2023 Premier League Darts

The 2023 Cazoo Premier League Darts was a darts tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation – the nineteenth edition of the tournament. The event began on Thursday 2 February 2023, at the SSE Arena in Belfast, and finished with the play-offs, at The O₂ Arena in London on Thursday 25 May 2023.^[1][2]

2023 Cazoo Premier League Darts
Winner
Michael van Gerwen
Runner-up
Gerwyn Price
Score
11–5
Dates
2 February – 25 May 2023
Edition
19th
Number of players
8
Venues
17
Premier League Darts
< 2022 | 2023 | 2024 >

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after beating Joe Cullen 11–10 in the 2022 final.^[3] He successfully defended the title, beating Gerwyn Price 11–5 in the final.

Format

As introduced in 2022's tournament, the 2023 Premier League Darts used an eight-person knockout bracket every night. Each of the seven matches was played over the best-of-11 legs. The players were guaranteed to meet each other once in the quarter-finals throughout the first seven weeks and once in the quarterfinals in weeks 9–15, with weeks 8 and 16 being drawn based on the league standings at that point. Players received two points per semi-final finish, three points per runner-up finish, and five points per final win.^[4]

Following the regular phase, the top four players in the league table contested the two knockout semi-finals with 1st playing 4th and 2nd playing 3rd.^[2]

Venues

The 2023 tournament kept the same 17 venues used in the 2022 Premier League. On 8 October 2022, it was announced that Liverpool and Brighton were switching dates, after Liverpool had been awarded the hosting duties for the Eurovision Song Contest.^[5]

Liverpool

Glasgow

Exeter

Nottingham

Leeds

Cardiff

Sheffield

Aberdeen

Manchester

Birmingham

Newcastle

London

Belfast

Dublin

Brighton

Locations of the 2023 Premier League venues in the UK and Ireland.

Berlin

Rotterdam

Other locations of the 2023 Premier League venues in Europe.

Belfast	Cardiff	Glasgow	Dublin
SSE Arena Belfast Thursday 2 February	Cardiff International Arena Thursday 9 February	OVO Hydro Thursday 16 February	3Arena Thursday 23 February
Exeter	Liverpool	Nottingham	Newcastle
Westpoint Arena Thursday 2 March	M&S Bank Arena Thursday 9 March	Nottingham Arena Thursday 16 March	Newcastle Arena Thursday 23 March
Berlin	Birmingham	Brighton	Rotterdam
Mercedes-Benz Arena Thursday 30 March	Arena Birmingham Thursday 6 April	Brighton Centre Thursday 13 April	Rotterdam Ahoy Thursday 20 April
Leeds	Manchester	Sheffield	Aberdeen
First Direct Arena Thursday 27 April	AO Arena Thursday 4 May	Utilita Arena Sheffield Thursday 11 May	P&J Live Thursday 18 May
London
The O2 Thursday 25 May

Prize money

The prize money for the 2023 tournament remained at £1 million, including a £10,000 bonus to each night's winner.^[6][7]

Stage	Prize Money
Winner	£275,000
Runner-up	£125,000
Semi-finalists (x2)	£85,000
5th place	£75,000
6th place	£70,000
7th place	£65,000
8th place	£60,000
Weekly Winner Bonus (x16)	£10,000
Total	£1,000,000

Players

The format introduced in 2022 continued, which would encompass eight players, each playing against each other in a knockout tournament each night. The winner of each night received an additional £10,000 towards their prize money. Those who make it out of the last 8 each receive 2 points, the runner-up received 3 points and the winner received 5.

The top 4 players on the PDC Order of Merit automatically qualified, with the remaining four announced following the conclusion of the Masters on 29 January 2023.^[8]

Player	Appearance in Premier League	Consecutive Streak	Order of Merit Rank on 30/1/23	Previous best performance
Michael Smith	6th	2	1	Runner-up (2018)
Peter Wright	10th	10	2	Runner-up (2017)
Michael van Gerwen	11th	11	3	Winner (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022)
Gerwyn Price	5th	2[a]	4	5th place (2019, 2020)
Jonny Clayton	3rd	3	7	Winner (2021)
Nathan Aspinall	3rd	1	9	Runner-up (2020)
Dimitri Van den Bergh	2nd	1	11	5th place (2021)
Chris Dobey	1st	1	21	Debut

1. Price qualified for the 2021 Premier League Darts, but withdrew following a positive COVID-19 test.

League stage

The fixtures were announced on 30 January 2023.^[8]

2 February – Night 1 SSE Arena, Belfast Night 1 was played in Belfast. Chris Dobey was the winner in his Premier League debut, after beating Michael van Gerwen 6–5 in the night's final.[9] Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) [10] Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) [10] Final (best of 11 legs) [10]                    Dimitri Van den Bergh 99.77 6  Jonny Clayton 101.04 2  Dimitri Van den Bergh 91.61 4  Michael van Gerwen 106.00 6  Michael Smith 100.84 3  Michael van Gerwen 102.36 6  Michael van Gerwen 97.41 5  Chris Dobey 96.94 6  Peter Wright 103.77 3  Chris Dobey 95.98 6  Chris Dobey 95.82 6  Nathan Aspinall 93.06 4  Nathan Aspinall 94.39 6  Gerwyn Price 91.29 4 Night 1 Statistics[10] Night's Total Average: 97.61[11] Highest Checkout:  Chris Dobey 170 Most 180s:  Chris Dobey 11 Night's 180s: 38

9 February – Night 2 Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff Night 2 was played in Cardiff. Gerwyn Price was the winner, after beating Nathan Aspinall 6–3 in the night's final.[12] Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) [13] Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) [13] Final (best of 11 legs) [13]                    Michael Smith 100.01 6  Jonny Clayton 89.37 3  Michael Smith 91.09 4  Nathan Aspinall 105.39 6  Nathan Aspinall 105.22 6  Peter Wright 97.22 3  Nathan Aspinall 93.09 3  Gerwyn Price 97.32 6  Gerwyn Price 93.56 6  Chris Dobey 92.37 5  Gerwyn Price 96.88 6  Michael van Gerwen 110.75 5  Michael van Gerwen 95.55 6  Dimitri Van den Bergh 94.83 4 Night 2 Statistics[13] Night's Total Average: 97.22[11] Highest Checkout:  Peter Wright 156 Most 180s:  Nathan Aspinall 10 Total 180s: 31

16 February – Night 3 OVO Hydro, Glasgow Night 3 was played in Glasgow. Michael Smith was the winner, after beating Dimitri Van den Bergh 6–4 in the night's final.[14] Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) [15] Semi-finals (best of 11 legs)[15] Final (best of 11 legs)[15]                    Nathan Aspinall 94.67 6  Michael van Gerwen 94.74 5  Nathan Aspinall 88.18 1  Dimitri Van den Bergh 105.73 6  Peter Wright 98.23 4  Dimitri Van den Bergh 94.76 6  Dimitri Van den Bergh 97.66 4  Michael Smith 109.42 6  Gerwyn Price 89.98 3  Michael Smith 91.19 6  Michael Smith 101.90 6  Jonny Clayton 99.14 5  Jonny Clayton 102.56 6  Chris Dobey 101.60 1 Night 3 Statistics[15] Night's Total Average: 97.60[11] Highest Checkout:  Michael van Gerwen 170 Most 180s:  Dimitri Van den Bergh 11 Total 180s: 42

23 February – Night 4 3Arena, Dublin Night 4 was played in Dublin. Michael van Gerwen was the winner, after beating Gerwyn Price 6–5 in the night's final.[16] Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) [17] Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) [17] Final (best of 11 legs) [17]                    Michael Smith 94.55 6  Peter Wright 91.22 5  Michael Smith 100.28 1  Gerwyn Price 102.03 6  Gerwyn Price 104.39 6  Dimitri Van den Bergh 98.12 4  Gerwyn Price 91.94 5  Michael van Gerwen 94.40 6  Jonny Clayton 91.49 6  Nathan Aspinall 90.58 4  Jonny Clayton 92.36 3  Michael van Gerwen 95.40 6  Chris Dobey 92.75 3  Michael van Gerwen 98.95 6 Night 4 Statistics[17] Night's Total Average: 95.10[11] Highest Checkout:  Chris Dobey 148 Most 180s:  Gerwyn Price 11 Total 180s: 41

2 March – Night 5 Westpoint Arena, Exeter Night 5 was played in Exeter. Michael van Gerwen was the winner, after beating Jonny Clayton 6–3 in the night's final.[18] Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) [19] Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) [19] Final (best of 11 legs) [19]                    Michael van Gerwen 96.38 6  Gerwyn Price 89.10 3  Michael van Gerwen 100.89 6  Nathan Aspinall 95.19 4  Nathan Aspinall 95.74 6  Michael Smith 94.26 3  Michael van Gerwen 97.45 6  Jonny Clayton 96.22 3  Dimitri Van den Bergh 104.49 6  Chris Dobey 104.45 3  Dimitri Van den Bergh 93.38 2  Jonny Clayton 94.40 6  Jonny Clayton 89.91 6  Peter Wright 92.10 5 Night 5 Statistics[19] Night's Total Average: 95.77[11] Highest Checkout:  Nathan Aspinall and  Dimitri Van den Bergh 140 Most 180s:  Nathan Aspinall 8 Total 180s: 31

9 March – Night 6 M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool Night 6 was played in Liverpool. Michael van Gerwen was the winner, after beating Michael Smith 6–4 in the night's final.[20] Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) [21] Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) [21] Final (best of 11 legs) [21]                    Gerwyn Price 89.17 5  Peter Wright 92.79 6  Peter Wright 91.85 1  Michael van Gerwen 94.31 6  Michael van Gerwen 96.55 6  Jonny Clayton 93.47 2  Michael van Gerwen 100.20 6  Michael Smith 99.09 4  Chris Dobey 101.98 4  Nathan Aspinall 99.52 6  Nathan Aspinall 75.47 2  Michael Smith 91.52 6  Michael Smith 92.51 6  Dimitri Van den Bergh 91.80 3 Night 6 Statistics[21] Night's Total Average: 93.64 Highest Checkout:  Nathan Aspinall 143 Most 180s:  Michael Smith 11 Total 180s: 36

16 March – Night 7 Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham Night 7 was played in Nottingham. Gerwyn Price was the winner, after beating Chris Dobey 6–4 in the night's final.[22] Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) [23] Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) [23] Final (best of 11 legs) [23]                    Dimitri Van den Bergh 90.91 6  Nathan Aspinall 92.90 4  Dimitri Van den Bergh 100.95 4  Gerwyn Price 100.94 6  Jonny Clayton 94.01 4  Gerwyn Price 97.58 6  Gerwyn Price 101.04 6  Chris Dobey 95.48 4  Peter Wright 89.06 1  Michael van Gerwen 94.89 6  Michael van Gerwen 100.36 0  Chris Dobey 101.33 6  Chris Dobey 93.42 6  Michael Smith 96.85 4 Night 7 Statistics[23] Night's Total Average: 96.25 Highest Checkout:  Gerwyn Price 156 Most 180s:  Gerwyn Price 10 Total 180s: 32

23 March – Night 8 Utilita Arena Newcastle, Newcastle Night 8 was played in Newcastle. Gerwyn Price was the winner, after beating Michael van Gerwen 6–1 in the night's final.[24] Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)[25] Semi-finals (best of 11 legs)[25] Final (best of 11 legs)[25]                   1  Michael van Gerwen 92.84 6 8  Peter Wright 89.13 5 1  Michael van Gerwen 100.20 6 4  Nathan Aspinall 93.00 0 4  Nathan Aspinall 101.27 6 5  Dimitri Van den Bergh 95.49 5 1  Michael van Gerwen 98.48 1 2  Gerwyn Price 114.96 6 2  Gerwyn Price 94.55 6 7  Jonny Clayton 80.89 1 2  Gerwyn Price 86.98 6 6  Chris Dobey 85.35 4 3  Michael Smith 97.38 4 6  Chris Dobey 94.79 6 Night 8 Statistics[25] Night's Total Average: 93.92 Highest Checkout:  Michael van Gerwen 150 Most 180s:  Gerwyn Price 10 Total 180s: 38

30 March – Night 9 Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Night 9 was played in Berlin. Jonny Clayton was the winner, after beating Michael Smith 6–4 in the night's final.[26] Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)[27] Semi-finals (best of 11 legs)[27] Final (best of 11 legs)[27]                    Dimitri Van den Bergh 87.09 3  Michael Smith 94.29 6  Michael Smith 104.19 6  Nathan Aspinall 98.91 4  Nathan Aspinall 103.38 6  Chris Dobey 99.09 4  Michael Smith 97.74 4  Jonny Clayton 91.79 6  Jonny Clayton 97.16 6  Michael van Gerwen 89.18 5  Jonny Clayton 101.43 6  Gerwyn Price 99.05 4  Peter Wright 92.78 3  Gerwyn Price 101.47 6 Night 9 Statistics[27] Night's Total Average: 96.79 Highest Checkout:  Michael Smith 130 Most 180s:  Michael Smith 15 Total 180s: 41

6 April – Night 10 Utilita Arena Birmingham, Birmingham Night 10 was played in Birmingham. Jonny Clayton was the winner, after beating Peter Wright 6–5 in the night's final.[28] Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)[29] Semi-finals (best of 11 legs)[29] Final (best of 11 legs)[29]                    Michael van Gerwen 106.08 6  Chris Dobey 106.47 2  Michael van Gerwen 98.15 3  Jonny Clayton 92.89 6  Nathan Aspinall 100.18 4  Jonny Clayton 96.88 6  Jonny Clayton 95.59 6  Peter Wright 91.13 5  Dimitri Van den Bergh 97.60 5  Gerwyn Price 102.23 6  Gerwyn Price 101.30 5  Peter Wright 97.52 6  Peter Wright 95.47 6  Michael Smith 99.00 1 Night 10 Statistics[29] Night's Total Average: 98.26 Highest Checkout:  Jonny Clayton 142 Most 180s:  Michael van Gerwen 9 Total 180s: 37

13 April – Night 11 Brighton Centre, Brighton Night 11 was played in Brighton. Gerwyn Price was the winner, after beating Michael Smith 6–3 in the night's final.[30] Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)[31] Semi-finals (best of 11 legs)[31] Final (best of 11 legs)[31]                    Dimitri Van den Bergh 95.17 2  Michael van Gerwen 104.11 6  Michael van Gerwen 104.71 5  Gerwyn Price 108.08 6  Chris Dobey 103.27 2  Gerwyn Price 115.97 6  Gerwyn Price 100.08 6  Michael Smith 95.45 3  Peter Wright 100.71 6  Nathan Aspinall 98.01 5  Peter Wright 99.33 5  Michael Smith 96.72 6  Jonny Clayton 92.31 4  Michael Smith 91.93 6 Night 11 Statistics[31] Night's Total Average: 99.95 Highest Checkout:  Michael Smith 160 Most 180s:  Gerwyn Price 15 Total 180s: 56

20 April – Night 12 Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) Final (best of 11 legs)                    Chris Dobey 97.64 4  Jonny Clayton 100.46 6  Jonny Clayton 88.58 1  Gerwyn Price 100.63 6  Michael Smith 98.42 3  Gerwyn Price 102.16 6  Gerwyn Price 88.52 4  Nathan Aspinall 97.30 6  Dimitri Van den Bergh 87.08 6  Peter Wright 87.76 3  Dimitri Van den Bergh 91.76 4  Nathan Aspinall 99.22 6  Michael van Gerwen 91.21 5  Nathan Aspinall 90.81 6 Night 12 Statistics Night's Total Average: 94.25 Highest Checkout:  Gerwyn Price 140 Most 180s:  Gerwyn Price 12 Total 180s: 29

27 April – Night 13 First Direct Arena, Leeds Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) Final (best of 11 legs)                    Michael Smith 105.58 6  Chris Dobey 100.83 1  Michael Smith 94.79 6  Peter Wright 80.41 2  Michael van Gerwen 94.64 3  Peter Wright 97.45 6  Michael Smith 104.86 6  Gerwyn Price 100.31 4  Gerwyn Price 110.35 6  Jonny Clayton 100.47 2  Gerwyn Price 89.98 6  Nathan Aspinall 93.63 3  Nathan Aspinall 98.23 6  Dimitri Van den Bergh 94.37 4 Night 13 Statistics Night's Total Average: 94.24 Highest Checkout:  Michael Smith 164 Most 180s:  Michael Smith 14 Total 180s: 40

4 May – Night 14 AO Arena, Manchester Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) Final (best of 11 legs)                    Peter Wright 89.21 5  Jonny Clayton 91.65 6  Jonny Clayton 93.93 6  Chris Dobey 96.60 3  Chris Dobey 102.16 6  Dimitri Van den Bergh 95.02 2  Jonny Clayton 96.08 3  Michael Smith 110.05 6  Michael Smith 93.37 6  Nathan Aspinall 88.46 3  Michael Smith 91.62 6  Michael van Gerwen 99.40 4  Gerwyn Price 104.42 2  Michael van Gerwen 103.10 6 Night 14 Statistics Night's Total Average: 96.14 Highest Checkout:  Chris Dobey 170 Most 180s:  Michael Smith 8 Total 180s: 32

11 May – Night 15 Utilita Arena Sheffield, Sheffield Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) Final (best of 11 legs)                    Gerwyn Price 111.33 6  Nathan Aspinall 104.41 2  Gerwyn Price 104.95 6  Chris Dobey 98.97 2  Chris Dobey 102.02 6  Peter Wright 97.17 4  Gerwyn Price 91.94 3  Michael Smith 99.23 6  Michael van Gerwen 95.80 4  Michael Smith 94.13 6  Michael Smith 107.82 6  Jonny Clayton 94.71 4  Jonny Clayton 100.02 6  Dimitri Van den Bergh 95.94 4 Night 15 Statistics Night's Total Average: 99.49 Highest Checkout:  Jonny Clayton 170 Most 180s:  Gerwyn Price 9 Total 180s: 37

18 May – Night 16 P&J Live, Aberdeen Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) Final (best of 11 legs)                   1  Gerwyn Price 103.15 6 8  Peter Wright 87.53 2 1  Gerwyn Price 96.28 6 5  Nathan Aspinall 88.88 3 4  Jonny Clayton 93.13 1 5  Nathan Aspinall 103.09 6 1  Gerwyn Price 93.13 5 7  Dimitri Van den Bergh 99.25 6 2  Michael Smith 95.07 4 7  Dimitri Van den Bergh 100.05 6 7  Dimitri Van den Bergh w/o 3  Michael van Gerwen [a] w/d 3  Michael van Gerwen 98.63 6 6  Chris Dobey 92.00 3 Night 16 Statistics Night's Total Average: 95.79 Highest Checkout:  Jonny Clayton 160 Most 180s:  Gerwyn Price 10 Night's 180s: 37

1. withdrew due to injury

25 May – Play-offs

The top four players of the league stage contest in the play-offs to decide the champion of the Premier League.

The O₂, London

	Score
Semi-finals (best of 19 legs)
107.54 Gerwyn Price	10–2	Jonny Clayton 90.19
97.90 Michael Smith	8–10	Michael van Gerwen 101.45
Final (best of 21 legs)
99.50 Gerwyn Price	5–11	Michael van Gerwen 105.43
Night's Total Average: 100.33
Highest Checkout:  Michael van Gerwen 170
Most 180s:  Michael van Gerwen 12
Night's 180s: 25

Standings

Five points are awarded for a night win, three points for the runner-up and two points for the semi-finalists. When players are tied on points, nights won is used first as a tie-breaker and after that overall matches won.^{[citation needed]}

The top 4 players after 16 nights advance to the play-offs on 25 May.

Pos	Name	Nights					Matches			Legs				Scoring
		Pts	W	RU	SF	QF	Pld	W	L	LF	LA	LD	LWAT	100+	140+	180	A[11]	HC	CR	C%
1	Gerwyn Price (RU)	39	4	5	2	5	36	24	12	191	144	+47	76	343	221	112	98.31	158	191/486	39.30%
2	Michael Smith	33	4	3	2	7	32	20	12	158	141	+17	55	340	214	102	97.70	164	158/401	39.40%
3	Michael van Gerwen (C)	33	3	2	6	5	32	19	13	159	132	+27	61	295	191	87	98.19	170	159/420	37.85%
4	Jonny Clayton	24	2	2	4	8	28	14	14	122	137	–15	42	319	159	50	94.70	170	122/277	44.04%
5	Nathan Aspinall	24	1	1	8	6	28	13	15	124	140	–16	48	297	198	82	95.72	143	124/342	36.25%
6	Dimitri Van den Bergh	16	1	1	4	10	24	9	15	102	115	–13	44	232	149	59	95.59	151	102/260	39.23%
7	Chris Dobey	14	1	1	3	11	23	8	15	93	116	–23	35	220	130	62	97.32	170	93/250	37.20%
8	Peter Wright	9	0	1	3	12	21	5	16	86	115	–29	29	225	125	44	93.45	156	86/224	38.39%

As of 25 May 2023 (Week 16)

(C) Champion after the playoffs, (RU) Runner-up after the playoffs

Streaks

Player	Nights
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16		Play-offs
Gerwyn Price	QF	W	QF	RU	QF		W		SF		W	RU		QF	RU			RU
Michael Smith	QF	SF	W	SF	QF	RU	QF		RU	QF	RU	QF	W			QF		SF
Michael van Gerwen	RU	SF	QF	W			SF	RU	QF	SF		QF		SF	QF	SF		W
Jonny Clayton	QF		SF		RU	QF			W		QF	SF	QF	RU	SF	QF		SF
Nathan Aspinall	SF	RU	SF	QF	SF		QF	SF		QF		W	SF	QF		SF		DNQ
Dimitri Van den Bergh	SF	QF	RU	QF	SF	QF	SF	QF				SF	QF			W
Chris Dobey	W	QF					RU	SF	QF					SF		QF
Peter Wright	QF					SF	QF			RU	SF	QF	SF	QF

Legend:	DNQ	Did not qualify	QF	Lost in Quarterfinals	SF	Semi-finalist	RU	Runner-up	W	Night winner

Positions by Week

Player	Nights
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Gerwyn Price	5	3	6	3	4		2					1
Michael Smith	7	6	1	2			3	4	3	4	3	5	3		2
Michael van Gerwen	2		4	1								2			3
Jonny Clayton	8		7		6		7		5	3	4		5	4
Nathan Aspinall	4		2	4	3		4	3	4	5		3	4	5
Dimitri Van den Bergh	3	5	3	5				6	7			6		7		6
Chris Dobey	1		5	6	7		6	5	6			7		6		7
Peter Wright	6	7	8