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Ryan Joyce

English darts player (born 1985)

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Ryan Joyce (born 20 September 1985) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. A professional since 2018, he has won two PDC ranking titles and also reached the quarter-finals of the PDC World Championship in 2019. Nicknamed "Relentless", Joyce has made two PDC major semi-finals, reaching the last four of the 2023 Players Championship Finals and the 2024 World Grand Prix. He has also reached two PDC European Tour finals.

01Career

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 3-2 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.

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 Steve 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.

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.

2024

On the 2024 PDC Pro Tour, Joyce was the runner-up at Players Championship 9, losing to Michael Smith 8-6 in the final.

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.

2025

Joyce reached the fourth round of the 2025 World Championship. His run included victories over Danny Noppert and Ryan Searle. He went to a deciding set against eventual champion Luke Littler, but he was beaten 4-3. In March 2025, Joyce reached his first PDC European Tour final at the 2025 European Darts Trophy, where he was defeated 8-4 by Nathan Aspinall. He made his European Championship debut in October, being eliminated by eventual champion Gian van Veen in the quarter-finals.

2026

Joyce was eliminated in the second round of the 2026 World Championship in a 3-1 defeat to Krzysztof Ratajski. He reached his second European Tour final at the Baltic Sea Darts Open in May, where he lost 8-4 to Luke Woodhouse.

02Style of play

Joyce is known as an accurate double hitter, particularly on the double 16 segment of the board.

03Personal life

Joyce has admitted suffering from a fear of flying, this impacting on his willingness to attend European Tour events.

04World 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: Fourth round (lost to Luke Littler 3-4)
2026: Second round (lost to Krzysztof Ratajski 1-3)

05Performance timeline

Joyce's performance timeline is as follows:

BDO

Tournament	2014	2016	2017
BDO Ranked televised events
World Championship	DNP		1R
World Trophy	DNP	1R	DNP
World Masters	4R	1R	3R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	183	36	104

PDC

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship	DNP	QF	1R	2R	2R	1R	2R	4R	2R
World Masters	Did not qualify							Prel.	1R
UK Open	DNQ	4R	4R	4R	4R	3R	3R	6R	5R
World Matchplay	DNQ		1R	DNQ			1R	1R	1R
World Grand Prix	DNQ		2R	DNQ	SF	1R
European Championship	Did not qualify							QF
Grand Slam	DNQ		RR	2R	DNQ		2R	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	1R	1R	1R	2R	3R	SF	QF	2R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Series Finals	DNQ				QF	DNQ		DNP
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	51	42	44	34	44	37	33	24

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
2018	Did not qualify					DDM 2R	GDT DNQ	DDO 2R	EDM 2R	GDC 2R	DDC DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT 2R
2019	Did not qualify						DDM 1R	DDO 2R	CDO DNQ	ADC DNQ	EDM 1R	IDO DNQ	GDT 2R
2022	IDO WD	Did not qualify					EDG 1R	Did not qualify					GDT 3R
2023	BSD 1R	EDO 2R	Did not qualify						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 WD
2025	BDO 1R	EDT F	IDO DNQ	GDG QF	ADO SF	EDG 1R	DDC 2R	EDO 2R	BSD WD	FDT 3R	CDO 2R	HDT 2R	SDT 3R	GDC 3R
2026	PDO 1R	EDT 1R	BDO QF	GDG 2R	EDG WD	ADO 3R	IDO QF	BSD F	SDO 3R	EDO 3R	HDT 2R	CDO 2R	FDT QF	SDT	DDC

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	31	32	33	34
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		BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	WIG 3R	WIG SF	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		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		LEI 1R	LEI 2R	HIL F	HIL 4R	HIL DNP		MIL 1R	MIL SF	MIL 1R	MIL 4R	MIL 4R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	WIG 2R	WIG QF	WIG 3R	WIG 2R	WIG QF	LEI 2R	LEI 2R
2025	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	ROS 1R	ROS 4R	LEI 1R	LEI 4R	HIL 1R	HIL 2R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 2R	ROS DNP		HIL 4R	HIL 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 4R	LEI 1R	LEI 3R	HIL 1R	HIL QF	MIL 3R	MIL 2R	HIL DNP		LEI 3R	LEI 3R	LEI 4R	WIG 3R	WIG 2R	WIG SF	WIG 2R
2026	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	WIG 3R	WIG 3R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	HIL DNP	HIL 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	LEI 4R	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	LEI 2R	LEI 2R	HIL DNP		LEI 2R	LEI 3R	ROS	ROS	ROS	ROS	LEI	LEI

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	#R RR Prel.	Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round	NYF	Not yet founded

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