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Luke Woodhouse (born 13 October 1988) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. A professional since 2018, Woodhouse reached his first major semi-final at the 2024 European Championship, having previously reached the quarter-finals of the 2023 Players Championship Finals. He reached the last 16 of the PDC World Championship in both 2025 and 2026. After finishing as the runner-up at four ranking events on the PDC Pro Tour, Woodhouse won his first PDC ranking title at Players Championship 18 in May 2026, followed by his first European Tour title at the Baltic Sea Darts Open twelve days later.

Nickname"Woody"[1][2]
Born (1988-10-13) 13 October 1988 (age 37)[2]
Bewdley, Worcestershire, England[1]
Playingdartssince2008
Darts22g Harrows Signature[1][2]
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Luke Woodhouse
Woodhouse at the 2025 World Championship
Personal information
Nickname"Woody"[1][2]
Born (1988-10-13) 13 October 1988 (age 37)[2]
Bewdley, Worcestershire, England[1]
Darts information
Playing darts since2008
Darts22g Harrows Signature[1][2]
LateralityRight-handed[2]
Walk-on music"C'est la Vie" by Stereophonics[1][2]
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2011–present
(Tour Card: 2018–present)
Current world ranking(PDC) 18 Steady (26 August 2026)[3]
PDC premier events – best performances
World ChampionshipLast 16: 2025, 2026
World MatchplayLast 32: 2024, 2025, 2026
World Grand PrixLast 16: 2023, 2025
UK OpenLast 16: 2024
Grand SlamLast 16: 2025
European ChampionshipSemi-final: 2024
PC FinalsQuarter-final: 2023
MastersLast 16: 2026
World Series FinalsLast 32: 2025
Other tournament wins
Baltic Sea Darts Open 2026
PDC Challenge Tour 2013
PDC Players Championship 18 2026
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Career

In 2013, his first year in the PDC, Luke Woodhouse won PDC Challenge Tour 14.[4] He qualified for the 2015 UK Open, his first appearance at a PDC major event.

He made his debut on the European Tour in May 2017. In 2018, he was able to earn a tour card at Q-School and several times reached the Pro Tour last 16. He reached the last 32 at the 2019 UK Open. On the 2019 PDC Pro Tour, he reached the quarter-finals at Players Championship 18. This helped him qualify the 2019 Players Championship Finals, where he beat defending champion Daryl Gurney 6–5 in the first round, but then lost to Gabriel Clemens.

Woodhouse qualified for the 2020 PDC World Championship via the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit. After a 3–0 win against Paul Lim, he defeated 4th seed Michael Smith 3–1. He then lost to Dimitri Van den Bergh 4–2. At the 2020 Players Championship Finals he reached the last 16. He hit a nine-dart finish against Danny Noppert at Players Championship 4.

Woodhouse made his first PDC European Tour quarter-final at the 2023 Hungarian Darts Trophy, beating former world champions Rob Cross and Peter Wright before being whitewashed by Luke Humphries 6–0. This run took him into the Pro Tour Order of Merit qualifying spots for the 2023 World Grand Prix.[5] He made his World Grand Prix debut and was able to defeat Dave Chisnall, who had been considered one of the favourites for the title. However, Woodhouse was whitewashed 3-0 by eventual champion Luke Humphries in the second round. At the 2023 Players Championship Finals he reached his first major quarter-final. These include wins over Simon Whitlock, Rob Cross and Chisnall again, before he lost to Gabriel Clemens. He hit another nine-darter at Players Championship 24 against Richie Burnett.

In 2024, Woodhouse qualified for the World Matchplay for the first time. However, Woodhouse lost 10–8 to Nathan Aspinall in the first round.[6] At the 2024 European Championship, Woodhouse reached a first major televised semi-final, losing to eventual winner Ritchie Edhouse 11–5.[7]

At the 2025 World Championship, Woodhouse opened his campaign with a 3–0 win against Lourence Ilagan, followed by a 3–1 upset victory over Mike De Decker, the 2024 World Grand Prix champion.[8][9] He reached the last 16 of the tournament for the first time, coming back from 3–1 behind to defeat Damon Heta 4–3 in the third round.[10] He was eliminated following a 4–0 loss to Stephen Bunting.[11] At the 2025 European Darts Grand Prix, Woodhouse reached the semi-finals, where he lost 7–3 to Andrew Gilding.[12] Later in the year, at the 2025 Swiss Darts Trophy, he reached his first European Tour final, losing 8–3 to Bunting.[13] In October 2025, he reached the final of Players Championship 34, where he was defeated 8–5 by Wessel Nijman.[14]

Woodhouse reached the last 16 for a second straight year at the 2026 World Championship, beating Andrew Gilding 4–1 in the third round.[15] He lost 4–2 to Krzysztof Ratajski after missing a double to complete a nine-dart finish in the third set.[16] In May 2026, he reached the final of Players Championship 13, losing 8–5 to Kevin Doets.[17] Later that month, he achieved his first PDC ranking title by winning Players Championship 18, defeating Gilding 8–4 in the final.[18] At the Baltic Sea Darts Open twelve days later, Woodhouse reached his second European Tour final, where he beat Ryan Joyce 8–4 to claim his second ranking title.[19] He was also a finalist at Players Championship 24, losing 8–6 to Gabriel Clemens.[20]

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

Woodhouse's performance timeline is as follows:[21]

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Tournament201520192020202120222023202420252026
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship DNQ 3R 1R 2R 2R 1R 4R 4R
World Masters[N 1] Did not qualify Prel. 2R
UK Open 1R 5R 3R 5R 4R 5R 6R 4R 4R
World Matchplay Did not qualify 1R 1R 1R
World Grand Prix Did not qualify 2R 1R 2R
European Championship Did not qualify SF 1R
Grand Slam Did not qualify RR DNQ 2R
Players Championship Finals DNQ 2R 3R 1R DNQ QF 1R 2R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Series Finals Did not qualify 1R DNQ
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 202 69 48 47 49 38 35 21
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PDC European Tour

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Season123456789101112131415
2017 DNQ EDG
1R
Did not qualify IDO
1R
EDT
DNQ
2018 EDO
2R
GDG
DNQ
GDO
1R
Did not qualify EDT
1R
2019 Did not qualify DDM
1R
DDO
1R
DNQ IDO
2R
GDT
DNQ
2020 BDC
1R
GDC
DNQ
EDG
1R
IDO
DNQ
2022 IDO
2R
GDC
DNQ
GDG
1R
ADO
DNQ
EDO
2R
CDO
DNQ
EDG
1R
DDC
DNQ
EDM
3R
HDT
DNQ
GDO
3R
DNQ
2023 BSD
DNQ
EDO
1R
DNQ ADO
2R
Did not qualify EDM
1R
GDO
2R
HDT
QF
GDC
DNQ
2024 BDO
2R
GDG
2R
IDO
1R
EDG
2R
ADO
DNQ
BSD
2R
DDC
QF
EDO
2R
GDC
1R
FDT
QF
HDT
1R
SDT
1R
CDO
2R
2025 BDO
3R
EDT
2R
IDO
2R
GDG
1R
ADO
2R
EDG
SF
DDC
1R
EDO
2R
BSD
2R
FDT
QF
CDO
1R
HDT
2R
SDT
F
GDC
2R
2026 PDO
3R
EDT
2R
BDO
2R
GDG
2R
EDG
DNP
ADO
QF
IDO
2R
BSD
W
SDO
2R
EDO
QF
HDT
CDO
FDT
SDT
DDC
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PDC Players Championships

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2015
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2R
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1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
COV
2R
COV
2R
COV
1R
CRA
1R
CRA
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
DUB
1R
DUB
1R
COV
1R
COV
1R
2017
[nb 1]
Did not participate MIL
1R
WIG
DNP
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
DUB
1R
DUB
2R
BAR
DNP
2018 BAR
2R
BAR
4R
BAR
2R
BAR
4R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
3R
MIL
1R
MIL
4R
WIG
1R
WIG
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
DUB
1R
DUB
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
2019 WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
3R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
4R
BAR
1R
BAR
4R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
DNP
BAR
3R
WIG
2R
WIG
QF
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
DUB
3R
DUB
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
2020 BAR
2R
BAR
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
2R
WIG
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
QF
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
NIE
3R
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
COV
2R
COV
3R
COV
1R
COV
1R
COV
3R
2021 BOL
1R
BOL
2R
BOL
2R
BOL
1R
MIL
3R
MIL
1R
MIL
4R
MIL
4R
NIE
2R
NIE
2R
NIE
1R
NIE
2R
MIL
2R
MIL
4R
MIL
1R
MIL
3R
COV
1R
COV
2R
COV
2R
COV
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
QF
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
QF
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
2022 BAR
2R
BAR
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
NIE
2R
NIE
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
NIE
2R
NIE
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
4R
BAR
1R
2023 BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
HIL
2R
HIL
QF
WIG
2R
WIG
4R
LEI
3R
LEI
1R
HIL
3R
HIL
F
LEI
3R
LEI
2R
HIL
2R
HIL
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
4R
BAR
4R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
QF
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
2024 WIG
2R
WIG
1R
LEI
2R
LEI
3R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
LEI
SF
LEI
2R
HIL
QF
HIL
1R
HIL
3R
HIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
3R
MIL
2R
MIL
3R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
SF
WIG
4R
WIG
1R
LEI
3R
LEI
3R
2025 WIG
QF
WIG
3R
ROS
2R
ROS
3R
LEI
1R
LEI
3R
HIL
3R
HIL
2R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
4R
LEI
QF
ROS
2R
ROS
3R
HIL
2R
HIL
SF
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
4R
LEI
1R
HIL
3R
HIL
2R
MIL
3R
MIL
1R
HIL
3R
HIL
3R
LEI
1R
LEI
2R
LEI
4R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
4R
WIG
F
2026 HIL
2R
HIL
4R
WIG
2R
WIG
3R
LEI
2R
LEI
1R
LEI
3R
LEI
3R
WIG
4R
WIG
SF
MIL
2R
MIL
2R
HIL
F
HIL
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
3R
LEI
1R
LEI
W
MIL
SF
MIL
3R
WIG
4R
WIG
1R
LEI
2R
LEI
F
HIL
DNP
LEI
LEI
ROS
ROS
ROS
ROS
LEI
LEI
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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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Notes

  1. Not a Tour card holder
  1. A non-ranked event until 2025

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