Ricky Evans (darts player)
| Ricky Evans | |||||||
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Evans at the 2025 World Championship | |||||||
| Personal information | |||||||
| Nickname | "Rapid" | ||||||
| Born | 29 July 1990 Kettering, Northamptonshire, England | ||||||
| Darts information | |||||||
| Playing darts since | 2005 | ||||||
| Darts | 19g Bull's NL Signature | ||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||
| Walk-on music | Merry Christmas Everyone by Shakin' Stevens or Like a Prayer by Madonna (PDC World Championship) "YMCA" by Village People (Other events) | ||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||
| BDO | 2007–2013 | ||||||
| PDC | 2013– (Tour Card: 2013–) | ||||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 44 (1 June 2025) | ||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||
| World Masters | Last 48: 2012 | ||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||
| World Championship | Last 32: 2014, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2024, 2025 | ||||||
| World Matchplay | Last 32: 2019, 2020 | ||||||
| World Grand Prix | Last 32: 2018, 2019 | ||||||
| UK Open | Semi Final: 2024 | ||||||
| Grand Slam | Group Stage: 2013, 2020 | ||||||
| European Championship | Quarter Final: 2019 | ||||||
| PC Finals | Last 16: 2018 | ||||||
| World Series Finals | Last 24: 2019 | ||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||
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Richard Ian Evans (born 29 July 1990) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "Rapid" Ricky Evans due to his very fast throwing speed, he was a semi-finalist at the 2024 UK Open. Evans made the quarter-finals at the 2019 European Championship and has been the runner-up at four Players Championship events on the PDC Pro Tour, as well as at two European Tours.
In his youth career, Evans won two titles on the PDC Development Tour, and was the runner-up at the 2013 PDC World Youth Championship.