Premier League Darts: Line-up, start date, venues, tournament format, prize money and more

One of the staples of the annual PDC calendar, Premier League Darts returns for its 23rd staging in 2027 with eight players, including reigning champion Luke Littler, set to do battle for the coveted title and a £350,000 prize.

Dates

The Premier League of Darts has always been held between February and May and while dates are yet to be announced, it is expected that 2027 will be no different.

Locations & Venues

The locations for the 2027 have already been confirmed and the action will be hosted across a number of major UK cities and on the continent, with dates in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.

After appearing on the calendar for the first time in 2026 Antwerp will remain on the circuit.

Aberdeen, Antwerp, Belfast, Berlin, Birmingham, Brighton, Cardiff, Dublin, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Rotterdam and Sheffield.

2027 Line-up

The eight player lineup for the 2027 edition of Premier League Darts will be confirmed after the 2027 PDC World Championship, with the top four players on the PDC's Order of Merit joined by four wildcard selections.

Schedule

While the schedule for the 2027 Premier League has yet to be announced, dates have been confimed for the following cities: Aberdeen, Antwerp, Belfast, Berlin, Birmingham, Brighton, Cardiff, Dublin, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Rotterdam and Sheffield.

The 2027 Premier League will be staged on Thursday nights from February until May, as the sport’s top stars battle it out for the coveted title, with more than £1m in prize money up for grabs.

Prize Money

Stage:	Prize Money:
Winner:	£350,000
Runner-Up:	£170,000
Semi-Finalists (x2):	£110,000
5th Place:	£95,000
6th Place:	£90,000
7th Place:	£85,000
8th Place:	£80,000
Weekly Winner Bonus (x16)	£10,000
Total:	£1,250,000

In 2025, the PDC announced a major increase in prize money across the professional tour for the 2026 campaign, with an unprecedented £1.25 million prize pot being allocated to the 16-week-long darting roadshow.

Assuming that the prize money remains the same, in 2027 a bumper £350,000 cut of the total prize will go straight into the pocket of the winner, representing a significant £75,000 rise from the £275,000 that Luke Humphries collected at the 2025 staging of the event.

Format

It has yet to be confirmed whether any significant changes will be made for the 2027 Premier League Darts season.

The format for the 2026 staging of the event remained identical to that of the past couple of years, whereby there was a nightly winner on each week of the competition.

Each night the players were split into an eight-person knockout bracket, with the winners of the four quarter-finals progressing to the semi-finals, before the two winners moved on to the final. All matches were played over the best-of-11 legs.

In the first seven weeks of the season and in weeks nine to 15, players were guaranteed to come across each other once in the quarter-finals. Weeks eight and 16, meanwhile, were drawn based on league standings at that point.

Throughout the campaign, players picked up two points for making the semi-finals, three points for making the final and five points for every final win.

After the regular season has concluded, the top four players in the table moved on to a final in London with two knockout semi-finals played over 19 legs, followed by a final contested over 21 legs.

History

Having started back in 2005, there have been 22 editions of the Premier League of Darts with the 2027 season therefore set to be the 23rd staging of the event.

Dutch star Michael van Gerwen holds the record for the most Premier League titles, having won seven in his career with ten finals appearances to his name.

Just behind MVG is the legendary Phil Taylor, who won six throughout his career.

With his triumph in May 2026 Luke Littler became just the second active player to have claimed two titles, with Scotland's Gary Anderson is the only other player still playing who has won the Premier League Darts on more than one occasion, having last done so in 2015.

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