Premier League Darts 2025: Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, Michael van Gerwen and extra participant profiles | Darts Information

Luke Littler, Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen all function amongst a star-studded 2025 Premier League Darts line-up.

The match will probably be staged on Thursday nights from February till Could, as the game’s prime stars battle it out for the coveted title and £1m in prize cash.

Littler and Humphries are a part of an eight-player subject, which additionally contains Van Gerwen, who’s in search of a record-extending eighth Premier League crown, and 2019 runner-up Rob Cross.

We take a more in-depth take a look at the gamers chasing one of many greatest trophies within the sport…

Luke Humphries

PDC Order of Advantage: 1st

Final yr: Runner-up (2024)

PL Greatest: He appeared as a contender in 2019 and was runner-up to Littler in final yr’s ultimate

Stroll-on Tune: ‘I Predict a Riot’ by the Kaiser Chiefs

Humphries dominated darts for a interval on the finish of 2023, profitable 4 majors within the house of three months to leap atop the world rankings.

‘Cool Hand’ sparked his spectacular streak with a maiden main title on the World Grand Prix, then adopted victory on the Grand Slam of Darts a month later by profitable the Gamers Championship Finals.

Humphries claimed the most important win of his profession by securing a maiden world championship title towards teenager Littler in 2024.

He then gained the World Cup for England in June alongside Michael Smith and made historical past in Blackpool in July by turning into simply the second participant after Phil Taylor to win the Worlds and World Matchplay in the identical yr.

His yr completed with a shock defeat to Mike De Decker within the ultimate of the World Grand Prix, early elimination within the group stage of the Grand Slam of Darts, after which defeat to Peter Wright at Alexandra Palace in December.

Luke Littler

PDC Order of Advantage: 2nd

Final yr: Winner

PL Greatest: Winner (2024)

Stroll on Tune: ‘Greenlight’ by Pitbull that includes Flo Rida and LunchMoney Lewis.

Littler was handed his Premier League debut final yr after his sensational run to the world championship ultimate, the place he captured the creativeness of the sporting world along with his exceptional rookie look on the Alexandra Palace.

The then-16-year-old turned the youngest participant to succeed in the ultimate the place he misplaced out to Humphries, however 2024 noticed the Warrington star win 10 PDC titles, together with the Premier League title on debut, the place he hit an unimaginable nine-darter in defeating Humphries 11-7.

He continued his exceptional journey by profitable the Grand Slam of Darts title and World Sequence Finals earlier than consolidating his standing as the most important star within the recreation by profitable the world championship with a 7-3 demolition of Michael van Gerwen.

Littler additionally gained the Bahrain Darts Masters, Poland Darts Masters, Belgian Darts Open and Austrian Darts Open in addition to hitting 4 nine-darters, taking his earnings to over £1.5m in prize cash in simply 13 months.

Michael van Gerwen

PDC Order of Advantage: third

Final yr: Semi-finals

PL Greatest: Winner (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023)

Stroll on Tune: ‘Seven Nation Military’ by The White Stripes.

Van Gerwen has loved extra success within the occasion than another participant in its historical past, with the ‘Inexperienced Machine’ now aiming so as to add to his report tally of seven titles.

The Dutchman is making a Thirteenth-consecutive Premier League look. He has solely completed exterior the highest 4 as soon as, which means Van Gerwen will probably be among the many pre-tournament favourites as soon as once more.

He didn’t win a televised match in 2024, for the primary time in a calendar yr since 2011, and he was surprisingly dismantled by 17-year-old Littler in a one-sided world championship ultimate.

Rob Cross

PDC Order of Advantage: 4th

Final yr: sixth

PL Greatest: Runner-up (2019)

Stroll on Tune: ‘Sizzling Sizzling Sizzling’ by Arrow.

The 2018 world champion returned to the Premier League in 2024 after lacking the 2 earlier editions, having completed runner-up in two main TV occasions.

‘Voltage’ made a formidable run to the semi-finals of the world championship final yr earlier than being crushed by Littler, his finest end since profitable the occasion. He suffered an early exit on the 2025 Worlds, dropping to Scott Williams within the second spherical.

After lifting titles on the US Darts Masters and Baltic Sea Darts Open, Cross is again and set to make his sixth Premier League look.

The wildcards go to…

Stephen Bunting

PDC Order of Advantage: fifth

Final yr: DNP

PL Greatest: eighth (2015)

Stroll on Tune: ‘Titanium’ by David Guetta

Is Bunting the folks’s champion?

‘The Bullet’ made a improbable begin to the 2024 season after he beat Van Gerwen to win the Masters, Bunting’s first televised PDC title.

His run to the semi-finals on the worlds is sufficient to take him into the Premier League for the primary time in 10 years after ending eighth in 2015.

Anticipate the group to be chanting “Let’s go Bunting mental!” when the gamers hit the M&S Financial institution Area in Liverpool on Night time 12.

Gerwyn Value

PDC Order of Advantage: ninth

Final yr: seventh

PL Greatest: Runner-up (2023)

Stroll on Tune: ‘Ice Ice Child’ by Vanilla Ice

‘The Iceman’ endured a nightmare marketing campaign on debut in 2018, struggling elimination and not using a win to his title, earlier than recording consecutive fifth-placed finishes in 2019 and 2020.

He landed two nine-darters on an unimaginable evening in Belfast within the 2022 marketing campaign, the place he completed seventh, then produced his finest Premier League within the 2023 occasion when he completed runner-up to Van Gerwen.

After making the ultimate in Cardiff on Night time One final yr, he would’ve felt positively in regards to the season forward, however after that he made just one extra ultimate in Manchester 9 weeks later, the place he misplaced to Littler.

Chris Dobey

PDC Order of Advantage: tenth

Final yr: DNP

PL Greatest: He appeared as contender in 2019 and 2020 and was seventh in 2023

Stroll on Tune: ‘Let’s Get Able to Rumble’ – PJ & Duncan

Chris Dobey will make simply his second Premier League Darts look after reaching the semi-finals of the World Championship for the primary time.

Dobey had a largely disappointing 2024 however an enormous win over Gerwyn Value within the quarter-finals at Alexandra Palace noticed him make the final 4, the place he misplaced to Van Gerwen.

”Hollywood’ gained three Gamers Championship titles final yr, together with a nine-darter in April, and is a former Masters champion.

Nathan Aspinall

PDC Order of Advantage: eleventh

Final yr: fifth

PL Greatest: Runner-up (2020)

Stroll on Tune: ‘Mr Brightside’ by The Killers.

Aspinall, runner-up to Glen Durrant on his full debut in 2020, is again for a 3rd successive Premier League look.

‘The Asp’ has struggled beforehand with damage, however he then bounced again to finish his four-year anticipate a second main TV title when he thrashed Jonny Clayton to win the World Matchplay in 2023 for the most important win of his profession.

The Stockport star reached the semi-finals of The Masters after which made a run to the quarter-finals of the world championship the place he was crushed by Littler.

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2025 BetMGM Premier League confirmed dates
Night time 1 – The SSE Area, Belfast – Thursday February 6
Night time 2 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow – Thursday February 13
Night time 3 – 3Arena, Dublin – Thursday February 20
Night time 4 – Westpoint Exeter – Thursday February 27
Night time 5 – The Brighton Centre – Thursday March 6
Night time 6 – Motorpoint Area, Nottingham – Thursday March 13
Night time 7 – Utilita Area, Cardiff – Thursday March 20
Night time 8 – Utilita Area, Newcastle – Thursday March 27
Night time 9 – Uber Area, Berlin – Thursday April 3
Night time 10 – AO Area, Manchester – Thursday April 10
Night time 11 – Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam – Thursday April 17
Night time 12 – M&S Financial institution Area, Liverpool – Thursday April 24
Night time 13 – Utilita Area, Birmingham, Thursday Could 1
Night time 14 – First Direct Area, Leeds – Thursday Could 8
Night time 15 – P&J Dwell, Aberdeen – Thursday Could 15
Night time 16 – Utilita Area, Sheffield – Thursday Could 22
Play-Offs – The O2, London – Thursday Could 29

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