With a £1.25m prize pot being shared among the eight-man field this year, there is certainly more than just glory at stake.
Let’s start with the sums won by the four eliminated players.
Fifth place (Stephen Bunting): £95,000
Sixth place (Michael van Gerwen): £90,000
Seventh place (Gian van Veen): £85,000
Eighth place (Josh Rock): £80,000
As for finals night, the prize money on offer is significantly higher.
The tournament winner will bank £350,000, with the runner-up set to earn £170,000.
The two losing semi-finalists will each claim £110,000.
And then there are the one-off lump sums from the season as a whole.
The winner of each of the 16 nights throughout the season scooped an additional £10,000.
With six nightly wins to his name in total, Littler has done more than just top up his earnings from this year’s event.
The full list of prize money earned through night victories is as follows:
Luke Littler: £60,000
Jonny Clayton: £40,000
Gerwyn Price: £20,000
Stephen Bunting: £20,000
Michael van Gerwen: £10,000
Luke Humphries: £10,000
Josh Rock was also awarded a custom-made set of 18 carat gold darts worth £30,000 as a result of the nine-darter he hit on night four in Belfast, the 22nd nine-darter in the history of the Premier League.
