Kammala wannan jumlar: Nasarar Gasar 'Yan wasan Painter ta sa ya sami katin PDC a cikin Premier League Darts a karon farko. Ya ci wasan farko da nasara 8<unk>6 a kan Gary Anderson, duk da cewa yana da matsakaicin 82.67. Painter kuma ya ci nasara a kan Simon Whitlock, Andy Hamilton, da Adrian Lewis, amma ya gama na 7 a gasar maza 8. A Wasannin Wasannin Duniya, Painter ya sha kashi 6 zuwa 10 ga Steve Beaton a zagaye na farko. A watan Oktoba, Painter ya doke Kim Huybrechts 2<unk>0 a cikin saiti a zagaye na farko na Grand Prix na Duniya ba tare da abokin hamayyarsa ya karɓi ƙafa ɗaya ba, amma sai ya rasa Justin Pipe 2<unk>3 a cikin 16 na ƙarshe. Painter ya lashe wasanni biyu daga cikin wasanninsa uku na rukuni na C a gasar
Grand Slam na Darts don kammala na biyu a teburin kuma ya cancanci zuwa matakin fitarwa, inda ya fuskanci Mervyn King. Daga 2<unk>2, Painter ya tashi ta hanyar daukar kafafu biyar kai tsaye kuma ya rufe wasan 10<unk>5, amma sai ya rasa 30 daga cikin yunkurinsa 42 a ninki biyu a wasan kusa da na kusa da Dean Winstanley yayin da ya rasa 12<unk>16. Painter ya gama 30th a kan ProTour Order of Merit, kawai a cikin saman 32 waɗanda suka cancanci zuwa Wasannin Zakarun Players. Ya fara kare taken sa na 2011 tare da haduwar zagaye na farko da Michael van Gerwen, wanda ya lashe gasa takwas a wannan shekara, kuma ya rasa 3<unk>6.