Premier League Darts Finals Night – How much will Luke Littler get if he wins?
The Premier League Darts Finals are set to take place at the O2 Arena tonight, where Luke Littler will be aiming to defend his title and pocket the top prize money
The highly-anticipated Premier League Darts Finals Night is almost upon us. And teenage sensation Luke Littler is aiming to defend his title at the O2 Arena in London.
The 18-year-old won the Premier League Darts title last year after being invited as one of four wildcards following his shock run at the 2024 World Darts Championship. Littler won four nights in his maiden campaign before defeating Michael Smith in the semi-finals and clinching the title with an 11-7 win over Luke Humphries.
'The Nuke' is reigning world champion and won the UK Open this year, placing him second in the PDC Order of Merit. However, he faces a tough challenge to retain his Premier League title on Thursday evening, with Gerwyn Price, Nathan Aspinall and Humphries also competing in the play-offs.
Littler topped the regular season standings with 45 points, winning six of the 16 weekly events, and will face fourth-placed Price in the semi-finals. The winner of their clash will play either Aspinall or Humphries in the final and battle for the Premier League trophy and the top prize money.
The Premier League season has a total £1million prize pot. Whoever emerges triumphant in the play-offs will receive £275k.
The runner-up will earn £125k for their efforts. Meanwhile, the losing semi-finalists will pocket £85k each. The remaining four players in the eight-man league earned between £60k and £75k, with the money rising by £5k increments depending on their final league position.
Littler has earned an extra £60k regardless of any results tonight, courtesy of the £10k bonus for weekly wins in the regular season. According to the PDC Order of Merit, the 18-year-old has earned £1.3m from ranked tournaments, placing him £573k behind world number one Humphries.
This total does not take into account Littler's prize money from non-ranked events, such as Premier League Darts. It also doesn't include his earnings from sponsorship deals.
However, Littler's immediate focus will be on becoming a two-time Premier League champion. Remarkably, the other three players in the play-offs have yet to win the competition, though each has previously reached the final.
If Littler is victorious, he would be only the fourth player to become a multi-time Premier League champion, alongside Gary Anderson, Phil Taylor and Michael van Gerwen. However, the teenage sensation would still have a long way to go to match Van Gerwen's record seven title wins.
Littler signed off the regular season with a nightly victory in Sheffield, besting Humphries in the final. His six nightly wins beat the previous record of four and also helped him set an all-time points tally.
Responding to his Sheffield victory on Instagram, Littler said: 'Got the record, got top spot. O2 lets get it done.' Meanwhile, Humphries' focus was already on lifting the trophy, even before their most recent meeting.
'You know you have to raise your game against Luke,' Humphries said earlier this month. 'Winning in Leeds last week will give me great confidence, but the goal now is to be Premier League champion. Whatever happens in the next two weeks, that's my focus.'
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