# Joe Murnan

Joe Murnan (born 28 September 1983) is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) 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.
Murnan again immediately obtained his Tour card back in UK Q-School 2021. During the season he qualified for 2021 European Championship, making his debut at this major event. In the First round he los 4–6 with Adam Gawlas. At the end of the year, Murnan qualified for 2022 PDC World Darts Championship, returning to this venue for the first time from 2017. He won his First round match against Paul Lim 3–2, but lost in the Second round 2–3 with Nathan Aspinall.
Despite appearing only at 2022 UK Open, where he lost in the Second round, Murnan was able to hold his Tour card after finishing the season in top 64 at 63rd place, without qualifying for the World Championship.
In 2023 he played only at 2023 UK Open, losing in the Third round against Adrian Lewis 0–6. Throughout the year Murnan qualified for only one European Tour event and ended up outside of top 64 at the end of the year 2023, therefore he lost his Tour card. Having succeeded four times previously, Joe Murnan failed to get through Q School 2024 and missed out on a card for only the second season in 13 years.

## 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

| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| PDC Ranked televised events |||||||||||||||
| PDC World Championship | BDO | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 2R | 1R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 2R | DNQ |
| UK Open | BDO | 4R | 2R | DNQ | 4R | 3R | 4R | DNQ | DNQ | 4R | 4R | 2R | 2R | 3R |
| World Matchplay | BDO | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| European Championship | BDO | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 1R | DNQ | DNQ |
| Grand Slam of Darts | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | RR | RR | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| Players Championship Finals | BDO | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 1R | 1R | 1R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| PDC Non-ranked televised events |||||||||||||||
| World Series of Darts Finals | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| BDO Ranked televised events |||||||||||||||
| BDO World Championship | DNP | DNQ | PDC | PDC | PDC | PDC | PDC | PDC | PDC | PDC | PDC | NH | PDC | PDC |
| Winmau World Masters | 4R | 2R | PDC | PDC | PDC | PDC | PDC | PDC | PDC | PDC | NH | NH | PDC | NH |
| Career statistics |||||||||||||||
| PDC Year-end ranking | - | - | 117 | 103 | 79 | 43 | 37 | 55 | 100 | 111 | 88 | 83 | 63 | 95 |
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 |
| 2023 | BSD DNQ | EDO WD | IDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | DDC DNQ | BDO DNP | CDO DNP | EDG DNQ | EDM DNP | GDO DNQ | HDT 1R | GDC DNQ |
PDC Players Championship
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| 2012 | ALI 1R | ALI 1R | REA 1R | REA 2R | CRA 2R | CRA 4R | BIR 1R | BIR 1R | CRA 1R | CRA 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | DUB 1R | DUB 2R | KIL 2R | KIL 1R | CRA 1R | CRA 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R |
| 2013 | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 4R | CRA 1R | CRA 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | DUB 1R | DUB 2R | KIL 1R | KIL PR | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R |
| 2014 | BAR 4R | BAR 3R | CRA 4R | CRA 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | CRA 2R | CRA 1R | COV 3R | COV 1R | CRA 2R | CRA 1R | DUB 1R | DUB 2R | CRA 1R | CRA 2R | COV 1R | COV 1R |
| 2015 | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | COV 1R | COV 1R | COV 2R | CRA 1R | CRA W | BAR 3R | BAR 3R | WIG 4R | WIG 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | DUB 3R | DUB 1R | COV 4R | COV 1R |
| 2016 | BAR 4R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | COV 1R | COV 3R | BAR 3R | BAR QF | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 3R | BAR 3R | DUB 2R | DUB 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R |
| 2017 | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | WIG 4R | WIG 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 2R | WIG 2R | WIG 3R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | DUB 1R | DUB 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R |
| 2018 | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | WIG 2R | WIG 3R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | DUB 2R | DUB 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R |
| 2019 | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | WIG 2R | WIG 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | HIL 2R | HIL 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | DUB 2R | DUB 2R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R |
| 2020 | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | WIG 4R | WIG 2R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 2R | NIE 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 2R | NIE 1R | COV 1R | COV 1R | COV 1R | COV 3R | COV 2R |
| 2021 | BOL 1R | BOL 1R | BOL 2R | BOL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 3R | MIL 2R | NIE 2R | NIE 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | COV 2R | COV 2R | COV 2R | COV 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R |
| 2022 | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | WIG QF | WIG 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | NIE 2R | NIE 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R |
| 2023 | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | HIL DNP | HIL DNP | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | LEI QF | LEI 1R | HIL 2R | HIL 3R | LEI 1R | LEI 1R | HIL 2R | HIL 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR DNP | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R |
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 | #R RR Prel. | Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round | NYF | Not yet founded |
* 1 2 3 4 Received Tour card through Q School and started the season without ranking points
* ↑ Not a Tour card holder