# Luke Woodhouse

Luke Woodhouse (born 13 October 1988), nicknamed "Woody", is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. A PDC Tour Card holder 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 has finished as the runner-up at one PDC ranking event, 2023 Players Championship 14.
He won an event on the PDC’s secondary tour, the Challenge Tour, in 2013.

## Career

In 2013, his first year with 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. He also reached the quarter-finals at Players Championship 18. At the 2019 Players Championship Finals, 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 to Dimitri Van den Bergh 4–2. At the 2020 Players Championship Finals he reached the last 16. At the 2021 PDC Players Championship series 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 World Grand Prix and was able to defeat Dave Chisnall, who had been considered one of the favourites for the title. 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 threw another nine-darter at Players Championship 24 against Richie Burnett.
At the 2024 European Championship, Woodhouse reached a first major televised semi-final, losing to eventual winner Ritchie Edhouse 11–5.

## 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)

## Performance timeline

| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| PDC Ranked televised events |||||
| World Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 3R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 4R |
| World Masters | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | Prel. |
| UK Open | 1R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 5R | 3R | 5R | 4R | 5R | 6R | 4R |
| World Matchplay | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 1R | |
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 2R | 1R | |
| European Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | SF | |
| Grand Slam | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | RR | DNQ | DNQ | |
| Players Championship Finals | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 2R | 3R | 1R | DNQ | QF | 1R | |
| Career statistics ||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 202 | - | - | 119 | 69 | 48 | 47 | 49 | 38 | 35 | |
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 2015 | GDC DNP | GDT DNP | GDM DNP | DDM DNP | IDO DNQ | EDO DNQ | EDT DNP | EDM DNQ | EDG DNQ |
| 2016 | DDM DNQ | GDM DNQ | GDT DNQ | EDM DNP | ADO DNQ | EDO DNQ | IDO DNQ | EDT DNQ | EDG DNQ | GDC DNQ |
| 2017 | GDC DNQ | GDM DNQ | GDO DNQ | EDG 1R | GDT DNQ | EDM DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDO DNP | DDM DNQ | GDG DNQ | IDO 1R | EDT DNQ |
| 2018 | EDO 2R | GDG DNQ | GDO 1R | ADO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDM DNQ | GDT DNQ | DDO DNQ | EDM DNQ | GDC DNQ | DDC DNQ | IDO DNQ | EDT 1R |
| 2019 | EDO DNQ | GDC DNQ | GDG DNQ | GDO DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDM 1R | DDO 1R | CDO DNQ | ADC DNQ | EDM DNQ | IDO 2R | GDT DNQ |
| 2020 | BDC 1R | GDC DNQ | EDG 1R | IDO DNQ |
| 2021 | HDT DNQ | GDT DNQ |
| 2022 | IDO 2R | GDC DNQ | GDG 1R | ADO DNQ | EDO 2R | CDO DNQ | EDG 1R | DDC DNQ | EDM 3R | HDT DNQ | GDO 3R | BDO DNQ | GDT DNQ |
| 2023 | BSD DNQ | EDO 1R | IDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO 2R | DDC DNQ | BDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | 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 | IDO | GDG | ADO | EDG | DDC | EDO | BSD | FDT | CDO | HDT | SDT | GDC |
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 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | MIL 1R | WIG DNP | WIG DNP | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | DUB 1R | DUB 2R | BAR DNP | 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 | 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 |
* 1 2 Not a Tour card holder