After 16 weeks of Premier League action, Luke Litter, Jonny Clayton, Gerwyn Price and Luke Humphries are left to battle for glory at the O2 Arena on finals night.
World No. 2 Humphries is looking to defend his crown this year but, after scrapping his way to the showpiece event, he will face stiff competition from the impressive Clayton in the semifinals. Meanwhile, two-time world champion Littler will have to get past Price.
The 19-year-old phenom is the bookies' favourite to win the Premier League and regain his title.
Littler, Humphries, Gian van Veen and Michael van Gerwen automatically qualified for this year's Premier League. Clayton, Price Stephen Bunting and Josh Rock were named as the PDC's wildcard picks.
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Premier League Darts dates, venues, results
Feb. 5: Night 1 (Newcastle)
Winner: Michael van Gerwen
Feb. 12: Night 2 (Antwerp)
Winner: Gerwyn Price
Feb. 19: Night 3 (Glasgow)
Winner: Jonny Clayton
Feb. 26: Night 4 (Belfast)
Winner: Stephen Bunting
March 5: Night 5 (Cardiff)
Winner: Luke Littler
March 12: Night 6 (Nottingham)
Winner: Jonny Clayton
March 19: Night 7 (Dublin)
Winner: Luke Littler
March 26: Night 8 (Berlin)
Winner: Luke Littler
April 2: Night 9 (Manchester)
Winner: Gerwyn Price
April 9: Night 10 (Brighton)
Winner: Jonny Clayton
April 16: Night 11 (Rotterdam)
Winner: Jonny Clayton
April 23: Night 12 (Liverpool)
Winner: Luke Littler
April 30: Night 13 (Aberdeen)
Winner: Luke Littler
May 7: Night 14 (Leeds)
Winner: Luke Littler
May 14: Night 15 (Birmingham)
Winner: Luke Humphries
May 21: Night 16 (Sheffield)
Winner: Stephen Bunting
May 28: Finals night (London)
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Premier League table, bracket
The top four players in the Premier League table after Night 16 advanced to finals night.
What is the prize money?
Humphries earned £275,000 for beating Littler in last year's final at the O2 Arena.
2026 prize money breakdown:
Champion: £350,000
Runner-up: £170,000
Semifinalists: £110,000
Fifth place: £95,000
Sixth place: £90,000
Seventh place: £85,000
Eighth place: £80,000
Nightly win: £10,000
Total: £1,250,000
Bonus prize money available:
Nine-darter: Set of 18-carat gold darts worth £30,000
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How to watch?
The Premier League will be shown live on Sky Sports in the UK, with coverage of finals night beginning from 7 p.m. BST.
What is the format?
Each of the 16 nights is its own mini tournament -- each night beginning with four quarterfinal matches featuring all eight players. The players compete to progress to the nightly final where a victor will emerge.
All matches are best-of-11 legs (first to six). The players accumulate points over the course of the 16 weeks depending on their progress through each nightly tournament with the top four-ranked players progressing to finals night in London on May 28.
Premier League points system:
Nightly winner: 5 points
Runner-up: 3 points
Losing semifinalists: 2 points
Every player will meet once in the quarterfinals between weeks 1 and 7 , then again between weeks 9 and 15. The matchups in weeks 8 and 16 are decided by each player's respective position in the league table.
On finals night, the league leader faces the player who finished in fourth place in the table, while second plays third in the best-of-19-leg (first to 10) semifinals.
The Premier League champion is then crowned after a best-of-21-leg (first to 11 legs) final.
Has there been a nine-darter?
Josh Rock delighted his home crowd in Belfast with a nine-darter on Night 4.
He went on to lose the quarterfinal tie against Gian van Veen but left the SSE Arena with a set of 18-carat gold darts worth £30,000 which are on offer to any player who pulls off the feat courtesy of tournament sponsors BetMGM.
"Being from Northern Ireland and hitting a nine-darter in front of Belfast is phenomenal," Rock told the BBC.
"My consistency in the Premier League is good but tonight, the 6-2 [defeat], I don't even care. I've hit a nine-darter in front of my home crowd and enjoyed that even more.
"When it [the ninth dart] left my hand and the double 12 went in, I just thought 'I've hit a nine-darter in Belfast.' My body is still shaking; I had to shake my shoulders to calm myself down, but I'm buzzing.
"Nine-darters don't come around too often, but to hit one in the Premier League in Belfast -- what a feeling."
Last year's Premier League featured a record amount of nine-dart finishes with five hit over the course of the tournament.
Luke Humphries and Rob Cross delighted the sell-out crowd in Brighton on Night Five as they both achieved perfection in what was an outstanding evening of darts.
Gerwyn Price cemented his status as the best nine-dart hitter in Premier League history as he moved clear of Phil Taylor's total (3) with his fourth and fifth career nine-dart finishes in Manchester and Aberdeen, respectively.
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Who are the previous winners?
Michael van Gerwen's seven titles make him the Premier League king. He won his first in 2013 before winning four in a row at his peak between 2016 and 2019. The Dutchman won again in 2022, with his most recent success coming in 2023.
Phil Taylor has also won four Premier League titles in a row. He lifted the trophy at the end of each of the first four editions of the tournament and lifted six in total.
Two-time world champion Gary Anderson has also won two Premier Leagues, while James Wade, Raymond van Barneveld, Glen Durrant, Jonny Clayton, Luke Humphries and Luke Littler have won one apiece.
PDC world rankings
The Premier League is not a ranking event so any prize money earned does not count in the two-year period which is used to determine the PDC Order of Merit (world rankings).
1. Luke Littler
2. Luke Humphries
3. Gian van Veen
4. Michael van Gerwen
5. Jonny Clayton
6. James Wade
7. Gerwyn Price
8. Josh Rock
9. Stephen Bunting
10. Danny Noppert
11. Gary Anderson
12. Ryan Searle
13. Chris Dobey
14. Ross Smith
15. Nathan Aspinall
16. Wessel Nijman
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