Darts Checkout Chart: Every Finish From 2 to 170 (Printable Double-Out Guide)

Guide · Keltek AI · Last reviewed June 2026

If you have a number left, say 96 or 121, and you want the route that finishes it on a double, scroll to the chart below and find your total. The combination next to it is the conventional finish that most players, leagues and broadcasters use. After the chart, this guide explains why each route is the standard one, which scores cannot be checked out at all, and the simple logic behind setting up the double you want.

How to read the chart

The notation is the universal darts shorthand:

• S20 is a single 20 (the large segment), worth 20.
• D20 is a double 20, the thin outer ring, worth 40. D16 is 32, and so on.
• T20 is a treble 20, the thin inner ring, worth 60. The treble is what builds big finishes.
• Bull is the 50 (the red centre), which counts as a double and can finish a leg. The outer 25 bull is a single and cannot finish.

Read each route left to right as the order you throw. The last entry is always a double or the bull, so the route legally closes the leg under the double-out rule used by the PDC and the World Darts Federation. Where a number has more than one sensible finish, the chart shows the one that is most widely taught and that leaves a comfortable double.

The full checkout chart: 2 to 170

This is the complete reference. Totals 2 to 40 that are even are simply a single double; the combinations get more interesting above 40, and the high finishes (100+) almost always start with a treble 20.

Why these are the conventional routes

Most totals have several mathematically valid finishes, so why does the chart pick the one it does? Three rules of thumb decide the standard route, and they are the same rules the app's checkout finder applies.

1. Start with the biggest scoring dart that keeps a clean double

For finishes above 60, the first dart is almost always T20 (60), because reducing the number quickly leaves a simple two-dart out. For 96, T20 leaves 36, which is D18. For 100, T20 leaves 40, which is D20. The treble 20 is the engine of nearly every high checkout, which is why so many routes in the chart begin the same way.

2. End on a popular, even double

A finish is only as good as the double it leaves. The chart steers toward the doubles players practise most (D20, D18, D16) and toward even numbers, because an even remainder splits cleanly if you miss. This is why 96 is shown as T20 D18 rather than, say, T16 D24: D18 is a friendlier finishing double than D24 for most players. The classic example is D16: miss it into the single and you are left on 16, then 8, then 4, always landing back on a double.

3. Keep the route as few darts as possible

The conventional finish uses the fewest darts available. Every total from 2 to 170 that can be checked out is shown as a two-dart or three-dart out, because that is the most darts you have in a single turn. Where a two-dart finish exists (such as 96, 100 or 110), the chart shows it, since the fewer darts a route needs, the more often you will hit it.

The bogey numbers: scores you cannot check out

Seven scores between 2 and 170 cannot be finished in a single three-dart turn, no matter how you throw. These are the bogey numbers: 169, 168, 166, 165, 163, 162 and 159. There is no combination of three darts that both reaches these totals and ends on a double. The number 1 is also unfinishable, since the smallest double is D1 (worth 2), which is why leaving yourself on 1 always busts the turn.

If you are left on a bogey number, do not chase it. Throw a scoring dart to bring yourself down to a clean finish: from 159, for example, a T19 (57) leaves 102, a comfortable three-dart out. Knowing the bogey numbers is part of why the highest "real" checkouts you see on television, 170, 167, 164, 161 and 160, skip over the gaps in between.

Worked examples: the two numbers people search most

96 left

Throw T20 for 60, which leaves 36. Then D18 finishes it. Two darts, ends on a popular double. If you miss the treble and hit a single 20 (leaving 76), you still have a dart in hand to throw T20 again or set up a double for next visit.

121 left

Throw T20 (60) to leave 61, then T11 (33) to leave 28, then D14. Three darts. The reason this is the standard 121 route is that it leaves D14, an even double, rather than stranding you on an odd number that needs a splitting dart.

From a static chart to your number, live

A checkout chart is the right thing to learn from. But there is an honest limit to a printed page: it is static. The chart does not know what you have left, so in the middle of a leg you are doing two jobs at once, keeping the running subtraction in your head and then scanning a table for the row that matches. Under match pressure, that is exactly when finishes get missed, not because the double was hard, but because the route was wrong or the count slipped.

Darts Scorekeeper closes that gap. It reads your remaining score after every turn and shows the checkout route the instant you need it, always ending on a double, and where several routes exist it leans toward the comfortable one, the same logic behind the chart above. The finishes it suggests are the conventional double-out routes, including 170 as T20, T20, Bull, so you never scan a table mid-leg. Its Checkout Trainer also drills random finishes from 41 to 170, turning the chart into muscle memory rather than something you read off a wall.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the highest checkout in darts?

170 is the highest possible three-dart checkout, thrown as T20, T20, then the 50 bull (the bull counts as a double for finishing). No score above 170 can be checked out in a single turn, because the most you can throw while ending on a double is 60 plus 60 plus 50.

What are the bogey numbers in darts?

The bogey numbers are scores that cannot be checked out in three darts at all: 169, 168, 166, 165, 163, 162 and 159. If you are left on one, score down to a finishable number instead of attempting a checkout. The number 1 is also unfinishable, since the smallest double is D1, worth 2.

How do you check out 96 in darts?

The standard route is T20 (60) then D18 (36). It is a clean two-dart out that ends on a popular double. Some players use T16 then D24, but T20, D18 is the conventional finish on most checkout charts.

How do you check out 121 in darts?

The common route is T20 (60), T11 (33), D14 (28). It is chosen because it leaves D14, an even double, rather than an odd remainder that would force a splitting dart first.

Is a printed checkout chart enough to improve at darts?

A printed chart is great for learning the standard routes, but it is static: mid-leg you still keep the count in your head and then hunt for your number. A scorekeeper app reads your remaining score after every turn and shows the route instantly, always ending on a double, so you never scan a table under pressure.

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Sources: Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), World Darts Federation (WDF), the Darts Regulation Authority (DRA) rule book that governs PDC tournament play, and the standard darts checkout table.