League winner Luke Littler equals Jonny Clayton's record in Premier League Darts

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Wednesday, 22 May 2024 at 19:00
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Luke Littler managed to qualify for the 2024 Premier League Darts playoffs as a league winner. An unprecedented achievement by the 17-year-old teenage sensation, whose maturity for such a grueling competition was in doubt prior to the Premier League season.
Amid all the outside noise, Littler dealt with the pressure superbly. With the exception of one week of play, Littler spent the entire competition in the top three. After the tenth week of play, 'The Nuke' took over the top spot from Luke Humphries, who then held the first spot only after the second week of play. Littler took the lead right back a week later and did not relinquish it again.
Littler accumulated as many as 40 points in 16 weeks. He won four weekly titles, lost two finals, was stranded in the semifinals seven times and lost his opening match only three times. 
With 40 points, he equaled the Premier League record of Jonny Clayton, who managed to win the league stage at the 2022 edition. Clayton also won four weekly titles at the time, but otherwise lost four weekly finals as well. Four times "The Ferret" made it to the semifinals, while four times the first round was also the final stage.
The current format with weekly mini-tournaments has been used in Premier League Darts since 2022. In 2023, Gerwyn Price topped the rankings with 39 points.

Final standings Premier League Darts 2022

NameWeekly titlesMatches wonLegs balanceLegs wonPoints
Jonny Clayton424+2818340
Michael van Gerwen319+4117031
James Wade215-212825
Joe Cullen214+713124
Peter Wright112-1511622
Michael Smith112-412421
Gerwyn Price211-1210820
Gary Anderson15-25779

Final standings Premier League Darts 2024

NameWeekly titlesMatches wonLegs balanceLegs wonPoints
Luke Littler423+2918340
Luke Humphries421+3916936
Michael van Gerwen417+814429
Michael Smith217-214829
Nathan Aspinall215+514325
Rob Cross010-1511517
Gerwyn Price07-219512
Peter Wright02-43614
Luke Littler, in his debut year in Premier League Darts, managed to win the league stage immediately
Luke Littler, in his debut year in Premier League Darts, managed to win the league stage immediately

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