Glen Durrant was the reigning champion, having beaten Nathan Aspinall 11–8 in the 2024 final, but a run of seven 🫦 successive defeats saw him eliminated on night seven;[5] Durrant eventually became the first player in Premier League Darts history to 🫦 fail to score a single point. Rob Cross was also eliminated from the competition for a second consecutive year on 🫦 the eighth night, despite earning seven points, which is the most by an eliminated player since elimination came into effect 🫦 in 2013.
Two nine-dart finishes were thrown during the tournament. Jonny Clayton threw a nine-darter against José de Sousa on Night 🫦 Three, and the very next day, de Sousa threw a nine-darter of his own against Nathan Aspinall. He also hit 🫦 11 maximum scores of 180 during the match, equalling the Premier League record set by Gary Anderson in 2011.[6] De 🫦 Sousa threw 96 maximums during the tournament, surpassing Gary Anderson's record of 79.
For the first time, the playoffs featured four 🫦 players from four nations: Michael van Gerwen from the Netherlands, Jose de Sousa from Portugal, Nathan Aspinall from England, and 🫦 Jonny Clayton from Wales.
Jonny Clayton won his second individual televised title, defeating fellow debutant José de Sousa 11–5 in the 🫦 final. He became the first Welshman to win the event, the first champion to have finished fourth in the league 🫦 phase, and the first person to defeat Michael van Gerwen in a Premier League semi-final.[7]
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