John O'Shea (born 24 July 1975) is an Irish darts player who formerly competed in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Formerly known as "Seboy", O'Shea is now nicknamed "the Joker". He won the 2019 World Masters.
Career O'Shea started playing darts at the age of 16. He won two All-Ireland darts titles with Cork and a European bronze medal playing for Ireland.
O'Shea had his biggest career win at the 2019 World Masters, where he defeated Scott Waites 6–4 in the final. He became the first Irish player to be crowned champion in the tournament's history. Originally ranked number 219 in the British Darts Organisation rankings, he rose to number 59 and also earned qualification for the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship. At the BDO World Championship, he lost 3–2 to Andreas Harrysson in the preliminary round.
O'Shea earned a two-year PDC Tour Card at 2022 Q-School after finishing ninth in the UK Q-School Order of Merit. He reached his first PDC ranking final in Players Championship 14, losing 7–4 to Michael Smith.
He made his PDC World Darts Championship debut at the 2023 World Championship, but lost 3–2 to Darius Labanauskas in the first round.
Personal life O'Shea lives in Farranree with his wife and four children.
World Championship results BDO 2020: Preliminary round (lost to Andreas Harrysson 2–3)
PDC 2023: First round (lost to Darius Labanauskas 2–3)
Performance timeline BDO Tournament 2016 2017 2019 2020BDO Ranked televised events BDO World ChampionshipDNQPrel. QF3RWNH
PDC Tournament 2011 2022 2023PDC Ranked televised events World ChampionshipDNQ 1R UK Open 2R 3R 2R DNP 1RDNQCareer statisticsYear-end ranking1348577
European Tour Tournament 2022 2023German Grand Prix1RDNQDutch ChampionshipDNQ1R
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 2011Not a Tour card holderHALDNPDER1RDER1RDid not participateDER2RDER2RNUL1RNUL1RDid not participate 2022BAR2RBAR3RWIG1RWIG1RBAR3RBAR2RNIE1RNIE1RBAR2RBAR2RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RWIGFWIG2RNIE2RNIE3RBAR1RBAR1RBAR3RBAR1RBAR4RBAR1RBAR1RBAR3RBAR1RBAR2RBAR2RBAR2RBAR2R 2023BAR1RBAR2RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR3RHIL1RHIL1RWIG2RWIG3RLEIDNPHIL1RHIL1RLEI1RLEI2RHIL1RHIL1RBAR1RBAR3RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1R
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