James Hurrell

James Hurrell
James Hurrell
	Hurrell at the 2025 World Championship
Personal information
Nickname	"Hillbilly"
Born	7 July 1984 (age 40); Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
Home town	Moreton-in-Marsh, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	2008
Darts	23g Mission
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll" by The Woolpackers
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2010–2020
PDC	2024–; (Tour Card 2024–)
WDF	2010–2023
Current world ranking	(PDC) 67 (23 March 2025)
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Quarter Final: 2022
World Masters	Quarter Final: 2017
World Trophy	Last 16: 2017
Finder Masters	Group Stages: 2015
Dutch Open	Last 16: 2022
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 64: 2025
UK Open	Last 128: 2024
Other tournament wins
BDO International Open	2017
Belfry Open	2022
British Internationals	2015, 2017, 2022
British Pentathlon	2013
Finnish Masters	2015
Isle of Man Classic	2022
Italian Grand Masters	2022
Police Masters	2016, 2017
Scottish Open	2022
PDC Challenge Tour	2023
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing England
WDF World Cup
WDF Europe Cup

James Hurrell (born 7 July 1984) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the final Challenge Tour event of 2023.

Hurrell formerly competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments; reaching the quarter-finals at the 2017 World Masters. He also competed in World Darts Federation (WDF) events; where he was ranked world number from January to November 2022. He reached the quarter-finals at the 2022 WDF Lakeside World Championship and is a WDF World Cup silver medalist and a WDF Europe Cup gold medalist.

Career

BDO

Hurrell reached the Last 32 of the 2015 World Masters, where he played Martin Phillips and lost 3–2 in sets. He qualified for the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship and was beaten by Larry Butler in the preliminary round. In November 2016, he hit a 9-dart finish against Daniel Day at the Jersey Classic. He qualified for the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship but withdrew before the tournament started.^[2]

Hurrell came back to form and was ranked world number 1 in the World Darts Federation world rankings between January and November 2022. He reached the final of the Welsh Open, losing to Cameron Menzies in October 2021, and the Italian Masters, losing to Richard Veenstra in November. In March 2022, he won the Isle of Man Classic, beating Luke Littler in the final. He was the number 6 seed in the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship, which took place in April 2022, where he lost 4–0 in sets to Cameron Menzies in the quarter-finals. However, Hurrell picking up the Italian Masters and Scottish Open later in 2022.

PDC

Hurrell competed for a PDC Tour Card at the 2020 Qualifying School (Q-School), but finished outside the rankings needed to get a PDC Tour Card.

He earned a Tour Card for the first time at the 2024 Q-School by finishing fourth on the UK Q-School Order of Merit.^[3]

World Championship results

BDO

2016: Preliminary round (lost to Larry Butler 2–3)
2017: First round (lost to Mark McGeeney 1–3)

WDF

2022: Quarter-finals (lost to Cameron Menzies 0–4)
2023: Second round (lost to Dennis Nilsson 2–3)

PDC

2025: Second round (lost to Michael van Gerwen 0–3)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2010	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2022	2023
BDO/WDF Ranked televised events
BDO/WDF World Championship	Did not qualify				Prel.	1R	WD	QF	2R
World Masters	1R	1R	Prel.	5R	5R	QF	2R	RR	NH
World Trophy	Did not qualify					2R	1R	NH

PDC

Tournament	2024	2025
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship	WDF	2R
World Masters	DNQ	Prel.
UK Open	2R	2R
Players Championship Finals	1R
Career statistics
Season-end ranking	79

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
2024	BDO 1R	Did not qualify
2025	BDO 1R	DNQ			ADO	EDG	DDC	EDO	BSD	FDT	CDO	HDT	SDT	GDC

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
2023^{[nb 1]}	DNP		BAR 2R	DNP			HIL 2R	HIL 2R	Did not participate							LEI 1R	Did not participate								BAR 1R	BAR DNP	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R
2024	WIG QF	WIG 2R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	HIL QF	HIL 1R	LEI 3R	LEI 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 3R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL QF	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	LEI 3R	LEI 1R

^ Not a Tour card holder

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

References

^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
^ "James Hurrell withdraws from Lakeside". BDO. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ "Tour Cards confirmed on final day of 2024 Q School". www.pdc.tv. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

External links

James Hurrell player profile at Darts Orakel
Player profile for James Hurrell from Dartsdatabase

[NTC-4] Not a Tour card holder

[PDC_Rankings-1] "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.

[2] "James Hurrell withdraws from Lakeside". BDO. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

[3] "Tour Cards confirmed on final day of 2024 Q School". www.pdc.tv. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

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