Ricky Evans (darts player)
| Ricky Evans | |||
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Evans at the 2025 World Championship | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Nickname | "Rapid Ricky" | ||
| Born | 29 July 1990 Kettering, Northamptonshire, England | ||
| Darts information | |||
| Playing darts since | 2005 | ||
| Darts | 20g Bull's NL Signature | ||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||
| Walk-on music | "Like a Prayer" by Madonna "Merry Christmas Everyone" by Shakin' Stevens (pre-Christmas World Championship matches) "Wackelkontakt" by Oimara (European Tour) | ||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
| BDO | 2007–2013 | ||
| PDC | 2013–present (Tour Card: 2013–present) | ||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 46 5 (8 March 2026) | ||
| 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, 2026 | ||
| World Matchplay | Last 32: 2019, 2020 | ||
| World Grand Prix | Last 32: 2018, 2019 | ||
| UK Open | Semi-final: 2024 | ||
| Grand Slam | Quarter-final: 2025 | ||
| European Championship | Quarter-final: 2019 | ||
| PC Finals | Last 16: 2018 | ||
| World Series Finals | Last 24: 2019 | ||
| Other tournament wins | |||
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Ricky Evans (born 29 July 1990) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "Rapid" due to his very fast throwing speed, he was a semi-finalist at the 2024 UK Open. Evans also made the quarter-finals at the 2019 European Championship and the 2025 Grand Slam. He is a six-time PDC Pro Tour finalist, including two finals on the PDC European Tour.
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.