[2] At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he won a gold medal in men's singles after defeating Canada's Ryan Bester.

The first came during the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch when he won a silver medal and then four years later won a gold and bronze during the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in the pairs and triples.

[9] Burnett claimed a fourth title when winning the open pairs for the second time with Stewart Anderson in 2022.

[10] He won an all-Scottish final in the open pairs in 2024, partnering Stewart Anderson again.

[11] Burnett holds the Scottish National Men's Singles Championship record equally with Robert Sprot, David Dall and Joseph Black, with three titles which he won in 1999, 2002, 2005.