Jamai van den Herik
Dutch darts player (born 2003)
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Jamai van den Herik (born 10 April 2003) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
| 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 Mission[1][2] |
| Laterality | Right-handed[2] |
| Walk-on music | "Warriors" by Imagine Dragons[1][2] |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| PDC | 2019–present |
| WDF | 2020–2025 |
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 210  2 (23 September 2026)[3] |
| WDF major events – best performances | |
| Dutch Open | Last 256: 2025 |
| PDC premier events – best performances | |
| World Championship | Last 128: 2026 |
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
Van den Herik's performance timeline is as follows:[6]
WDF
| Tournament | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WDF Major/platinum events | |||
| Dutch Open | 2R | 5R | 3R |
PDC
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||
| World Championship | Did not qualify | 1R | ||||||||
| World Masters | Did not qualify | Prel. | ||||||||
| PDC Non-ranked televised events | ||||||||||
| World Youth Championship | RR | RR | RR | 2R | QF | |||||
Players Championships
Challenge Tour
| 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 | ||