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Glen Durrant is the defending Premier League Darts champion

Premier League Darts 2021: Dates, fixtures, line-up, results, table, venues, tickets & TV schedule

By Sporting Life

21:17 · MON February 22, 2021

The full line-up, early dates and venues ahead of the 2021 Unibet Premier League Darts season, with the fixture list to be announced soon.

Dimitri Van den Bergh, Jose de Sousa and Jonny Clayton will make their Unibet Premier League debuts when the new campaign begins in Milton Keynes on April 5.

Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and associated restrictions, the PDC will stage opening nine nights of the 10-player tournament behind closed doors at the Marshall Arena from April 5-9 and April 19-22, with the last of those being Judgement Night when the bottom two players in the league table are eliminated.

A further seven league nights will then be held as the remaining eight players bid to claim spots in the Play-Offs, which will see the semi-finals and final held to determine the 2021 champion, with a decision regarding dates and venues to be made in due course.

The tournament, which usually runs for 17 successive Thursday nights unless a global pandemic gets in the way, was reverted to the old 10-player format this year without the weekly 'Challengers' of the past two seasons.

Here's everything that's been announced so far but keep this page bookmarked because it will eventually have updated fixtures, results, standings, weekly round-ups and statistics while it already has a comprehensive history section.

Premier League Darts 2021 line-up

Michael van Gerwen
Peter Wright
Gerwyn Price
Rob Cross
Gary Anderson
Glen Durrant
Nathan Aspinall
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Jose de Sousa
Jonny Clayton

Reigning champion Glen Durrant headlined the first nine competitors confirmed by the PDC following the World Championship final - but Jonny Clayton bagged the last spot after clinching his maiden individual major title at the season-opening Masters.

Last year's World Matchplay winner Dimitri Van den Bergh and Grand Slam of Darts champion Jose De Sousa are both included for their first Premier League seasons, although the young Belgian made a Contender appearance in 2019.

Five-time Premier League champion Michael van Gerwen and two-time winner Gary Anderson will be aiming to regain the trophy in 2021, while new world champion Gerwyn Price, Peter Wright, Rob Cross and Nathan Aspinall are also included in the field.

Premier League Darts 2021: Dates, fixtures, venues & results

Night 1, April 5
Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes
TV Channel: Sky Sports (1900 GMT)
Night 2, April 6
Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes
TV Channel: Sky Sports (1900 GMT)
Night 3, April 7
Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes
TV Channel: Sky Sports (1900 GMT)
Night 4, April 8
Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes
TV Channel: Sky Sports (1900 GMT)
Night 5, April 9
Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes
TV Channel: Sky Sports (1900 GMT)
Night 6, April 19
Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes
TV Channel: Sky Sports (1900 GMT)
Night 7, April 20
Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes
TV Channel: Sky Sports (1900 GMT)
Night 8, April 21
Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes
TV Channel: Sky Sports (1900 GMT)
Judgement Night, April 22
Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes
TV Channel: Sky Sports (1900 GMT)
Night 10
Venue & Date TBC
TV Channel: Sky Sports (1900 GMT)
Night 11
Venue & Date TBC
TV Channel: Sky Sports (1900 GMT)
Night 12
Venue & Date TBC
TV Channel: Sky Sports (1900 GMT)
Night 13
Venue & Date TBC
TV Channel: Sky Sports (1900 GMT)
Night 14
Venue & Date TBC
TV Channel: Sky Sports (1900 GMT)
Night 15
Venue & Date TBC
TV Channel: Sky Sports (1900 GMT)
Night 16
Venue & Date TBC
TV Channel: Sky Sports (1900 GMT)
Play-Offs Night
Venue & Date TBC
TV Channel: Sky Sports (1900 GMT)
Semi-Finals (Best of 19 legs)
Finals (Best of 21 legs)

2021 Premier League Darts Table

Michael van Gerwen P 0 W 0 D 0 L 0 LegD 0 Pts 0
Peter Wright P 0 W 0 D 0 L 0 LegD 0 Pts 0
Gerwyn Price P 0 W 0 D 0 L 0 LegD 0 Pts 0
Rob Cross P 0 W 0 D 0 L 0 LegD 0 Pts 0
Gary Anderson P 0 W 0 D 0 L 0 LegD 0 Pts 0
Glen Durrant P 0 W 0 D 0 L 0 LegD 0 Pts 0
Nathan Aspinall P 0 W 0 D 0 L 0 LegD 0 Pts 0
Dimitri Van den Bergh P 0 W 0 D 0 L 0 LegD 0 Pts 0
Jose de Sousa P 0 W 0 D 0 L 0 LegD 0 Pts 0
Final player TBC P 0 W 0 D 0 L 0 LegD 0 Pts 0

The top four after 16 games qualify for the end of season play-offs, where the title will be decided
Players earn two points for a win, and one for a draw.
When players are tied on points, leg difference is used first as a tie-breaker, after that legs won against throw and then tournament average.

2021 Premier League Darts Odds

The latest odds will appear here when the final field is confirmed but you can expect Gerwyn Price and Michael van Gerwen to be jostling for favourtism alongside Peter Wright

Click here for Sky Bet odds

Can I buy tickets for the Premier League Darts?

Ticket holders for venues cancelled in 2020 will have their tickets automatically transferred for the same seat at the 2021 event at the same venue. All remaining tickets for these events are available from venue Box Offices.

Where can I watch the Premier League Darts on TV?

Sky Sports will broadcast every night of the Premier League Darts season including the Finals Night at the O2.

Prize Money

Winner: £250,000
Runner-up £120,000
Semi-Finals: £80,000
Fifth: £70,000
Sixth £60,000
Seventh: £55,000
Eighth: £50,000
Ninth: £35,000
League Winner Bonus: £25,000
Total: £825,000

Premier League Darts History

The Premier League, a much-loved event for all darts fans and punters, was launched by Sky Sports in 2005 and takes the sport's biggest names all over the UK and Ireland as they compete in a round robin format in a bid to reach the play-offs, when the title is ultimately decided.

The world's top four automatically qualify for the event and are joined by six wildcard selections made by the PDC and Sky Sports to complete a final field.

Unsurprisingly Phil Taylor is the most successful Premier League player of all time having topped the table eight times and going on to lift the trophy on six occasions, while he also went a record 44 games unbeaten from 2005-2008.

James Wade first broke his dominance in 2009 when defeating Taylor's conqueror Mervyn King 13-8 and The Power only won it twice since then, with Gary Anderson (2011 & 2015), Michael van Gerwen (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018 2019), Raymond van Barneveld (2014) and Glen Durrant (2020) being the other champions.

Below we have details of the past finals, a selection of records, the final table of each previous season and a look at which players have ever featured in the event.

Premier League Darts Past Finals & Winners

2005 - Phil Taylor 16-4 Colin Lloyd
2006 - Phil Taylor 16-6 Roland Scholten
2007 - Phil Taylor 16-8 Terry Jenkins
2008 - Phil Taylor 16-8 James Wade
2009 - James Wade 13-8 Mervyn King
2010 - Phil Taylor 10-8 James Wade
2011 - Gary Anderson 10-4 Adrian Lewis
2012 - Phil Taylor 10-7 Simon Whitlock
2013 - Michael van Gerwen 10-8 Phil Taylor
2014 - Raymond van Barneveld 10-6 Michael van Gerwen
2015 - Gary Anderson 11-7 Michael van Gerwen
2016 - Michael van Gerwen 11-3 Phil Taylor
2017 - Michael van Gerwen 11-10 Peter Wright
2018 - Michael van Gerwen 11-4 Michael Smith
2019 - Michael van Gerwen 11-5 Rob Cross
2020 - Glen Durrant 11-8 Nathan Aspinall

Premier League Darts Records

Most Titles: Phil Taylor - 6

Longest Unbeaten Run: Phil Taylor - 44 (2005-2008)

Biggest League Victory: Phil Taylor 11-1 Wayne Mardle (2005) & Phil Taylor 11-1 Peter Manley (2005)

Biggest Play-Off Victory: Phil Taylor 16-4 Colin Lloyd (2005 Final)

Whitewashes (since dead legs removed in 2006): Colin Lloyd 8-0 Terry Jenkins (2007), Phil Taylor 8-0 Wayne Mardle (2008), James Wade 8-0 Simon Whitlock (2012), Michael van Gerwen 7-0 Phil Taylor (2014), Michael van Gerwen 7-0 James Wade (2015), Robert Thornton 0-7 Dave Chisnall (2016), Robert Thornton 0-7 Phil Taylor (2016), Michael van Gerwen 7-0 Adrian Lewis (2017), Michael Smith 7-0 Raymond van Barneveld (2018), Daryl Gurney 0-7 James Wade (2019), Jermaine Wattimena 0-7 Gerwyn Price (2020)

Most 180s in a Match: Gary Anderson - 11 v Simon Whitlock (2011)

Most 180s in a Season: Gary Anderson - 79 in 2011

Top 10 High Averages:

123.40 - Michael van Gerwen v Michael Smith, 2016
119.5 - Peter Wright v Adrian Lewis, 2017
117.95 - Michael Smith v Robert Thornton, 2016
117.35 - Phil Taylor v Simon Whitlock, 2012
116.90 - Michael van Gerwen v James Wade, 2015
116.67 - Michael van Gerwen v Peter Wright, 2016
116.10 - Phil Taylor v James Wade, 2012
116.01 - Phil Taylor v John Part, 2009
115.08 - Phil Taylor v Raymond van Barneveld, 2015 *Record Losing Ave*
115.25 - Phil Taylor v Dave Chisnall, 2015
114.17 - Dave Chisnall v James Wade, 2015

Nine-Dart Finishes

2006 - Raymond van Barneveld v Peter Manley, Bournemouth
2010 - Raymond van Barneveld v Terry Jenkins, Aberdeen
2010 - Phil Taylor x2 v James Wade, Wembley (Final)
2012 - Phil Taylor v Kevin Painter, Aberdeen
2012 - Simon Whitlock v Andy Hamilton, London
2016 - Adrian Lewis v James Wade, Belfast
2017 - Adrian Lewis v Raymond van Barneveld, Liverpool
2020 - Michael Smith v Daryl Gurney, Dublin
2020 - Peter Wright v Daryl Gurney, Milton Keynes

Premier League Darts Past Season Standings

Winner in caps & bold, runner-up in bold.
Top four each year made the play-offs (Top would play fourth)
Points in brackets

Season 2005
PHIL TAYLOR (23)
Colin Lloyd (16)
Peter Manley (12)
Roland Scholten (9)
Mark Dudbridge (8)
John Part (8)
Wayne Mardle (8)
Play-off final:
Phil Taylor 16-4 Colin Lloyd

Season 2006
PHIL TAYLOR (23)
Raymond van Barneveld (21)
Roland Scholten (10)
Colin Lloyd (9)
Ronnie Baxter (8)
Peter Manley (8)
Wayne Mardle (5)
Play-off final:
Phil Taylor 16-6 Roland Scholten

Season 2007
PHIL TAYLOR (25)
Raymond van Barneveld (17)
Terry Jenkins (15)
Dennis Priestley (13)
Colin Lloyd (12)
Peter Manley (11)
Adrian Lewis (10)
Roland Scholten (9)
Play-off final:
Phil Taylor 16-6 Terry Jenkins

Season 2008
PHIL TAYLOR (21)
James Wade (20)
Raymond van Barneveld (18)
Adrian Lewis (12)
Wayne Mardle (12)
Peter Manley (11)
Terry Jenkins (9)
John Part (9)
Play-off final:
Phil Taylor 16-8 James Wade

Season 2009
Phil Taylor (18)
JAMES WADE (17)
Raymond van Barneveld (13)
Mervyn King (12)
Terry Jenkins (9)
John Part (9)
Jelle Klaasen (6)
Play-off final:
James Wade 13-8 Mervyn King

Season 2010
PHIL TAYLOR (26)
Simon Whitlock (16)
James Wade (14)
Mervyn King (13)
Ronnie Baxter (13)
Raymond van Barneveld (11)
Adrian Lewis (11)
Terry Jenkins (8)
Play-off final:
Phil Taylor 10-8 James Wade

Season 2011
Phil Taylor (26)
Raymond van Barneveld (18)
GARY ANDERSON (17)
Adrian Lewis (14)
James Wade (13)
Simon Whitlock (11)
Terry Jenkins (8)
Mark Webster (5)
Play-off final:
Gary Anderson 10-4 Adrian Lewis

Season 2012
PHIL TAYLOR (24)
Simon Whitlock (16)
Andy Hamilton (13)
James Wade (13)
Raymond van Barneveld (13)
Adrian Lewis (12)
Kevin Painter (11)
Gary Anderson (10)
Play-off final:
Phil Taylor 10-7 Simon Whitlock

Season 2013
MICHAEL VAN GERWEN (24)
Raymond van Barneveld (23)
Phil Taylor (20)
James Wade (17)
Robert Thornton (15)
Simon Whitlock (15)
Andy Hamilton (12)
Adrian Lewis (10)
Wes Newton (5)
Gary Anderson (5)
Play-off final:
Michael van Gerwen 10-8 Phil Taylor

Season 2014
Michael van Gerwen (24)
RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD (20)
Phil Taylor (20)
Gary Anderson (20)
Peter Wright (17)
Adrian Lewis (15)
Dave Chisnall (10)
Robert Thornton (9)
Wes Newton (6)
Simon Whitlock (5)
Play-off final:
Raymond van Barneveld 10-6 Michael van Gerwen

Season 2015
Michael van Gerwen (23)
Dave Chisnall (22)
GARY ANDERSON (20)
Raymond van Barneveld (19)
Phil Taylor (15)
Adrian Lewis (14)
James Wade (12)
Stephen Bunting (11)
Peter Wright (6)
Kim Huybrechts (4)
Play-off final:
Gary Anderson 11-7 Michael van Gerwen

Season 2016
MICHAEL VAN GERWEN (26)
Phil Taylor (24)
Gary Anderson (20)
Adrian Lewis (19)
Peter Wright (17)
James Wade (16)
Raymond van Barneveld (12)
Robert Thornton (6)
Dave Chisnall (3)
Michael Smith (3)
Play-off final:
Michael van Gerwen 11-3 Phil Taylor

2017 Premier League Darts 2017 Table

MVG (Q) P 16 W 10 D 4 L 2 LegD +32 Pts 24
Wright (Q) P 16 W 10 D 3 L 3 LegD +30 Pts 23
Taylor (Q) P 16 W 8 D 3 L 5 LegD +7 Pts 19
Anderson (Q) P 16 W 7 D 4 L 5 LegD +12 Pts 18
Chisnall P 16 W 6 D 4 L 6 LegD -5 Pts 16
RVB P 16 W 6 D 2 L 8 LegD -10 Pts 14
Wade P 16 W 5 D 3 L 8 LegD -13 Pts 13
Lewis P 16 W 6 D 1 L 9 LegD -14 Pts 13
Klaasen P 9 W 1 D 1 L 7 LegD -16 Pts 3
Huybrechts P 9 W 0 D 3 L 6 LegD -23 Pts 3

Finals Night Results

Semi Finals (Best of 19 legs)

Michael van Gerwen 10-7 Gary Anderson
Peter Wright 10-9 Phil Taylor

Final (best of 21 legs)

Michael van Gerwen 11-10 Peter Wright

CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE 2017 SEASON RESULTS & WEEKLY REPORTS & STATS

2018 Premier League Darts Table

MVG P 16 W 11 D 1 L 4 LegD +43 Pts 23
Smith P 16 W 9 D 2 L 5 LegD +24 Pts 20
Anderson P 16 W 8 D 3 L 5 LegD +15 Pts 19
Cross P 16 W 8 D 3 L 5 LegD +5 Pts 19
Gurney P 16 W 4 D 8 L 4 LegD +1 Pts 16
Barney P 16 W 6 D 4 L 6 LegD -8 Pts 16
Wright P 16 W 4 D 6 L 6 LegD -20 Pts 14
Whitlock P 16 W 5 D 3 L 8 LegD -18 Pts 13
Suljovic P 9 W 2 D 0 L 7 LegD -13 Pts 4
Price P 9 W 0 D 2 L 7 LegD -29 Pts 2

Play-Off Night Results

Michael van Gerwen 10-6 Rob Cross
Michael Smith 10-6 Gary Anderson
Final: Michael van Gerwen 11-4 Michael Smith

CLICK HERE FOR PLAY-OFF REVIEW & STATS

CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE RESULTS FROM THE WHOLE SEASON

2019 Premier League Darts Table

Van Gerwen (Q) P 16 W 10 D 3 L 3 LegD +40 Pts 23
Cross (Q) P 16 W 10 D 2 L 4 LegD +26 Pts 22
Wade (Q) P 16 W 7 D 6 L 3 LegD +20 Pts 20
Gurney (Q) P 16 W 8 D 3 L 5 LegD +7 Pts 19
Price P 16 W 6 D 6 L 4 LegD +6 Pts 18
Suljovic P 16 W 7 D 3 L 6 LegD +5 Pts 17
Smith P 16 W 3 D 4 L 9 LegD -26 Pts 10
Wright P 16 W 2 D 5 L 9 LegD -33 Pts 9
Relegated: Van Barneveld P 9 W 1 D 2 L 6 LegD -22 Pts 4