Luke Littler misses out on 2025 BBC Sports Personality of the Year while failing to regain Young Sports Personality of the Year award
OtherThursday, 18 December 2025 at 22:12
Luke Littler has is eyes set on a second PDC World Darts
Championship title, with the 18-year-old set to face off against Welshman David Davies
on December 21. While he awaits his second-round tie, he missed out on both Sports Personality and Young Sports Personality of the Year.
After coming runner-up to Keely Hodgkinson in the 2024
awards, he would have been hoping to take the coveted prize and adding another
achievement on his distinguished CV.
He has enjoyed a dominant 2025, beginning by becoming the
youngest darts world champion at the age of 17. He would also collect the UK
Open, World Matchplay, World Grand Prix, Grand Slam of Darts and Players
Championship Finals titles. He lost in the Premier League Darts and World
Series of Darts finals, represented his country in the World Cup of Darts and
climbed up to the world number one spot.
Due to his commitments to the ongoing World Championship, he
did not attend the event but spoke to TV Presenter Clare Balding via video link
as he discussed how different it is to be competing in it as the reigning world
champion and world number one.
"It is different. You have being a defending
champion on your mind and being world number one,” Littler stated on BBC. “First game
I got the win and I will on Sunday to try and get another win before Christmas.
For us players we really have to focus, especially at the World Darts
Championships, but the fans bring the atmosphere. We want more fans engaging
with the sport, that’s what we want.
"There’s a few titles on the list that I’ve not ticked
off yet that I will go chasing next year, but for now all focus is on the World
Darts Championships."
Shortly after the winners were announced, Littler posted on his Instagram a message on his story. "Thanks to everyone that voted for me tonight," he wrote. "Appreciate it and for the young SPOTY wow fair enough."
Sports Personality of the Year ended up going the way of golfer Rory McIlroy, while England and Arsenal footballer Michelle Agyemang scooped up the Young Sports Personality of the Year.
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- It's his attitude. Zero fight when it's not going his way and looks like the darts owe him a treble. He carries every poor visit into the next one. Maybe he should decide one final year, goodbye tour and f*ing enjoy itBandB18-12-2025
- Difficult one. Obviously has some struggles but you can't allow that behaviour. The damage to his hand from punching and blocking the pyrotechnics will keep him out for months anyway, but ban to the matchplay and fine whatever his prize money was for this event, with a heavy suspended ban on top.BandB17-12-2025
- 1 year ban and £15,000 fine.medinabello16-12-2025
- can you not at least attempt to proof read these recaps? the whitlock scutt one in particular is both inaccurate and mindbogglingly unreadablecolt16-12-2025
- Look, everyone knows he likes to wind up his opponents. Today,his worst,and always will be,best opponent,is himself. I don't dislike the bloke,but he can only blame himself.rick6715-12-2025
- Look, everyone knows he likes to wind up his opponents. Today,his worst,and always will be,best opponent,is himself. I don't dislike the bloke,but he can only blame himself.rick6715-12-2025
- DRA - just a warning please. Obviously not deliberate, in good spirits a s immediate apology. (P.s. Good on you Joe! Tough season, hope you keep that standard into the next round and beyond)BandB14-12-2025
- This bozo says he can't take darts any further and he's left it in a good place.....no-one cares about this nobody. The PDC was always in a good place before he came along. Does this buffon think the crowd are there for him.richieburnettrocks14-12-2025
- Yes, a warning indeed. He is coming to the buffet table, out of his way. This class A goof continues to blither about how he is playing the best darts of his life and even had the laughable audacity to say he was in the best shape of his life. He had a lucky run at Blackpool and even luckier at the World Championship and is still living off that. His form the past year especially the last 6 months completely sucks. 6 micky mouse titles mean nothing.richieburnettrocks13-12-2025
- I'm a big Huybretchs fan from when he broke through at the euros in the early days, but his action has gone. So jerky and inconsistent. Looking at where he'll be in the rankings, hopefully he can treat the new year as a new start, relax, enjoy it and push on without the pressure of defending lots of ££BandB12-12-2025
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