Gabriel Clemens

Gabriel Clemens
	Clemens in 2023
Personal information
Nickname	"German Giant"
Born	16 August 1983 (age 43); Saarlouis, West Germany
Home town	Saarwellingen, Germany
Sport
Sport	Darts
Playing since	2002
Darts	23g Target Signature Gen 2
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Wonderwall" by Oasis
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2008–2018
PDC	2018–present; (Tour Card: 2018–present)
Current world ranking	(PDC) 53 4 (25 October 2026)
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters	Semi-final: 2017
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship	Semi-final: 2023
World Matchplay	Last 16: 2020
World Grand Prix	Last 16: 2020
UK Open	Last 16: 2020, 2021
Grand Slam	Last 16: 2019
European Championship	Last 32: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
PC Finals	Semi-final: 2023
Masters	Last 24: 2022, 2023, 2024
World Series Finals	Last 24: 2019, 2021, 2023
Other tournament wins
	Years
2026 Players Championship 24
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Germany
EDU European Ch'ship

Gabriel Clemens (born 16 August 1983) is a German professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He reached the semi-finals at the 2017 World Masters, the 2023 PDC World Championship and the 2023 Players Championship Finals. He won his first PDC ranking title at Players Championship 24 in July 2026.

Career

2017–2022: BDO, switch to PDC

In 2017, Clemens made the semi-finals of the World Masters, and missed match darts against the BDO number one Mark McGeeney to reach the final.

In January 2018, he gained a two-year PDC Tour Card. He won the fourth day of European Q-School by defeating the Dutchman Vincent Kamphuis 5–3 in the final. In his first year on the circuit, he reached the final of 2018 PDC Players Championship 11, where he took on two-time world champion Gary Anderson. Clemens missed two match-darts to win the title and lost 6–5.

In December 2020, he became the first German player to reach the last 16 in the PDC World Darts Championship, after beating reigning champion Peter Wright 4–3.

Clemens was eliminated from the 2022 World Championship in the third round, losing 4–0 to Jonny Clayton. He reached the final of Players Championship 18 in July 2022, where he succumbed to a whitewash defeat to Dirk van Duijvenbode. He reached successive European Tour quarter-finals at the end of the 2022, making the last eight of the Belgian Darts Open and the Gibraltar Darts Trophy.

2023: World Championship semi-finalist

Clemens reached the semi-finals of the 2023 World Championship following a 5–1 victory over then-world number one Gerwyn Price in the quarter-finals, becoming the first German player to reach that stage of the competition. He was unable to advance to the final as he suffered a 6–2 defeat to Michael Smith. He appeared in his seventh PDC final at Players Championship 3 the next month, where he lost 8–1 to Kim Huybrechts.

At the 2023 PDC World Cup of Darts, Clemens represented Germany alongside Martin Schindler. They reached the semi-finals, where they were defeated by Scotland. He then went on to make the semi-finals of the 2023 Players Championship Finals in November, where he lost 11–6 to Michael van Gerwen.

2024–2025: Ranking fall

At the 2024 World Championship, Clemens defeated Man Lok Leung 3–1 before losing 4–1 to Dave Chisnall in the third round. He was defeated in his opening match at the 2025 World Championship, losing 3–1 to Robert Owen. He subsequently fell outside the top 32 in the PDC World Rankings, dropping ten places to world number 37. He reached his first ranking semi-final since November 2023 at Players Championship 16 in May 2025, where he was beaten 7–5 by Brendan Dolan. Clemens lost his place in Germany's World Cup of Darts team ahead of the 2025 edition, after being overtaken by Ricardo Pietreczko in the world rankings.

2026: First PDC title

At the 2026 World Championship, Clemens achieved back-to-back 3–0 wins against Alex Spellman and Wessel Nijman. In the third round, he trailed Luke Humphries 3–0 but won the next two sets. He ultimately lost 4–2 after missing darts to level the match. Despite the defeat, he became the first German player to record a three-dart average over 100 in a PDC World Championship match. In July 2026, Clemens contested his eighth PDC final at Players Championship 24, where he defeated Luke Woodhouse 8–6 to win his first PDC ranking title, completing the victory with a 170 checkout.

Personal life

In August 2024, Clemens married his partner Lisa in a ceremony on the island of Mallorca. He co-hosts the Darts auf die 1 podcast with fellow darts players Robert Marijanović and Marcel Althaus.

World Championship results

PDC World Championship

2019: Second round (lost to John Henderson 2–3)
2020: First round (lost to Benito van de Pas 2–3)
2021: Fourth round (lost to Krzysztof Ratajski 3–4)
2022: Third round (lost to Jonny Clayton 0–4)
2023: Semi-finals (lost to Michael Smith 2–6)
2024: Third round (lost to Dave Chisnall 1–4)
2025: Second round (lost to Robert Owen 1–3)
2026: Third round (lost to Luke Humphries 2–4)

Career finals

PDC World Series finals: 1

Legend
World Series of Darts (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	2019	German Darts Masters	Peter Wright	6–8 (l)

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament	2009	2017
World Masters	2R	SF

PDC

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship	DNQ	2R	1R	4R	3R	SF	3R	2R	3R
World Masters	DNQ				1R	1R	1R	Prel.	Prel.
UK Open	3R	5R	6R	6R	5R	4R	4R	3R	5R
World Matchplay	DNQ		2R	1R	1R	1R	DNQ
World Grand Prix	DNQ		2R	1R	1R	1R	DNQ
European Championship	DNQ		1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	DNQ
Grand Slam	DNQ	2R	RR	RR	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	3R	3R	2R	2R	1R	SF	1R	1R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Cup	DNP		SF	QF	QF	SF	2R	DNQ
World Series Finals	DNQ	1R	DNQ	1R	DNQ	1R	1R	1R	DNQ
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	63	39	31	25	19	22	37	47

European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
2016	Did not qualify								EDG 1R	GDC DNP
2017	Did not qualify			EDG 1R	Did not qualify
2018	EDO 2R	DNQ		ADO 1R	EDG 1R	Did not qualify						IDO 1R	EDT 2R
2019	EDO DNQ	GDC 1R	GDG 1R	GDO 1R	Did not qualify			DDO 2R	DNQ		EDM 2R	DNQ
2020	BDC 2R	GDC 2R	EDG 2R	IDO 2R
2021	HDT DNQ	GDT 3R
2022	IDO 1R	GDC 2R	GDG 2R	ADO 3R	EDO 1R	CDO 1R	EDG 1R	DDC DNQ	EDM 3R	HDT 1R	GDO 1R	BDO QF	GDT QF
2023	BSD 1R	EDO 1R	IDO 2R	GDG 2R	ADO DNQ	DDC 2R	BDO 3R	CDO DNQ	EDG 2R	EDM 2R	GDO 1R	HDT 1R	GDC QF
2024	BDO 2R	GDG 1R	IDO 3R	EDG QF	ADO 1R	BSD 1R	DDC 1R	EDO 1R	GDC DNQ	FDT 3R	HDT 3R	SDT DNQ	CDO 2R
2025	Did not qualify					EDG 1R	Did not qualify							GDC 2R
2026	Did not qualify					ADO 1R	Did not qualify						FDT 2R	SDT DNQ	DDC DNQ

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 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 3R	MIL QF	MIL 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	WIG 2R	WIG SF	MIL F	MIL 3R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	DUB 1R	DUB 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 4R
2019	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR F	BAR 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 3R	BAR F	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 3R	WIG 4R	BAR QF	BAR 1R	HIL 3R	HIL 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	DUB 2R	DUB 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R
2020	BAR 2R	BAR SF	WIG 2R	WIG QF	WIG QF	WIG 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	MIL SF	MIL 4R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	COV 3R	COV QF	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 2R
2021	BOL QF	BOL 2R	BOL 3R	BOL SF	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	MIL SF	MIL 3R	NIE 4R	NIE 2R	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	MIL 1R	MIL SF	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	COV 3R	COV 3R	COV 3R	COV 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR F	BAR 3R	BAR 3R	BAR QF	BAR 2R	BAR 1R
2022	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	BAR 2R	BAR QF	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR SF	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	NIE 4R	NIE 1R	BAR F	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R
2023	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR F	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	HIL 3R	HIL 2R	WIG 2R	WIG 3R	LEI 2R	LEI 3R	HIL 3R	HIL 1R	LEI 3R	LEI 2R	HIL 2R	HIL 3R	BAR 2R	BAR QF	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 3R
2024	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL 3R	HIL 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 4R	MIL 2R	MIL QF	MIL 1R	MIL 3R	MIL 4R	WIG 3R	WIG 3R	MIL 4R	MIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	LEI 3R	LEI 2R
2025	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	ROS 1R	ROS QF	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 3R	LEI 1R	LEI 3R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	ROS 2R	ROS 1R	HIL 2R	HIL SF	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 3R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	HIL 4R	HIL 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 3R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 2R
2026	HIL QF	HIL 4R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 4R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 2R	LEI 1R	LEI QF	LEI 2R	LEI 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	WIG 2R	WIG QF	LEI 2R	LEI W	HIL 1R	HIL 2R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	ROS 2R	ROS 2R	ROS 1R	ROS	LEI	LEI

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

References

1 2 "Gabriel Clemens". PDC.
↑ "Ranking Tables". PDPA. 25 October 2026. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
↑ Gill, Samuel (27 December 2020). "Reigning World Champion Wright knocked out by Clemens at World Championship". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
↑ "Clemens-Wahnsinn im Ally Pally" (in German). Sport1. 27 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
↑ "Gerwyn Price beats Kim Huybrechts in fiery clash to keep title defence alive". The Guardian. PA Media. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
↑ Wood-Thompson, Lewis (8 July 2022). "Dominant Van Duijvenbode storms to PC18 title". Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
↑ "Nine-dart Chisnall ends title drought at Belgian Darts Open". PDC Europe. 26 September 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
↑ "European Tour Darts: Damon Heta defeats Peter Wright for victory in Gibraltar". Sky Sports. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
↑ Price, Siân (1 January 2023). "World Darts Championship: Gerwyn Price knocked out by Gabriel Clemens". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
↑ Mirza, Raz (2 January 2023). "World Darts Championship: Gerwyn Price suffers shock 5-1 defeat to Gabriel Clemens at Alexandra Palace". Sky Sports. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
↑ Gorton, Josh (2 January 2023). "Van Gerwen and Smith to collide in blockbuster World Championship final". www.pdc.tv. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
↑ "Darts results: Kim Huybrechts wins Players Championship 3". Sporting Life. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
↑ Allen, Dave (18 June 2023). "Wonderful Wales win My Diesel Claim World Cup of Darts for second time". PDC.tv. Archived from the original on 18 June 2023.
↑ "Luke Humphries topples Michael van Gerwen to win Players Championship Finals". Sky Sports. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
↑ McNamara, Paul (22 December 2023). "World Darts Championship: Hong Kong's Leung has adventure ended by Clemens, teen-star Littler continues dream tournament". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
↑ "Welsh delivery driver pulls off shock win at World Darts Championship". Nation.Cymru. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
↑ Shaw, Jamie (7 January 2025). "PDC Order of Merit following the 2024/25 World Darts Championship". Live Darts. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
↑ Gorton, Josh (13 May 2025). "Record-breaker Smith lands two nine-darters en route to PC16 success". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
↑ Brkic, Marko (11 June 2025). "main-background Darts Team WM, deutsche Teilnehmer und Gegner in der Gruppe: Warum ist Gabriel Clemens nicht beim PDC World Cup dabei?" [World Cup of Darts, German participants and opponents in the group: Why isn't Gabriel Clemens at the PDC World Cup?]. Spox (in German). Retrieved 8 July 2026.
↑ Wellens, Megan (13 December 2025). "World Darts Championship 2026: Luke Humphries sets up second round showdown with 71-year-old Paul Lim". Sky Sports. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
↑ Cartwright, Phil (22 December 2025). "Humphries dominates Lim, 71, to reach round three". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
↑ Liew, Jonathan (29 December 2025). "Humphries given almighty scare by Clemens magic at PDC World Championship". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
↑ Gorton, Josh (7 July 2026). "Courageous Clemens wins maiden PDC title at PC24". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
↑ Gill, Samuel (19 August 2024). "Wedding bells for Gabriel Clemens as German darting ace gets married". Dartsnews.com. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
↑ Gabriel Clemens, Marcel Althaus and Robert Marijanović. "Darts auf die 1". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 24 August 2026.

External links

[pdc.tv-1] 1 2 "Gabriel Clemens". PDC.

[PDC_Rankings-2] "Ranking Tables". PDPA. 25 October 2026. Retrieved 25 October 2026.

[3] Gill, Samuel (27 December 2020). "Reigning World Champion Wright knocked out by Clemens at World Championship". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 27 December 2020.

[4] "Clemens-Wahnsinn im Ally Pally" (in German). Sport1. 27 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.

[5] "Gerwyn Price beats Kim Huybrechts in fiery clash to keep title defence alive". The Guardian. PA Media. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2026.

[6] Wood-Thompson, Lewis (8 July 2022). "Dominant Van Duijvenbode storms to PC18 title". Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.

[7] "Nine-dart Chisnall ends title drought at Belgian Darts Open". PDC Europe. 26 September 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2026.

[8] "European Tour Darts: Damon Heta defeats Peter Wright for victory in Gibraltar". Sky Sports. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2026.

[9] Price, Siân (1 January 2023). "World Darts Championship: Gerwyn Price knocked out by Gabriel Clemens". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 July 2026.

[10] Mirza, Raz (2 January 2023). "World Darts Championship: Gerwyn Price suffers shock 5-1 defeat to Gabriel Clemens at Alexandra Palace". Sky Sports. Retrieved 8 July 2026.

[11] Gorton, Josh (2 January 2023). "Van Gerwen and Smith to collide in blockbuster World Championship final". www.pdc.tv. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

[12] "Darts results: Kim Huybrechts wins Players Championship 3". Sporting Life. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2026.

[13] Allen, Dave (18 June 2023). "Wonderful Wales win My Diesel Claim World Cup of Darts for second time". PDC.tv. Archived from the original on 18 June 2023.

[14] "Luke Humphries topples Michael van Gerwen to win Players Championship Finals". Sky Sports. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2026.

[15] McNamara, Paul (22 December 2023). "World Darts Championship: Hong Kong's Leung has adventure ended by Clemens, teen-star Littler continues dream tournament". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 8 July 2026.

[16] "Welsh delivery driver pulls off shock win at World Darts Championship". Nation.Cymru. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2026.

[17] Shaw, Jamie (7 January 2025). "PDC Order of Merit following the 2024/25 World Darts Championship". Live Darts. Retrieved 8 July 2026.

[18] Gorton, Josh (13 May 2025). "Record-breaker Smith lands two nine-darters en route to PC16 success". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 8 July 2026.

[19] Brkic, Marko (11 June 2025). "main-background Darts Team WM, deutsche Teilnehmer und Gegner in der Gruppe: Warum ist Gabriel Clemens nicht beim PDC World Cup dabei?" [World Cup of Darts, German participants and opponents in the group: Why isn't Gabriel Clemens at the PDC World Cup?]. Spox (in German). Retrieved 8 July 2026.

[20] Wellens, Megan (13 December 2025). "World Darts Championship 2026: Luke Humphries sets up second round showdown with 71-year-old Paul Lim". Sky Sports. Retrieved 14 December 2025.

[21] Cartwright, Phil (22 December 2025). "Humphries dominates Lim, 71, to reach round three". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 December 2025.

[22] Liew, Jonathan (29 December 2025). "Humphries given almighty scare by Clemens magic at PDC World Championship". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 July 2026.

[23] Gorton, Josh (7 July 2026). "Courageous Clemens wins maiden PDC title at PC24". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 8 July 2026.

[24] Gill, Samuel (19 August 2024). "Wedding bells for Gabriel Clemens as German darting ace gets married". Dartsnews.com. Retrieved 7 September 2024.

[25] Gabriel Clemens, Marcel Althaus and Robert Marijanović. "Darts auf die 1". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 24 August 2026.