Luke Woodhouse
| Luke Woodhouse | |||
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Woodhouse at the 2025 World Championship | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Luke Samuel Woodhouse[1] | ||
| Nickname | "Woody"[2][3] | ||
| Born | 13 October 1988[3] Bewdley, Worcestershire, England[2] | ||
| Darts information | |||
| Playing darts since | 2008 | ||
| Darts | 22g Harrows Signature[2][3] | ||
| Laterality | Right-handed[3] | ||
| Walk-on music | "C'est la Vie" by Stereophonics[2][3] | ||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
| PDC | 2011–present (Tour Card: 2018–present) | ||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 22 1 (15 March 2026)[4] | ||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||
| World Championship | Last 16: 2025, 2026 | ||
| World Matchplay | Last 32: 2024, 2025 | ||
| 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 | |||
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Luke Samuel Woodhouse (born 13 October 1988), nicknamed "Woody", is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is ranked world number twenty-two. A professional since 2018, Woodhouse reached his first major quarter-final at the 2023 Players Championship Finals. He reached his first major semi-final at the 2024 European Championship. He is a three-time PDC Pro Tour finalist. Woodhouse has reached the semi-finals in four other events on the PDC Pro Tour.
In his first year in the PDC, Woodhouse won event 14 on the 2013 Challenge Tour.
Career
In 2013, his first year in the PDC, Luke Woodhouse won PDC Challenge Tour 14.[5] 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.
In 2023, Woodhouse recorded his most successful year to date at the PDC. He 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.[6] 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.[7] At the 2024 European Championship, Woodhouse reached a first major televised semi-final, losing to eventual winner Ritchie Edhouse 11–5.[8]
Woodhouse qualified for the 2025 PDC World Championship via the Pro Tour Order of Merit. He reached the last 16 with wins against Lourence Ilagan, Mike De Decker and Damon Heta.[9][10][11]
At the 2025 European Darts Grand Prix, Woodhouse reached his first semi-final on the European Tour with wins over Johan Engström, Chris Dobey, Ross Smith and Michael Smith. However, he lost 7–3 to Andrew Gilding.[12] Later in the year, at the 2025 Swiss Darts Trophy, he reached a first European Tour final, losing 8–3 to Stephen Bunting.[13] In October 2025, he reached the final of Players Championship 34, where he was defeated 8–5 by Wessel Nijman.[14]
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
| Tournament | 2015 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||
| PDC World Championship | DNQ | 3R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 4R | ||||||||
| PDC World Masters[N 1] | Did not qualify | Prel. | 2R | |||||||||||||
| UK Open | 1R | 5R | 3R | 5R | 4R | 5R | 6R | 4R | ||||||||
| World Matchplay | Did not qualify | 1R | 1R | |||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Did not qualify | 2R | 1R | 2R | ||||||||||||
| European Championship | Did not qualify | SF | 1R | |||||||||||||
| Grand Slam of Darts | Did not qualify | RR | DNQ | 2R | ||||||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | DNQ | 2R | 3R | 1R | DNQ | QF | 1R | 2R | ||||||||
| PDC Non-ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||
| World Series of Darts 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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 [nb 1] |
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 [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 |
| 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 | ||
Notes
- ^ A non-ranked event until 2025
References
- ^ "Luke Samuel Woodhouse personal appointments". Find and update company information – GOV.UK. Companies House. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Luke Woodhouse PDPA profile". Professional Darts Players Association.
- ^ a b c d e "Luke Woodhouse player profile". Mastercaller.
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 15 March 2026. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ^ "Ward & Woodhouse Share Reading Wins". Professional Darts Corporation. 7 September 2013. Archived from the original on 29 December 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ Shaw, Jamie (25 September 2023). "Dave Chisnall denies nine-dart Luke Humphries to claim Hungarian Darts Trophy title". Live Darts. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ^ Chiu, Nigel (14 July 2024). "World Matchplay Darts: Nathan Aspinall survives scare as Luke Humphries, Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton win". Sky Sports. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Exceptional Edhouse wins Machineseeker European Championship". Professional Darts Corporation. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ Stafford, Ali (16 December 2024). "World Darts Championship: James Wade thrashed by Jermaine Wattimena for early exit at Alexandra Palace". Sky Sports. Alexandra Palace.
- ^ "De Decker stunned by Woodhouse at World Championship". BBC Sport. 17 December 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ Chiu, Nigel (27 December 2024). "World Darts Championship: Stephen Bunting cruises into fourth round after Damon Heta hits nine-darter but loses to Luke Woodhouse". Sky Sports. Alexandra Palace. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (4 May 2025). "Anderson retains European Darts Grand Prix title in Sindelfingen". Professional Darts Corporation.
- ^ "Brilliant Bunting wins Swiss Darts Trophy in Basel". Professional Darts Corporation. 28 September 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
- ^ "Luke Humphries secures Players Championship Finals spot as Wessel Nijman claims PC34 victory". Sky Sports. 1 November 2025. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
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- ^ "Luke Woodhouse". ClickOnDarts. Retrieved 12 November 2025.