Line-up announced for 2025 Premier League Darts: Find out who forms leading eight here
PDC
The line-up has been confirmed for the 2025 Premier League Darts which will start on February 6 in Belfast and sees Luke Littler as the defending champion.
The top four was set leaving only four spots left. Michael van Gerwen, Luke Humphries and Rob Cross had already booked their spot as part of the top four who qualify by right automatically as well as Littler who is World Champion and defending Premier League champion.
But the conundrum throughout the World Darts Championship would be who would join them, that is now confirmed.
There was clamour surrounding this year's line-up in particular with many of the top names not performing. Michael Smith and Peter Wright in particular were big question marks.
They have both been replaced in this year's line-up by two former players in the format in Stephen Bunting who is a known quantity and fans' favourite becoming one of the true cult heroes of PDC Darts as well as winning The Masters at the turn of the year.
While Chris Dobey makes his return after a year out. Gerwyn Price despite. a poor year showed glimmers still at the World Darts Championship and remains in while Nathan Aspinall recorded back-to-back fifth placed finishes in the Premier League and is perhaps the only other player that doubt can be placed on.
“We are really excited by this year's line-up, which I'm sure will entertain our incredible crowds across the UK and Europe,” said PDC Chief Executive Matt Porter.
"The BetMGM Premier League will reach a huge live audience across the next four months, following record-breaking ticket sales for the 2025 season.
“All eight players have pedigree on the biggest stage, and fresh from some brilliant performances at the World Darts Championship we’re looking forward to 17 brilliant weeks of competition.”
2025 Premier League Darts Line-Up
Michael van Gerwen
Luke Littler
Luke Humphries
Rob Cross
Stephen Bunting
Gerwyn Price
Chris Dobey
Nathan Aspinall
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- No, I wasn't expecting Heta to be in it either having won nothing of any significance. Although he is charismatic and has personality unlike the boring and dull as dishwater Dobey. It is quite pathetic and desperate the way Bunting and Arsepinall pander to the crowd to dance to their walk on music, that has worked though. I would like to see more players involved on a weekly basis similar to the Modus Super Series. A knockout tournament with 16 winners from each week. The Premier league is too boring with the same players. Plus it would eliminate all the whining and booing from unselected players.richieburnettrocks07-01-2025
- Why is World Champion Richie Burnett not highlighted in bold font nor 2 time World Champion Scotty 2 Hotty. COME ON RICHIE BURNETT AND SCOTTY 2 HOTTY Although where the hell has 2 HOTTY been the past year!richieburnettrocks07-01-2025
- It's not tennis, snooker or golf, nobody mentioned Fallon,great as she is. Beau beats her week in,week out. But she isn't interested. If you want to include crowd pleasers,get Les Wallace back!!! He was a world champion,and wore a kilt!!!rick6707-01-2025
- I'm glad wright and van Ben bergh were overlooked. Too much dancing,not enough darting. Bunting is always quality,as for price,he's a crowd pleaser(!!?) too. Aspinall has had his problems,but it's nice to see him back,he's a decent chap. Dobey is a top player,big hitter,so I won't complain. Cross will finish bottom,much as I like him,he seems to be off lately. I'm glad they didn't pick a Belgian just for the audience. But I don't agree with the tournament or format,so I guess it's immaterial to me. They might as well turn up at a random pub and play for the beers!!!rick6707-01-2025
- I think the PDC's choice is too conservative. EIther or both of Damon Heta and Mike de Dekker should have been in, at the expense of Aspinall and possibly Price. I guess the PDC's reasoning is that they do not want too much turnover from year to year, and so having already rejected Smith and Wright, they have kept Price and Aspinall, but I guess those two are "on probation".
UndartedWaters06-01-2025 - Two from the three of Price, Aspinall and Dobey should have been excluded, De Decker and Edhouse should have been in. I would have offered a place to Beau Greaves though i doubt she would have accepted it and probably not really ready for it confidence wise.Mysstree06-01-2025
- Tennis has a protected ranking system for injuries and Golf has a system that as a Major winner you get invited back of a number of years regardless of your ranking. Barry Hearn gave Stephen Hendry a wildcard for some tournaments though he still had to enter at the qualification stage. Doubt the PDC would give Burnett an exemption as he has never won a PDC Major, same would apply to Steve Beaton. It’s a slippery slope to abandoning a meritocratic system, if the PDC did do so they could then (for example) award a place to Fallon Sherrock even though she has yet to qualify at any level for a tour card.Mysstree06-01-2025
- I'd have said the same about Ady Lewis,but the PDC is indeed a law unto itself,so sorry bud,get your leg kicking and do it for the good lads!!rick6705-01-2025
- COME ON RICHIE BURNETT Surely a World Champion and player with the calibra of Richie should be exempt from ever losing a tour card and having to qualify.richieburnettrocks04-01-2025
- That's true, Richie. Taylor used to call it, "Manley's millions."MrYnyslas197103-01-2025