Luke Littler, Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen all feature in a star-studded Premier League Darts 2025 line-up.
The tournament will take place on Thursday evenings from February to May as the sport’s top stars battle it out for the coveted title and £1 million in cash.
Littler and Humphries are part of an eight-man field that also includes Van Gerwen, who is chasing a record eighth Premier League crown, and 2019 runner-up Rob Cross.
We take a closer look at the players chasing one of the biggest trophies in sports…
Luke Humphries
PDC Order of Merit: 1
Last year: Runner-up (2024)
PL Best: He emerged as a contender in 2019 and was runner-up to Littler in last year’s final
Advance song: “I Predict A Riot” by Kaiser Chiefs
Humphries dominated darts for a period in late 2023, winning four championships in the space of three months to climb to the top of the world rankings.
‘Cool Hand’ ignited his impressive run with a first major title at a World Grand Prix, then followed up victory at the Grand Slam of Darts a month later by winning the finals of The Players Championship.
Humphries claimed the biggest win of his career by securing a first world title against teenager Littler in 2024.
He then won the World Cup for England in June alongside Michael Smith and made history in Blackpool in July by becoming only the second player after Phil Taylor to win the Worlds and World Matchplay in the same year.
His year ended with a shock loss to Mike De Decker in the final of the World Grand Prix, an early exit in the group stage of the Grand Slam of Darts and then defeat to Peter Wright at Alexandra Palace in December.
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Littler won the Premier League in his debut season after beating Humphries 11-7 in the final.
Luke Littler
Luke Littler is out to defend his Premier League crown
PDC Order of Merit: 2
Last year: Winner
PL Best: The Winner (2024)
Walk in song: “Greenlight” by Pitbull featuring Flo Rida and LunchMoney Lewis.
Littler was handed his Premier League debut last year after a sensational run to the World Cup final, where he captured the imagination of the sporting world with his remarkable debut performance at Alexandra Palace.
The then 16-year-old became the youngest player to reach the final, where he lost to Humphries, but 2024 saw the Warrington star win 10 PDC titles, including the Premier League title on his debut, where he hit a shot of incredible nine arrows. in defeating Humphries 11-7.
He continued his incredible journey by winning the Grand Slam of Darts title and World Series finals before consolidating his status as the biggest star in the game by winning the World Championship with a 7-3 demolition of Michael van Gerwen.
Littler also won the Bahrain Darts Masters, Poland Darts Masters, Belgian Darts Open and Austrian Darts Open, as well as hitting four with nine darts, taking his winnings to over £1.5m in cash in just 13 months.
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Littler hit nine darts during the Premier League final causing incredible scenes
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen has won a record seven Premier League titles during his career
PDC Order of Merit: 3
Last year: semifinals
PL Best: Winner (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023)
Walk in song: “Seven Nation Army” by The White Stripes.
Van Gerwen has enjoyed more success at the event than any other player in its history, with the ‘Green Machine’ now aiming to add to his record seven titles.
The Dutchman is making his 13th consecutive Premier League appearance. He has only finished outside the top four once, meaning Van Gerwen will once again be among the pre-tournament favourites.
He did not win a televised tournament in 2024, for the first time in a calendar year since 2011, and was surprisingly dismantled by 17-year-old Littler in a one-sided world championship final.
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See how MVG won their seventh Premier League title…
Rob Cross
Rob Cross finished runner-up to Van Gerwen in the Premier League in 2019
PDC Order of Merit: 4
Last year: 6TH
PL Best: Runner-up (2019)
Walk in song: ‘Hot Hot Hot’ by Arrow.
The 2018 world champions returned to the Premier League in 2024 after missing out on the previous two editions, having finished runners-up in two major televised events.
‘Voltage’ made an impressive run to the semi-finals of the world championships last year before being beaten by Littler, his best finish since winning the event. He suffered an early exit at the 2025 Worlds, losing to Scott Williams in the second round.
After lifting titles at the US Darts Masters and the Baltic Sea Darts Open, Cross is back and will be making his sixth Premier League appearance.
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A phenomenal finish of 129 saw Cross defeat Van Gerwen 6-2 at Brighton last year
Signs go to…
Stephen Bunting
Stephen Bunting makes his long-awaited return to the Premier League
PDC Order of Merit: 5
Last year: DNP
PL Best: 8 (2015)
Walk in song: “Titanium” by David Guetta
Is Bunting the people’s champion?
‘The Bullet’ made a fantastic start to the 2024 season as he beat Van Gerwen to win the Masters, Bunting’s first televised PDC title.
His run to the world semi-finals is enough to propel him into the Premier League for the first time in 10 years, after finishing eighth in 2015.
Expect the crowd to chant “Let’s go Bunting mental!” when the players hit the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool on Night 12.
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Take a look at how the 2020 Premier League challengers fared…
Gerwyn Price
Gerwyn Price famously landed two nine-darters in one night a few years ago
PDC Order of Merit: 9th
Last year: 7
PL Best: Runner-up (2023)
Walk in song: ‘Ice Ice Baby’ by Vanilla Ice
“The Iceman” endured a nightmare campaign in his 2018 debut, suffering elimination without a win to his name, before recording back-to-back fifth-place finishes in 2019 and 2020.
He landed two nine darts on an incredible night in Belfast in the 2022 season, where he finished seventh, then produced his best Premier League at the 2023 event, when he finished runner-up to Van Gerwen.
Having made the final in Cardiff on Night One last year, he would be feeling positive about the season ahead, but after that he made just one more final in Manchester nine weeks later, where he lost to Littler.
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Price hit nine darts during his match against Michael Smith in Manchester
Chris Dobey
Chris Dobey will make only his second full-time Premier League Darts appearance
PDC Order of Merit: 10
Last year: DNP
PL Best: He appeared as a contender in 2019 and 2020 and was 7th in 2023
Walk in song: “Let’s Get Ready to Roar” – PJ & Duncan
Chris Dobey will be making just his second Premier League Darts appearance after reaching the semi-finals of the World Championship for the first time.
Dobey had a largely disappointing 2024, but a big win over Gerwyn Price in the quarter-finals at Alexandra Palace saw him through to the last four, where he lost to Van Gerwen.
Hollywood won three The Players Championship titles last year, including a nine-hole back in April, and is a former Masters champion.
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Chris Dobey shot a nine-dart against Martin Schindler in the Players Championship last year
Nathan Aspinall
Nathan Aspinall reached the 2020 Premier League final
PDC Order of Merit: 11
Last year: 5
PL Best: Runner-up (2020)
Walk in song: “Mr Brightside” by The Killers.
Aspinall, runner-up to Glen Durrant on his full debut in 2020, is back for a third consecutive Premier League appearance.
‘The Asp’ has previously struggled with injuries but then bounced back to end his four-year wait for a second major TV title when he defeated Jonny Clayton to win the 2023 World Matchplay for the most biggest of his career.
The Stockport star reached the semi-finals of the Masters and then made a run to the quarter-finals of the world championships where he was crushed by Littler.
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Aspinall hit a 10 during his match against Peter Wright – but it could have been a perfect leg!
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Michael Smith secured his only win of his 2022 Premier League campaign at Newcastle
BetMGM Premier League 2025 Dates Confirmed
Night 1 – SSE Arena, Belfast – Thursday 6 February
Night 2 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow – Thursday 13 February
Night 3 – 3Arena, Dublin – Thursday 20 February
Night 4 – Westpoint Exeter – Thursday 27 February
Night 5 – Brighton Center – Thursday 6th March
Night 6 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham – Thursday 13 March
Night 7 – Utilita Arena, Cardiff – Thursday 20 March
Night 8 – Utilita Arena, Newcastle – Thursday 27 March
Night 9 – Uber Arena, Berlin – Thursday 3 April
night 10 – AO Arena, Manchester – Thursday 10 April
Night 11 – Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam – Thursday 17 April
night 12 – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool – Thursday 24 April
Night 13 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham, Thursday 1 May
Night 14 – First Direct Arena, Leeds – Thursday 8th May
night 15 – P&J Live, Aberdeen – Thursday 15 May
Night 16 – Utilita Arena, Sheffield – Thursday 22nd May
Play-Offs – O2, London – Thursday 29 May
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