1. Luke Littler was born on 21 January 2007 and is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events, where he is currently ranked world number two.
42 Facts About Luke Littler
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Luke Littler has won four other major televised titles: the Premier League, Grand Slam and World Series Finals all in 2024, and the 2025 UK Open.
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Luke Littler has won two World Series of Darts titles, in 2024.
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Luke Littler has won a total of thirteen PDC titles in his professional career; his five major titles are the ninth-most in PDC history.
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Luke Littler competed in the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship, becoming the youngest player to win a match at a WDF World Championship, before going out in the last 16.
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In 2025, Luke Littler reached the final for a second consecutive time, where he defeated Michael van Gerwen to win the title.
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Luke Littler is the youngest player to hit a televised nine-dart finish, which he achieved at the 2024 Bahrain Darts Masters two days before his 17th birthday.
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Luke Littler is the youngest to hit two televised nine-darters, having hit a second in the 2024 Premier League Darts final at age 17.
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Luke Littler is the youngest player to hit a broadcast nine-darter, having achieved the feat in 2021 at age 14.
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Luke Littler's rise to prominence at age 16 led to an increased interest in the sport, a phenomenon dubbed "Littlermania" or the "Littler effect".
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Luke Littler has been noted for his scoring power, hitting a large number of maximum 180 scores, and his proficiency on the double 10 section of the board's outer ring.
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Luke Littler began playing darts when he was 18 months old, after his father bought him a magnetic dart board from a pound shop.
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Luke Littler scored his first 180 at the age of six and a nine-dart finish at the age of 13.
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In 2019, Luke Littler won the England Youth Grand Prix and the Isle of Man Masters youth competition, where he was able to defend his title in 2020.
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Luke Littler won the youth title at the England Open in September 2021 and finished second in the British Pentathlon.
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Luke Littler won the JDC Super 16 in Milton Keynes at the end of January 2022, beating Eleanor Cairns in the final.
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Luke Littler continued to play on the World Darts Federation circuit in 2023.
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Luke Littler made his debut at a PDC major event at the 2023 UK Open, qualifying for the tournament via an amateur qualifying event organised by Rileys.
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Luke Littler finished second on the 2023 Development Tour Order of Merit behind Gian van Veen.
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Luke Littler made his first PDC World Championship appearance at the 2024 World Championship, qualifying as a result of his placement on the PDC Development Tour Order of Merit.
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Luke Littler hit his first televised nine-dart finish in his quarter-final win against Nathan Aspinall, becoming the youngest player to do so.
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Luke Littler made another World Series final at the Dutch Darts Masters.
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Luke Littler hit his third nine-dart finish of the year in his victory at the Belgian Darts Open.
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Luke Littler then won three more nights to top the table in the league phase after the 16 weeks.
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Luke Littler became the youngest player to win a major PDC tournament.
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Luke Littler broke the record for the highest set average in a World Championship match by averaging 140.91 in the fourth and final set, missing double 12 for a nine-darter in the second leg of the set.
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Aged 17 years and 347 days, Luke Littler became the youngest ever PDC World Darts Champion, breaking the record previously held by van Gerwen, who was 24 when he won his first world title in 2014.
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Luke Littler won the Ballon d'Art trophy for the most 180s scored in the World Championship.
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Luke Littler had previously beaten Jonny Clayton in the semi-finals and Gian van Veen in the quarter-finals.
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Luke Littler then defeated Nathan Aspinall to win night five.
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Luke Littler won night seven, hitting his third career televised nine-dart finish in his final victory over Michael van Gerwen.
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Luke Littler has been noted for his heavy scoring during matches, frequently hitting the maximum score of 180.
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Luke Littler was named BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2024, becoming the first darts player to receive the award.
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Luke Littler finished as runner-up for BBC Sports Personality of the Year behind 2024 Summer Olympics gold medalist Keely Hodgkinson.
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In January 2024, Luke Littler revealed on BBC Radio 1 that he was inspired to choose "Greenlight" by Pitbull featuring Flo Rida and LunchMoney Lewis as his walk-on song after he and his father attended the 2017 WWE event WrestleMania 33, which featured "Greenlight" as its theme song.
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Luke Littler was involved in a darts challenge where he played against Beckett, Brown, and Raye in a three-on-one scoring challenge.
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In February 2024, Luke Littler signed a deal with fashion brand BoohooMAN to allow him to help promote the Motor Neurone Disease Association, and signed a multi-year professional contract with Target Darts.
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Luke Littler told The Daily Telegraph that he would "stick with [Milburn] whether people like it or not", though they ended their relationship in July 2024.
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Luke Littler is a supporter of football club Manchester United and rugby league club the Warrington Wolves.
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Luke Littler is friends with Twitch streamer and YouTuber Morgan Burtwistle, better known as Angryginge.
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Luke Littler has been seen in many livestreams and videos on Burtwistle's channel, where he plays football and EA Sports FC.
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In February 2025, Luke Littler was made an honorary citizen of his hometown Warrington by Warrington Borough Council at a ceremony at the Parr Hall to recognise his contribution to the borough and his "outstanding achievements" in the sport of darts.