Best darts players in the world 2025

With Pro Tour, Euro Tour, World Series and major TV events all part of the hectic PDC circuit, it can be difficult to figure out who the best, or most in-form players are on the oche.

Taking into consideration several factors, we list our top 10 dartists in 2025.

RadioTimes.com brings you our expert round-up of the best darts players in the world right now.

10. James Wade

One of the most prolific winners of major TV titles in PDC history, James Wade is approaching two decades at the top of the sport.

The former World Matchplay, Premier League and World Grand Prix champion is arguably the greatest player never to have won a World Darts Championship.

Trophies have dried up in recent years, but ‘The Machine’ continues to star in most of the biggest tournaments, and proved he is still a serious contender with a run to the final of the 2025 UK Open – a title he has won three times in his illustrious career.

9. Damon Heta

Australia’s number one narrowly missed out on a Premier League debut invite in 2025; testament to his consistency and rise up the ranks in recent times.

‘The Heat’ has won multiple Players Championship titles in each of the past three years, helping him become a fixture within the world’s top 10 rankings.

Since memorably winning a World Series event on home soil in 2019, Heta has won on the Euro Tour and a TV title when lifting the World Cup alongside Simon Whitlock in 2022.

At the 2024/25 World Championship, Heta scooped a £60,000 bonus for completing a 9-dart finish on the Alexandra Palace stage in London.

8. Johnny Clayton

Despite having several major titles to his name – all of which arrived earlier this decade – Wales’ Johnny Clayton often goes under the radar at tournaments.

A World Cup win in 2020 alongside Gerwyn Price sparked a trophy-laden spell for ‘The Ferret’ who won several singles events, including the World Grand Prix and Premier League.

After securing a second World Cup star and reaching the World Matchplay final in 2023 Clayton had a quieter time on tour but returned to form at the start of 2025 when he was runner-up at the World Masters.

7. Stephen Bunting

Winner of the Lakeside World Darts Championship in 2014, Stephen Bunting has worked very hard over the past few seasons to get himself back into the sport’s elite band of players.

A fans’ favourite with his social media frivolities and accompanying strapline ‘Let’s go Bunting mental’ the Liverpool FC fan won his maiden PDC major title at the start of 2024 at the Masters.

It was the beginning of a very fruitful 12 months for Bunting which saw him reach the semi-finals of the World Championship, secure a return to the Premier League after a decade away from it, and win a World Series trophy in Bahrain.

6. Nathan Aspinall

Nathan Aspinall is a successful product of the PDC system having come through the junior and amateur circuits before establishing himself as a top professional; the Englishman has been selected for five of the six most recent Premier League seasons.

‘The Asp’ won his maiden major at the 2019 UK Open and a World Series title in America soon followed, but his greatest achievement to date was lifting the World Matchplay trophy in 2023.

Injury and dartitis have hampered Aspinall in recent times but he has battled through these, and in 2025 he claimed his first Euro Tour title.

5. Rob Cross

During his first season as a professional in 2017/18, Rob Cross produced one of darts’ fairytale stories when he won the World Championship title following victory over the sport’s greatest-ever player Phil Taylor in the final.

Ever since then, Cross has remained within the top echelons, collecting a trio of other major TV titles including the long-running World Matchplay.

In recent times, ‘Voltage’ has triumphed on the Players Championship, Euro Tour and World Series circuits. Cross pushed himself back into the world’s top four and earned automatic entry into the Premier League.

4. Gerwyn Price

Former World Champion and world number one Gerwyn Price appears to have his mojo back on the big stage and is recovering after a dip in results.

‘The Iceman’ is once again one of the favourites for the sport’s major titles and aiming to follow up his success from the World Series in 2024 where he won trophies in Denmark and Australia.

The three-time Grand Slam champion from Wales made a very positive start to 2025, making the final in Bahrain before winning a Players Championship event and multiple nights on the Premier League roadshow.

3. Michael van Gerwen

Three-time World Champion Michael van Gerwen – by his sensational standards of years gone by – is enduring a very lean spell, but he is still firmly in the running for further major honours as runs to the finals of the World Matchplay and World Championship in the 2024/25 season prove.

Only behind Phil Taylor on the PDC’s list of their most decorated major title winners ever, MVG still has time on his side to add to his bulging trophy collection, but a new wave of talents coming through means the Dutchman is very unlikely to recapture the sustained dominance he used to enjoy on the circuit.

2. Luke Humphries

Luke Humphries’ career accelerated at a rapid pace after he landed his first major trophy at the 2023 World Grand Prix as he soon racked up several further TV title wins.

During this remarkable golden spell, Humphries scaled to the top of the world rankings and held darts’ two biggest titles at the same time – the World Championship and the World Matchplay.

Relinquishing his world title at the end of 2024 did not appear to affect him as he won the circuit’s next big competition; the 2025 World Masters.

Only 30-years-old, ‘Cool Hand’ potentially has a long career still ahead of him.

1. Luke Littler

Since bursting into the limelight as a 16-year-old when he reached the 2023/24 World Championship final on debut, Luke Littler has won a conveyor belt of trophies on tour, wowing crowds with his generational talent and helping take darts to new levels of stardom.

In his first full year as a professional, the wonderkid from Warrington scooped titles from all angles, including four TV majors, starting with the Premier League and ending the season by going one step further than 12 months before and winning the biggest darts accolade of them all.

The reigning World Champion – who has already produced several perfect 9-dart finishes on stage – also secured a maiden UK Open title early in the 2025 term.

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