Darts Checkout Chart: Double-Out Finishes from 170 to 2

In darts 501 or 301 you must finish on a double (the outer ring, or the bullseye). That finish is a checkout. This chart gives a standard three-dart route for every score from 170 down to 2, and explains the numbers that cannot be finished in three darts.

How to read the chart

• S = single, D = double, T = treble. So T20 is treble 20 (60 points) and D16 is double 16 (32 points).
• Bull = the bullseye, worth 50 and counted as a double. 25 = the outer bull.
• Routes are listed in the order you throw them. The last dart is always a double.
• If a score can be done in one or two darts, the chart shows that shorter route.
• The highest checkout is 170: T20, T20, Bull.

These are standard, widely used routes. Many scores have more than one valid finish; players pick routes based on the double they hit best, and on what a miss leaves them.

Full checkout chart

170 to 101

100 to 61

60 to 2

Bogey numbers: no three-dart checkout

Seven scores at or below 170 cannot be checked out in three darts under double-out rules:

169, 168, 166, 165, 163, 162 and 159

Every other score from 2 to 170 can be finished with three darts. (Anything above 170 can’t be checked out at all, because the most you can score in three darts and still finish on a double is T20, T20, Bull.)

What to do on a bogey number

You can’t finish in this visit, so use it to set up a finish for the next one. Aim to leave a score you can check out in two darts, ideally with a double you like.

For example, from 168 you could throw T20, T20, leaving 48 (S16, then D16).

Rules of thumb:

• Avoid leaving an odd number, because you then need a single first to get back onto a double.
• Avoid leaving 1. You can’t finish from 1 under double-out, so a dart that would take you to 1 is a bust.
• Prefer leaving D16 (32), D20 (40) or D8 (16). They halve cleanly if you miss, so you get another try.

Straight-out versus double-out

This chart is for double-out, the standard in pubs and the pro tour. Many casual games use straight-out, where any dart that takes you to exactly zero wins. In straight-out, the highest finish is 180 (three treble 20s).

Finishing with fewer darts

• One dart: any double (even numbers from 2 to 40) or the bullseye (50).
• Two darts: a single, double or treble, then a double. The highest two-dart finish is 110 (T20, Bull). The only checkouts above 100 that fit in two darts are 101, 104, 107 and 110.
• Three darts: everything from 2 to 170 except the seven bogey numbers.

Scoring app that does the checkout math