Luke Littler

Luke Littler (born 21 January 2007) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is the current Premier League Darts champion, the current Junior and World Youth Champion, the current Bahrain and Poland Darts Masters champion, and the current Belgian and Austrian Darts Open champion.

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Littler is also the youngest player to have won a match in the WDF World Darts Championship and PDC World Darts Championship. Additionally, he is the youngest player to reach the PDC World Darts Championship final, aged 16 years, and both the youngest ever player to hit a televised nine-dart finish and the youngest to hit 2 televised nine darters; the first one he achieved, at the 2024 Bahrain Darts Masters aged 16, and the second, he achieved in the 2024 Premier League Darts final aged 17. Littler is also the youngest ever player to hit a broadcast nine-darter. He achieved the feat at the age of 14 in 2021.

Early life

Littler was born on 21 January 2007 in Runcorn and grew up in nearby Warrington. He began playing darts when he was 18 months old, after his father bought him a magnetic dart board from a pound shop. He scored his first 180 at the age of six and a nine-dart finish at the age of 13. When he was 10, he joined the St Helens Darts Academy and began playing in under-21 leagues. He was educated at Padgate Academy.