# Danny Noppert

Danny Noppert (born 31 December 1990) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number thirteen; he reached a peak ranking of world number seven in 2023 and 2024.
Previously competing in the British Darts Organisation (BDO), Noppert won his first BDO major title at the 2017 Finder Darts Masters and was the runner-up at the 2017 BDO World Championship. He obtained a Tour Card in 2018 and switched to the PDC, winning his first PDC major title at the 2022 UK Open by defeating Michael Smith 11–10 in the final. He has won 6 ranking PDC titles and also finished as runner-up at the 2019 World Series Finals.
Noppert has represented the Netherlands in the PDC World Cup of Darts on four occasions, reaching the semi-finals in 2022 with teammate Dirk van Duijvenbode.

## Career
### 2013–2017: BDO

In 2013, Noppert reached the televised stages of the Winmau World Masters. He beat Jeffrey de Graaf and Dennis Nilsson 3–0 to book his place in the quarter-final, where he was beaten 3–1 by Darryl Fitton. He also made his debut at the Zuiderduin Masters. After beating Fitton 5–4 in his first match, he lost to Tony O'Shea 5–3 in the second match to be knocked out in the group stages.
In 2015, Noppert reached the last 16 of the Winmau World Masters. He also qualified for the Zuiderduin Masters. A 5–2 victory over Frans Harmsen and a 5–4 defeat to Scott Mitchell were enough to come through the group stage. He then beat Darryl Fitton 3–0 to reach the semi-finals, where he lost 3–1 to Martin Adams.
Noppert started off 2016 well by reaching the final of the Dutch Open, in which he lost to Martin Adams 3–1. Two weeks later, Noppert won the Scottish Open, beating Dean Reynolds 6–0 in the final. Noppert won also the Masters of Waregem, where he defeated Geert De Vos 3–1 in the final.
Noppert impressed during 2016 Grand Slam of Darts, beating Mensur Suljović and Nathan Aspinall before a narrow defeat in the last 16 to two-time PDC World Champion Gary Anderson 10–9.
In 2017, Noppert was able to reach the final of the 2017 BDO World Darts Championship, defeating defending champion Scott Waites on his way there. Noppert eventually lost to then-BDO world number one Glen Durrant 7–3. In December, Noppert won the Finder Darts Masters, beating Jim Williams in the final 5–3. This was Noppert's first major title.

### 2018–2021: Move to the PDC

Noppert announced a move from the BDO to the Professional Darts Corporation following the 2018 BDO World Championship which saw him enter 2018 PDC Q-School. He won a Tour Card by finishing top of the European Order of Merit.
In his first year in the PDC, he won his first title in September by defeating Ian White 6–4 in the final of Players Championship 20. Two days later, he took part in his first World Grand Prix tournament. He also qualified for his first European Championship as 20th seed, where he lost to reigning world champion Rob Cross in the first round. Noppert reached his maiden PDC major semi-final at the Players Championship Finals, where he lost 11–3 to eventual champion Daryl Gurney.
Noppert made his PDC World Championship debut at the 2019 edition, entering the tournament as the highest ranked non-seed on the 2018 Pro Tour Order of Merit. He won his first-round match 3–0 against Hong Kong's Royden Lam. He was then eliminated in the second round following a 3–0 defeat to Max Hopp. Noppert also made his debut at that year's World Matchplay but he was beaten 10–6 by defending champion Gary Anderson in the opening round. In November, Noppert was invited to play at the World Series of Darts Finals in Amsterdam. He reached his first PDC televised final but lost the final 11–2 to Michael van Gerwen.
Noppert represented the Netherlands in the PDC World Cup of Darts for the first time at the 2020 edition, partnering Van Gerwen. The pair made it to the quarter-finals where they were eliminated by Gabriel Clemens and Max Hopp of Germany. At the 2021 World Grand Prix, Noppert defeated Michael van Gerwen, Vincent van der Voort and Ian White to reach the semi-finals, where he was beaten 4–1 by Jonny Clayton.

### 2022: UK Open champion

Noppert was victorious in his opening match at the 2022 World Championship, winning three consecutive sets to defeat debutant Jason Heaver 3–1. He was beaten by Ryan Searle 4–2 in the third round. Noppert was set to make his Masters debut at the end of January but withdrew from the tournament to be present for the birth of his first child in the Netherlands.
In March 2022, he won his first PDC major title by winning the 2022 UK Open. He defeated Ryan Meikle, Devon Petersen, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Damon Heta, and William O'Connor on his way to the final, where he beat Michael Smith 11–10 in a last-leg decider, surviving a match dart from Smith in the process. This win saw Noppert rise to 12th on the PDC Order of Merit.
Representing the Netherlands in the World Cup of Darts alongside Dirk van Duijvenbode, the Dutch team was defeated in the semi-finals by eventual runners-up Wales, represented by Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price. Noppert entered the 2022 World Matchplay as the 11th seed. He defeated Brendan Dolan, Daryl Gurney, and Dirk van Duijvenbode en route to the semi-finals, where he was beaten 17–11 by Gerwyn Price.
On the Pro Tour, Noppert won his third PDC ranking title at Players Championship 19, coming back from 6–3 down to win the final 8–6 against Andrew Gilding. He also reached two European Tour finals at the Austrian Darts Open and the Dutch Darts Championship, but succumbed to defeats by Michael van Gerwen and Michael Smith.

### 2023

Ninth seed Noppert began the 2023 World Championship with a 3–1 win over Canada's David Cameron in the second round. He faced Alan Soutar in the third round and took a 2–0 lead before Soutar won the next four sets to beat Noppert 4–2.
He entered the UK Open as defending champion but was eliminated in the fifth round by William O'Connor. In October, Noppert was a semi-finalist at the European Championship. His run included a comeback victory against Gerwyn Price in the quarter-finals where he recovered from 7–0 down to win 10–8. He lost 11–8 to eventual champion Peter Wright. Noppert was set to compete at the Players Championship Finals in November but withdrew from the tournament as he was expecting the birth of his second child.
On the Pro Tour, Noppert claimed his fourth and fifth PDC ranking titles, defeating Simon Whitlock 8–3 to win Players Championship 2 and Christian Kist 8–7 to win Players Championship 22.

### 2024

At the 2024 World Championship, Noppert entered the second round as seventh seed but ended up being defeated 3–0 by Scott Williams. In April, he won his sixth PDC ranking title by beating reigning world champion Luke Humphries 8–6 to win Players Championship 8. He reached another European Championship semi-final in October, losing 11–10 in a deciding leg to runner-up Jermaine Wattimena.

### 2025

Noppert was eliminated from the 2025 World Championship in his opening match, suffering a 3–1 defeat to Ryan Joyce. He returned to winning ways at the World Masters by reaching the semi-finals of the tournament, including a victory over defending champion Stephen Bunting in the quarter-finals. He lost 5–2 to eventual title winner Luke Humphries.

## Personal life

Noppert is married; he and his wife have two children.
In a 2025 interview, Noppert revealed he has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

## World Championship results
### BDO

* 2017: Runner-up (lost to Glen Durrant 3–7)
* 2018: Second round (lost to Mark McGeeney 1–4)

### PDC

* 2019: Second round (lost to Max Hopp 0–3)
* 2020: Third round (lost to Kim Huybrechts 2–4)
* 2021: Third round (lost to Dave Chisnall 2–4)
* 2022: Third round (lost to Ryan Searle 2–4)
* 2023: Third round (lost to Alan Soutar 2–4)
* 2024: Second round (lost to Scott Williams 0–3)
* 2025: Second round (lost to Ryan Joyce 1–3)

## Career finals
### BDO major finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

* Legend
* World Championship (0–1)
* Zuiderduin Masters (1–0)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2017 | BDO World Darts Championship | Glen Durrant | 3–7 (s) |
| Winner | 1. | 2017 | Zuiderduin Masters | Jim Williams | 5–3 (s) |
* ↑ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

### PDC major finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

* Legend
* UK Open (1–0)
* World Series of Darts Finals (0–1)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2019 | World Series of Darts Finals | Michael van Gerwen | 2–11 (l) |
| Winner | 2 | 2022 | UK Open | Michael Smith | 11–10 (l) |

## Performance timeline

BDO
| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| BDO Ranked televised events |||||||
| World Championship | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | F | 2R |
| World Trophy | NH | DNQ | DNQ | QF | 1R | PDC |
| Winmau World Masters | QF | 2R | 6R | 5R | DNP | PDC |
| Finder Masters | RR | DNQ | SF | RR | W | PDC |
PDC
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| PDC Ranked televised events |||||||||||
| World Championship | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | 2R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 2R |
| World Masters | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | WD | QF | 2R | SF |
| UK Open | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | 2R | 3R | 4R | 5R | W | 5R | 5R | 5R |
| World Matchplay | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | DNQ | 1R | 2R | 1R | SF | 2R | 1R | |
| World Grand Prix | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | 1R | 2R | 2R | SF | 2R | 1R | 1R | |
| European Championship | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | 1R | DNQ | 1R | QF | QF | SF | SF | |
| Grand Slam | 2R | RR | DNQ | RR | DNQ | DNQ | 2R | 2R | 2R | |
| Players Championship Finals | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | SF | 2R | 2R | 3R | QF | WD | 3R | |
| PDC Non-ranked televised events |||||||||||
| World Cup | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | QF | DNP | SF | 2R | 2R | |
| World Series Finals | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | F | DNQ | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | |
| Career statistics ||||||||||
| Season-end ranking | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | 46 | 27 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 13 | |
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 2018 | EDO 2R | GDG 2R | GDO 2R | ADO DNQ | EDG SF | DDM DNQ | GDT DNQ | DDO DNQ | EDM DNQ | GDC 1R | DDC DNQ | IDO SF | EDT 1R |
| 2019 | EDO DNQ | GDC DNQ | GDG 2R | GDO DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDM 2R | DDO DNQ | CDO 3R | ADC DNQ | EDM DNQ | IDO 2R | GDT 2R |
| 2020 | BDC 3R | GDC SF | EDG DNQ | IDO QF |
| 2021 | HDT WD | GDT 3R |
| 2022 | IDO QF | GDC DNP | GDG DNP | ADO F | EDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG QF | DDC F | EDM 1R | HDT 2R | GDO 2R | BDO SF | GDT 2R |
| 2023 | BSD 2R | EDO SF | IDO 3R | GDG QF | ADO QF | DDC QF | BDO 3R | CDO 3R | EDG 2R | EDM 3R | GDO QF | HDT 3R | GDC 2R |
| 2024 | BDO 3R | GDG QF | IDO QF | EDG 3R | ADO QF | BSD SF | DDC QF | EDO 2R | GDC 3R | FDT 3R | HDT 3R | SDT 2R | CDO 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 |
| 2018 | BAR 4R | BAR 4R | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | WIG 1R | WIG 4R | MIL 4R | MIL 2R | WIG 3R | WIG 4R | BAR 1R | BAR QF | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | DUB 2R | DUB W | BAR 3R | BAR 1R |
| 2019 | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | WIG 2R | BAR SF | BAR SF | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR QF | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 4R | BAR QF | WIG 4R | WIG 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | HIL SF | HIL 1R | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | DUB 4R | DUB 3R | BAR 2R | BAR SF |
| 2020 | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | WIG QF | WIG SF | WIG 2R | WIG 3R | BAR SF | BAR 2R | MIL QF | MIL 1R | MIL 3R | MIL 3R | MIL 3R | NIE 3R | NIE 4R | NIE QF | NIE 4R | NIE 4R | COV 4R | COV 4R | COV 2R | COV 2R | COV 2R |
| 2021 | BOL 2R | BOL 3R | BOL SF | BOL 4R | MIL 1R | MIL 3R | MIL 3R | MIL 3R | NIE 3R | NIE 3R | NIE 2R | NIE SF | MIL 3R | MIL 1R | MIL 3R | MIL 1R | COV 4R | COV 3R | COV 4R | COV QF | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | BAR QF |
| 2022 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | BAR 3R | BAR SF | NIE 1R | NIE 4R | BAR SF | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | WIG 2R | WIG 2R | NIE 4R | NIE 3R | BAR 2R | BAR W | BAR 1R | BAR 4R | BAR SF | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR DNP | BAR DNP |
| 2023 | BAR 4R | BAR W | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | HIL 2R | HIL 1R | WIG 3R | WIG 1R | LEI 2R | LEI 1R | HIL 3R | HIL QF | LEI 3R | LEI 4R | HIL DNP | HIL DNP | BAR 2R | BAR 4R | BAR QF | BAR W | BAR 2R | BAR DNP | BAR QF | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR QF |
| 2024 | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | LEI QF | LEI 1R | HIL QF | HIL 1R | LEI 2R | LEI W | HIL 1R | HIL QF | HIL 3R | HIL SF | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 4R | MIL 2R | MIL 2R | MIL QF | MIL QF | WIG 1R | WIG 3R | LEI 4R | LEI 1R | WIG 4R | WIG 3R | WIG QF | WIG 3R | WIG SF | LEI SF | LEI 3R |
| 2025 | WIG 4R | WIG 4R | ROS 2R | ROS 1R | LEI | LEI | HIL | HIL | LEI | LEI | LEI | LEI | ROS | ROS | HIL | HIL | LEI | LEI | LEI | HIL | HIL | MIL | MIL | MIL | HIL | HIL | LEI | LEI | LEI | WIG | WIG | WIG | WIG | WIG |
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 | #R RR Prel. | Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round | NYF | Not yet founded |