# Rusty-Jake Rodriguez

Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (born 24 December 2000) is an Austrian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. In 2017, he was the inaugural winner of the Junior Darts Corporation (JDC) World Championship.

## Career

Rodriguez won a PDC Development Tour event in 2017, as well as the WDF Europe Youth Cup boys' pairs event with Thomas Langer in the same year. Rodriguez and his brothers Rowby-John and Roxy-James qualified for the 2017 Austrian Darts Open. This was his PDC European Tour debut. He was eliminated in the second round. Rodriguez was the first player to win the JDC World Darts Championship in 2017 after he defeated Owen Roelofs 5–4 in legs.
Rodriguez won five titles on the 2021 European Development Tour, finishing top of the Order of Merit which granted him qualification for the 2021 Grand Slam of Darts and a two-year PDC Tour Card. At the Grand Slam, he played in Group B but went winless in matches against Jonny Clayton, Mervyn King and Bradley Brooks.
Rodriguez made his PDC World Darts Championship debut at the 2022 World Championship, winning his first match 3–1 against Ben Robb. In the second round, he went 2–0 up against Chris Dobey but ultimately lost the match 3–2.
Rodriguez won his seventh Development Tour title in 2023, defeating Dominik Grüllich 5–3 in the final of Event 21. In November 2023, he secured qualification for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship through the Tour Card Holder Qualifier. He lost 3–0 against Cameron Menzies in the first round.
Rodriguez lost his Tour Card after two years, but following a one-year absence from the PDC Pro Tour, he regained his Tour Card at 2025 Q-School after finishing sixth in the European Q-School Order of Merit.

## Personal life

Two of his brothers, Rowby-John and Roxy-James, are also darts players. They are of Filipino heritage.

## World Championship results
### PDC

* 2022: Second round (lost to Chris Dobey 2–3)
* 2024: First round (lost to Cameron Menzies 0–3)

## Performance timeline

| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Ranked televised events ||||||||||
| PDC World Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | 1R | DNQ |
| UK Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R |
| Grand Slam of Darts | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | RR | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |
| Players Championship Finals | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 1R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |
| Non-ranked televised events ||||||||||
| PDC World Youth Championship | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | QF | RR | RR | RR | DNP |
| Career statistics ||||||||||
| PDC Year-end ranking | - | 149 | 187 | - | 77 | 112 | 84 | - | |
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 2017 | GDC DNQ | GDM DNQ | GDO DNP | EDG DNQ | GDT DNQ | EDM DNP | ADO 2R | EDO DNQ | DDM DNQ | GDG DNQ | IDO DNQ | EDT DNQ |
| 2018 | EDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | GDO DNP | ADO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDM DNQ | GDT DNQ | DDO 2R | EDM DNQ | GDC DNQ | DDC 1R | IDO DNQ | EDT DNQ |
| 2019 | EDO DNP | GDC DNP | GDG DNP | GDO DNP | ADO DNQ | EDG DNP | DDM DNQ | DDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | ADC 2R | EDM DNP | IDO DNP | GDT DNP |
| 2020 | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play |
| 2021 | HDT DNQ | GDT DNQ |
| 2022 | IDO DNP | GDC DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG DNP | DDC DNQ | EDM DNQ | HDT QF | GDO DNQ | BDO 3R | GDT 2R |
| 2023 | BSD DNQ | EDO DNQ | IDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | DDC DNQ | BDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | EDM DNQ | GDO DNQ | HDT DNQ | GDC DNQ |
| 2024 | BDO DNP | GDG DNP | IDO DNP | EDG DNP | ADO DNQ | BSD DNP | DDC DNP | EDO DNP | GDC DNP | FDT DNP | HDT DNP | SDT DNP | CDO DNP |
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 |
| 2021 | BOL 1R | BOL 4R | BOL 1R | BOL 2R | MIL 2R | MIL 3R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 4R | NIE 1R | NIE 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 4R | MIL 4R | COV DNP | COV 2R | COV 2R | COV 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR DNP | BAR DNP |
| 2022 | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | NIE 3R | NIE 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | NIE 2R | NIE 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R |
| 2023 | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | HIL 3R | HIL 3R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | LEI 2R | LEI 1R | HIL 1R | HIL 4R | LEI 4R | LEI 3R | HIL 2R | HIL 4R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R |
* ↑ 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 |