Luke Littler looks well placed to overcome a -1.5 handicap when he takes on Rob Cross in the Premier League on Thursday night. ‘The Nuke’ broke numerous 180 records throughout 2024 and he is showing no signs of slowing down when it comes to filling up the treble 20 bed. Despite playing just once in Belfast last Thursday night, Littler still finds himself sitting 3rd in this year’s Premier League 180 leaderboard, after firing in 6 maximums against Michael van Gerwen.

Meanwhile, Rob Cross hit a combined total of 4 180s across his 2 outings on night 1, losing the maximum count in each of his respective matches. During last year’s Premier League, Peter Wright (43) was the only player to produce fewer 180s than Cross (55), while Littler led the way with a whopping return of 114. When the 2 players last crossed paths on a Premier League stage, Littler tallied 6 180s to Cross’ 3, and everything points towards a similar outcome in Glasgow on Thursday night.

Michael van Gerwen looks overpriced to hit the most 180s in his quarter-final clash with Stephen Bunting on Thursday night. Following the opening night of Premier League action in Belfast last week, the Dutchman sits joint top of the 180 charts with 9 maximums to his name. He unfurled 6 180s in his opener with Luke Littler last week before hitting 3 against Luke Humphries at the semi-final stage.

That 180 return is no flash in the pan either – only Luke Littler (76) hit more 180s than van Gerwen (56) at the 2025 World Darts Championship. What’s more, MVG also came out on top in the 180 battle in last month’s Ally Pally final with Littler.

While Bunting is also well renowned for being a consistent 180-hitter, he looked a little off the boil last week, registering just 2 maximums when coming up short against Rob Cross. What’s more, ‘The Bullet’ also failed to win the 180 battle in each of his 3 outings at the recent Winmau World Masters when going up against Willie Borland, Peter Wright and Danny Noppert. Thus, in-form van Gerwen merits support to hit the most maximums here at an attractive price.

The 3rd quarter-final clash of the evening between Nathan Aspinall and Gerwyn Price looks a tough one to call. In a game that could well go the distance, we should see a reasonable amount of 180s, making Price an appealing prospect to deliver 3 or more of his own.

‘The Iceman’ ranked a quietly impressive 18th across 2024 for 180s scored and he has made a steady start to 2025 on the maximum front. At last month’s Bahrain Darts Masters, Price racked up a combined total of 20 180s, including 7 against Luke Littler. What’s more, he crashed in 6 maximums when being edged out by Damon Heta at the Winmau World Masters less than 2 weeks ago.

As for the Premier League, Price hit exactly 3 180s when losing to Chris Dobey at the quarter-final stage last Thursday night. It’s also worth noting the Welshman has scored 3 or more maximums in 3 of his last 4 Premier League meetings with Aspinall.