Wessel Nijman

Wessel Nijman
Nijman at the 2025 World Championship
Personal information
Born	(2000-06-26) 26 June 2000 (age 24) [1] Uitgeest, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since	2017
Darts	23g Mission Signature
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Summer of '69" by Bryan Adams
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2016–2020, 2023– (Tour Card: 2024–)
Current world ranking	( PDC ) 52 2 (18 February 2025) [2]
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters	Last 272: 2018
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 64: 2025
UK Open	Last 96: 2024, 2025
Grand Slam	Group Stage: 2024
PC Finals	Last 64: 2024
World Series Finals	Last 16: 2024
Other tournament wins
PDC Development Tour 2018, 2020, 2023 (x3), 2024 (x7) Players Championships Players Championship (WIG) 2024

Wessel Nijman (born 26 June 2000) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won his first ranking PDC title at Players Championship 24 in 2024.

In his youth career, Nijman won twelve PDC Development Tours and reached the semi-finals at the 2023 PDC World Youth Championship, making him one of the most successful players in the history of the PDC’s youth system.

Career

2018

In 2018 Nijman played in PDC Development Tour events, and won the second event, defeating Bradley Brooks 5–4 in the final. ^[3]

2019

Nijman was able to qualify for the 2019 Czech Darts Open in Prague as an Associate Member qualifier, but was beaten 6–0 by Corey Cadby in the first round. He also qualified for the 2019 Gibraltar Darts Trophy, where he won 6–5 against Darren Webster before losing to Mensur Suljović.

2020

Nijman also won the fourth Development Tour event in 2020. ^[4]

In 2020 Nijman was suspended for fixing a game against David Evans in the Modus A Night at the Darts event. ^[5] Nijman admitted having taken payment to ensure he would lose the match 4–0. The Darts Regulation Authority banned Nijman for five years starting from 18 August 2020, with the latter two and a half years of that ban suspended. ^[6]

2023

In 2023 Nijman returned to the international darts circuit and competed in the 2023 PDC Development Tour series, winning three titles. ^{[7] [8] [9]} He qualified for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship via his Development Tour ranking. His placing of third on the Order of Merit secured him a two-year Tour Card for the 2024 and 2025 seasons. ^[10]

Nijman reached the semi-finals at the 2023 PDC World Youth Championship, losing there to Gian van Veen. ^[11]

On 19 December, Nijman made his World Championship debut, ^[12] but he lost to Steve Beaton 3–1 in sets.

2024

In his debut year on the Pro Tour Nijman qualified for four PDC European Tours. At sixth European Tour event of the year, the 2024 Baltic Sea Darts Open in May, he achieved a shock 6–3 victory over Luke Littler, ^[13] before losing to Michael van Gerwen 6–2 in the second round.

Nijman topped the 2024 PDC Development Tour series Order of Merit, which qualified him for the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts. ^[14] He won seven titles at Development Tour 8 (DT8), DT13, DT16, DT17, DT19, DT21 and DT22. ^{[15] [16]}

On 1 October, Nijman won his first senior PDC title at Players Championship 24, defeating Stephen Bunting 8–5 in the final. ^{[17] [18]}

World Championship results

^[19]

PDC

• 2024: First round (lost to Steve Beaton 1–3)
• 2025: Second round (lost to Joe Cullen 0–3)

Performance timeline

^[19]

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship	DNQ			Suspended			1R	2R
World Masters	DNQ			Suspended			DNQ	Prel.
UK Open	DNQ			Suspended		DNQ	3R	3R
Grand Slam	DNQ			Suspended		DNQ	RR
Players Championship Finals	DNQ			Suspended		DNQ	1R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Series Finals	Did not participate			Suspended			2R
World Youth Championship	RR	3R	Suspended			SF	QF
WDF Ranked televised events
World Masters	1R	DNQ	NH		DNQ	NH	PDC
Career statistics
Season-end ranking PDC	NR	157	Suspended			149	55

PDC European Tour ^[19]

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2019	EDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	GDG DNP	GDO DNP	ADO DNP	EDG DNP	DDM DNQ	DDO DNQ	CDO 1R	ADC DNP	EDM DNP	IDO DNQ	GDT 2R
2024	BDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	ADO 2R	BSD 2R	DDC DNQ	EDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	FDT DNQ	HDT QF	SDT 3R	CDO DNQ

PDC Players Championships ^[19]

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
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 DNP	WIG DNP	WIG DNP	HIL 1R	HIL 3R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	DUB DNP	DUB DNP	BAR 1R	BAR 3R
2024	WIG 2R	WIG 2R	LEI 1R	LEI 3R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	HIL 3R	HIL 2R	HIL 3R	HIL 3R	MIL 4R	MIL 1R	MIL F	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 3R	WIG 2R	WIG 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 4R	WIG W	WIG 1R	WIG 4R	WIG SF	WIG 4R	LEI 2R	LEI QF

1. Not a Tour card holder

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

References

1. "Wessel Nijman - Mastercaller.com". Mastercaller.
2. '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000007-QINU`"' "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 18 February 2025. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
3. Allen, Dave (14 April 2018). "2018 PDC Unicorn Development Tour 1-2". PDC . Retrieved 16 January 2025.
4. Phillips, Josh (1 March 2020). "Meikle and Nijman land Development Tour titles". PDC . Retrieved 16 January 2025.
5. "Wessel Nijman and Kyle McKinstry suspended with match-fixing cases to answer". Sky Sports. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
6. "DRA Statement on Nijman". Darts Regulation Authority. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
7. Gorton, Josh (28 April 2023). "Nijman & Bialecki prevail as latest Winmau Development Tour weekend begins". PDC . Retrieved 16 January 2025.
8. Gorton, Josh (9 June 2023). "Nijman secures second Development Tour crown of 2023 in Hildesheim". PDC . Retrieved 16 January 2025.
9. Gorton, Josh (15 July 2023). "Nijman and Rafferty celebrate Development Tour wins in Leicester". PDC . Retrieved 16 January 2025.
10. Gorton, Josh (19 August 2023). "Van Veen tops Development Tour Order of Merit as 2023 season concludes". PDC . Retrieved 16 January 2025.
11. "PDC World Youth Championship Finals 2023". DartConnect. 20 August 2023.
12. Wood, Kieran (19 December 2023). "They showed the evidence they had and I basically couldn't do anything Wessel Nijman candid about past match fixing suspension". Darts News. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
13. "Luke Littler dumped out of Baltic Sea Open in shock defeat to Wessel Nijman". Sky Sports . 10 May 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
14. Gorton, Josh (3 November 2024). "2024 Mr Vegas Grand Slam of Darts field confirmed". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 3 November 2024.
15. Gorton, Josh (27 July 2024). "Nijman & Springer share Development Tour success". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 27 July 2024.
16. Wagner, Connor (12 October 2024). "Nijman wins back-to-back Development Tour titles in Wigan". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 12 October 2024.
17. "Darts results: Wessel Nijman claims maiden PDC title at Players Championship 24". Sporting Life. 1 October 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
18. "Wessel Nijman beats Stephen Bunting 8-5 to win first Players Championship title". BBC Sport . 1 October 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
19. "Wessel Nijman Results". Click On Darts. Retrieved 23 January 2024.

External links

• Wessel Nijman player profile at Darts Orakel
• Player profile for Wessel Nijman from Dartsdatabase
• Wessel Nijman player profile at Mastercaller