Joe Murnan

Joe Murnan
Personal information
Nickname	"Midnight" (2020-), "Shaggy" (-2020)
Born	(1983-09-28) 28 September 1983 (age 40) Hindley, Greater Manchester, England
Home town	Halliwell, Greater Manchester, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	1993
Darts	22gram mission signature
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Cotton Eye Joe" by Rednex
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2006–2011
PDC	2011– (Tour Card: 2012-2014, 2016-2023)
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters	Last 40: 2010
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 32: 2016
World Matchplay	Last 32: 2015
UK Open	Last 32: 2011, 2014, 2016
Grand Slam	Group Stage: 2017, 2018
European Ch'ship	Last 32: 2021
PC Finals	Last 32: 2015
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour England 2015 (x2) Romanian International Darts Open 2011 Players Championships Players Championship (CRA) 2015

Joe Murnan (born 28 September 1983) is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Career

Murnan reached the last 40 of the 2010 Winmau World Masters, losing 3–0 to Filipino Ronald L. Briones. ^[1]

Murnan qualified for the 2011 UK Open where he reached the last 32. He defeated Mark Dudbridge 9–8 in a close affair, before losing to the 1995 BDO World Darts Champion Richie Burnett 9–6. ^[2]

In March 2014, he reached the last 32 of the UK Open again, this time being beaten 9–3 by Raymond van Barneveld. ^[3] Later in the month he progressed to the last 16 of a PDC event for the first time as he beat the likes of Dean Winstanley and Dave Chisnall at the first Players Championship, before losing 6–4 to Andy Hamilton. ^[4] He won through to the same stage of the third event where he was defeated 6–1 by Gary Anderson. ^[5] Murnan also qualified for the German Darts Masters, but was eliminated 6–2 by Andy Smith in the first round. ^[6]

In February 2015 at the German Darts Championship, Murnan beat Michael Barnard 6–5, Ian White 6–4 (averaged 99.72) and Brendan Dolan 6–4 to play in his first PDC quarter-final. He fell 4–0 down to world number one Michael van Gerwen, before closing to 4–3 with a 12 dart leg, but went on to lose 6–4. ^[7]

In May 2015, at the 10th Players Championship in Crawley, Murnan won his first PDC title and the £10,000 first prize. His run included 6–3 and 6–4 victories over Premier League players Stephen Bunting and Dave Chisnall in the quarter-finals and final, respectively. ^[8] The win saw him qualify for the World Matchplay for the first time and he trailed Adrian Lewis 7–2 in the opening round. Murnan won four successive legs, but went on to be beaten 10–7 on his televised debut. ^[9] He was whitewashed 6–0 by Dave Chisnall on his Players Championship Finals debut. ^[10]

Murnan's title saw him finish the third highest of the non-qualified players on the Pro Tour Order of Merit for the 2016 World Championship. ^[11] He played 2012 runner-up Andy Hamilton in the first round and, having trailed 2–1 in sets (missing five darts to lead 2–1 himself) and 2–0 down in legs, Murnan managed to pull off a comeback victory to set up a second round match with Alan Norris, which he lost 4–1. ^{[12] [13]} He was knocked out in the fourth round of the UK Open 9–8 by Jelle Klaasen. ^[14] Murnan's first quarter-final of 2016 was at the 11th Players Championship event and he was edged out 6–5 by Joe Cullen. ^[15] He qualified for the World Series of Darts Finals and again lost 6–5 to Cullen. ^[16] He was also knocked out in the first round of the Players Championship Finals 6–0 by Jermaine Wattimena. ^[17]

Mark Webster defeated Murnan 3–0 in the opening round of the 2017 World Championship. ^[18]

Murnan lost his PDC Tour Card at the end of 2018 despite managing to qualify for the Grand Slam of Darts for the second consecutive year. However, he won it straight back at UK Q-School in January 2019 via the Order of Merit, sealing at least another two years on the ProTour.

During UK Open 2020, he defeated Harald Leitinger and Karel Sedláček, making it again to the fourth round. There he lost 4-10 to Ricky Evans. He did not qualify for any other major tournaments and after losing in the deciding match and deciding leg to Ciaran Teehan during UK Qualification for PDC World Darts Championship 2021 he lost a chance to maintain his Tour card. ^[19]

Murnan again immediately obtained his Tour card back in UK Q-School 2021. During the season he qualified for 2021 European Championship, making his debut at this major event. In the First round he los 4-6 with Adam Gawlas. At the end of the year, Murnan qualified for 2022 PDC World Darts Championship, returning to this venue for the first time from 2017. He won his First round match against Paul Lim 3-2, but lost in the Second round 2-3 with Nathan Aspinall. ^[20]

Despite appearing only at 2022 UK Open, where he lost in the Second round, Murnan was able to hold his Tour card after finishing the season in top 64 at 63rd place, without qualifying for the World Championship.

In 2023 he played only at 2023 UK Open, losing in the Third round against Adrian Lewis 0-6. Throughout the year Murnan qualified for only one European Tour event and ended up outside of top 64 at the end of the year 2023, therefore he lost his Tour card. Having succeeded four times previously, Joe Murnan failed to get through Q School 2024 and missed out on a card for only the second season in 13 years. ^[21]

World Championship results

PDC

• 2016: Second round (lost to Alan Norris 1–4)
• 2017: First round (lost to Mark Webster 0–3)
• 2022: Second round (lost to Nathan Aspinall 2–3)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship	BDO	DNQ					2R	1R	DNQ				2R	DNQ
UK Open	BDO	4R	2R	DNQ	4R	3R	4R	DNQ		4R	4R	2R	2R	3R
World Matchplay	BDO	DNQ				1R	DNQ
European Championship	BDO	Did not qualify										1R	DNQ
Grand Slam of Darts	DNQ							RR	RR	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	BDO	DNQ				1R	1R	1R	DNQ
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Series of Darts Finals	NH					DNQ	1R	DNQ
BDO Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship	DNP	DNQ	PDC									NH	PDC
Winmau World Masters	4R	2R	PDC								NH		PDC	NH
Career statistics
PDC Year-end ranking	-	-	117 [nb 1]	103	79 [nb 1]	43	37	55	100	111 [nb 1]	88	83 [nb 1]	63	95

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2012	ADO DNQ	GDC DNQ	EDO DNQ	GDM DNQ	DDM DNQ
2013	UKM DNQ	EDT DNQ	EDO DNQ	ADO 1R	GDT 1R	GDC DNQ	GDM 1R	DDM DNQ
2014	GDC DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDM 1R	ADO DNQ	GDT DNQ	EDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	EDT DNQ
2015	GDC QF	GDT 1R	GDM DNQ	DDM DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDO DNQ	EDT DNQ	EDM 1R	EDG DNQ
2016	DDM DNQ	GDM DNQ	GDT 3R	EDM 1R	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT 1R	EDG 3R	GDC DNQ
2017	GDC DNQ	GDM 1R	GDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	GDT DNQ	EDM DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT DNQ
2018	EDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	DDO DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDC DNQ	DDC DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT DNQ
2019	EDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM DNQ	DDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	ADC DNQ	EDM DNQ	IDO 3R	GDT DNQ
2020	BDC DNQ	GDC DNQ	EDG DNQ	IDO DNQ
2021	HDT 2R	GDT 2R
2022	IDO DNQ	GDC 1R	GDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG 3R	DDC DNQ	EDM 1R	HDT DNQ	GDO 2R	BDO DNQ	GDT DNQ
2023	BSD DNQ	EDO WD	IDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	DDC DNQ	BDO DNP	CDO DNP	EDG DNQ	EDM DNP	GDO DNQ	HDT 1R	GDC DNQ

PDC Players Championship

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
2012	ALI 1R	ALI 1R	REA 1R	REA 2R	CRA 2R	CRA 4R	BIR 1R	BIR 1R	CRA 1R	CRA 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	DUB 1R	DUB 2R	KIL 2R	KIL 1R	CRA 1R	CRA 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R
2013	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 4R	CRA 1R	CRA 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	DUB 1R	DUB 2R	KIL 1R	KIL PR	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R
2014	BAR 4R	BAR 3R	CRA 4R	CRA 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	CRA 2R	CRA 1R	COV 3R	COV 1R	CRA 2R	CRA 1R	DUB 1R	DUB 2R	CRA 1R	CRA 2R	COV 1R	COV 1R
2015 [nb 2]	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 2R	CRA 1R	CRA W	BAR 3R	BAR 3R	WIG 4R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	DUB 3R	DUB 1R	COV 4R	COV 1R
2016	BAR 4R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	COV 1R	COV 3R	BAR 3R	BAR QF	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 3R	BAR 3R	DUB 2R	DUB 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R
2017	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 4R	WIG 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	WIG 2R	WIG 3R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	DUB 1R	DUB 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R
2018	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	DUB 2R	DUB 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R
2019	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	DUB 2R	DUB 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R
2020	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 4R	WIG 2R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 3R	COV 2R
2021	BOL 1R	BOL 1R	BOL 2R	BOL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 3R	MIL 2R	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	COV 2R	COV 2R	COV 2R	COV 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R
2022	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG QF	WIG 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R
2023	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	HIL DNP	HIL DNP	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	LEI QF	LEI 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 3R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR DNP	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R

Performance Table Legend
W	Won the tournament	F	Finalist	SF	Semifinalist	QF	Quarterfinalist	#R RR Prel.	Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round	DQ	Disqualified
DNQ	Did not qualify	DNP	Did not participate	WD	Withdrew	NH	Tournament not held			NYF	Not yet founded

1. Received Tour card through Q School and started the season without ranking points
2. Not a Tour card holder

References

1. "2010 World Masters Results".
2. "Joe Murnan Player Profile".
3. "Coral UK Open - Saturday Afternoon". PDC . Retrieved 3 December 2014.
4. "Anderson Wins Third Title Of The Year". PDC . Retrieved 3 December 2014.
5. "Anderson Pips Taylor In Crawley". PDC. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
6. "2014 PDC German Darts Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
7. "Mighty Mike's Epic Win In Germany". PDC . Retrieved 15 February 2015.
8. "Debut PDC Title For Super Murnan". PDC . Retrieved 17 May 2015.
9. "BetVictor World Matchplay Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
10. "Cash Converters PCF - Day One". PDC . Retrieved 2 December 2015.
11. "2016 PDC World Championship Qualifiers". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
12. "News | PDC". www.pdc.tv. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015.
13. "William Hill World Championship Day Ten". PDC . Retrieved 29 December 2015.
14. "2016 Coral UK Open Fourth Round". PDC . Retrieved 5 March 2016.
15. "White Denies Cullen For Barnsley Win". PDC . Retrieved 26 November 2016.
16. "2016 World Series Of Darts Finals Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
17. "2016 Players Championship Finals Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
18. "William Hill World Championship Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
19. "PDPA World Championship Qualifiers confirmed: Lewis, Edgar and Sedlacek among players through". 30 November 2020.
20. "Aspinall survives scare to advance to round three". PDC TV. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
21. "Stats Analysis: New names & returning faces to star on 2024 PDC ProTour". PDC TV. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

External links

• Joe Murnan player profile at Darts Orakel