Littler wins again to stretch Premier League lead

With victory at night eight in Newcastle, Luke Littler strengthened his position at the top of the table.

Stephen Bunting, Rob Cross, and Luke Humphries defeated the 18-year-old world champion for a fourth time in the 2025 competition.

Littler is eight points clear of Humphries’ second-placed opponent, who is currently halfway through the league season, which would have been sufficient to secure a top-four finish and a playoff spot last year.

On the way to a 6-3 semi-final victory over Bunting, he defeated Bunting 6-0 in his quarter-final matchup before going 3-0 up against Cross in the first nine legs he played at Utilita Arena.

The teenager fought back to take the title with a 4-0 lead before securing a consolation 6-1 victory against world number one Humphries.

According to Littler, “it’s another week, more points on the board, and another nightly win.”

Humphries defeated home favorite Chris Dobey in his quarter-final match before defeating Nathan Aspinall in the decisive phase of a high-quality semi-final to end a three-game Premier League losing streak.

Cross and Aspinall, who finished fifth and sixth overall, both placed fifth and sixth, improved their chances of making the play-offs on May 29.

Final

Luke Littler defeated Luke Humphries 6-1

Semi-finals

Rob Cross 6-3 Luke Littler

Nathan Aspinall 6-5 Luke Humphries

Quarter-finals

Stephen Bunting 6-0 Luke Littler

Rob Cross 2-6 Gerwyn Price

Chris Dobey 6-3 Luke Humphries

Premier League Darts is played in 16 league starts, with quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals on each night.

In the quarter-finals in weeks one through seven and nine through fifteen, with the eight and sixteen fixtures being eliminated from the table, each of the eight players is guaranteed to face the other seven. On the final league-stage night, Sheffield will play host to fourth-and-fifth place teams, with potential playoff spots also in the cards.

Players are awarded two points for each quarter-final victory, five for each semi-final victory, and five for each night’s victory.

In a best-of-19-leg competition, the top four players will advance to the play-off night on May 23 at London’s O2 Arena, with first facing first and second facing third. The best leg of the 21 legs is the final.

Berlin on Thursday, April 3rd.