2017 Premier League Darts

The tournament format is identical to that since 2013. During the first nine weeks (Phase 1) each player plays the other nine players once. The bottom two players are then eliminated from the competition. In the next six weeks (phase 2) each player plays the other seven players once. Phase 2 consists of four weeks where five matches are played followed by two weeks where four matches are played. At the end of phase 2 the top four players contest the two semi-finals and the final in the play-off week.

In the only change from 2016, Brighton returned to the calendar, replacing Bournemouth.

Liverpool

Brighton

Glasgow

Exeter

Nottingham

Leeds

Cardiff

Sheffield

Aberdeen

Manchester

Birmingham

Newcastle

Rotterdam

London

Belfast

Dublin

Locations of the 2017 Premier League venues in the British Isles

Rotterdam

Locations of the 2017 Premier League venues in the Netherlands

Newcastle	Nottingham	Leeds	Brighton
Newcastle Arena Thursday 2 February	Nottingham Arena Thursday 9 February	Leeds Arena Thursday 16 February	Brighton Centre Thursday 23 February
Exeter	Glasgow	Rotterdam	Manchester
Westpoint Exeter Thursday 2 March	The SSE Hydro Thursday 9 March	Rotterdam Ahoy Thursday 16 March	Manchester Arena Thursday 23 March
Cardiff	Dublin	Liverpool	Belfast
Cardiff International Arena Thursday 30 March	3Arena Thursday 6 April	Liverpool Arena Thursday 13 April	SSE Arena Belfast Thursday 20 April
Birmingham	Sheffield	Aberdeen	London
Arena Birmingham Thursday 27 April	Sheffield Arena Thursday 4 May	AECC Thursday 11 May	The O2 Thursday 18 May

The players in this year's tournament were announced following the 2017 PDC World Darts Championship final on 2 January 2017, with the top four of the PDC Order of Merit joined by six Wildcards – two chosen by Sky Sports and four by the PDC.

Previous PDC wildcards Robert Thornton and Michael Smith were dropped in favour of Jelle Klaasen and Kim Huybrechts. The 2017 edition marks the first time in which the six-time champion Phil Taylor appears as a wildcard entry, having finished outside the Order of Merit places. It is also the first Premier League without a player making his debut in the competition.

Player	Appearance in Premier League	Consecutive Streak	Order of Merit Rank	Previous best performance	Qualification
Michael van Gerwen	5th	5	1	Winner (2013, 2016)	PDC Order of Merit
Gary Anderson	7th	7	2	Winner (2011, 2015)	PDC Order of Merit
Peter Wright	4th	4	3	5th (2014, 2016)	PDC Order of Merit
Adrian Lewis	10th	8	4	Runner-up (2011)	PDC Order of Merit
James Wade	9th	3	5	Winner (2009)	PDC Wildcard
Phil Taylor	13th	13	6	Winner (2005–2008, 2010, 2012)	Sky Sports Wildcard
Dave Chisnall	4th	4	7	Semi-finals (2015)	PDC Wildcard
Jelle Klaasen	2nd	1	9	7th (2009)	PDC Wildcard
Raymond van Barneveld	12th	12	10	Winner (2014)	Sky Sports Wildcard
Kim Huybrechts	2nd	1	13	10th (2015)	PDC Wildcard

The prize-money was increased to £825,000 from £725,000 in 2016.^[2]

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2 February – Week 1 (Phase 1) Newcastle Arena, Newcastle Score [4] Kim Huybrechts 100.62 5–7 James Wade 96.07 Raymond van Barneveld 99.33 7–5 Adrian Lewis 98.96 Phil Taylor 96.23 7–3 Dave Chisnall 96.84 Gary Anderson 103.19 6–6 Michael van Gerwen 107.94 Peter Wright 93.93 7–4 Jelle Klaasen 95.94 Night's Total Average: 98.90 [citation needed] Highest Checkout: Dave Chisnall 160 Most 180s: Dave Chisnall 5 Night's 180s: 29

9 February – Week 2 (Phase 1) Nottingham Arena, Nottingham Score [5] Adrian Lewis 94.40 7–2 Dave Chisnall 90.48 James Wade 98.88 6–6 Phil Taylor 92.07 Jelle Klaasen 97.41 3–7 Gary Anderson 100.04 Peter Wright 89.83 3–7 Michael van Gerwen 105.21 Kim Huybrechts 96.99 6–6 Raymond van Barneveld 93.91 Night's Total Average: 95.92 [citation needed] Highest Checkout: Michael van Gerwen 170 Most 180s: Raymond van Barneveld 7 Night's 180s: 29

16 February – Week 3 (Phase 1) Leeds Arena, Leeds Score [6] Gary Anderson 106.59 5–7 Peter Wright 109.48 Adrian Lewis 88.01 4–7 James Wade 98.21 Phil Taylor 96.39 7–4 Raymond van Barneveld 97.32 Michael van Gerwen 102.78 7–4 Jelle Klaasen 96.24 Dave Chisnall 101.20 7–4 Kim Huybrechts 105.06 Night's Total Average: 99.13 [citation needed] Highest Checkout: Dave Chisnall 141 Most 180s: Gary Anderson 6 Night's 180s: 32

23 February – Week 4 (Phase 1) Brighton Centre, Brighton Score [7] Dave Chisnall 93.28 3–7 Jelle Klaasen 98.90 Michael van Gerwen 104.67 6–6 Adrian Lewis 101.20 Gary Anderson 96.80 6–6 James Wade 89.61 Phil Taylor 96.44 6–6 Kim Huybrechts 94.56 Raymond van Barneveld 103.40 6–6 Peter Wright 95.87 Night's Total Average: 97.47 [citation needed] Highest Checkout: Adrian Lewis 170 Most 180s: Jelle Klaasen, Raymond van Barneveld & Michael van Gerwen 4 Night's 180s: 24

2 March – Week 5 (Phase 1) Westpoint Exeter, Exeter Score [8] Dave Chisnall 101.13 7–2 Raymond van Barneveld 96.83 Jelle Klaasen 87.57 6–6 Kim Huybrechts 93.96 Gary Anderson 105.31 6–6 Phil Taylor 103.98 Adrian Lewis 109.15 2–7 Peter Wright 119.50 James Wade 89.35 5–7 Dave Chisnall* 92.58 Night's Total Average: 99.94 [citation needed] Highest Checkout: Peter Wright 125 Most 180s: Dave Chisnall 10 Night's 180s: 39 *Michael van Gerwen was originally scheduled to play against James Wade, but withdrew due to a back injury, Dave Chisnall played twice in Round 5. Van Gerwen played Wade on 23 March (Round 8), giving Chisnall the night off.[9]

9 March – Week 6 (Phase 1) The SSE Hydro, Glasgow Score [10] Adrian Lewis 98.71 7–4 Phil Taylor 96.82 James Wade 94.52 5–7 Peter Wright 95.42 Kim Huybrechts 101.72 5–7 Michael van Gerwen 106.30 Jelle Klaasen 95.42 5–7 Raymond van Barneveld 96.46 Dave Chisnall 92.67 3–7 Gary Anderson 101.71 Night's Average: 97.98 [citation needed] Highest Checkout: Raymond van Barneveld 154 Most 180s: Adrian Lewis 7 Night's 180s: 37

16 March – Week 7 (Phase 1) Ahoy, Rotterdam Score [11] James Wade 94.32 7–3 Jelle Klaasen 86.21 Peter Wright 93.79 7–4 Dave Chisnall 90.52 Raymond van Barneveld 103.71 7–2 Gary Anderson 102.69 Kim Huybrechts 90.17 3–7 Adrian Lewis 96.18 Phil Taylor 93.87 4–7 Michael van Gerwen 100.50 Night's Average: 95.20 [citation needed] Highest Checkout: Raymond van Barneveld 156 Most 180s: Adrian Lewis & Raymond van Barneveld 5 Night's 180s: 21

23 March – Week 8 (Phase 1) Manchester Arena, Manchester Score [12] Michael van Gerwen 104.20 7–4 James Wade 100.84 Kim Huybrechts 91.55 2–7 Gary Anderson 101.86 Peter Wright 102.45 5–7 Phil Taylor 98.75 Jelle Klaasen 81.25 5–7 Adrian Lewis 84.39 Raymond van Barneveld 101.20 7–5 Michael van Gerwen 101.93 Night's Average: 96.84 [citation needed] Highest Checkout: Peter Wright 156 Most 180s: Michael van Gerwen 9 Night's 180s: 33

30 March – Week 9 (Phase 1) – Judgement Night Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff Score [13] Peter Wright N/A 7–0 Kim Huybrechts* N/A Phil Taylor 97.50 7–5 Jelle Klaasen 91.78 Gary Anderson 107.13 7–3 Adrian Lewis 96.67 Raymond van Barneveld 95.38 7–2 James Wade 84.97 Michael van Gerwen 104.25 7–1 Dave Chisnall 100.79 Night's Average: 97.31 [citation needed] Highest Checkout: Gary Anderson 170 Most 180s: Gary Anderson & Dave Chisnall 5 Night's 180s: 20 *Kim Huybrechts was unable to travel to Cardiff due to family reasons. Because he was already eliminated in week 8, Peter Wright was awarded the win by default and the game was not rescheduled, giving Wright the night off.[14]

6 April – Week 10 (Phase 2) 3Arena, Dublin Score [15] James Wade 110.82 5–7 Michael van Gerwen 113.62 Raymond van Barneveld 100.51 3–7 Phil Taylor 105.87 Dave Chisnall 106.40 6–6 Peter Wright 101.82 Adrian Lewis 99.76 7–3 Gary Anderson 95.20 James Wade 93.58 2–7 Raymond van Barneveld 100.07 Night's Average: 102.77 [citation needed] Highest Checkout: Dave Chisnall 145 Most 180s: Raymond van Barneveld 9 Night's 180s: 41

13 April – Week 11 (Phase 2) Liverpool Arena, Liverpool Score [16] Gary Anderson 101.46 6–6 Dave Chisnall 98.98 Michael van Gerwen 103.48 6–6 Peter Wright 99.79 Adrian Lewis 111.52 7–4 Raymond van Barneveld 99.29 Phil Taylor 98.96 5–7 James Wade 93.88 Peter Wright 103.85 2–7 Gary Anderson 113.44 Night's Average: 102.47 [citation needed] Highest Checkout: Adrian Lewis 141 Most 180s: Gary Anderson & Dave Chisnall 8 Night's 180s: 39 Nine-dart finish: Adrian Lewis

20 April – Week 12 (Phase 2) SSE Arena, Belfast Score [17] Dave Chisnall 103.97 7–3 Adrian Lewis 95.56 Phil Taylor 104.38 7–4 Gary Anderson 102.60 Peter Wright 92.53 7–3 James Wade 92.24 Michael van Gerwen 103.09 7–2 Raymond van Barneveld 93.55 Dave Chisnall 104.72 7–2 Phil Taylor 94.91 Night's Average: 98.76 [citation needed] Highest Checkout: Raymond van Barneveld 140 Most 180s: Dave Chisnall 6 Night's 180s: 23

27 April – Week 13 (Phase 2) Arena Birmingham, Birmingham Score [18] James Wade 93.74 7–4 Adrian Lewis 96.68 Dave Chisnall 99.04 6–6 Michael van Gerwen 101.95 Phil Taylor 95.69 3–7 Peter Wright 94.32 Gary Anderson 105.47 7–4 Raymond van Barneveld 101.98 Adrian Lewis 94.53 0–7 Michael van Gerwen 110.75 Night's Average: 99.42 Highest Checkout: Gary Anderson 161 Most 180s: Michael van Gerwen 8 Night's 180s: 19

4 May – Week 14 (Phase 2) Sheffield Arena, Sheffield Score [19] Peter Wright 100.53 7–2 Adrian Lewis 92.80 Raymond van Barneveld 100.65 5–7 Dave Chisnall 109.36 James Wade 87.35 3–7 Gary Anderson 94.32 Michael van Gerwen 102.99 3–7 Phil Taylor 100.41 Night's Average: 98.55 Highest Checkout: Dave Chisnall 142 Most 180s: Gary Anderson & Dave Chisnall 4 Night's 180s: 23

11 May – Week 15 (Phase 2) AECC, Aberdeen Score [20] Dave Chisnall 98.68 6–6 James Wade 96.29 Phil Taylor 99.09 7–5 Adrian Lewis 97.50 Peter Wright 97.27 7–1 Raymond van Barneveld 94.74 Michael van Gerwen 103.56 7–4 Gary Anderson 100.46 Night's Total Average: 98.45 Highest Checkout: Gary Anderson 145 Most 180s: Dave Chisnall 7 Night's 180s: 27

The O2 Arena, London

	Score
[21]
Semi-finals (best of 19 legs)
Michael van Gerwen 102.22	10–7	Gary Anderson 102.68
Peter Wright 100.04	10–9	Phil Taylor 97.62
Final (best of 21 legs)
Michael van Gerwen 104.76	11–10	Peter Wright 101.06
Night's Total Average: 101.4
Highest Checkout: Gary Anderson 160
Most 180s: Michael van Gerwen 13
Night's 180s: 35