James Hurrell (born 7 July 1984) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events and previously competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He won the final Challenge Tour event of 2023.
Hurrell reached the quarter-finals at the 2017 World Masters and 2022 WDF Lakeside World Championship. He was ranked WDF world number one from January to November 2022 and is a WDF World Cup silver medalist and a WDF Europe Cup gold medalist.
Career BDO Hurrell reached the Last 32 of the 2015 World Masters, where he played Martin Phillips and lost 3–2 in sets. He qualified for the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship and was beaten by Larry Butler in the preliminary round. In November 2016, he hit a 9-dart finish against Daniel Day at the Jersey Classic. He qualified for the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship but withdrew before the tournament started.
Hurrell came back to form and was ranked world number 1 in the World Darts Federation world rankings between January and November 2022. He reached the final of the Welsh Open, losing to Cameron Menzies in October 2021, and the Italian Masters, losing to Richard Veenstra in November. In March 2022, he won the Isle of Man Classic, beating Luke Littler in the final. He was the number 6 seed in the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship, which took place in April 2022, where he lost 4–0 in sets to Cameron Menzies in the quarter-finals. However, Hurrell picking up the Italian Masters and Scottish Open later in 2022.
PDC Hurrell competed for a PDC Tour Card at the 2020 Qualifying School (Q-School), but finished outside the rankings needed to get a PDC Tour Card.
He earned a Tour Card for the first time at the 2024 Q-School by finishing fourth on the UK Q-School Order of Merit.
World Championship results
BDO 2016: Preliminary round (lost to Larry Butler 2–3) 2017: First round (lost to Mark McGeeney 1–3)
WDF 2022: Quarter-finals (lost to Cameron Menzies 0–4) 2023: Second round (lost to Dennis Nilsson 2–3)
PDC 2025: Second round (lost to Michael van Gerwen 0–3) 2026: Fourth round (lost to Ryan Searle 0–4)
Performance timeline BDO Tournament 2010 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018BDO Ranked televised events Did not qualify Prel. 1RWD World Masters 1R 1R Prel. 5R 5R QF 2R World TrophyDid not qualify 2R 1R
WDF Tournament 2022 2023WDF Ranked major/platinum events QF 2R World Masters RRNH
PDC Tournament 2024 2025 2026PDC Ranked televised events World ChampionshipWDF2R4R World MastersDNQ1R UK Open2R2R3R 1R3RCareer statisticsSeason-end ranking7948
European Tour Tournament 2024 2025 2026Belgian Open1R1RDNQGerman Grand PrixDNQ1RAustrian OpenDNQ1RBaltic Sea OpenDNQ1RHungarian TrophyDNQ2RFlanders TrophyDNQ1R
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 2023Not a Tour card holderBARDNPBAR2RBARDNPHIL2RHIL2RDid not participateLEI1RDid not participateBAR1RBARDNPBAR2RBAR3RBAR1RBAR1R 2024WIGQFWIG2RLEI2RLEI1RHILQFHIL1RLEI3RLEI1RHIL2RHIL3RHIL1RHIL1RMIL1RMIL3RMIL1RMIL1RMILQFMIL1RMIL2RWIG1RWIG3RMIL2RMIL1RWIG1RWIG1RWIG2RWIG3RWIG1RLEI3RLEI1R 2025WIG3RWIG1RROS1RROS4RLEI2RLEI3RHIL1RHIL1RLEI2RLEI2RLEI1RLEI1RROS1RROS3RHIL1RHIL2RLEI1RLEI3RLEI2RLEI2RLEISFHIL1RHIL1RMIL3RMIL2RHIL2RHILQFLEI1RLEI1RLEI1RWIG3RWIG1RWIG1RWIG2R 2026HIL1RHIL4RWIG1RWIG1RLEI2RLEI1RLEI4RLEI1RWIG3RWIG4RMIL1RMIL1RHIL2RHIL4RLEIDNPMIL4RMIL1RWIG3RWIG1RLEI2RLEI3RHILQFHIL2RLEI2RLEI2RROS1RROS3RROSROSLEILEI
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