Callan Rydz

Callan Rydz
Rydz at the 2025 World Championship
Personal information
Nickname	"The Riot"
Born	(1998-07-03) 3 July 1998 (age 26)[1] Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Home town	Bedlington, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	2013
Darts	22g Unicorn Callan Rydz
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Hypersonic Missiles" by Sam Fender
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2017– (Tour Card: 2020–)
Current world ranking	(PDC) 40 (2 February 2025)[2]
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters	Last 144: 2016
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Quarter Final: 2022, 2025
World Matchplay	Quarter Final: 2021
World Grand Prix	Last 32: 2021, 2022, 2023
UK Open	Last 16: 2022
European Ch'ship	Last 32: 2021
PC Finals	Quarter Final: 2022
Masters	Last 24: 2023
Other tournament wins
Finder Masters Youth 2014 PDC Challenge Tour 2019 (x2) PDC Development Tour 2019, 2020 Players Championships Players Championship (BAR) 2021, 2023 Players Championship (BOL) 2021

Callan Rydz (/rɪdz/ born 3 July 1998) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He has won 3 ranking PDC titles and is a two-time PDC World Championship quarter-finalist.

Rydz made his PDC European Tour debut at the 2017 Gibraltar Darts Trophy as a UK Qualifier, aged just 18.^[3] He was eliminated in the first round by Martin Schindler.^[4]

At 2018 PDC Q-School, Rydz tried to win a PDC Tour Card, however he missed out on the points table by virtue of countback.^[5] He played on the Challenge Tour and Development Tour throughout the year. As a result of his Development Tour exploits, he qualified for the 2018 PDC World Youth Championship and progressed through the early group stage. He managed to reach the semi-finals, including a victory over the #1 seed Luke Humphries but lost out 6–3 to eventual runner up Martin Schindler.^[6] He also tried to win a Tour Card in 2019 Q-School, but missed out again by one leg.^[7]

Rydz qualified for the 2019 UK Open by winning through the amateur qualifier in Wolverhampton, but lost to Jamie Hughes in the first round.^[4] On 21 April 2019, he won his first PDC title after picking up the Development Tour Event 8 title, beating Luke Humphries 5–2 in the final with a three-dart average of 106.6.^[8] At the 17th Players Championship event of 2019, Rydz made his first Pro Tour appearance in 2 years, and marked it with a run to the quarter-finals. He defeated Stephen Burton, Chris Dobey, Steve Beaton and Brendan Dolan before losing 6–3 to eventual winner James Wade.^[4] He followed up the Development Tour title with a Challenge Tour title on 11 August 2019 by seeing off David Evans 5–2 in the final. Rydz went to the top of the Challenge Tour Order of Merit on 28 September 2019 by winning Event 18, beating Cody Harris to win the title.^[4] Rydz finished 2019 top of the Challenge Tour Order of Merit, meaning he gained a two-year PDC Tour Card and qualified for the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship.^[9]

He made the quarter-finals of the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship on 4 November, but lost 6–2 to Adam Gawlas.^[4]

At the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship, Rydz's debut at the tournament, he won his opening game 3–2 in sets against Steve Lennon^[10] but lost to Danny Noppert in the second round.^[4]

Rydz won Young Player of the Year at the 2020/21 PDC Awards Dinner.^[11]

On the 2021 PDC Pro Tour Rydz competed in the 2021 PDC Players Championship series and won his first PDC ranking title on 26 February, at Players Championship 2, beating Jonny Clayton 8–7 in the final.^{[12][13][14][15]}

Rydz qualified for the 2021 World Matchplay, and on his debut he reached the quarter-finals, overcoming Glen Durrant 10–6, Rob Cross 11–8, before losing to Krzysztof Ratajski 16–8.^[16][17] He also made his World Grand Prix and European Championship debuts in 2021 but did not make it past the first round in either tournament.^[4]

In October, Rydz defeated Gabriel Clemens 8–6 in the final of Players Championship 25, earning his second PDC ranking title.^[18][19][20]

Rydz entered the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship as the top qualifier from the Pro Tour Order of Merit.^[21] With whitewash wins against Yuki Yamada, Brendan Dolan and Nathan Aspinall, followed by a 4–1 win over Alan Soutar, Rydz reached the quarter-finals having only lost one set.^[22] He faced Peter Wright for a place in the semi-finals. Rydz had a 3–1 lead but bowed out of the tournament after Wright won the match 5–4 in a deciding set.^[23]

In the 2022 PDC Players Championship series he was the runner-up at Players Championship 15, losing to Michael Smith 8–3 in the final.^[24]

Rydz entered the 2022 Players Championship Finals as the 32nd seed. He defeated 33rd seed Madars Razma 6–5, 64th seed Ricardo Pietreczko 6–3, and 48th seed Keane Barry 10–8 to reach the quarter-finals where he lost to 24th seed Jonny Clayton 10–3.

On the 2023 PDC Pro Tour Rydz competed in the 2023 PDC Players Championship series. He won his third ranking PDC title at Players Championship 19, defeating Dave Chisnall 8–7 in the final.^[25]

In the 2024 PDC Players Championship series Rydz started off well, reaching the quarter-finals at event 2, losing there to Martin Lukeman 6–2, and defeating Luke Littler 6–4 to reach the semi-finals at event 3, where he lost to Gary Anderson 7–4.^[26] Rydz reached two more quarter-finals at events 9 and 22, losing 6–5 in deciding legs to Ritchie Edhouse^[27][28] and James Wade respectively.^[29] This qualified Rydz for the 2024 Players Championship Finals as the 42nd seed, but he lost to 23rd seed Dirk van Duijvenbode 6–1 in the first round.^[30][31][32]

On the European Tour, Rydz reached the semi-finals at the 2024 Swiss Darts Trophy.^[33]

Rydz began the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship with a 3–0 win against Romeo Grbavac where he averaged 107, breaking the record for highest average in the first round of the PDC World Championship, which was set by Luke Littler at the 2024 edition.^[34] He then defeated 22nd seed Martin Schindler 3–0 before averaging 105 in a 4–0 win over 11th seed Dimitri van den Bergh.^[35] Rydz reached his second World Championship quarter-final after beating Robert Owen 4–3. He was beaten 5–3 by Michael van Gerwen, despite a higher average and winning more legs than van Gerwen.^[36]

Rydz is a supporter of football club Newcastle United F.C.^[37]

^[4]

• 2020: Second round (lost to Danny Noppert 2–3)
• 2021: Second round (lost to James Wade 0–3)
• 2022: Quarter-finals (lost to Peter Wright 4–5)
• 2023: Second round (lost to Josh Rock 0–3)
• 2024: Second round (lost to Ricardo Pietreczko 2–3)
• 2025: Quarter-finals (lost to Michael van Gerwen 3–5)

BDO ^[4]

Tournament	2016	2017	2018
BDO World Championship	DNP	DNQ	DNP
World Masters	2R	DNP	1R

PDC ^[4]

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship	DNP	DNQ			2R	2R	QF	2R	2R	QF
PDC World Masters	DNQ							1R	DNQ	Prel.
UK Open	DNP			1R	3R	5R	6R	5R	3R
World Matchplay	DNP	DNQ				QF	1R	DNQ
World Grand Prix	DNP	DNQ				1R	1R	1R	DNQ
European Championship	DNP	DNQ				1R	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	DNP	DNQ			3R	2R	QF	1R	1R
Non-ranked televised events
PDC World Youth Championship	1R	DNP	SF	QF	3R	2R	SF	DNP
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	-	137	148	93	68	36	23	34

PDC European Tour ^[4]

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2017	GDC DNQ	GDM DNP	GDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	GDT 1R	EDM DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT DNQ
2018	EDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG DNP	DDM DNP	GDT DNP	DDO DNP	EDM DNP	GDC DNP	DDC DNP	IDO DNP	EDT DNP
2019	EDO DNP	GDC DNP	GDG DNP	GDO DNP	ADO DNP	EDG DNP	DDM DNP	DDO DNP	CDO DNQ	ADC DNQ	EDM DNQ	IDO DNQ	GDT DNP
2020	BDC 1R	GDC DNQ	EDG DNQ	IDO DNQ
2021	HDT DNQ	GDT 3R
2022	IDO DNQ	GDC 2R	GDG 2R	ADO 3R	EDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG 1R	DDC SF	EDM 2R	HDT 1R	GDO DNQ	BDO DNQ	GDT DNQ
2023	BSD DNP	EDO DNP	IDO 1R	GDG 2R	ADO DNP	DDC DNP	BDO 1R	CDO 1R	EDG WD	EDM 2R	GDO DNP	HDT DNP	GDC DNQ
2024	BDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO 2R	EDG 1R	ADO DNQ	BSD DNQ	DDC 1R	EDO 2R	GDC 1R	FDT 1R	HDT 1R	SDT SF	CDO 1R

PDC Players Championships ^[4]

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[nb 1]	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	MIL DNP	MIL DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	WIG DNP	WIG DNP	MIL DNP	MIL DNP	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	DUB 1R	DUB 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R
2018[nb 1]	Did not play
2019[nb 1]	WIG DNP	WIG DNP	WIG DNP	WIG DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	WIG DNP	WIG DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	WIG DNP	WIG QF	BAR 1R	BAR DNP	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	DUB 3R	DUB 3R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R
2020	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR DNP	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 4R	MIL 2R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 3R	NIE 1R	NIE 4R	COV 1R	COV 3R	COV SF	COV 1R	COV 4R
2021	BOL 2R	BOL W	BOL 3R	BOL 3R	MIL 4R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	NIE DNP	NIE DNP	NIE DNP	NIE DNP	MIL 3R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL SF	COV 1R	COV 2R	COV 3R	COV 1R	BAR QF	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR W	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 3R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP
2022	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	NIE 4R	NIE 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR QF	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	WIG 1R	WIG F	NIE DNP	NIE DNP	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR 1R	BAR SF	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R
2023	BAR QF	BAR QF	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	HIL 4R	HIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	LEI 1R	LEI DNP	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	HIL DNP	HIL DNP	BAR W	BAR SF	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R
2024	WIG 1R	WIG QF	LEI SF	LEI 2R	HIL 3R	HIL 3R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL QF	HIL 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 3R	MIL 3R	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	MIL DNP	MIL 2R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	MIL QF	MIL 1R	WIG DNP	WIG DNP	WIG DNP	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R

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

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