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Luke Humphries
Humphries in January 2024
Personal information
Nickname"Cool Hand Luke"
Born (1995-02-11) 11 February 1995 (age 29)
Newbury, Berkshire, England
Home townCrewe, Cheshire, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2010
Darts22g Red Dragon
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 (12 January 2025)[1]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipWinner (1): 2024
World MatchplayWinner (1): 2024
World Grand PrixWinner (1): 2023
UK OpenRunner Up: 2021, 2024
Grand SlamWinner (1): 2023
European Ch'shipQuarter Final: 2022, 2023, 2024
Premier LeagueRunner Up: 2024
PC FinalsWinner (2): 2023, 2024
MastersLast 16: 2022, 2023, 2024
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

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

Players Championships

Players Championship (BAR) 2022, 2023
Players Championship (LEI) 2023
Players Championship (WIG) 2024

World Series of Darts

New Zealand Darts Masters 2024

Youth Events

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

Challenge Tour

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. He is a former PDC World Champion, having won the 2024 World Championship, defeating Luke Littler in the final.

Nicknamed "Cool Hand Luke" in reference to the 1967 film, Humphries has won 18 senior PDC titles and is the reigning World Matchplay champion and back-to-back Players Championship Finals champion. Humphries has also won premier events at the 2023 World Grand Prix, the 2023 Grand Slam and the 2024 World Cup of Darts for England, partnering Michael Smith. He also won the 2024 New Zealand Darts Masters on the World Series of Darts. He was the runner-up in the UK Open, Premier League and World Grand Prix in 2024 as well as at the 2021 UK Open.

In his youth career, Humphries won eleven titles on the PDC Development Tour and was the 2019 World Youth Champion, making him one of the most successful players in the history of the PDC's youth system.

Early life

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Luke Humphries was born on 11 February 1995 in Newbury, Berkshire and grew up there, later moving to Crewe, Cheshire.[2][3][4] He is of Irish descent through his maternal grandfather.[5]

His father, a Leeds United FC fan, named him Luke as an acronym for "Leeds United, Kings of Europe". Humphries is also fan of the team.[6] His father also played county darts for Berkshire, which prompted a young Humphries to want to follow in his footsteps.[7]

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.[8] He also won a PDC Challenge Tour title in Event 12, defeating Andy Smith 5–4 in the final.[9] At the 2018 World Championship, he lost 2–0 to Jeff Smith in the preliminary round.[10] He added another three titles to his name during the 2018 Development Tour,[11] topping the Order of Merit once again.[12]

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,[13] before eventually losing to Michael Smith in the quarter-finals.[14]

Following Gary Anderson's withdrawal from the 2019 Premier League, Humphries was selected as one of nine 'contenders' to replace him.[15] He played a one-off match against Gerwyn Price on night four in Exeter, which ended in a 6–6 draw.[16]

At the age of 24, Humphries won the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship, where he beat Adam Gawlas 6–0 in the final.[17]

2020

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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.[18] 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.[19][20] 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.[21]

2021: First major final

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In the 2021 World Championship, Humphries suffered a shock 3–2 first-round defeat to 66-year-old Paul Lim.[22] 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.[23]

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.[24] Humphries reached his first PDC European Tour final at the 2022 German Darts Grand Prix by beating Jeffrey de Zwaan,[25] Michael Smith, Wesley Plaisier and Michael van Gerwen.[26] He beat Martin Lukeman in the final, hitting double 4 to win 8–2. He then won back-to-back titles at the 2022 Czech Darts Open and the 2022 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.[27]

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.[28]

In October, Humphries won his first major title at the 2023 World Grand Prix, defeating tournament favourite Gerwyn Price 5–2 in the final.[29] The £120,000 prize money earned through this victory saw him move into a career-high fourth in the PDC Order of Merit.[30] 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.[31] 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.[32]

2024: World Champion

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Humphries playing darts with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

Humphries entered the 2024 World Championship with many considering him the favourite to win the tournament.[33][34] Humphries won his opening match against Lee Evans 3–0. In the third round, Humphries recovered from 3–1 down to beat Ricardo Pietreczko 4–3. He then got through a sudden death leg against Joe Cullen to advance to the quarter-finals. Humphries then achieved wins against Dave Chisnall, 5–1, and Scott Williams, 6–0, to reach the final. On 3 January 2024, Humphries won the World Championship, winning five sets in a row to defeat fellow Cheshire talent Luke Littler 7–4 in the final.[35] For that, he was invited to meet Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Downing Street.[36]

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.[37][38] He won his first European Tour title of the season at the 2024 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.[39] Humphries represented England for the first time in the World Cup of Darts in June, partnering Michael Smith.[40] The pair became the first English team to win the tournament since 2016, defeating Austria 10–6 in the final.[41]

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

In July, he won the 2024 World Matchplay, beating Michael van Gerwen 18–15 in the final.[42] This made him only the second player after Phil Taylor to win the World Championship and the World Matchplay in the same year.[43] In August, Humphries won his first World Series of Darts title, defeating Damon Heta 8–2 to win the New Zealand Darts Masters.[44]

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, he was able to reach the final for a second consecutive year. However, he lost 6–4 to outsider Mike De Decker.[45] Humphries added two more Pro Tour titles during the month, with an 8–7 win over Stephen Bunting in the final at Players Championship 26[46] and an 8–1 win over Kim Huybrechts in the final of the 2024 Czech Darts Open.[47]

In November, following elimination in the group stage of the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts,[48] Humphries successfully defended a title for the first time at the 2024 Players Championship Finals, defeating Luke Littler 11–7 in the final, becoming only the third player in history to win the title in 2 consecutive years, after Taylor and van Gerwen.[49][50]

Premier League Darts debut

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Humphries lost his debut match[51] at the 2024 Premier League Darts to Luke Littler 6–2.[52] After the match, Humphries wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that he felt "gutted" with the constant whistling and heckling at him during the match.[53] On night three, Humphries beat Nathan Aspinall 6–3 and then defeated Gerwyn Price 6–3 in his semi-final match. Humphries lost to Michael van Gerwen 6–5 in the night's final.[54]

Humphries won his first Premier League night on night six. Humphries began the night with a 6–2 victory over Gerwyn Price,[55] followed by a 6–3 win over Rob Cross before a 6–3 defeat of Michael Smith in the final.[56][57] Humphries won a second consecutive night on night seven, defeating Michael Smith 6–4 and Peter Wright 6–1 before beating Nathan Aspinall 6–3 in the final.[58][59] Humphries equalled the record for most consecutive nightly wins in the Premier League after making it three in a row on night eight, where he achieved another triumph over Michael Smith in a 6–2 victory in the final.[60][61] Night nine saw Humphries' winning streak come to an end, losing to Luke Littler 6–5 in a deciding leg.[62] Having previously announced that he would be changing his walk-on song from "Cake by the Ocean" by DNCE from night fifteen onwards, Humphries premiered his new walk-on song, "I Predict a Riot" by Kaiser Chiefs, on night fifteen at the Leeds Arena. Humphries defeated Rob Cross and Michael Smith each by a 6–1 margin, before beating Michael van Gerwen 6–5 in the final to win the night.[63] Humphries announced he would raffle off his match-worn shirt from night fifteen and donate the proceeds to the Rob Burrow Foundation, a charity for motor neurone disease.[64] On night sixteen, he lost 6–3 to Michael Smith in the final.[65]

After sixteen nights, Humphries finished second in the Premier League table behind Luke Littler.[66] This drew Humphries against Michael van Gerwen in the semi-final of the playoffs. He won the semi-final 10–5 to advance to the final, which he lost 11–7 to Littler.[67][68][69]

2025

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At the 2025 World Championship, Humphries began his title defence with a 3–0 whitewash win over Thibault Tricole followed by a 4–0 victory against Nick Kenny, 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". Humphries added, "I’m one world title away from almost matching his career, and I’m about 25 years younger, so I think one world title would match everything he’s ever achieved in the game."[70][71] In their match, Humphries leveled the contest at 1–1 before dropping the next three sets to lose to Wright 4–1, ending his tenure as world champion.[72] By being number 1 on the Order of Merit, Humphries was selected as one of the 8 participants of the 2025 Premier League.

Personal life

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Humphries previously worked as a roofer, retiring in 2018 to pursue darts full-time.[73]

During a match at the 2019 German Darts Open, Humphries suffered an anxiety attack. He considered quitting the sport as a result.[74]

Humphries 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.[75][73]

Humphries and his fiancée, Kayley, live in Crewe and had a son together in October 2022.[4][76] On 30 May 2024, whilst in New York for the 2024 US Darts Masters, the couple became engaged, with Humphries proposing to her on the top floor of The Edge.[77]

World Championship results

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PDC

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PDC career finals

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PDC major finals: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-up)

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Legend
World Championship (1–0)
World Matchplay (1–0)
UK Open (0–2)
Premier League (0–1)
World Grand Prix (1–1)
Grand Slam of Darts (1–0)
Players Championship Finals (2–0)
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 Wales Gerwyn Price 5–2 (s)
Winner 2. 2023 Grand Slam of Darts  Rob Cross 16–8 (l)
Winner 3. 2023 Players Championship Finals  Michael van Gerwen 11–9 (l)
Winner 4. 2024 World Darts Championship England Luke Littler 7–4 (s)
Runner-up 2. 2024 UK Open (2) Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 10–11 (l)
Runner-up 3. 2024 Premier League Darts England Luke Littler 7–11 (l)
Winner 5. 2024 World Matchplay 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  Luke Littler 11–7 (l)

PDC world series finals: 1 (1 title)

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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)

PDC team finals: 1 (1 titles)

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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 World Championship DNQ PR QF QF 1R QF 4R W 4R
PDC World Masters DNQ 2R 2R 2R
UK Open DNQ 3R 3R 4R F 4R 6R F
World Matchplay DNQ 2R 1R SF W
World Grand Prix DNQ 2R 1R W F
European Championship DNQ 2R QF QF QF
Grand Slam of Darts DNQ RR RR SF W RR
Players Championship Finals DNQ 1R 3R 3R SF W W
Non-ranked televised events
Premier League Darts DNP C C DNP F
PDC World Cup of Darts DNQ W
World Series of Darts Finals DNQ SF QF
PDC World Youth Championship 2R SF 2R W DNP
Career statistics
Year-end ranking NR NR 57 35 42 19 5 1 1

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 17
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

PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2018 EDO
1R 		GDG
3R 		GDO
2R 		ADO
2R 		EDG
DNQ 		DDM
DNQ 		GDT
DNQ 		DDO
DNQ 		EDM
2R 		GDC
DNQ 		DDC
DNQ 		IDO
DNQ 		EDT
2R
2019 EDO
DNQ 		GDC
2R 		GDG
DNQ 		GDO
2R 		ADO
DNQ 		EDG
DNQ 		DDM
DNQ 		DDO
DNQ 		CDO
DNQ 		ADC
2R 		EDM
DNQ 		IDO
DNQ 		GDT
DNQ
2020 BDC
1R 		GDC
DNQ 		EDG
DNQ 		IDO
DNQ
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

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
 USA
 POL
 AUS
 NZE

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
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 		BAR
DNP 		BAR
DNP 		BAR
DNP
2024 WIG
2R 		WIG
1R 		LEI
DNP 		LEI
DNP 		HIL
DNP 		HIL
DNP 		LEI
3R 		LEI
F 		HIL
DNP 		HIL
DNP 		HIL
DNP 		HIL
DNP 		MIL
DNP 		MIL
4R 		MIL
4R 		MIL
SF 		MIL
DNP 		MIL
DNP 		MIL
DNP 		WIG
QF 		WIG
1R 		LEI
3R 		LEI
4R 		WIG
4R 		WIG
1R 		WIG
W 		WIG
4R 		WIG
2R 		LEI
DNP 		LEI
DNP
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

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