James Hurrell
Hurrell at the 2025 World Championship
Personal information
Nickname	"Hillbilly"
Born	(1984-07-07) 7 July 1984 (age 40) Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
Home town	Moreton-in-Marsh, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	2008
Darts	23g Mission
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll" by The Woolpackers
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2010–2020
PDC	2024–
WDF	2010–2023
Current world ranking	89 1 (24 November 2024)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Quarter Final: 2022
World Masters	Quarter Final: 2017
World Trophy	Last 16: 2017
Finder Masters	Group Stages: 2015
Dutch Open	Last 16: 2022
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 64: 2025
UK Open	Last 128: 2024
Other tournament wins
BDO International Open 2017 Belfry Open 2022 British Internationals 2015, 2017, 2022 British Pentathlon 2013 Finnish Masters 2015 Isle of Man Classic 2022 Italian Grand Masters 2022 Police Masters 2016, 2017 Scottish Open 2022 PDC Challenge Tour 2023
Medal record Men's Darts Representing  England WDF World Cup 2023 Esbjerg Men's team WDF Europe Cup 2016 Egmond aan Zee Men's team 2022 Gandía Men's team 2022 Gandía Men's overall

James Hurrell (born 7 July 1984) is an English professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup medalist. In January 2022, he became the leader of the World Darts Federation ranking and held this position until November 2022.

Hurrell reached the Last 32 of the 2015 World Masters, where he played Martin Phillips and lost 3–2 in sets. He qualified for the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship and was beaten by Larry Butler in the preliminary round. In November 2016, he hit a 9-dart finish against Daniel Day at the Jersey Classic. He qualified for the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship but withdrew before the tournament started.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic causing obvious delays, Hurrell came back well and was world number 1 in the World Darts Federation world rankings between January and November 2022. He reached the final of the Welsh Open, losing to Cameron Menzies in October 2021, and the Italian Masters, losing to Richard Veenstra in November. In March 2022, he won the Isle of Man Classic, beating young prospect Luke Littler in the final. He was the number 6 seed in the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship, which took place in April 2022, where he lost 4–0 (s) to Cameron Menzies, averaging 88.77, in the quarter-finals. However, Hurrell had a good 2022 by picking up the Italian Masters and Scottish Open as well.

Hurrell competed for a Tour Card at the 2020 Q-School to join the Professional Darts Corporation. Hurrell finished outside the rankings needed to get a PDC Tour Card.

He earned a Tour Card for the first time at the 2024 Q-School by finishing fourth on the UK Q-School Order of Merit.^[2]

Hurrell also plays club cricket for Moreton-in-Marsh.

• 2016: Preliminary round (lost to Larry Butler 2–3)
• 2017: First round (lost to Mark McGeeney 1–3)

• 2022: Quarter-finals (lost to Cameron Menzies 0–4)
• 2023: Second round (lost to Dennis Nilsson 2–3)

• 2025: Ongoing

PDC European Tour

PDC Players Championships

• James Hurrell on Darts Database