What is the highest checkout in darts?

170, thrown as treble 20, treble 20, bullseye. It is the highest score that can be finished from with three darts on a double, which is why players call it the big fish.

Which numbers cannot be checked out?

Playing double out, seven scores between 2 and 170 cannot be finished with three darts: 169, 168, 166, 165, 163, 162 and 159. A good player avoids leaving them. Anything above 170 needs at least four darts.

What is the best double to leave yourself?

Double 16, so 32. Miss it with a single 16 and you are left on 16, which is double 8; miss that and you are on 8, then 4, then 2. Every miss still leaves you an even number. Double 20 is the most popular because 40 comes up constantly, but a missed single 20 leaves 20 and a missed double 20 leaves 40 again.

How many ways are there to check out 170?

One. Treble 20, treble 20, bullseye is the only combination of three darts that makes exactly 170 and ends on a double, because the bull is the only double worth 50.

Darts checkout chart

Every finish from 2 to 170. Filter it by the darts actually in your hand, jump straight to the number you are on, and link to a single finish if you want to send someone one.

What is the highest checkout?

170, thrown as treble 20, treble 20, bullseye. It is the only way to make exactly 170 with three darts and still end on a double, which is why it is the highest finish there is and why players call it the big fish.

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169 finishes shown.

2D1
3S1D1
4D2
5S1D2
6D3
7S3D2
8D4
9S1D4
10D5
11S3D4
12D6
13S5D4
14D7
15S7D4
16D8
17S1D8
18D9
19S3D8
20D10
21S5D8
22D11
23S7D8
24D12
25S9D8
26D13
27S11D8
28D14
29S13D8
30D15
31S15D8
32D16
33S1D16
34D17
35S3D16
36D18
37S5D16
38D19
39S7D16
40D20
41S9D16
42S10D16
43S3D20
44S4D20
45S5D20
46S6D20
47S7D20
48S8D20
49S9D20
50S10D20two darts: Bull
51S11D20
52S12D20
53S13D20
54S14D20
55S15D20
56S16D20
57S17D20
58S18D20
59S19D20
60S20D20
61T15D8
62T10D16
63T13D12
64T16D8
65T19D4
66T10D18
67T17D8
68T20D4
69T19D6
70T18D8
71T13D16
72T16D12
73T19D8
74T14D16
75T17D12
76T20D8
77T19D10
78T18D12
79T13D20
80T20D10
81T19D12
82T14D20
83T17D16
84T20D12
85T15D20
86T18D16
87T17D18
88T16D20
89T19D16
90T18D18
91T17D20
92T20D16
93T19D18
94T18D20
95T19D19
96T20D18
97T19D20
98T20D19
99T19S10D16
100T20D20
101T17S10D20two darts: T17 Bull
102T20S10D16
103T19S6D20
104T18S10D20two darts: T18 Bull
105T20S5D20
106T20S6D20
107T19S10D20two darts: T19 Bull
108T20S8D20
109T20S9D20
110T20S10D20two darts: T20 Bull
111T20S11D20
112T20S12D20
113T20S13D20
114T20S14D20
115T20S15D20
116T20S16D20
117T20S17D20
118T20S18D20
119T19T10D16
120T20S20D20
121T20T11D14
122T18T20D4
123T19T16D9
124T20T16D8
12525T20D20
126T19T19D6
127T20T17D8
128T18T14D16
129T19T16D12
130T20T18D8
131T20T13D16
132T20T16D12
133T20T19D8
134T20T14D16
135T20T17D12
136T20T20D8
137T20T19D10
138T20T18D12
139T20T13D20
140T20T20D10
141T20T19D12
142T20T14D20
143T20T17D16
144T20T20D12
145T20T15D20
146T20T18D16
147T20T17D18
148T20T16D20
149T20T19D16
150T20T18D18
151T20T17D20
152T20T20D16
153T20T19D18
154T20T18D20
155T20T19D19
156T20T20D18
157T20T19D20
158T20T20D19
159cannot be finished on a double with three darts
160T20T20D20
161T20T17Bull
162cannot be finished on a double with three darts
163cannot be finished on a double with three darts
164T20T18Bull
165cannot be finished on a double with three darts
166cannot be finished on a double with three darts
167T20T19Bull
168cannot be finished on a double with three darts
169cannot be finished on a double with three darts
170T20T20Bull

Every finish, highest first

170 T20 T20 BULL
167 T20 T19 BULL
164 T20 T18 BULL
161 T20 T17 BULL
160 T20 T20 D20
158 T20 T20 D19
157 T20 T19 D20
156 T20 T20 D18
155 T20 T19 D19
154 T20 T18 D20
153 T20 T19 D18
152 T20 T20 D16
151 T20 T17 D20
150 T20 T18 D18
149 T20 T19 D16
148 T20 T16 D20
147 T20 T17 D18
146 T20 T18 D16
145 T20 T15 D20
144 T20 T20 D12
143 T20 T17 D16
142 T20 T14 D20
141 T20 T19 D12
140 T20 T20 D10
139 T20 T13 D20
138 T20 T18 D12
137 T20 T19 D10
136 T20 T20 D8
135 T20 T17 D12
134 T20 T14 D16
133 T20 T19 D8
132 T20 T16 D12
131 T20 T13 D16
130 T20 T18 D8
129 T19 T16 D12
128 T18 T14 D16
127 T20 T17 D8
126 T19 T19 D6
125 25 T20 D20
124 T20 T16 D8
123 T19 T16 D9
122 T18 T20 D4
121 T20 T11 D14
120 T20 S20 D20
119 T19 T10 D16
118 T20 S18 D20
117 T20 S17 D20
116 T20 S16 D20
115 T20 S15 D20
114 T20 S14 D20
113 T20 S13 D20
112 T20 S12 D20
111 T20 S11 D20
110 T20 S10 D20
109 T20 S9 D20
108 T20 S8 D20
107 T19 S10 D20
106 T20 S6 D20
105 T20 S5 D20
104 T18 S10 D20
103 T19 S6 D20
102 T20 S10 D16
101 T17 S10 D20
100 T20 D20
99 T19 S10 D16
98 T20 D19
97 T19 D20
96 T20 D18
95 T19 D19
94 T18 D20
93 T19 D18
92 T20 D16
91 T17 D20
90 T18 D18
89 T19 D16
88 T16 D20
87 T17 D18
86 T18 D16
85 T15 D20
84 T20 D12
83 T17 D16
82 T14 D20
81 T19 D12
80 T20 D10
79 T13 D20
78 T18 D12
77 T19 D10
76 T20 D8
75 T17 D12
74 T14 D16
73 T19 D8
72 T16 D12
71 T13 D16
70 T18 D8
69 T19 D6
68 T20 D4
67 T17 D8
66 T10 D18
65 T19 D4
64 T16 D8
63 T13 D12
62 T10 D16
61 T15 D8
60 S20 D20
59 S19 D20
58 S18 D20
57 S17 D20
56 S16 D20
55 S15 D20
54 S14 D20
53 S13 D20
52 S12 D20
51 S11 D20
50 S10 D20
49 S9 D20
48 S8 D20
47 S7 D20
46 S6 D20
45 S5 D20
44 S4 D20
43 S3 D20
42 S10 D16
41 S9 D16
40 D20
39 S7 D16
38 D19
37 S5 D16
36 D18
35 S3 D16
34 D17
33 S1 D16
32 D16
31 S15 D8
30 D15
29 S13 D8
28 D14
27 S11 D8
26 D13
25 S9 D8
24 D12
23 S7 D8
22 D11
21 S5 D8
20 D10
19 S3 D8
18 D9
17 S1 D8
16 D8
15 S7 D4
14 D7
13 S5 D4
12 D6
11 S3 D4
10 D5
9 S1 D4
8 D4
7 S3 D2
6 D3
5 S1 D2
4 D2
3 S1 D1
2 D1

The seven you cannot finish

Playing double out, these scores cannot be checked out with three darts at all. If a visit is going to leave you on one of them, leave something else instead.

The reason is arithmetic rather than difficulty. To finish you need a double, and the largest is the bull at 50. Take any of these seven, subtract every double available, and what is left cannot be made with the two darts you have. Playing straight out, four of them open up again, because the last dart no longer has to be a double.

What to leave yourself

The chart tells you the route. It does not tell you which route to want, and that is the part that wins legs.

32 is the number to aim for. Miss double 16 with a single and you are on 16, which is double 8. Miss that and you are on 8, then 4, then 2. Every miss still leaves you an even number and a dart at a double. That is why a player on 32 with three darts is in far better shape than the raw odds suggest.

40 comes up more often than anything else, so double 20 is the double you will throw most. It is worth practising even though it does not halve as kindly: a missed single 20 leaves 20, and a missed double 20 leaves 40 again.

Odd numbers are the ones to avoid. Leave 41 and your first dart has to make it even before you can start. That is why the routes here send you to an even leave wherever there is a choice.

How this chart is checked

Every route on this page is verified by the test suite rather than proofread. Each one has to add up to its own number, use three darts or fewer, and end on a valid finishing dart, and the build fails if any of them does not. A hand-typed chart with one wrong route in it is worse than no chart, because you only find out at the board.