Ritchie Edhouse

Ritchie Edhouse (born 19 April 1983) is an English professional darts player who competes 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.

Ritchie Edhouse
Edhouse at the 2024 European Championship
Personal information
Nickname	"Madhouse"
Born	(1983-04-19) 19 April 1983 (age 42)[1] Basildon, Essex, England[2]
Home town	Enfield, London, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	2003
Darts	23g Mission Signature
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Our House" by Madness
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2014–2015
PDC	2016– (Tour Card: 2017–2018, 2021–)
WDF	2014–2015
Current world ranking	(PDC) 28 1 (30 July 2025)[3]
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters	Last 80: 2014
World Trophy	Last 32: 2015
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship	Last 64: 2020, 2022, 2025
World Matchplay	Last 32: 2024
World Grand Prix	Last 32: 2024
UK Open	Last 64: 2022, 2025
Grand Slam	Last 16: 2024
European Championship	Winner (1): 2024
PC Finals	Last 32: 2021, 2022, 2024
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour (x3) 2016, 2019, 2020

He 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.^[4]

Edhouse first won his PDC Tour Card at 2017 Q-School after defeating Mickey Mansell 5–3 on Day Two.^[5] He reached the semi-finals of the 2018 Dutch Darts Championship, where he lost to Ricky Evans 7–5.^[6] Edhouse hit the maximum check-out of 170, in his 6–4 win in the quarter-finals against the late Kyle Anderson.^[7] 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.^[8]

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.^[9][10]

Edhouse suffered first round defeats at the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship and 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, losing to David Cameron^[11] and Jeffrey de Graaf.^[12]

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^[13] 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.^[14] 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.^[15] 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.^[2][16] 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.^[17]

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.^[18]

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[N 1]
Winner	1.	2024	European Championship	Jermaine Wattimena	11–3 (l)

1. (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament	2014
BDO Ranked televised events
Winmau World Masters	3R

PDC

Tournament	2016	2017	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship	DNQ		2R	DNQ	2R	1R	1R	2R
World Masters	Did not qualify							Prel.
UK Open	2R	1R	DNQ	1R	4R	3R	3R	4R
World Matchplay	Did not qualify						1R	DNQ
World Grand Prix	Did not qualify						1R
European Championship	Did not qualify			1R	DNQ		W
Grand Slam	Did not qualify				RR	DNQ	2R
Players Championship Finals	Did not qualify			2R	2R	1R	2R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	110	99	154	68	46	58	28

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
2016	DDM 3R	GDM DNQ	GDT DNP	EDM DNP	ADO DNQ	EDO 2R	IDO DNQ	EDT 1R	DNQ
2017	Did not qualify				GDT 1R	EDM DNQ	ADO 1R	Did not qualify
2018	EDO 1R	DNQ		ADO 1R	DNQ		GDT 1R	DNQ			DDC SF	DNQ
2019	EDO 1R	GDC DNQ	GDG 3R	DNQ			DDM 2R	Did not qualify				IDO 2R	GDT 2R
2021	HDT DNQ	GDT 2R
2022	IDO 2R	DNQ			EDO 1R	CDO 2R	EDG DNQ	DDC 2R	Did not qualify				GDT 2R
2023	BSD 2R	Did not qualify							EDG 1R	Did not qualify
2024	DNQ		IDO QF	EDG 3R	ADO 3R	BSD QF	DDC 3R	EDO 2R	GDC 2R	FDT 2R	HDT 1R	SDT 1R	CDO 2R
2025	BDO 3R	EDT 2R	IDO 2R	GDG 1R	ADO 1R	EDG 1R	DDC 3R	EDO 3R	BSD DNQ	FDT DNQ	CDO	HDT	SDT	GDC

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	31	32	33	34
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	Did not participate																		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
2025	WIG 3R	WIG 2R	ROS 1R	ROS 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 2R	HIL 1R	HIL 3R	LEI 3R	LEI 3R	LEI 4R	LEI QF	ROS 2R	ROS 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 3R	LEI DNP	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL	HIL	MIL	MIL	HIL	HIL	LEI	LEI	LEI	WIG	WIG	WIG	WIG

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			NYF	Not yet founded