The 2013 McCoy's Premier League Darts was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation; the ninth edition of the tournament. The event began at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast on 7 February, and ended at The O2 Arena, London on 16 May. The tournament was shown live on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland.
Phil Taylor was the defending champion and he reached the final again this year, but lost 10–8 against Michael van Gerwen who won his first Premier League title on his debut appearance in the competition.
Qualification The qualification format was different from the last edition of Premier League Darts. The top four players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2013 PDC World Darts Championship automatically qualified. Alongside them, six (instead of four) additional players were chosen on the basis of their performance in the past year or in earlier editions of the Premier League. After the first nine rounds, the bottom 2 players were relegated. All players played each other once at that point. The remaining eight then competed against each other in the final five rounds for the play-offs places. All games in the league stage were played "best of 12 legs" (instead of "best of 14 legs"), thus games could be drawn by 6–6. PlayerAppearance inPremier LeagueConsecutiveStreakOrder of Merit rankPrevious best performanceQualification Phil Taylor 9th 9 1 Winner (2005–2008, 2010, 2012) 1st in the PDC Order of Merit Adrian Lewis 6th 4 2 Runner-up (2011) 2nd in the PDC Order of Merit James Wade 6th 6 3 Winner (2009) 3rd in the PDC Order of Merit Michael van Gerwen 1st 1 4 Debut 4th in the PDC Order of Merit Raymond van Barneveld 8th 8 8 Semi-finalist (2006–09, 2011) Five-time World Champion/2012 Grand Slam of Darts Winner Simon Whitlock 4th 4 5 Runner-up (2012) 2012 European Championship Winner Gary Anderson 3rd 3 11 Winner (2011) 2011 Premier League Darts Champion Andy Hamilton 2nd 2 6 Semi-finalist (2012) 2012 Premier League Darts Semi-finalist Wes Newton 1st 1 7 Debut 2012 European Championship Finalist Robert Thornton 1st 1 15 Debut 2012 UK Open Champion
Venues The venues remained the same as in the last Premier League Darts edition.
Belfast Aberdeen Bournemouth Exeter Nottingham Odyssey ArenaThursday 7 February AECCThursday 14 February Bournemouth International CentreThursday 21 February Westpoint ArenaThursday 28 February Capital FM ArenaThursday 7 March Manchester Cardiff Glasgow Brighton Sheffield Manchester ArenaThursday 14 March Motorpoint ArenaThursday 21 March SECCThursday 28 March Brighton CentreThursday 4 April Motorpoint ArenaThursday 11 April Dublin Birmingham Liverpool Newcastle upon Tyne London The O2Thursday 18 April National Indoor ArenaThursday 25 April Echo ArenaThursday 2 May Metro Radio ArenaThursday 9 May The O2 ArenaThursday 16 May
Prize money The prize-money was increased to £520,000 from £450,000 in 2012. Stage Prize money Winner £150,000 Runner-up £75,000 Semi-finallists (x2) £55,000 5th place £45,000 6th place £40,000 7th place £35,000 8th place £30,000 9th place £20,000 10th place £15,000 Total £520,000
Results League stage
7 February – week 1 (Phase 1) Odyssey Arena, Belfast Score Andy Hamilton 93.42 5 – 7 Robert Thornton 98.84 James Wade 87.32 7 – 4 Wes Newton 86.59 Raymond van Barneveld 102.02 7 – 4 Gary Anderson 93.77 Simon Whitlock 88.89 7 – 3 Adrian Lewis 91.20 Phil Taylor 97.05 6–6 Michael van Gerwen 97.93 Nights Average: Highest Checkout: Simon Whitlock 121
14 February – week 2 (Phase 1) AECC, Aberdeen Score Wes Newton 94.06 2 – 7 Raymond van Barneveld 100.19 Andy Hamilton 96.07 7 – 4 James Wade 91.54 Gary Anderson 96.05 7 – 5 Simon Whitlock 88.62 Adrian Lewis 89.41 3 – 7 Phil Taylor 98.69 Robert Thornton 97.51 6–6 Michael van Gerwen 98.28 Nights Average: Highest Checkout: Andy Hamilton 120
21 February – week 3 (Phase 1) Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth Score James Wade 100.59 7 – 4 Adrian Lewis 91.50 Robert Thornton 92.88 6–6 Wes Newton 92.42 Simon Whitlock 101.80 2 – 7 Phil Taylor 107.33 Michael van Gerwen 104.21 7 – 3 Raymond van Barneveld 96.02 Andy Hamilton 99.26 7 – 5 Gary Anderson 92.07 Nights Average: Highest Checkout: Andy Hamilton 152
28 February – Week 4 (Phase 1) Westpoint Arena, Exeter Score Robert Thornton 109.33 7 – 2 Gary Anderson 93.82 Andy Hamilton 93.63 2 – 7 Michael van Gerwen 95.88 James Wade 101.81 6–6 Phil Taylor 102.51 Wes Newton 85.66 7 – 3 Adrian Lewis 84.18 Raymond van Barneveld 99.47 7 – 3 Simon Whitlock 96.44 Nights Average: Highest Checkout: Gary Anderson 124
7 March – Week 5 (Phase 1) Capital FM Arena, Nottingham Score James Wade 105.73 7 – 1 Robert Thornton 98.91 Raymond van Barneveld 102.24 7 – 5 Andy Hamilton 100.16 Adrian Lewis 97.70 7 – 4 Michael van Gerwen 93.25 Phil Taylor 97.66 5 – 7 Gary Anderson 95.76 Wes Newton 97.54 5 – 7 Simon Whitlock 99.14 Nights Average: Highest Checkout: James Wade & Raymond van Barneveld 121
14 March – Week 6 (Phase 1) MEN Arena, Manchester Score Michael van Gerwen 101.52 7 – 4 Wes Newton 98.14 Adrian Lewis 91.89 6–6 Gary Anderson 95.86 Simon Whitlock 97.80 7 – 4 James Wade 97.49 Raymond van Barneveld 95.08 6–6 Robert Thornton 98.78 Phil Taylor 93.81 3 – 7 Andy Hamilton 101.40 Nights Average: Highest Checkout: James Wade 170
21 March – Week 7 (Phase 1) Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff Score Andy Hamilton 91.34 7 – 4 Simon Whitlock 91.68 Gary Anderson 96.82 1 – 7 Michael van Gerwen 107.22 Robert Thornton 94.40 5 – 7 Adrian Lewis 95.51 Wes Newton 93.07 2 – 7 Phil Taylor 101.72 James Wade 96.17 6–6 Raymond van Barneveld 95.84 Nights Average: Highest Checkout: Michael van Gerwen 164
28 March – Week 8 (Phase 1) SECC, Glasgow Score Adrian Lewis 88.70 7 – 4 Andy Hamilton 87.85 Simon Whitlock 90.77 1 – 7 Robert Thornton 107.65 Phil Taylor 102.94 7 – 3 Raymond van Barneveld 102.96 Gary Anderson 95.31 5 – 7 Wes Newton 87.53 Michael van Gerwen 104.43 4 – 7 James Wade 98.51 Nights Average: Highest Checkout: Robert Thornton 157
4 April – Week 9 (Phase 1) Brighton Centre, Brighton Score Adrian Lewis 100.25 2 – 7 Raymond van Barneveld 100.59 Phil Taylor 97.35 4 – 7 Robert Thornton 103.15 Wes Newton 89.82 5 – 7 Andy Hamilton 91.27 Gary Anderson 100.64 3 – 7 James Wade 98.59 Michael van Gerwen 102.78 7 – 3 Simon Whitlock 88.01 Nights Average: Highest Checkout: Simon Whitlock 130
11 April – week 10 (Phase 2) Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield Score Robert Thornton 97.67 4 – 7 Simon Whitlock 95.76 Adrian Lewis 87.83 2 – 7 James Wade 103.91 Michael van Gerwen 103.90 7 – 3 Phil Taylor 99.65 Andy Hamilton 95.66 5 – 7 Raymond van Barneveld 94.65 James Wade 90.81 5 – 7 Michael van Gerwen 90.99 Nights Average: Highest Checkout: Andy Hamilton 124
18 April – week 11 (Phase 2) The O2, Dublin Score Andy Hamilton 95.44 3 – 7 Phil Taylor 105.43 Raymond van Barneveld 99.72 4 – 7 Michael van Gerwen 106.82 Robert Thornton 91.11 4 – 7 James Wade 95.38 Simon Whitlock 95.41 7 – 3 Andy Hamilton 89.86 Raymond van Barneveld 95.83 6–6 Phil Taylor 94.60 Michael van Gerwen 90.74 7 – 5 Adrian Lewis 89.15 Nights Average: Highest Checkout: Michael van Gerwen 158
25 April – week 12 (Phase 2) National Indoor Arena, Birmingham Score Phil Taylor 105.24 7 – 2 Adrian Lewis 92.53 Simon Whitlock 99.54 7 – 5 Michael van Gerwen 101.09 Robert Thornton 91.22 7 – 4 Andy Hamilton 87.31 Raymond van Barneveld 104.20 7 – 2 James Wade 97.00 Phil Taylor 103.35 7 – 4 Simon Whitlock 100.63 Adrian Lewis 86.92 5 – 7 Robert Thornton 92.67 Nights Average: Highest Checkout: Robert Thornton 152
2 May – week 13 (Phase 2) Echo Arena, Liverpool Score Michael van Gerwen 97.11 7 – 4 Andy Hamilton 95.49 James Wade 93.32 4 – 7 Simon Whitlock 98.26 Robert Thornton 98.88 2 – 7 Phil Taylor 100.92 Raymond van Barneveld 102.06 7 – 4 Adrian Lewis 98.13 James Wade 98.90 2 – 7 Andy Hamilton 100.90 Nights Average: Highest Checkout: Phil Taylor 164
9 May – week 14 (Phase 2) Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne Score Andy Hamilton 97.27 5 – 7 Adrian Lewis 100.88 Robert Thornton 97.51 4 – 7 Raymond van Barneveld 99.55 Adrian Lewis 96.40 6–6 Simon Whitlock 94.22 Phil Taylor 97.73 6–6 James Wade 99.82 Michael van Gerwen 105.35 7 – 1 Robert Thornton 100.75 Simon Whitlock 93.13 4 – 7 Raymond van Barneveld 92.60 Nights Average: Highest Checkout: Adrian Lewis 170
Play-offs – 16 May The O2 Arena, London Score Semi-finals (best of 15 legs) Raymond van Barneveld 102.08 4 – 8 Phil Taylor 104.68 Michael van Gerwen 97.59 8 – 4 James Wade 93.59 Final (best of 19 legs) Phil Taylor 104.10 8 – 10 Michael van Gerwen 103.29 Nights Average: Highest Checkout: Phil Taylor 164
Table and streaks Table {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! style="width:10px;" abbr="Position"|# !width=200 |Name ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Played"|Pld ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Won"|W ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Drawn"|D ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Lost"|L ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Points"|Pts ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Legs For"|LF ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Legs Against"|LA ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Leg Difference"|+/- ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Legs Won Against Throw"|LWAT ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Tons"|100+ ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Ton Plus"|140+ ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Maximums"|180s ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Average"|A ! style="width:20px;" abbr="High Checkout"|HC ! style="width:20px;" abbr="Checkout Percentage"|C% |- bgcolor=#ccffcc !1 |align=left| || 16 || 11 || 2 || 3 ||24|| 102 || 68 || +34 || || || || || || 164 || 38.65% |- bgcolor=#ccffcc !2 |align=left| || 16 || 10 || 3 || 3 ||23|| 98 || 74 || +24 || || || || || || 161 || 60.72% |- bgcolor=#ccffcc !3 |align=left| RU || 16 || 8 || 4 || 4 ||20|| 95 || 73 || +22 || || || || || || 164 || 41.14% |- bgcolor=#ccffcc !4 |align=left| || 16 || 7 || 3 || 6 ||17|| 88 || 82 || +6 || || || || || || 170 || 61.43% |- bgcolor=#ffcccc !5 |align=left| || 16 || 6 || 3 || 7 ||15|| 81 || 88 || −7 || || || || || || 161 || 40.78% |- bgcolor=#ffcccc !6 |align=left| || 16 || 7 || 1 || 8 ||15|| 81 || 90 || −9 || || || || || || 140 || 40.30% |- bgcolor=#ffcccc !7 |align=left| || 16 || 6 || 0 || 10 ||12|| 82 || 93 || −11 || || || || || || 152 || 38.48% |- bgcolor=#ffcccc !8 |align=left| || 16 || 4 || 2 || 10 ||10|| 73 || 100 || −27 || || || || || || 170 || 33.14% |-bgcolor=#ffcccc !9 |align=left| || 9 || 2 || 1 || 6 ||5|| 42 || 56 || −14 || || || || || || 132 || 36.52% |- bgcolor=#ffcccc !10 |align=left| || 9 || 2 || 1 || 6 ||5|| 40 || 58 || −18 || || || || || || 124 || 27.97%
Bottom two eliminated after Week 9. Top four qualified for the Play-offs after Week 14. NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. A = Average C% = Checkout Percentage HC = High Checkout. Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied. If leg difference is equal the table is sorted by the player's LWAT. If it is still tied, ranking is determined by average.
Streaks Player 1st Phase 2nd Phase Play-offs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 SF F colspan=2 colspan=2 colspan=2 colspan=2 style="width:15px;" style="width:15px;" colspan=2 colspan=2 colspan=2 style="width:15px;" colspan=2 colspan=2 style="width:15px;" colspan=2 colspan=2 style="width:15px;" style="width:15px;" colspan=2 colspan=2 colspan=2 W colspan=2 style="width:15px;" style="width:15px;" rowspan=4 colspan=2 colspan=2 colspan=2 style="width:15px;" colspan=2 style="width:15px;" style="width:15px;" colspan=2 style="width:15px;" style="width:15px;" colspan=2 style="width:15px;" colspan=2 colspan=2 colspan=2 style="width:15px;" L colspan=2 style="width:15px;" colspan=13 rowspan=2
Legend: Win Draw Loss Eliminated
Positions by round Player Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 6 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 1 1 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 6 2 1 1 3 5 3 2 5 5 4 2 2 3 3 7 5 5 2 3 4 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 6 4 5 4 6 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 1 4 7 8 7 7 7 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 7 5 4 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 7 9 9 10 9 9 Eliminated 9 8 8 9 8 8 9 10 10
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