Luke Humphries reached an impressive milestone on the PDC Pro Tour this week, playing in his 30th career Pro Tour final. The Englishman, known as "Cool Hand Luke," joined a select group of players to have reached that mark, though his win rate in those finals shows there is still work to do if he wants to match the all-time greats.
On Tuesday, Humphries won the year's 28th Players Championship, needing 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. Reaching the decider at a Players Championship or other Pro Tour event 30 times underlines how reliably he delivers at the highest level.
However, the number of finals won tells a different story. Humphries has won 16 of his 30 Pro Tour finals, a win rate of 53 percent, putting him only 12th on the all-time list. That is striking for a player who has been among the absolute elite in recent years and has multiple major titles to his name.
The comparison with the true greats makes the gap clearer. Michael van Gerwen leads the rankings by a distance, having won 91 of his 117 Pro Tour finals, an imposing win rate of almost 78 percent. Behind him, Phil Taylor collected 70 Pro Tour titles from 87 finals, an exceptional strike rate of over 80 percent. Peter Wright and Gary Anderson also sit above Humphries, with Wright having 34 titles from 64 finals and Anderson winning 39 from 59 attempts. James Wade completes the top five with 27 titles from 58 finals.
For Humphries, the statistic is also a compliment. Reaching 30 finals in a little over five years is remarkable in itself. 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. In March, he won the Belgian Darts Open, his ninth European Tour title. With 16 Pro Tour titles from 30 finals, his résumé is impressive, but his 53 percent win rate sits clearly below the efficiency of Van Gerwen and Taylor. Given his age and current level, a 30th final feels more like a waypoint than a destination.
