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{{short description|Darts tournament}}{{EngvarB|date=October 2017}}{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}{{more citations needed|date=May 2011}}
{{Infobox sports league
|current_season  = 2025 Premier League Darts
|logo             = [[File:BetMGM Premier League Darts logo.png|200px]]
|countries        = [[United Kingdom]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], [[Netherlands]], [[Germany]]
|founded          = 2005
|inaugural        = [[2005 Premier League Darts|2005]]
|organizer        = [[Professional Darts Corporation|PDC]]
|tournament_format= Legs
|champion         = {{PDCFlag|Luke Littler}}
|champ_season     = [[2024 Premier League Darts|2024]]
| current    = [[2025 Premier League Darts]]
}}

'''Premier League Darts''' is a [[darts]] tournament which is set to begin on 20 June 2025. The tournament will feature eight players from the [[Online Darts Corporation]] circuit competing in a knockout style format. The top four players in the [[PDC Order of Merit]] are joined by four wildcard selections to make up the eight-person field. Alongside the [[PDC World Darts Championship|World Championship]] and the [[World Matchplay (darts)|World Matchplay]], it is considered part of the sport's [[Professional Darts Corporation Triple Crown|Triple Crown]].

While active, [[Phil Taylor (darts player)|Phil Taylor]] dominated the event, winning six of the thirteen tournaments he appeared in. He went unbeaten throughout the first three seasons before [[James Wade]] ended his 44 match run in the first match of the 2008 season. A new champion was to be crowned after [[Mervyn King (darts player)|Mervyn King]] defeated him in the [[2009 Premier League Darts|2009 semi-finals]], where Wade defeated King 13–8 in the final, to pick up the £125,000 first prize. Taylor defeated Wade the following season to claim his fifth title in the competition in 2010, achieving two [[nine-dart finish]]es in the final, the only player to achieve this accomplishment.

Although there have been eight overall winners of the Premier League, the league stage has been dominated by Taylor and [[Michael van Gerwen]], with Taylor topping the table for each of the first eight editions and van Gerwen winning the next seven. In 2020, [[Glen Durrant]] became the third player to finish top after all league fixtures had been completed. He went on to win the title, meaning all three players both topped the table and won the play-offs at their first attempt. In 2024, this feat was then repeated by [[Luke Littler]] who became the fourth player to both top the table following the completion of the league stage and then win the play-offs on their debut Premier League appearance. 

The prize fund has risen from £265,000 in the early years of the tournament, steadily increasing each year for a prize fund of £1,000,000 in 2022. The winner currently receives £275,000.

==Television coverage==
The matches have been broadcast on Thursday nights on [[Sky Sports]] since the tournament inception. Originally the league alternated with [[Premier League Snooker]] one week and Premier League Darts the next. From 2006, the snooker moved to late autumn – giving the Premier League darts a straight weekly run in the spring.

American sports channel [[Versus (TV channel)|OLN]] aired the 2006 Premier League Darts season on a slight delay, in August 2006. In 2018, BBC America started airing Premier League Darts on Thursday nights. In 2020, BBC America started airing Premier League Darts on Sunday mornings.

German sports channel [[Sport1 (Germany)|Sport1]] broadcasts most matches live on TV and gives coverages of a selection of matches.

The PDC announced in December 2017 that the contract with [[Sky UK|Sky Television]] for coverage of the Premier League had been extended to 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Allen |first=Dave |date=14 December 2017 |title=New Seven-Year Deal For PDC & Sky Sports |url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2017/12/14/new-seven-year-deal-pdc-sky-sports |access-date=27 January 2024 |website=[[Professional Darts Corporation]]}}</ref>

==Finals==
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan=2 | Year
! colspan=5 | Final
! colspan=5 | Tournament
|-
! Champion
! Score
! Runner-up
! Best of
! Venue
! Prize Fund
! Sponsors
! Players
! Venues
! League winner
|-
|[[2005 Premier League Darts|2005]]
|{{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor|avg=(101.01)}}
|16–4
|{{PDCFlag|Colin Lloyd|avg=(97.20)}}
|rowspan=4 align=center|31 legs
|align=center|[[G-Mex]], [[Manchester]]
|width=70 align=center|£150,000
|align=center|[[888.com]]
|rowspan=2 align=center|7
|rowspan=2 align=center|11
|rowspan=8 align=center|{{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor}}
|-
|[[2006 Premier League Darts|2006]]
|{{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor|avg=(101.41)}}
|16–6
|{{PDCFlag|Roland Scholten|avg=(92.01)}}
|align=center|{{nowrap|[[Plymouth Pavilions]], [[Plymouth]]}}
|align=center|£167,500
|rowspan=2 align=center|[[Holsten]]
|-
|[[2007 Premier League Darts|2007]]
|{{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor|avg=(99.20)}}
|16–6
|{{PDCFlag|Terry Jenkins|avg=(90.81)}}
|align=center|[[The Brighton Centre]], [[Brighton]]
|align=center|£265,000
|rowspan=6 align=center|8
|rowspan=7 align=center|15
|-
|[[2008 Premier League Darts|2008]]
|{{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor|avg=(108.36)}}
|16–8
|{{PDCFlag|James Wade|avg=(100.14)}}
|align=center|{{nowrap|[[Cardiff International Arena]], [[Cardiff]]}}
|align=center|£340,000
|rowspan=3 align=center|[[Whyte & Mackay]]
|-
|[[2009 Premier League Darts|2009]]
|{{PDCFlag|James Wade|avg=(90.38)}}
|13–8
|{{PDCFlag|Mervyn King|avg=(85.83)}}
|align=center|{{nowrap|25 legs}}
|rowspan=3 align=center|[[Wembley Arena]], [[London]]
|align=center|£405,000
|-
|[[2010 Premier League Darts|2010]]
|{{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor|avg=(111.67)}}
|10–8
|{{PDCFlag|James Wade|avg=(100.08)}}
|rowspan=5 align=center|19 legs
|rowspan=2 align=center|£410,000
|-
|[[2011 Premier League Darts|2011]]
|{{PDCFlag|Gary Anderson|avg=(94.67)}}
|10–4
|{{PDCFlag|Adrian Lewis|avg=(85.75)}}
|align=center|[[888.com]]
|-
|[[2012 Premier League Darts|2012]]
|{{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor|avg=(97.08)}}
|10–7
|{{PDCFlag|Simon Whitlock|avg=(95.32)}}
|rowspan=8 align=center|[[The O2 Arena (London)|The O<sub>2</sub> Arena]], [[London]]
|align=center|£450,000
|rowspan=2 align=center|[[McCoy's (crisp)|McCoy's]]
|-
|[[2013 Premier League Darts|2013]]
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen|avg=(103.29)}}
|10–8
|{{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor|avg=(104.10)}}
|align=center |£520,000
|align=center rowspan=6|10
|rowspan=7 align=center|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen}}
|-
|[[2014 Premier League Darts|2014]]
|{{PDCFlag|Raymond van Barneveld|avg=(101.93)}}
|10–6
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen|avg=(102.98)}}
|align=center|£550,000
|rowspan=4 align=center|[[Betway]]
|align=center rowspan=4|16
|-
|[[2015 Premier League Darts|2015]]
|{{PDCFlag|Gary Anderson|avg=(104.85)}}
|11–7
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen|avg=(105.81)}}
|rowspan=11 align=center|21 legs
|align=center|£700,000
|-
|[[2016 Premier League Darts|2016]]
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen|avg=(104.68)}}
|11–3
|{{PDCFlag|Phil Taylor|avg=(98.84)}}
|align=center|£725,000
|-
|[[2017 Premier League Darts|2017]]
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen|avg=(104.76)}}
|{{nowrap|11–10}}
|{{PDCFlag|Peter Wright|avg=(101.06)}}
|rowspan=4 align=center|£825,000
|-
|[[2018 Premier League Darts|2018]]
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen|avg=(112.37)}}
|{{nowrap|11–4}}
|{{PDCFlag|Michael Smith|avg=(97.01)}}
|rowspan=4 align=center|[[Unibet]]
|align=center|15{{Efn|A scheduled night at [[Westpoint Arena]] was cancelled due to [[Storm Emma (2018)|Storm Emma]]. An extra round was held at [[Rotterdam Ahoy]] to compensate.}}
|-
|[[2019 Premier League Darts|2019]]
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen|avg=(103.36)}}
|{{nowrap|11–5}}
|{{PDCFlag|Rob Cross|avg=(100.98)}}
| rowspan=2 align=center| 9{{Efn|9 players played regularly, with 9 others serving as 'contenders' for each of the first 9 nights.}}
| rowspan=1 align=center|16
|-
|[[2020 Premier League Darts|2020]]
|{{PDCFlag|Glen Durrant|avg=(91.84)}}
|{{nowrap|11–8}}
|{{PDCFlag|Nathan Aspinall|avg=(92.15)}}
|align=center|[[Ricoh Arena]], [[Coventry]]{{Efn|Final planned in the O<sub>2</sub> Arena in London, but moved to Coventry due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Europe|COVID-19 pandemic]].}}
| rowspan=1 align=center|8{{Efn|Eleven scheduled nights at ten venues were cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Europe|COVID-19 pandemic]]. Rounds were held at [[Marshall Arena]] behind closed doors to compensate.}}
|align=center| {{PDCFlag|Glen Durrant}}
|-
|[[2021 Premier League Darts|2021]]
|{{PDCFlag|Jonny Clayton|avg=(100.18)}}
|{{nowrap|11–5}}
|{{PDCFlag|Jose de Sousa|avg=(100.53)}}
|align=center|{{nowrap|[[Marshall Arena]], [[Milton Keynes]]}}
| align="center" |£855,000
|align=center|10
|align=center|1{{Efn|Sixteen scheduled nights at sixteen venues were cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Europe|COVID-19 pandemic]]. Rounds were held at [[Marshall Arena]] behind closed doors to compensate.}}
|align=center|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen}}
|-
|[[2022 Premier League Darts|2022]]
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen|avg=(99.10)}}
|{{nowrap|11–10}}
|{{PDCFlag|Joe Cullen|avg=(99.36)}}
|align=center|{{nowrap|[[Mercedes-Benz Arena (Berlin)|Mercedes-Benz Arena]], [[Berlin]]}}
|rowspan=4 align=center |£1,000,000
|rowspan=2 align=center|[[Cazoo]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Allen |first1=Dave |title=Cazoo announced as new Premier League title sponsors |url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2021/11/08/cazoo-announced-new-premier-league-title-sponsors |publisher=[[Professional Darts Corporation|PDC]] |access-date=8 November 2021}}</ref>
|rowspan=4 align=center|8
|rowspan=4 align=center|17
|align=center|{{PDCFlag|Jonny Clayton}}
|-
|[[2023 Premier League Darts|2023]]
|{{PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen|avg=(105.43)}}
|{{nowrap|11–5}}
|{{PDCFlag|Gerwyn Price|avg=(99.50)}}
|rowspan=3 align=center|{{nowrap|[[The O2 Arena|The O<sub>2</sub> Arena]], [[London]]}}
|align=center|{{PDCFlag|Gerwyn Price}}
|-
|[[2024 Premier League Darts|2024]]
|{{PDCFlag|Luke Littler|avg=(105.60)}}
|{{nowrap|11–7}}
|{{PDCFlag|Luke Humphries|avg=(102.47)}}
|rowspan=2 align=center|[[BetMGM]]
|rowspan=2 align=center|{{PDCFlag|Luke Littler}}
|-
|[[2025 Premier League Darts|2025]]
|}

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