Jamai van den Herik
| Jamai van den Herik | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 10 April 2003 Dordrecht, Netherlands[1] |
| Home town | Alblasserdam, Netherlands[1] |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 2016 |
| Darts | 21g MasterDarts[1][2] |
| Laterality | Right-handed[2] |
| Walk-on music | "Warriors" by Imagine Dragons[1][2] |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| PDC | 2019– |
| WDF | 2020–2025 |
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 152 6 (15 March 2026)[3] |
| WDF major events – best performances | |
| Dutch Open | Last 256: 2025 |
| PDC premier events – best performances | |
| World Championship | Last 128: 2026 |
Jamai van den Herik (born 10 April 2003) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
Van den Herik began playing competitively around 2016, and his early achievements included qualifying for the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship as an international qualifier, but he was eliminated in the group-stage, having beat Conor Mayers but lost to Rusty-Jake Rodriguez. In that period, van den Herik played on the PDC Development Tour, where he reached the semi-finals in two events, one in 2020 and another in 2023. He qualified for the 2020 PDC World Youth Championship, but lost in the group stage to Alec Small and Jack Main.
At the beginning of 2024, he participated in the PDC Qualifying School for the first time, but missed out on winning a PDC Tour Card. He participated in the 2024 Dutch Open, but he was eliminated in the second round. At the 2024 PDC World Youth Championship he reached the knockout rounds for the first time, where he was eliminated against Niko Springer. At the 2025 Dutch Open he reached the fifth round, where he lost to Pascal Wirotius. In addition, van den Herik was able to reach the semi-finals in the WDF's Antwerp Open before losing to eventual winner Jimmy van Schie.
In 2025, he competed on both the PDC Challenge Tour and the PDC Development Tour. He won two titles on both PDC secondary tours, hitting a nine-dart finish during his first Challenge Tour tournament win.[4] He also advanced to the quarter-finals of a Players Championship event. At the 2025 PDC World Youth Championship, van den Herik was eliminated in the quarter-finals against Luke Littler. He qualified for the 2026 PDC World Darts Championship as the fifth-placed player in the PDC Development Tour ranking.[5] He lost to Madars Razma 3–1 in the first round.
World Championship results
PDC
- 2026: First round (lost to Madars Razma 3–1) (sets)
Performance timeline
Source: [6]
| Tournament | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| WDF Major/platinum events | ||
| Dutch Open | 2R | 5R |
PDC
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||
| World Championship | Did not qualify | 1R | ||||||||
| World Masters | Did not qualify | |||||||||
| PDC Non-ranked televised events | ||||||||||
| World Youth Championship | RR | RR | RR | 2R | QF | |||||
PDC Players Championships
| 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Did not participate | HIL 3R |
HIL 2R |
LEI DNP |
LEI 2R |
LEI 4R |
HIL QF |
HIL 2R |
MIL 4R |
MIL 3R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R | |||||||||||||||
PDC Challenge Tour
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | L32 | L256 | L128 | L16 | L256 | L128 | L64 | L128 | L128 | L16 | L32 | W | L64 | L128 | L256 | L32 | L256 | W | W | L64 | L128 | L64 | L64 | L64 |
| 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 | ||
Titles
References
- ^ a b c d "Jamai van den Herik PDPA Profile". Professional Darts Players Association. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
- ^ a b c "Jamai van den Herik". Mastercaller. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 15 March 2026. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (2 May 2025). "King & nine-dart star Van den Herik claim Challenge Tour titles". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
- ^ Cunningham, Jack (22 October 2025). "Darts star found out he'd be playing in World Championship while at work in warehouse". Talksport. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
- ^ "Jamai van den Herik Player Profile". Darts Database. Retrieved 13 December 2025.