Premier League Darts 2025: Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, Michael van Gerwen and more player profiles | Darts News

Luke Littler, Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen all feature in the Premier League’s 2025 Star Darts line-up.

The tournament will take place on Thursday evenings between February and May as the sport’s top stars battle it out for the coveted title and £1m prize money.

Littler and Humphreys are part of an eight-man field that also includes Van Gerwen, who is seeking a record eighth Premier League crown, and 2019 runner-up Rob Cross.

We take a close look at the players chasing one of the sport’s biggest trophies…

Luke Humphreys

PDC Medal of Merit. on the 1st

Last year. Runner-up (2024)

PL Best. He ran as a contender in 2019 and defeated Littler in last year’s final.

Walk-on Song. “I Predict a Riot” by Kaiser Chiefs.

Humphreys dominated darts in the final stretch of 2023, winning four majors in three months to jump up the world rankings.

Cool Hand sparked his impressive streak by winning his first major title at the World Grand Prix, then followed up his Grand Slam of Darts victory a month later by winning the finals of The Players Championship.

Humphreys scored the biggest win of his career, securing his first world title against the young Littler in 2024.

He then won the England World Cup in June alongside Michael Smith and made history at Blackpool in July, becoming only the second player after Phil Taylor to win the Worlds and the World Matchplay in the same year.

His year ended with a 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 a loss to Peter Wright at Alexandra Palace in December.

Luke Littler

PDC Medal of Merit. 2nd

Last year. Winner:

PL Best. Winner (2024)

Walk on Song. “Greenlight” by Pitbull featuring Flo Rida and LunchMoney Lewis.

Littler made his Premier League debut last year after a sensational run to the World Cup finals, where he captured the imagination of the sporting world with his remarkable debut at Alexandra Palace.

The then 16-year-old became the youngest player to reach the final, where he lost to Humphreys, but in 2024 the Warrington star won 10 PDC titles, including the Premier League title on debut, where he produced an incredible nine-ball haul. beating Humphreys 11-7.

He continued his remarkable journey by winning a Grand Slam darts title and World Series finals before cementing his status as the game’s biggest star by defeating Michael van Gerwen 7-3 in the World Championship.

Littler also won the Bahrain Darts Masters, Polish Darts Masters, Belgian Tarts Open and Austrian Tarts Open, as well as hitting four nines, taking his earnings to over £1.5m in prize money in just 13 months.

Michael van Gerwen

PDC Medal of Merit. 3rd

Last year. Semi-final

PL Best. Winner (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023)

Walk on Song. “Seven Nation Army” by The White Stripes.

Van Gerwen has had more success at the tournament than any other player in its history, and the Green Machine is now aiming to add to his record tally of seven titles.

The Dutchman is making his 13th appearance in a row in the Premier League and has finished outside the top four just once, meaning Van Gerwen will once again be among the pre-tournament favourites.

In 2024, he did not win a televised tournament for the first time in a calendar year since 2011, and was surprisingly dismantled by the 17-year-old Littler in the one-sided World Championship final.

Rob Cross

PDC Medal of Merit. 4th

Last year. 6th

PL Best. Vice-champion (2019)

Walk on Song. “Hot Hot Hot” by Arrow.

The 2018 world champions returned to the Premier League in 2024, having missed out on the two previous editions, finishing runners-up in both major televised events.

“Voltage” made an impressive run to the World Championship semi-finals last year before being beaten by Littler, his best finish since winning the tournament.

After winning titles at the US Darts Masters and the Baltic Sea Darts Open, Cross is back and preparing for his sixth Premier League appearance.

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Stephen Bunting

PDC Medal of Merit. 5th

Last year. DNP:

PL Best. 8th (2015)

Walk on Song. “Titanium” by David Guetta.

Banting is the people’s champion.

‘The Bullet’ got the 2024 season off to a fantastic start after he beat Van Gerwen to win the Masters, Bunting’s first televised PDC title.

His run to the world semi-finals is enough to see them qualify for the Premier League for the first time in 10 years after finishing eighth in 2015.

Expect the crowd to be chanting “Let’s go Bunting mental!” as the players hit Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena on night 12.

Gerwyn Price

PDC Medal of Merit. 9th

Last year. 7th

PL Best. Runner-up (2023)

Walk on Song. “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice

The Iceman endured a nightmare debut campaign in 2018, suffering a winless streak before finishing fifth in a row in 2019 and 2020.

He landed two nines in Belfast on an incredible night in the 2022 campaign, where he finished seventh, then produced his best Premier League finish in the 2023 event when he finished runner-up to Van Gerwen.

Having reached the final on Night One in Cardiff last year, he would have been positive for the season ahead, but since then he has only made one final in Manchester nine weeks later, where he lost to Littler.

Chris Dobey

PDC Medal of Merit: 10th

Last year. DNP:

PL Best. He was a contender in 2019 and 2020 and was 7th in 2023

Walk on Song. “Let’s Get Ready To Rumble” – PJ & Duncan

Chris Dobbie will make his second Premier League darts after reaching the semi-finals of the World Cup for the first time.

Dobey was a huge disappointment in 2024, but a big win over Gerwyn Price in the quarter-finals at Alexandra Palace saw him reach the last four, where he lost to Van Gerwen.

Hollywood won three singles titles last year, including a nine-ball in April, and is a former Masters champion.

Nathan Aspinall

PDC Medal of Merit. 11th

Last year. 5th

PL Best. Runner-up (2020)

Walk on Song. “Mr. Brightside” by The Killers.

Aspinall, who finished second to Glenn Durant on his full debut in 2020, returns for a third straight Premier League appearance.

“The Asp” had previously struggled with injury, but then bounced back and ended his four-year wait for a second major TV title when he defeated Johnny Clayton to win the 2023 World Matchplay for the biggest win of his career.

The Stockport star reached the semi-finals of the Masters before making a run to the quarter-finals of the World Championships where he was beaten by Littler.

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2025 BetMGM Premier League Confirmed Dates
1 a.m – SSE Arena, Belfast – Thursday 6 February
Night 2 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow – Thursday 13 February
Night 3 – 3Arena, Dublin – Thursday, February 20
Night 4 – Westpoint Exeter – Thursday 27 February
Night 5 – Brighton Center – Thursday 6 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 10th April
11 at night Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam – Thursday 17 April
Night 12 – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool – Thursday 24th 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 22 May
Playoffs – The O2, London – Thursday 29 May

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