# Josh Rock

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.
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. 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.

### 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. Rock lost in his quarter-final match 16–15 to James Wade.
In December, at the 2024 World Championship, Rock suffered a shock 3–1 second round defeat to Berry van Peer.

### 2024

On the 2024 PDC Pro Tour Rock reached the final of Players Championship 7, losing the final to Chris Dobey 8–4.
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).

## 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 | DNQ | 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 | #R RR L# | Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage | NYF | Not yet founded |

## Nine-dart finishes

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 |