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| Michael Unterbuchner | |||||
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| Personal information | |||||
| Nickname | "T-Rex" | ||||
| Born | (1988-05-23)23 May 1988 (age 37) Munich,West Germany | ||||
| Home town | Landsberg am Lech,Germany | ||||
| Darts information | |||||
| Playing darts since | 2004 | ||||
| Darts | 23g One80 Signature | ||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||
| Walk-on music | "Bangarang" bySkrillex | ||||
| Organisation (seesplit in darts) | |||||
| BDO | 2015–2020 | ||||
| PDC | 2020–2022 (Tour Card: 2021–2022) | ||||
| WDF | 2015–2020, 2023– | ||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 141 (23 November 2025)[1] | ||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||
| World Championship | Semi-final:2018,2019 | ||||
| World Masters | Last 16:2018 | ||||
| World Trophy | Runner-up:2018 | ||||
| Finder Masters | Last 24:2017,2018 | ||||
| Dutch Open | Last 64:2023 | ||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||
| Grand Slam | Quarter-final:2018 | ||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||
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Michael Unterbuchner (born 23 May 1988) is a German professionaldarts player who competes inWorld Darts Federation (WDF) andProfessional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He previously played inBritish Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments until it was dissolved in 2020, finishing as the runner-up at the2018 BDO World Trophy.
He reached the quarter-finals at the2018 Grand Slam of Darts and obtained aPDC Tour Card in 2021, but lost his Tour Card at the end of 2022.
He is a two-time world championship semi-finalist, having reached the last four at theBDO World Championship in2018 and2019.
In 2017, Unterbuchner reached the last 48 of theWorld Masters. He qualified for the2018 BDO World Darts Championship as one of the Playoff Qualifiers and playedDavid Cameron in the preliminary round, winning 3–2. Unterbuchner became the first German player to reach a semi-final at a World Championship, with wins overJamie Hughes 3–2 in the first round,Martin Phillips 4–2 in the second round,[2] andRichard Veenstra 5–4 in the quarter-finals.[3] Unterbuchner playedMark McGeeney in the semi-finals where he lost 6–4 insets.
He reached the final of the2018 BDO World Trophy but lost toGlen Durrant, 10–7 inlegs. During the 2018 season, he was the first German to be ranked number one in theWorld Darts Federation world rankings.
In 2020, Unterbuchner attended thePDC European Qualifying School, but was unable to get aPDC Tour Card. He qualified for twoPDC European Tour events, but lost 6–4 in the first round on both occasions.
Unterbuchner also participated in the GermanSuper League Darts 2020 [de] where he made the semi-finals before losing 9–3 toDragutin Horvat.
Unterbuchner won a Tour Card for the first time at thePDC Q-School in February 2021.[4] However, he earned only £4,000 in ranking money during his two years on thePDC Pro Tour and lost his Tour Card.
After losing his card he returned to competing inWorld Darts Federation events, reaching the last 64 at the2023 Dutch Open.[5]
In 2024, Unterbuchner participated in the2024 PDC Challenge Tour series and reached his first final atChallenge Tour 11.[6]
In February 2025, he qualified for threePDC European Tour events through the Host Nation Qualifiers.[7][8] He reached the final ofChallenge Tour 9 and20.[9][10]
| Legend |
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| BDO World Trophy (0–1) |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score[N 1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 2018 | World Trophy |  Glen Durrant | 7–10 (l) |
BDO
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDO Ranked televised events | |||||||||
| BDO World Championship | DNP | SF | SF | 2R | |||||
| BDO World Trophy | DNQ | RU | 1R | NH | |||||
| World Masters | 4R | 6R | DNQ | NH | |||||
| Finder Darts Masters | RR | RR | NH | ||||||
WDF
| Tournament | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| WDF Major/platinum events | ||
| WDF World Masters | DNQ | 2R |
| Dutch Open | 7R | DNQ |
PDC
| Tournament | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|
| PDC Televised events | ||
| Grand Slam of Darts | QF | |
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | BDC DNQ | GDC DNQ | EDG 1R | IDO 1R | ||||||||||
| 2024 | BDO DNQ | GDG 1R | IDO 2R | Did not qualify | ||||||||||
| 2025 | BDO DNP | EDT 1R | IDO DNQ | GDG 1R | ADO DNQ | EDG 1R | Did not qualify | |||||||
PDC 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | BOL 3R | BOL 1R | BOL 1R | BOL 1R | DNP | NIE 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 1R | Did not participate | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Did not participate | NIE 1R | NIE DNP | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | DNP | NIE 2R | NIE 1R | Did not participate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025[nb 1] | Did not participate | HIL 2R | HIL QF | LEI | LEI | LEI | WIG | WIG | WIG | WIG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. | Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round | DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||