# Ritchie Edhouse

Ritchie Edhouse (born 19 April 1983) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twenty-seven. He won his first major title at the 2024 European Championship, defeating Jermaine Wattimena 11–3 in the final.
Edhouse reached the last 16 at the 2024 Grand Slam, and has also made the semi-finals in five ranking events on the PDC Pro Tour, being a one-time semi-finalist on the PDC European Tour, at the 2018 Dutch Darts Championship, and a four-time semi-finalist in Players Championship events.
Edhouse also won three titles on the PDC Challenge Tour.

## Career
### 2016–2023

Edhouse won his first PDC Challenge Tour title in 2016, whitewashing Mark Dudbridge 5–0 in the final of Event Three.
Edhouse first won his PDC Tour Card at 2017 Q-School after defeating Mickey Mansell 5–3 on Day Two. He reached the semi-finals of the 2018 Dutch Darts Championship, where he lost to Ricky Evans 7–5. Edhouse hit the maximum check-out of 170, in his 6–4 win in the quarter-finals against the late Kyle Anderson. He won his second Challenge Tour event in early 2019, and a third in 2020, allowing him to regain his tour card for the 2021 season.
He won the opening match of the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship in a 3–2 victory over Peter Hudson, setting up a clash with reigning world champion Gerwyn Price later in the night. Edhouse won the first set but he went on to lose 3–1.
Edhouse suffered first round defeats at the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship and 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, losing to David Cameron and Jeffrey de Graaf.

### 2024: European Champion

Edhouse experienced an improvement of form in 2024, particularly on the European Tour. Edhouse reached the quarter-finals of the 2024 International Darts Open, defeating Jitse Van der Wal 6–1, Michael Smith 6–5 in a deciding leg and Rob Cross 6–4 before losing to Stephen Bunting 6–5 in a deciding leg. He also made the quarter-finals of the 2024 Baltic Sea Darts Open, where he lost to eventual champion Rob Cross 6–5. His success during the year saw him qualify for the 2024 World Matchplay, 2024 World Grand Prix and the 2024 European Championship.
Edhouse headed into the 2024 European Championship as a 250/1 outsider to win the tournament. He won his opening game 6–1 against Gian van Veen, averaging 109.48 in the process. He then defeated former world champions Michael Smith and Gary Anderson before a semi-final victory over Luke Woodhouse. Edhouse reached the final, where he defeated Jermaine Wattimena 11–3 to win his first major title. The win resulted in Edhouse entering the top 32 in the PDC Order of Merit for the first time. It also granted him a spot at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts, where he lost to Rob Cross in the Last 16.

### 2025

At the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, Edhouse was seeded and started the tournament in the second round for the first time. He lost 3–1 to Ian White.

## World Championship results
### PDC

* 2020: Second round (lost to James Wade 0–3)
* 2022: Second round (lost to Gerwyn Price 1–3)
* 2023: First round (lost to David Cameron 2–3)
* 2024: First round (lost to Jeffrey de Graaf 2–3)
* 2025: Second round (lost to Ian White 1–3)

## Career finals
### PDC major finals: 1 (1 title)

* Legend
* European Championship (1–0)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 2024 | European Championship | Jermaine Wattimena | 11–3 (l) |
* ↑ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

## Performance timeline

| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| PDC Ranked televised events |||||||||||||
| PDC World Championship | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 2R | DNQ | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R |
| PDC World Masters | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Prel. |
| UK Open | DNQ | DNQ | 2R | 1R | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 1R | 4R | 3R | 3R | 4R |
| World Matchplay | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | 1R | |
| World Grand Prix | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | Did not Qualify | 1R | |
| European Championship | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 1R | DNQ | DNQ | W | |
| Grand Slam of Darts | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | RR | DNQ | 2R | |
| Players Championship Finals | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | |
| BDO Ranked televised events |||||||||||||
| BDO World Championship | DNP | DNQ | DNQ | PDC | PDC | DNP | DNP | NH | PDC | PDC | PDC | PDC | PDC |
| BDO World Trophy | DNP | 1R | DNP | PDC | PDC | DNP | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH |
| Winmau World Masters | 3R | DNP | DNP | PDC | PDC | DNP | NH | NH | PDC | NH | PDC | PDC |
| Career statistics |||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 575 (BDO) | 312 (BDO) | 110 | 99 | 76 | 79 | 154 | 68 | 46 | 58 | 28 | |
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 2016 | DDM 3R | GDM DNQ | GDT DNP | EDM DNP | ADO DNQ | EDO 2R | IDO DNQ | EDT 1R | EDG DNQ | GDC DNQ |
| 2017 | GDC DNQ | GDM DNQ | GDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | GDT 1R | EDM DNQ | ADO 1R | EDO DNQ | DDM DNQ | GDG DNQ | IDO DNQ | EDT DNQ |
| 2018 | EDO 1R | GDG DNQ | GDO DNQ | ADO 1R | EDG DNQ | DDM DNQ | GDT 1R | DDO DNQ | EDM DNQ | GDC DNQ | DDC SF | IDO DNQ | EDT DNQ |
| 2019 | EDO 1R | GDC DNQ | GDG 3R | GDO DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDM 2R | DDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | ADC DNQ | EDM DNQ | IDO 2R | GDT 2R |
| 2020 | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play |
| 2021 | HDT DNQ | GDT 2R |
| 2022 | IDO 2R | GDC DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDO 1R | CDO 2R | EDG DNQ | DDC 2R | EDM DNQ | HDT DNQ | GDO DNQ | BDO DNQ | GDT 2R |
| 2023 | BSD 2R | EDO DNQ | IDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | DDC DNQ | BDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG 1R | EDM DNQ | GDO DNQ | HDT DNQ | GDC DNQ |
| 2024 | BDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | IDO QF | EDG 3R | ADO 3R | BSD QF | DDC 3R | EDO 2R | GDC 2R | FDT 2R | HDT 1R | SDT 1R | CDO 2R |
PDC 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 |
| 2017 | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR QF | BAR 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | WIG 4R | WIG 2R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | DUB 1R | DUB 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R |
| 2018 | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | DUB 1R | DUB 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R |
| 2019 | WIG 3R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 4R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | HIL 2R | HIL 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | DUB 2R | DUB 4R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R |
| 2020 | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | WIG DNP | WIG DNP | WIG DNP | WIG DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | MIL DNP | MIL DNP | MIL DNP | MIL DNP | MIL DNP | NIE DNP | NIE DNP | NIE DNP | NIE DNP | NIE DNP | COV 2R | COV 1R | COV 3R | COV 2R | COV 4R |
| 2021 | BOL 1R | BOL 3R | BOL 1R | BOL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 3R | MIL 2R | NIE 3R | NIE 1R | NIE QF | NIE 1R | MIL 1R | MIL QF | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | COV 4R | COV 2R | COV 1R | COV 2R | BAR QF | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R |
| 2022 | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | NIE 3R | NIE 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | WIG QF | WIG 3R | NIE 3R | NIE 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R |
| 2023 | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | WIG 2R | WIG 2R | LEI 1R | LEI 2R | HIL 1R | HIL 2R | LEI 3R | LEI 2R | HIL SF | HIL 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR SF | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 4R | BAR 2R |
| 2024 | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | LEI 4R | LEI 2R | HIL 1R | HIL 3R | LEI 4R | LEI 3R | HIL SF | HIL 3R | HIL 4R | HIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 3R | MIL 3R | MIL 2R | MIL 3R | MIL 2R | WIG 2R | WIG SF | MIL 3R | MIL 2R | WIG 2R | WIG 2R | WIG 4R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | LEI 1R | LEI 3R |
Performance Table Legend :
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. | Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round | DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | #R RR Prel. | Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round | NYF | Not yet founded |