Luke Littler breaks several records with incredible numbers in World Series of Darts Finals win
PDCMonday, 16 September 2024 at 16:00
Luke Littler closed the 2024 World Series season in style by winning Sunday night's World Series of Darts Finals at the AFAS Live in Amsterdam. For "The Nuke," it was already his second major title of the season.
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Littler was already the best player on the World Series circuit this season, allowing him to travel to Amsterdam as number one on the seedings list. The 17-year-old teenage sensation won the World Series tournaments in Bahrain and Gliwice earlier this year, and was also a losing finalist at the tournaments in Den Bosch and Wollongong.
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At the World Series of Darts Finals, Ross Smith came closest to a win over Littler. The Englishman won 6-5 over Ross Smith in the first round. He then beat Raymond van Barneveld 6-4 for a spot in the quarterfinals. With a 10-7 win over Chris Dobey, Littler then qualified for the semifinals.
In the semifinal against Michael van Gerwen, Littler fell behind 2-4, but thanks to nine won legs in a row, the Englishman still won 11-4. Then in the final, Michael Smith was left defenseless 11-4. In every match, Littler threw an average of 100+, with his lowest average being 102.21 and his highest 107.95.
During the tournament, Littler played a total of 102 legs. Over these legs, he recorded a tournament average of 103.79. In addition, the reigning world youth champion had a finishing percentage of 40 percent (44/110).
It ultimately earned Littler two records. The Premier League champion became the youngest ever winner of the World Series of Darts Finals. In addition, he also improved the 180 record at this event. In five matches, Littler totaled 34 180 scores.
More major tournaments are coming up in the coming weeks for Littler. In the fall, majors such as the World Grand Prix, the European Darts Championship, the Grand Slam of Darts, Players Championship Finals and the World Darts Championship will be played.
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Kieran WoodDarts Journalist
Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He contributes to DartsNews.com, where he covers professional darts through news, match reports, analysis, and live coverage across the PDC calendar and major tournaments.
A key part of his work is on-site reporting from leading events. Kieran has covered the PDC World Darts Championship in person, reporting daily from the venue and providing first-hand insight from the tournament. During his coverage, he has conducted interviews with leading players including Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, and Gerwyn Price.
He is also one of the leading voices of the English-language Dartsnews Podcast, contributing regular analysis and discussion on developments across the professional darts circuit.
In his reporting, Kieran places strong emphasis on careful sourcing, editorial accuracy, and updating articles when new, verified information becomes available.
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- If he can be bothered? He won't play darts in Germany yet he'll go over and get an award!??rick6702-09-2026
- Why is this the main story? He chose not to compete in loads of tournaments,yes he's number 1 in the world,but he does have to turn up at tournaments! Play the next world championship in Dortmund and see if he turns up!!rick6727-08-2026
- This is exactly what I mean,littler survives the 1st round,I think you'll find a lot of other players did. Can you just report on the real sport,and not just 1 person. I like Luke,but this is getting boring now,as Kevin painter once said to Taylor!! The sport is about every player,not 1 who everyone seems to have put the sport on the map.,which he hasn't,he's just got in when the money is massive. Great as he is,it seems like what's the point in anyone trying,he's going to win everything,unless it's in Germany or Australia!!!rick6726-08-2026
- I mean look, Littler's picture is first,wattimena is second and he won! Level it up. I know littler is fantastic,but the sport was here before him,and will be when he's retired. Any player in the top 64/128 can beat each other,it's not big news. Poor Jermaine,wins it,and not even the headline!!rick6726-08-2026
- I appreciate that littler is a fantastic player,but the top 3 articles are about him. Before he'd thrown a dart in the tournament. Level it out a bit, Taylor and van gerwen soon got disliked as the media could only see them,and nobody else seemed to matterrick6725-08-2026
- The two-point Lucky Loser qualifiers are Ross Smith, Robb, Whitlock, Sakai, Ilagan and Toylo. Jermaine is not on the entries list on Dartconnect for the TCH qualifier so the four from the main OoM are probably Searle, Nijman, Dobey, Wattimena.Scoobedybop24-08-2026
- The two-point Lucky Loser qualifiers are Ross Smith, Robb, Whitlock, Sakai, Ilagan and Toylo. Jermaine is not on the entries list on Dartconnect for the TCH qualifier so the four from the main OoM are probably Searle, Nijman, Dobey, Wattimena.Scoobedybop24-08-2026
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