| Josh Payne | |||||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||||
| Nickname | "The Maximum" | ||||||||||
| Born | 10 December 1993 Wolverhampton, England | ||||||||||
| Home town | Ashford, Kent, England | ||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2010 | ||||||||||
| Darts | 23g Red Dragon Signature | ||||||||||
| 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 Championship | 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 | |||||||||||
Players Championships
Youth events
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Josh Payne (born 10 December 1993) is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
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.
| Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
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| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Did not qualify | 1R | DNQ | 2R | 2R | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | DNQ | 2R | 4R | DNQ | 1R | QF | 4R | 3R | DNQ | 1R | 4R | |||||||||||||||||||
| World Matchplay | Did not qualify | 1R | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Did not qualify | 1R | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Did not qualify | 2R | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | Did not qualify | 3R | DNQ | 1R | 1R | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC Non-ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Youth Championship | Prel. | 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 | |
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| 2013 | Did not qualify | GDT 2R | GDC DNQ | GDM 1R | DDM DNQ | |||||||||
| 2014 | GDC DNQ | DDM 1R | Did not qualify | |||||||||||
| 2015 | DNQ | GDM 1R | DDM QF | Did not qualify | ||||||||||
| 2016 | DNQ | EDM 1R | ADO 1R | DNQ | EDT 2R | DNQ | ||||||||
| 2017 | DNQ | GDO 1R | Did not qualify | IDO 3R | EDT DNQ | |||||||||
| 2018 | EDO DNQ | GDG 2R | DNQ | DDM 2R | DNQ | GDC 1R | DDC 3R | DNQ | ||||||
| 2019 | EDO 1R | GDC 1R | GDG 2R | DNQ | EDG 1R | DNQ | ADC 1R | DNQ | ||||||
| 2020 | BDC DNQ | GDC 1R | DNQ | |||||||||||
| 2023 | BSD 1R | Did not qualify | EDG 2R | Did not qualify | ||||||||||
PDC 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 |
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| 2021 | BOL 1R | BOL 3R | BOL 2R | BOL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | NIE 2R | NIE 1R | NIE 2R | NIE 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 4R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | COV 2R | COV 2R | COV 2R | COV 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R |
| 2023 | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | HIL 1R | HIL 2R | WIG 3R | WIG 2R | LEI 2R | LEI 2R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | LEI 2R | LEI 1R | HIL 2R | HIL 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R |
| 2024 | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 1R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 1R | HIL 1R | HIL 2R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 3R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | LEI 2R | LEI 1R |
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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| 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 | ||