Jones made his first official maximum break in the third frame of his last-64 match against Lee Walker at the 2018 Paul Hunter Classic.

The match in question was a 2016 International Championship qualifier between former world champion Graeme Dott and Jones's good friend and compatriot David John.

However, he admitted to having prior knowledge of an approach to fix the aforementioned match and failed to report it, so was subsequently banned for a year himself.

He had come close to regaining professional status in Event 1, only losing in the penultimate round to compatriot Lee Walker, who also went on to gain a tour card.

[citation needed] After another spell on the tour in 2008–09, after which he was again relegated,[6] he regained a place for the 2010–11 season due to his position in the International Open Series, a qualifying route to the professional ranks.

[7] Jones started the new season by winning three qualifying matches in the Shanghai Masters, beating Kuldesh Johal, Jimmy Michie and Adrian Gunnell before losing to Stephen Lee.

However, his consistent performances meant he finished 23rd in the Order of Merit and therefore qualified for the 2012 PTC Finals,[8] where he reached the last 16 of a ranking event for the first time by defeating reigning World Champion John Higgins 4 frames to 3, after being 1–3 down.

He could only win three matches in ranking event qualifiers all year, with his sole appearance in the main draw coming at the Shanghai Masters.

[18] He fared better in the Players Tour Championship events, with his best result coming at the Paul Hunter Classic, where he had wins over Jimmy Robertson, Jak Jones and Li Yan, before losing 4–2 to compatriot Ryan Day.

[27] He won three matches to qualify for the Australian Goldfields Open and thrashed Stephen Maguire 5–0, before being the victim of a whitewash in the second round by Neil Robertson.

In the deciding frame White made a break of 56, before missing a red and Jones cleared with a 66 to reach the first ranking semi-final of his career.

[38] At the UK Championship he saw off Eden Sharav 6–1 in the first round and then had a trio of 6–2 victories over Alan McManus, Ding Junhui and David Gilbert to mean he had made two ranking event quarter-finals in the same season for the first time in his career.

Jones continued to perform well in tournaments, and at the 2021 World Championship, a 10–5 victory over Li Hang in the final qualifying round saw him make his fourth Crucible appearance.

In the first round, he faced Stephen Maguire, and having trailed 3–0 in the early stages of that match, he won ten out of the next eleven frames to run out a 10-4 winner.