He plays primarily as a Midfield. His preferred foot is Right. His current market value is estimated at 2M €.

His most recent move was a from FC Groningen Reserves to Groningen on 2024-12-22.

Across 25 appearances in the Netherlands Eredivisie 2025-2026, David van der Werff registered 2 goals and 0 assists, while completing 29 key passes out of 498 total passes with a passing accuracy of 15.5.