Ryan Joyce

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.

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.

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.

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. 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.

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

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

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

Performance timeline Joyce's performance timeline is as follows:

BDO

PDC

PDC European Tour

PDC Players Championships