Although Luke Littler narrowly missed out on a second Premier League victory Thursday night, he left Exeter with a new record to his name.
The 18-year-old darts sensation narrowly lost 6-4 in the final to world champion and world number one, Luke Humphries. Still, Littler managed to impress with his dominant play and setting a new record.
On his way to the final, Littler defeated both Stephen Bunting and Nathan Aspinall with convincing performances. His quarterfinal against Bunting was particularly special, as in it he threw no fewer than ten 180 scores. That is a new record in the current Premier League format.
Bunting produced six 180s himself, bringing the total in the match to 16. This marked another record: the highest number of combined maximum scores in a Premier League match.
His impressive form continued in the semifinals against Aspinall, in which he scored a convincing 6-2 victory with a stunning average of 109.67. And all this while recovering from an emotional moment prior to the match. During his walk-on, a fan appeared to push aside his mother Lisa as she tried to give him a hug from the VIP section, something that visibly angered Littler.
Now the young darter sets his sights on the UK Open this weekend in Minehead. "Happy with how I played across my games tonight and good to get more premier league points after making the fina. Ready for the UK Open,'' he wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
The UK Open, also known as the FA Cup of Darts, has a top prize of a whopping £110,000. Last year, Littler was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Australian Damon Heta, but this time he hopes to clinch the title. As one of the 32 highest seeded players in the world, Littler will enter the fourth round of the tournament.
Luke Littler hit TEN 180s in his 6-3 win over Stephen Bunting to set a new Premier League record for this format!
— Chris Hammer (@ChrisHammer180) February 27, 2025
He averaged 112.34, while Bunting hit six 180s and averaged 106. Here's a taste of how good it was...pic.twitter.com/ZmKTOxHHoc
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- May only have won two PDC Majors but thats two more than most players will ever win. He wasn’t lucky either to beat Taylor and MVG, he outplayed them.Mysstree29-03-2025
- Bunting is having a nightmare.Mysstree28-03-2025
- The next prodigy (prodigies) are just round the corner. Wonder if it gets to the stage of 180 after 180 being hit leg after leg whether there will be a modification to the equipment such as reduced doubles and trebles, reduce the size of the board or length of the oche?Mysstree25-03-2025
- obviously littler has the potential to surpass everybody simply because nobody has been this good at this age before, but people who think he would be any kind of favourite right now against prime taylor in a big final have short memories. it's obvious that prime taylor wouldn't win as many world titles if he was playing today, but there's also good reason to believe he'd be winning more than anybody else. hell, his statistical profile still stands alone in darts history and he might statistically be even better if he was playing today with better equipment, larger beds, more competition therefore more motivation, etc.colt24-03-2025
- Bad idea. Every other Major ranking title prize funds added together do not come to £1 million. Add £500k to the prize pot and spread it out evenly over the draw.Mysstree24-03-2025
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- The Premier League is a glorified promotional tool for piss heads to attend and shout abuse at dart players so averages are not the way to pick the best line up. Throw Peter Manley, Eric Bristow and Jocky Wilson into the mix for some real fireworks.Mysstree22-03-2025
- Concentrate on your darts, Jake Paul would knock seven sacks of **** out of you. Add free site please.Mysstree22-03-2025
- you've printed the wrong score for the final.colt18-03-2025
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