# Nathan Rafferty

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.
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. 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. 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, but was eliminated after a 10–2 loss against Jonny Clayton. Rafferty was the runner-up at the 2021 PDC World Youth Championship, losing 6–4 to Ted Evetts.
Rafferty qualified for his first PDC World Championship after topping the 2022 Development Tour Order of Merit. 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.
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.

## World Championship results
### PDC

* 2023: Second round (lost to Michael Smith 0–3)

## Performance timeline

| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| PDC Ranked televised events ||||||||||
| World Championship | DNP | DNP | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | DNQ |
| UK Open | DNP | 4R | DNQ | 3R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 1R | |
| Grand Slam | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 2R | RR | RR | DNQ | |
| Players Championship Finals | DNP | DNP | DNQ | DNQ | DNP | 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) | - | 131 | 134 | 174 | 115 | 76 | 70 | 99 | |
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 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 | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play |
| 2021 | Did not play | 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
| 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 |
| 2020 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 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 |
* ↑ Not a Tour card holder
Performance Table Legend :
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. | Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round | DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | #R RR Prel. | Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round | NYF | Not yet founded |