Paul Hogan (darts player)

Paul Hogan (born 30 August 1963) is an English professional darts player who plays in events of the World Darts Federation. He is nicknamed "Crocodile Dundee" after the film starring his namesake, Australian actor Paul Hogan.

Paul Hogan
Personal information
Nickname	"Crocodile Dundee Down Under"
Born	(1963-08-30) 30 August 1963 Dudley, England
Home town	Basingstoke, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	1989
Darts	24 Gram Elvendarts
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Crocodile Rock" by Elton John
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	1995–2020
WDF	1995–
WSDT	2022–
Current world ranking	(WDF) NR (8 December 2024)
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Quarter-final: 1995, 2006, 2020
World Masters	Last 16: 2019
World Trophy	Last 32: 2005, 2006, 2019
Int. Darts League	Last 16: 2006
Finder Masters	Last 24 Group: 2005
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open	Last 16: 2017, 2018
WSDT major events – best performances
World Matchplay	Last 20: 2022
Other tournament wins
BDO Gold Cup 2013 British Classic 2005 Bucks Easter Open 2013, 2014, 2015 City Classic (Midlands) 1990 Warwickshire Open 1995 Hampshire Open 2002 Mill Rythe Darts Festival 2003 Oxfordshire Open 2008 Poole Labour Club Singles 2008 Benidorm Open 2016 Worthingtons Darts 2017 WSDT LP Metal Detecting 2024

Career

Hogan made his World Championship debut in 1995, reaching the quarter-finals. He beat Per Skau and Sean Palfrey before losing to Richie Burnett who went on to win the tournament. He returned the next year but couldn't repeat his performance of twelve months earlier, losing in the first round to Matt Clark. He failed to qualify for 1997 and 98 but did so for the 1999 World Championship, but again lost in the first round to Colin Monk. It wouldn't be until 2004 where Hogan would return to the Lakeside, beating Bob Taylor in the first round but lost in the second round to then-reigning World Champion Raymond van Barneveld. In 2006, he equalled his best performance at the Lakeside with a quarter-final place. He beat Dutchmen Mareno Michels and Albertino Essers in the first two rounds before losing to another Dutchman Jelle Klaasen who, like Burnett 11 years earlier, was the eventual champion. Hogan returned in 2007, but lost in the first round to Shaun Greatbatch. Hogan subsequently failed to qualify for several years afterwards.

Hogan has also reached the last 32 stage of the Winmau World Masters on three occasions, in 1989, 1998, 2003 and 2014. Hogan also played in the UK Open in 2003, losing in the second round to Terry Jenkins.

2005 saw Hogan claim his maiden Open Tournament, winning the British Classic, gaining wins over John Walton, Steve Farmer, Mike Veitch, and Jamie Caven before beating Gary Anderson in the final.

Hogan was less prolific in the years that followed, but he caused a surprise by coming through the qualifiers for the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship, his first qualification for the Lakeside tournament in seven years. He won his preliminary game against Karel Sedláček before being defeated 3–2 by Scott Mitchell despite hitting finishes of 161, 141, and 90 on the bullseye when Mitchell first threw for the match. Hogan followed up this success with a strong showing at the 2014 UK Open, notably beating three-time world champion John Part 5–0 in the opening session and following it up with a 9–3 win over Benito van de Pas to become the first player to reach the fourth round.

Paul Hogan qualified for the 2015 UK Open for which he had another good run defeating Lee Russell, Derek Bland, Darren Johnson and Benito van de Pas before losing to World Number 1 Michael van Gerwen in a high quality affair 9–4.

Hogan has since competed on the PDC Challenge Tour Circuit. He recently won the Benidorm Open.

Hogan returned to prominence at the 2017 BDO World Darts Championship when he beat Martin Phillips to face world number one Glen Durrant and almost caused a huge upset. Hogan won 11 of the first 13 legs of the match to lead 3–0 in sets and 2–0 in legs. Needing one leg to win and with 16 points required, Hogan hit double-16 to bust his score and Durrant made a sensational comeback to win 4–3. Durrant went on to win the title.

Hogan rebounded by once again qualifying for the UK Open at Minehead, where he defeated Keegan Brown and Jamie Lewis in the opening two rounds, before upsetting back-to-back two-time world champions Gary Anderson and Adrian Lewis to reach the last 16. He was beaten by eventual runner-up Gerwyn Price.

Over the weekend of the 25 and 26 March Hogan represented England in the BDO British Internationals. On Saturday 25th, Paul Hogan defeated Martin Phillips of Wales 4–3 in legs with a 30.10 1-dart average (90.30 3-dart) as part of a 12–0 whitewash for England over their Welsh counterparts. On the 26th England defeated Scotland 10–2 to win the title, Hogan's 4–1 victory over Alan Soutar will be remembered for the 9-darter he threw in the 5th and final leg.

Hogan again qualified for the UK Open at Minehead. He beat Darren Brown, Paul Nicholson and Jeffrey de Zwaan before losing a close last 16 match against Gerwyn Price 10–9.

Paul Hogan qualified for another World Championship in the 2019 BDO World Darts Championship, where he lost in first round. In the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship he made a third quarter-final in a third different decade only to lose to Jim Williams 5–1.

World Championship results

BDO/WDF

• 1995: Quarter-finals (lost to Richie Burnett 2–4)
• 1996: First round (lost to Matt Clark 2–3)
• 1999: First round (lost to Colin Monk 2–3)
• 2004: Second round (lost to Raymond van Barneveld 1–3)
• 2006: Quarter-finals (lost to Jelle Klaasen 4–5)
• 2007: First round (lost to Shaun Greatbatch 1–3)
• 2014: First round (lost to Scott Mitchell 2–3)
• 2017: Second round (lost to Glen Durrant 3–4)
• 2019: First round (lost to Willem Mandigers 0–3)
• 2020: Quarter-finals (lost to Jim Williams 1–5)
• 2022: First round (lost to Justin Thompson 1–2)

Career statistics

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Prel.

DNQ

DNP

NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Prel.) Preliminary round; (DNQ) Did not qualify; (DNP) Did not participate; (NH) Not held

Performance timeline

Tournament	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
BDO World Championship	DNQ						QF	1R	DNQ		1R	DNQ				2R	DNQ	QF	1R	DNQ						1R	DNQ		2R	DNQ	1R	QF
World Masters	3R	DNQ								3R	DNQ				3R	1R	Prel.	3R	DNQ	3R	2R	2R	4R	2R	4R	5R	2R	2R	1R	3R	4R	NH
Finder Darts Masters	Not held											DNP					RR	NH	DNP												NH
World Darts Trophy	Not held													DNQ			1R	1R	DNQ	Not held
International Darts League	Not held														DNQ			RR	Prel.	Not held
BDO World Trophy	Not held																									DNP					1R	NH
UK Open	Not held														2R	DNQ										4R	4R	2R	5R	5R	DNQ

Performance Table Legend
DNP	Did not play at the event	DNQ	Did not qualify for the event	NYF	Not yet founded	#R	lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QF	lost in the quarter-finals	SF	lost in the semi-finals	F	lost in the final	W	won the tournament

External links

• Paul Hogan's Profile and Stats on Darts Database