Hall Of Fame: The European Tour - A Revolution's Roll of Honour

THE inauguration of the European Tour prompted much speculation and comment when unveiled towards the end of 2011. Many players and their teams underestimated the impact of the new events whereas some others realised their impact immediately and encouraged their players to target them:

“I saw them as a huge opportunity for lower-ranked players. They were going to get a lot more chances at getting on stage in front of big crowds and even TV cameras. To us it was a no-brainer” (AIM180)

In the following years 39 players, Stephen Bunting (pictured) recently becoming the latest, have claimed at least one event and many more have reached finals and semi-finals.

Michael van Gerwen’s dominance of the game during his peak can be seen in sharp relief in the tour’s statistics record. His 38 event wins more than quadrauple his nearest rival.

It’s possible that the greatest legacy of the European Tour, however, is the amount of stage/camera/audience time that lower-ranked players have managed to earn.

As a final testament to the success of the tour one simply has to look at the number of events. From a handful in 2012 through to 13 weekends in 2019 – and from 2022 onward – the tour has proven a huge success, have a look below to see the names on the trophies and the rapid growth of the new format:

PDC EUROPEAN TOUR ROLL OF HONOUR
2012
Austrian Darts Open	Wiener Neustadt	Justin Pipe	James Wade	6-3
German Darts Championship	Berlin	Phil Taylor	Dave Chisnall	6-2
European Darts Open	Dusseldorf	Raymond van Barneveld	Dave Chisnall	6-4
German Darts Masters	Sindelfingen	Adrian Lewis	Ian White	6-3
Dutch Darts Masters	Nuland	Simon Whitlock	Paul Nicholson	6-1
2013
UK Masters	Butlins Minehead	John Part	Stuart Kellett	6-4
European Darts Trophy	Sindelfingen	Wes Newton	Paul Nicholson	6-5
European Darts Open	Dusseldorf	Michael van Gerwen	Simon Whitlock	6-2
Austrian Darts Open	Wiener Neustadt	Michael van Gerwen	Mervyn King	6-3
Gibraltar Darts Trophy	Gibraltar	Phil Taylor	Jamie Lewis	6-1
German Darts Championship	Hildesheim	Dave Chisnall	Peter Wright	6-2
German Darts Masters	Sindelfingen	Steve Beaton	Mervyn King	6-5
Dutch Darts Masters	Veldhoven	Kim Huybrechts	Brendan Dolan	6-3
2014
German Darts Championship	Hildesheim	Gary Anderson	Justin Pipe	6-5
Dutch Darts Masters	Veldhoven	Michael van Gerwen	Mervyn King	6-4
German Darts Masters	Berlin	Phil Taylor	Michael van Gerwen	6-4
Austrian Darts Open	Salzburg	Vincent van der Voort	Jamie Caven	6-5
Gibraltar Darts Trophy	Gibraltar	James Wade	Steve Beaton	6-4
European Darts Open	Dusseldorf	Peter Wright	Simon Whitlock	6-2
European Darts Grand Prix	Sindelfingen	Mervyn King	Michael Smith	6-5
European Darts Trophy	Leipzig	Michael Smith	Michael van Gerwen	6-5
2015
German Darts Championship	Hildesheim	Michael van Gerwen	Gary Anderson	6-2
Gibraltar Darts Trophy	Gibraltar	Michael van Gerwen	Terry Jenkins	6-3
German Darts Masters	Munich	Michael van Gerwen	John Henderson	6-5
Dutch Darts Masters	Venray	Michael van Gerwen	Justin Pipe	6-0
International Darts Open	Riesa	Michael Smith	Benito van de Pas	6-3
European Darts Open	Dusseldorf	Robert Thornton	Kim Huybrechts	6-2
European Darts Trophy	Muelheim	Michael Smith	Michael van Gerwen	6-2
European Darts Matchplay	Innsbruck	Michael van Gerwen	Dave Chisnall	6-4
European Darts Grand Prix	Sindelfingen	Kim Huybrechts	Peter Wright	6-5
2016
Dutch Darts Masters	Venray	Michael van Gerwen	Daryl Gurney	6-2
German Darts Masters	Munich	Michael van Gerwen	Peter Wright	6-4
Gibraltar Darts Trophy	Gibraltar	Michael van Gerwen	Dave Chisnall	6-2
European Darts Matchplay	Hamburg	James Wade	Dave Chisnall	6-5
Austrian Darts Open	Vienna	Phil Taylor	Michael Smith	6-4
European Darts Open	Dusseldorf	Michael van Gerwen	Peter Wright	6-5
International Darts Open	Riesa	Mensur Suljovic	Kim Huybrechts	6-5
European Darts Trophy	Muelheim	Michael van Gerwen	Mensur Suljovic	6-5
European Darts Grand Prix	Sindelfingen	Michael van Gerwen	Peter Wright	6-2
German Darts Championship	Hildesheim	Alan Norris	Jelle Klaasen	6-5

2017
German Darts Championship	Hildesheim	Peter Wright	Michael van Gerwen	6-3
German Darts Masters	Jena	Michael van Gerwen	Jelle Klaasen	6-2
German Darts Open	Saarbrucken	Peter Wright	Benito van de Pas	6-5
European Darts Grand Prix	Sindelfingen	Peter Wright	Michael van Gerwen	6-0
Gibraltar Darts Trophy	Gibraltar	Michael Smith	Mensur Suljovic	6-4
European Darts Matchplay	Hamburg	Michael van Gerwen	Mensur Suljovic	6-3
Austrian Darts Open	Vienna	Michael van Gerwen	Michael Smith	6-5
European Darts Open	Leverkusen	Peter Wright	Mervyn King	6-2
Dutch Darts Masters	Maastricht	Michael van Gerwen	Steve Beaton	6-1
German Darts Grand Prix	Mannheim	Michael van Gerwen	Rob Cross	6-3
International Darts Open	Riesa	Peter Wright	Kim Huybrechts	6-5
European Darts Trophy	Gottingen	Michael van Gerwen	Rob Cross	6-4
2018
European Darts Open	Leverkusen	Michael van Gerwen	Peter Wright	8-7
German Darts Grand Prix	Munich	Michael van Gerwen	Peter Wright	8-5
German Darts Open	Saarbrucken	Max Hopp	Michael Smith	8-7
Austrian Darts Open	Premstatten/Graz	Jonny Clayton	Gerwyn Price	8-5
European Darts Grand Prix	Sindelfingen	Michael van Gerwen	James Wade	8-3
Dutch Darts Masters	Zwolle	Michael van Gerwen	Steve Lennon	8-5
Gibraltar Darts Trophy	Gibraltar	Michael van Gerwen	Adrian Lewis	8-3
Danish Darts Open	Copenhagen	Mensur Suljovic	Simon Whitlock	8-3
European Darts Matchplay	Hamburg	Michael van Gerwen	William O’Connor	8-2
German Darts Championship	Hildesheim	Michael van Gerwen	James Wilson	8-6
Dutch Darts Championship	Maastricht	Ian White	Ricky Evans	8-5
International Darts Open	Riesa	Gerwyn Price	Simon Whitlock	8-3
European Darts Trophy	Gottingen	Michael van Gerwen	James Wade	8-3
2019
European Darts Open	Leverkusen	Michael van Gerwen	Rob Cross	8-6
German Darts Championship	Hildesheim	Daryl Gurney	Ricky Evans	8-6
German Darts Grand Prix	Munich	Michael van Gerwen	Simon Whitlock	8-3
German Darts Open	Saarbrucken	Michael van Gerwen	Ian White	8-3
Austrian Darts Open	Premstatten/Graz	Michael van Gerwen	Ian White	8-7
European Darts Grand Prix	Sindelfingen	Ian White	Peter Wright	8-7
Dutch Darts Masters	Zwolle	Ian White	Michael van Gerwen	8-7
Danish Darts Open	Copenhagen	Dave Chisnall	Chris Dobey	8-3
Czech Darts Open	Prague	Jamie Hughes	Stephen Bunting	8-3
Austrian Darts Championship	Vienna	Mensur Suljovic	Michael van Gerwen	8-7
European Darts Matchplay	Mannheim	Joe Cullen	Michael van Gerwen	8-5
International Darts Open	Riesa	Gerwyn Price	Rob Cross	8-6
Gibraltar Darts Trophy	Gibraltar	Krzysztof Ratajski	Dave Chisnall	8-2

2020
Belgian Darts Championship	Hasselt	Gerwyn Price	Michael Smith	8-3
German Darts Championship	Hildesheim	Devon Petersen	Jonny Clayton	8-3
European Darts Grand Prix	Sindelfingen	Jose de Sousa	Michael van Gerwen	8-4
International Darts Open	Riesa	Joe Cullen	Michael van Gerwen	8-5
2021
Hungarian Darts Trophy	Budapest	Gerwyn Price	Michael Smith	8-2
Gibraltar Darts Trophy	Gibraltar	Gerwyn Price	Mensur Suljovic	8-0
2022
International Darts Open	Riesa	Gerwyn Price	Peter Wright	8-4
German Darts Championship	Hildesheim	Michael van Gerwen	Rob Cross	8-5
German Darts Grand Prix	Munich	Luke Humphries	Martin Lukeman	8-2
Austrian Darts Open	Graz	Michael van Gerwen	Danny Noppert	8-5
European Darts Open	Leverkusen	Michael van Gerwen	Dimitri Van den Bergh	8-5
Czech Darts Open	Prague	Luke Humphries	Rob Cross	8-5
European Darts Grand Prix	Stuttgart	Luke Humphries	Rob Cross	8-7
Dutch Darts Championship	Zwolle	Michael Smith	Danny Noppert	8-7
European Darts Matchplay	Trier	Luke Humphries	Rowby-John Rodriguez	8-7
Hungarian Darts Trophy	Budapest	Joe Cullen	William O’Connor	8-2
German Darts Open	Jena	Peter Wright	Dimitri Van den Bergh	8-6
Belgian Darts Open	Wieze	Dave Chisnall	Andrew Gilding	8-6
Gibraltar Darts Trophy	Gibraltar	Damon Heta	Peter Wright	8-7
2023
Baltic Sea Darts Open	Kiel	Dave Chisnall	Luke Humphries	8-5
European Darts Open	Leverkusen	Gerwyn Price	Dirk van Duijvenbode	8-7
International Darts Open	Riesa	Gerwyn Price	Michael van Gerwen	8-4
German Darts Grand Prix	Munich	Michael Smith	Nathan Aspinall	8-5
Austrian Darts Open	Graz	Jonny Clayton	Josh Rock	8-6
Dutch Darts Championship	Leeuwarden	Dave Chisnall	Luke Humphries	8-5
Belgian Darts Open	Wieze	Michael van Gerwen	Luke Humphries	8-6
Czech Darts Open	Prague	Peter Wright	Dave Chisnall	8-6
European Darts Grand Prix	Sindelfingen	Rob Cross	Luke Humphries	8-6
European Darts Matchplay	Trier	Luke Humphries	Dirk van Duijvenbode	8-7
German Darts Open	Jena	Krzysztof Ratajski	Stephen Bunting	8-3
Hungarian Darts Trophy	Budapest	Dave Chisnall	Luke Humphries	8-7
German Darts Championship	Hildesheim	Ricardo Pietreczko	Peter Wright	8-4
2024
Belgian Darts Open	Wieze	Luke Littler	Rob Cross	8-7
German Darts Grand Prix	Munich	Luke Humphries	Michael van Gerwen	8-1
International Darts Open	Riesa	Martin Schindler	Gerwyn Price	8-5
European Darts Grand Prix	Sindelfingen	Gary Anderson	Ross Smith	8-6
Austrian Darts Open	Graz	Luke Littler	Joe Cullen	8-4
Baltic Sea Darts Open	Kiel	Rob Cross	Luke Humphries	8-6
Dutch Darts Championship	Rosmalen	Josh Rock	Jonny Clayton	8-4
European Darts Open	Leverkusen	Dave Chisnall	Ross Smith	8-6
German Darts Championship	Hildesheim	Peter Wright	Luke Littler	8-5
Flanders Darts Trophy	Antwerp	Dave Chisnall	Ricardo Pietreczko	8-6
Hungarian Darts Trophy	Budapest	Michael van Gerwen	Gian van Veen	8-7
Swiss Darts Trophy	Basel	Martin Schindler	Ryan Searle	8-7
Czech Darts Open	Prague	Luke Humphries	Kim Huybrechts	8-1
2025
Belgian Darts Open European Darts Open International Darts Open German Darts Grand Prix	Wieze Gottingen Riesa Munich	Luke Littler Nathan Aspinall Stephen Bunting Michael Van Gerwen	Mike De Decker Ryan Joyce Nathan Aspinall Gian Van Veen	8-5 8-4 8-5 8-5

European Tour Event Wins

Michael van Gerwen	38
Peter Wright	9
Gerwyn Price	8
Dave Chisnall	8
Luke Humphries	7
Michael Smith	6
Phil Taylor	4
Ian White	3
Mensur Suljovic	3
Joe Cullen	3
Luke Littler	3
Kim Huybrechts	2
James Wade	2
Jonny Clayton	2
Krzysztof Ratajski	2
Gary Anderson	2
Rob Cross	2
Martin Schindler	2
Justin Pipe	1
Raymond van Barneveld	1
Adrian Lewis	1
Simon Whitlock	1
John Part	1
Wes Newton	1
Steve Beaton	1
Vincent van der Voort	1
Mervyn King	1
Robert Thornton	1
Alan Norris	1
Max Hopp	1
Daryl Gurney	1
Jamie Hughes	1
Devon Petersen	1
Jose de Sousa	1
Damon Heta	1
Ricardo Pietreczko	1
Josh Rock Nathan Aspinall Stephen Bunting	1 1 1
Total Winners	39