European Tour Events Players Championships World Series of Darts Challenge Tour 2017 Breaks into the top 32 on the PDC Order of Merit for the first time (In his debut year on the circuit) 2018 Breaks into the top 4 in the PDC Order of Merit for the first time Robert Cross (born 21 September 1990) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number four; he reached a peak ranking of world number two in 2018 and 2019.

In October 2015, Cross attempted to qualify for the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship, where he was knocked out in the last 64 by Tony Martin.

[3] Cross competed in the 2016 UK Open as an amateur Rileys qualifier; making it to the last 32 before falling to world number one Michael van Gerwen, who achieved a nine-dart finish in the process.

[9] His first year on the tour continued positively, winning the 12th event with a 6–5 victory over Ian White, who missed five darts for the title.

He reached the final at the event, beating Phil Taylor 7–2 on New Year's Day 2018, following wins over Seigo Asada, Michael Smith (in which Cross survived two match darts), John Henderson, Dimitri Van den Bergh and Michael van Gerwen (in which Cross survived six match darts).

[16] Winning the World Championship meant that he finished at number 3 in the PDC Order of Merit and earned automatic qualification for the 2018 Premier League Darts.

[17] Cross was tipped by a few pundits to have an off year as they thought that the pressure of being world champion would get to him, despite this he made a good showing on his Premier League debut making it to the semi-finals.

On 27 October, Cross won his 3rd PDC major title, the 2019 European Championship, beating Gerwyn Price 11–6 in the final.

[22] Cross and Michael Smith, representing England, reached the final of the World Cup of Darts, where they were defeated 3–0 by Wales (Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton).

[24] Cross won his fourth PDC major title at the 2021 European Championship, beating Michael van Gerwen in the final 11–8 to win the tournament for a second time.

[38] In May, Cross defeated Luke Humphries 8–6 in the final of the Baltic Sea Darts Open to win his second European Tour title.

[41] Cross won his fifth World Series title at the 2025 Dutch Darts Masters, defeating Stephen Bunting 8–5 in the final.

[43] He was victorious in the first Pro Tour event of the year, Players Championship 1, with a 7–3 win over Andrew Gilding in the semi-finals before beating Joe Cullen 8–3 in the final.