Darts’ 2026 Premier League Has Reached Its Play-off Stage

by Roy Brindley, 28 May 2026

Darts’ Premier League has reached the decisive Play-Off stages. Luke Littler is the clear competition favourite, but Clayton looks a better bet.

Luke Littler and Luke Humpries are the ones to beat in Thursday’s Premier League Play-Offs according to the bookies. ©Kieran Cleeves/PDC

Key Facts:

• Humphries, Price, Littler and Clayton will contest the Premier League Play-Offs this Thursday.
• Luke Humphries and Luke Littler are the bookmaker’s picks in the £350,000 to-the-winner contest.
• Jonny Clayton’s stats suggest he can upset Luke Humphries in their semi-final clash.
• Sky Sports will broadcast the action live.

After 16 weeks of live darts, entertaining over 200,000 people at 16 venues, the BetMGM Premier League will finally conclude at The O2 London this Thursday. A £350,000 prize awaits the new champion, and online bookmakers believe 2024 victor Luke Littler is the most likely winner.

Finalists Luke Humphries, Gerwyn Price, Luke Littler and Jonny Clayton had booked their place in the Play-Offs before the concluding regular season night in Sheffield a week ago. However, Luke Humphries outperformed Price on the night to claim third in the standings.

Humphries march to the nightly final in the Steel City means he now meets Jonny Clayton in the competition’s first semi-final. Price’s semi-final loss to Stephen Bunting in Sheffield means he is pitted against Luke Littler in the O2 London’s other semi-final.

Stats Say Clayton Is a Value Shout

BetMGM, the competition sponsor, quotes Littler on 5/6 odds for the outright title. Humphries is second down the list on 9/4. Gerwyn Price, 11/2 and Jonny Clayton, 8/1, complete the betting.

The fact that the player who sits second in the league standings – with clear daylight between him and the third-placed challenger – is the biggest outsider will surprise many casual onlookers.

Premier League Semi-finalists and their best result in the Premier League:

Luke Littler 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Winner (2024)
Jonny Clayton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Winner (2021)
Luke Humphries 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Winner (2025)
Gerwyn Price 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Runner-up (2023) pic.twitter.com/ii60Q7812B

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It is not only Jonny Clayton’s points haul that makes his odds appear generous. The 2021 Premier League winner holds sway in another vital metric, checkout percentages. With an average of 44.77%, his success rate in this department dwarfs Luke Humphries’s by almost 7 percentage points.

Clayton’s superiority over Humphries is underlined by their head-to-head results during the Premier League’s regular season. The Welsh player won three of their four meetings, accumulating 21 legs to Humphries 16.

A 180s Hit for Humphries?

With a nightly victory and three final appearances in the past four Premier League nights, Humphries is doubtlessly in fine fettle. But the stats do not lie, and, with the Play-Offs semi-finals being a ‘best of 19 legs’ format, there are grounds to believe that, if the cream rises in line with the stats, Clayton can defy his 9/4 match odds.

A market that can go Luke Humphries way in this semi-final clash is ‘the most 180s’. The reigning Premier League champion has been firing in maximus for fun. Meanwhile, Clayton is the least prolific 180 scorer of the four remaining Premier League contenders.

Unopposable Littler Is a Good Checkout Bet

Priced 2/1, Gerwyn Price is the underdog against Luke Littler. However, unlike his similarly priced countryman, it is difficult to see him making the final. Whilst Littler, who recently received an MBE, has been in irresistible form – winning three nightly finals and amassing 20 points – Price has lost six of his 10 games, earning only seven points in the same period.

Littler has produced five 170 checkouts in the 2026 Premier League and has been responsible for the highest checkout twice in the past three regular-season nights of play. Therein, the bet selection for this contest is ‘The Nuke’ to record the highest checkout. It is a proposition William Hill quotes on 4/6 odds.

How to Watch Darts’ Premier League Final

Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Action will broadcast the Premier League Play-Offs at The O2 London from 7pm on Thursday. Whereas the semi-finals are the ‘best of 19 legs’, the final will be the ‘best of 21’. Last year, Luke Humpries beat Luke Littler by an 11-8 scoreline.