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 21st staging in 2025 with eight players, including reigning champion Luke Littler, set to do battle for the coveted title and £275,000 in Prize Money.

2025 Premier League Darts line-up

Who is in Premier League Darts?

The eight player line-up was confirmed on Monday 6th January, 2025, following the World Darts Championship.

The top four players on the Order of Merit secured themselves of a spot in the competition with four other players being selected by the PDC committee.

The 2025 line-up is as follows:

1 - Luke Humphries
2 - Luke Littler
3 - Michael van Gerwen
4 - Rob Cross
5 - Stephen Bunting
6 - Gerwyn Price
7 - Chris Dobey
8 - Nathan Aspinall

2025 Premier League Darts - Date

When does Premier League Darts start?

The Premier League of Darts has always been held between February and May and that is no different in 2025 with the tournament getting underway on Thursday 6th February 2025, and drawing to a close on Finals Night on Thursday 29th May.

2025 Premier League Darts - Locations & Venues

Over the years, the Premier League of Darts has taken place across a host of major UK cities such as Liverpool, Newcastle and Aberdeen as well as in Rotterdam in the Netherlands and Berlin in Germany.

The 2024 tournament kept the same 17 venues that were used in the Premier League the year before and 2025 will be no different. 

2025 Premier League Darts - Schedule

Belfast's SSE Arena will play host to the opening night of the 2025 Premier League, with the schedule now confirmed for next year's darting roadshow.

The new Premier League season will begin in the Northern Irish capital on Thursday 6th February as darts' biggest party returns to an unchanged line-up of 17 venues across the UK and Europe.

The 2025 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 and £1m in prize money.

2025 Premier League Darts

Night 1 - The SSE Arena, Belfast - Thursday 6th February 2025
Night 2 - OVO Hydro, Glasgow - Thursday 13th February 2025
Night 3 - 3Arena, Dublin - Thursday 20th February 2025
Night 4 - Westpoint Exeter - Thursday 27th February 2025
Night 5 - The Brighton Centre - Thursday 6th March 2025
Night 6 - Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham - Thursday 13th March 2025
Night 7 - Utilita Arena, Cardiff - Thursday 20th March 2025
Night 8 - Utilita Arena, Newcastle - Thursday 27th March 2025
Night 9 - Uber Arena, Berlin - Thursday 3rd April 2025
Night 10 - AO Arena, Manchester - Thursday 10th April 2025
Night 11 - Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam - Thursday 17th April 2025
Night 12 - M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool - Thursday 24th April 2025
Night 13 - Utilita Arena, Birmingham, Thursday 1st May 2025
Night 14 - First Direct Arena, Leeds - Thursday 8th May 2025
Night 15 - P&J Live, Aberdeen - Thursday 15th May 2025
Night 16 - Utilita Arena, Sheffield - Thursday 22nd May 2025
Play-Offs - The O2, London - Thursday 29th May 2025

2025 Premier League Darts - Prize Money

Stage:	Prize Money:
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

Premier League Darts - Defending Champion

Luke Littler reigned supreme on debut in 2024, maintaining his rapid rise in Planet Darts.

The 2024 World Finalist secured top spot in the group stage of the event before beating Luke Humphries in the O2 final, scoring a stunning nine-dart leg en-route to a 11-7 success.

Who has won the most Premier League Darts titles?

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 Englishman Phil Taylor, who won six throughout his career.

Aside from Van Gerwen, 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. 

Premier League Darts - 9-Dart Legs

In total, there have been 15 nine-dart finishes thrown in the history of the Premier League.

The first came from Raymond van Barneveld back in 2006 and the most recent was Littler's perfect leg in his memorable 11-7 final success over Luke Humphries in May 2024.

Raymond van Barneveld, Taylor and Adrian Lewis have all recorded nine-dart finishes on more than one occasion. 

2025 Premier League Darts - Format

The format for the 2025 staging of the event will remain identical to that of the past couple of years, whereby there will be a nightly winner on each week of the competition.

An eight-person knockout bracket will take place, with the winners of the four quarter-finals progressing to the semi-finals, and then the two winners will move on to the final. All matches will be played over the best-of-11 legs.

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

Throughout the campaign, players will pick 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 will partake in two knockout semi-finals. 

2025 Premier League Darts - Tips

Keith Deller MBE will be providing his tips for the 2025 Premier League Darts.

How many editions of Premier League Darts have there been?

Having started back in 2005, there have been 20 editions of the Premier League of Darts with the 2025 season therefore set to be the 21st staging of the event.