Darren Denaby Johnson
Personal information
NicknameThe Denaby DJ Dynamite
Born (1965-09-18) 18 September 1965
Rotherham, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Home townMexborough, South Yorkshire
Darts information
Playing darts since1990
Darts23 gram Showtime
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"T.N.T." by AC/DC
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2004–
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 32: 2023
PDC premier events – best performances
UK OpenLast 64: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011
PC FinalsLast 64: 2017
WSDT major events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 16: 2023
Other tournament wins
South Yorkshire Festival 2011
YDP Event 2015
Northern Ireland Open 2022
World Seniors Darts Tour 2022,2023

Darren Denaby Johnson (born 18 September 1965 from Mexborough) is an English professional darts player who currently competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. His most significant result came in 2017 where he was the runner-up in the 2017 PDPA Players Championship Barnsley, defeating Dave Chisnall, Raymond van Barneveld, Benito van de Pas and Michael van Gerwen before falling to Simon Whitlock in the final.[1]

Career

Johnson lost his tourcard in 2018, Didn't regain his card at Q School and played on the Challenge Tour with limited success, Since Covid Johnson started playing on the WDF & Seniors tour, On the WDF Circuit he reached the Denmark Open final losing 6–1 to Sebastian Białecki & the English Nationals final losing to Scott Marsh 5–3. On 15 October 2022 he tasted his 1st WDF ranking success winning the Northern Ireland Open which he told commentators after it was his best moment of his career. He beat Nick Kenny 5–3 in the final.

In the Seniors after a quiet year he picked up his first title in October 2022 winning the 5th Tour Open Series event beating Alan Tabern 6–5.

World Championship results

WDF

WSDT

References

  1. "2017 PDPA Players Championship Barnsley Results". www.dartsdatabase.co.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
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