Nathan Rafferty (born 17 January 2000) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "the Natural", Rafferty's best PDC major performance is reaching the last 16 at the 2021 Grand Slam.
In his youth career, he finished as the runner-up at the 2021 PDC World Youth Championship and won twelve Development Tours.
Career Rafferty made his TV debut at the 2018 UK Open where he beat Jason Mold in the second round, before defeating the defending champion Peter Wright in the third round. He lost to Robert Owen 10–9 in the fourth round.
In 2021, Rafferty picked up his first PDC Challenge Tour title at Event 10. At the 2021 Grand Slam of Darts, Rafferty was drawn into a group with Gerwyn Price, Martin Schindler and Krzysztof Ratajski. He qualified for the knockout stage with wins over Schindler and Ratajski, but was eliminated after a 10–2 loss against Jonny Clayton. Rafferty was the runner-up at the 2021 PDC World Youth Championship, losing 6–4 to Ted Evetts.
Rafferty qualified for his first PDC World Championship after topping the 2022 Development Tour Order of Merit. He won his first round game at the 2023 World Championship 3–2 against Jermaine Wattimena, before losing in the next round to eventual champion Michael Smith.
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, where he defeated Marvin van Velzen 5–3 in the final.
World Championship results PDC 2023: Second round (lost to Michael Smith 0–3)
Performance timeline Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025PDC Ranked televised events World ChampionshipDNPDid not qualify2RDNQ UK OpenDNP 4RDNQ 3R 2R 1R 4R 1R 3R Grand SlamDNQ 2R RR RRDNQ DNPDNQDNP1R1RDNQPDC Non-ranked televised events 1RRR3RQFF2R3RQFDNPCareer statisticsSeason-end ranking (PDC)NR13113417411576709997
PDC European Tour Tournament 2022 2023 2024German Championship1RDNQEuropean Grand Prix3RDNQHungarian Trophy1R2RDNQEuropean OpenDNQ1R
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 2020Not a Tour card holderDid not participateMIL1RMIL1RMIL2RMIL1RMIL1R Did not participate 2022BAR2RBAR1RWIG2RWIG1RBAR1RBAR2RNIE2RNIE1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR2RBAR2RWIG2RWIG2RNIE3RNIE3RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR4RBAR2RBAR2RBAR1RBAR3RBAR3RBAR2RBAR2RBAR2RBAR2R 2023BAR3RBAR4RBAR1RBAR1RBAR4RBAR2RHILDNPWIG1RWIG1RLEI1RLEI1RHIL2RHIL1RLEI2RLEI1RHIL1RHIL1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR2RBAR1RBAR2RBAR2R 2024WIG3RWIG1RLEI1RLEI2RHIL1RHIL1RLEI1RLEI2RHIL2RHIL1RHILDNPMIL4RMIL3RMIL2RMIL1RMIL1RMIL1RMILQFWIG1RWIG1RLEI4RLEI2RWIG3RWIG1RWIG2RWIG2RWIG1RLEI1RLEI2R 2025WIG1RWIG3RROS1RROS1RLEI2RLEI1RHILDNPLEI3RLEI1RLEI2RLEI1RROS1RROS2RHIL1RHIL3RLEI2RLEI2RLEI1RLEI1RLEI1RHIL2RHIL1RDid not participate LEI1RLEI1RLEI1RWIG1RWIG2RWIG2RWIG1R
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