Josh Rock

Josh Rock
Rock at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts
Personal information
Full name	Joshua Rock
Nickname	"Rocky" [1] [2]
Born	(2001-04-13) 13 April 2001 (age 23) [2] County 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 [2]
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2022– (Tour Card: 2022–)
WDF	2021
Current world ranking	( PDC ) 15 (12 March 2025) [3]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 16: 2023
World Matchplay	Last 32: 2023, 2024
World Grand Prix	Last 32: 2023, 2024
UK Open	Semi Final: 2025
Grand Slam	Quarter Final: 2023
European Ch'ship	Last 16: 2022
PC Finals	Last 32: 2023
Masters	Last 16: 2025
Other tournament wins
European Tour Events Dutch Darts Championship 2024 Players Championships Players Championship (Barnsley) 2022 Players Championship (Leicester) 2024 Players Championship (Milton Keynes) 2024 Youth events PDC Development Tour 2022 (x5) PDC World Youth Championship 2022

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 fifteen. A PDC Tour Card holder since 2022, he won his first European Tour title at the 2024 Dutch Darts Championship. Nicknamed "Rocky", Rock reached his first PDC major semi-final at the 2025 UK Open. He has won four ranking titles in his professional career.

In his youth career, Rock won the 2022 PDC World Youth Championship and five Development Tours.

He was also 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.

Career

2022

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. ^[4]

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. ^[5] 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. ^[6]

2023

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. ^[7] Rock lost in his quarter-final match 16–15 to James Wade. ^[8]

In December, at the 2024 World Championship, Rock suffered a shock 3–1 second round defeat to Berry van Peer. ^[9]

2024

On the 2024 PDC Pro Tour Rock reached the final of Players Championship 7, losing the final to Chris Dobey 8–4. ^{[10] [11]}

In May, Rock won his first PDC European Tour title. He beat Jonny Clayton 8–4 in the final of the 2024 Dutch Darts Championship (ET7). ^[12]

World Championship results

PDC

• 2023: Fourth round (lost to Jonny Clayton 3–4)
• 2024: Second round (lost to Berry van Peer 1–3)
• 2025: Third round (lost to Chris Dobey 2–4)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2022	2023	2024	2025
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship	DNQ	4R	2R	3R
World Masters [N 1]	DNQ		1R	2R
UK Open	1R	3R	5R	SF
World Matchplay	DNQ	1R	1R
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 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
2022	IDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO 2R	EDO QF	CDO 1R	EDG DNQ	DDC DNQ	EDM 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

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
2022	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 2R	BAR QF	NIE DNP	NIE 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	WIG DNP	WIG DNP	MIL DNP	MIL DNP	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 4R	WIG 3R	WIG F	LEI 3R	LEI W

Performance Table Legend
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

Nine-dart finishes

See also: Nine-dart finish

Josh Rock televised nine-dart finishes

Date	Opponent	Tournament	Method
17 November 2022	Michael van Gerwen	2022 Grand Slam of Darts	3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12

Notes

1. Before 2025 this was a non ranked event.

References

1. "Darts profile – Josh Rock "Rocky"". dartn.de (in German).
2. "Josh Rock player profile". Mastercaller.
3. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
4. Gill, Samuel (15 January 2022). "Josh Rock seals final outright Tour Card with victory over Rafferty to finalise 2022 PDC UK Q-School". DartsNews. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
5. "Josh Rock: Antrim man's nine-darter as Van Gerwen gets fright in Grand Slam match". BBC Sport. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
6. Gill, Samuel (27 November 2022). "Rampant Rock eases past Girvan, breaks average record with 104 in winning 2022 PDC World Youth Championship". DartsNews. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
7. "Josh Rock: Northern Irishman reaches quarter-finals at Grand Slam of Darts". BBC Sport. 16 November 2023.
8. "Grand Slam of Darts: Luke Humphries edges Gary Anderson in a classic as James Wade beats Josh Rock". Sky Sports . 18 November 2023.
9. Gill, Samuel (23 December 2023). "Berry van Peer stuns Josh Rock, dumps out former World Youth champion at World Darts Championship". DartsNews. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
10. "Chris Dobey wins Players Championship 7 on day of nine-dart finishes in Leicester". Sky Sports . 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
11. Gorton, Josh (8 April 2024). "Delight for Dobey with PC7 success in Leicester". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 8 April 2024.
12. "Dutch Darts Championship: Michael van Gerwen falls in semi-finals as Josh Rock wins first European Tour title". Sky Sports . 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.

External links

• Josh Rock player profile at Darts Orakel
• Player profile for Josh Rock from Dartsdatabase