Rhys Griffin
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Griffin at the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Happy Gilmore[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 January 1997[3] Llanbradach, Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2009 | ||||||||||||||
| Darts | 23g Mission | ||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Rest of My Life" by Ludacris featuring Usher and David Guetta | ||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2012– (Tour Card: 2024–) | ||||||||||||||
| WDF | 2011–2020 | ||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 116 2 (22 March 2026)[4] | ||||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 48: 2016 | ||||||||||||||
| Dutch Open | Semi-final: 2017 | ||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Last 64: 2025 | ||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 96: 2021 | ||||||||||||||
| World Series Finals | Last 32: 2024 | ||||||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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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.[5][6] He defeated Karel Sedláček 3–0 in sets the first round before losing to Josh Rock in the second round.[7][8]
Griffin entered the 2025 UK Open in the second round, where he lost to Beau Greaves.[9]
Performance timeline
Source: [10]
BDO
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | ||
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| BDO Ranked televised events | ||||
| World Masters | 4R | 3R | ||
PDC
| Tournament | 2014 | 2021 | 2024 | 2025 | |||||
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| PDC Ranked televised events | |||||||||
| World Championship | DNQ | 2R | |||||||
| World Masters | DNQ | Prel. | |||||||
| UK Open | 1R | 3R | 2R | 2R | |||||
| PDC Non-ranked televised events | |||||||||
| World Series of Darts Finals | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | ||||||
'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 |
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| 2018 | BAR DNP |
BAR 1R |
BAR DNP |
BAR 4R |
Did not participate | BAR 1R |
Did not participate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | WIG 1R |
WIG 3R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 2R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 2R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 2R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 4R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R | ||||
| 2025 | WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
ROS 2R |
ROS 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 2R |
ROS 1R |
ROS 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 1R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG QF |
WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
References
- ^ "Rhys Griffin". Mastercaller.
- ^ "Rhys Griffin PDPA profile". Professional Darts Players Association.
- ^ "Rhys Griffin". PDC.
- ^ "Ranking Tables". PDPA. 22 March 2026. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (25 November 2024). "Campbell, De Zwaan, Slevin, Griffin secure last Ally Pally spots". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
- ^ "World Darts Championship: Simon Whitlock, Steve Beaton miss out in Tour Card Holder Qualifier for Alexandra Palace". Sky Sports. 25 November 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
- ^ Williams, Rhys (23 December 2024). "Griffin set for second round showdown with Rock". Caerphilly Observer. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
- ^ Williams, Rhys (23 December 2024). "Griffin out of World Darts Championship after defeat". Caerphilly Observer. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
- ^ Williams, Rhys (3 March 2025). "Early exits for borough's darts duo at UK Open". Caerphilly Observer. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
- ^ "Rhys Griffin Player Profile". Darts Database. Retrieved 8 January 2026.