 Improving from world number 38 at the start of 2012 to number four at the beginning of 2013, he won his first major PDC title at the World Grand Prix and reached the final at the 2013 World Championship.In 2014, at the age of 24, Van Gerwen became the youngest winner of the PDC World Championship, a record he still holds today.He also holds the record for the highest three-dart average in a televised darts match, with 123.40.