Josh Rock

Joshua Rock (born 13 April 2001) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. In his debut year at the international level, he won the 2022 PDC World Youth Championship. He is the first player to throw a televised nine-dart finish in their debut year at the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts in the match against Michael van Gerwen.

Josh Rock
Personal information
Full nameJoshua Rock
Nickname"Rocky"[1]
Born (2001-04-13) 13 April 2001[2]
County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Home townBroughshane, Northern Ireland
Darts information
Playing darts since2016
Darts24g Mission
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on musicWelcome To The Party by Dj Krissy
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2022–
(Tour Card: 2022-)
WDF2021
Current world ranking26 Increase 1 (21 October 2023)[3]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 16: 2023
World MatchplayLast 32: 2023
World Grand PrixLast 32: 2023
UK OpenLast 96: 2023
Grand SlamLast 16: 2022
European Ch'shipLast 16: 2022
PC FinalsLast 64: 2022
Other tournament wins
Youth events
PDC Development Tour 2022 (x5)
PDC World Youth Ch'ship 2022

Players Championships

Players Championship (BAR) 2022
Other achievements
2022 Breaks the record for the highest average in a PDC World Youth Championship final with an average of 104.13.

Career

In 2021 he reached a final in Irish Classic and lost 3–5 to Shaun McDonald. He defeated on the way to the finals some high-rank players like Brian Raman. Beside he played himself into the quarter-finals of the Irish Open. At this tournament he reached one of the highest average in the history of tournaments organized by the World Darts Federation, beating Nick Fullwell 4–0 in third round with 111.33 average.

At Q-School in 2022, Rock won his Tour Card on the final day of qualifying by defeating his fellow countryman Nathan Rafferty, earning a two-year card on the PDC circuit.[4] He played on the PDC Development Tour for the first time in February, and reaching three finals in his first three events and winning two of them. In November, Rock achieved his first televised 9-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.

In the 2023 PDC Pro Tour, Rock has reached the final of 2 Players Championship Event and the Austian Darts Open

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline
Tournament20222023
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship DNQ 4R
UK Open 1R 3R
World Matchplay DNQ 1R
World Grand Prix DNQ 1R
European Championship 2R 1R
Grand Slam of Darts 2R
Players Championship Finals 1R
PDC Non-ranked events
World Youth Championship W QF
Career statistics
Year-end ranking (PDC) 36


PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
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


Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Prel. DNQ DNP NH EX WD
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Prel.) Preliminary round; (DNQ) Did not qualify; (DNP) Did not participate; (NH) Not held; (EX) Excluded; (WD) Withdrew

Nine-dart finishes
See also: Nine-dart finish
Josh Rock televised nine-dart finishes
Date Opponent Tournament Method Prize
17 November 2022 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 2022 Grand Slam of Darts 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12

References
  1. "Josh Rock - "Rocky"".
  2. "Josh Rock - Mastercaller".
  3. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  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.
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