The 2026 BetMGM Premier League Darts season ends at the O2 on Thursday night, with Luke Littler going in as the top seed and Luke Humphries back to defend the title. Littler finished nine points clear at the top of the regular season and matched his own record of six weekly titles, but his last two weekly semi-finals both ended against Humphries, a reminder that the play-offs often ask different questions from the league table.
Littler still owns the cleanest body of work across the season. He finished only two points short of his points record of 45 and has not lost to Gerwyn Price in any of their eight meetings in all competitions, even if Price did take their first meeting of 2026 on the World Series tour. That streak matters because Price reached the O2 eight points clear of fifth-placed Stephen Bunting and brings a record that says he can still spoil a favorite’s night. The fixture list and the route to the final are reflected in the latest Premier League Darts Final set-up, while Sheffield’s finish to the campaign was shaped by Price’s win over Gian van Veen.
Humphries, though, arrives with the sharpest recent form of anyone in the field. He reached all four of the last weekly finals to book his place at the O2, beat Littler in the last two of them after losing the first two, and averaged over 100 in 10 of those last 12 Premier League matches. Across all competitions, he has cleared the 100 mark in 16 of his last 19, including his title run at Players Championship 17 earlier in the month. That kind of consistency is why he remains the preview pick at 12/5 with BetVictor.
Clayton’s path has been different. Jonny Clayton secured his place at the O2 earlier in the season after a strong first half, but he has managed only one win in the last four weeks of the campaign, which is enough to leave him as the outsider in a night built for big scoring and quick punishments. The tension in this finals night is simple: Littler has been the season’s best player, Humphries has been the season’s hottest player, and the O2 has a habit of choosing form over reputation when the arrows are flying fastest. For now, the defending champion looks the safer bet to keep the title from the player who spent 2026 setting the pace.
