James Hurrell

James Hurrell (born 7 July 1984) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events and previously competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He won the final Challenge Tour event of 2023.

Hurrell reached the quarter-finals at the 2017 World Masters and 2022 WDF Lakeside World Championship. He was ranked WDF world number one from January to November 2022 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.

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.

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) 2026: Fourth round (lost to Ryan Searle 0–4)

Performance timeline BDO

WDF

PDC

European Tour

Players Championships