Kammala wannan jumla: Burnett ya tabbatar da tashin hankali na farko na
2012 Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta hanyar kayar da dan uwansa kuma mai lamba shida, Mark Webster, 3<unk>2 a zagaye na farko. Ya rasa tara daga cikin ƙafafun farko goma a wasan sa na zagaye na biyu da John Part kuma, kodayake ya ci nasara, an doke shi 1<unk>4. Daga nan sai ya haɗu da Webster don gasar cin kofin duniya kuma tare suka kai wasan kusa da na karshe tare da cin nasara a kan Croatia da Afirka ta Kudu. Ba za su iya zuwa wasan karshe ba, kamar yadda 'yan Ingila biyu na Phil Taylor da Adrian Lewis suka lashe 1 × 3. A watan Maris ya buga darts tara a karo na huɗu na UK Open Qualifier yayin wasan zagaye na farko da Michael Barnard. Burnett daga baya aka fitar da shi a zagaye na huɗu na taron daga Dennis Priestley. Daga nan ya kai wasan kusa da na karshe na gasar Austrian Darts Open inda ya yi rashin nasara 3<unk>6 ga Raymond van Barneveld. Burnett ya yi rashin nasara 4-9 a cikin 32 na UK Open zuwa Peter Wright. A zagaye na farko na European Darts Open Burnett ya samar da matsakaicin matsakaici na 121 yayin cin nasara 6<unk>2 akan Andy Jenkins, kuma ya ci gaba da kaiwa wasan kusa da na karshe inda ya rasa 4<unk>6 ga Raymond van Barneveld. A Wasannin Wasannin Duniya, Burnett ya sha wahala shan kashi 5 zuwa 10 ga James Wade a zagaye na farko. Bayan an buga dukkan wasannin ProTour 33 na shekarar 2012, Burnett ya kasance na 22 a kan Dokar Kyauta, cikin kwanciyar hankali a cikin manyan 32 waɗanda suka cancanci shiga Wasannin Zakarun Players. Adrian Lewis ya doke shi 3<unk>6 a zagaye na farko.