{{short description|New Zealand darts player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox darts player | name = Ben Robb | image = | fullname = | nickname = "Big Rig"<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=https://www.mastercaller.com/players/ben-robb |title=Ben Robb|website=Mastercaller.com |accessdate=8 August 2019}}</ref> | birth_place = Rangiora, New Zealand<ref name="PDPA">{{cite web |title=Ben Robb |url=https://pdpa.co.uk/player/ben-robb/ |website=Professional Darts Players Association |access-date=17 December 2025}}</ref> | birth_date = | death_date = | death_place = | hometown = Auckland, New Zealand<ref name="PDPA"/> | since = 2008 | darts = 25g One80 Signature<ref name="MC"/><ref name="PDPA"/> | laterality = Right-handed<ref name="MC"/> | music = "Dangerous" by Royal Deluxe<ref name="MC"/><ref name="PDPA"/><br />"Th’ Dudes" by Bliss | BDO = 2018–2019 | PDC = 2019– | WDF = 2018– | currentrank = {{WDF Rankings|Ben Robb}} | BDO World = Quarter-final: 2025 | World Masters = Last 32: 2024 | World Darts Trophy = | PDC World = Last 96: 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 | Matchplay = | Grand Prix = | UK Open = | European = | Premier League = | results = {{aligned table|leftright=y|fullwidth=y|class=nowrap | Alan King Memorial| 2023 | John Wilkie Memorial| 2021, 2024 | New Zealand Masters | 2023 | New Zealand Open | 2022, 2024 | North Island Masters| 2021 | South Island Masters| 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 | Taranaki Open| 2022 | Ted Clements Memorial| 2022 }} ''ADA Pro Tour'' {{aligned table|leftright=y|fullwidth=y|class=nowrap| |{{plainlist| *2025 }} }}''DPA Pro Tour'' {{aligned table|leftright=y|fullwidth=y|class=nowrap| |{{plainlist| *2019 (×2) *2020 (×1) }} }} ''DPNZ Pro Tour'' {{aligned table|leftright=y|fullwidth=y|class=nowrap| |{{plainlist| *2019 (×2) *2020 (×1) *2022 (×5) *2023 (×7) *2024 (×3) *2025 (×2) }} }} | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's Darts}} {{MedalCountry | {{NZL}}}} {{MedalCompetition | WDF World Cup}} {{MedalGold | 2023 Esbjerg | Men's pairs}} {{MedalCompetition | WDF Asia-Pacific Cup}} {{MedalSilver | 2018 Seoul | Men's singles}} {{MedalSilver | 2018 Seoul | Men's pairs}} {{MedalBronze | 2018 Seoul | Team event}} }} '''Ben Robb''' is a New Zealand professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events.
==Career== Robb made his television debut in the 2018 Auckland Darts Masters, but lost to Simon Whitlock.{{Citation needed|date=December 2025}}
Robb subsequently competed in the 2019 Brisbane Darts Masters, losing in the first round to Michael van Gerwen 6–0.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://dartsnews.com/van-gerwen-after-completing-whitewash-win-over-robb-i-cant-really-complain/ |title=Van Gerwen after completing whitewash win over Robb: 'I can't really complain' |date=2019-08-09 |website=Darts News |language=en-US |access-date=2019-08-14}}</ref>
In the 2019 New Zealand Darts Masters, he beat Whitlock 6–4 before losing to Rob Cross in the quarter-finals. In January 2022 Robb participated in the PDC Qualifying School without success.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 PDC Qualifying School final entries, exemptions & info confirmed |url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2022/01/06/2022-pdc-qualifying-school-final-entries-exemptions-info-confirmed |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106160937/https://www.pdc.tv/news/2022/01/06/2022-pdc-qualifying-school-final-entries-exemptions-info-confirmed |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 January 2022 |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=PDC}}</ref>
==World Championship results== ===PDC=== * 2020: First round (lost to Ron Meulenkamp 0–3) * 2022: First round (lost to Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 1–3) * 2023: First round (lost to Mickey Mansell 1–3) * 2024: First round (lost to Richard Veenstra 0–3) * 2025: First round (lost to Connor Scutt 0–3)
===WDF=== * 2025: Quarter-finals (lost to Jenson Walker 2–4)
==Performance timeline==
; PDC {|class="wikitable" |- ! Tournament !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024 !! 2025 !! 2026 |- | colspan="28" align="left" |PDC Ranked televised events |- | style="background:#efefef;" align="left" | {{nowrap|World Championship}} | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ |- | colspan="20" align="left" |PDC Non-ranked televised events |- | style="background:#efefef;" align=left | {{nowrap|World Cup}} | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|RR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|RR | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | |- |}
; WDF {|class="wikitable" |- ! Tournament !! 2024 !! 2025 |- | colspan="10" style="text-align:left" |WDF Major/platinum events |- | style="background:#efefef;" | World Championship | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" | PDC | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF |- | style="background:#efefef;" | World Masters | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;" | 4R | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Dartsdatabase|id=65862|name=Ben Robb}}
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