MvG — three-time PDC World Champion and the dominant force in darts from 2012 to 2020, the only player in history to rival Phil Taylor's sustained excellence. Van Gerwen rewrote the record books for scoring averages, nine-dart finishes and titles won per season, and spent more consecutive weeks at world number one than any player except Taylor himself.
Michael van Gerwen was born in Boxtel, the Netherlands on 9 April 1984. He won the BDO World Youth Championship at 17 — becoming the youngest ever BDO major champion at the time — before switching to the PDC. He won the PDC World Championship in 2014, 2017 and 2019, and dominated the Premier League, Grand Slam and World Matchplay across the same period. At his peak between 2016 and 2018 he produced match averages above 110 on a regular basis, including a record 123.40 average in a Premier League match — the highest ever recorded in a televised game. He has hit over 60 nine-dart finishes in competition, more than any player in history. He held the world number one ranking for over 200 consecutive weeks across multiple stints at the top. His on-stage presence — the green and black, the roar to the crowd, the absolute certainty of winning — made him the defining personality in darts for an entire decade. Younger players including Luke Littler have now begun to challenge his authority, but his statistical record remains untouched.
PDC World Champion 2014, 2017, 2019
His 123.40 three-dart average against Michael Smith in the 2016 Premier League is the highest ever recorded in a televised darts match.
Did You Know?Career Honours
- PDC World Champion 2014, 2017, 2019
- Premier League Darts 7x
- Grand Slam of Darts 4x
- World Matchplay 3x
- World Grand Prix 6x
- European Championship 5x
- World No.1 for 300+ weeks