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 31 3 2 5 3 28 18 10 147 126 21 50 302 137 86 99.52 170 38.05%
2  Luke Humphries 26 3 1 4 5 25 15 10 131 104 27 52 254 173 83 100.77 167 42.43%
3  Nathan Aspinall 25 2 3 3 5 26 15 11 132 121 11 45 271 181 65 95.91 170 36.12%
4  Michael van Gerwen 24 4 0 2 7 23 14 9 113 110 3 41 241 118 61 97.48 152 44.30%
5  Michael Smith 20 1 3 3 6 24 12 12 116 120 –4 34 264 134 79 96.67 170 38.62%
6  Rob Cross 14 0 2 4 7 21 8 13 94 102 –8 25 196 117 47 97.27 144 39.80%
7  Gerwyn Price 12 0 2 3 8 20 7 13 88 104 –16 26 186 137 61 99.21 170 40.87%
8  Peter Wright 4 0 0 2 11 15 2 13 52 86 –34 16 174 89 35 93.53 156 33.33%

(C) Champion after the playoffs, (RU) Runner-up after the playoffs, (E) Can not qualify to the play offs

As of 18 April 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
 Luke Humphries QF SF RU QF SF W QF SF QF
 Nathan Aspinall QF RU W QF RU SF RU SF QF W SF
 Michael van Gerwen QF W QF SF QF W QF SF
 Michael Smith W SF QF RU QF RU QF SF RU QF DNQ
 Rob Cross SF QF SF RU SF QF RU
 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
 Nathan Aspinall 6 7 4 6 4 3 4 3 4 3
 Michael van Gerwen 5 2 1 2 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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