In the 2008 World Championship, Fitton got beyond the first round for the first time since 2005 when he bossed his match against Davy Richardson, running out a 3-1 winner with a 94.86 average.
Darryl is known as a consistently high scorer, he once held the record for best average in a full, televised match.
He followed up with a 5-4 win over fourth seed Scott Waites before bowing out to his friend Tony O'Shea in a 6-4 defeat.
Fitton managed to retain some form later in the year by reaching his second Zuiderduin Masters final, where he narrowly lost to Scott Waites having had two darts to win.
He narrowly defeated Benito van de Pas 3-2 in the first round to secure his first win at Lakeside since 2009.
In 2015, Fitton hit a nine-dart finish in the Dutch Open final against Martin Adams, although he ended up losing the match.
In the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship, seeded seventh, Fitton was defeated 3-2 in the first round by Dennis Harbour.
Darryl Fitton's televised average of 114.15 was the world record until Phil Taylor broke it at the 2008 UK Open.