Luke Humphries (born 11 February 1995) is an English professional

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player who competes in

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(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 Luke Littler (born 21 January 2007) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world number two. Nicknamed "the Nuke", Littler is the rei ...

in the final. He is the reigning World Matchplay,

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and

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champion. Nicknamed "Cool Hand Luke" in reference to the 1967 film, Humphries has won eight PDC major singles titles since his first at the

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. He also won the 2024 World Cup of Darts for

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, partnering Michael Smith. He won his first

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title at the 2024 New Zealand Darts Masters. Humphries has won a total of twenty-two PDC titles in his professional career. Humphries is only the fourth player to earn the Triple Crown in the sport, after Gary Anderson, Phil Taylor and

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. 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.

Early life

Luke Humphries was born on 11 February 1995 in

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and grew up there, later moving to

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. He is of Irish descent through his maternal grandfather. His father, a

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fan, named him Luke as an

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for "Leeds United, Kings of Europe". Humphries is also fan of the team. His father also played county darts for

, which prompted a young Humphries to want to follow in his footsteps.

Career

2017–2018

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

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and received a

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for the 2018 and 2019 seasons. He also won a PDC Challenge Tour title in Event 12, defeating Andy Smith 5–4 in the final. At the 2018 World Championship, he lost 2–0 to Jeff Smith in the preliminary round. He added another three titles to his name during the 2018 Development Tour, topping the Order of Merit once again.

2019: World Youth Champion

At the 2019 World Championship, Humphries had his breakthrough event on television, beating

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, and defending champion

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, before eventually losing 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

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on night four in

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, which ended in a 6–6 draw. At the age of 24, Humphries won the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship, where he beat

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6–0 in the final.

2020

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

, this time under the tag of 'challenger'. He faced Gary Anderson in

and became the first challenger to win their game. Humphries was the winner of PDC Home Tour 2 after winning five of his six Championship Group matches, beating

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based on leg difference.

2021: First major final

In the 2021 World Championship, Humphries suffered a shock 3–2 first-round defeat to 66-year-old

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. He made his first major televised final at the

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in March 2021. His run to the final saw him claim wins over

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in the quarter-finals and then-reigning champion

in the semi-finals. He was defeated 11–5 by

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in the final.

2022: European Tour wins

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

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8–4 in the final. Humphries reached his first

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final at the German Darts Grand Prix by beating

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, Michael Smith and

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before a 7–0

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against

in the semi-finals. He beat

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8–2 in the final. 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

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in the final of the 2022 European Darts Matchplay, ending the year with four European Tour titles. His year culminated with back-to-back major semi-finals at the

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and

, being eliminated by

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and Michael van Gerwen respectively.

2023: First major titles

In the 2023 World Championship, Humphries reached the fourth round before losing 4–1 to

. He won a European Tour title and two Players Championship titles on the

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. Humphries retained the European Darts Matchplay, surviving four match darts from

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to prevail 8–7 in a deciding leg. Over a week later, he defeated

8–7 to win Players Championship 15. He then defeated

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8–6 in the final of Players Championship 20. In October, Humphries won his first major title at the

, defeating tournament favourite

5–2 in the final. The £120,000 prize money earned through this victory saw him move into a career-high fourth in the

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. He won his second major televised title 42 days later at the

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, defeating

16–8 in the final with a

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of 104.69. Humphries won his third televised title at the

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. He came back from 9–5 down to defeat

11–9 in a match where van Gerwen hit a

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but missed eight darts at doubles in the 19th leg to set up a deciding leg, before Humphries won the match on double 1.

2024: World Champion

Humphries entered the 2024 World Championship with many considering him the favourite to win the tournament. Humphries won his opening match against Lee Evans 3–0. In the third round, Humphries recovered from 3–1 down to beat

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4–3. He then got through a sudden death leg against Joe Cullen to advance to the quarter-finals. Humphries achieved wins against

and Scott Williams to reach the final. On 3 January 2024, Humphries won the World Championship, winning five sets in a row to defeat fellow

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talent

7–4 in the final. Following his victory, he was invited to meet

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. In March, Humphries reached the final of the

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for the second time. He missed two match darts to win the title in an 11–10 loss to

. He won his first

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title of the season at the German Darts Grand Prix, winning 8–1 against

in the final with an average of 112.66—the second highest average in a European Tour final. Humphries represented England for the first time in the

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in June, partnering Michael Smith. The pair became the first English team to win the tournament since 2016, defeating Austria 10–6 in the final. In July, he won the World Matchplay, beating

18–15 in the final. This made him only the second player after Phil Taylor to win the World Championship and the World Matchplay in the same year. In August, Humphries won his first

title, defeating

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8–2 to win the New Zealand Darts Masters. In October, Humphries started his defence of the World Grand Prix after his victory over

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

in the first round, he was able to reach the final for a second consecutive year. However, he lost 6–4 to outsider

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. 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 and an 8–1 win over

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in the final of the Czech Darts Open. In November, following elimination in the group stage of the

, Humphries successfully defended a title for the first time at the

, defeating Luke Littler 11–7 in the final, becoming only the third player in history to win the title in 2 consecutive years, after Phil Taylor and Michael van Gerwen.

Premier League Darts debut

Humphries lost his full-time debut match of the 2024 Premier League to

6–2. After the match, Humphries wrote on

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that he felt "gutted" with the constant whistling and heckling at him during the match. On night three, he lost to

6–5 in the night's final. Humphries won his first Premier League night on night six with wins over

and Michael Smith. He won a second consecutive night on night seven, beating

6–3 in the final. 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. Night nine saw Humphries' winning streak come to an end, losing to

6–5 in a deciding leg. Having previously announced that he would be changing his walk-on song from "

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" by

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from night fifteen onwards, Humphries premiered his new walk-on song, "

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" by

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, on night fifteen at the

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. 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. Humphries announced he would raffle off his match-worn shirt from night fifteen and donate the proceeds to the

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Foundation, a charity for

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. On night sixteen, he lost 6–3 to Michael Smith in the final. After sixteen nights, Humphries finished second in the Premier League table behind Luke Littler. 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.

2025

At the 2025 World Championship, Humphries began his title defence with a 3–0

win over

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, 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

, 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 "

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". 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." 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. In February, he won the PDC World Masters, defeating

6–5 to win his seventh major title. He followed that up by winning the opening night of the 2025 Premier League with a 6–1 victory over

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in the night's final. 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. He achieved his first televised nine-dart finish in his 6–4 loss to

on night five. After a third nightly win in

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on night 14, he ended the league stage on 34 points, finishing second in the table and qualifying for the play-offs. On Finals Night on 29 May, he defeated

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,

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and World Matchplay) after Gary Anderson, Phil Taylor and

. He was partnered by Littler for the first time at the

and the England duo were considered favourites to win the title, but they were defeated 8–4 by

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and

of Germany in the second round.

Personal life

Humphries previously worked as a

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, retiring in 2018 to pursue darts full-time. During a match at the 2019 German Darts Open, Humphries suffered an

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. He considered quitting the sport as a result. Humphries began a weight loss journey in 2021 in order to improve his fitness and stamina, which led to him losing four

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(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. Humphries and his fiancée, Kayley, live in Crewe and had a son together in October 2022. On 30 May 2024, whilst in

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for the

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, the couple became engaged, with Humphries proposing to her on the top floor of

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. In June 2025, Humphries was appointed a

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(MBE) in the

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for services to darts.

World Championship results

PDC

* 2018: Preliminary round (lost to Jeff Smith 0–2) * 2019: Quarter-finals (lost to Michael Smith 1–5) * 2020: Quarter-finals (lost to Peter Wright 3–5) * 2021: First round (lost to

2–3) * 2022: Quarter-finals (lost to Gary Anderson 2–5) * 2023: Fourth round (lost to

1–4) * 2024: Winner (beat

7–4) * 2025: Fourth round (lost to Peter Wright 1–4)

Career finals

PDC major finals: 12 (8 titles)

PDC World Series finals: 1 (1 title)

PDC team finals: 1 (1 title)

Performance timeline

PDC PDC Premier League Darts PDC European Tour PDC World Series of Darts PDC Players Championships

Nine-dart finishes

References

External links

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