Josh Payne (darts player)

Josh Payne
Personal information
Nickname	"The Maximum"
Born	(1993-12-10) 10 December 1993 (age 30) Gravesend, England
Home town	Gravesend, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	2010
Darts	26 Gram Harrows Signature/23 gram Red Dragon
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Here Comes the Hotstepper" by Ini Kamoze
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2012–2013
PDC	2013–
Current world ranking	84 (20 February 2024) [1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters	Last 48: 2012
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 64: 2017, 2019, 2020
World Matchplay	Last 32: 2016
World Grand Prix	Last 32: 2018
UK Open	Quarter Final: 2019
Grand Slam	Last 16: 2018
PC Finals	Last 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

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. ^[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

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

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

1. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 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.

External links

• Josh Payne player profile at Darts Orakel