Luke Woodhouse

Luke Woodhouse
Woodhouse at the 2025 World Championship
Personal information
Nickname	"Woody"
Born	(1988-10-13) 13 October 1988 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	2008
Darts	22g Harrows Signature
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"C'est la Vie" by Stereophonics
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2011–present (Tour Card: 2018–present)
Current world ranking	(PDC) 18 (29 July 2026)
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship	Last 16: 2025, 2026
World Matchplay	Last 32: 2024, 2025, 2026
World Grand Prix	Last 16: 2023, 2025
UK Open	Last 16: 2024
Grand Slam	Last 16: 2025
European Championship	Semi-final: 2024
PC Finals	Quarter-final: 2023
Masters	Last 16: 2026
World Series Finals	Last 32: 2025
Other tournament wins
Baltic Sea Darts Open 2026 PDC Challenge Tour 2013 PDC Players Championship 18 2026

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.

Career

In 2013, his first year in the PDC, Luke Woodhouse won PDC Challenge Tour 14. 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. 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. At the 2024 European Championship, Woodhouse reached a first major televised semi-final, losing to eventual winner Ritchie Edhouse 11–5.

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. 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. He was eliminated following a 4–0 loss to Stephen Bunting. At the 2025 European Darts Grand Prix, Woodhouse reached the semi-finals, where he lost 7–3 to Andrew Gilding. Later in the year, at the 2025 Swiss Darts Trophy, he reached his first European Tour final, losing 8–3 to Bunting. In October 2025, he reached the final of Players Championship 34, where he was defeated 8–5 by Wessel Nijman.

Woodhouse reached the last 16 for a second straight year at the 2026 World Championship, beating Andrew Gilding 4–1 in the third round. He lost 4–2 to Krzysztof Ratajski after missing a double to complete a nine-dart finish in the third set. In May 2026, he reached the final of Players Championship 13, losing 8–5 to Kevin Doets. Later that month, he achieved his first PDC ranking title by winning Players Championship 18, defeating Gilding 8–4 in the final. 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. He was also a finalist at Players Championship 24, losing 8–6 to Gabriel Clemens.

World Championship results

PDC

• 2020: Third round (lost to Dimitri Van den Bergh 2–4)
• 2021: First round (lost to Jamie Lewis 2–3)
• 2022: Second round (lost to Damon Heta 1–3)
• 2023: Second round (lost to Gerwyn Price 1–3)
• 2024: First round (lost to Berry van Peer 2–3)
• 2025: Fourth round (lost to Stephen Bunting 0–4)
• 2026: Fourth round (lost to Krzysztof Ratajski 2–4)

Performance timeline

Woodhouse's performance timeline is as follows:

Tournament	2015	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship	DNQ		3R	1R	2R	2R	1R	4R	4R
World Masters	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
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	202	69	48	47	49	38	35	21

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
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

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
2015	BAR 2R	BAR 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	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

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

External links

• Luke Woodhouse player profile at Darts Orakel