Josh Rock | |||||||||||
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![]() Rock at the 2025 World Matchplay | |||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
Full name | Joshua Rock | ||||||||||
Nickname | "Rocky" [1] [2] | ||||||||||
Born | 13 April 2001 Antrim, Country Antrim, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||
Home town | Broughshane, County Antrim, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||
Darts information | |||||||||||
Playing darts since | 2016 | ||||||||||
Darts | 24g Target Signature Gen 1 | ||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed [2] | ||||||||||
Walk-on music | "Welcome to the Party" by DJ Krissy [3] | ||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||
PDC | 2022– (Tour Card: 2022–) | ||||||||||
WDF | 2021 | ||||||||||
Current world ranking | ( PDC ) 11 ![]() | ||||||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||
World Championship | Last 16: 2023 | ||||||||||
World Matchplay | Semi-final: 2025 | ||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Last 32: 2023, 2024 | ||||||||||
UK Open | Semi-final: 2025 | ||||||||||
Grand Slam | Quarter-final: 2023 | ||||||||||
European Championship | Last 16: 2022 | ||||||||||
PC Finals | Last 32: 2023 | ||||||||||
Masters | Last 16: 2025 | ||||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||||
European Tour Events (x1)
Players Championships (x4)
Youth Events
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Joshua Rock (born 13 April 2001) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number eleven. Nicknamed "Rocky", he has been a PDC Tour Card holder since 2022. He won his first European Tour title at the 2024 Dutch Darts Championship and has won six PDC titles in his professional career. He has made two PDC major semi-finals in 2025; at the UK Open and World Matchplay. Rock won the PDC World Cup of Darts in 2025, representing Northern Ireland alongside Daryl Gurney.
In his youth career, Rock won the 2022 PDC World Youth Championship, along with five Development Tours. He became the first debutant to throw a televised nine-dart finish at the Grand Slam of Darts, achieving the feat against Michael van Gerwen at the 2022 event.
Rock was born on 13 April 2001 in Antrim, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. [5] [3] He played for his local football club, Antrim Rovers, as a right-back. [6] He later moved to the village of Broughshane. He started playing darts competitively in pub leagues at the age of 10 or 11 and began pursuing a career in the sport once he left school at age 16. [7]
In January 2022, Rock attended PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School. He won a PDC Tour Card by defeating Nathan Rafferty in the Final Stage Day Four final. [8]
He topped the Development Tour Order of Merit, winning five events. In November, Rock achieved his first televised nine-dart finish in the last 16 of the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts, in an eventual 10–8 defeat to Michael van Gerwen. [9] Later that month, Rock won the PDC World Youth Championship by beating Nathan Girvan 6–1 with an average of 104.13, a record for a World Youth final. [10]
In his debut at the 2023 World Championship, Rock beat José Justicia, Callan Rydz and Nathan Aspinall before losing 4–3 to Jonny Clayton in the fourth round.
On the 2023 PDC Pro Tour, Rock reached the final of four Players Championship events and the Austrian Darts Open.
At the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts, Rock won Group B with wins against Chris Dobey, Jonny Clayton and Berry van Peer and reached the quarter finals with a 10–5 win over Krzysztof Ratajski. [11] Rock lost in his quarter-final match 16–15 to James Wade. [12]
At the 2024 World Championship, Rock suffered a shock 3–1 second-round defeat to Berry van Peer. [13] On the 2024 PDC Pro Tour, Rock reached the final of Players Championship 7, but lost to Chris Dobey 8–4. [14] [15] However, in May, Rock won his first PDC European Tour title; he beat Jonny Clayton 8–4 in the final of the Dutch Darts Championship. [16] Rock added two more Players Championship titles at events 17 and 30. [17] [18]
Rock represented Northern Ireland in the PDC World Cup of Darts for the first time at the 2024 edition, serving as team captain and partnering Brendan Dolan. [19] They reached the quarter-finals of the tournament, where they were defeated 8–4 by eventual champions England. [20]
At the 2025 World Championship, Rock reached the third round where he was eliminated in a 4–2 defeat to Chris Dobey. [21] Following the tournament, he signed a deal with darts manufacturer Target Darts and claimed that he and new Target stablemate Luke Littler could "dominate the sport for years to come." [22] [23] At the UK Open, Rock reached his first PDC major semi-final after a 10–7 victory over Nathan Aspinall in the quarter-finals, but lost 11–2 to James Wade. [24] He won his first title of the year – his fifth Pro Tour title – at Players Championship 10, defeating Cameron Menzies 8–4 in the final. [25]
Rock and teammate Daryl Gurney won the World Cup of Darts for Northern Ireland for the first time, defeating Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price of Wales 10–9 in a deciding leg. [26] He broke the record for most maximums (180s) hit in a World Cup final with nine. [27]
Rock married his wife Sarah in January 2025, two days before competing at the 2025 PDC World Masters. [28] In September 2024, the couple had a daughter. [29] He is a supporter of Scottish football club Rangers and local side Ballymena United; he was primary and secondary schoolmates with Northern Irish footballer Ross McCausland. [30]
Rock became an ambassador for Sensory Kids NI, a children's autism charity in Northern Ireland, after his stepson was diagnosed with autism. [31] [32]
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Team | Teammate | Opponents in the final | Score [N 1] |
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Winner | 1. | 2025 | World Cup of Darts | ![]() | Daryl Gurney | ![]() | 10–9 (l) |
Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||||
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PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||
World Championship | DNQ | 4R | 2R | 3R | ||||
World Masters [N 2] | DNQ | 1R | 2R | |||||
UK Open | 1R | 3R | 5R | SF | ||||
World Matchplay | DNQ | 1R | 1R | SF | ||||
World Grand Prix | DNQ | 1R | 1R | |||||
European Championship | 2R | 1R | 1R | |||||
Grand Slam | 2R | QF | RR | |||||
Players Championship Finals | 1R | 2R | 2R | |||||
PDC Non-ranked events | ||||||||
World Cup | DNQ | QF | W | |||||
World Youth Championship | W | QF | DNP | |||||
Career statistics | ||||||||
Season-end ranking (PDC) | 36 | 21 | 16 |
PDC European Tour
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
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2022 | DNQ | ADO 2R | EDO QF | CDO 1R | DNQ | HDT QF | GDO 1R | BDO DNQ | GDT QF | |||||
2023 | BSD DNQ | EDO QF | IDO 3R | GDG 2R | ADO F | DDC 3R | BDO SF | CDO 3R | EDG 3R | EDM 3R | GDO SF | HDT 2R | GDC 2R | |
2024 | BDO 2R | GDG QF | IDO 3R | EDG QF | ADO 3R | BSD 2R | DDC W | EDO 3R | GDC WD | FDT 3R | HDT QF | SDT SF | CDO 2R | |
2025 | BDO 1R | EDT 2R | IDO QF | GDG SF | ADO SF | EDG 2R | DDC 2R | EDO DNP | BSD 3R | FDT | CDO | HDT | SDT | GDC |
PDC Players Championships
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
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2022 | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | BAR 2R | BAR QF | DNP | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR QF | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | WIG 1R | WIG QF | NIE SF | NIE 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR F | BAR 4R | BAR 4R | BAR W | BAR 3R | BAR QF | |||||
2023 | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR QF | BAR 4R | BAR 3R | BAR 3R | HIL F | HIL 1R | WIG QF | WIG QF | LEI 3R | LEI F | HIL 3R | HIL 2R | LEI 4R | LEI 1R | HIL F | HIL 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 4R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR F | BAR 3R | BAR 4R | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | ||||
2024 | WIG 1R | WIG 3R | LEI 3R | LEI 1R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | LEI F | LEI 4R | HIL 1R | HIL 2R | HIL 2R | HIL 3R | MIL 1R | MIL QF | MIL 1R | MIL 4R | MIL W | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | Did not participate | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 4R | WIG 3R | WIG F | LEI 3R | LEI W | |||||||
2025 | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | ROS 2R | ROS QF | LEI 2R | LEI 1R | HIL 1R | HIL 3R | LEI QF | LEI W | LEI QF | LEI F | ROS 4R | ROS 2R | DNP | LEI 4R | LEI 3R | LEI DNP | LEI QF | LEI QF | DNP | MIL | MIL | HIL | HIL | LEI | LEI | LEI | WIG | WIG | WIG | WIG | ||
Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR L# | Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage | DQ | Disqualified |
DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded |
Date | Opponent | Tournament | Method |
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17 November 2022 | ![]() | 2022 Grand Slam of Darts | 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 |