29 darts competitions have passed this year – excluding the floor contests – as we go into the final two of 2024.
The order of merit currently sees Luke Humphries standing at the top.
January – Darts’ World Champion is crowned
Last year’s famous outing at Alexandra Palace saw the emergence of teenage sensation Luke Littler into the darting world.
Bringing many fans to the sport, the 16-year-old reached the final with only an on-form Luke Humphries, who stood in his way.
‘Cool Hand’ Humphries broke the young man’s heart on the third of the month as he lifted his first World Championship trophy – crowning the darts new world number one and securing £500,000.
February – The year gets underway
1st – BetMGM Premier League – Night 1
Michael Smith began the month with a perfect night in Cardiff, kicking off the Premier League in style.
Two last-leg shootouts edging out Michael van Gerwen and Littler, ‘Bully Boy‘ topped the night off with a 6-2 triumph over Gerwyn Price.
2nd-4th – Cazoo Masters
After an impressive resurgence over the previous 18 months, Stephen Bunting was victorious in his first televised final since 2014 and collected £65,000.
Ross Smith dropped a 5-2 lead to the victor in Friday’s first round before ‘the Bullet’ beat the World Champion, Peter Wright, and ‘the Asp’ with 10 consecutive legs.
‘The Green Machine’ couldn’t continue his excellent form as Bunting reached 11 legs to his seven, crowning him.
“To do it front of a crowd that were chanting my name from the minute I stepped foot in Milton Keynes means so much to me.
“I’m really happy. This just shows my hard work is paying off, and it’s a great start to the season. Hopefully I can push on from this.”
8th – BetMGM Premier League – Night 2
Michael van Gerwen pushed his way to the final of night two with two last legs shootouts seeing the Dutchman scoop maximum points in Berlin.
Scraping his way through beating Smith and Littler with six legs to five, the £10,000 came back with him.
15th – BetMGM Premier League – Night 3
‘The Green Machine’ continued his hot streak on the road with another outstanding win in Glasgow.
Breezing past three World Champions, it was another night with van Gerwen taking home the cash.
22nd – BetMGM Premier League – Night 4
Continuing on with excellent form, Newcastle saw van Gerwen through to the end to claim his third Premier League victory of the season.
Nathan Aspinall scraped his way to the final, but the flying Dutchman could not be stopped.
29th – BetMGM Premier League – Night 5
However, the end of Feb was the perfect night for ‘the Asp’ as he smashed it in Exeter.
Two 160 checkouts proved to punish his opponents on the fifth outing of the season.
March – World Champ takes control in the Premier League
1st-3rd – Ladbrokes UK Open
Belgian’s top dog Dimitri van den Bergh danced his way to the £110,000 prize fund in Milton Keynes.
Storming ahead in the final against Humphries, Dimi gained a 7-2 lead before squandering six match darts for the title.
A final leg shoot-out added tension, but van den Bergh did enough to claim his second televised ranking crown and become the new world number seven.
7th – BetMGM Premier League – Night 6
‘Cool Hand’ Humphries secured second place in the table after his first nightly win from sixth place.
Conceding only eight legs on his way through, a tonne plus average meant it was a breeze for the leading man on the South Coast.
8th-10th – Belgian Darts Open
Luke Littler conquered his first Euro tour when he pushed past Cross in the final.
Both finalists gathering a tonne plus average, the 17-year-old went 7-6 down, but his third nine-darter of the year allowed him to regain his lead and take home the prize pot.
14th – BetMGM Premier League – Night 7
Continuing his glory onto Nottingham, Humphries made it back-to-back wins on night seven.
With an average of tonne plus in 12 of 15 games so far, he is now at the top of the table.
21st – BetMGM Premier League – Night 8
Dublin welcomed the darts number one, who performed with another trio of tonne plus averages.
Beating Smith again and in the final showcase, ‘Cool Hand’ extended his lead to seven points with a third consecutive night win.
29th – BetMGM Premier League – Night 9
A mix of performances throughout the Premier League saw Littler struggle to be on top.
However, it was Belfast which saw the teenage phenomenon back on track with his first night being the last man standing.
April – A month across the continent
30th-1st – NEO.bet German Darts Grand Prix
The World Champion struck gold in Munich to collect his sixth PDC euro tour title.
After a wonderful run in the Premier League, Humphries averaged 112.66 in the final against van Gerwen whilst hitting two 170 checkouts to push him to victory.
4th – BetMGM Premier League – Night 10
A memorable night in Manchester came for ‘the Nuke’ as he became a back-to-back winner himself.
Defeating a nine-dart hitting Gerwyn Price that evening at the AO Arena, Littler made it two from two.
11th – BetMGM Premier League – Night 11
Success in big city Birmingham came for ‘the Green Machine’ as he lit up the Utilita Arena.
Three tight face-offs against Aspinall, Smith, and Littler were all won, making Michael van Gerwen night 11’s winner.
12th-14th – NEO.bet International Darts Open
Martin Schindler ended Price’s dominant run to the final with an 8-5 win to secure a record-breaking night.
The 28-year-old marked himself as Germany’s new number one and the third from his home country to win a senior PDC title.
18th – BetMGM Premier League – Night 12
Thursday night darting drama came in Rotterdam, as Nathan Aspinall’s second nightly win moved him to third on the grid.
‘The Asp’ defeated a below-par Wright, then secured a final spot by coming back from a 4-1 deficit to Humphries before continuing his hot streak, beating ‘Bully Boy’ in the final round.
19th-21st- NEO.bet European Darts Grand Prix
The flying Scotsman Gary Anderson collected his second Euro tour win since 2014.
Beating Ross Smith in the final, he excelled on the road.
25th – BetMGM Premier League – Night 13
The Warrington Wonder Kid made it three nightly wins in the M&S Bank Arena, dispatching Rob Cross in the final.
Littler scooped the £10,000 bonus in Merseyside.
26th-28th – NEO.bet Austrian Darts Open
Luke ‘the Nuke’ Littler defeated Joe Cullen in the final with an 8-4 lead.
After a fairly even game until the eighth leg, the young star broke Cullen to go 5-3 up and held out to the match-winning dart.
May – Littler finally gets his major
2nd – BetMGM Premier League – Night 14
Aberdeen saw Littler secure a spot in the play-offs with his fourth nightly win of the tournament.
Luke Humphries also put himself in the mix with another big showcase.
9th – BetMGM Premier League – Night 15
Roared on by his home crowd, the World Champion strutted out to “I Predict A Riot” before smashing the rest to claim night win four.
A brace of 6-1 wins and a defeat of van Gerwen in the final made it a dream debut in Yorkshire.
10th-12th – NEO.bet Baltic Sea Darts Open
A nine-darter wasn’t enough for the world number one, who couldn’t defeat Rob Cross in the final.
Taking five of the last six legs, Cross marked it two euro tour titles.
16th – BetMGM Premier League – Night 16
With Littler, Humphries, and van Gerwen confirmed a big showcase from Smith was needed to secure the fourth spot.
The final phase of league action saw a shootout between ‘the Asp’ and Smith for fourth, with ‘Bully Boy’ coming out on top.
23rd – BetMGM Premier League – Play-Offs
14,000 people gathered in the capital to watch the youngest-ever Premier League player claim the major.
This marked the biggest ever crowd in PDC history, all there to watch the teenage sensation perform with a 105.6 average and smash in nine 180s to take home the £275,000.
“There were people doubting me when I was selected, but now I’ve picked up the trophy. They’re not doubting me anymore!”
24th-26th – Elten Safety Shoes Dutch Darts Championship
Josh Rock rocked the world as he beat Jonny Clayton in the Netherlands to win his first big PDC title.
His only ever other Euro tour final came against the same Welshman in Austria, which he lost.
June – It’s coming home
31st-2nd – bet365 US Darts Masters
‘Voltage’ Rob Cross struck Price down in a messy scoring final from the victor.
Three match darts missed from ‘The Iceman’ meant Cross could seal it with his famous double 18 darts six legs later.
This marked Cross’ fourth World Series triumph.
1st – bet365 North American Darts Championship
Meanwhile, in the States, an eight-player field faced one another in Madison Square Gardens, which saw Matt Campbell claim the title for the first time.
Stowe Buntz lost 6-4 to the final winner, Campbell, but a trio of strong performances helped Campbell claim the trophy.
7th-8th – Mr Vegas Nordic Darts Masters
Price got back to winning ways with an 8-5 final win to the US Masters star Rob Cross.
Although a spirited comeback was on the cards for the Briton, Gerwyn Price claimed his first big-stage title since the 2023 World Cup.
14th-15th – Superbet Poland Darts Masters
Luke ‘the Nuke’ made it two wins in the World Series with a landslide victory over Cross.
A superb display in the final put him through for his sixth PDC title of 2024.
21st-23rd – NEO.bet European Darts Open
Englishman Dave Chisnall gained his seventh Euro tour title in an 8-6 win over Ross Smith.
This was his return to winning ways following his hat trick of wins in Europe across the 2023 season.
27th-30th – BetVictor World Cup of Darts
England triumphed to collect a record-breaking fifth World Cup title—Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis were the only men to do it before.
Knocking France, Northern Ireland, and Scotland out along the way, Micheal Smith – who stood as captain – expressed his emotions following the £80,000 win.
“We really wanted this. We really believed we could win it, and when you’ve got the world number one and world number three playing together, it’s a bit of a cheat code!
“After that first game on Saturday we just clicked. We knew if we played our best we could win this title, and I just hope we get to come back to defend this title as champions next year.”
July – Darts masterclasses by the seaside
13th-21st – BetFred World Matchplay
In a 33-leg final, the World Champion continues his form on top with an 18-15 victory over Micheal van Gerwen.
A tonne plus average and 12 180s hit helped ‘Cool Hand’ secure the £200,000 prize fund.
This made it eight in eight for Humphries against his fellow finalist.
Luke Humphries joins Taylor as only the second player to win the Winter Gardens competition with a 100-plus average in every round.
21st-23rd – BetFred Women’s World Matchplay
Beau Greaves defeated Fallon Sherrock to retain the title and take home £10,000.
A magnificent three-leg spell in the middle, seeing 15, 13, and 12 darters, pushed the 20-year-old to a 6-3 victory in Blackpool.
August – World Series in Australasia
9th-10th – Australian Darts Masters
The Welshman Gerwyn Price stormed to his second World Series title with an 8-1 win over Littler in the final.
With a 112 average, ‘the Iceman’ took a four-leg lead as he pushed on to victory.
16th-17th – New Zealand Darts Masters
A maiden World Series title for Humphries came in the Globox Arena as he won 8-2 against Australia’s very own Damon Heta.
The world number one beat ‘Bully Boy’ and top seed Littler in his road to success.
September – Littler wins World Series in debutant year
30th-1st – NEO.bet German Darts Championship
Peter ‘Snakebite’ Wright returned to winning ways with an outstanding 8-5 triumph over a record-breaking Littler.
‘The Nuke‘ averaged just short of 107 with 10 180s hit, but a massive 146 checkout in the eighth leg turned it around for the two-time world champ, who took the next six legs.
6th-8th – Flanders Darts Trophy
Chizzy claimed his second Euro tour title, joining van Gerwen, Price, and Germany’s victor to win eight career wins on the tour.
Ricardo Pietreczko stood in his way, but Chisnall made the eight legs up first in his 100th euro tour event.
13th-15th – Jack’s World Series of Darts Finals
Littler wins in World Series debut to mark his fourth crown of his first professional year in the PDC.
A tonne plus average locked it in for the World Youth Champion as he took 11 legs to Micheal Smith’s four in the final.
20th-22nd – Hungarian Darts Trophy
‘The Green Machine’ Micheal van Gerwen ended his 16-month drought on the Euro tour with an 8-7 win over Gian van Veen.
Fellow Dutchman van Veen missed a match dart at the bull to win his first senior PDC title, with the former champ checking out 110 in the final leg.
27th-29th – Swiss Darts Trophy
Schindler gets his second Euro tour tile with a great comeback in the final against Ryan Searle.
Recovering from 7-4 down, Searle missed seven match darts, which allowed the Belgian to be crowned and moved him up two places in the order of merit.
October – A 200/1 winner in Leicester?
7th-13th – BoyleSports World Grand Prix
Mike de Decker had the performance of his life to win a whopping £120,000 in the double-in double-out bonanza.
Taking a 4-1 lead in the final to the world number one, de Decker dropped three sets for a level playing field.
Putting him up to 25th in the order of merit, the Belgian became only the second from his home country to win in a televised event as he secured the next two legs for the big prize.
“It feels amazing – I’m over the moon; I’ve been really happy with my performance all week, but this tops it off.
“Luke has been a phenomenal champion for the last year and he’s such a nice person.
“The way Luke has been playing since last year is just brilliant and being the person that beats him this weekend, in a final, picking up this trophy; I’m so happy!”
18th-20th – Gambrinus Czech Darts Open
Luke Humphries showed why he has his title in Prague as he produced one of the best Euro tour performances of all time – only 11 legs were played across five matches with a hat trick of tonne plus scores.
The Belgian Kim Huybrechts lost 8-1 to the star man in the weekend’s final.
24th-27th – Machineseeker European Championship
Claiming his maiden televised crown, Ritchie Edhouse secured Sunday’s title with an 11-3 win over Jermaine Wattimena – two of the lowest-ranked who made it to the final.
Edhouse won nine consecutive legs in a shocking campaign to glory, his first time ever progressing past the last 32 in a televised event.
November – “There’s only one Luke Littler…”
9th-17th – Mr Vegas Grand Slam of Darts
The young star continued his hot form in Wolverhampton as he put himself fifth in the world following an outrageous darting masterclass in the final.
Being pushed to the very end against Gary Anderson and Mike de Decker along the way, Littler faced Martin Lukeman in the all-important final.
A record-breaking tournament and a 107.08 average in the final saw the 17-year-old take 16 of the 17 legs after Lukeman’s two-leg lead, making it 16-3 to pocket the £150,000 top prize.
‘The Nuke’ becomes the third after Phil Taylor and van Gerwen to collect a tonne plus average in every game along the way in the Grand Slam.
Only two tournaments remain in 2024 for the darts elite—the Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals and Ally Pally’s Paddy Power World Darts Championship.
Luke Littler is the bookies’ favourite for the Christmas tournament, with the current World Champion and Micheal van Gerwen in the places behind him.
