2025 Premier League Darts
| 2025 BetMGM Premier League Darts |
| Winner |
| Runner-up |
| Score |
| 11–8 |
| Dates |
| 6 February – 29 May 2025 |
| Edition |
| 21st |
| Number of players |
| 8 |
| Venues |
| 17 |
| Nine-dart finish |
| Premier League Darts |
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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.
Luke Littler was the defending champion after defeating Luke Humphries 11–7 in the 2024 final, 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. Littler hit the third nine-dart finish of the tournament in his night seven final win against Michael van Gerwen. 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.
Luke Littler achieved a record six nightly wins during the league stage and also broke his own seasonal points record, finishing on 45 points.
Format
The 2025 Premier League Darts used the same format that was introduced for the 2022 edition. 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.
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.Players
The top four players on the PDC Order of Merit—Luke Humphries, Luke Littler, Michael van Gerwen and Rob Cross—automatically qualified. The remaining four players were announced on 6 January 2025 live on Sky Sports News. The announcement saw two changes made from the 2024 lineup, with Stephen Bunting and Chris Dobey replacing Peter Wright and Michael Smith. Former participants and Scottish World Cup duo Wright and Gary Anderson were not selected, marking the first Premier League line-up to not feature a player representing Scotland since 2010. Reigning World Grand Prix champion Mike De Decker became the first victor of a premier event televised on Sky Sports to miss out on selection the following year.| Player | Appearance in Premier League | Consecutive Streak | Order of Merit Rank | Previous best performance |
| 2nd | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2nd | 2 | 2 | Winner: | |
| 13th | 13 | 3 | ||
| 6th | 2 | 4 | Runner-up: | |
| 2nd | 1 | 5 | 8th: | |
| 7th | 4 | 9 | Runner-up: | |
| 2nd | 1 | 10 | 7th: | |
| 5th | 3 | 11 | Runner up: |
League stage
The fixtures were released on 22 January 2025. Match winners are shown in bold and all players are accompanied by their three-dart average for the match.6 February – Night 1
SSE Arena BelfastLuke Humphries was the winner on Night 1, defeating Chris Dobey 6–1 in the night's final.
13 February – Night 2
OVO Hydro, GlasgowLuke Littler was the winner on Night 2, defeating Luke Humphries 6–5 in the night’s final.
20 February – Night 3
3Arena, DublinGerwyn Price was the winner on Night 3, defeating Nathan Aspinall 6–3 in the night's final.
27 February – Night 4
Westpoint Arena, ExeterLuke Humphries was the winner on Night 4, defeating Luke Littler 6–4 in the night’s final.
6 March – Night 5
Brighton Centre, BrightonLuke Littler was the winner on Night 5, defeating Nathan Aspinall 6–3 in the night's final.
13 March – Night 6
Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, NottinghamGerwyn Price was the winner on Night 6, defeating Luke Littler 6–3 in the night's final.
20 March – Night 7
Utilita Arena Cardiff, CardiffLuke Littler was the winner on Night 7, defeating Michael van Gerwen 6–4 in the night's final.
27 March – Night 8
Utilita Arena Newcastle, NewcastleLuke Littler was the winner on Night 8, defeating Luke Humphries 6–1 in the night's final.
3 April – Night 9
Uber Arena, BerlinStephen Bunting was the winner on Night 9, defeating Gerwyn Price 6–5 in the night's final. Michael van Gerwen withdrew due to a shoulder injury.
10 April – Night 10
AO Arena, ManchesterNathan Aspinall was the winner on Night 10, defeating Luke Humphries 6–4 in the night's final.
17 April – Night 11
Rotterdam Ahoy, RotterdamChris Dobey was the winner on Night 11, defeating Stephen Bunting 6–2 in the night's final.
24 April – Night 12
M&S Bank Arena, LiverpoolGerwyn Price was the winner on Night 12, defeating Luke Humphries 6–4 in the night's final.
1 May – Night 13
Utilita Arena Birmingham, BirminghamLuke Littler was the winner on Night 13, defeating Michael van Gerwen 6–4 in the night's final.
8 May – Night 14
First Direct Arena, LeedsLuke Humphries was the winner on Night 14, defeating Luke Littler 6–5 in the night's final.
15 May – Night 15
P&J Live, AberdeenNathan Aspinall was the winner on Night 15, defeating Chris Dobey 6–1 in the night's final.
22 May – Night 16
Utilita Arena Sheffield, SheffieldLuke Littler was the winner on Night 16, defeating Luke Humphries 6–3 in the night's final.
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.
'''The O2, London'''
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.
' Champion
' Runner-up
' Eliminated
' Qualified
Streaks
| Legend: | Did not qualify | withdrew | Lost in Quarterfinals | Semi-finalist | Runner-up | Night winner |
Incidents
Night two of the 2025 Premier League in Glasgow was marred by disruptive crowd behaviour, particularly whistling sounds aimed at Gerwyn Price during his semi-final match with Luke Humphries, as well as at Humphries himself along with opponent Luke Littler during the final. The disruption led to referee Kirk Bevins asking the crowd to stop whistling during his officiating of the latter contest. Price responded to the hecklers by whistling back at them as Humphries jokingly covered his ears. Sky Sports presenter Abigail Davies showed her displeasure with the crowd in a social media post, claiming "There is no way you can be a fan of the sport if you do that." Nightly winner Littler also gave his thoughts, stating that the intervention by Bevins only made the situation worse. He added: "Obviously, they've got to step in at some point and say something. But yeah, that was pretty bad, but I got the win." The PDC issued a statement on the crowd's behaviour the following day, condemning any excessive whistling or booing while players throw and reiterating that they would remove any spectators acting inappropriately.On night five, Littler addressed media after his second nightly win and spoke about a member of the crowd throwing a pint at Nathan Aspinall moments before the final. He provided further comments surrounding crowd behaviour, stating: "I think we all know some have been good, some have been a bit bad. But that is the darts fans for you, they are either good or they are either bad."