He was the runner-up at the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship and also lost in the final of the 2012 Zuiderduin Masters, with Stephen Bunting prevailing on both occasions.
[2] Norris then narrowly missed out qualifying for the last 16 of the 2007 Winmau World Masters, having beaten Michael Rosenauer, Mitchell Crooks and Daniel Brouwer before losing to Jordy Terburg.
He defeated Martin Adams in the earlier rounds and then went on to beat Ian Jones, before losing to eventual winner Gary Anderson in the semi-finals.
Norris advanced through Group B at the Zuiderduin Masters and then eliminated Martin Atkins 3–1 to play in his first major semi-final where Darryl Fitton whitewashed him 4–0.
[14] Norris played in his fourth successive World Championship in 2012 and once again won his first round match, this time against 14th seed Benito van de Pas 3–2.
In the second round, he recovered from 3–1 down against third seed Dean Winstanley to win 4–3 and reach his first World Championship quarter-final, where he was beaten 5–1 by eventual champion Christian Kist.
[18] After a slow season, Norris entered the 2014 World Championship as an unseeded player and was drawn against defending champion Scott Waites in the first round.
[19] He followed this up with another clinical performance in a 4–1 win over Glen Durrant, before beating James Wilson 5–2 in a match described by commentators as one of the best in Lakeside history due to its consistently high scoring.
[20] His appearance in the World Championship final earned him a debut at the Grand Slam of Darts where he topped Group B by beating Ronny Huybrechts and Terry Jenkins.
[22] Norris won a Tour Card on the first day of the event by beating Carl Abbiss 5–3 in the final qualifying round.
[25] In October, Norris claimed his first PDC title at the 18th Players Championship event by defeating Kim Huybrechts 6–1 in the final with an average of 108.06.
[27][28] Norris finished as the highest non-qualified player on the Pro Tour Order of Merit for the 2016 World Championship and on his debut in the event he knocked out sixth seed Robert Thornton 3–0 in sets.
[37] On his World Grand Prix debut he overcame Michael Smith 2–1 and was a leg away from knocking out Simon Whitlock in a deciding set, before the Australian won the match.
[38] Norris won his first European Tour title by narrowly defeating Jelle Klaasen 6–5 in the final of the German Darts Championship.
[46] He got to the quarter-finals of the 2017 UK Open with a 10–6 win over Michael Smith and survived two match darts from Kim Huybrechts to progress to the semi-finals 10–9.