2025 Premier League Darts
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| 2025 BetMGM Premier League Darts | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 6 February – 29 May 2025 | ||
| Nine-dart finish | |||
| Champion(s) | |||
 Luke Humphries (ENG) | |||
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The 2025 Premier League Darts, also known as the 2025 BetMGM Premier League Darts for sponsorship reasons, was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation – the twenty-first edition of the tournament. The event began on Thursday 6 February 2025, at the SSE Arena in Belfast, and ended with the play-offs, at The O2 Arena in London on Thursday 29 May 2025.[1]
Luke Littler was the defending champion after defeating Luke Humphries 11–7 in the 2024 final,[2][3] but was defeated by Humphries 11–8 in the final, who won his first Premier League title and completed the Triple Crown.
There were five nine-dart finishes hit over the course of the tournament. Night five produced the first two; Humphries hit the first in his 6–4 loss to Rob Cross, then Cross hit his own perfect leg in his semi-final against Nathan Aspinall, a match he lost 6–5.[4] Littler hit the third nine-dart finish of the tournament in his night seven final win against Michael van Gerwen.[5] Gerwyn Price hit the fourth on night 10 in his 6–3 quarter-final loss against Littler. On night 15, Price hit his second nine-dart finish and the fifth of the tournament in his 6–4 quarter-final loss to Stephen Bunting.[6]
Luke Littler achieved a record six nightly wins during the league stage and also broke his own seasonal points record, finishing on 45 points.[7]
The 2025 Premier League Darts used the same format that was introduced for the 2022 edition.[8] It remained an eight-person knockout bracket every night, with each of the seven matches played as the first to six legs. The players were guaranteed to meet each other once in the quarter-finals throughout the first seven weeks, and once in the quarter-finals in weeks 9–15, with weeks 8 and 16 being drawn based on the league standings at that point. Players received two points per semi-final finish, three points per runner-up finish, and five points per final win.
Following the league phase, the top four players in the table contested the two knockout semi-finals with 1st playing 4th and 2nd playing 3rd.[9]
Venues
 Belfast |
 Glasgow |
 Dublin |
Exeter |
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| SSE Arena Belfast
Thursday 6 February |
OVO Hydro
Thursday 13 February |
3Arena
Thursday 20 February |
Westpoint Exeter
Thursday 27 February |
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| Brighton |
Nottingham |
 Cardiff |
Newcastle |
| Brighton Centre
Thursday 6 March |
Nottingham Arena
Thursday 13 March |
Cardiff International Arena
Thursday 20 March |
Newcastle Arena
Thursday 27 March |
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 Berlin |
Manchester |
 Rotterdam |
Liverpool |
| Uber Arena
Thursday 3 April |
Manchester Arena
Thursday 10 April |
Rotterdam Ahoy
Thursday 17 April |
Liverpool Arena
Thursday 24 April |
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| Birmingham |
Leeds |
Aberdeen |
Sheffield |
| Arena Birmingham
Thursday 1 May |
Leeds Arena
Thursday 8 May |
P&J Live
Thursday 15 May |
Sheffield Arena
Thursday 22 May |
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| London | |||
| The O2
Thursday 29 May | |||
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Prize money
The prize money for the 2025 edition of the tournament remained at £1 million, including a £10,000 bonus to each night's winner.[10][11]
| Stage | Prize money |
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| Winner | £275,000 |
| Runner-up | £125,000 |
| Semi-finalists (x2) | £85,000 |
| 5th place | £75,000 |
| 6th place | £70,000 |
| 7th place | £65,000 |
| 8th place | £60,000 |
| Weekly Winner Bonus (x16) | £10,000 |
| Total | £1,000,000 |
Players
League stage
29 May – Play-offs
The top four players of the league stage contested the play-offs to decide the champion of the Premier League.
Luke Humphries won the Premier League for the first time, defeating Luke Littler 11–8 in the final. This made Humphries the fourth player to complete the PDC Triple Crown after Gary Anderson, Phil Taylor and Michael van Gerwen.[37]
| Score | ||
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| Semi-finals (best of 19 legs) | ||
| Luke Littler 104.64 | 10–7 | Gerwyn Price 95.37 |
| Luke Humphries 105.81 | 10–7 | Nathan Aspinall 101.76 |
| Final (best of 21 legs) | ||
| Luke Littler 100.29 | 8–11 | Luke Humphries 97.86 |
| Night's Total Average: 100.83 | ||
| Highest Checkout: Gerwyn Price 132 | ||
| Most 180s: Luke Littler 16 | ||
| Night's 180s: 38 | ||
Final standings
Five points are awarded for a night win, three points for the runner-up and two points for the losing semi-finalists. When players are tied on points, nights won is used first as a tie-breaker and after that overall matches won.
The top four players after 16 nights advanced to the play-offs.
| Pos | Name | Nights | Matches | Legs | Scoring | |||||||||||||||
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| Pts | W | RU | SF | QF | Pld | W | L | LF | LA | LD | LWAT | 100+ | 140+ | 180 | A | HC | CR | C% | ||
| 1 | Luke Littler (RU) |
45 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 204 | 147 | 57 | 76 | 221 | 180 | 169 | 102.43 | 170 | 204/454 | 44.94% |
| 2 | Luke Humphries (C) |
34 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 21 | 13 | 171 | 153 | 18 | 67 | 245 | 170 | 101 | 99.67 | 167 | 171/416 | 41.11% |
| 3 | Nathan Aspinall |
26 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 136 | 128 | 8 | 55 | 213 | 112 | 93 | 95.70 | 170 | 136/354 | 38.41% |
| 4 | Gerwyn Price |
24 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 126 | 120 | 7 | 48 | 189 | 78 | 71 | 96.60 | 170 | 126/331 | 38.06% |
| 5 | Michael van Gerwen |
20 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 117 | 134 | –17 | 47 | 166 | 95 | 70 | 96.07 | 130 | 117/307 | 38.11% |
| 6 | Chris Dobey |
17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 104 | 121 | –17 | 41 | 164 | 89 | 87 | 97.19 | 170 | 108/259 | 41.70% |
| 7 | Rob Cross |
14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 99 | 119 | –20 | 34 | 138 | 86 | 55 | 98.18 | 170 | 99/234 | 42.30% |
| 8 | Stephen Bunting |
12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 77 | 118 | –41 | 26 | 150 | 102 | 62 | 97.48 | 170 | 77/223 | 34.52% |
(C) Champion
(RU) Runner-up
(E) Eliminated
(Q) Qualified
- As of 22 May 2025
(Week 16 of 16)
Streaks
| Player | Nights | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Play-offs | ||
| Luke Littler |
QF | W | QF | RU | W | RU | W | QF | SF | QF | W | RU | SF | W | RU | |||
| Luke Humphries |
W | RU | SF | W | QF | RU | SF | RU | QF | RU | QF | W | QF | RU | W | |||
| Nathan Aspinall |
QF | RU | SF | RU | QF | SF | QF | W | SF | QF | SF | QF | W | SF | SF | |||
| Gerwyn Price |
QF | SF | W | QF | W | QF | RU | QF | W | SF | QF | SF | ||||||
| Michael van Gerwen |
SF | QF | SF | RU | QF | WD | SF | QF | SF | RU | QF | DNQ | ||||||
| Chris Dobey |
RU | QF | SF | QF | SF | QF | W | QF | RU | SF | ||||||||
| Rob Cross |
SF | QF | SF | QF | SF | QF | ||||||||||||
| Stephen Bunting |
QF | W | QF | RU | QF | SF | QF | |||||||||||
| Legend: | DNQ | Did not qualify | WD | withdrew | QF | Lost in Quarterfinals | SF | Semi-finalist | RU | Runner-up | W | Night winner |
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Positions by week
| Player | Nights | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |
| Luke Littler |
5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Luke Humphries |
1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Nathan Aspinall |
8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| Gerwyn Price |
6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| Michael van Gerwen |
3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||
| Chris Dobey |
2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||
| Rob Cross |
4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | |||||||
| Stephen Bunting |
7 | 8 | ||||||||||||||