| Madars Razma | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Razma at the2025 World Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Razmatazz" | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1988-09-26)26 September 1988 (age 37) Priekule,Latvian SSR (nowLatvia) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Liepāja, Latvia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 25g Mission | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Livin' on a Prayer" byBon Jovi | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (seesplit in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 2009–2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2017– (Tour Card: 2017–) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 46 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Last 16:2015,2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 16:2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Trophy | Last 32:2014,2015,2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Finder Masters | Group Stage:2014,2015, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Last 32:2024,2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Matchplay | Last 32:2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Quarter-final:2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 32:2019,2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship | Last 32:2022,2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PC Finals | Last 32:2018,2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Series Finals | Last 16:2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||||||||
PDC Nordic & Baltic Pro Tour (x10)
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Madars Razma (born 26 September 1988) is a Latvian professionaldarts player who competes inProfessional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed"Razmatazz", Razma made his first PDC major quarter-final at the2022 World Grand Prix. APDC Tour Card holder since 2017, he has finished as the runner-up at three PDC ranking events. He is also a multiple-time Latvian National Champion and considered the best darts player to come from Latvia.
Razma originally playedhandball until the age of 21, before sustaining a series of injuries and turning his full attention to darts.[2]
In 2013, Razma qualified for the last 32 of theWorld Masters (losing 0–3 toGeert De Vos). He qualified for the2014 BDO World Darts Championship, after finishing top of the Baltic and Scandinavia qualification table.[3] He won the 2013 Riga Open andFinnish Open, reached the semi-finals of the Tallukka Open andLithuania Open, and quarter-finals of theGerman Gold Cup and Polish Open, and won the 2013 Antwerp Open pairs along withRon Meulenkamp.[4] At the2014 World Championship he beatJohn Michael to reach the last 32 stage before losing toGeert De Vos. The following year, after a consistent season, Razma upset fifth seedMartin Phillips 3–0 in the first round. He was beaten 3–4 in the second round byBrian Dawson.
At the2016 BDO World Championship, Razma beat Gary Robson in the first round 3–1, before losing to Jamie Hughes 4–1 in the second round.
Razma entered theProfessional Darts Corporation's Qualifying School in 2017. A run to the last eight on the second day saw Razma finish twelfth on the Q School Order of Merit, earning the final Tour Card on offer and making him the first Latvian to hold one.[5]
In September 2018, Razma made his first PDC final at Players Championship 19, losing in the final toMax Hopp, 6–3.[6] This helped qualify him for his first televised PDC event, the2018 Players Championship Finals.[7]
After failing to qualify for theWorld Championship, he managed to regain his PDC Tour Card at European Q-School in January 2019. A run to the final on the third day saw Razma finish first on the Order of Merit, earning him his card.[8]
In 2022, Razma had a landmark year, making his debut in theWorld Matchplay,World Grand Prix andEuropean Championship. He made the quarter-finals of the2022 World Grand Prix, which was his first time reaching the last 8 of a premier prevent in the PDC.[9] His successful year saw him enter the top 32 of thePDC Order of Merit for the first time.[10]
Razma is known for his preference for throwing for treble 19 rather than the standard treble 20.[11][12]
BDO
| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |||||
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| BDO Ranked televised events | |||||||||
| BDO World Championship | DNQ | 1R | 2R | 2R | |||||
| BDO World Trophy | DNQ | 1R | 1R | 1R | |||||
| Winmau World Masters | L32 | L32 | L16 | L48 | |||||
| Finder Darts Masters | DNQ | RR | RR | RR | |||||
PDC
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | |||||||||
| PDC World Championship | DNQ | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R | ||
| UK Open | DNQ | 5R | 3R | 5R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 5R | |
| World Matchplay | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | ||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | QF | DNQ | ||||||
| European Championship | DNQ | 1R | 1R | DNQ | |||||
| Players Championship Finals | 2R | DNQ | 2R | 1R | 1R | DNQ | 1R | 2R | |
| PDC Non-ranked televised events | |||||||||
| PDC World Cup of Darts | DNP | 2R | DNP | 2R | 2R | RR | RR | ||
| World Series of Darts Finals | DNQ | 2R | DNP | DNQ | |||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 90 | 86 | 53 | 49 | 35 | 33 | 42 | ||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
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| 2017 | GDC DNQ | GDM DNQ | GDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | GDT DNQ | EDM DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDO DNQ | DDM DNQ | GDG DNQ | IDO DNQ | EDT 1R | ||
| 2018 | EDO DNQ | GDG 1R | GDO DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDG 2R | DDM DNQ | GDT DNQ | DDO 2R | EDM DNQ | GDC DNQ | DDC DNQ | IDO DNQ | EDT DNQ | |
| 2019 | EDO 1R | GDC 1R | GDG DNQ | GDO DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDG 1R | DDM DNQ | DDO DNQ | CDO 1R | ADC DNQ | EDM DNQ | IDO DNQ | GDT DNQ | |
| 2020 | BDC DNQ | GDC DNQ | EDG 1R | IDO 2R | ||||||||||
| 2021 | HDT 1R | GDT DNQ | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | IDO 2R | GDC DNQ | GDG 3R | ADO 3R | EDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG 2R | DDC 1R | EDM SF | HDT 3R | GDO DNQ | BDO 2R | GDT DNQ | |
| 2023 | BSD DNQ | EDO DNQ | IDO 1R | GDG DNQ | ADO 1R | DDC 2R | BDO DNQ | CDO 2R | EDG 3R | EDM DNQ | GDO 2R | HDT 1R | GDC 1R | |
| 2024 | BDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | IDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | ADO 1R | BSD SF | DDC 1R | EDO DNQ | GDC DNQ | FDT DNQ | HDT DNQ | SDT 3R | CDO 1R | |
| 2025 | BDO DNQ | EDT DNQ | IDO DNQ | GDG 3R | ADO 1R | EDG DNQ | DDC DNQ | EDO 1R | BSD DNQ | FDT DNQ | CDO 2R | HDT DNQ | SDT DNQ | GDC DNQ |
PDC Players Championships
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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| 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 | ||
The Latvian isn't a big 180 hitter, in fact he is arguably the biggest user of treble 19 in the Tour Card holder ranks.