Richard Veenstra
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- World Ranking 48
- Televised titles 1
- Non-Televised PDC Titles 0
- Televised Nine-Dart Finishes 0
- Date of Birth July 10 1981
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Darts UsedBull's NL
- Home Town Ossenzijl
Richard has made a strong start to life on the PDC circuit, reaching three Players Championship quarter-finals since winning his Tour Card for the first time in January 2023 to maintain his professional status for 2025.
The two-time Lakeside semi-finalist enjoyed wins over Ben Robb and Kim Huybrechts on his Alexandra Palace debut in 2023/24, before succumbing to his fellow countryman Michael van Gerwen in round three.
Player Stats
Select below to see result & roll of honour information.| Most Recent | Best Performance | |
| 2025 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP | Last 96 | Last 32 - 2024 |
| 2025 WORLD MASTERS | - | - |
| 2025 UK OPEN | Last 96 | Last 64 - 2024 |
| 2025 PREMIER LEAGUE | - | - |
| 2025 WORLD CUP OF DARTS | - | - |
| 2025 WORLD MATCHPLAY | - | - |
| 2025 WORLD SERIES OF DARTS FINALS | - | - |
| 2025 WORLD GRAND PRIX | - | - |
| 2025 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP | - | - |
| 2025 GRAND SLAM OF DARTS | - | Last 32 - 2019 |
| 2025 PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS | Last 32 | Last 32 - 2023, 2025 |
| Most Recent | Best Performance | |
| 2025 BAHRAIN DARTS MASTERS | - | - |
| 2025 DUTCH DARTS MASTERS | Last 16 | Last 16 - 2025 |
| 2025 NORDIC DARTS MASTERS | - | - |
| 2025 U.S. DARTS MASTERS | - | - |
| 2025 POLAND DARTS MASTERS | - | - |
| 2025 AUSTRALIAN DARTS MASTERS | - | - |
| 2025 NEW ZEALAND DARTS MASTERS | - | - |
| [FORMER WORLD SERIES EVENTS] | - | - |
| TOURNAMENT WIN | - | |
| FINAL | - | |
| SEMI FINAL | - | |
| QUARTER FINAL | Players Championship 27 (September 2025) | lost to Danny Noppert 6-1 |
| WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP | Last 96 | lost to Alexis Toylo 3-0 |
| BAHRAIN DARTS MASTERS | - | |
| DUTCH DARTS MASTERS | Last 16 | lost to Rob Cross 6-3 |
| WORLD MASTERS | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 1 | Quarter Final | lost to Joe Cullen 6-4 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 2 | Last 128 | lost to Scott Williams 6-4 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 3 | Last 64 | lost to Jonny Clayton 6-4 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 4 | Last 128 | lost to Peter Wright 6-1 |
| UK OPEN | Last 96 | lost to Mario Vandenbogaerde 6-4 |
| BELGIAN DARTS OPEN | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 5 | Last 128 | lost to Joe Cullen 6-3 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 6 | Last 128 | lost to William O'Connor 6-3 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 7 | Last 32 | lost to Ricky Evans 6-4 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 8 | Last 64 | lost to Andrew Gilding 6-4 |
| EUROPEAN DARTS TROPHY | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 9 | Last 128 | lost to Sebastian Bialecki 6-1 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 10 | Last 128 | lost to Stephen Bunting 6-0 |
| INTERNATIONAL DARTS OPEN | Last 32 | lost to Andrew Gilding 6-0 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 11 | Last 64 | lost to Gary Anderson 6-2 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 12 | Last 128 | lost to Steve Lennon 6-3 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 13 | Last 128 | lost to Martin Schindler 6-4 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 14 | Last 64 | lost to Dave Chisnall 6-2 |
| GERMAN DARTS GRAND PRIX | - | |
| AUSTRIAN DARTS OPEN | - | |
| EUROPEAN DARTS GRAND PRIX | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 15 | Last 128 | lost to Martin Schindler 6-5 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 16 | Last 128 | lost to Krzysztof Ratajski 6-1 |
| DUTCH DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP | - | |
| PREMIER LEAGUE | - | |
| EUROPEAN DARTS OPEN | Last 48 | lost to Daryl Gurney 6-2 |
| NORDIC DARTS MASTERS | - | |
| WORLD CUP OF DARTS | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 17 | Quarter Final | lost to Damon Heta 6-2 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 18 | Last 128 | lost to Damon Heta 6-4 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 19 | Last 128 | lost to Florian Hempel 6-2 |
| U.S. DARTS MASTERS | - | |
| POLAND DARTS MASTERS | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 20 | Last 128 | lost to Stephen Bunting 6-4 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 21 | Last 128 | lost to Greg Ritchie 6-3 |
| BALTIC SEA DARTS OPEN | Last 48 | lost to Krzysztof Ratajski 6-2 |
| WORLD MATCHPLAY | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 22 | Last 128 | lost to Luke Woodhouse 6-4 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 23 | Last 128 | lost to Daryl Gurney 6-4 |
| AUSTRALIAN DARTS MASTERS | - | |
| NEW ZEALAND DARTS MASTERS | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 24 | Last 128 | lost to Jitse van der Wal 6-1 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 25 | Last 64 | lost to Florian Hempel 6-4 |
| FLANDERS DARTS TROPHY | - | |
| CZECH DARTS OPEN | Last 48 | lost to Wessel Nijman 6-5 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 26 | Last 64 | lost to Joe Cullen 6-2 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 27 | Quarter Final | lost to Danny Noppert 6-1 |
| WORLD SERIES OF DARTS FINALS | - | |
| HUNGARIAN DARTS TROPHY | Last 32 | lost to Gerwyn Price 6-2 |
| SWISS DARTS TROPHY | Last 32 | lost to Rob Cross 6-2 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 28 | Last 16 | lost to Michele Turetta 6-3 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 29 | Last 128 | lost to Jamai van den Herik 6-2 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 30 | Last 128 | lost to Brendan Dolan 6-2 |
| WORLD GRAND PRIX | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 31 | Last 16 | lost to James Wade 6-4 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 32 | Last 64 | lost to Bradley Brooks 6-3 |
| GERMAN DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP | - | |
| EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 33 | Last 16 | lost to Ryan Joyce 6-5 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 34 | Last 128 | lost to Adam Warner 6-5 |
| GRAND SLAM OF DARTS | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS | Last 32 | lost to Nathan Aspinall 6-0 |
| WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP | Last 32 | lost to Michael van Gerwen 4-0 |
| BAHRAIN DARTS MASTERS | - | |
| DUTCH DARTS MASTERS | - | |
| THE MASTERS | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 1 | Last 64 | lost to Kim Huybrechts 6-3 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 2 | Last 128 | lost to Jose de Sousa 6-5 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 3 | Last 64 | lost to Michael van Gerwen 6-4 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 4 | Last 32 | lost to Raymond van Barneveld 6-1 |
| UK OPEN | Last 64 | lost to Mike De Decker 10-6 |
| BELGIAN DARTS OPEN | Last 32 | lost to Ryan Searle 6-5 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 5 | Last 64 | lost to Scott Williams 6-4 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 6 | Last 32 | lost to Dom Taylor 6-2 |
| GERMAN DARTS GRAND PRIX | Last 32 | lost to Josh Rock 6-5 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 7 | Last 128 | lost to Joe Cullen 6-4 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 8 | Last 128 | lost to Ian White 6-4 |
| INTERNATIONAL DARTS OPEN | Last 16 | lost to Martin Schindler 6-1 |
| EUROPEAN DARTS GRAND PRIX | - | |
| AUSTRIAN DARTS OPEN | Last 32 | lost to Stephen Bunting 6-5 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 9 | Last 16 | lost to Michael Smith 6-0 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 10 | Last 32 | lost to Scott Williams 6-3 |
| BALTIC SEA DARTS OPEN | - | |
| PREMIER LEAGUE | - | |
| DUTCH DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP | - | |
| U.S. DARTS MASTERS | - | |
| NORDIC DARTS MASTERS | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 11 | Last 128 | lost to Maik Kuivenhoven 6-5 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 12 | Quarter Final | lost to Matt Campbell 6-5 |
| POLAND DARTS MASTERS | - | |
| EUROPEAN DARTS OPEN | - | |
| WORLD CUP OF DARTS | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 13 | Last 128 | lost to Gian van Veen 6-5 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 14 | Last 128 | lost to Kim Huybrechts 6-1 |
| WORLD MATCHPLAY | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 15 | Last 128 | lost to Nathan Rafferty 6-5 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 16 | Last 128 | lost to Michael Smith 6-4 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 17 | Last 64 | lost to Ryan Joyce 6-5 |
| AUSTRALIAN DARTS MASTERS | - | |
| NEW ZEALAND DARTS MASTERS | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 18 | Last 64 | lost to Karel Sedlacek 6-4 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 19 | Last 128 | lost to Jeffrey Sparidaans 6-4 |
| GERMAN DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP | - | |
| FLANDERS DARTS TROPHY | Last 48 | lost to Mike De Decker 6-2 |
| WORLD SERIES OF DARTS FINALS | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 20 | Last 16 | lost to Dave Chisnall 6-2 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 21 | Last 128 | lost to Luke Woodhouse 6-4 |
| HUNGARIAN DARTS TROPHY | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 22 | Last 32 | lost to Jonny Clayton 6-1 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 23 | Last 64 | lost to Ross Smith 6-3 |
| SWISS DARTS TROPHY | Last 32 | lost to Luke Humphries 6-2 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 24 | Last 32 | lost to Karel Sedlacek 6-3 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 25 | Last 128 | lost to Ricardo Pietreczko 6-3 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 26 | Last 128 | lost to Danny Noppert 6-2 |
| WORLD GRAND PRIX | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 27 | Last 64 | lost to Michael Smith 6-4 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 28 | Last 32 | lost to Ryan Joyce 6-3 |
| CZECH DARTS OPEN | - | |
| EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 29 | Last 32 | lost to Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-4 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 30 | Last 64 | lost to William O'Connor 6-5 |
| GRAND SLAM OF DARTS | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS | Last 64 | lost to Mike De Decker 6-1 |
| WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP | - | |
| BAHRAIN DARTS MASTERS | - | |
| NORDIC DARTS MASTERS | - | |
| THE MASTERS | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 1 | Last 32 | lost to Dave Chisnall 6-2 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 2 | Quarter Final | lost to Simon Whitlock 6-5 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 3 | Last 16 | lost to Gerwyn Price 6-2 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 4 | Last 64 | lost to Daryl Gurney 6-2 |
| BALTIC SEA DARTS OPEN | Last 32 | lost to Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-3 |
| UK OPEN | Last 96 | lost to Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-2 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 5 | Last 64 | lost to Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-5 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 6 | Last 16 | lost to Michael van Gerwen 6-2 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 7 | Last 64 | lost to Brendan Dolan 6-4 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 8 | Last 64 | lost to Dave Chisnall 6-5 |
| EUROPEAN DARTS OPEN | - | |
| INTERNATIONAL DARTS OPEN | - | |
| GERMAN DARTS GRAND PRIX | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 9 | Last 64 | lost to Ryan Searle 6-4 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 10 | Last 64 | lost to Damon Heta 6-4 |
| AUSTRIAN DARTS OPEN | - | |
| DUTCH DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP | - | |
| BELGIAN DARTS OPEN | Last 48 | lost to Bradley Brooks 6-3 |
| CZECH DARTS OPEN | Last 48 | lost to Dalibor Smolik 6-4 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 11 | Last 128 | lost to Damon Heta 6-3 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 12 | Last 32 | lost to Chris Dobey 6-5 |
| PREMIER LEAGUE | - | |
| EUROPEAN DARTS GRAND PRIX | - | |
| U.S. DARTS MASTERS | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 13 | Last 128 | lost to Michael Smith 6-4 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 14 | Last 16 | lost to Andrew Gilding 6-2 |
| WORLD CUP OF DARTS | - | |
| EUROPEAN DARTS MATCHPLAY | - | |
| POLAND DARTS MASTERS | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 15 | Last 128 | lost to Josh Rock 6-3 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 16 | Last 128 | lost to Gabriel Clemens 6-3 |
| WORLD MATCHPLAY | - | |
| NEW ZEALAND DARTS MASTERS | - | |
| NEW SOUTH WALES DARTS MASTERS | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 17 | Last 64 | lost to William O'Connor 6-5 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 18 | Quarter Final | lost to Stephen Bunting 6-3 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 19 | Last 64 | lost to Ricky Evans 6-4 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 20 | Last 64 | lost to Gary Anderson 6-4 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 21 | Last 32 | lost to Chris Dobey 6-5 |
| GERMAN DARTS OPEN | - | |
| WORLD SERIES OF DARTS FINALS | - | |
| HUNGARIAN DARTS TROPHY | Last 48 | lost to Scott Williams 6-3 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 22 | Last 32 | lost to Ricardo Pietreczko 6-1 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 23 | Last 32 | lost to Dave Chisnall 6-1 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 24 | Last 128 | lost to Kim Huybrechts 6-4 |
| WORLD GRAND PRIX | - | |
| GERMAN DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 25 | Last 128 | lost to Andrew Gilding 6-5 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 26 | Last 128 | lost to Damon Heta 6-2 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 27 | Last 128 | lost to Mario Vandenbogaerde 6-5 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 28 | Last 128 | lost to Steve Lennon 6-5 |
| EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 29 | Last 32 | lost to Ricardo Pietreczko 6-4 |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 30 | Last 16 | lost to Cam Crabtree 6-4 |
| GRAND SLAM OF DARTS | - | |
| PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS | Last 32 | lost to Jermaine Wattimena 6-5 |
