Nathan Rafferty

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Nathan Rafferty
Personal information
Nickname"The Natural"
Born (2000-01-17) 17 January 2000 (age 25) [1]
Coalisland, Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Darts information
Playing darts since2014
Darts23g Red Dragon
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"This Is the Life" by Amy Macdonald
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC 2016–
(Tour Card 2022–)
Current world ranking ( PDC ) 74 Decrease2.svg 1 (18 February 2025) [2]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 64: 2023
UK Open Last 32: 2018
Grand Slam Last 16: 2021
PC Finals Last 64: 2022
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour 2021
PDC Development Tour 2018, 2019, 2021 (x2), 2022 (x5), 2023, 2024 (x2)
Northern Ireland Open Youth 2014, 2015

Nathan Rafferty (born 17 January 2000) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "The Natural", Rafferty's best PDC major performance is reaching the last 16 at the 2021 Grand Slam.

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In his youth career, he finished as the runner-up at the 2021 PDC World Youth Championship and won twelve Development Tours.

Career

Rafferty made his TV debut at the 2018 UK Open where he beat Jason Mold in the second round, before defeating the defending champion Peter Wright in the third round. [3] He lost to Robert Owen 10–9 in the fourth round.

In 2021, Rafferty picked up his first PDC Challenge Tour title at Event 10. [4] At the 2021 Grand Slam of Darts, Rafferty was drawn into a group with Gerwyn Price, Martin Schindler and Krzysztof Ratajski. He qualified for the knockout stage with wins over Schindler and Ratajski, [5] but was eliminated after a 10–2 loss against Jonny Clayton. [6] [7] Rafferty was the runner-up at the 2021 PDC World Youth Championship, losing 6–4 to Ted Evetts. [8]

Rafferty qualified for his first PDC World Championship after topping the 2022 Development Tour Order of Merit. [9] He won his first round game at the 2023 World Championship 3–2 against Jermaine Wattimena before losing in the next round to Michael Smith. [10]

Rafferty won twelve titles in total on the PDC Development Tour, with his final coming at event fourteen of the 2024 PDC Development Tour series, where he defeated Marvin van Velzen 5–3 in the final. [11]

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

Tournament201720182019202020212022202320242025
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship DNPDNQ 2R DNQ
UK Open DNP 4R DNQ 3R 2R 1R 4R 1R
Grand Slam DNQ 2R RR RR DNQ
Players Championship Finals DNPDNQDNP 1R 1R DNQ
Non-ranked televised events
PDC World Youth Championship 1R RR 3R QF F 2R 3R QF DNP
Career statistics
Season-end ranking (PDC)-131134174115767099

PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
2019 EDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDM
DNQ
DDO
DNQ
CDO
DNP
ADC
DNP
EDM
DNP
IDO
DNP
GDT
DNP
2020 Did not play
2021 Did not play
2022 IDO
DNP
GDC
1R
GDG
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
EDG
3R
DDC
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
HDT
1R
GDO
DNQ
BDO
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
2023 BSD
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
BDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
HDT
2R
GDC
DNQ
2024 BDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
BSD
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
EDO
1R
GDC
DNQ
FDT
DNQ
HDT
DNQ
SDT
DNQ
CDO
DNQ

PDC Players Championships

PDC Players Championships

Season12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
2020 [nb 1] DNP MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
DNP
2022 BAR
2R
BAR
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
NIE
2R
NIE
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
WIG
2R
WIG
2R
NIE
3R
NIE
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
4R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
2023 BAR
BAR
BAR
BAR
BAR
BAR
HIL
HIL
WIG
WIG
LEI
LEI
HIL
HIL
LEI
LEI
HIL
HIL
BAR
BAR
BAR
BAR
BAR
BAR
BAR
BAR
BAR
BAR
BAR
BAR
2024 WIG
3R
WIG
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
2R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
2R
HIL
2R
HIL
1R
HIL
DNP
HIL
DNP
MIL
4R
MIL
3R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
QF
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
LEI
4R
LEI
2R
WIG
3R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
2R
  1. Not a Tour card holder
Performance Table Legend
WWon the tournamentFFinalistSFSemifinalistQFQuarterfinalist#R
RR
Prel.
Lost in # round
Round-robin
Preliminary round
DQDisqualified
DNQDid not qualifyDNPDid not participateWDWithdrewNHTournament not heldNYFNot yet founded

References

  1. "Nathan Rafferty player profile". Mastercaller.
  2. '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000004-QINU`"' "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 18 February 2025. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  3. "UK Open Darts: Michael van Gerwen and Peter Wright crash out on day one but John Part storms through on his dream return". Sporting Life . 3 March 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  4. Phillips, Josh (4 September 2021). "Rafferty, Robinson, Noster & Bialecki pick up Unicorn Challenge Tour titles". PDC . Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  5. "Nathan Rafferty: Tyrone man wins thriller to reach last 16 at Grand Slam of Darts". BBC . 16 November 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  6. "Nathan Rafferty: Tyrone man loses 10-2 to Jonny Clayton in last 16 of Grand Slam of Darts". BBC Sport . 17 November 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  7. "Tyrone tyro Nathan Rafferty bows out of Grand Slam of Darts". RTÉ . 17 November 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  8. Ashton, Zoe (3 December 2021). "Stockton's Ted Evetts is world youth darts champion". WarwickshireWorld. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  9. Donaghy, Ciaran (13 December 2022). "Nathan Rafferty hoping to follow Dennis Taylor as Coalisland's World champion". News Letter . Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  10. Armour, Glen (15 December 2022). "Mickey Mansell and Nathan Rafferty get Northern Ireland off to a flier at World Darts Championships". Belfast Telegraph . Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  11. Gorton, Josh (22 June 2024). "Nijman & Rafferty extend Development Tour title hauls in Wigan". PDC . Retrieved 14 December 2024.