Josh Rock

Josh Rock, known as Rocky, is a Northern Irish darts player and a former PDC world youth champion. Born in Antrim on 13 April 2001 and based in Broughshane, he was eighth on the PDC Order of Merit when the rankings were last published on 2 November 2026, with £619,000 in ranking prize money over the two-year period the list covers. The PDC credits him with seven senior titles, a total the PDC compiles across all of its senior competitions.

Rock's breakthrough year was 2022. He won the PDC World Youth Championship, beating Nathan Girvan 6-1 in the final, and took his first senior ranking title at Players Championship 28, where he beat Luke Humphries 8-5. In 2024 he won his first European Tour event, the Dutch Darts Championship, with an 8-4 win over Jonny Clayton in the final. In 2025 he won the World Cup of Darts for Northern Ireland alongside Daryl Gurney, beating Wales 10-9 in the final. In 2026 he reached the semi-finals of the UK Open, losing 11-9 to Luke Littler.

His results in the autumn of 2026 have been mixed. He lost 2-1 in sets to Niels Zonneveld in the first round of the World Grand Prix, beat Dave Chisnall 6-5 at the Swiss Darts Trophy before losing to Karel Sedlacek, and at the European Championship beat Chris Dobey 6-1 before a 10-8 defeat to Clayton in the last 16. The PDC records nine nine-dart finishes for him across all of its events. He throws 24-gram Target darts and walks on to "Welcome to the Party" by DJ Krissy.