1. Jonny Clayton was born on 4 October 1974 and is a Welsh professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events, where he is currently ranked world number six; he reached a peak ranking of world number five in 2025.
17 Facts About Jonny Clayton
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Jonny Clayton has won the PDC World Cup of Darts on two occasions in 2020 and 2023, representing Wales alongside Gerwyn Price.
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Jonny Clayton has finished as runner-up at the 2017 Players Championship Finals, 2023 World Matchplay and the 2025 World Masters.
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Jonny Clayton is a one-time world championship quarter-finalist, reaching the last eight at the 2023 PDC World Championship.
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Jonny Clayton got to his first PDC major final at the 2017 Players Championship Finals.
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Jonny Clayton beat Jeffrey de Graaf, Price, Stephen Bunting, Steve Beaton and number 1 seed Rob Cross, before losing out to Michael van Gerwen.
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Jonny Clayton's run to the final saw him break into the top 32 of the PDC Order of Merit, meaning that he was a seed at the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship, where he was eliminated by fellow countryman Jamie Lewis.
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At the Masters Jonny Clayton beat Jose de Sousa, Michael van Gerwen, James Wade and Peter Wright en route to the final where he faced Mervyn King.
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Jonny Clayton won two Players Championship events, PC4 and PC7 early in 2021.
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Jonny Clayton slipped to as low as 8th, before going into 4th position for night 16.
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Jonny Clayton had to achieve at least a draw to secure his place in the playoffs.
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Jonny Clayton participated in the World Grand Prix in which he reached the final after beating Callan Rydz, Jose de Sousa, Krzysztof Ratajski and Danny Noppert along the way.
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Jonny Clayton entered the 2022 Premier League as defending champion and secured qualification for the play-offs following his night 13 win in Glasgow.
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Jonny Clayton finished first in the league phase with four nightly wins.
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Jonny Clayton was selected for the Premier League following his world championship campaign.
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Jonny Clayton achieved back-to-back nightly wins on night nine and night ten, defeating reigning world champion Michael Smith in the final of night nine before adding another final win over Peter Wright the next week.
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Jonny Clayton reached the final of the tournament, where he faced Luke Humphries.