2011 Premier League Darts

2011 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
	< 2010 \| 2011 \| 2012 >

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 4 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 in the final 10–4 against world champion Adrian Lewis. 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 4 (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 him failing 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.

Qualification

The PDC's top four players following the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship on January 4 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	Appearance in Premier League	Consecutive Streak	Previous best performance	Order of Merit Ranking
Phil Taylor	7th	7	Winner (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010)	1
Adrian Lewis	4th	2	Semi-Finals (2008)	2
James Wade	4th	4	Winner (2009)	3
Gary Anderson	1st	1	–	4
Raymond van Barneveld WC	6th	6	Semi-Finals (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)	5
Terry Jenkins WC	5th	5	Runner-Up (2007)	6
Simon Whitlock WC	2nd	2	Semi-Finals (2010)	7
Mark Webster WC	1st	1	–	13

WC = Wild Card

Venues

London	Nottingham	Belfast	Exeter	Manchester
The O₂ 10 February	Capital FM Arena 17 February	Odyssey Arena 24 February	Westpoint Arena 3 March	M.E.N. Arena 10 March
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Glasgow	Brighton	Cardiff	Aberdeen	Sheffield
S.E.C.C. 17 March	The Brighton Centre 24 March	C.I.A. 31 March	A.E.C.C. 7 April	Motorpoint Arena 14 April
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Birmingham	Liverpool	Bournemouth	Newcastle	Wembley
N.I.A. 21 April	Echo Arena 28 April	B.I.C. 5 May	Metro Radio Arena 12 May	Wembley Arena 19 May
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Prize Money

The prize fund is £410,000. The money won does not count towards the PDC order of merit.^[3]

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

Results

League Stage

On January 4, 2011, the PDC announced via their official website that Phil Taylor would play against Adrian Lewis on the opening event of the League on February 10.^[4] On January 12, the PDC's website released the fixtures.^[5]

February 10

The O₂ Arena, London

Player	Legs	Player
^[6]
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

February 17

Capital FM Arena, Nottingham

Player	Legs	Player
^[7]
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

February 24

Odyssey Arena, Belfast

Player	Legs	Player
^[8]
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

March 3

Westpoint Arena, Exeter

Player	Legs	Player
^[9]
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

March 10

M.E.N. Arena, Manchester

Player	Legs	Player
^[10]
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

March 17

S.E.C.C., Glasgow

Player	Legs	Player
^[11]
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

March 24

The Brighton Centre, Brighton

Player	Legs	Player
^[12]
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

March 31

C.I.A., Cardiff

Player	Legs	Player
^[13]
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

April 7

A.E.C.C., Aberdeen

Player	Legs	Player
^[14]
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

April 14

Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield

Player	Legs	Player
^[15]
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

April 21

N.I.A., Birmingham

Player	Legs	Player
^[16]
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

April 28

Echo Arena, Liverpool

Player	Legs	Player
^[17]
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

May 5

B.I.C., Bournemouth

Player	Legs	Player
^[18]
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

May 12

Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle

Player	Legs	Player
^[19]
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

Wembley Arena, London

	Score
^[20]
19 May – Semi-Finals (best of 15 legs)
Phil Taylor 99.58	3–8	Adrian Lewis 104.63
Raymond van Barneveld 96.18	6–8	Gary Anderson 98.49
19 May – Third place play-off (best of 15 legs)
Phil Taylor 91.77	8–6	Raymond van Barneveld 91.70
19 May – 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:^[21]

Pos	Name	Pld	W	D	L	LF	LA	+/-	LWAT	100+	140+	180s	A	HC	Pts
1	Phil Taylor	14	13	0	1	106	49	+57	41	207	109	55	102.67	157	26
2	Raymond van Barneveld	14	8	2	4	95	77	+18	31	243	139	33	93.47	161	18
3	Gary Anderson	14	8	1	5	92	76	+16	30	197	111	68	97.40	136	17
4	Adrian Lewis	14	6	2	6	85	78	+7	28	205	121	40	95.62	170	14
5	James Wade	14	6	1	7	79	88	−9	29	248	98	39	93.47	170	13
6	Simon Whitlock	14	5	1	8	81	87	−6	31	180	138	56	96.78	170	11
7	Terry Jenkins	14	3	2	9	66	100	−34	22	230	106	40	92.61	120	8
8	Mark Webster	14	2	1	11	51	100	−49	18	188	82	30	91.75	170	5

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
Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	SF	F
Phil Taylor	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L
Raymond van Barneveld	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	L
Gary Anderson	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	W
Adrian Lewis	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	L
James Wade	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	W
Simon Whitlock	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	L
Terry Jenkins	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	L
Mark Webster	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L

NB: W = Won D = Drawn L = Lost DNP = 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)

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External links

PDC Premier League Darts

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