Wilson began playing snooker at the age of three with his father teaching him the basics of the game. He later took lessons from
Vic Harris, a former professional player. As a teenager, he beat most of the best players in his class and won several junior tournaments. In the
2011–12 season he took part in seven of the twelve tournaments in the
Players Tour Championship. The following year he won a match in the main rounds of a PTC for the first time with a 4–2 success over
Gerard Greene in the first event in
Gloucester. Wilson was knocked out 4–3 by
Dave Harold in the second round. In Q School, he lost in the fourth round in the second and third events. His high Q School Order of Merit placing gave him entry into many ranking event qualifiers for the
2013–14 season, but he was unable to win a match. Wilson made his debut at the venue stage of a ranking event at the
2014 Welsh Open and he led world number 11
Mark Allen 3–0 and made a break of 54 in the fourth frame. However, Allen responded by winning four successive frames to edge it 4–3, with Wilson stating afterwards that a kick in the fourth frame had ruined his chance of winning. He came within two wins of securing a professional tour card in the first event of Q School, but lost 4–3 to Duane Jones. In the second round of the first event of the
2015 Q School he defeated ex-professional
Marcus Campbell. Wilson won three more matches to reach the final round and beat
Chen Zhe 4–1 to seal his professional status for the first time, earning a two-year tour card starting with the
2015–16 season, with Wilson stating that his goal is to remain on tour. He won his first match on tour by beating
Oliver Brown 5–2 in the first round of the
2015 Australian Goldfields Open qualifiers, before losing 5–2 to
Jack Lisowski. At the
UK Championship Wilson won a ranking event match at the venue stage for the first time in his career by seeing off
Michael White, who at world number 15 was ranked 100 places higher than Wilson. He lost 6–2 to
Mark Joyce in the subsequent round. In the
German Masters qualifiers,
Mike Dunn edged past Wilson 5–4 and by 86–79 points on the final black. Wilson defeated
Gerard Greene 4–3 at the
Welsh Open, but lost 4–1 to
Matthew Selt in the second round. Wilson has practiced in
Stepfield Snooker Club in
Witham, where two-time World Championship runner-up
Ali Carter plays. ==Performance and rankings timeline==