Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te wikitoria a Painter's Players Championship i kite i a ia e whiwhi ana i te kaari PDC ki te Premier League Darts mo te wa tuatahi. I wikitoria ia i tana keemu tuatahi me te wikitoria 8 <unk> 6 ki a Gary Anderson, ahakoa te toharite 82.67. I wikitoria hoki a Painter i a Simon Whitlock, Andy Hamilton, me Adrian Lewis, engari i mutu i te 7 o nga whakataetae 8 tangata. I te World Matchplay, i hinga a Painter i te 6-10 ki a Steve Beaton i te rauna tuatahi. I te Oketopa, i hinga a Painter i a Kim Huybrechts 2<unk>0 i roto i nga huinga i te rauna tuatahi o te World Grand Prix me te kore o tana hoa whawhai e tiki i tetahi waewae kotahi, engari ka ngaro ki a Justin Pipe 2<unk>3 i te 16 whakamutunga. I toa a Painter i te rua o ana kēmu e toru o te Rōpū C i te
Grand Slam of Darts hei whakaoti i te tuarua o te teepu me te tohu mo te waahanga patu, i tutaki ai ia ki a Mervyn King. Mai i te 2<unk>2, ka rere atu a Painter ma te tango i nga waewae e rima, ka kati te tukinga 10<unk>5, engari ka ngaro i te 30 o ana whakamatautau 42 i te takirua i nga hauwhā whakamutunga ki a Dean Winstanley ka ngaro ia 12<unk>16. I mutu a Painter i te 30 i runga i te ProTour Order of Merit, i roto noa i te 32 o runga i tohu mo te Whakamutunga Toa Toa. I tiimata ia ki te tiaki i tana taitara 2011 me te huihuinga tuatahi ki a Michael van Gerwen, nana nei i wini e waru nga whakataetae i tenei tau, ka ngaro ia 3<unk>6.