Richard Budding (born 6 May 1957 in Renkum, Gelderland) is a retired Dutch footballer who was active as a right winger.

At Feyenoord Budding was a first team regular and won the KNVB Cup in 1980, when Ajax was beaten 3-1 in the final.

[1] In 1982 Budding left Feyenoord to return at his first professional team FC Wageningen, followed by two seasons at Vitesse.

After switching back to FC Wageningen one more time he also returned to Vitesse for the final seasons of his career.

At the age of 33 he did no longer pass the fitness test and was told to retire from professional football.