Joe Murnan

Joe Murnan
Personal information
Born	(1983-09-28) 28 September 1983 Hindley, Wigan, England
Home town	Halliwell, Bolton
Darts information
Playing darts since	1993
Darts	22gram mission signature
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	Cotton Eye Joe by Rednex
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2006–2011
PDC	2011–
Current world ranking	NR (31 October 2024)
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters	Last 40: 2010
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 32: 2016
World Matchplay	Last 32: 2015
UK Open	Last 32: 2011, 2014, 2016
Grand Slam	Group Stage: 2017, 2018
European Ch'ship	Last 32: 2021
PC Finals	Last 32: 2015
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour England 2015 (x2) Romanian International Darts Open 2011 Players Championships Players Championship (CRA) 2015

Joe Murnan (born 28 September 1983) is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.

Career

Murnan reached the last 40 of the 2010 Winmau World Masters, losing 3–0 to Filipino Ronald L. Briones.

Murnan qualified for the 2011 UK Open where he reached the last 32. He defeated Mark Dudbridge 9–8 in a close affair, before losing to the 1995 BDO World Darts Champion Richie Burnett 9–6.

In March 2014, he reached the last 32 of the UK Open again, this time being beaten 9–3 by Raymond van Barneveld. Later in the month he progressed to the last 16 of a PDC event for the first time as he beat the likes of Dean Winstanley and Dave Chisnall at the first Players Championship, before losing 6–4 to Andy Hamilton. He won through to the same stage of the third event where he was defeated 6–1 by Gary Anderson. Murnan also qualified for the German Darts Masters, but was eliminated 6–2 by Andy Smith in the first round.

In February 2015 at the German Darts Championship, Murnan beat Michael Barnard 6–5, Ian White 6–4 (averaged 99.72) and Brendan Dolan 6–4 to play in his first PDC quarter-final. He fell 4–0 down to world number one Michael van Gerwen, before closing to 4–3 with a 12 dart leg, but went on to lose 6–4.

In May 2015, at the 10th Players Championship in Crawley, Murnan won his first PDC title and the £10,000 first prize. His run included 6–3 and 6–4 victories over Premier League players Stephen Bunting and Dave Chisnall in the quarter-finals and final, respectively. The win saw him qualify for the World Matchplay for the first time and he trailed Adrian Lewis 7–2 in the opening round. Murnan won four successive legs, but went on to be beaten 10–7 on his televised debut. He was whitewashed 6–0 by Dave Chisnall on his Players Championship Finals debut.

Murnan's title saw him finish the third highest of the non-qualified players on the Pro Tour Order of Merit for the 2016 World Championship. He played 2012 runner-up Andy Hamilton in the first round and, having trailed 2–1 in sets (missing five darts to lead 2–1 himself) and 2–0 down in legs, Murnan managed to pull off a comeback victory to set up a second round match with Alan Norris, which he lost 4–1. He was knocked out in the fourth round of the UK Open 9–8 by Jelle Klaasen. Murnan's first quarter-final of 2016 was at the 11th Players Championship event and he was edged out 6–5 by Joe Cullen. He qualified for the World Series of Darts Finals and again lost 6–5 to Cullen. He was also knocked out in the first round of the Players Championship Finals 6–0 by Jermaine Wattimena.

Mark Webster defeated Murnan 3–0 in the opening round of the 2017 World Championship.

Murnan lost his PDC Tour Card at the end of 2018 despite managing to qualify for the Grand Slam of Darts for the second consecutive year. However, he won it straight back at UK Q-School in January 2019 via the Order of Merit, sealing at least another two years on the ProTour.

During UK Open 2020, he defeated Harald Leitinger and Karel Sedláček, making it again to the fourth round. There he lost 4-10 to Ricky Evans. He did not qualify for any other major tournaments and after losing in the deciding match and deciding leg to Ciaran Teehan during UK Qualification for PDC World Darts Championship 2021 he lost a chance to maintain his Tour card.

World Championship results

PDC

• 2016: Second round (lost to Alan Norris 1–4)
• 2017: First round (lost to Mark Webster 0–3)
• 2022: Second round (lost to Nathan Aspinall 2–3)

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament	2010	2011
BDO World Championship	DNP	DNQ
Winmau World Masters	4R	2R

PDC

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
PDC World Championship	DNQ					2R	1R	DNQ				2R
UK Open	4R	2R	DNQ	4R	3R	4R	DNQ		4R	4R	2R	2R
World Matchplay	DNQ				1R	DNQ
European Championship	Did not qualify										1R	DNQ
Grand Slam of Darts	DNQ						RR	RR	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	DNQ				1R	1R	1R	DNQ
Non-major televised events
World Series of Darts Finals	NH				DNQ	1R	DNQ
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	-	117	103	79	43	37	55	100	87	86	94

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2012	ADO DNQ	GDC DNQ	EDO DNQ	GDM DNQ	DDM DNQ
2013	UKM DNQ	EDT DNQ	EDO DNQ	ADO 1R	GDT 1R	GDC DNQ	GDM 1R	DDM DNQ
2014	GDC DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDM 1R	ADO DNQ	GDT DNQ	EDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	EDT DNQ
2015	GDC QF	GDT 1R	GDM DNQ	DDM DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDO DNQ	EDT DNQ	EDM 1R	EDG DNQ
2016	DDM DNQ	GDM DNQ	GDT 3R	EDM 1R	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT 1R	EDG 3R	GDC DNQ
2017	GDC DNQ	GDM 1R	GDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	GDT DNQ	EDM DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT DNQ
2018	EDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	DDO DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDC DNQ	DDC DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT DNQ
2019	EDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM DNQ	DDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	ADC DNQ	EDM DNQ	IDO 3R	GDT DNQ
2020	BDC DNQ	GDC DNQ	EDG DNQ	IDO DNQ
2021	HDT 2R	GDT 2R
2022	IDO DNQ	GDC 1R	GDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG 3R	DDC DNQ	EDM 1R	HDT DNQ	GDO 2R	BDO DNQ	GDT DNQ

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Prel.

DNQ

DNP

NH

EX

WD

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Prel.) Preliminary round; (DNQ) Did not qualify; (DNP) Did not participate; (NH) Not held; (EX) Excluded; (WD) Withdrew

External links

• Joe Murnan player profile at Darts Orakel