Luke Humphries won the World Matchplay in extraordinary fashion. The world number one managed to throw an average of over one hundred in all his matches.
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Humphries is only the second player ever to record a 100+ average in all of his five matches. 'Cool Hand Luke' started the tournament with an average of 108.78 in his match against Ricardo Pietreczko (10-4).
He then beat Stephen Bunting 11-7 thanks to an average of 102.34. In the quarterfinals against Dimitri van den Bergh (16-10), Humphries tapped an average of 101.21.
In the last four, Humphries faced James Wade. With an average of 100.64, Humphries won 17-10 over Wade in the semis. In the final won against Michael van Gerwen (18-15), Humphries pitched a 100.94 average. Humphries' tournament average finished at 101.80.
In the past, only Phil Taylor managed to throw a 100+ average in all his five matches at one World Matchplay. 'The Power' even managed this at three different editions (2010, 2013 and 2011).
Taylor recorded a tournament average of a whopping 106.3 in 2010. His highest match average during that tournament was 114.99, and his lowest 103.31. In 2013, the English darts legend had a tournament average of 105.8, while Taylor's tournament average in 2011 finished at 105.5.
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Luke Humphries is now the only player apart from Phil Taylor to average over 100 in all five games at a World Matchplay.
It's an astonishing feat and maybe in time he'll one day get close to those ridiculous tournament averages from the Power.