Callan Rydz

2021 At the 2021 World Championship, Rydz lost in the second round to James Wade.

On the 2021 PDC Pro Tour Rydz competed in the 2021 PDC Players Championship series and won his first PDC ranking title on 26 February, at Players Championship 2, beating Jonny Clayton 8–7 in the final.

Rydz qualified for the 2021 World Matchplay, and on his debut he reached the quarter-finals, overcoming Glen Durrant 10–6, Rob Cross 11–8, before losing to Krzysztof Ratajski 16–8. He also made his World Grand Prix and European Championship debuts in 2021 but did not make it past the first round in either tournament.

2022 Rydz entered the 2022 World Championship as the top qualifier from the Pro Tour Order of Merit. With whitewash wins against Yuki Yamada, Brendan Dolan and Nathan Aspinall, followed by a 4–1 win over Alan Soutar, Rydz reached the quarter-finals having only lost one set. He faced Peter Wright for a place in the semi-finals. Rydz had a 3–1 lead but bowed out of the tournament after Wright won the match 5–4 in a deciding set.

In the 2022 PDC Players Championship series he was the runner-up at Players Championship 15, losing to Michael Smith 8–3 in the final.

Rydz entered the 2022 Players Championship Finals as the 32nd seed. He defeated 33rd seed Madars Razma 6–5, 64th seed Ricardo Pietreczko 6–3, and 48th seed Keane Barry 10–8 to reach the quarter-finals where he lost to 24th seed Jonny Clayton 10–3.

2023 At the 2023 World Championship, Rydz lost in the second round to Josh Rock.

On the 2023 PDC Pro Tour Rydz competed in the 2023 PDC Players Championship series. He won his third ranking PDC title at Players Championship 19, defeating Dave Chisnall 8–7 in the final.

2024 At the 2024 World Championship, lost in the second round for the second successive year, this time to Ricardo Pietreczko.

In the 2024 PDC Players Championship series Rydz started off well, reaching the quarter-finals at event 2, losing there to Martin Lukeman 6–2, and defeating Luke Littler 6–4 to reach the semi-finals at event 3, where he lost to Gary Anderson 7–4. Rydz reached two more quarter-finals at events 9 and 22, losing 6–5 in deciding legs to Ritchie Edhouse and James Wade respectively. This qualified Rydz for the 2024 Players Championship Finals as the 42nd seed, but he lost to 23rd seed Dirk van Duijvenbode 6–1 in the first round.

On the European Tour, Rydz reached the semi-finals at the 2024 Swiss Darts Trophy.

2025 Rydz began the 2025 World Championship with a 3–0 win against Romeo Grbavac where he averaged 107, breaking the record for highest average in the first round of the PDC World Championship, which was set by Luke Littler at the 2024 edition. He then defeated 22nd seed Martin Schindler 3–0 before averaging 105 in a 4–0 win over 11th seed Dimitri van den Bergh. Rydz reached his second World Championship quarter-final after beating Robert Owen 4–3. He was beaten 5–3 by Michael van Gerwen, despite a higher average and winning more legs than van Gerwen.

Personal life Rydz is a supporter of football club Newcastle United F.C.

World Championship results

European Tour

Players Championships