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			==Players==
			The format introduced in 2022 continued, which would encompass eight players, each playing against each other in a knockout tournament each night. The winner of each night received an additional £10,000 towards their prize money. Those who make it out of the last 8 each receive 2 points, the runner-up received 3 points and the winner received 5.

			The top 4 players on the ] automatically qualified. The remaining 4 were announced on 6 January 2025.<ref name="Lineup">{{cite web \|title=Premier League Darts 2025: Luke Littler to defend title as Stephen Bunting among wildcard picks in eight-player field \|url=https://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/13284472/premier-league-darts-2025-luke-littler-to-defend-title-as-stephen-bunting-among-wildcard-picks-in-eight-player-field \|website=Sky Sports \|access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref>

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			\| {{PDCFlag\|Luke Humphries}}
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			\| 2
			\| 1
			\| {{Nowrap\|1={{hs\|100}} Runner-up (2024)}}
			\|-
			\| {{PDCFlag\|Luke Littler}}
			\| 2nd
			\| 2
			\| 2
			\| '''Winner''' (2024)
			\|-
			\| {{PDCFlag\|Michael van Gerwen}}
			\| 13th
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			\| 3
			\| {{Nowrap\|1={{hs\|1}}'''Winner''' (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023)}}
			\|-
			\| {{PDCFlag\|Rob Cross}}
			\| 6th
			\| 2
			\| 4
			\| {{hs\|2}} Runner-up (2019)
			\|-
			\| {{PDCFlag\|Stephen Bunting}}
			\| 2nd{{efn\|Bunting had additionally appeared as a one-off challenger in ].}}
			\| 1
			\| 5
			\| {{hs\|2}} 8th (2015)
			\|-
			\| {{PDCFlag\|Gerwyn Price}}
			\| 7th
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			\| {{hs\|2}} Runner-up (2023)
			\|-
			\| {{PDCFlag\|Chris Dobey}}
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			\| 1
			\| 10
			\| {{hs\|2}} 7th (2023)
			\|-
			\| {{PDCFlag\|Nathan Aspinall}}
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			\| 3
			\| 11
			\| {{hs\|100}} Runner up (2020)
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			==League stage==

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			==References==
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Revision as of 17:25, 6 January 2025

The 2025 Premier League Darts, also known as the BetMGM Premier League Darts for sponsorship reasons, is an upcoming a darts tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation – the twenty-first edition of the tournament. The event will begin on Thursday 6 February 2025, at the SSE Arena in Belfast, and will conclude with the play-offs, at The O₂ Arena in London on Thursday 29 May 2025.

Format

The 2025 Premier League Darts 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.

Venues

Brightonclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024 Premier League venues in the UK and Ireland.

Berlin

Rotterdam class=notpageimage| Other locations of the 2024 Premier League venues in Europe.

Belfast	Glasgow	Dublin	Exeter
SSE Arena Belfast Thursday 6 February	OVO Hydro Thursday 13 February	3Arena Thursday 20 February	Westpoint Arena Thursday 27 February

Brighton	Nottingham	Cardiff	Newcastle
Brighton Centre Thursday 6 March	Motorpoint Arena Nottingham Thursday 13 March	Utilita Arena Cardiff Thursday 20 March	Utilita Arena Newcastle Thursday 27 March

Berlin	Manchester	Rotterdam	Liverpool
Uber Arena Thursday 3 April	AO Arena Thursday 10 April	Rotterdam Ahoy Thursday 17 April	M&S Bank Arena Thursday 24 April

Birmingham	Leeds	Aberdeen	Sheffield
Utilita Arena Birmingham Thursday 1 May	First Direct Arena Thursday 8 May	P&J Live Thursday 15 May	Utilita Arena Sheffield Thursday 22 May

London
The O₂ Thursday 29 May

Prize Money

The prize money for the 2025 edition of the tournament remains at £1 million, including a £10,000 bonus to each night's winner.

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

Players

The format introduced in 2022 continued, which would encompass eight players, each playing against each other in a knockout tournament each night. The winner of each night received an additional £10,000 towards their prize money. Those who make it out of the last 8 each receive 2 points, the runner-up received 3 points and the winner received 5.

The top 4 players on the PDC Order of Merit automatically qualified. The remaining 4 were announced on 6 January 2025.

Player	Appearance in Premier League	Consecutive Streak	Order of Merit Rank	Previous best performance
Luke Humphries	2nd	2	1	Runner-up (2024)
Luke Littler	2nd	2	2	Winner (2024)
Michael van Gerwen	13th	13	3	Winner (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023)
Rob Cross	6th	2	4	Runner-up (2019)
Stephen Bunting	2nd	1	5	8th (2015)
Gerwyn Price	7th	4	9	Runner-up (2023)
Chris Dobey	2nd	1	10	7th (2023)
Nathan Aspinall	5th	3	11	Runner up (2020)

Humphries had previously appeared as a one-off challenger in both 2019 and 2020.
Bunting had additionally appeared as a one-off challenger in 2020.
Dobey had additionally appeared as a one-off challenger in 2019 and 2020.
Aspinall had additionally appeared as a one-off challenger in 2019.

League stage

References

"BetMGM Premier League". PDC. 2024-11-28. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
"Premier League Darts 2025: Luke Littler to defend title as Stephen Bunting among wildcard picks in eight-player field". Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 January 2025.