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2021 Achieve over 110 average in one match at Irish Open tournament.
2022 First person to hit a televised nine-dart finish in their debut year at the Grand Slam of Darts.

2022 Breaks the record for the highest average in a PDC World Youth Championship final with an average of 104.13.

Joshua Rock (born 13 April 2001) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He has won 4 ranking PDC titles including the 2024 Dutch Darts Championship.

In his debut year at the international level, he won the 2022 PDC World Youth Championship. He is also the first player to throw a televised nine-dart finish in their debut year at the Grand Slam of Darts, achieving the feat against Michael van Gerwen at the 2022 event.

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. 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. 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 3–4 to Jonny Clayton in the fourth round.

On the 2023 PDC Pro Tour, Rock reached the final of 4 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.

On the PDC European Tour, Rock reached the quarter-final stage at both the 2024 German Darts Grand Prix (ET2) and the 2024 European Darts Grand Prix (ET4). Rock lost 6–5 in deciding legs in both quarter-finals, to Gerwyn Price at ET2 and Gary Anderson at ET4. In May Rock won his first European Tour title, beating 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: Ongoing

Performance timeline

Tournament	2022	2023	2024
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship	DNQ	4R	2R
UK Open	1R	3R	5R
World Matchplay	DNQ	1R	1R
World Grand Prix	DNQ	1R	1R
European Championship	2R	1R	1R
Grand Slam of Darts	2R	QF	RR
Players Championship Finals	1R	2R
PDC Non-ranked events
Masters	DNQ		1R
World Youth Championship	W	QF	DNP
Career statistics
Year-end ranking (PDC)	36	21

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

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	Prize
17 November 2022	Michael van Gerwen	2022 Grand Slam of Darts	3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12

References

"Josh Rock - "Rocky"".
"Josh Rock - Mastercaller".
"PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
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.
"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.
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.
"Josh Rock: Northern Irishman reaches quarter-finals at Grand Slam of Darts". BBC Sport. 16 November 2023.
"Grand Slam of Darts: Luke Humphries edges Gary Anderson in a classic as James Wade beats Josh Rock". Sky Sports. 18 November 2023.
Gill, Samuel (23 December 2023). "Berry van Peer stuns Josh Rock, dumps out former World Youth champion at World Darts Championship". DartsNews. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
"Chris Dobey wins Players Championship 7 on day of nine-dart finishes in Leicester". Sky Sports. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
Gorton, Josh (8 April 2024). "Delight for Dobey with PC7 success in Leicester". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
"Gary Anderson wins first PDC European Tour darts title in over a decade with victory over Ross Smith". Sky Sports. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
"Dutch Darts Championship: Michael van Gerwen falls in semi-finals as Josh Rock wins first European Tour title". Sky Sports. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.

Top 20 PDC darts players in Order of Merit

Rankings as of 24 November 2024 with movement in rank since 17 November 2024 indicated.

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