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Every darts nickname.

What every player in the PDC top 40 is called on the oche, in ranking order. 17 of the 39 nicknames start with "The".

Checked 22 September 2026 against two independent sources. 39 of the top 40 listed; the rest are left out until two sources agree.
Walk-on songs Ages Darts they use Rankings

Nicknames of the top 40

RankPlayer Nickname
1 Luke Littler The Nuke
2 Luke Humphries Cool Hand
3 Gian van Veen The Giant
4 Gerwyn Price The Iceman
5 Jonny Clayton The Ferret
6 James Wade The Machine
7 Michael van Gerwen Mighty Mike
8 Josh Rock Rocky
9 Stephen Bunting The Bullet
10 Danny Noppert The Freeze
11 Gary Anderson The Flying Scotsman
13 Ryan Searle Heavy Metal
14 Ross Smith Smudger
15 Chris Dobey Hollywood
16 Nathan Aspinall The Asp
17 Jermaine Wattimena The Machine Gun
18 Luke Woodhouse Woody
19 Martin Schindler The Wall
20 Krzysztof Ratajski The Polish Eagle
21 Rob Cross Voltage
22 Damon Heta The Heat
23 Dirk van Duijvenbode Aubergenius
24 Mike De Decker The Real Deal
25 Ryan Joyce Relentless
26 Cameron Menzies Cammy
27 Andrew Gilding Goldfinger
28 Kevin Doets Hawkeye
29 Daryl Gurney Superchin
30 Dave Chisnall Chizzy
31 Joe Cullen The Rockstar
32 Ritchie Edhouse Madhouse
33 William O'Connor The Magpie
34 Ricardo Pietreczko Pikachu
35 Niels Zonneveld Triple Z
36 Michael Smith Bully Boy
37 Peter Wright Snakebite
38 Niko Springer Meenzer Bub
39 Martin Lukeman Smash
40 Callan Rydz The Riot

Walk-on music changes, and players switch darts when they change sponsor, so every value here is dated. Where the two sources we check against disagreed, the player is left off this list rather than shown with a guess.

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