Premier League Darts

Premier League Darts is a darts tournament which launched on 20 January 2005 on Sky Sports. The league is now played weekly from February to May, having originally started as a fortnightly fixture. The tournament originally featured 7 players and now sees 10 of the biggest names from the PDC circuit competing in a round-robin format, with matches held across Europe at different venues. The top 10 prize money players from Major and Premier events. The current sponsor is McCoy's.

The previous sponsors were Unibet, Whyte and Mackay, who succeeded Holsten, having signed a three-year contract to support the event in October 2007, and 888.com. The prize fund rose from £265,000 to £340,000 in 2008, steadily increasing each year for a prize fund of £855,000 in 2019. The winner currently receives £250,000.

Television coverage
The matches have been broadcast on Thursday nights on Sky Sports since the tournament inception. Originally the league alternated with Premier League Snooker one week and Premier League Darts the next. From 2006, the snooker moved to late autumn – giving the Premier League darts a straight weekly run in the spring.

American sports channel OLN aired the 2006 Premier League Darts season on a slight delay, in August 2006. In 2018 BBC America started airing Premier League Darts on Thursday nights. In 2020 BBC America started airing Premier League Darts on Sunday mornings.

German sports channel Sport1 broadcasts most matches live on TV and gives coverages of a selection of matches.

The PDC announced in January 2007 that the contract with Sky Television for coverage of the Premier League had been extended to 2010. In 2017 it was announced that BBC will also air all Premier League darts matches using Sky Sports' feed for the next 5 years.

Sponsorship
The tournament has had 5 title sponsors since it was formed in 2005. They are 888.com (2005, 2011–2013), Holsten (2006–2007), Whyte and Mackay (2008–2010), and Betway (2014–2016). McCoy's was the 5th when they took over for the 2017 tournament.