2024 Premier League Darts

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2024 BetMGM UK Premier League Darts
Winner
Runner-up
Score
Dates
1 February – 23 May 2024
Edition
20th
Number of players
8
Venues
17
Nine Dart Finish
 Gerwyn Price
Premier League Darts
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The 2024 Premier League Darts, also known as the BetMGM Premier League Darts for sponsorship reasons, is the ongoing darts tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation – the twentieth edition of the tournament. The event began on Thursday 1 February 2024, at the Utilita Arena in Cardiff, and will finish with the play-offs, at The O2 Arena in London on Thursday 23 May 2024.[1][2]

Michael van Gerwen is the defending champion, after beating Gerwyn Price 11–5 in the 2023 final.[3]

Format[edit]

The 2024 Premier League Darts will remain an eight-person knockout bracket every night, with each of the seven matches played first to six legs. The players are 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 receive 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 contest the two knockout semi-finals with 1st playing 4th and 2nd playing 3rd.

Venues[edit]

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Locations of the 2024 Premier League venues in the UK and Ireland.
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Other locations of the 2024 Premier League venues in Europe.
Wales Cardiff Germany Berlin Scotland Glasgow England Newcastle
Utilita Arena Cardiff
Thursday 1 February 		Mercedes-Benz Arena
Thursday 8 February 		OVO Hydro
Thursday 15 February 		Utilita Arena Newcastle
Thursday 22 February
England Exeter England Brighton England Nottingham Republic of Ireland Dublin
Westpoint Arena
Thursday 29 February 		Brighton Centre
Thursday 7 March 		Motorpoint Arena Nottingham
Thursday 14 March 		3Arena
Thursday 21 March
Northern Ireland Belfast England Manchester England Birmingham Netherlands Rotterdam
SSE Arena Belfast
Thursday 28 March 		AO Arena
Thursday 4 April 		Utilita Arena Birmingham
Thursday 11 April 		Rotterdam Ahoy
Thursday 18 April
England Liverpool Scotland Aberdeen England Leeds England Sheffield
M&S Bank Arena
Thursday 25 April 		P&J Live
Thursday 2 May 		First Direct Arena
Thursday 9 May 		Utilita Arena Sheffield
Thursday 16 May
England London
The O2
Thursday 23 May

Prize money[edit]

The prize money for the 2024 tournament remained 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[edit]

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 4 January 2024.[2]

Player Appearance in
Premier League 		Consecutive
Streak 		Order of Merit Rank on 1 February 2024 Previous best performance
 Luke Humphries 1st[a] 1 1 Debut
 Michael van Gerwen 12th 12 2 Winner (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023)
 Michael Smith 7th 3 3 Runner-up (2018)
 Nathan Aspinall 4th[b] 2 4 Runner-up (2020)
 Gerwyn Price 6th 3 5 Runner-up (2023)
 Rob Cross 5th 1 6 Runner-up (2019)
 Peter Wright 11th 11 8 Runner-up (2017)
 Luke Littler 1st 1 31 Debut
  1. ^ Humphries had previously appeared as a one-off challenger in both 2019 and 2020.
  2. ^ Aspinall had additionally appeared as a one-off challenger in 2019.

League stage[edit]

The fixtures were released on 23 January 2024.[4]

23 May – Play-offs[edit]

The top four players of the league stage contest in the play-offs to decide the champion of the Premier League.

England The O2, London

Score
Semi-finals (best of 19 legs)
  –  
  –  
Final (best of 21 legs)
  –  
Night's Total Average:
Highest Checkout:
Most 180s:
Night's 180s:

Standings[edit]

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 4 players after 16 nights advance to the play-offs on 23 May.

Pos Name Nights Matches Legs Scoring
Pts W RU SF QF Pld W L LF LA LD LWAT 100+ 140+ 180 A HC CR C%
1  Luke Littler (Q) 38 4 2 6 3 32 22 11 165 136 29 57 359 174 99 99.86 170 165/420 39.29%
2  Luke Humphries (Q) 33 4 1 5 5 27 16 11 136 109 27 55 279 190 87 100.49 167 136/332 40.96%
3  Michael van Gerwen (Q) 27 4 1 2 8 26 16 10 118 116 2 43 277 138 64 97.95 152 118/279 42.29%
4  Nathan Aspinall 25 2 3 3 7 27 15 12 137 127 10 46 315 205 69 95.75 170 137/370 37.03%
5  Michael Smith 24 1 3 5 6 26 13 13 123 130 –7 37 299 155 83 96.68 170 123/312 39.42%
6  Rob Cross (E) 17 0 3 4 8 24 10 14 110 118 –8 33 272 164 53 97.47 144 110/267 41.20%
7  Gerwyn Price (E) 12 0 2 3 10 20 7 13 88 110 –22 26 197 144 61 99.21 170 88/216 40.74%
8  Peter Wright (E) 4 0 0 2 13 16 2 14 56 92 –36 18 190 100 40 93.48 156 56/165 33.94%

(C) Champion
(RU) Runner-up
(E) Eliminated
(Q) Qualified

As of 2 May 2024

Streaks[edit]

Player Nights
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Play-offs
 Luke Littler SF RU QF SF QF W RU QF W SF
 Luke Humphries QF SF RU QF SF W QF SF QF SF W
 Michael van Gerwen QF W QF SF QF W QF SF QF RU
 Nathan Aspinall QF RU W QF RU SF RU SF QF W SF QF
 Michael Smith W SF QF RU QF RU QF SF RU QF SF DNQ
 Rob Cross SF QF SF RU SF QF RU QF
 Gerwyn Price RU QF SF QF SF QF RU QF SF QF
 Peter Wright QF SF QF SF QF
Legend: DNQ Did not qualify QF Lost in Quarterfinals SF Semi-finalist RU Runner-up W Night winner

Positions by week[edit]

Player Nights
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
 Luke Littler 3 2 3 5 2 1 2 1
 Luke Humphries 8 6 4 5 6 2 1 2 1 2
 Michael van Gerwen 5 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 3
 Nathan Aspinall 6 7 4 6 4 3 4 3 4 3 4
 Michael Smith 1 2 5 6 4 5
 Rob Cross 4 5 6 4 3 4 5 6 7 6
 Gerwyn Price 2 4 5 6 7 6 7
 Peter Wright 7 8

References[edit]

  1. ^ Phillips, Josh (21 September 2023). "2024 Premier League schedule & ticket information confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b Gorton, Josh (4 January 2024). "Premier League: Humphries & Littler headline 2024 BetMGM Premier League line-up". PDC. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  3. ^ Gorton, Josh (25 May 2023). "Van Gerwen powers past price, to win a record seventh Premier League title". PDC. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  4. ^ Gorton, Josh (23 January 2024). "2024 Premier League Fixtures Confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  5. ^ a b c Gorton, Josh (1 February 2024). "Premier League Darts: Super Smith sinks Price to claim Night One victory in Cardiff". PDC. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "2024 Premier League Event Stats". Darts Orakel. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  7. ^ a b c "Premier League darts: Michael van Gerwen beats Luke Littler in night two final in Berlin". BBC Sport. 8 February 2024.
  8. ^ a b c "Premier League Darts: Michael van Gerwen wins in Glasgow after Luke Littler is beaten in thriller". Sky Sports. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  9. ^ a b c "Premier League Darts: Michael van Gerwen secures third night win in a row with victory over Nathan Aspinall in Newcastle". Sky Sports. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  10. ^ a b c "Premier League Darts: Nathan Aspinall wins night five in Exeter". BBC Sport. 29 February 2024.
  11. ^ a b c "Premier League: Luke Humphries beats Michael Smith in Brighton final after Luke Littler's semi-final exit". Sky Sports. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  12. ^ a b c "Premier League Darts: Luke Humphries secures second night win in a row as Luke Littler comes close to nine-darter". Sky Sports. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  13. ^ a b c "Premier League Darts: Luke Humphries demolishes Michael Smith in Dublin for third win in a row". Sky Sports. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  14. ^ a b c Wellens, Megan (3 April 2024). "Premier League Darts: Luke Littler fights back against Nathan Aspinall to seal epic Premier League night win in Belfast". Sky Sports. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  15. ^ a b c "Premier League Darts: Luke Littler secures back-to-back night wins as Gerwyn Price hits nine-dart finish". Sky Sports. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  16. ^ a b c Matthews, Callum (11 April 2024). "Premier League Darts: Luke Littler beaten by Michael van Gerwen in night 11 final in Birmingham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  17. ^ a b c Wellens, Meg (19 April 2024). "Premier League Darts: Nathan Aspinall boosts play-off hopes with Rotterdam win over Michael Smith". Sky Sports. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  18. ^ a b c Wellens, Meg (26 April 2024). "Premier League Darts: Luke Littler moves clear at top of table with 6-2 Rob Cross demolition in Liverpool". Sky Sports. Retrieved 26 April 2024.

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