Kevin Doets has set a remarkable record during the most recent Pro Tour season. The up and coming Dutchman hit the maximum 180 score a total of 531 times across the both Players Championship and the European Tour in 2026, according to statistics from TheRedBit.

As a result, he is the first player to break the 500 maximums mark in a single ProTour season. The previous record belonged to Ross Smith, who had hit 180 a total of 481 times.

Doets recorded his 531 maximums across 49 tournaments. He hit 180 405 times at the 34 Players Championship events, and added another 126 maximums on the European Tour. That put him just ahead of compatriot Wessel Nijman.

Nijman finished second with 527 maximums. In fact, he hit 180 more often than Doets at the Players Championship events, recording 411 maximums to his compatriot’s 405. Doets, however, made the difference on the European Tour.

Four Dutchmen in the top five

The rest of the rankings also reflect the dominance of Dutch players. Chris Dobey was the highest-ranked non-Dutchman, finishing third with 473 maximums.

Dirk van Duijvenbode took fourth place with 406 maximums, followed by Niels Zonneveld on 389. That meant four Dutchmen finished in the top five. Former record-holder Ross Smith hit 360 maximums this season, sharing sixth place with Luke Woodhouse.

Dutch players also featured prominently further down the rankings. Jermaine Wattimena finished ninth with 315 maximums, while Danny Noppert completed the top ten with 312.

In total, six of the ten players with the most maximums were Dutch. Kim Huybrechts was the highest-ranked Belgian, taking eighth place with 335 maximums.

One notable statistic is that Dobey averaged 0.359 maximums per leg played. That was slightly higher than Doets’s average of 0.357, despite the sizeable difference in their total number of maximums.