Martin Schindler

Martin Schindler (born 16 August 1996) is a German professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "the Wall", he has won four PDC ranking titles. He won 2025 Players Championship 8 and has won three PDC European Tours: the International Darts Open and Swiss Darts Trophy in 2024, and the 2025 Austrian Darts Open. In 2025, he became the first German player to reach the top 16 of the PDC World Rankings.

In his youth career, Schindler finished as the runner-up at the 2018 PDC World Youth Championship and won three Development Tours. He is a two-time quarter-finalist in PDC major singles events, reaching the last eight at the World Grand Prix and the UK Open in 2023. Representing Germany, he reached the semi-finals of the PDC World Cup of Darts in 2023 and 2025, partnering Gabriel Clemens and Ricardo Pietreczko, respectively.

Career 2017 Schindler won a PDC Tour Card at Qualifying School (Q-School) in January 2017. He represented Germany alongside Max Hopp at the 2017 PDC World Cup of Darts, reaching the quarter-finals, before losing to the Dutch pair of Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld. In the same year he debuted on a ranking major, playing 2017 European Championship, where he lost to Rob Cross 6–0.

2018 Schindler qualified for the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship and faced Simon Whitlock in the first round, losing 3–1 in sets. He made it to the third round of 2021 UK Open, and qualified for the 2021 Grand Slam of Darts, via the PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifying Event in November. He was drawn into Group A with Gerwyn Price, Nathan Rafferty and Krzysztof Ratajski. He lost his first two matches against Ratajski, 5–1 and Rafferty 5–3. He defeated Price 5–4 in a last-leg decider, but finished bottom in the group in 4th and was eliminated. Schindler secured a first round win at the 2021 Players Championship Finals, defeating Ian White, but lost to Price in the second round.

2022–2023 Schindler played at the 2022 PDC World Championship, but lost to Florian Hempel 3–0 in the first round. At the 2022 UK Open he made it to the fifth round, where he lost to Dirk van Duijvenbode. Later on, he made his debut in two other majors, qualifying for the 2022 World Matchplay and the 2022 World Grand Prix.

2024

Following a 3–1 victory over Jermaine Wattimena, Schindler lost 4–3 to Scott Williams in the third round of the 2024 World Championship. On the European Tour he won the 2024 International Darts Open, defeating Gerwyn Price 8–5 in the final.

Schindler became the first German to hit a nine-darter on stage during the 2024 Hungarian Darts Trophy. A week later, Schindler won the 2024 Swiss Darts Trophy, defeating Ryan Searle 8–7 in the final. Schindler became the first German to win a second European Tour title and only the ninth player to win two European Tour titles in one season.

2025

Schindler entered the second round of the 2025 World Championship as the 23rd seed, but lost 3–0 to Callan Rydz. In March, Schindler won his first Players Championship title by defeating Jeffrey de Graaf 8–1 in the final of Players Championship 8. The next month, he won his third European Tour title at the Austrian Darts Open with an 8–4 victory over Ross Smith.

At the World Cup of Darts, representing Germany with tournament debutant Ricardo Pietreczko, the duo produced a shock 8–4 win against defending champions and tournament favourites England in the second round. They reached the semi-finals of the tournament but were eliminated by eventual champions Northern Ireland. In September, Schindler became the first German player to reach the top 16 of the PDC World Rankings.

2026 At the 2026 World Championship, Schindler, the 13th seed, won his opening matches against Stephen Burton and Keane Barry. He was eliminated in the third round, losing 4–0 to Ryan Searle.

World Championship results PDC World Championship 2018: First round (lost to Simon Whitlock 1–3) 2019: First round (lost to Cody Harris 2–3) 2022: First round (lost to Florian Hempel 0–3) 2023: Third round (lost to Michael Smith 3–4) 2024: Third round (lost to Scott Williams 3–4) 2025: Second round (lost to Callan Rydz 0–3) 2026: Third round (lost to Ryan Searle 0–4)

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