Kammala wannan jumla: A farkon 2013 <unk> 14, Lawler ya kasance a matsayi na 59 a cikin jerin sunayen duniya. A cikin cancantar shiga gasar Wuxi Classic ta 2013, Lawler ya rasa wasan neman cancantarsa 2<unk>5 a kan matashin dan kasar Sin Lyu Haotian. A cikin 'yan wasan da suka cancanta don
Australian Goldfields Open, Lawler ya rasa wasan farko a wasan karshe na 96 zuwa Scotsman Ross Muir 1 <unk> 5. Lawler ya rasa wasan sa na farko a Shanghai Masters 1 <unk> 5 ga Mohamed Khairy. Lawler ya kawo karshen wannan mummunan sakamako don doke Jak Jones 4<unk>0 don cancanta don buɗewa na Indiya. Ya doke dan wasan wildcard na Indiya Kamal Chalwa 4<unk>1, kafin ya sami izinin zuwa 32 na ƙarshe, saboda janyewar Ali Carter, duk da haka, Neil Robertson ya ci shi 2<unk>4. Ya bi wannan tare da gudu zuwa 16 na karshe na taron Turai na uku, ya doke James Cahill, Liam Highfield da John Higgins kafin ya rasa Mark Allen 2<unk>4. Lawler kuma ya cancanci shiga gasar zakarun duniya, inda ya doke Ian Burns 6<unk>4 a cancanci, sannan ya doke Aditya Mehta 6<unk>4, kafin ya rasa 4<unk>6 ga Fergal O'Brien a cikin 32 na karshe. Lawler ya yi rashin nasara a wasannin karshe na UK Championship, bayan da ya ci Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 6<unk>3, kafin ya yi rashin nasara 1<unk>6 ga John Higgins, shi ma ya cancanci zuwa Masters na Jamus, inda ya ci Mitchell Travis 5<unk>1 a cikin cancantar. Ya kuma sami damar zuwa gasar cin kofin duniya, a wannan karon ya doke Elliot Slessor, shima ta hanyar cin kwallaye 5<unk>1.