Danny Noppert

Danny Noppert (born 31 December 1990) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number sixteen; he reached a peak ranking of world number seven in 2023 and 2024.

Danny Noppert
Noppert at the 2025 World Masters
Personal information
Nickname	"The Freeze"
Born	(1990-12-31) 31 December 1990 (age 34) Joure, Netherlands[1]
Darts information
Playing darts since	2009
Darts	23g Winmau Signature
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"High Hopes" by Panic! at the Disco
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2012–2018
PDC	2018– (Tour Card: 2018–)
Current world ranking	(PDC) 16 (21 April 2025)[2]
WDF major events – best performances
World Championship	Runner Up: 2017
World Masters	Quarter Final: 2013
World Trophy	Quarter Final: 2016
Finder Masters	Winner (1): 2017
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship	Last 32: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
World Matchplay	Semi Final: 2022
World Grand Prix	Semi Final: 2021
UK Open	Winner (1): 2022
Grand Slam	Last 16: 2016, 2022, 2023, 2024
European Championship	Semi Final: 2023, 2024
PC Finals	Semi Final: 2018
Masters	Semi Final: 2025
World Series Finals	Runner Up: 2019
Other tournament wins
Den Haag Open 2016 German Open 2016 Scottish Open 2016 Masters of Waregem 2016 Players Championships (x5) Players Championship (Barnsley) (x3) 2022, 2023 (x2) Players Championship (Dublin) 2018 Players Championship (Leicester) 2024
Medal record Men's Darts Representing  Netherlands WDF Europe Cup 2014 Bucharest Men's team

Previously competing in the British Darts Organisation (BDO), Noppert won his first BDO major title at the 2017 Finder Darts Masters and finished as the runner-up at the 2017 BDO World Championship. He obtained a Tour Card in 2018 and switched to the PDC, winning his first PDC major title at the 2022 UK Open by defeating Michael Smith 11–10 in the final. He has won 6 ranking PDC titles and also finished as runner-up at the 2019 World Series Finals.

Noppert has represented the Netherlands in the PDC World Cup of Darts on four occasions, reaching the semi-finals in 2022 with teammate Dirk van Duijvenbode.

Career

2013–2017: BDO

In 2013, Noppert reached the televised stages of the Winmau World Masters. He beat Jeffrey de Graaf and Dennis Nilsson 3–0 to book his place in the quarter-final, where he was beaten 3–1 by Darryl Fitton. He also made his debut at the Zuiderduin Masters. After beating Fitton 5–4 in his first match, he lost to Tony O'Shea 5–3 in the second match to be knocked out in the group stages.

In 2015, Noppert reached the last 16 of the Winmau World Masters. He also qualified for the Zuiderduin Masters. A 5–2 victory over Frans Harmsen and a 5–4 defeat to Scott Mitchell were enough to come through the group stage. He then beat Darryl Fitton 3–0 to reach the semi-finals, where he lost 3–1 to Martin Adams.

Noppert started off 2016 well by reaching the final of the Dutch Open, in which he lost to Martin Adams 3–1. Two weeks later, Noppert won the Scottish Open, beating Dean Reynolds 6–0 in the final.^[3] Noppert won also the Masters of Waregem, where he defeated Geert De Vos 3–1 in the final.

Noppert impressed during 2016 Grand Slam of Darts, beating Mensur Suljović and Nathan Aspinall before a narrow defeat in the last 16 to two-time PDC World Champion Gary Anderson 10–9.

In 2017, Noppert was able to reach the final of the 2017 BDO World Darts Championship, defeating defending champion Scott Waites on his way there.^[4] Noppert eventually lost to then-BDO world number one Glen Durrant 7–3.^[5] In December, Noppert won the Finder Darts Masters, beating Jim Williams in the final 5–3. This was Noppert's first major title.

2018–2021: Move to the PDC

Noppert announced a move from the BDO to the Professional Darts Corporation following the 2018 BDO World Championship which saw him enter 2018 PDC Q-School.^[6] He won a Tour Card by finishing top of the European Order of Merit.^[7]

In his first year in the PDC, he won his first title in September by defeating Ian White 6–4 in the final of Players Championship 20.^[8] Two days later, he took part in his first World Grand Prix tournament. He also qualified for his first European Championship as 20th seed,^[9] where he lost to reigning world champion Rob Cross in the first round.^[10] Noppert reached his maiden PDC major semi-final at the Players Championship Finals, where he lost 11–3 to eventual champion Daryl Gurney.^[11]

Noppert made his PDC World Championship debut at the 2019 edition, entering the tournament as the highest ranked non-seed on the 2018 Pro Tour Order of Merit.^[12] He won his first-round match 3–0 against Hong Kong's Royden Lam.^[13] He was then eliminated in the second round following a 3–0 defeat to Max Hopp.^[14] Noppert also made his debut at that year's World Matchplay but he was beaten 10–6 by defending champion Gary Anderson in the opening round.^[15] In November, Noppert was invited to play at the World Series of Darts Finals in Amsterdam.^[16] He reached his first PDC televised final but lost the final 11–2 to Michael van Gerwen.^[17]

Noppert represented the Netherlands in the PDC World Cup of Darts for the first time at the 2020 edition, partnering Van Gerwen.^[18] The pair made it to the quarter-finals where they were eliminated by Gabriel Clemens and Max Hopp of Germany.^[19] At the 2021 World Grand Prix, Noppert defeated Michael van Gerwen, Vincent van der Voort and Ian White to reach the semi-finals,^[20] where he was beaten 4–1 by Jonny Clayton.^[21]

2022: UK Open champion

Noppert was victorious in his opening match at the 2022 World Championship, winning three consecutive sets to defeat debutant Jason Heaver 3–1.^[22] He was beaten by Ryan Searle 4–2 in the third round.^[23] Noppert was set to make his Masters debut at the end of January but withdrew from the tournament to be present for the birth of his first child in the Netherlands.^[24]

In March 2022, he won his first PDC major title by winning the 2022 UK Open. He defeated Ryan Meikle, Devon Petersen, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Damon Heta, and William O'Connor on his way to the final, where he beat Michael Smith 11–10 in a last-leg decider, surviving a match dart from Smith in the process.^[25] This win saw Noppert rise to 12th on the PDC Order of Merit.^[26]

Representing the Netherlands in the World Cup of Darts alongside Dirk van Duijvenbode, the Dutch team was defeated in the semi-finals by eventual runners-up Wales, represented by Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price.^[27] Noppert entered the 2022 World Matchplay as the 11th seed. He defeated Brendan Dolan, Daryl Gurney, and Dirk van Duijvenbode en route to the semi-finals, where he was beaten 17–11 by Gerwyn Price.^[28]

On the Pro Tour, Noppert won his third PDC ranking title at Players Championship 19, coming back from 6–3 down to win the final 8–6 against Andrew Gilding.^[29] He also reached two European Tour finals at the Austrian Darts Open and the Dutch Darts Championship, but succumbed to defeats by Michael van Gerwen and Michael Smith.^[30][31]

2023

Ninth seed Noppert began the 2023 World Championship with a 3–1 win over Canada's David Cameron in the second round.^[32] He faced Alan Soutar in the third round and took a 2–0 lead before Soutar won the next four sets to beat Noppert 4–2.^[33]

He entered the UK Open as defending champion but was eliminated in the fifth round by William O'Connor.^[34] In October, Noppert was a semi-finalist at the European Championship. His run included a comeback victory against Gerwyn Price in the quarter-finals where he recovered from 7–0 down to win 10–8.^[35] He lost 11–8 to eventual champion Peter Wright.^[36] Noppert was set to compete at the Players Championship Finals in November but withdrew from the tournament as he was expecting the birth of his second child.^[37]

On the Pro Tour, Noppert claimed his fourth and fifth PDC ranking titles, defeating Simon Whitlock 8–3 to win Players Championship 2 and Christian Kist 8–7 to win Players Championship 22.^[38][39]

2024

At the 2024 World Championship, Noppert entered the second round as seventh seed but ended up being defeated 3–0 by Scott Williams.^[40] In April, he won his sixth PDC ranking title by beating reigning world champion Luke Humphries 8–6 to win Players Championship 8.^[41] He reached another European Championship semi-final in October, losing 11–10 in a deciding leg to runner-up Jermaine Wattimena.^[42]

2025

Noppert was eliminated from the 2025 World Championship in his opening match, suffering a 3–1 defeat to Ryan Joyce.^[43] He returned to winning ways at the World Masters by reaching the semi-finals of the tournament, including a victory over defending champion Stephen Bunting in the quarter-finals. He lost 5–2 to eventual title winner Luke Humphries.^[44][45]

Personal life

Noppert is married;^[46] he and his wife have two children.^[47]

In a 2025 interview, Noppert revealed he has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).^[48]

World Championship results

BDO

• 2017: Runner-up (lost to Glen Durrant 3–7)
• 2018: Second round (lost to Mark McGeeney 1–4)

PDC

• 2019: Second round (lost to Max Hopp 0–3)
• 2020: Third round (lost to Kim Huybrechts 2–4)
• 2021: Third round (lost to Dave Chisnall 2–4)
• 2022: Third round (lost to Ryan Searle 2–4)
• 2023: Third round (lost to Alan Soutar 2–4)
• 2024: Second round (lost to Scott Williams 0–3)
• 2025: Second round (lost to Ryan Joyce 1–3)

Career finals

BDO major finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
World Championship (0–1)
Zuiderduin Masters (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score[N 1]
Runner-up	1.	2017	BDO World Darts Championship	Glen Durrant	3–7 (s)
Winner	1.	2017	Zuiderduin Masters	Jim Williams	5–3 (s)

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

PDC major finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
UK Open (1–0)
World Series of Darts Finals (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	2019	World Series of Darts Finals	Michael van Gerwen	2–11 (l)
Winner	2	2022	UK Open	Michael Smith	11–10 (l)

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
BDO Ranked televised events
World Championship	Did not qualify				F	2R
World Trophy	NH	DNQ		QF	1R	PDC
Winmau World Masters	QF	2R	6R	5R	DNP	PDC
Finder Masters	RR	DNQ	SF	RR	W	PDC

PDC

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship	Non-PDC			2R	3R	3R	3R	3R	2R	2R
World Masters	DNQ						WD	QF	2R	SF
UK Open	Non-PDC		2R	3R	4R	5R	W	5R	5R	5R
World Matchplay	Non-PDC		DNQ	1R	2R	1R	SF	2R	1R
World Grand Prix	Non-PDC		1R	2R	2R	SF	2R	1R	1R
European Championship	Non-PDC		1R	DNQ	1R	QF	QF	SF	SF
Grand Slam	2R	RR	DNQ	RR	DNQ		2R	2R	2R
Players Championship Finals	Non-PDC		SF	2R	2R	3R	QF	WD	3R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Cup	DNP				QF	DNP	SF	2R	2R
World Series Finals	DNQ			F	DNQ	1R	2R	2R	2R
Career statistics
Season-end ranking	Non-PDC		46	27	25	18	8	7	13

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
2018	EDO 2R	GDG 2R	GDO 2R	ADO DNQ	EDG SF	DDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	DDO DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDC 1R	DDC DNQ	IDO SF	EDT 1R
2019	EDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	GDG 2R	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM 2R	DDO DNQ	CDO 3R	ADC DNQ	EDM DNQ	IDO 2R	GDT 2R
2020	BDC 3R	GDC SF	EDG DNQ	IDO QF
2021	HDT WD	GDT 3R
2022	IDO QF	GDC DNP	GDG DNP	ADO F	EDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG QF	DDC F	EDM 1R	HDT 2R	GDO 2R	BDO SF	GDT 2R
2023	BSD 2R	EDO SF	IDO 3R	GDG QF	ADO QF	DDC QF	BDO 3R	CDO 3R	EDG 2R	EDM 3R	GDO QF	HDT 3R	GDC 2R
2024	BDO 3R	GDG QF	IDO QF	EDG 3R	ADO QF	BSD SF	DDC QF	EDO 2R	GDC 3R	FDT 3R	HDT 3R	SDT 2R	CDO 2R
2025	BDO 2R	EDT 2R	IDO 2R	GDG 2R	ADO	EDG	DDC	EDO	BSD	FDT	CDO	HDT	SDT	GDC

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
2018	BAR 4R	BAR 4R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 4R	MIL 4R	MIL 2R	WIG 3R	WIG 4R	BAR 1R	BAR QF	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	DUB 2R	DUB W	BAR 3R	BAR 1R
2019	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 2R	BAR SF	BAR SF	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR QF	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR QF	WIG 4R	WIG 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	HIL SF	HIL 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	DUB 4R	DUB 3R	BAR 2R	BAR SF
2020	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	WIG QF	WIG SF	WIG 2R	WIG 3R	BAR SF	BAR 2R	MIL QF	MIL 1R	MIL 3R	MIL 3R	MIL 3R	NIE 3R	NIE 4R	NIE QF	NIE 4R	NIE 4R	COV 4R	COV 4R	COV 2R	COV 2R	COV 2R
2021	BOL 2R	BOL 3R	BOL SF	BOL 4R	MIL 1R	MIL 3R	MIL 3R	MIL 3R	NIE 3R	NIE 3R	NIE 2R	NIE SF	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	COV 4R	COV 3R	COV 4R	COV QF	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR QF
2022	DNP				BAR 3R	BAR SF	NIE 1R	NIE 4R	BAR SF	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	WIG 2R	WIG 2R	NIE 4R	NIE 3R	BAR 2R	BAR W	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR SF	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP
2023	BAR 4R	BAR W	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	HIL 2R	HIL 1R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	HIL 3R	HIL QF	LEI 3R	LEI 4R	HIL DNP	HIL DNP	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR QF	BAR W	BAR 2R	BAR DNP	BAR QF	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR QF
2024	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	LEI QF	LEI 1R	HIL QF	HIL 1R	LEI 2R	LEI W	HIL 1R	HIL QF	HIL 3R	HIL SF	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 4R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL QF	MIL QF	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	LEI 4R	LEI 1R	WIG 4R	WIG 3R	WIG QF	WIG 3R	WIG SF	LEI SF	LEI 3R
2025	WIG 4R	WIG 4R	ROS 2R	ROS 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 3R	LEI 2R	LEI 3R	LEI 3R	LEI 4R	ROS 2R	ROS SF	HIL	HIL	LEI	LEI	LEI	HIL	HIL	MIL	MIL	MIL	HIL	HIL	LEI	LEI	LEI	WIG	WIG	WIG	WIG	WIG

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