# Nathan Rafferty

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Northern Irish darts player (born 2000)

Darts player

Nathan Rafferty Personal information Nickname "The Natural" Born (2000-01-17) 17 January 2000 (age 26)[1] Coalisland, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland Darts information Playing darts since 2014 Darts 23g Red Dragon Laterality Right-handed Walk-on music "This Is the Life" by Amy Macdonald Organisation (see split in darts) PDC 2016–present (Tour Card: 2022–2025) PDC premier events – best performances World Championship Last 64: 2023 UK Open Last 32: 2018 Grand Slam Last 16: 2021 PC Finals Last 64: 2022 Other tournament wins PDC Challenge Tour 2021 PDC Development Tour (x12) 2018, 2019, 2021 (x2) 2022 (x5), 2023, 2024 (x2) Northern Ireland Open Youth 2014, 2015

**Nathan Rafferty** (born 17 January 2000) is a Northern Irish professional [darts](/source/Darts) player who competes in [Professional Darts Corporation](/source/Professional_Darts_Corporation) (PDC) events. Nicknamed "**The Natural**", Rafferty's best PDC major performance is reaching the last 16 at the [2021 Grand Slam](/source/2021_Grand_Slam_of_Darts).

In his youth career, he finished as the runner-up at the [2021 PDC World Youth Championship](/source/2021_PDC_World_Youth_Championship) and won twelve Development Tours.

## Career

Rafferty made his TV debut at the [2018 UK Open](/source/2018_UK_Open) where he beat Jason Mold in the second round, before defeating the defending champion [Peter Wright](/source/Peter_Wright_(darts_player)) in the third round.[2] He lost to [Robert Owen](/source/Robert_Owen_(darts_player)) 10–9 in the fourth round.

In 2021, Rafferty picked up his first PDC Challenge Tour title at Event 10.[3] At the [2021 Grand Slam of Darts](/source/2021_Grand_Slam_of_Darts), Rafferty was drawn into a group with [Gerwyn Price](/source/Gerwyn_Price), [Martin Schindler](/source/Martin_Schindler) and [Krzysztof Ratajski](/source/Krzysztof_Ratajski). He qualified for the knockout stage with wins over Schindler and Ratajski,[4] but was eliminated after a 10–2 loss against [Jonny Clayton](/source/Jonny_Clayton).[5][6] Rafferty was the runner-up at the [2021 PDC World Youth Championship](/source/2021_PDC_World_Youth_Championship), losing 6–4 to [Ted Evetts](/source/Ted_Evetts).[7]

Rafferty qualified for his first [PDC World Championship](/source/PDC_World_Darts_Championship) after topping the [2022 Development Tour](/source/2022_PDC_Development_Tour_series) Order of Merit.[8] He won his first round game at the [2023 World Championship](/source/2023_PDC_World_Darts_Championship) 3–2 against [Jermaine Wattimena](/source/Jermaine_Wattimena), before losing in the next round to eventual champion [Michael Smith](/source/Michael_Smith_(darts_player)).[9]

Rafferty won twelve titles in total on the PDC Development Tour, with his final coming at event fourteen of the [2024 PDC Development Tour series](/source/2024_PDC_Development_Tour_series), where he defeated Marvin van Velzen 5–3 in the final.[10]

## World Championship results

### PDC

- 2023: Second round (lost to [Michael Smith](/source/Michael_Smith_(darts_player)) 0–3)

## Performance timeline

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 PDC Ranked televised events PDC World Championship DNP DNQ 2R DNQ UK Open DNP 4R DNQ 3R 2R 1R 4R 1R 3R Grand Slam of Darts DNQ 2R RR RR DNQ Players Championship Finals DNP DNQ DNP 1R 1R DNQ Non-ranked televised events PDC World Youth Championship 1R RR 3R QF F 2R 3R QF DNP Career statistics Season-end ranking (PDC) - 131 134 174 115 76 70 99

**PDC European Tour**

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 2022 IDO DNP GDC 1R DNQ EDG 3R DDC DNQ EDM DNQ HDT 1R Did not qualify 2023 Did not qualify HDT 2R GDC DNQ 2024 Did not qualify EDO 1R Did not qualify

**PDC Players Championships**

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 2020[nb 1] DNP MIL 1R MIL 1R MIL 2R MIL 1R MIL 1R DNP 2022 BAR 2R BAR 1R WIG 2R WIG 1R BAR 1R BAR 2R NIE 2R NIE 1R BAR 1R BAR 2R BAR 1R BAR 2R BAR 2R WIG 2R WIG 2R NIE 3R NIE 3R BAR 1R BAR 1R BAR 1R BAR 4R BAR 2R BAR 2R BAR 1R BAR 3R BAR 3R BAR 2R BAR 2R BAR 2R BAR 2R 2023 BAR 3R BAR 4R BAR 1R BAR 1R BAR 4R BAR 2R HIL DNP WIG 1R WIG 1R LEI 1R LEI 1R HIL 2R HIL 1R LEI 2R LEI 1R HIL 1R HIL 1R BAR 1R BAR 1R BAR 1R BAR 1R BAR 1R BAR 1R BAR 1R BAR 2R BAR 2R BAR 1R BAR 2R BAR 2R 2024 WIG 3R WIG 1R LEI 1R LEI 2R HIL 1R HIL 1R LEI 1R LEI 2R HIL 2R HIL 1R HIL DNP MIL 4R MIL 3R MIL 2R MIL 1R MIL 1R MIL 1R MIL QF WIG 1R WIG 1R LEI 4R LEI 2R WIG 3R WIG 1R WIG 2R WIG 2R WIG 1R LEI 1R LEI 2R

1. **[^](#cite_ref-NTC_11-0)** Not a Tour card holder

Performance Table Legend W Won the tournament F Finalist SF Semifinalist QF Quarterfinalist #R RR Prel. Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round DQ Disqualified DNQ Did not qualify DNP Did not participate WD Withdrew NH Tournament not held NYF Not yet founded

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Mastercaller_1-0)** ["Nathan Rafferty player profile"](https://www.mastercaller.com/players/nathan-rafferty). *Mastercaller*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["UK Open Darts: Michael van Gerwen and Peter Wright crash out on day one but John Part storms through on his dream return"](https://www.sportinglife.com/darts/news/mvg-and-wright-out-part-wins/143900). *[Sporting Life](/source/Sporting_Life_(British_newspaper))*. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Phillips, Josh (4 September 2021). ["Rafferty, Robinson, Noster & Bialecki pick up Unicorn Challenge Tour titles"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210904211412/https://www.pdc.tv/news/2021/09/04/rafferty-robinson-noster-bialecki-pick-unicorn-challenge-tour-titles). *[PDC](/source/Professional_Darts_Corporation)*. Archived from [the original](https://www.pdc.tv/news/2021/09/04/rafferty-robinson-noster-bialecki-pick-unicorn-challenge-tour-titles) on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Nathan Rafferty: Tyrone man wins thriller to reach last 16 at Grand Slam of Darts"](https://www.bbc.com/sport/darts/59304774). *[BBC](/source/BBC)*. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Nathan Rafferty: Tyrone man loses 10-2 to Jonny Clayton in last 16 of Grand Slam of Darts"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/59328314). *[BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport)*. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Tyrone tyro Nathan Rafferty bows out of Grand Slam of Darts"](https://www.rte.ie/sport/darts/2021/1117/1261608-tyrone-tyro-rafferty-bows-out-of-grand-slam-of-darts/). *[RTÉ](/source/RT%C3%89)*. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Ashton, Zoe (3 December 2021). ["Stockton's Ted Evetts is world youth darts champion"](https://www.warwickshireworld.com/sport/other-sport/stocktons-ted-evetts-is-world-youth-darts-champion-3479090). *WarwickshireWorld*. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Donaghy, Ciaran (13 December 2022). ["Nathan Rafferty hoping to follow Dennis Taylor as Coalisland's World champion"](https://www.newsletter.co.uk/sport/other-sport/nathan-rafferty-hoping-to-follow-dennis-taylor-as-coalislands-world-champion-3951477). *[News Letter](/source/News_Letter)*. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Armour, Glen (15 December 2022). ["Mickey Mansell and Nathan Rafferty get Northern Ireland off to a flier at World Darts Championships"](https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/mickey-mansell-and-nathan-rafferty-get-northern-ireland-off-to-a-flier-at-world-darts-championships/42223336.html). *[Belfast Telegraph](/source/Belfast_Telegraph)*. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Gorton, Josh (22 June 2024). ["Nijman & Rafferty extend Development Tour title hauls in Wigan"](https://www.pdc.tv/news/2024/june/22/nijman-rafferty-extend-development-tour-title-hauls-wigan). *[PDC](/source/Professional_Darts_Corporation)*. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

## External links

- [Player profile for Nathan Rafferty](https://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/player-profile-live.php?pid=20144/) from Dartsdatabase

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