Gerwyn Price powers to Premier League Darts Night Nine title in Manchester

Gerwyn Price produced a sensational showing to claim his second weekly title of the 2026 Premier League Darts season in Manchester on Thursday.

Price produced one of the best nightly performances in recent Premier League history to prevail at the AO Arena, recording 6-2 victories over Luke Humphries, Stephen Bunting and Gian van Veen to seal his second weekly title of the campaign.

The Welshman kicked off his quarter-final clash against Humphries with successive 167 and 135 checkouts, averaging 104.5 in dispatching the defending champion.

He then delivered the performance of the tournament so far in his semi-final showdown against Bunting, averaging 112.9 and landing a roof-raising 170 checkout as he defied a 106 average from his opponent.

Price – also a winner on Night Two in Antwerp – was equally imperious in the final, landing a brace of 128 checkouts en route to establishing a commanding 4-0 lead.

Van Veen responded with successive holds to halt the charge, though the former World Champion maintained his merciless march to victory, sealing the title with a 105.8 average.

“I was chasing two points first and foremost in my first game against Luke,” reflected Price, who leapfrogs his World Cup partner Jonny Clayton into second spot on legs difference.

“It was a tough game. I started off with two big checkouts which settled me into the game, and then I played really well against Stephen, who I also thought played well.

“I don’t think Gian was really on his game in the final, but you just feel sometimes that you can’t miss, and that’s how it felt tonight.”

Van Veen’s appearance in a fourth nightly final of the season saw him move to within a point of the Play-Off positions, as the European Champion returned to winning ways in Manchester after his recent bout of illness.

The 23-year-old was without a win since Night Four in Belfast, but he snapped that streak with a dramatic deciding-leg victory over Luke Littler in the quarter-finals.

A feisty affair saw Littler rally from 4-1 down to force a decider, only to miss three match darts at double seven before Van Veen returned to pin double six and oust the home favourite.

Van Veen told Viaplay: “I’m on 90, I miss double 15 on the inside, and then I see him celebrating towards the crowd. I don’t think that’s normal. And then he also makes that crying gesture… He’s a fantastic darts player, but today he showed he’s not a good loser.

“Celebrating a miss from your opponent, that really annoys me. That’s why I gave him a look. The fact he then misses three darts at a double, that’s his problem.”

The Dutchman backed up his victory over Littler with a 6-3 triumph over Josh Rock, producing a magnificent 160 checkout to leave the AO Arena with three points to his name.

Earlier in the night, Rock recorded his second straight victory over Clayton to seal his spot in the semi-finals, defying a 107.4 average from the Welshman to run out a 6-4 winner.

In the evening’s other quarter-final, Bunting defied a stirring fightback from Michael van Gerwen to close out a 6-3 victory, despite a 104 average from the Dutchman.

Littler remains two points clear at the top of the table despite his early exit on home soil, with Price, Clayton and Van Gerwen occupying the top four positions.

Van Veen has leapfrogged Humphries into fifth spot, with Bunting and Rock sat in seventh and eighth place respectively.

Premier League Darts 2026 Night Nine Results

Thursday April 2

Quarter-Finals
Michael van Gerwen 3-6 Stephen Bunting
Gerwyn Price 6-2 Luke Humphries
Gian van Veen 6-5 Luke Littler
Jonny Clayton 4-6 Josh Rock

Semi-Finals
Stephen Bunting 2-6 Gerwyn Price
Gian van Veen 6-3 Josh Rock

Final
Gerwyn Price 6-2 Gian van Veen