James Hurrell

Titles and achievements

• PDC World Championship last 16 2026
• PDC Challenge Tour event winner 2023
• WDF Scottish Open 2022
• Isle of Man Classic 2022
• WDF World Championship quarter-finalist 2022
• WDF world number one 2022

Who is James Hurrell?

James Hurrell is a professional darts player born in 1984 in Banbury, Oxfordshire, and now based in Gloucestershire. He throws right-handed. He built his career on the BDO and WDF circuits, where he captained the England men's team and reached the top of the WDF rankings.

In 2022 he was the WDF world number one. In March that year he won the Isle of Man Classic, beating a 15-year-old Luke Littler 6-3 in the final. In April he reached the quarter-finals of the WDF World Championship at Lakeside, and he won the Scottish Open in Renfrew, beating Ryan Murray 6-5 in a deciding leg.

How did he break through?

Hurrell played the PDC Challenge Tour in 2023. In October that year he won the final Challenge Tour event of the season in Wigan, beating Owen Bates 5-2 for his first PDC title. In January 2024 he earned a two-year PDC Tour Card at Q-School.

On the ProTour he reached Players Championship quarter-finals in his first season. In July 2025 he reached a Players Championship semi-final in Leicester, losing a last-leg decider to Bradley Brooks one leg short of his first final.

How has James Hurrell played in 2026?

At the 2026 World Championship at Alexandra Palace he beat Dirk van Duijvenbode 3-2 and then Stephen Bunting 4-3. He lost 4-0 to Ryan Searle in the fourth round, the last 16.

In February he hit a nine-dart finish against Maik Kuivenhoven at Players Championship 2 in Hildesheim, the third of his career, before losing a last-leg decider to Michael van Gerwen in the last 16. He was ranked 47th on the PDC Order of Merit as at 18 October 2026.

What darts does James Hurrell use?

Hurrell signed with Unicorn in March 2026, moving from Mission, which he had joined in March 2022 while he was the WDF world number one. At Unicorn he joins a team that includes Gary Anderson and James Wade. During his time with Mission he played 24g darts. Unicorn has not published the barrel, weight or setup he now uses.

We don't currently stock James Hurrell signature darts. Our Unicorn darts and wider steel tip darts ranges cover a spread of weights and barrel shapes, and our dart flights and dart shafts let you fine-tune any setup.

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