James ranks 8th in the World and has won both the World Grand Prix and UK Open twice, he has also taken the top spot winning The World Series of Darts, The European Championship, The Masters, Champions League and the Premier League.

In 2018 James reached the finals of both the European Darts Grand Prix and the European Darts Trophy. James then went on to have back to back successes, winning the European Championship in Dortmund, Germany at the end of October beating Simon Whitlock 11-8. This was followed the following week by taking the trophy at the World Series of Darts Finals in Vienna, beating Michael Smith 11-10.

In 2019 James has continued to add to his impressive role of honour, reaching the semi-finals in five major tournaments during the year and at the 2019 Darts Masters in Milton Keynes, James went all the way to the final reaching runner-up position against Michael van Gerwen. 2019 also saw James win five matches in the Players Championships – the evidence suggests that more major glory awaits.