| Ryan Joyce | |||||
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 Joyce at the2025 European Championship | |||||
| Personal information | |||||
| Nickname | "Relentless" | ||||
| Born | (1985-09-20)20 September 1985 (age 40)[1] Newcastle, England | ||||
| Darts information | |||||
| Playing darts since | 2007 | ||||
| Darts | 21g Mission Signature | ||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||
| Walk-on music | "Tetris" byDoctor Spin "Let Me Entertain You" byRobbie Williams | ||||
| Organisation (seesplit in darts) | |||||
| BDO | 2013–2018 | ||||
| PDC | 2018– (Tour Card: 2018–) | ||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 24 2 (23 November 2025)[2] | ||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||
| World Championship | Last 32:2017 | ||||
| World Masters | Last 48: 2014 | ||||
| World Trophy | Last 32: 2016 | ||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||
| World Championship | Quarter-final:2019 | ||||
| World Matchplay | Last 32:2020,2024,2025 | ||||
| World Grand Prix | Semi-final:2024 | ||||
| UK Open | Last 16:2025 | ||||
| Grand Slam | Last 16:2021,2024 | ||||
| European Championship | Quarter-final:2025 | ||||
| PC Finals | Semi-final:2023 | ||||
| World Series Finals | Quarter-final:2022 | ||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||
Players Championships (x2)
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Ryan Joyce (born 20 September 1985) is an English professionaldarts player who competes inProfessional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently rankedworld number twenty-two. A professional since 2018, he has won two PDC ranking titles and is a one-timePDC World Championship quarter-finalist. Nicknamed "Relentless", Joyce has made two PDC major semi-finals: in the2023 Players Championship Finals and2024 World Grand Prix. He is also a one-time finalist on thePDC European Tour, finishing as runner-up at the2025 European Darts Trophy.
He reached the quarter-finals of the PDC World Championship in2019.
In 2014 he reached the Last 48 of theWorld Masters. He took part in the2016 BDO World Trophy, he was knocked out in the first round losing toJamie Hughes.[3] He qualified for the2017 BDO World Darts Championship, where he won 3–0 againstDennis Nilsson in the Preliminary round.[3] In the first round, he lost toMartin 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.[3]
Outside of the major tournaments he has reached 3 BDO ranked event finals, the first was the 2013Turkish Open where he lost 5–0 toMartin Phillips,[3] then theIsle of Man Open in 2016, losing 6–4 toTony O'Shea also the Denmark Masters in 2016 losing 6–4 toGlen Durrant.[3] 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.[3] He won the Scottish open pairs 2017 title withKevin 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.[3]
Joyce attendedQ-School for the first time in 2018 and earned a two–yearPDC Tour Card by finishing 10th on the UK Q-School Order of Merit.
Joyce made hisPlayers Championship Finals debut at the2018 edition as the 27th seed. He lost to the 38th seedSteve Lennon 6–2 in the first round.[3]
Joyce made his debut at the2019 PDC World Darts Championship, whitewashing bothAnastasia Dobromyslova andSimon Whitlock 3–0, then defeating bothAlan Norris andJames Wade 4–3 in sets. However, he was beaten in the quarter-finals by the eventual winnerMichael van Gerwen 5–1.[3]
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 defeatDave Chisnall 8–7 in the final.[4]
On the2023 PDC Pro Tour, Joyce was the runner-up at Players Championship 16 and Players Championship 24. In October Joyce won his second PDC title, defeatingGerwyn Price 8–7 in the final of Players Championship 26.[3]
In November 2023, Joyce reached a first major televised semi-final at the2023 Players Championship Finals, losing 11–3 to eventual championLuke Humphries.[5][6]
On the2024 PDC Pro Tour, Joyce was the runner-up atPlayers Championship 9, losing toMichael Smith 8–6 in the final.[7][8]
At the2024 World Grand Prix Joyce reached the semi-finals, defeatingJosh Rock 2–0 in sets,Nathan Aspinall 3–2 in a deciding leg in set 5, andRob Cross also 3–2, before beingwhitewashed 5–0 byLuke Humphries.[3]
In March 2025, Joyce reached his firstPDC European Tour final at the2025 European Darts Trophy. He was defeated byNathan Aspinall 8–4 in legs.[9][10] He made hisEuropean Championship debut in October,[11] being eliminated by eventual championGian van Veen in the quarter-finals.[12]
Joyce is known as an accurate double hitter,[13] particularly on the double 16 segment of the board.[14]
Joyce has admitted suffering from afear of flying, this impacting on his willingness to attendEuropean Tour events.[15]
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BDO
| Tournament | 2014 | 2016 | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| BDO World Championship | DNP | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO World Trophy | DNP | 1R | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winmau World Masters | 4R | 1R | 3R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 183 | 36 | 104 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| PDC Ranked televised events | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC World Championship | DNP | QF | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 4R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC World Masters | Did not qualify | Prel. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | DNQ | 4R | 4R | 4R | 4R | 3R | 3R | 6R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Matchplay | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | 1R | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | SF | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship | Did not qualify | QF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam of Darts | DNQ | RR | 2R | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | SF | QF | 2R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC Non-ranked televised events | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Series of Darts Finals | DNQ | QF | DNQ | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 51 | 42 | 44 | 34 | 44 | 37 | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC European Tour[3]
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
PDC Players Championships
| 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 | NYF | Not yet founded | ||