Northern Irish · Belfast, Northern Ireland · Born 13 April 2001Josh Rock, nicknamed "Rocky," is a Northern Irish professional darts player known for his rapid rise through the PDC ranks and two televised nine-dart finishes.
Josh Rock walks on to bright, deliberately loud outfits that stand out even by darts' already flamboyant standards, part of a broader shift toward younger players treating the sport's showmanship as seriously as the throwing itself -- a departure from the more understated presentation of the generation just ahead of him. His aggressive, high-scoring style produces matches that move faster and hit bigger numbers more consistently than the sport's traditional slow-grinding reputation suggests, a playing approach that's helped pull in exactly the kind of younger audience darts has spent years trying to attract. Rock's PDC World Youth Championship title in 2022 arrived before he'd fully established himself on the senior tour, and his subsequent ranking titles and World Cup win alongside Daryl Gurney confirm the junior success wasn't an age-bracket fluke -- a genuinely fast rise for a player still building toward what's expected to be the peak years of his career.
Rapid rise through the PDC ranks and two televised nine-dart finishes
Rock won his first PDC ranking event at 18 years old — one of the youngest ranking event winners in the PDC's history.
Did You Know?How They Played
Aggressive, high-scoring power player with exceptional finishing ability
Lasting Impact
Promising young talent who broke age barriers in professional darts with multiple ranking titles as a teenager
Career Honours
- PDC World Youth Championship winner (2022)
- PDC World Cup of Darts winner (2025, with Daryl Gurney)
- European Tour winner (2024 Dutch Darts Championship)
- 5 PDC ranking titles total