How Belfast Night Four Reshaped the Premier League Darts Table — Bunting’s Revival, Rock’s Nine‑Darter and Littler’s Slump

Night Four in Belfast altered who is under pressure and who carries momentum on the Premier League Darts Table: Stephen Bunting answered critics with a dominant night and five points, Josh Rock produced a tournament nine‑darter that gave the crowd a moment to remember despite a run of 6‑2 losses, and world number one Luke Littler’s struggles deepened. The scores and statistics from Belfast will be the first reference point for several players going into the next stop.

Premier League Darts Table: immediate winners and those under pressure

Here’s the part that matters: Bunting’s performance directly hit players’ narratives — he moved from zero to five points on Night Four and quieted questions about his place, while others saw existing storylines amplified. Gian van Veen reached another final but again fell short; Josh Rock secured the event’s first nine‑darter and the 20th in Premier League history but remains in a troubling run of identical defeats; Luke Littler’s single victory in four weeks stands out as a growing concern.

Night Four results and key match figures

• Stephen Bunting beat Gian van Veen 6–2 in the Night Four final to claim victory in Belfast.
• Bunting defeated defending champion Luke Humphries 6–4 in the quarter-finals, registering his highest Premier League average of 106. 63 in that match.
• He followed with a 6–0 semi-final whitewash of Jonny Clayton, producing another 106 average.
• Gian van Veen beat Josh Rock 6–2 in the quarter-finals; Rock produced a nine‑darter in Belfast—the first of this year’s tournament and the 20th in Premier League history.
• Luke Littler lost 6–3 to Jonny Clayton in the quarter-finals, leaving him with only one win across the four weeks so far.
• Players who hit a nine‑darter are awarded a set of 18‑carat gold darts.

Player profiles and unfolding trajectories

Stephen Bunting, 40, who is sixth in the PDC order of merit and a two‑time World Championship semi‑finalist, had his place in the tournament questioned after failing to win a game in the first three weeks. This Night Four run—going from zero to five points—came after he stepped away from social media amid criticism and even had hypnotherapy the morning of competition. Those interventions coincided with his best Premier League scoring outputs this season, and he described the win as one of the most meaningful of his career.

Josh Rock, Luke Littler and the home crowd reaction

Northern Ireland’s Josh Rock, a 24‑year‑old debutant, remains a study in contrasts. Known as one of the tour’s biggest scorers, his Premier League numbers have not matched that reputation so far: across four weeks he is averaging 92. 33 with a checkout percentage of 29. 63% (8 from 27). Despite a fourth successive 6‑2 defeat in the campaign, he etched a permanent memory by hitting the nine‑darter in Belfast and was lauded by the home faithful. Rock described his body as being in overdrive and shaking after the nine‑darter—an emotional milestone in his first Premier League outing.

Key takeaways

• Bunting’s surge (zero to five points) reframes his season and reduces immediate pressure on his place in the event.
• Van Veen has now reached three finals in four weeks but remains unable to close out in the decider.
• Rock’s nine‑darter is a tournament highlight, yet his underlying scoring and checkout percentages explain continued 6‑2 defeats.
• Littler’s lone win in four weeks suggests early vulnerability for the world number one.

Signals and the road ahead

The real question now is how durable Bunting’s form will be and whether Rock can translate that nine‑darter confidence into improved averages and checkout efficiency. If you’re wondering why this keeps coming up: repeated scorelines and averages offer a clearer indicator than single results. A brief timeline underlines the pattern: Bunting’s struggles last year included taking nine weeks to register a point and this is his first Premier League involvement since being a challenger in 2020; his recent run of losses last season was described as lasting seven or eight games and he has used that experience to steady himself this year.

It’s easy to overlook, but the combination of Bunting’s high averages, Rock’s milestone nine‑darter, and Littler’s ongoing slide compresses several storylines into a single night — and they all feed back into the Premier League Darts Table dynamics heading into the next fixtures.

Writer’s aside: What’s big about this Belfast night isn’t just the highlight reel moment; it’s that multiple players left with clearer momentum or mounting questions, and that will shape selection and expectation in the rounds to come.