Michael van Gerwen, born on 25th April 1989, Boxtel, Netherlands, is a Dutch professional darts player, currently ranked world number one. Michael has dominated darts in recent years, winning 18 tournaments in 2015 and 25 in 2016, already being the second most successful player in PDC history, behind Phil Taylor. He began playing darts aged 13, within 4 years having won the World Masters and thrown a televised 9-dart finish, the youngest player to have done either.