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Josh Payne (darts player)

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

Josh Payne
Personal information
Nickname"The Maximum"
Born (1993-12-10) 10 December 1993 (age 30)
Gravesend, England
Home townGravesend, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2010
Darts26 Gram Harrows Signature/23 gram Red Dragon
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Here Comes the Hotstepper" by Ini Kamoze
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2012–2013
PDC2013–
Current world ranking94 Steady (27 October 2024)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World MastersLast 48: 2012
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 64: 2017, 2019, 2020
World MatchplayLast 32: 2016
World Grand PrixLast 32: 2018
UK OpenQuarter Final: 2019
Grand SlamLast 16: 2018
PC FinalsLast 16: 2016
Other tournament wins
PDC Q-School 2023
PDC Challenge Tour 2013
MODUS Online Darts 2022 (x2)

Players Championships

Players Championship (BAR) 2016
Players Championship (MK) 2018

Youth events

PDC Development Tour 2014, 2016
Mill Rythe Darts Festival 2012

Career

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Payne won his first title in 2013 at a PDC Challenge Tour event by beating Rowby-John Rodriguez 4–3 in the final.[2] 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.[3]

In 2014, Payne reached the final of the first two Youth Tour events, losing to Nick Kenny and Lewis Venes respectively.[4] He qualified for the UK Open for the first time and lost 5–4 to Andy Boulton in the second round.[5] 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.[6] He also won through to the last 16 of the World Youth Championship and lost 6–4 to Jack Twedwell.[7] 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.[8][9] He finished second on the Youth Tour Order of Merit to earn a two-year PDC tour card which commenced in 2015.[10]

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.[11] 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.[12] 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.[13]

Payne lost 9–5 to Ryan de Vreede in the third round of the 2016 UK Open.[14] He took the third Development Tour event by defeating Rowby-John Rodriguez in the final.[15] In May, Payne beat Gerwyn Price, Ronny Huybrechts, Wes Newton, Mensur Suljović and Steve Brown to play in the final of the sixth Players Championship. He then claimed the title with a 6–5 victory over James Wade, sealing it with a 116 finish with Wade waiting on 40.[16] This win saw him qualify for the World Matchplay. On his debut in the event Payne was defeated 10–7 by Robert Thornton.[17] Payne received an invitation to play in the World Series of Darts Finals and was ousted 6–3 by Daryl Gurney in the opening round.[18]

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.[19]

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 earned back his Tour card in Q-School 2023.

World Championship results

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PDC

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Performance timeline

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Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship DNQ 1R DNQ 2R 2R DNQ
UK Open DNQ 2R 4R DNQ 1R QF 4R 3R DNQ 1R 4R
World Matchplay DNQ 1R DNQ
World Grand Prix DNQ 1R DNQ
Grand Slam of Darts DNQ 2R DNQ
Players Championship Finals DNQ 3R DNQ 1R 1R DNQ DNP
PDC Non-major televised events
PDC World Youth Championship PR DNP 2R 3R QF 1R F DNP
BDO Ranked televised events
Winmau World Masters DNP 4R PDC NH PDC
Career statistics
Year-end ranking NR NR NR 92 70 48 50 53 45 55 100 - 124


PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2013 UKM
DNQ 		EDT
DNQ 		EDO
DNQ 		ADO
DNP 		GDT
2R 		GDC
DNQ 		GDM
1R 		DDM
DNQ
2014 GDC
DNQ 		DDM
1R 		GDM
DNQ 		ADO
DNQ 		GDT
DNQ 		EDO
DNQ 		EDG
DNQ 		EDT
DNQ
2015 GDC
DNQ 		GDT
DNQ 		GDM
1R 		DDM
QF 		IDO
DNQ 		EDO
DNQ 		EDT
DNQ 		EDM
DNQ 		EDG
DNP
2016 DDM
DNQ 		GDM
DNQ 		GDT
DNQ 		EDM
1R 		ADO
1R 		EDO
DNQ 		IDO
DNQ 		EDT
2R 		EDG
DNQ 		GDC
DNQ
2017 GDC
DNQ 		GDM
DNQ 		GDO
1R 		EDG
DNQ 		GDT
DNQ 		EDM
DNQ 		ADO
DNQ 		EDO
DNQ 		DDM
DNQ 		GDG
DNQ 		IDO
3R 		EDT
DNQ
2018 EDO
DNQ 		GDG
2R 		GDO
DNQ 		ADO
DNQ 		EDG
DNQ 		DDM
2R 		GDT
DNQ 		DDO
DNQ 		EDM
DNQ 		GDC
1R 		DDC
3R 		IDO
DNQ 		EDT
DNQ
2019 EDO
1R 		GDC
1R 		GDG
2R 		GDO
DNQ 		ADO
DNQ 		EDG
1R 		DDM
DNQ 		DDO
DNQ 		CDO
DNQ 		ADC
1R 		EDM
DNQ 		IDO
DNQ 		GDT
DNQ
2020 BDC
DNQ 		GDC
1R 		EDG
DNQ 		IDO
DNQ
2021 HDT
DNQ 		GDT
DNQ
2022 IDO
DNQ 		GDC
DNP 		GDG
DNP 		ADO
DNP 		EDO
DNP 		CDO
DNP 		EDG
DNP 		DDC
DNP 		EDM
DNP 		HDT
DNP 		GDO
DNP 		BDO
DNP 		GDT
DNP
2023 BSD
1R 		EDO
DNQ 		IDO
DNQ 		GDG
DNQ 		ADO
DNQ 		DDC
DNQ 		BDO
DNQ 		CDO
DNQ 		EDG
2R 		EDM
 GDO
 HDT
 GDC


Performance Table Legend
DNP Did not play at the event DNQ Did not qualify for the event NYF Not yet founded L# lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QF lost in the quarter-finals SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament

References

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  1. ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  2. ^ "2013 PDC Challenge Tour England Results". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  3. ^ "2013 PDC Gibraltar Darts Trophy Results". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Youth Tour Wins For Kenny And Venes". PDC. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Coral UK Open - Friday Afternoon". PDC. 12 July 2014.
  6. ^ "Dolan Wins Second Title Of The Year". PDC. 12 July 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014.
  7. ^ "2014 PDC Under 21 World Championship Results". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  8. ^ "Youth Wins For Payne & Van Den Bergh". PDC. Archived from the original on 3 October 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  9. ^ "PDC Unicorn Youth Tour Latest". PDC. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  10. ^ "Brown & Reynolds Earn Youth Wins". PDC. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  11. ^ "Coral UK Open Fourth Round". PDC. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  12. ^ "Four-Some Van Gerwen's Dutch Glory!". PDC. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  13. ^ "Josh Payne 2015". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 30 November 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  14. ^ "2016 Coral UK Open Day One". PDC. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  15. ^ "2016 PDC Development Tour England Results". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  16. ^ "Josh Payne wins Players Championship Six in Barnsley". Sky Sports. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  17. ^ "BetVictor World Matchplay Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  18. ^ "2016 World Series Of Darts Finals Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  19. ^ "William Hill World Championship Day Three". PDC. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
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