Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Richardson ya haifar da daya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da suka faru a tarihin gasar zakarun duniya ta PDC ta hanyar doke zakaran zakarun duniya sau biyar, Raymond van Barneveld, 3<unk>0 a zagaye na farko na gasar
Gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2012. Van Barneveld ya jagoranci duka na farko da na uku 2 <unk> 0 kuma yana da darts shida a ninki biyu don cin nasara na uku, amma Richardson ya buga biyu 145 ya gama ya karya jefa Barneveld a duka biyu. Richardson ya bayyana bayan haka cewa nasarar ta kasance "mafarki ne kwata-kwata". Daga nan sai ya fuskanci Kim Huybrechts na Belgium a zagaye na biyu, amma bai iya samun sifar da ya nuna a zagaye na farko ba yayin da aka doke shi 4<unk>1. A watan Afrilu, ya sami wuri a gasar Austrian Darts Open a Vienna ta hanyar kayar da Stuart Kellett a wasan neman cancantar Burtaniya. Ya sami izinin shiga zagaye na farko bayan Adrian Lewis ya janye daga taron sannan ya doke Peter Wright 6<unk>3. Ya ga Michael van Gerwen a zagaye na uku, kafin ya rasa 6 zuwa 3 ga Dave Chisnall a wasan kusa da na karshe. Ya kuma kai gasar German Darts Masters kuma ya ci Wright 6<unk>3 sau ɗaya a zagaye na farko a Stuttgart. Richardson ya buga Wes Newton a zagaye na biyu kuma ya rasa 6 zuwa 4.