The official home of sanctioned Popdarts
Sanctioned. Ranked.
Televised.
One $25,000 National Championship on ESPN2. It all starts with a league night near you. Become an APL member today.
Use the same email you’ll use in the Scoreholio app.
New to the APL
How to Get Started
Four steps from never having thrown to your name on the national board. You need a membership to play a sanctioned night, and free Bronze counts, so nothing here costs anything to begin.
Step 1. Build your free Scoreholio player profile
Every APL result is scored in the free Scoreholio app, and the sign-up below creates that player account for you. Set your display name to your real first and last name: that is the name the national rankings are published under.
Use the same email you’ll use in the Scoreholio app.
Create your free profile ↗
Step 2. Pick a membership
You have to be a member to play a sanctioned night, and free Bronze counts. Official rankings and sanctioned tournaments start at Silver ($30/season); Gold is $60/season and Legacy is a one-time $300. You can upgrade at any point in the season.
Compare the four tiers →
Step 3. Find a league near you
The club map shows every venue with a sanctioned night on the calendar. You do not need a team and you do not need an invite, turn up as a guest. Nothing nearby? Venues start new clubs every month.
Find a league near me →Start a league →- VirtualLeague NightEvery Tuesday · online
Step 4. Join the next Virtual League Night
Every Tuesday, hosted by Luke Stutzman, play and meet other throwers with no local league required. You have to be a member to join, so do step 2 first; free Bronze counts.
Join Virtual League Night ↗
Nothing to pay to get started. A membership is required to play a sanctioned night, and Bronze is free: Silver ($30/season) is where official rankings and sanctioned tournaments begin. Want the longer version? Read the full new-player guide.
The stage
2026, by the numbers
The American Popdarts League is an entertainment sport built for television, backyard-simple to understand, impossible to look away from, and engineered from day one for the broadcast era. In a single season the APL went from a brand-new format to a national broadcast property carried across the ESPN networks, with outlier organic reach and a devoted, fast-growing audience.
783M+
verified social views · 2026, through Sept 1
392M+
National Championship
265M+
West Coast Wild Card · Area 15
40+
national re-airs, and counting
Verified views on Popdarts and APL owned channels, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, through Sept 1, 2026. The APL-channel figure is a year-to-date total and is not broken out by event. Figures exclude ESPN main-channel clips, Barstool and other external reposts, shares and viral clips, so real totals run higher.
Next on TVHow to watch ›
- As seen on
- ESPN2
- ESPN+
- ESPN News
- ESPN8: The Ocho
- SportsCenter Top 10
- Barstool
Our ESPN contract covered four national broadcasts in 2025-26, and 40+ national re-airs run mostly on ESPN News and ESPN8: The Ocho, with a $25,000 prize pool on the line at the National Championship, live on ESPN2.
Colton Davis
Back-to-back · $25,000 purse · live on ESPN2
Colton Davis is the reigning Popdarts National Champion, back-to-back at ESPN Wide World of Sports. The 2026 National Championship carried a $25,000 prize pool and aired live on ESPN2, the last night of a season that starts on a league night in a bar, a garage or an axe-throwing venue near you.
Faces of the league
Meet the top throwers
The current top 10 of 319 ranked throwers in the 2026-27 Season, club, points, eligible events and Season Player Rating, straight off the Scoreholio board.
- National rank #1
Jeff Savage
Green Mountain Popdarts · VT500Points1Events59.1SPR - National rank #2
Shane Shepard
Massachusetts Popdarts · MA450Points1Events59.0SPR - National rank #3
Zachary Conlogue
Maine Popdart Gang · Other425Points1Events63.1SPR - National rank #4
Tyler Flynn
Club Name Not Set · OH400Points1Events53.1SPR - National rank #5
Henry Hilton
Maine Popdart Gang · Northeast Region350Points1Events54.0SPR - National rank #5
Jordan Hoyt
Maine Popdart Gang · Other350Points1Events55.6SPR - National rank #7
Ericka Conlogue
Maine Popdart Gang · Other300Points1Events53.0SPR - National rank #7
Joe Handy
American Popdarts League · Other300Points1Events55.5SPR - National rank #9
Eitan Goldmeer
Handy Bladeworks Popdarts · Northeast Region250Points1Events49.2SPR - National rank #9
Rebeka Raven
Handy Bladeworks Popdarts · Northeast Region250Points1Events49.9SPR
Stats as of Sep 4, 2026 · powered by Scoreholio
The board
Season standings
The top of the 2026-27 Season national rankings, live on this site rather than a link out. The full board is sortable by state, club and division.
RankPlayerPointsEventsSPR
1Jeff SavageGreen Mountain Popdarts · VT500159.12Shane ShepardMassachusetts Popdarts · MA450159.03Zachary ConlogueMaine Popdart Gang · ME425163.14Tyler FlynnClub Name Not Set · OH400153.15Henry HiltonMaine Popdart Gang · ME350154.05Jordan HoytMaine Popdart Gang · ME350155.67Ericka ConlogueMaine Popdart Gang · ME300153.07Joe HandyAmerican Popdarts League · NY300155.59Eitan GoldmeerHandy Bladeworks Popdarts · NY250149.29Rebeka RavenHandy Bladeworks Popdarts · NH250149.9On the calendar
Future Events
The events that define the season, plus every league night in between.
Registration on ScoreholioDEC 5, 2026Lone Star State Dallas Regional Tournament
APL · 2026-27 SeasonA sanctioned APL event: results post to the national rankings, and every player who throws is on the board the same night. Registration and check-in run through Scoreholio.Register on Scoreholio ↗Bedford, TXDate TBA2027 Popdarts National Championship
APL · 2026-27 SeasonA sanctioned APL event: results post to the national rankings, and every player who throws is on the board the same night. Registration and check-in run through Scoreholio.See the full calendarThe 2026–27 season runs Aug 29, 2026 – Jul 31, 2027 per the official season announcement.
Watch
The Nationals, on ESPN
Colton Davis went back-to-back at ESPN Wide World of Sports. Relive both title runs, then catch the full broadcasts and the Wild Cards on our channel.
2026 National Championship, 5-minute recap
ESPN2 · Aug 7, 2026
2025 National Championship, 5-minute recap
ESPN · 2025 · 100M+ views
National Championship highlight reel
ESPN · 2025
From the league office
Recent APL news
Championship results, season dates and how the ranking works, sourced from the league’s own calendar and standings.
The 2025-26 board closes September 29, and the 2026–27 League Rules are out
Scoreholio’s season runs to September 29. APL’s published 2026–27 rules set the new season window and a four-quarter structure.
APL Staff · Read →How the national ranking works
Sanctioned events, membership tiers, points and SPR, in plain English.
APL Staff · Read →Colton Davis goes back-to-back at the 2026 National Championship
The $25,000 title decided live on ESPN2 at ESPN Wide World of Sports, Orlando, FL.
APL Staff · Read →Official gear
Shop the league
The APL league table and the Popdarts sets every sanctioned event is played with. Checkout runs on the league’s own store.
Coverage
Where to watch and follow
The National Championship and the Wild Cards air on ESPN2 and ESPN+. Everything else happens on the league’s own channels.
Find your league
League nights near you
The map shows every venue with a sanctioned night on the 2026-27 Season calendar, 3 venues in 2 states right now, and it fills in as organizers add their nights. The full club directory, 52 clubs across 25 states plus England and Ontario, is on Clubs & Organizers. 3 venues with an upcoming league night · 31 clubs with ranked players.
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Membership
Get ranked. Get rewarded.
A free Bronze account plays league nights, Silver and above gets officially ranked and enters sanctioned tournaments.
