Josh Payne (darts player)

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Josh Payne
Personal information
Nickname"The Maximum"
Born (1993-12-10) 10 December 1993 (age 31)
Gravesend, England
Home townGravesend, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2010
Darts26 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–
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.

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Career

Payne won his first title in 2013 at a PDC Challenge Tour event by beating Rowby-John Rodriguez 4–3 in the final. [1] 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. [2]

In 2014, Payne reached the final of the first two Youth Tour events, losing to Nick Kenny and Lewis Venes respectively. [3] He qualified for the UK Open for the first time and lost 5–4 to Andy Boulton in the second round. [4] 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. [5] He also won through to the last 16 of the World Youth Championship and lost 6–4 to Jack Twedwell. [6] 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. [7] [8] He finished second on the Youth Tour Order of Merit to earn a two-year PDC tour card which commenced in 2015. [9]

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. [10] 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. [11] 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. [12]

Payne lost 9–5 to Ryan de Vreede in the third round of the 2016 UK Open. [13] He took the third Development Tour event by defeating Rowby-John Rodriguez in the final. [14] 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. [15] This win saw him qualify for the World Matchplay. On his debut in the event Payne was defeated 10–7 by Robert Thornton. [16] 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. [17]

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. [18]

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

Performance timeline

Tournament20112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
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
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 PDCNHPDC
Career statistics
Year-end rankingNRNRNR92704850534555100-124

PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
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
WWon the tournamentFFinalistSFSemifinalistQFQuarterfinalist#R
RR
Prel.		Lost in # round
Round-robin
Preliminary round		DQDisqualified
DNQDid not qualifyDNPDid not participateWDWithdrewNHTournament not heldNYFNot yet founded

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