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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.

Every finish, highest first

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169 finishes shown.

  1. 170T20 T20 Bull
  2. 169cannot be finished on a double with three darts
  3. 168cannot be finished on a double with three darts
  4. 167T20 T19 Bull
  5. 166cannot be finished on a double with three darts
  6. 165cannot be finished on a double with three darts
  7. 164T20 T18 Bull
  8. 163cannot be finished on a double with three darts
  9. 162cannot be finished on a double with three darts
  10. 161T20 T17 Bull
  11. 160T20 T20 D20
  12. 159cannot be finished on a double with three darts
  13. 158T20 T20 D19
  14. 157T20 T19 D20
  15. 156T20 T20 D18
  16. 155T20 T19 D19
  17. 154T20 T18 D20
  18. 153T20 T19 D18
  19. 152T20 T20 D16
  20. 151T20 T17 D20
  21. 150T20 T18 D18
  22. 149T20 T19 D16
  23. 148T20 T16 D20
  24. 147T20 T17 D18
  25. 146T20 T18 D16
  26. 145T20 T15 D20
  27. 144T20 T20 D12
  28. 143T20 T17 D16
  29. 142T20 T14 D20
  30. 141T20 T19 D12
  31. 140T20 T20 D10
  32. 139T20 T13 D20
  33. 138T20 T18 D12
  34. 137T20 T19 D10
  35. 136T20 T20 D8
  36. 135T20 T17 D12
  37. 134T20 T14 D16
  38. 133T20 T19 D8
  39. 132T20 T16 D12
  40. 131T20 T13 D16
  41. 130T20 T18 D8
  42. 129T19 T16 D12
  43. 128T18 T14 D16
  44. 127T20 T17 D8
  45. 126T19 T19 D6
  46. 12525 T20 D20
  47. 124T20 T16 D8
  48. 123T19 T16 D9
  49. 122T18 T20 D4
  50. 121T20 T11 D14
  51. 120T20 S20 D20
  52. 119T19 T10 D16
  53. 118T20 S18 D20
  54. 117T20 S17 D20
  55. 116T20 S16 D20
  56. 115T20 S15 D20
  57. 114T20 S14 D20
  58. 113T20 S13 D20
  59. 112T20 S12 D20
  60. 111T20 S11 D20
  61. 110T20 S10 D20two darts: T20 Bull
  62. 109T20 S9 D20
  63. 108T20 S8 D20
  64. 107T19 S10 D20two darts: T19 Bull
  65. 106T20 S6 D20
  66. 105T20 S5 D20
  67. 104T18 S10 D20two darts: T18 Bull
  68. 103T19 S6 D20
  69. 102T20 S10 D16
  70. 101T17 S10 D20two darts: T17 Bull
  71. 100T20 D20
  72. 99T19 S10 D16
  73. 98T20 D19
  74. 97T19 D20
  75. 96T20 D18
  76. 95T19 D19
  77. 94T18 D20
  78. 93T19 D18
  79. 92T20 D16
  80. 91T17 D20
  81. 90T18 D18
  82. 89T19 D16
  83. 88T16 D20
  84. 87T17 D18
  85. 86T18 D16
  86. 85T15 D20
  87. 84T20 D12
  88. 83T17 D16
  89. 82T14 D20
  90. 81T19 D12
  91. 80T20 D10
  92. 79T13 D20
  93. 78T18 D12
  94. 77T19 D10
  95. 76T20 D8
  96. 75T17 D12
  97. 74T14 D16
  98. 73T19 D8
  99. 72T16 D12
  100. 71T13 D16
  101. 70T18 D8
  102. 69T19 D6
  103. 68T20 D4
  104. 67T17 D8
  105. 66T10 D18
  106. 65T19 D4
  107. 64T16 D8
  108. 63T13 D12
  109. 62T10 D16
  110. 61T15 D8
  111. 60S20 D20
  112. 59S19 D20
  113. 58S18 D20
  114. 57S17 D20
  115. 56S16 D20
  116. 55S15 D20
  117. 54S14 D20
  118. 53S13 D20
  119. 52S12 D20
  120. 51S11 D20
  121. 50S10 D20two darts: Bull
  122. 49S9 D20
  123. 48S8 D20
  124. 47S7 D20
  125. 46S6 D20
  126. 45S5 D20
  127. 44S4 D20
  128. 43S3 D20
  129. 42S10 D16
  130. 41S9 D16
  131. 40D20
  132. 39S7 D16
  133. 38D19
  134. 37S5 D16
  135. 36D18
  136. 35S3 D16
  137. 34D17
  138. 33S1 D16
  139. 32D16
  140. 31S15 D8
  141. 30D15
  142. 29S13 D8
  143. 28D14
  144. 27S11 D8
  145. 26D13
  146. 25S9 D8
  147. 24D12
  148. 23S7 D8
  149. 22D11
  150. 21S5 D8
  151. 20D10
  152. 19S3 D8
  153. 18D9
  154. 17S1 D8
  155. 16D8
  156. 15S7 D4
  157. 14D7
  158. 13S5 D4
  159. 12D6
  160. 11S3 D4
  161. 10D5
  162. 9S1 D4
  163. 8D4
  164. 7S3 D2
  165. 6D3
  166. 5S1 D2
  167. 4D2
  168. 3S1 D1
  169. 2D1

Every finish from 2 to 170. It works as a darts checkout calculator rather than a picture of a table: jump straight to the number you are on, filter by the darts actually in your hand, and copy a link to a finish if you want to send someone one.

The printable version

Every finish on one page, built from the same table as the chart above, so the two can never disagree. Save it, or put it on the wall by the board where a filter is no help to anybody.

A printable darts checkout chart listing every finish from 2 to 170 with its three-dart route, such as 170 as treble 20, treble 20, bullseye, and 100 as treble 20, double 20.

Knowing the route is half of it. Play a leg of 501 and the board offers the finish as it comes up, or read what a good three-dart average is, which is the question most people ask next.

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.

169 168 166 165 163 162 159

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.

Questions

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.