Taylor made eleven appearances in the BDO World Darts Championship, losing in the first round in seven of his first eight showings with his one win coming in 1994 against American Tony Payne before losing in the second round to Martin Adams.
His bad luck changed in 2002 where he beat John Ferrell and Co Stompé to reach the Quarter Finals for the first time,[1] losing to eventual winner Tony David.
In 2003, Taylor again reached the Quarter Finals at the Lakeside, with wins over Peter Hunt and Martin Adams before losing to Gary Anderson.
His final Lakeside appearance came in 2004, losing in the first round to Paul Hogan.
Taylor was also a quarter finalist at the 2001 Winmau World Masters, beating Liam Miley and Ernest Brown before losing to eventual finalist Jarkko Komula of Finland.