Josh Payne (darts player)

Josh Payne (born 10 December 1993) is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Career Payne won his first title in 2013 at a PDC Challenge Tour event by beating Rowby-John Rodriguez 4–3 in the final. He also qualified for the Gibraltar Darts Trophy and beat Wayne Jones 6–2, before losing 6–1 to Dave Chisnall in the second round despite averaging 100.50.

In 2014, Payne reached the final of the first two Youth Tour events, losing to Nick Kenny and Lewis Venes respectively. He qualified for the UK Open for the first time and lost 5–4 to Andy Boulton in the second round. At the fifth Players Championship of the year Payne recorded wins over three-time world champion John Part and 2012 UK Open winner Robert Thornton to reach the last 16 of a PDC event for the first time, where he was whitewashed 6–0 by Mervyn King. He also won through to the last 16 of the World Youth Championship and lost 6–4 to Jack Twedwell. In September, Payne came from 3–0 down in the final of a Youth Tour event to beat Jake Jones 4–3 and he lost by a reverse of this scoreline in the final of the 16th event to Dean Reynolds. He finished second on the Youth Tour Order of Merit to earn a two-year PDC tour card which commenced in 2015.

At the 2015 UK Open, Payne defeated Lionel Sams 5–3, Dave Prins 5–4 and Andy Jenkins 9–6 to play in the fourth round, where Mensur Suljović beat him 9–4. Payne beat Wayne Jones, Stephen Bunting and Michael Smith at the Dutch Darts Masters to play in the quarter-finals of a PDC event for the first time, where he lost 6–4 to Justin Pipe. Payne finished as the runner-up in two Development Tour in the second half of the year, as well as being a quarter-finalist in the World Youth Championship.

Payne lost 9–5 to Ryan de Vreede in the third round of the 2016 UK Open. He took the third Development Tour event by defeating Rowby-John Rodriguez in the final. In April, Payne beat Gerwyn Price, Ronny Huybrechts, Wes Newton, Mensur Suljović and Steve Brown to play in the final of 2016 Players Championship 6. He then claimed the title with a 6–5 victory over James Wade, sealing it with a 116 finish with Wade waiting on 40.

This win saw him qualify for the 2016 World Matchplay. On his debut in the event Payne was defeated 10–7 by Robert Thornton. Payne received an invitation to play in the World Series Finals and was ousted 6–3 by Daryl Gurney in the opening round.

Payne qualified for his first World Championship in the 2017 event through the Pro Tour Order of Merit and he won the first set versus Terry Jenkins. He went 2–1 down and missed one dart to square the match, going on instead to be beaten 3–1.

In May 2018, Payne won his second PDC ranking title at Players Championship 12 by beating Peter Wright 6–5 in the final.

At the end of the 2021 season, Payne lost his tour card and had to qualify back through the PDC Q-school. He was unsuccessful in his attempt winning only 1 point, which was not enough to earn a 2 year tour card.

He won back his Tour card in 2023 Q-School.

World Championship results

PDC

2017: First round (lost to Terry Jenkins 1–3) 2019: Second round (lost to Dave Chisnall 2–3) 2020: Second round (lost to Dimitri Van den Bergh 0–3)

Performance timeline BDO Tournament 2012BDO Ranked televised events World Masters4R

PDC Tournament 2011 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2023 2024PDC Ranked televised events World Championship Did not qualify 1R DNQ 2R 2R Did not qualify UK OpenDNQ 2R 4RDNQ 1R QF 4R 3R 1R 4R World MatchplayDid not qualify 1RDid not qualify World Grand PrixDid not qualify 1RDid not qualify Grand Slam of DartsDid not qualify 2RDid not qualify Did not qualify 3RDNQ 1R 1RDNQPDC Non-ranked televised events Prel. 2R 3R QF 1R FDNPCareer statisticsYear-end rankingNRNR9270485053455510012496

European Tour Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 132013Did not qualifyGDT2RGDCDNQGDM1RDDMDNQ2014GDCDNQDDM1RDid not qualify2015DNQGDM1RDDMQFDid not qualify2016DNQEDM1RADO1RDNQEDT2RDNQ2017DNQGDO1RDid not qualifyIDO3REDTDNQ2018EDODNQGDG2RDNQDDM2RDNQGDC1RDDC3RDNQ2019EDO1RGDC1RGDG2RDNQEDG1RDNQADC1RDNQ2020BDCDNQGDC1RDNQ2023BSD1RDid not qualifyEDG2RDid not qualify

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 2013WIG1RWIG1RWIG1RWIG1RCRA1RCRA1RBAR2RBAR1RDUB3RDUB2RKIL2RKIL3RWIG2RWIG2RBAR3RBAR1R 2014BAR2RBAR1RCRA1RCRA2RWIG4RWIG2RWIG1RWIG2RCRA2RCRA1RCOV2RCOV1RCRA2RCRA2RDUB1RDUB2RCRA1RCRA1RCOV3RCOV2R 2015BAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RCOV1RCOV2RCOV2RCRA3RCRA4RBAR1RBAR2RWIG1RWIG4RBARDNPDUBQFDUB4RCOV2RCOV1R 2016BAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR2RBARQFBARWBAR3RCOV2RCOV3RBAR1RBAR2RBAR3RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RDUB2RDUB2RBARQFBAR1R 2017BAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR3RMIL2RMIL2RBAR1RBAR4RWIG1RWIG3RMIL3RMIL1RWIG1RWIG3RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RDUB2RDUB2RBAR1RBAR1R2018BAR3RBAR1RBAR1RBAR4RMIL1RMIL4RBAR1RBARSFWIG2RWIG2RMIL1RMILWWIG1RWIG3RBAR3RBAR2RBAR2RBAR2RDUB1RDUB2RBAR3RBAR1R 2019WIG3RWIG2RWIG1RWIG2RBAR3RBAR3RWIG4RWIG1RBAR2RBAR2RBAR2RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR2RBAR3RWIG1RWIG2RBAR4RBAR1RHIL2RHIL1RBAR4RBAR2RBAR2RBAR1RDUB1RDUB3RBAR2RBAR2R 2020BAR2RBAR1RWIG3RWIG1RWIG1RWIG2RBAR1RBAR4RMIL2RMIL2RMIL1RMIL1RMIL1RNIE3RNIE1RNIE2RNIE2RNIE2RCOV1RCOV1RCOV2RCOV1RCOV2R 2021BOL1RBOL3RBOL2RBOL1RMIL1RMIL2RMIL1RMIL1RNIE2RNIE1RNIE2RNIE1RMIL1RMIL4RMIL2RMIL1RCOV2RCOV2RCOV2RCOV1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1R2023BAR1RBAR3RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RHIL1RHIL2RWIG3RWIG2RLEI2RLEI2RHIL1RHIL1RLEI2RLEI1RHIL2RHIL1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR3RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR4RBAR1R2024WIG1RWIG1RLEI1RLEI1RHIL1RHIL1RLEI1RLEI1RHIL1RHIL2RHIL1RHIL1RMIL1RMIL1RMIL1RMIL1RMIL1RMIL1RMIL1RWIG1RWIG2RMIL1RMIL1RWIG1RWIG1RWIG3RWIG1RWIG2RLEI2RLEI1R

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