2015 Premier League Darts

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2015 Premier League Darts
Winner
Scotland Gary Anderson
Runner-up
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Score
11–7
Date
4 February–21 May
Edition
11th
Number of players
10
Venues
16
Premier League Darts
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The 2015 Betway Premier League Darts was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation; the eleventh edition of the tournament. The event began at the First Direct Arena in Leeds on Thursday 4 February, and ended at The O2 Arena, London on Thursday 21 May. The tournament was shown live on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland. This was the second year that the tournament was sponsored by Betway.

Raymond van Barneveld was the defending champion, but he lost to Michael van Gerwen 10–8 in the semi-finals. Gary Anderson won his second Premier League Darts title by beating van Gerwen 11–7 in the final.

Format

The tournament format is identical to that since 2013. During the first nine weeks (phase 1) each player plays the other nine players once. The bottom two players are eliminated from the competition. In the next six weeks (phase 2) each player plays the other seven players once. Phase 2 consists of four weeks where five matches are played followed by two weeks where four matches are played. At the end of phase 2 the top four players contest the two semi-finals and the final in the play-off week.

Players

The competitors who competed at this year's tournament were announced following the 2015 PDC World Darts Championship final on 4 January 2015, with the top four of the PDC Order of Merit joined by six Wildcards.

Robert Thornton (world number 8), Wes Newton (number 16), and Simon Whitlock (number 7) did not return from last year. James Wade returned this year following his absence from the 2014 Premier League, along with two debutants, Kim Huybrechts, the first Belgian to compete in the league, and Stephen Bunting, the 2014 BDO world champion who had a successful first year with the PDC.[1]

Player Appearance in
Premier League		 Consecutive
Streak		 Order of Merit
rank		 Previous best performance Qualification
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 3rd 3 1 Winner (2013) Order of Merit
England Phil Taylor 11th 11 2 Winner (2005–2008, 2010, 2012) Order of Merit
Scotland Gary Anderson 5th 5 3 Winner (2011) Order of Merit
England Adrian Lewis 8th 6 4 Runner-up (2011) Order of Merit
Scotland Peter Wright 2nd 2 5 5th (2014) PDC Wildcard
England James Wade 7th 1 6 Winner (2009) PDC Wildcard
England Dave Chisnall 2nd 2 9 7th (2014) PDC Wildcard
Belgium Kim Huybrechts 1st 1 17 Debut PDC Wildcard
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 10th 10 10 Winner (2014) Sky Sports Wildcard
England Stephen Bunting 1st 1 24 Debut Sky Sports Wildcard

Venues

Prize money

The prize-money was increased to £700,000 from £550,000 in 2014.

Stage Prize Money
Winner £200,000
Runner Up £100,000
Semi-finalists £75,000
5th Place £60,000
6th Place £50,000
7th Place £45,000
8th Place £40,000
9th Place £30,000
10th Place £25,000
Total £700,000

Results

League stage

Play-Offs (21 May)

England The O2, London

Score
[17]
Semi-Finals (best of 19 legs)
Dave Chisnall England
98.34		 9–10 Scotland Gary Anderson
98.40
Michael van Gerwen Netherlands
106.44		 10–8 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
100.44
Final (best of 21 legs)
Michael van Gerwen Netherlands
105.81		 7–11 Scotland Gary Anderson
104.85
Night's Average: 102.38
Highest Checkout: England Dave Chisnall 152

Table and streaks

Table

After the first nine weeks (phase 1), the bottom two in the table are eliminated. Each remaining player plays a further seven matches (phase 2). The top four players then participate in the playoffs.

When players are tied on points, leg difference is used first as a tie-breaker, after that legs won against throw and then tournament average.

# Name Pts Pld W D L LF LA +/- LWAT 100+ 140+ 180s A[18] HC C%[19]
1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 23 16 10 3 3 101 71 +30 38 183 153 58 105.15 160 47.87%
2 England Dave Chisnall 22 16 10 2 4 97 67 +30 38 191 121 62 101.39 161 42.17%
3 Scotland Gary Anderson 20 16 9 2 5 90 80 +10 28 212 126 57 99.83 152 38.14%
4 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 19 16 8 3 5 90 82 +8 31 227 120 48 97.64 161 41.86%
5 England Phil Taylor 15 16 6 3 7 87 83 +4 30 246 124 43 102.95 151 39.55%
6 England Adrian Lewis 14 16 5 4 7 76 89 –13 23 189 119 51 98.63 147 38.04%
7 England James Wade 12 16 3 6 7 76 93 –17 26 236 144 23 97.12 170 41.14%
8 England Stephen Bunting 11 16 3 5 8 75 93 −18 26 181 112 46 94.37 164 32.86%
9 Scotland Peter Wright 6 9 1 4 4 40 57 –17 10 144 71 18 93.77 170 36.96%
10 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 4 9 1 2 6 42 59 −17 7 116 71 27 97.83 170 34.15%

Last updated: 15 May 2015
Source: Match reports from the results section.

Top four qualified for the Play-Offs after Week 15.
NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. A = Average C% = Checkout Percentage HC = High Checkout.

Streaks

Player League Stage Play-Offs
1st Phase 2nd Phase
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 SF F
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen W W W D D W W W W W L W L W L D W L
England Dave Chisnall W W D W W L L W W W W L L W W D L Eliminated
Scotland Gary Anderson W W L W L W W W D L D L W L W W W W
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld L L D W L L W L D W W W W W D W L Eliminated
England Phil Taylor L W W D W L L W L L W D D L L W Eliminated
England Adrian Lewis W L D D L L D L W W W D L L W L
England James Wade D W D L L W D W L L L D L D D L
England Stephen Bunting D L L L W W D L D L L D W D L L
Scotland Peter Wright L L D D D W D L L Eliminated
Belgium Kim Huybrechts L L D L W L L L D

Positions by round

Player Round
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
England Dave Chisnall 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Scotland Gary Anderson 4 3 5 3 4 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 10 8 7 7 7 9 8 8 8 7 7 5 3 4 4 4
England Phil Taylor 7 5 3 4 3 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 5 5
England Adrian Lewis 1 6 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 6 5 6 6 5 6 6
England James Wade 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 6 8 8 7 7 7
England Stephen Bunting 6 7 9 10 8 6 6 6 6 8 8 7 7 8 8 8
Scotland Peter Wright 9 10 10 8 10 7 7 7 9 Eliminated
Belgium Kim Huybrechts 8 9 8 9 9 10 10 10 10

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