2009 Premier League Darts
| 2009 Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts |
| Winner |
 James Wade |
| Runner-up |
| Mervyn King |
| Score |
| 13–8 |
| Date |
| 5 February–25 May 2009 |
| Edition |
| 5th |
| Number of players |
| 8 |
| Venues |
| 15 |
| Premier League Darts |
| 2010 > |
The 2009 Whyte & Mackay Premier League was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation.
The tournament kicked off at the Echo Arena Liverpool, which hosted the biggest ever crowd for a PDC event of almost 8,000 in 2008.
New venues in Edinburgh and Exeter joined some of the UK's biggest arenas, including Belfast's Odyssey Arena, Manchester's MEN Arena, Birmingham's National Indoor Arena, the Sheffield Arena and Newcastle's Metro Radio Arena.
The tournament came to a conclusion with the play-offs on Monday 25 May at the Wembley Arena – coinciding with the Football League play-offs at the neighbouring Wembley Stadium over the same weekend. Phil Taylor was defending his Whyte & Mackay Premier League title once again, however he failed to retain it after losing to Mervyn King 10–6 in the semi-finals. James Wade beat King 13–8 in the final, to claim the £125,000 first prize and the first Premier League not to be claimed by Taylor.
Qualification
The top six players from the PDC Order of Merit following the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship were confirmed on 5 January. Jelle Klaasen and Wayne Mardle were named as the two Sky Sports wild card selections on 9 January.Qualifiers are as follows:
- Phil Taylor
- James Wade
- Raymond van Barneveld
- John Part
- Terry Jenkins
- Mervyn King
- Wayne Mardle
- Jelle Klaasen
Venues
| Liverpool |  Edinburgh | Coventry |  Belfast | Newcastle |
| Echo Arena Liverpool 5 February | Royal Highland Showground 12 February | Ricoh Arena 19 February | Odyssey Arena 26 February | Metro Radio Arena 5 March |
| Manchester | Brighton | Birmingham | Glasgow | Exeter |
| MEN Arena 12 March | Brighton Centre 19 March | National Indoor Arena 26 March | SECC 2 April | Westpoint Arena 9 April |
| Nottingham | Aberdeen | Sheffield |  Cardiff | London |
| Trent FM Arena 16 April | AECC 23 April | Sheffield Arena 30 April | Cardiff International Arena 7 May | Wembley Arena 25 May |
Prize money
The prize fund increased again with the top prize now reaching £125,000, and the total prize fund rising to £400,000.Results
- Players in italics are challengers, and games involving them are best of 12 legs, not best of 14 as the regular matches, and they also don't count towards the standings.
League stage
5 February – Week 1
Echo Arena, Liverpool12 February – Week 2
Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh19 February – Week 3
Ricoh Arena, Coventry26 February – Week 4
Odyssey Arena, Belfast5 March – Week 5
Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne12 March – Week 6
MEN Arena, Manchester19 March – Week 7
Brighton Centre, Brighton26 March – Week 8
National Indoor Arena, Birmingham2 April – Week 9
SECC, Glasgow9 April – Week 10
Westpoint Arena, Exeter16 April – Week 11
Trent FM Arena, Nottingham23 April – Week 12
AECC, Aberdeen30 April – Week 13
Sheffield Arena, Sheffield7 May – Week 14
Cardiff International Arena, CardiffPlay-offs – 25 May
Wembley Arena, LondonTable and Streaks
Table
| Pos | Name | Pld | W | D | L | LF | LA | +/- | LWAT | 100+ | 140+ | 180s | A | HC | Pts |
| 1 | Phil Taylor | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 88 | 58 | +30 | 29 | 194 | 128 | 56 | 104.43 | 170 | 18 |
| 2 | James Wade W | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 81 | 66 | +15 | 28 | 181 | 114 | 43 | 97.44 | 170 | 17 |
| 3 |  Raymond van Barneveld | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 76 | 71 | +5 | 25 | 188 | 122 | 43 | 99.13 | 167 | 13 |
| 4 | Mervyn King RU | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 76 | 70 | +6 | 28 | 203 | 114 | 37 | 96.67 | 130 | 12 |
| 5 | Terry Jenkins | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 74 | 83 | −9 | 26 | 207 | 129 | 46 | 95.89 | 141 | 9 |
| 6 |  John Part | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 63 | 86 | −23 | 18 | 180 | 72 | 25 | 92.38 | 150 | 9 |
| 7 | Jelle Klaasen | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 66 | 90 | −24 | 26 | 173 | 93 | 33 | 91.24 | 170 | 6 |
Top four qualify for Play-offs after Week 14.
NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. Players separated by +/- leg difference if tied.
Streaks
NB: W = Won;D = Drawn;
L = Lost;
N/A = Did Not Play;
– indicates match did not count towards final standings
Player statistics
The following statistics are only for league stage games that contributed to the final standings. Annulled fixtures, challenge matches and play-offs are not included.Phil Taylor
- Longest unbeaten run: 6
- Most consecutive wins: 3
- Most consecutive draws: 2
- Most consecutive losses: 1
- Longest without a win: 3
- Biggest victory: 8–2
- Biggest defeat: 4–8
James Wade
- Longest unbeaten run: 5
- Most consecutive wins: 4
- Most consecutive draws: 1
- Most consecutive losses: 1
- Longest without a win: 2
- Biggest victory: 8–1
- Biggest defeat: 1–8
Raymond van Barneveld
- Longest unbeaten run: 3
- Most consecutive wins: 3
- Most consecutive draws: 1
- Most consecutive losses: 1
- Longest without a win: 3
- Biggest victory: 8–1
- Biggest defeat: 2–8
Mervyn King
- Longest unbeaten run: 4
- Most consecutive wins: 3
- Most consecutive draws: 3
- Most consecutive losses: 2
- Longest without a win: 5
- Biggest victory: 8–1
- Biggest defeat: 2–8
Terry Jenkins
- Longest unbeaten run: 3
- Most consecutive wins: 1
- Most consecutive draws: 2
- Most consecutive losses: 3
- Longest without a win: 5
- Biggest victory: 8–3
- Biggest defeat: 1–8
John Part
- Longest unbeaten run: 2
- Most consecutive wins: 1
- Most consecutive draws: 2
- Most consecutive losses: 2
- Longest without a win: 4
- Biggest victory: 8–5
- Biggest defeat: 1–8
Jelle Klaasen
- Longest unbeaten run: 2
- Most consecutive wins: 1
- Most consecutive draws: 2
- Most consecutive losses: 3
- Longest without a win: 6
- Biggest victory: 8–6
- Biggest defeat: 2–8