Darden began his professional career in Turkey, in the 2004–05 season, with
Erdemirspor. He then moved to the Belgian club
Leuven Bears, where he spent the 2005–06 season. From 2006 to 2008, Darden played with
Spirou Charleroi of Belgium. With Charleroi, he won the
Belgian League championship, in the 2007–08 season. In 2008, Darden signed with the
South Dragons of Australia's
NBL league. With the Dragons, he won the
2008–09 NBL season. In August 2009, Darden signed a one-year deal with
Strasbourg IG of France's
LNB Pro A. In 2010, he was named a French League Foreign Players
All-Star. In July 2010, he signed a one-year deal with another French team,
SLUC Nancy Basket. Over the two-year period that he spent with the French teams, Darden was twice named the French League Player of the Month: (Dec.
2010, Feb.
2011). In August 2011, he signed a one-year deal with the Spanish club
Unicaja Málaga of the
Liga ACB. On July 20, 2012, Darden signed a one-year deal with
Žalgiris Kaunas of Lithuania's
LKL league. On March 11, 2013, he left Žalgiris. Two days later, he signed with the Spanish
EuroLeague club,
Real Madrid, for the rest of the season. In July 2013, he extended his contract with Real Madrid for one more season. In July 2014, Darden signed a two-year deal with
Olympiacos of Greece's
Greek Basket League. On June 24, 2015, he parted ways with Olympiacos. On September 12, 2015, he signed a one-year contract with the Turkish team
Beşiktaş of the
BSL league. On September 14, 2016, Darden signed with Italian club
Pallacanestro Cantù of the
LBA league for the
2016–17 LBA season. Darden played for
Mitteldeutscher BC of the
Basketball Bundesliga during the 2019–20 season. He parted ways with the team on July 21, 2020. On October 15, 2020, Darden signed with
Riesen Ludwigsburg of the
Basketball Bundesliga. Darden averaged 7.3 points and 2.9 rebounds per game. He re-signed with the team on September 8, 2021. On August 21, 2022, he signed with
Mitteldeutscher BC of the German
Basketball Bundesliga. On January 2, 2024, at the age of 42, Darden once more returned to the German
Basketball Bundesliga, signing a contract with
Crailsheim Merlins for the remainder of the
2023-24 BBL season. ==Career statistics==