Martin Lukeman

Martin Lukeman
Martin Lukeman
	Lukeman at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts
Personal information
Nickname	"Smash"
Born	26 March 1985 (age 41); Hammersmith, England
Home town	Watford, Hertfordshire, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	2011
Darts	25g Mission Signature
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Lip Up Fatty" by Bad Manners
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2015–present; (Tour Card: 2021–present)
Current world ranking	(PDC) 40 1 (3 June 2026)
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship	Last 64: 2023, 2024, 2025
World Matchplay	Last 32: 2022
World Grand Prix	Quarter-final: 2022
UK Open	Quarter-final: 2024
Grand Slam	Runner-up: 2024
European Championship	Last 32: 2022
PC Finals	Last 64: 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour	2015

Martin Lukeman (born 26 March 1985) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "Smash", he reached his first PDC major final at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts, finishing as runner-up to Luke Littler. He finished as runner-up at the 2022 German Darts Grand Prix on the PDC European Tour.

Lukeman won a title on the Challenge Tour in 2015.

Career

Lukeman managed to reach the last 16 of the 2017 UK Open. After last-leg wins against Matt Padgett and Rob Hewson, he defeated Chris Dobey 10–5 in the fourth round, before losing 10–3 to Ian White in the fifth round.

Lukeman secured a two-year PDC Tour Card at UK Qualifying School in February 2021, sealing his professional status with a day to spare.

Lukeman reached his maiden PDC European Tour final at the 2022 German Darts Grand Prix by defeating Adam Gawlas,^[3] Gabriel Clemens,^[4] Keane Barry, Martin Schindler and Damon Heta.^[5] He faced Luke Humphries in the final, and was beaten 8–2.

Lukeman reached a maiden major televised final at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts, the first qualifier in the competition's history to make the final, losing 16–3 to Luke Littler.^[6]^[7]

Personal life

Lukeman enjoys clay pigeon shooting and is a skilled marksman.^[8]

World Championship results

PDC

2023: Second round (lost to Martin Schindler 1–3)
2024: Second round (lost to Damon Heta 1–3)
2025: Second round (lost to Andrew Gilding 1–3)
2026: First round (lost to Max Hopp 1–3)

Career finals

PDC major finals: 1

Legend
Grand Slam (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score^{[N 1]}
Runner-up	1.	2024	Grand Slam	Luke Littler	3–16 (l)

↑ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

Performance timeline

Tournament	2017	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship	Did not qualify			2R	2R	2R	1R
World Masters	Did not qualify					Prel.	Prel.
UK Open	5R	1R	4R	4R	QF	4R	6R
World Matchplay	DNQ		1R	DNQ
World Grand Prix	DNQ		QF	DNQ
European Championship	DNQ		1R	DNQ
Grand Slam	DNQ				F	RR
Players Championship Finals	DNQ		1R	1R	1R	1R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	125	117	39	35	38	37

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
2022	IDO 1R	GDC 3R	GDG F	ADO DNQ	EDO 1R	CDO 2R	EDG 3R	DDC DNQ	EDM 3R	HDT 2R	GDO 2R	DNQ
2023	Did not qualify					DDC 2R	BDO DNQ	CDO 2R	EDG DNQ	EDM 2R	DNQ		GDC 3R
2024	DNQ			EDG 1R	ADO 1R	DNQ			GDC 1R	FDT 1R	HDT 2R	SDT DNQ	CDO 2R
2025	BDO DNQ	EDT 1R	DNQ			EDG QF	DDC 2R	EDO DNQ	BSD 1R	FDT 1R	DNQ		SDT 1R	GDC DNQ

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
2017 ^{[nb 1]}	DNP													WIG 1R	BAR 1R	DNP
2018 ^{[nb 1]}	DNP				MIL 1R	DNP
2021	BOL 1R	BOL 1R	BOL 1R	BOL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 3R	NIE 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	COV 1R	COV 2R	COV 1R	COV 1R	BAR 1R	BAR SF	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	DNP			BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R
2022	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	WIG 3R	WIG 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR QF	WIG 4R	WIG 2R	NIE 4R	NIE 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R
2023	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	HIL 3R	HIL 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	HIL 1R	HIL 3R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	HIL 3R	HIL 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR QF	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R
2024	WIG 1R	WIG SF	LEI 2R	LEI 2R	HIL 1R	HIL 3R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	HIL 3R	HIL 2R	HIL 2R	HIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 3R	MIL 2R	MIL QR	WIG 3R	WIG 2R	MIL 4R	MIL QF	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	WIG 2R	WIG 3R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R
2025	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	ROS 4R	ROS 2R	LEI 4R	LEI 3R	HIL 2R	HIL 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 3R	LEI 4R	ROS QF	ROS 1R	HIL 3R	HIL 2R	LEI 1R	LEI 3R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	LEI 3R	HIL 3R	HIL 1R	MIL 4R	MIL 2R	HIL 1R	HIL 3R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 3R	WIG DNP	WIG 1R
2026	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	LEI	LEI	LEI	LEI	MIL	MIL	WIG	WIG	LEI	LEI	HIL	HIL	LEI	LEI	ROS	ROS	ROS	ROS	LEI	LEI

1 2 Not a Tour card holder

Performance Table Legend
W	Won the tournament	F	Finalist	SF	Semifinalist	QF	Quarterfinalist	#R RR L#	Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage	DQ	Disqualified
DNQ	Did not qualify	DNP	Did not participate	WD	Withdrew	NH	Tournament not held	#R RR L#	Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage	NYF	Not yet founded

References

↑ "Martin Lukeman – Mastercaller".
↑ "Ranking Tables". PDPA. 3 June 2026. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
↑ "2022 Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
↑ "2022 Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix Day Two". PDC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
↑ "2022 Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix Finals Day". PDC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
↑ Matthews, Callum (17 November 2024). "Littler wins Grand Slam to go fifth in world rankings". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
↑ Gorton, Josh (17 November 2024). "Astonishing Littler storms to Mr Vegas Grand Slam of Darts glory". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
↑ Sharp Shooting with Smash | Getting to know Martin Lukeman, retrieved 28 December 2022

External links

Martin Lukeman player profile at Darts Orakel

[score-9] (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

[NTC-10] 1 2 Not a Tour card holder

[1] "Martin Lukeman – Mastercaller".

[PDC_Rankings-2] "Ranking Tables". PDPA. 3 June 2026. Retrieved 3 June 2026.

[3] "2022 Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.

[4] "2022 Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix Day Two". PDC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.

[5] "2022 Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix Finals Day". PDC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.

[6] Matthews, Callum (17 November 2024). "Littler wins Grand Slam to go fifth in world rankings". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 November 2024.

[7] Gorton, Josh (17 November 2024). "Astonishing Littler storms to Mr Vegas Grand Slam of Darts glory". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 17 November 2024.

[8] Sharp Shooting with Smash | Getting to know Martin Lukeman, retrieved 28 December 2022

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