Ryan Joyce

Ryan Joyce
Joyce at the 2024 World Grand Prix
Personal information
Nickname	"Relentless"
Born	(1985-09-20) 20 September 1985 (age 39) [1] Newcastle, England
Home town	Newcastle, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	2007
Darts	21g Mission Darts Signature
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Tetris" by Doctor Spin
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2013–2018
PDC	2018– (Tour Card: 2018–)
Current world ranking	33 1 (24 November 2024) [2]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 32: 2017
World Masters	Last 48: 2014
World Trophy	Last 32: 2016
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Quarter Final: 2019
World Matchplay	Last 32: 2020, 2024
World Grand Prix	Semi Final: 2024
UK Open	Last 64: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Grand Slam	Last 16: 2021, 2024
PC Finals	Semi Final: 2023
World Series Finals	Quarter Final: 2022
Other tournament wins
BDO Gold Cup 2017 Players Championships Players Championship (BAR) 2023 Players Championship (MK) 2020

Ryan Joyce (born 20 September 1985) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He has won 2 ranking PDC titles and reached the semi-finals at the 2023 Players Championship Finals and 2024 World Grand Prix.

Career

BDO

In 2014 he reached the Last 48 of the World Masters. He took part in the 2016 BDO World Trophy, he was knocked out in the first round losing to Jamie Hughes. He qualified for the 2017 BDO World Darts Championship, where he won 3–0 against Dennis Nilsson in the Preliminary round. In the First Round, he lost to Martin Adams 2–3 in a sudden death leg, after throwing for the match twice and missing one dart at double 18 to win followed by Adams hitting a 115 checkout to stay in the match, before Joyce himself survived a dart at 5-4 down before hitting a 164 checkout to take the game to the deciding leg.

Outside of the major tournaments he has reached 3 BDO ranked event finals, the first was the 2013 Turkish Open where he lost 5–0 to Martin Phillips, then the Isle of Man Open in 2016, losing 6–4 to Tony O'Shea also the Denmark Masters in 2016 losing 6–4 to Glen Durrant. He has had more success in pairs competitions winning the Turkish open pairs 2013, Welsh open pairs 2015 and losing in the final of the British open pairs 2016 all while partnering Andy Chalmers. He won the Scottish open pairs 2017 title with Kevin McDine. His most recent success came in the BDO Gold cup singles tournament 2017 which he won beating Wayne Warren 6–3 in the final.

In October 2017 Joyce along with Kevin McDine, Andy Lynn, Alan Davie, David Gradwell, Shaun Pomeroy and Tony Hardy won the National Punch Tavern pub darts team event, representing the Black Bull of Blaydon defeating The Red Lion of Bradford. The Red Lion team included Double BDO World Champion Scott Waites and former British open winner Martin Atkins. The Black Bull won 6–5 with Shaun Pomeroy defeating Martin Atkins in the nail biting deciding leg.

PDC

2018

Joyce attended Q-School for the first time in 2018 and earned a two–year PDC Tour Card by finishing 10th on the UK Q-School Order of Merit.

Joyce made his Players Championship Finals debut at the 2018 edition as the 27th seed. He lost to the 38th seed Steven Lennon 6–2 in the first round.

Joyce made his debut at the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship, whitewashing both Anastasia Dobromyslova and Simon Whitlock 3–0, then defeating both Alan Norris and James Wade 4–3 in sets. However, he was beaten in the quarter-finals by the eventual winner Michael van Gerwen 5–1.

2020

In July 2020, at Players Championship 10, the second Players Championship event of the Summer Series, Joyce won his first PDC title, coming back from 7–3 down to defeat Dave Chisnall 8–7 in the final. ^[3]

2023

On the 2023 PDC Pro Tour, Joyce was the runner-up at Players Championship 16 and Players Championship 24. In October Joyce won his second PDC title, defeating Gerwyn Price 8–7 in the final of Players Championship 26.

In November 2023, Joyce reached a first major televised semi-final at the 2023 Players Championship Finals, losing 11–3 to eventual champion Luke Humphries. ^{[4] [5]}

2024

On the 2024 PDC Pro Tour, Joyce as the runner-up at Players Championship 9, losing to Michael Smith 8–6 in the final. ^{[6] [7]}

At the 2024 World Grand Prix Joyce reached the semi-finals, defeating Josh Rock 2–0 in sets, Nathan Aspinall 3–2 in a deciding leg in set 5, and Rob Cross also 3–2, before being whitewashed 5–0 by Luke Humphries, who averaged 100.30.

World Championship results

BDO

• 2017: First round: (lost to Martin Adams 2–3)

PDC

• 2019: Quarter-finals (lost to Michael van Gerwen 1–5)
• 2020: First round (lost to Jan Dekker 2–3)
• 2021: Second round (lost to Krzysztof Ratajski 0–3)
• 2022: Second round (lost to Mervyn King 2–3)
• 2023: First round (lost to Scott Williams 1–3)
• 2024: Second round (lost to Stephen Bunting 0–3)
• 2025: Ongoing

Performance timeline

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship	Non-PDC					QF	1R	2R	2R	1R	2R
UK Open	Non-PDC				DNQ	4R	4R	4R	4R	3R	3R
World Matchplay	Non-PDC				DNQ		1R	DNQ	1R
World Grand Prix	Non-PDC				DNQ		2R	DNQ	SF
Grand Slam of Darts	Non-PDC				DNQ		RR	2R	DNQ		2R
Players Championship Finals	Non-PDC				1R	1R	1R	2R	3R	SF	QF
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Series of Darts Finals	Non-PDC				DNQ				QF	DNQ
BDO/WDF Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship	DNP	DNQ	DNP	1R	DNQ	PDC		NH	PDC
BDO World Trophy	DNP		1R	DNP	PDC		NH
Winmau World Masters	4R	DNP	1R	3R	PDC		NH		PDC	NH	PDC
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	183 (BDO)	330 (BDO)	36 (BDO)	104 (BDO)	51	42	44	34	44	37	33

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2018	EDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM 2R	GDT DNQ	DDO 2R	EDM 2R	GDC 2R	DDC DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT 2R
2019	EDO	GDC	GDG	GDO	ADO	EDG	DDM 1R	DDO 2R	CDO DNQ	ADC DNQ	EDM 1R	IDO DNQ	GDT 2R
2020	BDC DNQ	GDC DNQ	EDG WD	IDO DNQ
2021	HDT DNQ	GDT DNQ
2022	IDO WD	GDC DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG 1R	DDC DNQ	EDM DNQ	HDT DNQ	GDO DNQ	BDO DNQ	GDT 3R
2023	BSD 1R	EDO 2R	IDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	DDC DNQ	BDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG WD	EDM 3R	GDO DNQ	HDT DNQ	GDC 1R
2024	BDO 3R	GDG 3R	IDO DNP	EDG DNP	ADO 1R	BSD 1R	DDC 1R	EDO WD	GDC 2R	FDT 3R	HDT WD	SDT WD	CDO

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
2018	BAR SF	BAR QF	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	MIL 3R	MIL 4R	BAR 4R	BAR 4R	WIG 4R	WIG 1R	MIL 4R	MIL 2R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	DUB 1R	DUB 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R
2019	WIG 2R	WIG 3R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 4R	WIG 2R	WIG 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR QF	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR QF	BAR 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 3R	DUB SF	DUB 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R
2020	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 4R	WIG 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	MIL 1R	MIL W	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 3R	COV 1R	COV 4R	COV 3R	COV 1R	COV QF
2021	BOL 1R	BOL 3R	BOL 2R	BOL 2R	MIL QF	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 3R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	NIE 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 3R	MIL 3R	COV 4R	COV 1R	COV SF	COV 3R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 3R	BAR 4R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R
2022	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	NIE DNP	NIE DNP	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	WIG 3R	WIG SF	NIE DNP	NIE DNP	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R
2023	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	HIL 1R	HIL 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	LEI 4R	LEI 2R	HIL DNP	HIL DNP	LEI 2R	LEI F	HIL 3R	HIL 3R	BAR SF	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 4R	BAR F	BAR 3R	BAR W	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R
2024	WIG 2R	WIG 4R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	HIL DNP	HIL DNP	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	HIL F	HIL 4R	HIL DNP	HIL DNP	MIL 1R	MIL SF	MIL 1R	MIL 4R	MIL 4R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	WIG 2R	WIG QF	WIG 3R	WIG 2R	WIG QF	LEI 2R	LEI 2R

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

References

1. "Ryan Joyce". PDC.tv. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
2. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
3. "Darts results: Ryan Joyce wins second Players Championship event of PDC Summer Series". www.sportinglife.com. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
4. "Michael van Gerwen nine-darter not enough as Luke Humphries wins Players Championship Finals". BBC Sport. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
5. Allen, Dave (26 November 2023). "Humphries denies nine-dart Van Gerwen for Minehead glory". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
6. "Michael Smith wins first darts ranking title in 11 months at Players Championship 9 in Hildesheim". Sky Sports. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
7. Allen, Dave (6 May 2024). "Super Smith hits back to deny Joyce for PC9 title". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 6 May 2024.

External links

• Ryan Joyce player profile at Darts Orakel