Best sportsman in the world in my lifetime (and as long as darts is recognised as a sport then thats what he is)

He will never get the recognition because the sport is darts but has any other sportsman EVER achieved what he has and continued to raise the bar 20 years later ??

He is still consistent - more so than any one else in the field - but now very capable of having a bad night when things not going his way as he puts pressure on himself