Martin Lukeman
English darts player (born 1985)
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Martin Daniel Lukeman (born 26 March 1985) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "Smash", he reached his first PDC major final at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts, finishing as runner-up to Luke Littler. He finished as runner-up at the 2022 German Darts Grand Prix on the PDC European Tour.
Hammersmith, England
| Martin Lukeman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Lukeman at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Martin Daniel Lukeman[1] | ||
| Nickname | "Smash" | ||
| Born | 26 March 1985[2] Hammersmith, England | ||
| Home town | Watford, Hertfordshire, England | ||
| Darts information | |||
| Playing darts since | 2011 | ||
| Darts | 25g Mission Signature | ||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||
| Walk-on music | "Lip Up Fatty" by Bad Manners | ||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
| PDC | 2015–present (Tour Card: 2021–present) | ||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 38  (15 March 2026)[3] | ||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||
| World Championship | Last 64: 2023, 2024, 2025 | ||
| World Matchplay | Last 32: 2022 | ||
| World Grand Prix | Quarter-final: 2022 | ||
| UK Open | Quarter-final: 2024 | ||
| Grand Slam | Runner-up: 2024 | ||
| European Championship | Last 32: 2022 | ||
| PC Finals | Last 64: 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 | ||
| Other tournament wins | |||
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Lukeman won a title on the Challenge Tour in 2015.
Career
Lukeman managed to reach the last 16 of the 2017 UK Open. After last-leg wins against Matt Padgett and Rob Hewson, he defeated Chris Dobey 10–5 in the fourth round, before losing 10–3 to Ian White in the fifth round.
Lukeman secured a two-year PDC Tour Card at UK Qualifying School in February 2021, sealing his professional status with a day to spare.
Lukeman reached his maiden PDC European Tour final at the 2022 German Darts Grand Prix by defeating Adam Gawlas,[4] Gabriel Clemens,[5] Keane Barry, Martin Schindler and Damon Heta.[6] He faced Luke Humphries in the final, and was beaten 8–2.
Lukeman reached a maiden major televised final at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts, the first qualifier in the competition's history to make the final, losing 16–3 to Luke Littler.[7][8]
Personal life
Lukeman enjoys clay pigeon shooting and is a skilled marksman.[9]
World Championship results
PDC
- 2023: Second round (lost to Martin Schindler 1–3)
- 2024: Second round (lost to Damon Heta 1–3)
- 2025: Second round (lost to Andrew Gilding 1–3)
- 2026: First round (lost to Max Hopp 1–3)
Career finals
PDC major finals: 1
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam (0–1) |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score[N 1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 2024 | Grand Slam |  Luke Littler |
3–16 (l) |
- (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.
Performance timeline
| Tournament | 2017 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | |||||||||||||||
| PDC World Championship | Did not qualify | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | ||||||||||
| PDC World Masters | Did not qualify | Prel. | |||||||||||||
| UK Open | 5R | 1R | 4R | 4R | QF | 4R | 6R | ||||||||
| World Matchplay | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | ||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | QF | DNQ | ||||||||||||
| European Championship | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | ||||||||||||
| Grand Slam of Darts | DNQ | F | RR | ||||||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | DNQ | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | ||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 125 | 117 | 39 | 35 | 38 | 37 | |||||||||
PDC European Tour
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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 [nb 1] |
DNP | WIG 1R |
BAR 1R |
DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 [nb 1] |
DNP | MIL 1R |
DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | BOL 1R |
BOL 1R |
BOL 1R |
BOL 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 3R |
NIE 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
COV 1R |
COV 2R |
COV 1R |
COV 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR SF |
BAR 4R |
BAR 1R |
DNP | BAR 1R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 1R | ||||||
| 2022 | BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
WIG 3R |
WIG 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
NIE 2R |
NIE 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR QF |
WIG 4R |
WIG 2R |
NIE 4R |
NIE 4R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R | ||||
| 2023 | BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 2R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 3R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 4R |
BAR QF |
BAR 4R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R | ||||
| 2024 | WIG 1R |
WIG SF |
LEI 2R |
LEI 2R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 3R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 2R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 2R |
MIL QR |
WIG 3R |
WIG 2R |
MIL 4R |
MIL QF |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 3R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 3R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R | ||||
| 2025 | WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
ROS 4R |
ROS 2R |
LEI 4R |
LEI 3R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 3R |
LEI 4R |
ROS QF |
ROS 1R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 3R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 3R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 1R |
MIL 4R |
MIL 2R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 3R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 3R |
WIG DNP |
WIG 1R |
- Not a Tour card holder
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR L# |
Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage |
DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||