Humphries reaches an impressive milestone, but remains well behind Van Gerwen and Taylor

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Friday, 28 August 2026 at 08:43
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Luke Humphries has hit an impressive milestone on the PDC Pro Tour this week. The Englishman reached a Pro Tour final for the 30th time in his career. With that, “Cool Hand Luke” joins a very select group, although his win rate shows there is still room to improve if he wants to match the game’s all-time greats.
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On Tuesday, Humphries won the year’s 28th Players Championship. He needed just five years and five months to reach his first 30 Pro Tour finals. His first final came in 2021 and, since then, the former world champion has become one of the circuit’s most consistent performers.
The fact he has already made the decider at a Players Championship or other Pro Tour event 30 times underlines how reliably he delivers at the highest level.
The number of finals won tells a different story, though. Humphries has won 16 of his 30 Pro Tour finals, a win rate of 53 percent. That puts him only 12th on the all-time list. It is striking for a player who has been among the absolute elite in recent years and has multiple major titles to his name.

Van Gerwen on top

The comparison with the true greats makes the gap clearer. Michael van Gerwen leads the rankings by a distance. The Dutchman has won 91 of his 117 Pro Tour finals, an imposing win rate of almost 78 percent. Van Gerwen not only played the most finals, he converted by far the most of them into titles.
Behind “Mighty Mike” is Phil Taylor. “The Power” collected 70 Pro Tour titles from 87 finals, also an exceptional strike rate of over 80 percent. Taylor dominated the Pro Tour for years, and his record of 70 titles was eventually surpassed by Van Gerwen.
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Peter Wright and Gary Anderson also sit above Humphries. Wright has 34 titles from 64 finals, while Anderson won 39 Pro Tour finals from 59 attempts. James Wade completes the top five with 27 titles from 58 finals. These numbers show how exceptionally hard it is to maintain a high win percentage once a player reaches dozens of finals.
For Humphries, the statistic is also a compliment. Reaching 30 finals in a little over five years is remarkable in itself. Moreover, the Englishman has again shown in 2026 that he belongs to the absolute elite. He has already won multiple Pro Tour events this year and recently took Players Championship 28 by beating Brendan Dolan 8-6 in the final. That pushed his 2026 title tally even higher.
His success is not limited to the Players Championship. In recent years, Humphries was crowned world champion and added key titles on the European Tour. In March of this year, for instance, he won the Belgian Darts Open, his ninth European Tour title.

Intriguing challenge

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The numbers set an intriguing challenge for Humphries. With 16 Pro Tour titles from 30 finals, he already boasts an impressive résumé, but his 53 percent sits clearly below the efficiency of Van Gerwen and Taylor. In the coming years, “Cool Hand Luke” will have the chance to lift that percentage. Given his age and current level, a 30th final feels more like a waypoint than a destination.
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