(1995-02-11) 11 February 1995 (age 29) Newbury, Berkshire, England
Home town
Crewe, Cheshire, England
Darts information
Playing darts since
2010
Darts
22g Red Dragon
Laterality
Right-handed
Walk-on music
“I Predict a Riot” by Kaiser Chiefs
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC
2011– (Tour Card: 2018-)
Current world ranking
1 (23 June 2024)[1]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship
Winner (1):
2024
World Matchplay
Semi Final: 2023
World Grand Prix
Winner (1): 2023
UK Open
Runner Up: 2021, 2024
Grand Slam
Winner (1): 2023
European Ch'ship
Quarter Final: 2022, 2023
Premier League
Runner Up: 2024
PC Finals
Winner (1): 2023
Masters
Last 16: 2022, 2023, 2024
World Series Finals
Semi Final: 2023
Other tournament wins
PDC Home Tour 2
2020
European Tour Events
Czech Darts Open
2022
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
Youth events
PDC Development Tour
2017 (x5), 2018 (x3), 2019 (x3)
PDC World Youth Championship
2019
Challenge tour
PDC Challenge Tour
2017
Luke Humphries (born 11 February 1995) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is the current World No. 1 and World Champion. Nicknamed "Cool Hand Luke" in reference to the 1967 film, he is also the reigning World Grand Prix champion, Grand Slam champion, and Players Championship Finals champion. He also won the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship.
^"PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 23 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
LukeHumphries (born 11 February 1995) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is the...
semi-final, Scott Williams played LukeHumphries. Williams broke the Humphries throw in the first leg of the first set, but Humphries broke straight back in the...
representatives at the event, which included World Champion LukeHumphries, World Champion finalist Luke Littler and reigning champion Michael van Gerwen. They...
Leisure Village, Aldersley, Wolverhampton between 9–17 November 2024. LukeHumphries is the defending champion, after defeating Rob Cross 16–8 in the 2023...
the group stage. LukeHumphries won his second major and first Grand Slam title by defeating Rob Cross 16–8 in the final. Humphries won every match he...
European Tour confirmed for 2024". PDC. Wood, Kieran (7 May 2024). "Luke Littler, LukeHumphries & Michael van Gerwen headline list of players automatically qualified...
Cross won his second European Tour title, beating LukeHumphries 8–6 in the final. In the final, Humphries hit his second nine-darter on the European Tour...
rankings after 3 events: Gerwyn Price (champion) Rob Cross (runner-up) LukeHumphries (semi-finals) Michael Smith (semi-finals) Nathan Aspinall (quarter-finals)...
Chiu, Nigel (9 April 2024). "Danny Noppert beats LukeHumphries to win Players Championship 8 as Luke Littler and Michael van Gerwen exit early". Sky Sports...
to the winner. Rob Cross was the defending champion after defeating LukeHumphries 8–6 in the 2023 final. He was eliminated in the semi final, losing 5–7...
Cross 11–6 in the 2022 final to win the title for the seventh time. LukeHumphries won his first Players Championship Finals title and third Premier title...
October 2020. "Humphries completes European Tour treble with stunner in Stuttgart". PDC. Retrieved 22 May 2022. "Clinical Cross denies Humphries to claim maiden...
the 2023 final. However, he lost 6–4 to Josh Rock in the third round. LukeHumphries won the German Darts Grand Prix for the second time, his sixth European...
10–1 to Peter Wright in the fifth round. Dimitri Van den Bergh beat LukeHumphries 11–10 to win the UK Open for the first time in his career. The prize...
events: Michael van Gerwen (quarter-finals) Luke Littler (semi-finals) Gerwyn Price (runner-up) LukeHumphries (semi-finals) Michael Smith (first round)...
Chiu, Nigel (9 April 2024). "Danny Noppert beats LukeHumphries to win Players Championship 8 as Luke Littler and Michael van Gerwen exit early". Sky Sports...
At the 2019 World Championship, he lost 3–1 in the second round to LukeHumphries. Bunting returned to form in 2019, making two ranking finals and reaching...
(2007), Rob Cross (2018), Gerwyn Price (2021), Michael Smith (2023) and LukeHumphries (2024). In 1992, some high-profile players, including all previous winners...
the Matchplay, and also the reigning UK Open Champion, after beating LukeHumphries 11–10 in the final. In 2013, Van den Bergh won the British Teenage Open...
2022, the tournament shrank back down to eight. In 2024, both LukeHumphries and Luke Littler have made their debuts, with Littler, aged 17 years and...
at £60,000. The PDC announced the 16-man line-up on 8 January 2024. LukeHumphries (quarter-finals) Michael van Gerwen (runner-up) Michael Smith (semi-finals)...