The top 40, youngest to oldest.

Luke Littler is the youngest player in the PDC top 40 at 19; Peter Wright is the oldest at 56. The average age of the top 40 is 37.2, and the top ten average 34.7.

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 Nicknames Darts they use Rankings

2 of the top 40 are under 25 and 14 are 40 or older.

Every age, youngest first

#	Player	Born	Age	Rank
1	Luke Littler	21 January 2007	19	1
2	Gian van Veen	23 April 2002	24	3
3	Josh Rock	13 April 2001	25	8
4	Niko Springer	11 July 2000	26	38
5	Wessel Nijman	26 June 2000	26	12
6	Niels Zonneveld	22 July 1998	28	35
7	Callan Rydz	3 July 1998	28	40
8	Kevin Doets	5 May 1998	28	28
9	Martin Schindler	16 August 1996	30	19
10	Luke Humphries	11 February 1995	31	2
11	Ricardo Pietreczko	20 October 1994	31	34
12	Dirk van Duijvenbode	30 June 1992	34	23
13	Nathan Aspinall	15 July 1991	35	16
14	Danny Noppert	31 December 1990	35	10
15	Rob Cross	21 September 1990	36	21
16	Michael Smith	18 September 1990	36	36
17	Chris Dobey	31 May 1990	36	15
18	Joe Cullen	13 July 1989	37	31
19	Cameron Menzies	27 June 1989	37	26
20	Michael van Gerwen	25 April 1989	37	7
21	Ross Smith	12 January 1989	37	14
22	Luke Woodhouse	13 October 1988	37	18
23	Jermaine Wattimena	9 March 1988	38	17
24	Ryan Searle	21 October 1987	38	13
25	Damon Heta	10 August 1987	39	22
26	William O'Connor	15 July 1986	40	33
27	Daryl Gurney	22 March 1986	40	29
28	Ryan Joyce	20 September 1985	41	25
29	Stephen Bunting	9 April 1985	41	9
30	Martin Lukeman	26 March 1985	41	39
31	Gerwyn Price	7 March 1985	41	4
32	Ritchie Edhouse	19 April 1983	43	32
33	James Wade	6 April 1983	43	6
34	Dave Chisnall	12 September 1980	46	30
35	Krzysztof Ratajski	1 January 1977	49	20
36	Jonny Clayton	4 October 1974	51	5
37	Gary Anderson	22 December 1970	55	11
38	Andrew Gilding	7 December 1970	55	27
39	Peter Wright	10 March 1970	56	37

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.

The top 40, youngest to oldest.

Every age, youngest first

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