Chris Landman Explained

Chris Landman
Nickname:"The Countryman"
Birth Place:Hattem, Netherlands[1]
Hometown:Wapenveld, Netherlands
Since:2011
Darts:21g Bull's NL[2]
Laterality:Right-handed
Music:"Crazy on the Dancefloor" by DJ Norman
Bdo:2016–2020
Pdc:2022–
(Tour Card: 2024–)
Wdf:2016–2023
Bdo World:Runner-up: 2023
World Masters:Last 16: 2017
World Darts Trophy:Last 32: 2018, 2019
Zuiderduin Masters:Last 24 Group: 2018
Pdc World:Last 64: 2022
Uk Open:Last 128: 2024
Pc Finals:Last 64: 2023, 2024

Chris Landman (born 17 January 1981) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events and previously competed in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Landman reached the final at the WDF World Championship in 2023, finishing as runner-up to Andy Baetens. Also in 2023, Landman won a title on the PDC Challenge Tour and reached the final at Players Championship 9 on the 2023 PDC Pro Tour. Landman has won a PDC Tour Card at Qualifying School (Q–School) on two occasions: in 2024 and 2026.

Career

2017

Landman won the 2017 Catalonian Open, reached the quarter-final of the 2017 WDF World Cup Singles, and reached the Last 16 of the 2017 BDO World Masters.

2018

Landman qualified for the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship as one of the Regional Table Qualifiers, losing to Derk Telnekes 3–0 in sets in the preliminary round.

2019

Landman also qualified for the 2019 BDO World Championship, losing in the first round to Kyle McKinstry 3–2.

2020

Landman qualified for the 2020 BDO World Championship and reached the quarter-finals after beating Dave Parletti 3–2 and Ben Hazel 4–3 before losing to eventual champion Wayne Warren 5–3.

2021

Landman qualified for the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship by winning the West Europe Qualifier. He whitewashed Sven Verdonck in the qualifier before defeating Niels Zonneveld 6–5 in a deciding leg, beating Mats Gies in the final 6-3. He played former BDO World Champion Scott Mitchell in the Last 96, beating him 3-0. This set up a clash with seeded player Ian White in the last 64, to whom Landman lost 3-1. Landman then went to Q-School, where he failed to gain a tour card.In 2022, Landman won the Northern Ireland Matchplay beating Shaun Griffiths 5–1.

Landman qualified for the 2023 WDF World Darts Championship as the 7th seed. He whitewashed Davie Kirwan 3–0, defeated Thomas Junghans 3–2, the number 2 seed and defending 2022 champion Neil Duff 4–3, and the number 3 seed and 2006 BDO World Champion Jelle Klaasen 5–3 in sets to reach the final where he was defeated by number 1 seed Andy Baetens 6–1.

Landman competed in the 2023 PDC Challenge Tour series and won event one, defeating Lukas Wenig 5–2 in the final.[3] Landman received call–ups for 2023 PDC Players Championship series events filling in as a reserve for an absent tour card holder virtue of his ranking on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit. At Players Championship 7, Landman reached the final, losing to Krzysztof Ratajski 8–1.

In January 2024, Landman earned a Tour Card for the first time at the 2024 Q-School by finishing fourth on the European Q-School Order of Merit.[4]

Career finals

WDF major finals: 1

World Championship results

BDO

WDF

PDC

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
BDO Ranked televised events
DNQPrel.1RQF
World Masters1R6R4RDNQNH
BDO World TrophyDNP1R1RNH
Finder Darts MastersDNQRRNH

WDF

Tournament 2022 2023
WDF Ranked televised events
PDCF
WDF World Masters5RNH

PDC

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World ChampionshipDNQ1R1R
PDC World MastersDNQPrel.
UK OpenDNP2R2R
DNQ1R1RDNQ
Career statistics
Season-end ranking–1038469

PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
2024BDO
1R
Did not qualify
2025Did not qualifyADO
2R
Did not qualifySDT
2R
GDC
DNQ

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
2023[6] BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
QF
BAR
4R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
WIG
F
WIG
1R
LEI
2R
LEI
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
LEI
2R
LEI
2R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
BAR
DNP
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
4R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
2024WIG
1R
WIG
1R
LEI
2R
LEI
2R
HIL
3R
HIL
3R
LEI
4R
LEI
1R
HIL
2R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
4R
MIL
4R
MIL
2R
WIG
3R
WIG
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
3R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
LEI
SF
LEI
1R
2025WIG
1R
WIG
1R
ROS
DNP
LEI
2R
LEI
2R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
3R
LEI
1R
LEI
2R
ROS
2R
ROS
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
4R
LEI
2R
LEI
1R
LEI
2R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
3R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
2R
LEI
1R
LEI
2R
LEI
3R
WIG
QF
WIG
1R
WIG
4R
WIG
1R

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chris Landman PDPA Profile . . 11 January 2026.
  2. Web site: Chris Landman . Mastercaller . 11 January 2026.
  3. News: Gorton . Josh . 20 January 2023. Kist and Landman seal Challenge Tour titles in Milton Keynes . https://web.archive.org/web/20230121000913/https://www.pdc.tv/news/2023/01/20/kist-and-landman-seal-challenge-tour-titles-milton-keynes . dead . 21 January 2023 . 31 October 2024 . PDC.
  4. News: Gorton . Josh . Tour Cards confirmed on final day of 2024 Q School . 26 October 2024 . PDC . 14 January 2024.
  5. (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.
  6. Not a Tour card holder