he lost to 15-time winner Phil Taylor 0–3 in the first round, as Mansell won only one leg during the match and averaged 78.46. Mansell was ranked world number 51 after the tournament. In his second World Cup of Darts with Brendan Dolan the pair were beaten 4–5 in the last 16 by the Croatian duo of Robert Marijanović and Tonči Restović. Mansell reached the quarter-finals of a PDC event for the first time since October 2010 in May at the third Players Championship, but lost 4–6 to Paul Nicholson. Mansell beat Co Stompé and Conan Whitehead to face Michael van Gerwen in the fourth round of the UK Open, which he lost 3–9. Mansell was again a qualifier for the World Grand Prix and had a superb opportunity to achieve the biggest win of his career to date as he had three match darts against world number four Simon Whitlock in the deciding leg of the final set but missed them all. Mansell later revealed how this match impacted his darts for the subsequent year ahead as every time he played it was on his mind. At the Dutch Darts Masters he beat Tonči Restović and Gino Vos, before losing 6–4 to Kim Huybrechts in the third round.
Mansell beat Ben Burton and Dean Stewart to reach the third round of the 2014 UK Open but there lost to James Wade 9–1. In June, Mansell and Dolan beat Peter Wright and Robert Thornton from Scotland in the quarter-finals of the World Cup of Darts. In the semis, Dolan edged world number one Michael van Gerwen 4–3, but Mansell lost 4–0 to Van Barneveld to send the match into a deciding doubles game in which the Dutch pair averaged an incredible 117.88 to progress with a 4–0 whitewash. He won his first match at the World Grand Prix in three attempts by eliminating Ian White 2–0 (sets). Mansell then met Gary Anderson in the second round and won the first set, but was ultimately beaten 3–1 after losing nine successive legs.
Mansell suffered a 3–0 loss to Kim Huybrechts in the first round of the 2015 World Championship. Mansell and Dolan met the Netherlands' Van Gerwen and Van Barneveld for the second successive year at the World Cup, this time in the quarter-finals. Dolan lost 4–2 to Van Gerwen, but Mansell defeated Van Barneveld 4–3 meaning a doubles match was required and, for the second year in a row, Northern Ireland were whitewashed 4–0. Mansell qualified for four European Tour events and was knocked out in the second round in all of them.
Mansell's four World Cup appearances in a row ended in 2016 after Daryl Gurney overtook him as Northern Ireland's second highest player on the Order of Merit, behind Brendan Dolan. Three last 32 and three last 16 exits saw him qualify for the expanded Players Championship Finals and he lost 6–3 to Kim Huybrechts in the first round. Mansell dropped out of the top 64 during 2016 and so played in 2017 Q School, where he finished sixth on the Order of Merit to reclaim his PDC place.
Mansell lost his Tour card after season 2021, battling with injuries during that year. Immediately he regained his Tour card in PDC UK Q-School 2022 via UK Q-School Order of Merit, where he placed on 11th place with 6 points.
On 15 December 2022, at the 2023 PDC World Championship, Mansell beat Ben Robb but was defeated in the second round by Peter Wright 3–0 in sets.
At the 2024 PDC World Championship, Mansell faced Brendan Dolan. Dolan prevailed as the winner 3–2.
In the opening Players Championship event of 2024, Mansell defeated Josh Payne 6–2 in legs. In his second round match against Krzysztof Ratajski, Mansell hit a nine-dart finish, en route to another 6–2 victory. In the third round he defeated Daryl Gurney 6–5 but in the last 16, Nick Kenny beat Mansell 6–5.
At the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts Mansell reached his first major semi final by defeating Cameron Menzies 16–15 in a deciding leg in the quarter-finals. He lost to Martin Lukeman 16–12 in the semi-finals.
In May 2026, it was announced Mansell would represent the Republic of Ireland team at the 2026 PDC World Cup of Darts alongside William O'Connor.
World Championship results PDC World Championship 2011: Preliminary round (lost to Preston Ridd 0–4) (legs) 2013: First round (lost to Phil Taylor 0–3 (sets) 2015: First round (lost to Kim Huybrechts 0–3) 2019: First round (lost to Jim Long 1–3) 2020: First round (lost to Seigo Asada 0–3) 2021: Second round (lost to Ricky Evans 1–3) 2023: Second round (lost to Peter Wright 0–3) 2024: Second round (lost to Brendan Dolan 2–3) 2025: Second round (lost to Jonny Clayton 2–3) 2026: First round (lost to Leonard Gates 2–3)
Performance timeline BDO Tournament 2006 2008 2010BDO Ranked televised events 2R1R1R
PDC Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026PDC Ranked televised events World Championship Prel.DNQ 1RDNQ 1RDid not qualify 1R 1R 2R DNQ 2R 2R 2R 1R World MastersDid not qualifyPrel.WD UK Open 3R 3R 4R 3RDid not qualify 1R 5R 3R 3R 1R 3R 4R 3R 3R World Grand PrixDNQ 1R 1R 2RDid not qualify Grand SlamDid not qualify SFDNQ Did not qualify 1R 2R 1R 1R 1RDNQ 1R 1RDNQ 1RPDC Non-ranked televised events World CupNHQF2RSFQFDNPQFCareer statisticsSeason-end ranking905744425062956358546977564346
European Tour Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 2012ADODNQGDC3REDO2RGDM3RDDMDNQ 2013Did not qualifyGDT1RGDCDNQGDM1RDDM3R 2014GDCDNQDDMQFGDM1RDid not qualifyEDT1R 2015DNQGDM2RDDMDNQIDO2RDNQEDM2REDG2R 2016Did not qualifyGDC1R 2017Did not qualifyEDM1RDid not qualifyGDG1RDNQ 2018Did not qualifyDDO1RDid not qualifyIDO2REDT2R 2019EDODNQGDC1RGDGDNQGDO2RDNQDDM2RDid not qualifyIDO1RGDTDNQ 2022Did not qualifyEDO1RCDO3REDG2RDDC2RDid not qualify 2023Did not qualifyADO3RDid not qualifyEDM2RGDO1RHDTDNQGDC1R 2024Did not qualifyEDG2RDNQDDC2REDODNQGDC2RDid not qualify 2025Did not qualifyGDG2RADO1REDGDNQDDC3REDO2RBSD2RDid not qualify 2026PDO1REDTDNQBDO2RGDGDNQEDG2RDNQEDO2RDNQFDT1RSDTDDC
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 32 33 34 35 36 37 2010Did not participateDUB1RDUBSFDNP 2011Did not participateDER1RDER4RCRA3RCRA2RVIE1RVIE3RCRA1RCRA2RBAR2RBAR2RNUL2RNUL2RONTDNPDER2RDER3RNUL4RNUL1RDUB2RDUB1RKIL3RGLADNPALI3RALI1RCRA2RCRA1RWIG1RWIG3R 2012ALI2RALI2RREA1RREA2RCRA1RCRA2RBIR1RBIR1RCRA1RCRA2RBAR2RBAR1RDUB1RDUB2RKIL1RKIL1RCRA2RCRA2RBAR2RBAR1R 2013WIG2RWIG1RWIGQFWIG1RCRA3RCRA1RBAR1RBAR1RDUB2RDUB1RKIL2RKIL1RWIG1RWIG1RBAR3RBAR2R 2014BAR1RBAR1RCRA4RCRA2RWIG1RWIG2RWIG1RWIG2RCRA4RCRA2RCOV2RCOV3RCRA1RCRA1RDUB1RDUB1RCRA2RCRA3RCOV1RCOV1R 2015BAR3RBAR2RBAR1RBAR2RBAR2RCOV3RCOV3RCOV2RCRA2RCRA2RBARDNPWIG1RWIG2RBAR1RBAR2RDUB1RDUB3RCOV2RCOV3R 2016BAR2RBAR2RBAR1RBAR2RBAR2RBAR1RBAR3RCOV1RCOV1RBAR1RBAR3RBAR1RBAR4RBAR1RBAR3RBAR4RDUB4RDUB2RBAR2RBAR1R 2017BAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RMIL4RMIL1RBAR2RBAR2RWIG1RWIG2RMIL3RMIL4RWIG2RWIG1RBAR4RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RDUB3RDUB1RBAR2RBAR1R 2018BAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR2RMIL2RMIL3RBAR1RBARWWIG1RWIGQFMIL3RMILQFWIG3RWIG3RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RDUB3RDUB3RBAR2RBAR1R 2019WIG3RWIG2RWIG1RWIG2RBAR1RBAR3RWIG1RWIG1RBAR3RBAR2RBAR2RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR3RWIG1RWIG2RBAR3RBAR1RHILQFHIL2RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RDUB2RDUB2RBAR1RBAR1R 2020BAR4RBARQFWIG1RWIG1RWIG2RWIG3RBAR2RBAR3RMIL1RMIL3RMIL3RMIL2RMIL4RNIE1RNIE1RNIE1RNIE1RNIE2RCOV2RCOV4RCOV1RCOV2RCOV2R 2021BOL2RBOL3RBOL1RBOL1RMIL1RMIL1RMIL2RMIL1RNIE1RNIE2RNIE3RNIE2RMIL4RMIL1RMIL1RMIL1RCOV2RCOV2RCOV1RCOV3RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBARQFBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR2RBAR1R 2022BAR1RBAR1RWIG1RWIG1RBAR1RBAR1RNIE2RNIE2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR4RWIG1RWIG3RNIE2RNIE2RBAR4RBAR2RBAR1RBAR4RBAR2RBAR1RBAR4RBAR2RBAR2RBAR2RBAR2RBAR3RBAR2R 2023BAR2RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RHILQFHIL1RWIG2RWIG1RLEIDNPHIL2RHILQFLEI1RLEI2RHIL1RHIL2RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR3RBAR2RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBARSFBAR1RBAR4R 2024WIG4RWIG1RLEI1RLEI3RHIL1RHIL1RLEI3RLEI1RHIL2RHIL1RHIL1RHIL1RMIL1RMIL1RMIL1RMIL1RMIL1RMIL3RMIL2RWIG1RWIG2RMIL3RMIL2RWIG1RWIG2RWIG1RWIG2RWIG4RLEI2RLEI2R 2025WIG2RWIG2RROS4RROS4RLEI1RLEI1RHIL2RHIL2RLEI1RLEI1RLEI1RLEI2RROS2RROSQFHIL1RHIL1RLEI1RLEI2RLEI2RLEI2RLEI1RHIL2RHIL2RMIL1RMIL1RHIL4RHIL1RLEI2RLEI1RLEIQFWIG1RWIG4RWIG3RWIG1R 2026HIL3RHIL2RWIG2RWIG1RLEI1RLEI1RLEI1RLEI2RWIG1RWIG1RMIL1RMIL1RHIL1RHIL3RLEI3RLEI2RLEI3RLEI1RMILQFMIL4RWIG3RWIG4RLEI1RLEIQFHIL3RHIL3RLEIQFLEI1RROS1RROS3RROSROSLEILEI
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