Rhys Griffin (born 18 January 1997) is a Welsh professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career In 2012, Griffin made his debut on the PDC Youth Tour, with his best performance being reaching the last 16. He qualified for the 2014 UK Open at 17 years of age, but lost to Paul Withworth 5–0 in the first round. He reached his first Development Tour final in 2015 and qualified for the 2015 PDC World Youth Championship.
He reached the semi-finals of the 2017 Dutch Open.
He reached the final of 2017 Development Tour 13 but lost to Dimitri Van den Bergh 5–4.
He made his Players Championship debut in 2018 as a call-up from the Challenge Tour. He reached the last 16 at event four with wins against Joe Cullen, Kim Huybrechts and Nathan Aspinall respectively.
He continued to play on the Development Tour and PDC Challenge Tour in the following two years. He qualified for the 2021 UK Open, reaching the third round with a victory over Mike De Decker.
In January 2024, Griffin won a PDC Tour Card for the first time at Q-School. He qualified for the 2024 World Series of Darts Finals but lost to Jeff Smith 6–4 in the opening round.
On 25 November 2024, Griffin qualified for the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship via the Tour Card Holder Qualifier. He defeated Karel Sedláček 3–0 in sets the first round before losing to Josh Rock in the second round.
Griffin entered the 2025 UK Open in the second round, where he lost to Beau Greaves.
Performance timeline Griffin's performance timeline is as follows:
BDO Tournament 2016 2017BDO Ranked televised eventsWorld Masters4R3R
PDC Tournament 2014 2021 2024 2025PDC Ranked televised eventsWorld ChampionshipDNQ2RWorld MastersDNQPrel.UK Open1R3R2R2RPDC Non-ranked televised eventsWorld Series of Darts FinalsDNQ1RDNQ
PDC European Tour Tournament 2026European Darts Open1R
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 2018BARDNPBAR1RBARDNPBAR4RDid not participateBAR1RDid not participate 2024WIG1RWIG3RLEI1RLEI2RHIL1RHIL1RLEI1RLEI2RHIL1RHIL1RHIL1RHIL2RMIL3RMIL1RMIL4RMIL1RMIL3RMIL1RMIL1RWIG1RWIG2RLEI1RLEI1RWIG1RWIG1RWIG2RWIG1RWIG1RLEI1RLEI1R 2025WIG1RWIG1RROS2RROS2RLEI1RLEI1RHIL1RHIL2RLEI1RLEI1RLEI1RLEI2RROS1RROS1RHIL1RHIL2RLEI1RLEI2RLEI1RLEI1RLEI1RHIL2RHIL1RMIL2RMIL1RHIL2RHIL1RLEI1RLEI1RLEI1RWIG2RWIGQFWIG1RWIG2R 2026HIL2RHIL1RWIG1RWIG2RLEI1RLEI2RLEI2RLEI1RWIG2RWIG1RMIL1RMIL1RHIL1RHIL1RLEI2RLEI2RLEI1RLEI1RMIL1RMIL1RWIG1RWIG2RLEI2RLEI2RHIL2RHIL1RLEI1RLEI1RROS2RROS1RROSROSLEILEI
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