Luke Humphries

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Luke Humphries
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Humphries in January 2024
Personal information
Nickname"Cool Hand Luke"
Born (1995-02-11) 11 February 1995 (age 29)
Newbury, Berkshire, England
Home town Crewe, Cheshire, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2010
Darts22g Red Dragon
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on musicI Predict a Riot” by Kaiser Chiefs
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC 2011–
(Tour Card: 2018–)
Current world ranking 1 Steady2.svg (24 November 2024) [1]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Winner (1): 2024
World Matchplay Winner (1): 2024
World Grand Prix Winner (1): 2023
UK Open Runner Up: 2021, 2024
Grand Slam Winner (1): 2023
European Ch'ship Quarter Final: 2022, 2023, 2024
Premier League Runner Up: 2024
PC Finals Winner (2): 2023, 2024
Masters Last 16: 2022, 2023, 2024
World Series Finals Semi 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 Championship 2019
Development Tour 2017 (x5), 2018 (x3), 2019 (x3)

Challenge Tour

Challenge Tour2017

Luke Humphries (born 11 February 1995) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently the World No. 1 and the reigning World Champion. Nicknamed "Cool Hand Luke" in reference to the 1967 film, Humphries has won 18 senior PDC titles and is currently the reigning back-to back Players Championship Finals champion and the 2024 World Matchplay champion. Humphries also won the 2023 World Grand Prix, the 2023 Grand Slam, the 2024 World Cup of Darts, and the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship.

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Early life

Luke Humphries was born on 11 February 1995 in Newbury, Berkshire and grew up there, later moving to Crewe, Cheshire. [2] [3] [4]

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. [5] He is of Irish descent through his maternal grandfather. [6]

Humphries started playing darts in his teens, playing for Berkshire county darts, then moving onto Wiltshire county darts before leaving to join the PDC.

He previously worked as a roofer, retiring in 2018 to pursue darts full-time. [7]

Career

Humphries won five PDC Development Tour titles in 2017, finishing top of the Development Tour Order of Merit. [8] As a result of this, he qualified for the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship where he lost to Jeff Smith, and received a PDC Tour Card for the 2018 and 2019 season.

2019

Humphries won the Development Tour Order of Merit in 2019, a year which culminated in a fantastic run at the 2019 World Championship for Humphries. He beat Adam Hunt, Stephen Bunting, Dimitri Van den Bergh, and defending champion Rob Cross, before eventually losing 1–5 to Michael Smith in the quarter-finals.

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

At the age of 24 Humphries won the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship, where he beat Adam Gawlas 6–0. [9]

2020

In the 2020 World Championship, Humphries once again reached the quarter-finals before losing 3–5 to eventual champion Peter Wright. 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. [10]

2021

In the 2021 World Championship, Humphries suffered a shock 2–3 first-round defeat to veteran Paul Lim. Luke Humphries 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-final and then-reigning champion Michael van Gerwen in the semi-final. He was defeated 5–11 by James Wade in the final.

2022

In the 2022 World Championship, Humphries reached his third quarter-final in four years before losing 2–5 to Gary Anderson. Humphries reached his first PDC European Tour final at the 2022 German Darts Grand Prix by beating Jeffrey de Zwaan, [11] Michael Smith, Wesley Plaisier and Michael van Gerwen. [12] He beat Martin Lukeman in the final, hitting double 4 to win 8–2.

2023

In the 2023 World Championship, Humphries reached the fourth round before losing 1–4 to Stephen Bunting. In October 2023, Humphries won his first major title at the 2023 World Grand Prix, defeating tournament favourite Gerwyn Price, 5–2 in the final. [13] The £120,000 prize money earned through this victory, saw him move into a career-high fourth in the Order of Merit. [14] 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, averaging an impressive 104.69. [15] Humphries won his third televised title at the 2023 Players Championship Finals, defeating Michael van Gerwen (who hit a nine-dart finish) 11–9 (Van Gerwen also missed eight darts at doubles in the 19th leg, to set up a deciding leg), before Humphries won the match on double 1. [16]

2024

On 3 January, Humphries won the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, defeating fellow Cheshire talent Luke Littler 7–4 in the final. [17] For that, he was invited to meet Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Downing Street. [18]

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. [19] [20]

Humphries partnered with Michael Smith to win the World Cup of Darts for England, defeating Austria 10–6 in the final. [21]

Humphries (right) with Michael Smith after their win in the 2024 PDC World Cup of Darts Michael Smith & Luke Humphries.png
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. [22] This made him only the second player after Phil Taylor to win the World Championship and the World Matchplay in the same year. [23]

In October, Humphries started his defence of the World Grand Prix title after his victory over Price in the 2023 final. After an impressive comeback against Stephen Bunting, he was able to reach the final for a consecutive second year. However, he lost 4-6 to Mike De Decker in this final.

In November, following elimination in the group stage of the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts, Humphries successfully defended a title for the first time at the 2024 Players Championship Finals, defeating Luke Littler 11–7 in the final. [24] [25]

Premier League Darts

Nights 1–5: Starting off in the bottom-half of the table

Humphries started his 2024 Premier League Darts campaign at the Cardiff International Arena in Cardiff, Wales. [26] He went on to lose his debut match to Luke Littler 6–2 in legs. [27] After the match, Humphries wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that he felt "gutted" with the constant whistling and heckling at him during the match. [28]

Humphries started night two at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin by winning his quarter-final match against Rob Cross 6–5. However, he then suffered another loss to Littler, losing 6–5 in the semi-finals. [29] On night three at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Humphries beat Nathan Aspinall 6–3 with a 105.53 average in the quarter-finals, and defeated Gerwyn Price 6–3 in his semi-final match. Humphries lost to Michael van Gerwen 6–5 in the night's final. [30] On night four at the Newcastle Arena, Humphries lost 6–5 in the quarter-finals to Rob Cross. [31]

Just before the 2024 UK Open weekend, Humphries played at Premier League event five at the Westpoint Arena in Exeter. In the quarter-finals he defeated Michael van Gerwen 6–3, before losing 5–6 to Nathan Aspinall in the semi-finals. [32] [33] [34]

Nights 6–8: Three consecutive night wins

Luke Humphries won his first Premier League night at Brighton Centre on night six. Humphries achieved a three-dart average of over 100 in all three of his wins on the night, with a 6–2 victory over Gerwyn Price, [35] followed by a 6–3 win over Rob Cross, where Humphries averaged 113.71, and a 6–3 defeat of Michael Smith in the final. [36] [37] Humphries won a second consecutive night on night seven, at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham. Humphries recorded his fifth and sixth consecutive ton+ (100+) Premier League averages in wins over Michael Smith, 6–4, and Peter Wright, 6–1, before beating Nathan Aspinall 6–3 in the final. [38] [39] Humphries equalled the record for most consecutive nightly wins in the Premier League, making it three in a row on night eight at the 3Arena in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Humphries continued to record averages over 100, doing it in all 3 of his wins en route to victory in the night's final. Humphries was the number one seed as the league leader so was up against number 8 seed Peter Wright in the quarter-finals, he defeated Wright 6–1. In the semi-finals Humphries faced Nathan Aspinall, winning 6–4, and in the final Humphries achieved another triumph over Michael Smith, 6–2. [40] [41]

Nights 9–16: Making three semi-finals, victory in Leeds

Night nine at the SSE Arena, Belfast saw Humphries' winning streak come to an end, losing to Luke Littler 6–5 in a deciding leg. [42] On night ten at the Manchester Arena, Humphries lost in the quarter-finals for a second consecutive week, with Michael Smith beating him 6–3. [43] On night eleven at Arena Birmingham and night twelve at Rotterdam Ahoy, Humphries made the semi-finals, with a 6–4 over Peter Wright and Michael van Gerwen in the respective quarter-finals being followed by another deciding leg loss to Luke Littler on night eleven and a 6–4 loss to Nathan Aspinall on night twelve in the respective semi-finals. [44] [45]

Night thirteen at the Liverpool Arena saw Humphries again defeated by Nathan Aspinall, losing 6–2 in their quarter-final match. [46] On night fourteen at P&J Live, Aberdeen, Humphries was given a bye due to his quarter-final opponent Gerwyn Price withdrawing from the night. Humphries lost 6–5 to Rob Cross in the semi-final. [47] 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 the Kaiser Chiefs on Night 15 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. [48] 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. [49] Night sixteen at the Utilita Sheffield Arena saw Humphries win 6–4 over Gerwyn Price in the quarter-final. He defeated Michael van Gerwen in the semi-final and lost 3–6 to Michael Smith in the final. [50]

Play Offs: Premier League final in his debut year

After sixteen nights, Luke Humphries finished second in the Premier League table behind Luke Littler. [51] This drew Humphries against Michael van Gerwen in the semi-final of the playoffs, held in The O2 Arena, London. Luke won the semi-final 10–5 to advance to the final against Luke Littler. Humphries lost 7–11 to Littler. [52]

Personal life

During a 2019 PDC tournament Humphries suffered an anxiety attack. He considered quitting the sport as a result. [53]

Humphries and his fiancée, Kayley, live in Crewe and had a son together in October 2022. [4] [54] 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. [55]

World Championship results

PDC

PDC career finals

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

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)
OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore [N 1]
Runner-up1. 2021 UK Open Flag of England.svg James Wade 5–11 (l)
Winner1. 2023 World Grand Prix Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price 5–2 (s)
Winner2. 2023 Grand Slam of Darts Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 16–8 (l)
Winner3. 2023 Players Championship Finals Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 11–9 (l)
Winner4. 2024 World Darts Championship Flag of England.svg Luke Littler 7–4 (s)
Runner-up2. 2024 UK Open (2) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh 10–11 (l)
Runner-up3. 2024 Premier League Darts Flag of England.svg Luke Littler 7–11 (l)
Winner5. 2024 World Matchplay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen 18–15 (l)
Runner-up4. 2024 World Grand Prix Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Mike De Decker 4–6 (s)
Winner6. 2024 Players Championship Finals Flag of England.svg   Luke Littler 11–7 (l)

PDC world series finals: 1 (1 title)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1. 2024 New Zealand Darts Masters Flag of Australia (converted).svg Damon Heta 8–2 (l)

PDC team finals: 1 (1 titles)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipTeamTeammateOpponents in the finalScore [N 1]
Winner1. 2024 World Cup of Darts Flag of England.svg   England Michael Smith Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Mensur Suljović and Rowby-John Rodriguez 10–6 (l)
  1. 1 2 (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

Performance timeline

PDC

Tournament2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
PDC World Championship DNQ PR QF QF 1R QF 4R W
Winmau World Masters NH
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
Masters DNQ 2R 2R 2R NH
Premier League Darts DNP C C DNP F
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 rankingNRNR57354219511

PDC Premier League Darts

ContenderWeek 4
2019 EXE
D
ContenderWeek 5
2020 EXE
W
Legend:WWinDDraw
Season1234567891011121314151617
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

Season12345678910111213
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 Players Championships

Season123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
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
WWon the tournamentFFinalistSFSemifinalistQFQuarterfinalist#R
RR
Prel.
Lost in # round
Round-robin
Preliminary round
DQDisqualified
DNQDid not qualifyDNPDid not participateWDWithdrewNHTournament not heldNYFNot yet founded

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