Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan kammalawar kakar wasan da ta gabata, wasan kwaikwayon Maflin a farkon sabuwar kakar ya kasance ba shi da kyau, har sai ya kai wasan karshe na 16 na Gasar Duniya. Maflin ya doke Luca Brecel 6<unk>4 a wasan share fagen shiga, sannan a wurin ya doke Robert Milkins da Mark Williams da 6<unk>2 scorelines. Ya fuskanci Graeme Dott kuma ya yi nasara 71 a 5<unk>3 da 61<unk>0 a cikin maki, kafin ya dauki wasan a cikin yanke shawara wanda ya rasa. Duk da rashin nasara mai ban mamaki 6 zuwa 4 ga mai son Mitchell Travis a cikin 64 na karshe na Gasar Burtaniya, Maflin ya tashi zuwa na 51 a cikin martabar duniya a ƙarshen shekara. 2014 ya fara da kyau ga Maflin, yayin da ya kai 16 na karshe na Masters na Jamus a shekara ta biyu a jere, bayan ya ci nasara a kan lambar duniya ta biyu Mark Selby a cikin tsari; duk da haka Joe Perry ya doke shi 5<unk>1, ya rasa tsarin karshe a karkashin ka'idar rashin kuskure guda uku kafin a jefa kwallon guda daya. Duk da haka, wannan sakamakon ya ba Maflin damar inganta matsayinsa, ya shiga cikin manyan 48 a karon farko a cikin aikinsa. Rashin nasarar da aka yi wa Lee Page a wasan karshe na gasar Turai, Gdynia Open ya bar Maflin a 37th a kan Tsarin Turai na Kyauta, yayin da yake kan Tsarin Asiya na Kyauta ya gama 59th kawai, don haka ya kasa cancanta zuwa wasan karshe. A gasar Haikou World Open ya doke Perry da Ali Carter don isa na uku na karshe na 16 na kakar, amma ya rasa 5<unk>3 zuwa Mark Joyce. Lokacin Maflin ya ƙare tare da kashi biyu na karshe na 64 a gasar
China Open da Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ga Judd Trump da Andrew Higginson bi da bi; ya ƙare a 34th a duniya, hawan mai ban mamaki na wurare 30 daga matsayinsa na watanni 12 da suka gabata.