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Luke Humphries

Luke Humphries
MBE
Humphries in April 2025
Personal information
Nickname"Cool Hand Luke"
Born (1995-02-11) 11 February 1995 (age 30)
Reading, Berkshire, England
Home townCrewe, Cheshire, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2010
Darts22g Red Dragon Signature
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music“I Predict a Riot” by Kaiser Chiefs
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2011–
(Tour Card: 2018–)
Current world ranking(PDC) 1 Steady (30 July 2025)[1]
PDC premier events – best performances
World ChampionshipWinner (1): 2024
World MatchplayWinner (1): 2024
World Grand PrixWinner (1): 2023
UK OpenRunner-up: 2021, 2024
Grand SlamWinner (1): 2023
European ChampionshipQuarter-final: 2022, 2023, 2024
Premier LeagueWinner (1): 2025
PC FinalsWinner (2): 2023, 2024
MastersWinner (1): 2025
World Series FinalsSemi-final: 2023
Other tournament wins
PDC World Cup of Darts (team event)2024
PDC Home Tour Event 2 2020

European Tour Events (x7)

Czech Darts Open 2022, 2024
European Darts Grand Prix 2022
European Darts Matchplay 2022, 2023
German Darts Grand Prix 2022, 2024

Players Championships (x4)

2022, 2023 (x2), 2024

World Series of Darts (x2)

New Zealand Darts Masters 2024
US Darts Masters 2025

Youth Events

World Youth Championship2019
Development Tour (x11)2017 (x5), 2018 (x3), 2019 (x3)

Challenge Tour

2017

Luke Humphries (born 11 February 1995) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number one. Nicknamed "Cool Hand Luke" in reference to the 1967 film, he is a former PDC World Champion, having won the 2024 World Championship. He is the reigning Premier League, Players Championship Finals and World Masters champion. He also won the World Matchplay in 2024.

In his youth career, Humphries won the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship and eleven PDC Development Tours, making him one of the most successful players in the history of the PDC's youth system.[2] A back-to-back PDC World Championship quarter-finalist in 2019 and 2020, he won four European Tour titles on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour before winning his first major title at the 2023 World Grand Prix. He won his first world title at the 2024 World Championship, defeating Luke Littler 7–4 in the final. Humphries has won eight PDC major singles titles, placing him joint-fourth in the all-time list. He also won the 2024 World Cup of Darts for England, partnering Michael Smith. Humphries has won a total of 23 PDC titles in his professional career.

Early life

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Luke Humphries was born on 11 February 1995 in Reading and grew up in West Berkshire,[3][4][5] later moving to Crewe in Cheshire.[6] He is of Irish descent through his maternal grandfather.[7]

His father, a fan of football club Leeds United, named him Luke as an acronym for "Leeds United, Kings of Europe".[8] His father also played county darts for Berkshire, which prompted a young Humphries to want to follow in his footsteps.[9]

Career

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2017–2018

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Humphries won five PDC Development Tour titles in 2017, finishing top of the Development Tour Order of Merit. As a result of this, he qualified for the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship and received a PDC Tour Card for the 2018 and 2019 seasons.[10] He also won a PDC Challenge Tour title in Event 12, defeating Andy Smith 5–4 in the final.[11] At the 2018 World Championship, he lost 2–0 to Jeff Smith in the preliminary round.[12] He added another three titles to his name during the 2018 Development Tour,[13] topping the Order of Merit once again.[14]

2019: World Youth champion

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At the 2019 World Championship, Humphries had his breakthrough event on television, beating Adam Hunt, Stephen Bunting, Dimitri Van den Bergh, and defending champion Rob Cross,[15] before eventually losing to Michael Smith in the quarter-finals.[16]

Following Gary Anderson's withdrawal from the 2019 Premier League, Humphries was selected as one of nine 'contenders' to replace him.[17] He played a one-off match against Gerwyn Price on night four in Exeter, which ended in a 6–6 draw.[18]

At the age of 24, Humphries won the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship, where he beat Adam Gawlas 6–0 in the final.[19]

2020–2021: First major final

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In the 2020 World Championship, Humphries once again reached the quarter-finals before losing 5–3 to eventual champion Peter Wright.[20] Humphries was once again selected for the Premier League, this time under the tag of 'challenger'. He faced Gary Anderson in Exeter and became the first challenger to win their game.[21][22] Humphries was the winner of PDC Home Tour 2 after winning five of his six Championship Group matches, beating Jonny Clayton based on leg difference.[23]

In the 2021 World Championship, Humphries suffered a shock 3–2 first-round defeat to 66-year-old Paul Lim.[24] He made his first major televised final at the 2021 UK Open in March 2021. His run to the final saw him claim wins over Dave Chisnall in the quarter-finals and then-reigning champion Michael van Gerwen in the semi-finals. He was defeated 11–5 by James Wade in the final.[25]

2022: European Tour wins

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In the 2022 World Championship, Humphries reached his third quarter-final in four years before losing 5–2 to Gary Anderson.[26] He won his maiden PDC ranking title in the opening Players Championship event of the year, defeating Ryan Searle 8–4 in the final.[27]

Humphries reached his first PDC European Tour final at the German Darts Grand Prix by beating Jeffrey de Zwaan,[28] Michael Smith and Wesley Plaisier before a 7–0 whitewash against Michael van Gerwen in the semi-finals. He beat Martin Lukeman 8–2 in the final.[29] He then won back-to-back titles at the Czech Darts Open and the European Darts Grand Prix before adding an 8–7 win against Rowby-John Rodriguez in the final of the 2022 European Darts Matchplay, ending the year with four European Tour titles.[30]

His year culminated with back-to-back major semi-finals at the Grand Slam and Players Championship Finals, being eliminated by Nathan Aspinall and Michael van Gerwen respectively.[31][32]

2023: First major titles

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In the 2023 World Championship, Humphries reached the fourth round before losing 4–1 to Stephen Bunting.[33] He won a European Tour title and two Players Championship titles on the 2023 PDC Pro Tour. Humphries retained the European Darts Matchplay, surviving four match darts from Dirk van Duijvenbode to prevail 8–7 in a deciding leg.[34] Over a week later, he defeated Dave Chisnall 8–7 to win Players Championship 15.[35] He then defeated Kevin Doets 8–6 in the final of Players Championship 20.[36]

In October, Humphries won his first major title at the 2023 World Grand Prix, defeating tournament favourite Gerwyn Price 5–2 in the final.[37] The £120,000 prize money earned through this victory saw him move into a career-high fourth in the PDC Order of Merit.[38] He won his second major televised title 42 days later at the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts, defeating Rob Cross 16–8 in the final with a three-dart average of 104.69.[39] Humphries won his third televised title at the 2023 Players Championship Finals. He came back from 9–5 down to defeat Michael van Gerwen 11–9 in a match where van Gerwen hit a nine-dart finish but missed eight darts at doubles in the 19th leg to set up a deciding leg, before Humphries won the match on double 1.[40]

2024: World champion

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Humphries (left) playing darts with Rishi Sunak, then-UK Prime Minister

Humphries entered the 2024 World Championship with many considering him the favourite to win the tournament.[41][42] He won his opening match against Lee Evans 3–0.[43] In the third round, he recovered from 3–1 down to beat Ricardo Pietreczko 4–3.[44] He then got through a sudden death leg against Joe Cullen to advance to the quarter-finals.[45] Humphries achieved wins against Dave Chisnall and Scott Williams to reach the final.[46] On 3 January 2024, Humphries won the World Championship by winning five sets in a row to defeat 16-year-old Luke Littler 7–4 in the final, earning the £500,000 top prize and becoming the new world number one on the PDC Order of Merit.[47][48] Following his victory, he was invited to meet Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Downing Street.[49]

In March, Humphries reached the final of the UK Open for the second time. He missed two match darts to win the title in an 11–10 loss to Dimitri Van den Bergh.[50][51] Competing in a full Premier League Darts season for the first time,[52] he lost his debut match 6–2 to Luke Littler on night one in Cardiff.[53] Humphries won his first Premier League night on night six with wins over Gerwyn Price, Rob Cross and Michael Smith.[54] He achieved a streak of three consecutive nightly wins with further victories on nights seven and eight.[55][56] He secured a fourth nightly win on night 15 in Leeds.[57] He announced that he would raffle off his match-worn shirt from night 15 and donate the proceeds to the Rob Burrow Foundation, a charity for motor neurone disease.[58] After sixteen nights, Humphries finished second in the Premier League table behind Littler. He was matched up against third-placed Michael van Gerwen in the semi-finals of the play-offs.[59] He won the semi-final 10–5 to advance to the final, which he lost 11–7 to Littler.[60][61]

Humphries (right) with Michael Smith after their win in the 2024 PDC World Cup of Darts

Humphries won his first European Tour title of the season at the German Darts Grand Prix, winning 8–1 against Michael van Gerwen in the final with an average of 112.66—the second highest average in a European Tour final.[62] He represented England for the first time in the World Cup of Darts in June, partnering Michael Smith.[63] The pair became the first English team to win the tournament since 2016, defeating Austria 10–6 in the final.[64] In July, he won the World Matchplay, beating Michael van Gerwen 18–15 in the final. This made him the fourth player after Phil Taylor, Van Gerwen and Peter Wright to win the World Championship and the World Matchplay within the same year.[65][66] In August, Humphries won his first World Series of Darts title, defeating Damon Heta 8–2 to win the New Zealand Darts Masters.[67]

In October, Humphries started his defence of the World Grand Prix after his victory over Gerwyn Price in the 2023 final. After an impressive comeback from 1–0 down in sets and 2–0 down in legs in the second set against Stephen Bunting in the first round,[68] he was able to reach the final for a second consecutive year. However, he lost 6–4 to outsider Mike De Decker.[69] Humphries added two more Pro Tour titles during the month, with an 8–7 win over Bunting in the final at Players Championship 26 and an 8–1 win over Kim Huybrechts in the final of the Czech Darts Open.[70][71] In November, following elimination in the group stage of the Grand Slam,[72] Humphries retained the Players Championship Finals, defeating Luke Littler 11–7 in the final.[73][74]

2025: Premier League champion

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Humphries on night nine of the 2025 Premier League

At the 2025 World Championship, Humphries began his title defence with a 3–0 whitewash win over Thibault Tricole,[75] followed by a 4–0 victory against Nick Kenny,[76] setting up a fourth round tie against Peter Wright. In the lead-up to the match, much attention was brought to what Humphries and Wright had to say about each other in their respective post-match interviews. Wright stated that he was ready to upset tournament favourites Humphries and Luke Littler, claiming that he could compete with and be better than them despite calls for him to retire. Humphries responded after his win against Nick Kenny, accusing Wright of "mind games" and adding that he was "one world title away from almost matching his career".[77][78] In their match, Humphries levelled the contest at 1–1 before dropping the next three sets to lose to Wright 4–1, ending his tenure as world champion.[79]

In February, he won the PDC World Masters, defeating Jonny Clayton 6–5 to win his seventh major title.[80] He followed that up by winning the opening night of the 2025 Premier League with a 6–1 victory over Chris Dobey in the night's final.[81] He secured his second nightly win on night four by claiming his first Premier League victory over Luke Littler, defeating him 6–4 in their seventh meeting.[82] He achieved his first televised nine-dart finish in his 6–4 loss to Rob Cross on night five.[83][84] After a third nightly win in Leeds on night 14,[85] he ended the league stage on 34 points, finishing second in the table and qualifying for the play-offs.[86] On Finals Night on 29 May, he defeated Nathan Aspinall 10–7 in the semi-finals to set up a tie with Luke Littler in the final – a rematch of the previous year's final. Humphries avenged his 2024 loss by beating Littler 11–8 to win his first Premier League title. This made him the fourth player to win the PDC Triple Crown (Premier League, World Championship and World Matchplay) after Gary Anderson, Phil Taylor and Michael van Gerwen.[87] He was partnered by Littler for the first time at the World Cup of Darts and the England duo were considered favourites to win the title, but they were defeated 8–4 by Martin Schindler and Ricardo Pietreczko of Germany in the second round.[88]

Humphries won his second World Series title at the US Darts Masters, defeating Nathan Aspinall 8–6 in the final.[89] In his defence of the World Matchplay, he lost 10–8 to Gian van Veen in the first round.[90]

Personal life

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Like his father, Humphries is a fan of football club Leeds United.[91] He paraded his World Championship trophy at Elland Road during half-time of the club's match against Preston North End in January 2024.[92] He uses Kaiser Chiefs's "I Predict a Riot" as his walk-on song, having previously used "Cake by the Ocean" by DNCE, due to the song's connection to Leeds United.[93][94]

During a match at the 2019 German Darts Open, Humphries suffered an anxiety attack. He considered quitting the sport as a result.[95] He began a weight loss journey in 2021 in order to improve his fitness and stamina, which led to him losing four stone (56 pounds). He attributes his success in darts to his loss in weight, claiming that it has made him a stronger person and that he no longer runs out of energy during longer days of play.[96][97]

Humphries lives in Crewe with his fiancée Kayley, his stepdaughter and son; their son was born in October 2022.[6][98][99] On 30 May 2024, whilst in New York for the 2024 US Darts Masters, Humphries proposed to his partner on the top floor of The Edge.[100]

Humphries previously worked as a roofer, retiring in 2018 to pursue darts full-time.[97] In June 2025, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2025 Birthday Honours for services to darts.[101][102]

World Championship results

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PDC

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Career finals

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PDC major finals: 12 (8 titles)

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Legend
World Championship (1–0)
World Matchplay (1–0)
UK Open (0–2)
Premier League (1–1)
World Grand Prix (1–1)
Grand Slam (1–0)
Players Championship Finals (2–0)
World Masters (1–0)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score[N 1]
Runner-up 1. 2021 UK Open England James Wade 5–11 (l)
Winner 1. 2023 World Grand Prix (1) Wales Gerwyn Price 5–2 (s)
Winner 2. 2023 Grand Slam (1)  Rob Cross 16–8 (l)
Winner 3. 2023 Players Championship Finals (1)  Michael van Gerwen 11–9 (l)
Winner 4. 2024 World Championship (1) England Luke Littler 7–4 (s)
Runner-up 2. 2024 UK Open  Dimitri Van den Bergh 10–11 (l)
Runner-up 3. 2024 Premier League England Luke Littler 7–11 (l)
Winner 5. 2024 World Matchplay (1) Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 18–15 (l)
Runner-up 4. 2024 World Grand Prix Belgium Mike De Decker 4–6 (s)
Winner 6. 2024 Players Championship Finals (2)  Luke Littler 11–7 (l)
Winner 7. 2025 World Masters (1) Wales Jonny Clayton 6–5 (s)
Winner 8. 2025 Premier League England Luke Littler 11–8 (l)

PDC World Series finals: 3 (2 titles)

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Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2024 New Zealand Darts Masters Australia Damon Heta 8–2 (l)
Winner 2. 2025 US Darts Masters England Nathan Aspinall 8–6 (l)
Runner-up 1. 2025 New Zealand Darts Masters England Luke Littler 4–8 (l)

PDC team finals: 1 (1 title)

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Outcome No. Year Championship Team Teammate Opponents in the final Score[N 1]
Winner 1. 2024 World Cup of Darts  England Michael Smith  Austria – Mensur Suljović and Rowby-John Rodriguez 10–6 (l)
  1. ^ a b (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

Performance timeline

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PDC

Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship DNQ Prel. QF QF 1R QF 4R W 4R
World Masters[N 1] DNQ 2R 2R 2R W
UK Open DNQ 3R 3R 4R F 4R 6R F QF
World Matchplay DNQ 2R 1R SF W 1R
World Grand Prix DNQ 2R 1R W F
European Championship DNQ 2R QF QF QF
Grand Slam DNQ RR RR SF W RR
Players Championship Finals DNQ 1R 3R 3R SF W W
PDC Non-ranked televised events
Premier League DNP C C DNP F W
World Cup DNQ W 2R
World Series Finals DNQ SF QF
World Youth Championship 2R SF 2R W DNP
Career statistics
Season-end ranking NR NR 57 35 42 19 5 1 1
  1. ^ Before 2025 this was a non-ranked event.

PDC Premier League Darts

Contender Week 4
2019 EXE
D
Contender Week 5
2020 EXE
W
Legend: W Win D Draw
Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 F
2024 CAR
QF 		BER
SF 		GLA
F 		NEW
QF 		EXE
SF 		BRI
W 		NOT
W 		DUB
W 		BEL
QF 		MAN
QF 		BIR
SF 		ROT
SF 		LIV
QF 		ABD
SF 		LEE
W 		SHF
F 		LON
F
2025 BEL
W 		GLA
F 		DUB
SF 		EXE
W 		BRI
QF 		NOT
QF 		CAR
QF 		NEW
F 		GLA
SF 		MAN
F 		ROT
QF 		LIV
F 		BIR
QF 		LEE
W 		ABD
QF 		SHF
F 		LON
W

PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
2018 EDO
1R 		GDG
3R 		GDO
2R 		ADO
2R 		Did not qualify EDM
2R 		Did not qualify EDT
2R
2019 EDO
DNQ 		GDC
2R 		GDG
DNQ 		GDO
2R 		Did not qualify ADC
2R 		Did not qualify
2020 BDC
1R 		Did not qualify
2021 HDT
SF 		GDT
1R
2022 IDO
DNQ 		GDC
2R 		GDG
W 		ADO
2R 		EDO
SF 		CDO
W 		EDG
W 		DDC
WD 		EDM
W 		HDT
2R 		GDO
QF 		BDO
WD 		GDT
QF
2023 BSD
F 		EDO
WD 		IDO
WD 		GDG
QF 		ADO
2R 		DDC
F 		BDO
F 		CDO
QF 		EDG
F 		EDM
W 		GDO
3R 		HDT
F 		GDC
SF
2024 BDO
3R 		GDG
W 		IDO
3R 		EDG
QF 		ADO
WD 		BSD
F 		DDC
DNP 		EDO
2R 		GDC
DNP 		FDT
SF 		HDT
2R 		SDT
QF 		CDO
W
2025 BDO
2R 		EDT
QF 		IDO
SF 		GDG
WD 		ADO
DNP 		EDG
3R 		DDC
SF 		EDO
WD 		BSD
QF 		FDT
 CDO
 HDT
 SDT
 GDC

PDC World Series of Darts

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
2023 BAH
QF 		NOR
QF 		USA
SF 		POL
QF 		NSW
DNP 		NZE
DNP
2024 BAH
QF 		DUT
QF 		USA
SF 		NOR
SF 		POL
QF 		AUS
QF 		NZE
W
2025 BAH
SF 		DUT
1R 		NOR
QF 		USA
W 		POL
DNP 		AUS
QF 		NZE
F

PDC Players Championships

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
2018 BAR
1R 		BAR
3R 		BAR
2R 		BAR
1R 		MIL
1R 		MIL
1R 		BAR
1R 		BAR
3R 		WIG
1R 		WIG
1R 		MIL
1R 		MIL
1R 		WIG
2R 		WIG
1R 		BAR
1R 		BAR
1R 		BAR
1R 		BAR
2R 		DUB
1R 		DUB
1R 		BAR
2R 		BAR
SF
2019 WIG
2R 		WIG
2R 		WIG
1R 		WIG
2R 		BAR
1R 		BAR
1R 		WIG
2R 		WIG
1R 		BAR
2R 		BAR
2R 		BAR
3R 		BAR
2R 		BAR
2R 		BAR
1R 		BAR
DNP 		BAR
DNP 		WIG
QF 		WIG
3R 		BAR
2R 		BAR
3R 		HIL
4R 		HIL
2R 		BAR
4R 		BAR
1R 		BAR
4R 		BAR
DNP 		DUB
2R 		DUB
3R 		BAR
3R 		BAR
2R
2020 BAR
1R 		BAR
1R 		WIG
1R 		WIG
3R 		WIG
3R 		WIG
2R 		BAR
4R 		BAR
3R 		MIL
1R 		MIL
2R 		MIL
1R 		MIL
2R 		MIL
DNP 		NIE
2R 		NIE
1R 		NIE
QF 		NIE
3R 		NIE
2R 		COV
3R 		COV
1R 		COV
1R 		COV
1R 		COV
1R
2021 BOL
1R 		BOL
1R 		BOL
3R 		BOL
2R 		MIL
2R 		MIL
F 		MIL
3R 		MIL
3R 		NIE
F 		NIE
2R 		NIE
1R 		NIE
3R 		MIL
2R 		MIL
3R 		MIL
2R 		MIL
F 		COV
2R 		COV
2R 		COV
4R 		COV
1R 		BAR
4R 		BAR
1R 		BAR
QF 		BAR
1R 		BAR
3R 		BAR
1R 		BAR
2R 		BAR
1R 		BAR
2R 		BAR
4R
2022 BAR
W 		BAR
4R 		WIG
1R 		WIG
QF 		BAR
4R 		BAR
3R 		NIE
4R 		NIE
SF 		BAR
3R 		BAR
QF 		BAR
2R 		BAR
4R 		BAR
2R 		WIG
1R 		WIG
DNP 		NIE
QF 		NIE
3R 		BAR
QF 		BAR
SF 		BAR
4R 		BAR
2R 		BAR
QF 		BAR
1R 		BAR
F 		BAR
QF 		BAR
2R 		BAR
3R 		BAR
F 		BAR
1R 		BAR
DNP
2023 BAR
4R 		BAR
SF 		BAR
3R 		BAR
1R 		BAR
3R 		BAR
SF 		HIL
4R 		HIL
3R 		WIG
3R 		WIG
4R 		LEI
3R 		LEI
3R 		HIL
DNP 		HIL
DNP 		LEI
W 		LEI
1R 		HIL
DNP 		HIL
DNP 		BAR
1R 		BAR
W 		BAR
QF 		BAR
DNP 		BAR
F 		BAR
1R 		BAR
DNP 		BAR
SF 		BAR
3R 		DNP
2024 WIG
2R 		WIG
1R 		DNP LEI
3R 		LEI
F 		DNP MIL
4R 		MIL
4R 		MIL
SF 		DNP WIG
QF 		WIG
1R 		LEI
3R 		LEI
4R 		WIG
4R 		WIG
1R 		WIG
W 		WIG
4R 		WIG
2R 		LEI
DNP 		LEI
DNP
2025 WIG
SF 		DNP LEI
3R 		LEI
F 		DNP LEI
2R 		LEI
3R 		Did not participate HIL
 HIL
 LEI
 LEI
 LEI
 WIG
 WIG
 WIG
 WIG
Performance Table Legend
W Won the tournament F Finalist SF Semifinalist QF Quarterfinalist #R
RR
Prel. 		Lost in # round
Round-robin
Preliminary round 		DQ Disqualified
DNQ Did not qualify DNP Did not participate WD Withdrew NH Tournament not held NYF Not yet founded

Nine-dart finishes

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See also: Nine-dart finish
Luke Humphries's televised nine-dart finishes
Date Opponent Tournament Method Ref.
6 March 2025  Rob Cross 2025 Premier League Darts 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 [103]

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Sporting positions
Preceded by PDC World Number One
3 January 2024 – present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Awards
Preceded by PDC Player of the Year
2023 		Succeeded by