Luke Littler has firmly established himself as one of the best darts players in the world since his World Championship heroics but there are two players who still hold bragging rights over the teenager
Luke Littler has a losing record against only two players since his heroics at the PDC World Darts Championship.
The 17-year-old has emerged as one of the best darts players on the planet after his remarkable run earlier this year where he became the youngest player ever to reach the World Championship final as he narrowly lost 7-4 to the world number one Luke Humphries.
Since then, he’s been on a tear on the PDC Tour, as he currently reigns as the current Bahrain Masters champion, and the Belgian Darts Open champion.
He also sits atop of the Premier League Darts table after winning two consecutive nights last month against Nathan Aspinall and Gerwyn Price.
Despite his tender age, he’s already scored multiple wins against the world’s best as he possesses a 6-1 winning record against Humphries as well as 4-1 winning record against former world champion Rob Cross.
He’s yet to gain bragging rights over Michael van Gerwen with the pair sharing 4-4 record while he’s dominated stablemate Nathan Aspinall with four wins over the 32-year-old and suffering just one defeat.
Despite Littler’s impressive form, there are two players he has a losing record against with the first being 2023 World Champion Michael Smith with the St Helens native defeated the 17-year-old three times and losing just once.
The second player to hold such a record against the teen is Ross Smith who upset Littler in the last 16 of the Players Championship 7 last week. The 2022 European Championship winner secured the stunning victory in a last-leg decider in a 6-5 scoreline.
Littler has achieved so much in his young career but according to the Warrington wonderkid, he may not be sticking around in the world of darts for too long. In an interview with the Times, he teased that he could walk away from the sport at the age of 27.
“I’ve been playing a long time in the juniors, in the old British Darts Federation,” he said. “I might just do 10 or 15 years and retire, if I’ve had enough”.