Premier League Darts News

Stay up to speed with the latest news, results and reaction from the Premier League Darts season as the sport’s elite go head-to-head over 17 weeks.

The 22nd staging of BetMGM Premier League Darts runs from February 5 to May 28 and sees eight of the world’s top players competing in a weekly knockout format in sold-out arenas across the UK and Europe.

As well as the £10,000 weekly winner’s bonus, points will also be awarded from each night, with five to the winner, three to the runner-up and two to the semi-finalists, to form the league table from which the top four players will progress to the Play-Offs to compete for a record £350,000 top prize.

Luke Humphries is the defending champion after he defeated rival Luke Littler 11-8 in last year’s final to claim the title for the first time.

World number one Littler is vying to regain the title he won on debut in 2024, having recently retained the World Championship title and secured an 11th major title at the Winmau World Masters.

Reigning European Champion and World Championship runner-up Gian van Veen makes his debut in the event as world number three, and is joined by seven-time Premier League champion Michael van Gerwen.

Josh Rock is the other debutant in this year’s event, having won the World Cup of Darts last year, while former Premier League champion Jonny Clayton returns to the line-up for the first time since 2023.

Gerwyn Price, the 2023 runner-up, retains his place in the elite invitational alongside Stephen Bunting – a winner of six PDC events in 2025.

The 17-week roadshow will kick off in Newcastle on Thursday February, before heading to Antwerp for an historic debut visit to Belgium at the AFAS Dome.

February will also feature league nights in Glasgow and Belfast during an action-packed opening month, before visits to Cardiff, Nottingham, Dublin and Berlin in March.

The night in Cardiff precedes the UK Open, which gets under way in Minehead the following day, meaning Exeter has been dropped from the schedule after hosting the Premier League since 2009.

The race to The O2 will intensify in April, with further league nights to be held in Manchester, Brighton, Rotterdam, Liverpool and Aberdeen, before the season draws to a close in May.

The final three league nights will take place in Leeds, Birmingham and Sheffield, which will be followed by the season-ending Finals on a bumper night at The O2 in London on Thursday May 28.

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