2011 Premier League Darts Explained

2011 888.com Premier League Darts
Winner
Gary Anderson
Runner-up
Adrian Lewis
Score
10–4
Date
10 February–19 May 2011
Edition
7th
Number of players
8
Venues
15
Premier League Darts
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The 2011 888.com Premier League Darts^[1] was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation; the seventh edition of the tournament.

The tournament began at The O₂ Arena in London on 10 February and finished at the Wembley Arena on 19 May.

The format was a double round robin tournament with the top four finishers moving on to the play-offs. Each league match was played over 14 legs. If a player won his eighth leg before the 14th leg, no further legs were played after this point. Two points were awarded for a win and one point awarded for a draw.

Gary Anderson won his first major title, defeating world champion Adrian Lewis 10–4 in the final. He is the first player to win the title on his debut appearance (except from the inaugural tournament) and this was the first final to feature neither of the top 2 players from the group stage.

This edition of the Premier League contained the most non-English players ever to compete in the same edition of the tournament at four (Raymond van Barneveld, Gary Anderson, Simon Whitlock and Mark Webster).

Mark Webster recorded the worst ever run of matches from weeks 7–11, winning just 6 legs in 5 matches, in a run that culminated in his failure to win any of his last 10 matches and finish with just 5 points and −49 leg difference, the worst ever record from a Premier League season. This stood until Glen Durrant was eliminated with nine consecutive losses and 0 points in the 2021 edition of the tournament.

Qualification

The PDC's top four players following the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship on 4 January qualified by right to compete in Premier League Darts, and were joined by four wild card selections. Two were chosen by the PDC and two wild card qualifiers by broadcasters Sky Sports. The line-up was confirmed on 4 January 2011.^[2]

Player	Previous best performance	Order of Merit Ranking
		1
		2
		3
	Debut	4
WC		5
WC		6
WC		7
WC	Debut	13

WC = Wild Card

Venues

Fifteen venues were used for the 2011 Premier League, with the only change being The O₂ Arena giving London a second venue, replacing Coventry.

London	Nottingham	Belfast	Exeter	Manchester
The O₂ 10 February	Capital FM Arena 17 February	Odyssey Arena 24 February	Westpoint Arena 3 March	MEN Arena 10 March

Glasgow	Brighton	Cardiff	Aberdeen	Sheffield
SECC 17 March	Brighton Centre 24 March	Cardiff International Arena 31 March	AECC 7 April	Motorpoint Arena 14 April

Birmingham	Liverpool	Bournemouth	Newcastle upon Tyne	London
National Indoor Arena 21 April	Echo Arena 28 April	Bournemouth International Centre 5 May	Metro Radio Arena 12 May	Wembley Arena 19 May

Prize money

The prize fund remained at £410,000 for the 2011 tournament.

Stage	Prize Money
Winner	£125,000
Runner-up	£65,000
3rd place	£50,000
4th place	£40,000
5th place	£32,500
6th place	£30,000
7th place	£27,500
8th place	£25,000

High Checkout (per night)	£1,000

Total	£410,000

Results

League stage

On 4 January 2011, the PDC announced via their official website that Phil Taylor would play against Adrian Lewis on the opening event of the League on 10 February.^[3] Lewis subsequently defeated Taylor 8–2 on the opening night. Coincidentally, this turned out to be Taylor's only loss of the league phase, as he went on to win 13 consecutive games. On 12 January the PDC's website released the fixtures.^[4]

10 February – Week 1

The O₂ Arena, London

width=225	Player	width=50	Legs	width=225	Player
^[5]
Mark Webster 100.49	8 – 3	James Wade 86.79
Gary Anderson 97.02	8 – 5	Simon Whitlock 99.09
Raymond van Barneveld 89.73	6 – 8	Terry Jenkins 90.65
Adrian Lewis 100.79	8 – 2	Phil Taylor 90.54
High Checkout: Gary Anderson 120

17 February – Week 2

Capital FM Arena, Nottingham

width=225	Player	width=50	Legs	width=225	Player
^[6]
Simon Whitlock 91.30	3 – 8	Raymond van Barneveld 100.15
James Wade 97.69	8 – 6	Adrian Lewis 99.09
Phil Taylor 103.87	8 – 5	Mark Webster 97.27
Terry Jenkins 91.41	4 – 8	Gary Anderson 102.21
High Checkout: Mark Webster 170

24 February – Week 3

Odyssey Arena, Belfast

width=225	Player	width=50	Legs	width=225	Player
^[7]
Gary Anderson 99.24	8 – 1	Mark Webster 84.81
Simon Whitlock 91.71	8 – 5	James Wade 89.43
Adrian Lewis 96.72	6 – 8	Raymond van Barneveld 94.29
Phil Taylor 98.46	8 – 2	Terry Jenkins 85.61
High Checkout: Adrian Lewis 170

3 March – Week 4

Westpoint Arena, Exeter

width=225	Player	width=50	Legs	width=225	Player
^[8]
Terry Jenkins 92.39	1 – 8	Simon Whitlock 99.29
Mark Webster 110.19	8 – 2	Adrian Lewis 103.27
Gary Anderson 96.31	8 – 3	James Wade 90.87
Raymond van Barneveld 92.32	3 – 8	Phil Taylor 95.64
High Checkout: Phil Taylor 147

10 March – Week 5

MEN Arena, Manchester

width=225	Player	width=50	Legs	width=225	Player
^[9]
Terry Jenkins 98.18	8 – 4	Mark Webster 90.91
Phil Taylor 103.95	8 – 6	Gary Anderson 99.16
James Wade 90.95	2 – 8	Raymond van Barneveld 96.49
Simon Whitlock 97.16	2 – 8	Adrian Lewis 101.83
High Checkout: James Wade & Adrian Lewis 136

17 March – Week 6

SECC, Glasgow

width=225	Player	width=50	Legs	width=225	Player
^[10]
Terry Jenkins 94.16	6 – 8	James Wade 85.86
Raymond van Barneveld 100.98	8 – 4	Mark Webster 96.40
Simon Whitlock 96.35	5 – 8	Phil Taylor 103.33
Gary Anderson 87.28	3 – 8	Adrian Lewis 88.18
High Checkout: Raymond van Barneveld 161

24 March – Week 7

Brighton Centre, Brighton

width=225	Player	width=50	Legs	width=225	Player
^[11]
Mark Webster 87.29	2 – 8	Simon Whitlock 98.44
Adrian Lewis 93.88	7 – 7	Terry Jenkins 92.69
Raymond van Barneveld 99.81	8 – 5	Gary Anderson 92.26
Phil Taylor 105.70	8 – 1	James Wade 94.00
High Checkout: Simon Whitlock 140

31 March – Week 8

Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff

width=225	Player	width=50	Legs	width=225	Player
^[12]
James Wade 92.09	6 – 8	Gary Anderson 101.53
Simon Whitlock 97.19	8 – 3	Terry Jenkins 95.08
Phil Taylor 104.52	8 – 3	Raymond van Barneveld 96.20
Adrian Lewis 101.30	8 – 1	Mark Webster 87.16
High Checkout: James Wade 141

7 April – Week 9

AECC, Aberdeen

width=225	Player	width=50	Legs	width=225	Player
^[13]
Gary Anderson 101.25	8 – 3	Terry Jenkins 86.34
Adrian Lewis 93.11	3 – 8	James Wade 92.17
Mark Webster 92.34	1 – 8	Phil Taylor 107.07
Raymond van Barneveld 104.54	5 – 8	Simon Whitlock 107.93
High Checkout: Terry Jenkins 111

14 April – Week 10

Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield

width=225	Player	width=50	Legs	width=225	Player
^[14]
James Wade 88.49	8 – 5	Simon Whitlock 90.89
Mark Webster 83.61	1 – 8	Gary Anderson 94.42
Terry Jenkins 94.92	2 – 8	Phil Taylor 106.40
Raymond van Barneveld 86.04	8 – 3	Adrian Lewis 84.72
High Checkout: Simon Whitlock 170

21 April – Week 11

National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

width=225	Player	width=50	Legs	width=225	Player
^[15]
James Wade 106.26	8 – 1	Mark Webster 92.17
Terry Jenkins 99.51	7 – 7	Raymond van Barneveld 101.40
Simon Whitlock 98.35	6 – 8	Gary Anderson 103.51
Phil Taylor 107.46	8 – 3	Adrian Lewis 100.89
High Checkout: James Wade 170

28 April – Week 12

Echo Arena, Liverpool

width=225	Player	width=50	Legs	width=225	Player
^[16]
Mark Webster 84.40	4 – 8	Terry Jenkins 92.56
Gary Anderson 96.54	3 – 8	Phil Taylor 101.10
Raymond van Barneveld 92.63	7 – 7	James Wade 102.66
Adrian Lewis 95.87	8 – 5	Simon Whitlock 94.95
High Checkout: James Wade 138

5 May – Week 13

Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth

width=225	Player	width=50	Legs	width=225	Player
^[17]
Simon Whitlock 94.97	7 – 7	Mark Webster 93.87
Gary Anderson 92.68	4 – 8	Raymond van Barneveld 93.49
Terry Jenkins 91.95	3 – 8	Adrian Lewis 94.59
James Wade 102.84	4 – 8	Phil Taylor 109.36
High Checkout: Phil Taylor 157

12 May – Week 14

Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne

width=225	Player	width=50	Legs	width=225	Player
^[18]
James Wade 93.47	8 – 4	Terry Jenkins 89.16
Mark Webster 89.69	4 – 8	Raymond van Barneveld 90.10
Adrian Lewis 91.88	7 – 7	Gary Anderson 99.32
Phil Taylor 101.02	8 – 3	Simon Whitlock 97.88
High Checkout: James Wade 170

Play-offs – 19 May

Wembley Arena, London

width=225		width=50	Score	width=225
^[19]
Semi-finals (best of 15 legs)
Phil Taylor 99.58	3 – 8	Adrian Lewis 104.63
Raymond van Barneveld 96.18	align=center	6 – 8	Gary Anderson 98.49
3rd place play-off (best of 15 legs)
Phil Taylor 91.77	8 – 6	Raymond van Barneveld 91.70
Final (best of 19 legs)
Adrian Lewis 85.75	4 – 10	Gary Anderson 94.67
High Checkout: Raymond van Barneveld 137

Table and Streaks

Table

Final table statistics:^[20]

width=20 abbr="Position"	Pos	width=220	Name	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts	width=20 abbr="Legs For"	LF	width=20 abbr="Legs Against"	LA	width=20 abbr="Leg Difference"	+/-	width=20 abbr="Legs Won Against Throw"	LWAT	width=20 abbr="Tons"	100+	width=20 abbr="Ton Plus"	140+	width=20 abbr="Maximums"	180s	width=20 abbr="Average"	A	width=20 abbr="High Checkout"	HC
1		14	13	0	1	26	106	49	+57	41	207	109	55	102.67	157
2		14	8	2	4	18	95	77	+18	31	243	139	33	93.47	161
3	Gary Anderson W	14	8	1	5	17	92	76	+16	30	197	111	68	97.40	136
4	Adrian Lewis RU	14	6	2	6	14	85	78	+7	28	205	121	40	95.62	170
5		14	6	1	7	13	79	88	−9	29	248	98	39	93.47	170
6		14	5	1	8	11	81	87	−6	31	180	138	56	96.78	170
7		14	3	2	9	8	66	100	−34	22	230	106	40	92.61	120
8		14	2	1	11	5	51	100	−49	18	188	82	30	91.75	170

Top four qualified for the Play-offs after Week 14.
NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied.

Streaks

Player	Week														Play-offs
Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	SF	F
																rowspan=2
Raymond van Barneveld
Gary Anderson
Adrian Lewis
James Wade															rowspan=4 colspan=2
Simon Whitlock
Terry Jenkins
Mark Webster

NB: W = WonD = DrawnL = LostN/A = Did not play

Player statistics

The following statistics are for the league stage only. Playoffs are not included.

Phil Taylor

Longest unbeaten run: 13
Most consecutive wins: 13
Most consecutive draws: 0
Most consecutive losses: 1
Longest without a win: 1
Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. James Wade and v. Mark Webster)
Biggest defeat: 2–8 (v. Adrian Lewis)

Raymond van Barneveld

Longest unbeaten run: 5
Most consecutive wins: 3
Most consecutive draws: 2
Most consecutive losses: 2
Longest without a win: 2
Biggest victory: 8–2 (v. James Wade)
Biggest defeat: 3–8 (v. Phil Taylor (twice))

Gary Anderson

Longest unbeaten run: 4
Most consecutive wins: 4
Most consecutive draws: 1
Most consecutive losses: 3
Longest without a win: 3
Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. Mark Webster (twice))
Biggest defeat: 3–8 (v. Adrian Lewis and v. Phil Taylor)

Adrian Lewis

Longest unbeaten run: 4
Most consecutive wins: 2
Most consecutive draws: 1
Most consecutive losses: 3
Longest without a win: 3
Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. Mark Webster)
Biggest defeat: 2–8 (v. Mark Webster)

James Wade

Longest unbeaten run: 4
Most consecutive wins: 3
Most consecutive draws: 1
Most consecutive losses: 3
Longest without a win: 3
Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. Mark Webster)
Biggest defeat: 1–8 (v. Phil Taylor)

Simon Whitlock

Longest unbeaten run: 3
Most consecutive wins: 3
Most consecutive draws: 1
Most consecutive losses: 3
Longest without a win: 5
Biggest victory: 8–1 (v. Terry Jenkins)
Biggest defeat: 2–8 (v. Adrian Lewis)

Terry Jenkins

Longest unbeaten run: 2
Most consecutive wins: 1
Most consecutive draws: 1
Most consecutive losses: 3
Longest without a win: 6
Biggest victory: 8–4 (v. Mark Webster (twice))
Biggest defeat: 1–8 (v. Simon Whitlock)

Mark Webster

Longest unbeaten run: 1
Most consecutive wins: 1
Most consecutive draws: 1
Most consecutive losses: 8
Longest without a win: 10
Biggest victory: 8–2 (v. Adrian Lewis)
Biggest defeat: 1–8 (v. Gary Anderson (twice), v. Adrian Lewis, v. Phil Taylor and v. James Wade)

External links

PDC Premier League Darts

Notes and References

Web site: 888.com Sponsor Premier League Darts. pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 7 February 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110210121105/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PremierLeagueDetail/0,,10180~2287609,00.html. 10 February 2011. dead.
Web site: Premier League Line-Up Confirmed. pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 4 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110107094057/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PremierLeagueDetail/0,,10180~2258351,00.html. 7 January 2011. dead. dmy-all.
Web site: Lewis & Taylor Open Premier League. pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 4 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110108020116/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PremierLeagueDetail/0,,10180~2258119,00.html. 8 January 2011. dead. dmy-all.
Web site: 2011 Premier League Darts Fixtures. pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 12 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110116205855/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2264774,00.html. 16 January 2011. dead. dmy-all.
Web site: 888.com Premier League – Night One. pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 10 February 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110214071751/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PremierLeagueDetail/0,,10180~2290228,00.html. 14 February 2011. dead. dmy-all.
Web site: 888.com Premier League – Night Two. pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 17 February 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110221102357/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PremierLeagueDetail/0,,10180~2295574,00.html. 21 February 2011. dead. dmy-all.
Web site: 888.com Premier League – Night Three . pdc.tv . . 25 February 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110228214202/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PremierLeagueDetail/0%2C%2C10180~2301530%2C00.html . 28 February 2011 .
Web site: 888.com Premier League – Night Four. pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 3 March 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110306161709/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PremierLeagueDetail/0,,10180~2306909,00.html. 6 March 2011. dead. dmy-all.
Web site: 888.com Premier League – Night Five. pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 10 March 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110313083553/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PremierLeagueDetail/0,,10180~2313007,00.html. 13 March 2011. dead. dmy-all.
Web site: 888.com Premier League – Night Six . pdc.tv . . 17 March 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110320070722/http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0%2C%2C10180~2318457%2C00.html . 20 March 2011 .
Web site: 888.com Premier League – Night Seven. pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 24 March 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110625005319/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PremierLeagueDetail/0,,10180~2323825,00.html. 25 June 2011. dead. dmy-all.
Web site: 888.com Premier League – Night Eight. pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 31 March 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110410153048/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PremierLeagueDetail/0,,10180~2328377,00.html. 10 April 2011. dead.
Web site: 888.com Premier League – Night Nine. pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 7 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110625003849/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PremierLeagueDetail/0,,10180~2333685,00.html. 25 June 2011. dead.
Web site: 888.com Premier League – Night Ten. pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 14 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110623193740/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PremierLeagueDetail/0,,10180~2339012,00.html. 23 June 2011. dead.
Web site: 888.com Premier League – Night 11 . pdc.tv . . 21 April 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110625003921/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PremierLeagueDetail/0%2C%2C10180~2344303%2C00.html . 25 June 2011 .
Web site: 888.com Premier League – Night 12. pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 28 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120117045505/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PremierLeagueDetail/0,,10180~2349355,00.html. 17 January 2012. dead. dmy-all.
Web site: 888.com Premier League – Night 13. pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 6 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110509082029/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PremierLeagueDetail/0,,10180~2353862,00.html. 9 May 2011. dead.
Web site: 888.com Premier League – Night 14. pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 12 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110516161933/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PremierLeagueDetail/0,,10180~2359081,00.html. 16 May 2011. dead.
Web site: Brilliant Anderson's 888.com Premier League Darts Glory. pdc.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 20 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110523210601/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PremierLeagueDetail/0,,10180~2363454,00.html. 23 May 2011. dead.
Web site: Premier League Netzone. PDC. 3 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120102020115/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PremierLeagueDetail/0,,10180~2294625,00.html. 2 January 2012. dead.