A maximum of 20 points left up for grabs, four spots at London’s O2, and eight players vying for their chance to be there. But just who can realistically make it to Finals Night?
There are four more regular nights of action in the Premier League 2024, with Liverpool, Aberdeen, Leeds, and Sheffield the venues in which the fates of Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, Michael van Gerwen, Nathan Aspinall, Michael Smith, Gerwyn Price, Rob Cross, and Peter Wright will be decided.
If someone wins all four nights they will pick up 20 points, meaning that all eight players can, mathematically, secure a spot at the O2 on May 23, live on Sky Sports.
To make this simple, let’s look at each player’s chances, from most likely to least likely to be battling it out to be crowned Premier League Darts champion in 2024…
Humphries and Littler: The top dogs
After 12 nights of darting drama, Luke Littler and Luke Humphries sit top of the tree on 26 points, Humphries with three nightly wins and Littler with two.
Littler has put in a solid display of how to keep the points ticking even without winning a raft of Nights, consistently making the semi-finals more than any other player.
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Littler hit a 164 checkout in the first leg of his quarter-final match against Michael Smith on Night 12
Littler faces Price and Aspinall over the next two weeks and knows that, if he beats one or both of these, he is on the edge of being a certainty at the O2.
Meanwhile, Humphries faces Price, Aspinall, and Cross – knowing if he wins at least two, he would be a certainty for May 23.
The two debutants are the ones to beat.
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Littler hit a sensational nine-darter against Rob Cross in the European Tour final
The battlers: MVG, Aspinall, and Smith
The middle of the table is where things get interesting. Van Gerwen, Aspinall, and Smith look to be the three players battling it out for the two remaining spots in the top four.
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Michael van Gerwen hit this impressive checkout during his quarter-final against Humphries on Night 12
None of these three face each other until Night 15 in Leeds, which could decide things. Aspinall and Smith face off in the quarter-finals at the First Direct Arena, meaning one will walk away with no points from that night and potentially see their chances of heading to The O2 come to an end.
However, if one or two of them can pick up a nightly win early on, they could put the pressure on their opponents as time runs out.