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| Nickname | Mighty Mike, MVG, The Green Machine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1989-04-25)25 April 1989 (age 35) Boxtel, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Vlijmen, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing darts since | 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 21.5g Winmau Signature[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Seven Nation Army" byThe White Stripes preceded by excerpt from "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" byPink Floyd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (seesplit in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 2005–2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2007– (Tour Card: 2011–) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 3 (23 March 2025)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 32:2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Winner (1):2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Trophy | Semi Final:2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Int. Darts League | Quarter Final:2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Winner (3):2014,2017,2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Matchplay | Winner (3):2015,2016,2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Winner (6):2012,2014,2016,2018,2019,2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Winner (3):2015,2016,2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Winner (3):2015,2016,2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Ch'ship | Winner (4):2014,2015,2016,2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Premier League | Winner (7):2013,2016,2017,2018,2019,2022,2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PC Finals | Winner (7):2013,2015,2016,2017,2019,2020,2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Masters | Winner (5):2015,2016,2017,2018,2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Champions League | Winner (1):2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Series Finals | Winner (5):2015,2016,2017,2019,2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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European Tour Events (x37)
Players Championships (x36)
UK Open Regionals/Qualifiers (x16)
World Series of Darts
Youth Tour
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| 2011 PDC Young Player of the Year[3] 2013 PDC Young Player of the Year | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michael van Gerwen (Dutch:[ˈmɑikəlvɑŋˈɣɛrʋə(n)]; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professionaldarts player, who competes inProfessional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where is currently rankedworld number three; he was ranked world number one from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-timePDC World Champion, having won the title in2014,2017 and2019. Van Gerwen has won forty-seven PDC majors,second in the all-time list behindPhil Taylor. This includes a record sevenPremier League titles, three titles in theWorld Matchplay,Grand Slam andUK Open respectively, sixWorld Grand Prix titles, thePlayers Championship Finals on a record seven occasions, a joint-record fourEuropean Championships, as well as thePDC Masters andWorld Series Finals each a record five times. He is also a three-timePDC World Cup of Darts champion, partneringRaymond van Barneveld for theNetherlands.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he is the second most successful player in PDC history, behind Phil Taylor. As of 15 October 2024 he has won the mostPDC Pro Tour events, with 91. He has won 157 PDC titles in total.
Van Gerwen began playing darts at the age of 13. At age 17, he won the2006 World Masters and threw a televisednine-dart finish at the2007 Masters of Darts. However, after this initial burst onto the darting scene, Van Gerwen struggled for consistent form, losing the final of the PDC World Youth Championship in both2011, and2012, his breakthrough year. Improving from world number 38 at the start of 2012 to number four at the beginning of 2013, he won his first majorPDC title at theWorld Grand Prix and reached the final at the2013 World Championship. In2014, at age 24, Van Gerwen became the then-youngest winner of thePDC World Championship. Van Gerwen has reached seven PDC World Championship finals and is one of only five players to win the title more than once. He holds the record for the highest three-dart average in a televised darts match, with 123.4.
Michael van Gerwen was born on 25 April 1989 inBoxtel in the Netherlands.[1] He playedfootball as adefender until he was 12 and began playing darts regularly at 13.[4] He reached the final of the Primus Masters Youth event at the age of 14 in 2003. He then started to amass youth titles in 2006. He also won the Men's events in the Norway and Northern Ireland Opens in the same year that he took the youth titles. Before he became a professional darts player, he worked as a tiler.[4]
Van Gerwen picked up several Open titles and rose up theBDO/WDF World Rankings having climbed to third before his 18th birthday.[5] He reached the semi-finals of theBavaria World Darts Trophy in 2006.[6] Despite losing toMartin Adams, the Dutch youngster came within one dart of the perfect nine-dart finish, just missing double twelve. He did manage the highest possible checkout of 170 during the tournament.[7]
He managed to eclipse that performance at the2006 Winmau World Masters by becoming the youngest ever champion. Having trailed 1–4 and 2–5 to Adams, he came back to win the title and tookEric Bristow's record as the youngest ever winner at the age of 17 years and 174 days.[8]
His early career success led to speculation that he would join the other professional circuit of darts, theProfessional Darts Corporation.[9] However, during the 2006 World Darts Trophy, Van Gerwen held a press conference to make it clear that he wanted to stay with the BDO/WDF. He also finished top of the DDF (Dutch Darts Federation) Rankings, which would have secured him a place at the PDC World Championship, if he chose to accept. He had already committed to playing at Lakeside, so the place went toRico Vonck, who finished second in the rankings.
Van Gerwen was the bookmakers' pre-tournament favourite to win the 2007 Lakeside World title, but his hopes were ended in the first round byGary Robson.[10] On the night of the2007 BDO World Championship final, it was announced on Dutch television that Van Gerwen, along withJelle Klaasen andVincent van der Voort, would be switching to the Professional Darts Corporation.[11]
Although he was a BDO player he was eligible for certain PDC events in his home country, even before he switched to the PDC. This included the Open Holland in 2006, in which he took the title. He made his PDC debut on 20 January at the non-televisedPlayers Championships inGibraltar and beatAndy Hamilton before losing in the last 16 toRoland Scholten. In the second Players Championship the following day, he beatRaymond van Barneveld in the early rounds only to lose toAlan Warriner-Little in the quarter-finals. He followed up his victory over Van Barneveld by beating 13-time World ChampionPhil Taylor 3–0 in sets on the opening night of theMasters of Darts tournament. He went on to reach the semi-final of the tournament and achieved a nine-dart finish against Van Barneveld, but lost the match.[12]
His televised PDC debut came at the2007 UK Open, where he lost in the last 32 toColin Osborne. His first PDC World Championship saw him play Phil Taylor in2008's first round; notably, he had one match dart to knock Taylor out.[13]
Van Gerwen ended his long wait for a tournament victory by beating Vincent van der Voort 6–3 in the final of the Players Championship inTaunton on 11 April 2009. Van Gerwen was defeated 6–4 byArron Monk in the final of the inauguralPDC Under-21 World Championship.[14]
In the2012 World Championship, Van Gerwen made it to the last 16 for the first time by beatingColin Osborne andMervyn King.[15] However he lost to Simon Whitlock 4–3.[16]
Van Gerwen was named Young Player of the Year at the PDC annual awards ceremony on 3 January 2012, for winning four PDC Unicorn Youth Tour events during 2011 and his World Championship run.[3]
In 2012, he won the secondUK Open qualifier of the season, defeatingDave Chisnall in the final 6–1. In theUK Open itself he lost in the last 16 toTerry Jenkins.[17] Van Gerwen topped the PDC Youth Tour Order of Merit going into the2012 PDC World Youth Championship, but went on to lose in the final for a second consecutive year, this time againstJames Hubbard. Van Gerwen won the eighthPlayers Championship event in June after beating Simon Whitlock 6–1 in the final.[18] At theWorld Matchplay, he won 5 legs in a row to record a 10–6 victory over Simon Whitlock in the first round,[19] and then faced a last 16 encounter withSteve Beaton, which he won 13–9 while throwing the fourth nine-dart finish in the tournament's history in the tenth leg.[20] Van Gerwen was 5–11 down in his quarter-final againstJames Wade, but produced a fightback to only trail 11–12 and then missed one dart to level the game. He went on to lose 13–16.[21]
Van Gerwen's third title of the year came at the 11thPlayers Championship, where he defeatedIan White 6–1 in the final with a 107.85 average.[22] Van Gerwen was involved in an exceptional match in the last 16 of theEuropean Championship as he was defeated by compatriotRaymond van Barneveld 9–10, despite averaging 104.[23] Another Players Championship success followed with a 6–5 victory overRobert Thornton.[24]
In October 2012, Van Gerwen won his first PDC major title at theWorld Grand Prix. He came from behind to knock outColin Lloyd 2–1 in the first round,[25] and then beat an out of sortsAdrian Lewis 3–1 in the second.[26] In the quarter-final against Andy Hamilton, he missed four darts to win 3–1, only for Hamilton to take out a 160 finish to force a decider.[27] Van Gerwen maintained his composure and took the final set 3–2 and then heavily out-scoredWes Newton in the semi-finals in a 5–1 win.[28] He played Mervyn King in the final, defeating him 6–4, after being 0–3 and 1–4 down. Van Gerwen afterwards described the win as the best day in his life and in claiming the £100,000 prize he rose to world number eight, overtaking Van Barneveld as the highest placed Dutchman.[29] He did not have to wait long for his sixth title of the year, as he won the following week's Players Championship averaging 113 againstJamie Caven in the semi-finals, before beating Nick Fullwell 6–3 in the final.[30]
In aChampionship League game, van Gerwen averaged 121.86 while defeating Steve Beaton 6–0. He won six of his seven league matches to finish top of the table, but then lost 5–6 to the same opponent in the semi-finals.[31] He soon returned to winning ways by taking another Players Championship title, coming back from 0–4 in the final against Ian White to triumph 6–5.[32]
Van Gerwen won all three of his group games at theGrand Slam of Darts to top Group B and face Phil Taylor in the last 16, in a match billed as a clash between the current best two players in the world.[33] There, Van Gerwen ended a five-year, 15-game losing streak against Taylor to defeat him 10–5 with a 108.38 average in a performance he described as the best of his career.[34][35] He playedScott Waites in the quarter-finals, who himself had already beaten Taylor in the tournament, and produced another superb display as he hit two 170 finishes and an average of 106.63 in a 16–12 win.[36] He averaged over 100 once more to defeatDean Winstanley 16–8 in the semi-finals, to set up a clash in the final against compatriot and five-time world championRaymond van Barneveld.[37] Van Gerwen was never ahead in the final and couldn't quite match the heavy scoring and clinical finishing he had produced earlier in the tournament as he was beaten 14–16.[38]
His eighth tournament win of 2012 came at the 20th and final Players Championship, where he beat Taylor for the first time in a final and also beat reigning world champion Adrian Lewis in the semi-finals.[39] He was 4–5 down to Taylor, but produced back-to-back finishes of 164 and 124 to win and in doing so finished third on the ProTour Order of Merit to qualify for theFinals.[40] Van Gerwen went out of the Finals in the second round 10–8 to Andy Hamilton.[41]
After his exceptional year in 2012, Van Gerwen entered the2013 World Championship as the second favourite behindPhil Taylor.[42] In his semi-final match against James Wade, Van Gerwen hit a nine-dart finish. He almost repeated the feat in the very next leg, after hitting eight perfect darts before missing one dart at double 12 that would have seen him become the first player ever to hit back-to-back perfect legs. However, he lost the set but won the match 6–4.[43] In his first World Championship final, he played Phil Taylor and led 2–0 and 4–2, but lost 7–4. Van Gerwen's run in the tournament saw him climb to number four on the Order of Merit, which guaranteed his place in thePremier League for the first time.[44]
At the PDC awards dinner in January 2013, Van Gerwen won three awards; Young Player of the Year, PDPA Player of the Year and Fans' Player of the Year.[45] In his firstWorld Cup of Darts, he partnered Van Barneveld and the Dutch pair suffered a shock in the last 16 when they were beaten 3–5 by the Finnish duo ofJani Haavisto andJarkko Komula.[46] Van Gerwen won his first tournament of 2013 at the first UK Open Qualifier of the year with a 6–2 victory over Dave Chisnall in the final.[47] He completed a weekend double a day later by defeatingBrendan Dolan also by a 6–2 scoreline in the second Qualifier. The win saw Van Gerwen replace Wade as the world number three.[48] His run continued by taking the third event with a 6–2 win againstMichael Smith.[49] Van Gerwen's first defeat on the 2013 Pro Tour came a day later when Robert Thornton beat him 4–6 in the semi-finals of the fourth Qualifier. His unbeaten run stood at 29 matches until this defeat.[50] Despite losing in the semi-finals of theEuropean Darts Trophy toPaul Nicholson in April, Van Gerwen replaced Adrian Lewis as the world number two.[51] Van Gerwen won the sixth qualifier with a 6–5 defeat ofKim Huybrechts in the final.[52] He also won the final event with a 6–0 win against Mervyn King in the final, meaning he had won five of the eight Qualifiers.[53] His sixth title of the year came a week later at the secondPlayers Championship by beatingStuart Kellett 6–1 in the final.[54]
In the2013 Premier League, Van Gerwen became the first player other than Phil Taylor to finish top of the league after Taylor had done it in all eight previous stagings of the event.[55] He won 11, drew two and lost three of his 16 games, averaging over 100 in nine of them.[56][57] He beat James Wade 8–4 in the semi-finals to face Taylor in the final. Van Gerwen was 2–5 down but then won five unanswered legs before Taylor stopped the rot by taking out a finish of 65. In the next leg, Van Gerwen declined a dart at the bull when on a finish of 87 to set up 32, but Taylor stepped in to finish 160 to level the match at 7–7. However, Van Gerwen began the 15th leg with a 180 and won two consecutive legs to move within one game of the title. He missed two darts at double eight to win 10–7, but with Taylor leaving 40 after 12 darts in the next, Van Gerwen finished 132 on the bull to become only the fourth player to win the Premier League.[58][59]
Van Gerwen's play continued as he won theEuropean Darts Open in Düsseldorf, Germany, saving his best performance for the final where he beat Simon Whitlock 6–2 with an average of 106.68.[60] Another title followed less than a week later as he won the non-rankingDubai Darts Masters, taking out finishes of 170 and 164 during an 11–7 triumph over Raymond van Barneveld in the final.[61] His 10th tournament win came in June at theAustrian Darts Open by beating Mervyn King 6–3 in the final. It was Van Gerwen's fifth title in a row and he was on a run of 24 unbeaten games.[62] He was the number one seed for theUK Open having earned £35,600 in the eight qualifying events, just over £25,000 ahead of Robert Thornton in second place.[53] Van Gerwen stretched his unbeaten streak to 27 games before he met Taylor in the quarter-finals. Van Gerwen did not quite produce his best game as he was beaten 7–10.[63] Two weeks later he won the sixth Players Championship by defeatingAndy Hamilton 6–1 in the final.[64] At theGibraltar Darts Trophy his unbeaten run of 15 matches in European Tour events was ended as he lost to Adrian Lewis 5–6 in the quarter-finals.[65]
At theEuropean Championship, Van Gerwen beatMervyn King and Jelle Klaasen both with 104 averages, but was defeated 8–11 by Lewis in the semi-finals.[66] Lewis was also the victor when the two met at the same stage of theWorld Matchplay, beating Van Gerwen 17–15.[67] Van Gerwen overcame Lewis in the semi-finals of theSydney Darts Masters 10–7, but was then defeated 10–3 in the final by Taylor.[68] In the defence of hisWorld Grand Prix title, Van Gerwen swept pastJohn Part 2–0 and Van Barneveld 3–0 in 21 minutes to play Dave Chisnall in the quarter-finals.[69] Van Gerwen came from 2–0 down to level the match but Chisnall halted his momentum by winning the final set by three legs to one.[70] He qualified fromGroup 5 of theChampionship League having lost in the final of two previous groups which included a nine-dart finish in a 6–5 loss to Terry Jenkins in Group 4.[71]
In theWinners Group, Van Gerwen was the only player to beat Taylor and he finished second in the table by winning five of his seven games. In the semi-finals, he saw offRichie Burnett 6–2 to face Taylor in the final. Van Gerwen fell 5–0 down before winning three successive legs but had left himself too much to do and lost 6–3.[72] He finished the year as the top seed for thePlayers Championship Finals having amassed £125,350 during the year in ProTour events, over £50,000 ahead of Chisnall in second place.[73] He produced two superb comebacks in the event, the first coming in the second round when he took six legs in a row to see off Lewis 9–6. He produced the second in the final as from 6–3 down he hit a seven leg burst against Taylor and secured his second major title of the year with an 11–7 victory.[74]
In the2014 World Championship, Van Gerwen began with victories over qualifierZoran Lerchbacher andKevin McDine.[75] He trailedGary Anderson 3–1 in the third round, but came back to win 4–3.[76] He then faced formerBDO World ChampionMark Webster, whom he beat 5–3.[77] Van Gerwen beatAdrian Lewis 6–0 to reach the final.[78] In his second successive World Championship final, he faced Peter Wright and won 7–4. He became the sixth different winner of the event and, at the age of 24, the then-youngest as well as jumping above Phil Taylor to become the new world number one.[79][80] Later in the month, he won the ProTour Player of the Year, Fans' Player of the Year and PDC Player of the Year at the Annual Awards.[81]
On the opening night of thePremier League, Van Gerwen registered the first ever whitewash over Taylor in the tournament's history, 7–0 in 13 minutes with an average of 109.59.[82] He enjoyed a title success in his home country at theDutch Darts Masters by beating Mervyn King in a high quality final where both players averaged over 107.[83] A week later, he won the finalUK Open Qualifier with a 6–0 whitewash over Michael Smith.[84] At theUK Open, he was beaten 10–8 in the semi-finals by Terry Jenkins.[85] Van Gerwen won his 20th title on the PDC tour in claiming the secondPlayers Championship by beating Dean Winstanley 6–1.[86] In April, Taylor won their reverse fixture in the Premier League 7–4 and was also the victor when the two met in the final of theGerman Darts Masters.[87][88] He finished top of thePremier League table for the second year in a row, winning 11 of his 16 games, and then edged past Gary Anderson 8–7 in the semi-finals.[89] From 5–5 in the final, Raymond van Barneveld took four successive legs and ended Van Gerwen's Premier League reign with a 10–6 win.[89] He defended hisDubai Duty Free Darts Masters title by seeing off Wright 11–7.[90]
At theWorld Cup of Darts, Van Gerwen and Van Barneveld produced a 117.88 average in their doubles decider against Northern Ireland to whitewash them 4–0 and meet England's Taylor and Lewis in the final. Van Gerwen defeated Taylor 4–0 and Van Barneveld recorded the same scoreline against Lewis. He went into his singles match versus Lewis knowing a win would earn the Dutch pair the title and he did so with a 4–2 success.[91]
Van Gerwen played in his firstWorld Matchplay final but was beaten 18–9.[92] He returned to claim the inauguralSingapore Darts Masters with an 11–8 victory overSimon Whitlock.[93] A week later he averaged an incredible 118.21 in beatingPaul Nicholson 8–3 in the quarter-finals of thePerth Darts Masters and went on to reach the final where Taylor beat him 11–9.[94][95] Van Gerwen also won the 14th Players Championship with a 6–4 victory over Michael Smith.[96] A week later, they contested the final of the2014 European Darts Trophy, with Van Gerwen losing 6–5.[97]
His second major title of the year came at theWorld Grand Prix as he edged a close final against James Wade 5–3 in sets.[98] Seven days later, he beat Wade once more this time 6–2 in the final of the 18th Players Championship.[99] He averaged 111 in eliminating Dave Chisnall 10–5 in the quarter-finals of theEuropean Championship and then threw his fourth career televised nine-darter during an 11–6 semi-final victory over Van Barneveld. Van Gerwen won the title with an 11–4 victory.[100]
Van Gerwen reached the semi-finals of the2015 World Championship, by beatingRobert Thornton in the quarters.[101] He playedGary Anderson and lost 6–3.[102] Van Gerwen won theMasters by beating Van Barneveld 11–6 in the final.[103] Van Gerwen won the secondUK Open Qualifier by beatingVincent van der Voort 6–3 in the final.[104] Van Gerwen also took the third event with a 6–1 triumph overJames Wade.[105] He then won the2015 German Darts Championship by defeating Anderson 6–2 in the final.[106] He defeatedJelle Klaasen in the final of the fourth UK Open Qualifier 6–5.[107]
In the2015 UK Open, he won UK Open title with an 11–5 victory over Peter Wright in the final.[108] He won his second European Tour event in a row at theGibraltar Darts Trophy with a 6–3 success over Terry Jenkins and made it a trio of titles by seeing offJohn Henderson 6–5 at theGerman Darts Masters, which saw him become the second player ever to reach £1 million in prize money on thePDC Order of Merit, afterPhil Taylor.[109][110] Van Gerwen continued to dominate the PDC circuit by claiming the fourth and sixthPlayers Championship events with 6–1 and 6–5 wins over Lewis and Wade respectively.[111] A 6–6 draw withDave Chisnall ensured he would finish top of the Premier League for the third year in a row.[112] Van Gerwen beat Van Barneveld 10–8 to win the final but lost to Anderson 11–7 in the final.[113] Van Gerwen maintained his unbeaten record in theDubai Darts Masters as he took his third title in a row by defeating Taylor 11–8 in the final.[114] He stretched his unbeaten run to 20 matches in European Tour events as he claimed theDutch Darts Masters by whitewashing Justin Pipe 6–0.[115] Van Gerwen and Van Barneveld were knocked out in the semi-finals of theWorld Cup in a doubles match against Scotland's Anderson and Wright.[116]
Van Gerwen won his firstWorld Matchplay title by beating James Wade 18–12. It saw him overtake Wade as the PDC's second most successful player with nine major tournament wins, but still a long way behind Taylor who leads with 79.[117] Michael Smith defeated Van Gerwen 6–2 in the final of theEuropean Darts Trophy, but he took theEuropean Darts Matchplay seven days later with a 6–4 success over Chisnall in the final.[118][119] Van Gerwen hit 18 180s in the final of theWorld Grand Prix against Robert Thornton, but ultimately missed too many doubles to be edged out 5–4 in sets.[120] He looked set to lose a second successive major final when he trailed Gary Anderson 10–7 at theEuropean Championship, but won the next four legs without allowing the Scot a dart for the match to win 11–10. It marked the first time Van Gerwen had retained a major title.[121]
Van Gerwen won theGrand Slam, with a 16–13 win over Phil Taylor in the final. The title completed Van Gerwen's set of winning all of the PDC's current majors during his career.[122] In the final of theWorld Series of Darts Finals, Van Gerwen came from 10–9 down to defeat Wright 11–10 with a 129 checkout and an 11-dart leg.[123] He took his fourth televised title in a row at thePlayers Championship Finals with an 11–6 win over Adrian Lewis. It also ensured he had featured in every televised final since the World Championship at the start of the year.[124]
Van Gerwen was defeated by Raymond van Barneveld in the third round of the World Championship in a shock result.[125]
However he retained hisMasters title by defeating Dave Chisnall 11–6 in the final.[126] In week four of thePremier League, Van Gerwen broke the televised average record with 123.40 in a 7–1 win overMichael Smith.[127] In the following round of fixtures, he averaged 116.67 in beating Peter Wright 7–2.[128] A 7–5 win over Taylor saw Van Gerwen top the final Premier League table for the fourth year in a row.[129] He won his second Premier League title (his first being in 2013) with an 11–3 victory over Taylor in what was Van Gerwen's fourth consecutive Premier League final. Taylor had led 2–1 but Van Gerwen soon took control of proceedings and won ten of the following eleven legs to complete a resounding win.[129][130]
Van Gerwen had won three of the sixUK Open Qualifiers and in the fourth round of themain event he produced his fifth televised nine-dart finish while defeating Rob Cross 9–5. He also hit 170 finishes in the leg before and after the perfect leg.[131] He recovered from 4–1 down to Taylor in the semi-finals to win 10–6 and, in a repeat of last year's final, bested Wright 11–4 to retain his title.[132] Van Gerwen won his second consecutiveWorld Matchplay title with an 18–10 win over Taylor.[133][134] He set a record average in aWorld Grand Prix final of 100.29 as he claimed the title by beating Anderson 5–2.[135][136]
Van Gerwen claimed six of the ten European Tour events, five Players Championships and two World Series tournaments, as well as taking the main event of each of these tours, theEuropean Championship, theWorld Series of Darts (beat Peter Wright 11–9) and thePlayers Championship Finals (overcame Dave Chisnall 11–3).[137]He also retained hisGrand Slam crown by defeating James Wade 16–8 in the final.[138] His domination of the PDC circuit saw him win a total of 25 titles and £1.5 million in 2016, with a match success rate of 91%.[139]
Taking Van Gerwen's 2016 alone, his 9 major titles won that year would have (at the time) put him third on the all-time list for most major titles won, behind only himself andPhil Taylor.
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Van Gerwen averaged over 100 in each of his four matches as he advanced to the semi-finals of the2017 World Championship.[140] Raymond van Barneveld won the first set without reply in the semis, but Van Gerwen then produced the greatest ever World Championship performance as he averaged a tournament record 114.05 (32 legs) in a 6–2 win. It beat Phil Taylor's previous best of 111.21 (23 legs) in the second round of the2002 World Championship. In the last set, Van Gerwen missed a dart at double 12 for a nine-darter.[141] In the final,Gary Anderson left 28 to take a 3–1 lead, but Van Gerwen finished 86 to snipe that set, leveling the match at 2–2. Van Gerwen ultimately took 12 of the next 14 legs to establish a 6–2 lead. He got over the line to take his second World Championship crown with a 7–3 win.[142] With this victory, he held all seven PDC major ranking titles at the same time. 42 180s were thrown in the final, the most ever in a darts match and Van Gerwen's average of 107.79 brought his average over the whole tournament to 106.32. The win cemented his number one ranking as he was over £1 million ahead of second placed Anderson.[143]
Van Gerwen won his third successiveMasters title by defeating Anderson 11–7 in the final.[144] Van Gerwen threw two nine-darters during his third round 6–2 win over Ryan Murray at the fourthUK Open Qualifier and he would take the title by beating Anderson 6–3 in the decider.[145] He could not defend hisUK Open title because he was forced to withdraw from the event due to a back injury.[146] In the2017 edition of the Premier League, Van Gerwen successfully defended his title, topping the table of the league stage once again by winning nine matches, drawing four and losing two. After overcoming Anderson 10–7 in the semi-final, he would go on to facePeter Wright in the final. Van Gerwen beat Wright to claim his third Premier League title, with a tournament average of 104.76.[147] At theWorld Cup, Netherlands secured their first title since 2014 by seeing off the Welsh pairing ofGerwyn Price andMark Webster 3–1 in the final.
Following early exits in theChampions League and theWorld Grand Prix, Van Gerwen went back to winning ways by claiming his4th European Championship title by defeatingRob Cross 11–7.[148]
Van Gerwen's next tournament was theGrand Slam of Darts, winning all 3 of his group games to top Group A. He defeatedSteve Lennon in the last 16 by a convincing 10–3 win.[149] Van Gerwen followed this by defeatingRob Cross 16–13 in the quarter-finals,[150] a 16–8 win over 6 time Grand Slam winnerPhil Taylor in the semi-finals and a 16–12 win overPeter Wright in the final to claim his 3rd Grand Slam title.[151]
Van Gerwen reached the semi-final of the2018 PDC World Championship but missed match darts and lost to debutant and eventual championRob Cross 6–5.[152]
His next televised tournament was theMasters, where he took his fourth consecutive win at the tournament beatingRaymond van Barneveld in the final after earlier wins overGary Anderson,James Wade andKim Huybrechts.[153] At the firstPro Tour event of 2018,UK Open Qualifier 1, he beatMichael Smith in the final, averaging 105 for the tournament.[154] He took his hundredth PDC singles title at thenext UK Open Qualifier with a win overDarren Webster in the final, becoming the second player to do so afterPhil Taylor.[155] He lost at the quarter final stage of the third qualifier to Smith, putting his earnings from the qualifiers over £20,000. Despite sitting out the final three qualifiers, his performances at the first three events was enough for him to top the UK Open Order of Merit and enter at the third round of the tournament. Drawn againstJeffrey de Zwaan, he lost 8–10 with a 96 average.[156] This was the first time since 2012 he exited before the quarter final stage at the tournament, and the first time he lost his first match of a televised tournament since theWorld Grand Prix the year prior.
He achieved a 6–2 victory overChris Dobey inPlayers Championship 5.[157]
At the firstEuropean Tour event of 2018, theEuropean Darts Open, he took his 21st European Tour title with an 8–7 victory overPeter Wright.[158] Van Gerwen and Wright would play each other again in the final of the2018 German Darts Grand Prix, with Van Gerwen prevailing once again by a scoreline of 8–5. It was his 22nd European Tour title.[159]
He won Players Championship 9 by beating Scott Taylor 6–4 in the final.[160] Van Gerwen played in the 10th Players Championship where he was beaten 4–6 by Jonny Clayton in the quarter-finals.[161]
Van Gerwen won the European Darts Grand Prix, his 23rd European Tour title and his 10th title of the year that included wins over Dave Chisnall in quarter-finals by a scoreline of 6–4, a 7–0 whitewash over Michael Smith in the semi-finals and an 8–3 victory over James Wade in the final.[162] The following week, he won his 11th title of the year (his 24th European Tour title) by winning his 5th consecutive Dutch Darts Masters by beating Steve Lennon 8–5 in the final. Notably, in his semi-final match with Daryl Gurney, Van Gerwen trailed 2–6 as well as surviving 3 match darts but the Dutchman produced a comeback performance to knock out the Northern Irishman 7–6.[163]
His 12th title of the year followed shortly after on 17 May in winning the Premier League by beating Rob Cross 10–6 in the semi-finals and a comprehensive 11–4 victory over Michael Smith in the final with an average of 112.37, the highest ever average in a Premier League final. It was his 3rd consecutive Premier League title and his 4th Premier League title overall.[164]
His 13th title of the year would follow in the World Cup of Darts with partner Raymond van Barneveld. They successfully defended their title for The Netherlands with a 3–1 victory over Scottish pairing Peter Wright and Gary Anderson.[165] The following weekend saw him win his 14th title of the year and his 25th European Tour title with a victory in the Gibraltar Darts Trophy by beating Adrian Lewis 8–3 in the final with an average of over 108.[166]
Van Gerwen returned to the winning circle by claiming his first World Series of Darts title of 2018 by defeating compatriotRaymond van Barneveld 11–4 at the final of theAuckland Darts Masters final.[167] It was Van Gerwen's 16th title of 2018.
Van Gerwen lifted the2018 World Grand Prix title, the fourth time he had won that title, with a 5–2 win overPeter Wright.[168] He failed to retain theEuropean Championship,[169]World Series Finals[170] andGrand Slam[171] titles in 2018, and lost the final of the2018 Players Championship Finals toDaryl Gurney.[172]
Van Gerwen was top seed at the2019 World Championship. He knockedAlan Tabern out in the second round despite having beer thrown at him during the walk on,[173] before consecutive 4–1 victories overMax Hopp[174] and former world championAdrian Lewis.[175] He beatRyan Joyce 5–1 in the quarter-final[176] to set up a semi-final withGary Anderson. A dominant semi-final performance by the Dutchman saw him triumph 6–1 over Anderson,[177] to reach the final againstMichael Smith. He regained the world championship with a 7–3 win over Smith.[178]
Van Gerwen kicked off the 2019 circuit with winning the2019 Masters, defeating James Wade 11–5 in the final to secure his fifth consecutiveMasters title.[179] The next two weeks, Van Gerwen wonPlayers Championship 1 and3, henceforth breaking Phil Taylor's ProTour title record.[180]
He retained hisPremier League title yet again, beatingDaryl Gurney 10–7 in the semi-finals, and beatingRob Cross 11–5 in the final.
Van Gerwen retained hisWorld Grand Prix title with a win overDave Chisnall,[181] and won theChampions League of Darts for the first time, recovering from three legs down to beatPeter Wright 11–10.[182] He regained hisPlayers Championship Finals title, beatingGerwyn Price in the final,[183] and hitting the only televisednine-dart finish of the year, in the second round againstAdrian Lewis.[184]
Van Gerwen was again top seed at the2020 World Championship. He easily reached the quarter-final, recovering from losing the first set toJelle Klaasen in the second round to win,[185] before consecutive 4–0 victories overRicky Evans[186] and formerBDO World ChampionStephen Bunting.[187] In the quarter-final, he triumphed overDarius Labanauskas, 5–2, to qualify for the semi-final for the seventh time in eight championships.[188] There he beatNathan Aspinall 6–3 to set up a final withPeter Wright.[189] Van Gerwen was defeated in that final, 7–3.
At the2020 Masters, Van Gerwen lost in the first round toJonny Clayton, ending his run of five years as the tournament's champion, and a 20 match unbeaten run at theMarshall Arena. In March he won theUK Open for the third time, beatingGerwyn Price 11–9 in the final. In his run through to the final, he hit his seventh career televisednine-darter, againstDaryl Gurney in the semi-finals. In November he won thePlayers Championship Finals for the 6th time, beatingMervyn King 11–10 in the final.[190]
Van Gerwen opened up his2021 World Championship campaign with a 3–1 win over Ryan Murray, averaging 108.98 points in the match.[191] In the last 16, he battled back from 1–3 down to defeatJoe Cullen 4–3 and reach the quarter-finals.[192] In the quarter-finals, he waswhitewashed 0–5 byDave Chisnall.[193] This loss resulted in Van Gerwen dropping to number 2 in theworld rankings, followingGerwyn Price's World Championship victory.
Van Gerwen then went on to lose in consecutive TV tournaments, losing in theMasters toJonny Clayton and in the semi-finals of theUK Open toLuke Humphries. Van Gerwen then proceeded to top thePremier League but consequently went on to lose to eventual winner Jonny Clayton in the semi-finals.
Van Gerwen reached the final of PC20 but was beaten byPeter Wright in the tournament decider.
Van Gerwen had another great run in theWorld Matchplay but was beaten in the semi-finals by eventual winner Peter Wright.
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In his2022 World Championship opener, Van Gerwen beat Chas Barstow before withdrawing prior to his third-round match withChris Dobey after testing positive forCOVID-19.[194] In July, Van Gerwen reached the final of theWorld Matchplay for the first time in six years, where he defeatedGerwyn Price to win his third World Matchplay title, meaning that he had won at every PDC Premier Event that was held in 2022 at least three times.[195][196]
Van Gerwen also added to two further ranking TV titles like theWorld Grand Prix for the sixth time, beatingNathan Aspinall in the final; and won the2022 Players Championship Finals with an 11–6 victory overRob Cross.[197] He also won the2022 Premier League againstJoe Cullen in the final.[198]
Van Gerwen opened his2023 World Championship campaign with a 3–0 victory overLewy Williams, before defeatingMensur Suljović 4–2 with an average of 107.66.[199] A fourth round win overDirk van Duijvenbode[200] was followed bywhitewash victories overChris Dobey[201] andDimitri Van den Bergh,[202] the latter with a 108.28 average, qualified Van Gerwen for his sixth World Darts Championship final, where he lost 7–4 toMichael Smith.
At the2023 UK Open, Van Gerwen was the runner-up, winning matches againstDave Chisnall,Martijn Kleermaker,Luke Humphries,Nathan Aspinall and Dimitri Van den Bergh, before losing the final toAndrew Gilding in a deciding leg.[203]
An 11–5 victory overGerwyn Price saw Van Gerwen defend his title in the2023 Premier League, a record seventh title in the competition moving him clear of Phil Taylor.[204]
At the2023 Players Championship Finals, Van Gerwen broke the record for the highest average in the tournament's history, defeatingRoss Smith 6–1 with an average of 118.52.[205] He eventually was the runner-up after he lost toLuke Humphries 11–9 in the final.
In the2024 World Championship, Van Gerwen cruised through his first three matches, defeatingKeane Barry,Richard Veenstra, andStephen Bunting without dropping a single set to reach the quarterfinals.[206] However, in his next match, poor finishing by Van Gerwen led to a shock 5–3 defeat to the unseeded Pro Tour qualifierScott Williams.[207] At theMasters, Van Gerwen reached the final, but was defeated 11–7 byStephen Bunting.[208]
At the2024 UK Open, Van Gerwen suffered a shock fourth-round defeat toMensur Suljović, losing five legs on the spin en route to a 7–10 loss.[209] He achieved four nightly wins during the2024 Premier League league phase, finishing third in the table and qualifying for the playoffs. He lost toLuke Humphries 10–5 in the semi-finals.[210] He reached the final of the2024 World Matchplay but lost 18–15 to Luke Humphries.[211]
In his campaign at the2025 World Championship, Van Gerwen was the third seed.[212] He whitewashed debutantJames Hurrell 3–0 in the second round.[213][214] In the third round, Van Gerwen defeated 30th seedBrendan Dolan 4–2 before securing another 4–2 victory in the fourth round against non-seedJeffrey de Graaf.[215][216][217] In the quarter-finals, Van Gerwen defeatedCallan Rydz 5–3,[218] where both players averaged over 103 in the contest.[219] In his semi-final match, he beatChris Dobey 6–1 to enter his seventh world championship final.[220] During his interview with Abigail Davies on stage after his victory, Van Gerwenswore on live television, saying, "I'm only in the final; I've won f*ck all yet," where fans saw the humour leading to the clip going viral on social media.[221][222] Van Gerwen lost the final toLuke Littler 7–3, with Littler beating Van Gerwen's record as the youngest PDC World Champion.[223]
At thePDC World Masters, Van Gerwen wore a special black and gold shirt instead of his traditional green shirt to celebrate his fifth year with sponsorWinmau, who also sponsored the tournament.[224] He was eliminated in the second round following a 4–3 loss toDimitri Van den Bergh.[225]
Van Gerwen leans forward quite a lot on theoche and throws at a very fast pace and scores extremely heavily meaning he is able to build up momentum over his opponents in a matter of seconds.[226] When he does make a mistake he is usually able to confine it to history and refocus on the next leg.[227][228] His playing style is instinctive and natural.[229] He is known to hit purple patches during matches, where he can instantly elevate his game to exceptionally high levels.[230]
He did so in winning the first three PDC major titles of his career, firstly in the2012 Grand Prix final, where he came back from 1–4 down in sets to triumph 6–4 overMervyn King, secondly in the2013 Premier League final he came from 2–5 down to win five successive legs and eventually won 10–8, and thirdly winning seven consecutive legs against Phil Taylor in claiming the2013 Players Championship Finals title.[231]
The most striking examples of his ability to date include setting a televised average world record of 123.40 in the 2016 Premier League in a 7–1 victory overMichael Smith. Having started with four 11-dart legs or better in the first six legs, he missed double 18 three times for an average of over 130 which would have earned a shutout win had he found the double.[232][233] He was also a double 12 away from hitting back-to-back nine-dart finishes in the2013 World Championship semi-finals.[234]
Five-time World ChampionEric Bristow has described him as fearless,[235] and Van Gerwen has said he is not scared of any player.[236]
He celebrates important visits to the board with sudden short-range headbutts and a bouncing double fist-pump.[237] Such exuberant celebrations have created negative reactions among some of his fellow players, with 2004World Masters winnerMervyn King calling it disrespectful.[4][230]
Van Gerwen traditionally wears a green shirt while in competition, which has now become synonymous with his image and has seen him dubbed "The Green Machine".[238][239][240]
In August 2014, Van Gerwen married his longtime girlfriend, Daphne Govers.[4] They have a daughter born in August 2017 and a son born in April 2020.[241]
In December 2014,Sky Sports televised a one-hour documentary called "Mighty Mike" which charted his rise in darts as well as his life away from the sport. He is a supporter of the Dutch football clubPSV Eindhoven.[242]
In May 2018, he was appointedKnight of the Order of Orange-Nassau by his local Mayor on behalf ofWillem-Alexander,King of the Netherlands.[243]
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| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score[N 1] | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2006 | Winmau World Masters |  Martin Adams | 7–5 (s) | [244] |
| Legend |
|---|
| World Championship (3–4) |
| World Matchplay (3–2) |
| World Grand Prix (6–1) |
| Grand Slam (3–1) |
| Premier League (7–2) |
| UK Open (3–1) |
| Masters (5–1) |
| Champions League (1–1) |
| European Championship (4–1) |
| Players Championship Finals (7–2) |
| Championship League (0–1) |
| World Series Finals (5–0) |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Team | Teammate | Opponents in the final | Score[N 1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2014 | World Cup of Darts |  Netherlands | Raymond van Barneveld | England –Phil Taylor andAdrian Lewis | 3–0 (m) |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2016 | 2–3 (m) | ||||
| Winner | 2. | 2017 |  Wales –Gerwyn Price andMark Webster | 3–1 (m) | |||
| Winner | 3. | 2018 |  Scotland –Gary Anderson andPeter Wright | 3–1 (m) |
BDO
| Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Championship | DNP | 1R | |
| World Masters | 2R | W | DNP |
| International Darts League | DNP | QF | RR |
| World Darts Trophy | DNP | SF | 3R |
| Masters of Darts | DNP | NH | SF |
PDC
| Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | DNP | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 3R | F | W | SF | 3R | W | SF | W | F | QF | 3R | F | QF | F | |
| World Masters[N 1] | Not held | QF | SF | W | W | W | W | W | 1R | 2R | QF | QF | F | 2R | ||||||
| UK Open | 5R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 4R | 5R | QF | SF | W | W | DNP | 3R | 4R | W | SF | 5R | F | 4R | 5R | |
| World Matchplay | 2R | 2R | 1R | DNQ | QF | SF | F | W | W | QF | 1R | 2R | 2R | SF | W | 1R | F | |||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | W | QF | W | F | W | 1R | W | W | QF | 1R | W | 2R | 1R | ||||
| European Championship | NH | DNQ | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | SF | W | W | W | W | 2R | 1R | 2R | F | 1R | QF | 2R | ||
| Grand Slam | RR | RR | DNQ | RR | 2R | F | 2R | QF | W | W | W | SF | SF | QF | QF | QF | 2R | RR | ||
| Players Championship Finals | Not held | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | W | 2R | W | W | W | F | W | W | QF | W | F | 1R | |||
| US Open | 4R | 3R | DNP | Not held | ||||||||||||||||
| PDC Non-ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Premier League | Did not participate | W | F | F | W | W | W | W | 6th | SF | W | W | SF | |||||||
| Champions League | Not held | F | RR | SF | W | Not held | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup | Not held | DNQ | NH | DNQ | 2R | W | SF | F | W | W | SF | QF | QF | DNP | 2R | |||||
| World Series Finals | Not held | W | W | W | QF | W | 2R | SF | QF | W | SF | |||||||||
| Championship League | NH | DNQ | RR | RR | DNQ | RR | F | Not held | ||||||||||||
| World Youth Championship | Not held | F | F | Did not participate | ||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 34 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | ADO 3R | GDC 1R | EDO 1R | GDM 1R | DDM 2R | |||||||||
| 2013 | UKM 3R | EDT SF | EDO W | ADO W | GDT QF | GDC 3R | GDM 2R | DDM SF | ||||||
| 2014 | GDC QF | DDM W | GDM F | ADO WD | GDT 2R | EDO 3R | EDG DNP | EDT F | ||||||
| 2015 | GDC W | GDT W | GDM W | DDM W | IDO 3R | EDO SF | EDT F | EDM W | EDG 2R | |||||
| 2016 | DDM W | GDM W | GDT W | EDM SF | ADO QF | EDO W | IDO WD | EDT W | EDG W | GDC 3R | ||||
| 2017 | GDC F | GDM W | GDO QF | EDG F | GDT DNP | EDM W | ADO W | EDO 3R | DDM W | GDG W | IDO DNP | EDT W | ||
| 2018 | EDO W | GDG W | GDO QF | ADO WD | EDG W | DDM W | GDT W | DDO 3R | EDM W | GDC W | DDC 2R | IDO DNP | EDT W | |
| 2019 | EDO W | GDC 2R | GDG W | GDO W | ADO W | EDG QF | DDM F | DDO DNP | CDO 2R | ADC F | EDM F | IDO WD | GDT 3R | |
| 2020 | BDC 3R | GDC 3R | EDG F | IDO F | ||||||||||
| 2021 | HDT 3R | GDT QF | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | IDO 3R | GDC W | GDG SF | ADO W | EDO W | CDO QF | EDG 2R | DDC 3R | EDM WD | HDT 2R | GDO WD | BDO 2R | GDT SF | |
| 2023 | BSD 2R | EDO QF | IDO F | GDG DNP | ADO SF | DDC SF | BDO W | CDO QF | EDG DNP | EDM 2R | GDO DNP | HDT QF | GDC SF | |
| 2024 | BDO 2R | GDG F | IDO WD | EDG SF | ADO QF | BSD QF | DDC SF | EDO 3R | GDC QF | FDT 2R | HDT W | SDT DNP | CDO QF | |
| 2025 | BDO 2R | EDT | IDO | GDG | ADO | EDG | DDC | EDO | BSD | FDT | CDO | HDT | SDT | GDC |
PDC World Series of Darts
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | DUB W | SYD F | |||||
| 2014 | DUB W | SIN W | PER F | SYD 1R | |||
| 2015 | DUB W | JPN SF | PER SF | SYD QF | AUC QF | ||
| 2016 | DUB F | AUC QF | SHA W | TOK F | SYD F | PER W | |
| 2017 | DUB F | SHA W | USA W | Did not participate | GER QF | ||
| 2018 | GER QF | USA QF | SHA SF | AUC W | MEL SF | BRI F | |
| 2019 | USA QF | GER 1R | BRI QF | MEL W | NZE W | ||
| 2020 | |||||||
| 2021 | NOR W | ||||||
| 2022 | USA F | NOR QF | DUT 1R | QUE W | NSW 1R | NZE QF | |
| 2023 | BAH DNP | NOR QF | USA W | POL W | DNP | ||
| 2024 | BAH F | DUT W | USA QF | NOR DNP | POL SF | DNP | |
| 2025 | BAH DNP | DUT QF | NOR | USA | POL | AUS | NZE |
PDC Players Championships
Key
| 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 | ||
| Date | Opponent | Tournament | Method | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 February 2007 | Raymond van Barneveld | Masters of Darts | T20, 2 x T19; 3 x T20; T20, T17, D18 | €10,000 |
| 25 July 2012 | Steve Beaton | World Matchplay | 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 | £2,500 |
| 30 December 2012 | James Wade | PDC World Darts Championship | 3 x T20; 2 x T20, T19; 2 x T20, D12 | £7,500 |
| 26 October 2014 | Raymond van Barneveld | European Championship | 2 x T20, T19; 3 x T20; 2 x T20, D12 | £5,000 |
| 5 March 2016 | Rob Cross | UK Open | 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 | £10,000 |
| 23 November 2019 | Adrian Lewis | Players Championship Finals | 3 x T20; 2 x T20, T19; 2 x T20, D12 | N/A |
| 8 March 2020 |  Daryl Gurney | UK Open | 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 | N/A |
| 27 November 2022 | Rob Cross | Players Championship Finals | 2 x T20, T19; 3 x T20; 2 x T20, D12 | N/A |
| 17 September 2023 | Luke Humphries | World Series Finals | T20, 2 x T19; 3 x T20; T20, T17, D18 | N/A |
| 26 November 2023 | Luke Humphries | Players Championship Finals | 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 | N/A |
Michael van Gerwen holds the highest televised average of 123.40 thrown in the2016 Premier League againstMichael Smith, getting a match dart for a 133.18 average in the seventh leg.
| Number | Average | Date | Opponent | Tournament | Stage | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 123.40 | 25 February 2016 | Michael Smith | Premier League | League | 7–1 (L) |
| 2 | 121.86 | 31 October 2012 | Steve Beaton | Championship League | Group (8) | 6–0 (L) |
| 3 | 118.52 | 25 November 2023 | Ross Smith | Players Championship Finals | Second round | 6–1 (L) |
| 4 | 118.21 | 23 August 2014 |  Paul Nicholson | Perth Darts Masters | Quarter-final | 8–3 (L) |
| 5 | 117.95 | 7 April 2016 | Robert Thornton | Premier League | League | 7–5 (L) |
| 6 | 117.94 | 15 February 2015 | Gary Anderson | German Darts Championship | Final | 6–2 (L) |
| 7 | 116.90 | 23 April 2015 | James Wade | Premier League | League | 7–0 (L) |
| 8 | 116.67 | 3 March 2016 | Peter Wright | Premier League | League | 7–2 (L) |
| 9 | 115.57 | 25 June 2017 |  Cristo Reyes | Austrian Darts Open | Semi-final | 6–1 (L) |
| 10 | 115.19 | 14 November 2021 | Joe Cullen | Grand Slam | Group stage | 5–2 (L) |
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by | PDC World Number One 1 January 2014 – 3 January 2021 | Succeeded by |
| Records | ||
| Preceded by | World record highest televised average 25 February 2016–present | Succeeded by — |
| Awards | ||
| Preceded by | PDC Player of the Year 2013 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 | Succeeded by |
Top 20PDC darts players inOrder of Merit | |
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Rankings as of 23 March 2025 with movement in rank since 18 March 2025 indicated. |
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