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Jim Williams
Personal information
Nickname	"The Quiff"
Born	(1984-07-27)27 July 1984 (age 41) Cardiff, Wales
Home town	Easthampton,Herefordshire, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	2004
Darts	25g One80 Signature
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Hit Me with Your Best Shot" byPat Benatar
Organisation (seesplit in darts)
BDO	2012–2020
PDC	2021– (Tour Card: 2022–2025)
WDF	2012–2021
Current world ranking	(PDC) 68 3 (23 November 2025)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Championship	Runner-up:2020
World Masters	Semi-final:2018
World Trophy	Winner (1):2019
Finder Masters	Runner-up: 2017
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship	Last 32:2023,2024
UK Open	Last 64:2022,2023
Grand Slam	Group Stage:2018,2019,2021
PC Finals	Last 64:2022,2023,2024
Other tournament wins
MAD Darts Welsh Belt Winner 2020 UKDA National Singles Champion 2023, 2024 BDO/WDF Events (x12) Antwerp Open (x2) 2015, 2017 BDO International Open 2018 Belfry Open 2018 Bruges Open 2018 England Masters 2018 England Open 2019 French Open 2017 Northern Ireland Open 2018 Scottish Open 2020 Swiss Open 2017 Turkish Open 2015 Players Championships 2022 PC6 PDC Challenge Tour (x2) 2020, 2021
Medal record Men'sDarts Representing Wales WDF World Cup 2015 Antalja Men's singles 2019 Cluj Men's team

Jim Williams (born 27 July 1984) is a Welsh professionaldarts player who competes inProfessional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won his first PDC ranking title at2022 Players Championship 6.

Williams previously competed inBritish Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments. He won the2019 BDO World Trophy and finished as the runner-up at the2020 BDO World Championship.

In October 2012, Williams first rose to prominence at the2012 Winmau World Masters. There he beat four players in the preliminary rounds to reach the main stage, most notably defeating reigning Lakeside World ChampionChristian Kist 3–2 in his final match. Once on stage, he beat established campaignersJan Dekker 3–1 andRoss Montgomery 3–2 to reach the quarter-finals, before losing out to eventual championStephen Bunting 3–1 in sets.

In February 2013, he came closest to winning his first BDO ranking title, beatingJan Dekker andRemco van Eijden to reach theScottish Open final, before losing toWesley Harms 5–4. In April, he made it to the semi-finals of theGerman Open, beatingPaul Jennings andRichie George, but lost to championGeert De Vos. One week later, he defeatedGlen Durrant,Tony Eccles andJohn Walton to reach the last 4 of the Polish Open, but was beaten byJeffrey de Graaf. In the Autumn, he lost toTony O'Shea in the semis of theRomanian Open, and a fourth semi-final placing in 2013 came at theNorthern Ireland Open. Add to that three further quarter final results last year and it amounts to a seeding place at Williams' first Lakeside. Williams made his debut at Lakeside in 2014 as the sole Welsh representative in the men's competition, and hoped to emulate countrymenLeighton Rees,Richie Burnett andMark Webster by becoming BDO World Champion, but lost in the first round toDave Prins.

In 2015, on the tour, Williams had some successful tournament runs, including a Final at the German Masters, losing out 6–4 toWesley Harms. A last-8 in his homeWelsh Open before eventually losing out to eventual winnerGlen Durrant 4–0. Then a semi-final at the Polish Open, losing out to eventual winnerDarius Labanauskas. Another final at the England national after defeating World number oneGlen Durrant and Berkshire's Jason Heaver in the semi-final, he eventually lost out 6–5 to Cambridgeshire'sDennis Harbour. Another Quarter-final at Belgian Open where he lost out 4–2 the eventual winnerJeffrey de Graaf. Then his first ranking event title came at theAntwerp Open where he beatBrian Dawson in the quarters Fabian Roosenbrand in the semi-final before defeatingSven Verndock 2–0 in sets to become the 2015 Antwerp Open Champion. Also in 2015, Williams became Welsh individuals champion defeatingWayne Warren 2–0 in sets in the final. He also collected his first Welsh cap in the six nations of darts, and has been called up to represent Wales at the World cup in Turkey. In October, he went on to reach the final of the English classic, defeatingDarryl Fitton 5–4 in the semi-final before going on to lose 6–2 to good friendGlen Durrant in the final. He then went on to the World Masters in Hull, losing out in the last 32 3 sets to 1 toDarius Labanauskas. He then went on to the Turkish Open, completing the singles and pairs double, winning the pairs with fellow countryman Martin Phillips, and then going on to defeat Phillips in the singles final 6–5 in legs to become the 2015 Turkish Open Champion.

In 2019, Williams attempted to secure aPDC Tour Card. After failing to get a Tour card, which would have allowed Williams to compete within theProfessional Darts Corporation, he told Dartsnews.com: "I am definitely staying with the BDO. I will possibly do a few PDC Challenge Tours but I’m not sure to be honest."^[2] In 2020, he reached theBDO World Championship final, but lost toWayne Warren 7–4 in sets. This turned out to be the last ever BDO World Championship final, as the organization went into liquidation later that year. After failing to secure a PDC tour card for both the2020 and2021 PDC Pro Tour, Williams finally earned a tour card for the 2022 season by winning the2021 PDC UK Challenge Tour, which also earned him a place in both the2021 Grand Slam of Darts, and the2022 PDC World Darts Championship. He was beaten byJoe Cullen in the last 64 at the World Championship. He won his first senior PDC title at2022's Players Championship 6, defeatingRicky Evans 8–6 in the final. Williams earned £12,000 in ranking money with his title win.^[3] At the2023 PDC World Darts Championship, Williams reached the third round but was narrowly defeated byGabriel Clemens in a seven-set thriller.

At the2024 PDC World Championship, he knocked outPeter Wright with a 3–0 victory in the second round,^[4] before being knocked out byRaymond van Barneveld 4–1.^[5] Williams got the late call-up and played alongsideJonny Clayton forWales at the2024 PDC World Cup of Darts afterGerwyn Price was ruled out due to health issues. They were defeated in the second round by Croatia 8–6.^[6][7]

• 2014: First round (lost toDave Prins 0–3) (sets)
• 2016: Second round (lost toWesley Harms 3–4)
• 2017: Second round (lost toJamie Hughes 1–4)
• 2018: Quarter-finals (lost toGlen Durrant 4–5)
• 2019: Semi-finals (lost toGlen Durrant 3–6)
• 2020: Runner-up (lost toWayne Warren 4–7)

• 2022: Second round (lost toJoe Cullen 2–3)
• 2023: Third round (lost toGabriel Clemens 3–4)
• 2024: Third round (lost toRaymond van Barneveld 1–4)
• 2025: First round (lost toPaolo Nebrida 2–3)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score[N 1]
Runner-up	1.	2017	Zuiderduin Masters	Danny Noppert	3–5 (s)
Winner	1.	2019	BDO World Trophy	Richard Veenstra	8–6 (l)
Runner-up	2.	2020	World Darts Championship	Wayne Warren	4–7 (s)

BDO

PDC

PDC European Tour

PDC Players Championships

• Player profile for Jim Williams from Dartsdatabase
• Jim Williams player profile at Darts Orakel
• PDC.tv profile
• PDPA profile

• 1984 births
• Living people
• Welsh darts players
• British Darts Organisation players
• Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders
• Sportspeople from Cardiff
• PDC ranking title winners
• PDC World Cup of Darts Welsh team
• 21st-century Welsh sportsmen

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