[3] In the first round, he lost to Martin Adams 3–2 in a sudden death leg, after throwing for the match twice and missing one dart at double 18 to win followed by Adams hitting a 115 checkout to stay in the match, before Joyce himself survived a dart at 5-4 down before hitting a 164 checkout to take the game to the deciding leg.

His most recent success came in the BDO Gold cup singles tournament 2017 which he won beating Wayne Warren 6–3 in the final.

[3] Joyce made his debut at the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship, whitewashing both Anastasia Dobromyslova and Simon Whitlock 3–0, then defeating both Alan Norris and James Wade 4–3 in sets.

In October Joyce won his second PDC title, defeating Gerwyn Price 8–7 in the final of Players Championship 26.

[3] In November 2023, Joyce reached a first major televised semi-final at the 2023 Players Championship Finals, losing 11–3 to eventual champion Luke Humphries.