Luke Littler follows up Amsterdam triumph with third Players Championship title of 2024 defeating Bunting in Event 20 final

Luke Littler edged past Stephen Bunting in the final of Players Championship 20 albeit he survived a comeback from 'The Bullet' to seal what is a third title of the year on the ProTour.

Littler has only played 11 events but has won three of them so now has his hat-trick and it is technically back-to-back titles. He also won in Amsterdam in the World Series of Darts Finals earlier this week on Sunday and came straight to Wigan for the latest double header.

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Littler hit a 180 and double five to get up and running at 1-0. He pinned 65 to go 2-0 up with a break. Bunting missed two to break back and Littler held for 3-0.

Bunting missed 64 to finally get a leg and Littler got a chance to go four clear. But the doubling deserted him and Bunting made it 3-1.

But Littler went halfway to make it 4-1 and he broke again to make it 5-1. Bunting broke back with an 11-darter to make it 5-2. But he had to make it count.

Littler missed multiple chances to break again and after missing 107, Bunting made it 5-3. Littler missed 83 on the bull for 6-3 and Bunting broke for 5-4. But a 41 checkout for Littler put him back on track at 6-4.

Littler couldn't get a shot at 121 with Bunting taking aim at 68 pinning double four for 6-5. He was throwing for parity. He sealed it after being 5-1 and 6-4 down. But Littler went one away at 7-6.

Littler couldn't hit 170 and Bunting sent it all the way on double 12. The former missed 124 for the title but was set to return for double 10. He pinned it first time.

Players Championship 20 Results

Final

Luke Littler (99.28) 8 | 7 (99.03) Stephen Bunting

Semi-Finals

Luke Littler (99.53) 7 | 2 (92.72) Dave Chisnall

Stephen Bunting (99.57) 7 | 5 (92.25) Gerwyn Price

Quarter-Finals

Dave Chisnall (101.31) 6 | 5 (99.54) Ryan Searle

Luke Littler (101.10) 6 | 2 (101.05) Luke Humphries

Stephen Bunting (101.84) 6 | 2 (92.63) Jermaine Wattimena

Gerwyn Price (94.42) 6 | 4 (93.13) Cameron Menzies

Last 16

Dave Chisnall (96.61) 6 | 2 (92.78) Richard Veenstra

Ryan Searle (98.33) 6 | 2 (84.50) Jamie Hughes

Luke Humphries (103.20) 6 | 2 (88.79) Gian van Veen

Luke Littler (104.42) 6 | 2 (84.13) Kevin Doets

Jermaine Wattimena (100.07) 6 | 5 (97.33) Rob Cross

Stephen Bunting (97.93) 6 | 3 (96.22) Chris Dobey

Gerwyn Price (94.95) 6 | 3 (98.95) Damon Heta

Cameron Menzies (103.04) 6 | 4 (85.51) William Borland

Last 32

Dave Chisnall (103.12) 6 | 3 (93.26) Florian Hempel

Richard Veenstra (95.61) 6 | 4 (92.98) Jonny Clayton

Ryan Searle (97.35) 6 | 4 (89.83) Chris Landman

Jamie Hughes (94.86) 6 | 4 (93.85) Mike De Decker

Luke Humphries (98.69) 6 | 1 (87.29) Scott Williams

Gian van Veen (97.11) 6 | 5 (86.52) Haupai Puha

Luke Littler (92.65) 6 | 3 (86.43) Andrew Gilding

Kevin Doets (80.16) 6 | 4 (83.46) Patrick Geeraets

Jermaine Wattimena (98.10) 6 | 1 (84.48) Thibault Tricole

Rob Cross (93.62) 6 | 2 (87.05) Ryan Joyce

Chris Dobey (96.05) 6 | 5 (90.24) Callan Rydz

Stephen Bunting (102.75) 6 | 4 (94.89) Martin Lukeman

Damon Heta (105.64) 6 | 3 (97.43) Gabriel Clemens

Gerwyn Price (97.76) 6 | 5 (90.44) Michael Smith

William Borland (100.07) 6 | 4 (93.21) James Wade

Cameron Menzies (108.44) 6 | 2 (94.81) Michael van Gerwen

Last 64

Florian Hempel (99.65) 6 | 2 (94.29) Dimitri Van den Bergh

Dave Chisnall (102.30) 6 | 4 (91.21) Darryl Pilgrim

Jonny Clayton (95.64) 6 | 1 (86.19) Stephen Burton

Richard Veenstra (89.39) 6 | 3 (91.37) Ian White

Chris Landman (89.87) 6 | 4 (87.94) Steve Beaton

Ryan Searle (99.16) 6 | 4 (90.40) Callum Goffin

Mike De Decker (98.69) 6 | 1 (90.53) Andy Boulton

Jamie Hughes (93.05) 6 | 5 (89.81) Dragutin Horvat

Scott Williams (95.18) 6 | 3 (90.91) William O'Connor

Luke Humphries (104.46) 6 | 1 (93.12) Krzysztof Ratajski

Haupai Puha (91.49) 6 | 5 (97.02) Jim Williams

Gian van Veen (97.13) 6 | 3 (93.14) Kim Huybrechts

Andrew Gilding (114.00) 6 | 1 (91.22) Wessel Nijman

Luke Littler (98.12) 6 | 1 (77.06) Jacques Labre

Patrick Geeraets (88.30) 6 | 5 (92.39) Ritchie Edhouse

Kevin Doets (94.62) 6 | 3 (96.87) Steve Lennon

Jermaine Wattimena (91.91) 6 | 3 (88.71) Keegan Brown

Thibault Tricole (92.38) 6 | 3 (86.44) Martijn Dragt

Ryan Joyce (90.04) 6 | 3 (86.23) Vincent van der Voort

Rob Cross (86.92) 6 | 3 (84.70) Connor Scutt

Callan Rydz (101.25) 6 | 5 (95.38) Jurjen van der Velde

Chris Dobey (96.80) 6 | 3 (92.37) Dylan Slevin

Martin Lukeman (87.02) 6 | 2 (80.59) Mervyn King

Stephen Bunting (91.37) 6 | 4 (93.97) Jitse Van der Wal

Gabriel Clemens (96.06) 6 | 1 (94.02) Darren Beveridge

Damon Heta (98.22) 6 | 3 (94.14) Rowby-John Rodriguez

Michael Smith (102.99) 6 | 3 (98.26) Jimmy van Schie

Gerwyn Price (96.71) 6 | 1 (86.31) Jose De Sousa

James Wade (90.99) 6 | 3 (93.31) Alan Soutar

William Borland (92.71) 6 | 5 (94.90) Matthew Dennant

Cameron Menzies (107.97) 6 | 1 (93.84) Wesley Plaisier

Michael van Gerwen (92.15) 6 | 4 (87.27) Berry van Peer

Last 128

Dimitri Van den Bergh (84.95) 6 | 2 (76.47) Christian Perez

Florian Hempel (89.29) 6 | 0 (84.88) Josh Payne

Dave Chisnall (91.87) 6 | 2 (89.95) Christian Kist

Darryl Pilgrim (83.92) 6 | 5 (85.17) Nick Kenny

Jonny Clayton (96.47) 6 | 3 (88.44) Keane Barry

Stephen Burton (103.66) 6 | 0 (90.33) Andy Baetens

Richard Veenstra (88.37) 6 | 4 (90.45) Daryl Gurney

Ian White (98.95) 6 | 2 (93.70) Adam Warner

Steve Beaton (84.36) 6 | 1 (79.46) Joe Cullen

Chris Landman (103.68) 6 | 3 (92.08) Robbie Knops

Ryan Searle (104.57) 6 | 1 (95.28) Daniel Klose

Callum Goffin (89.64) 6 | 5 (89.80) Nathan Rafferty

Mike De Decker (104.25) 6 | 1 (89.20) Brett Claydon

Andy Boulton (86.05) 6 | 3 (81.78) Owen Bates

Dragutin Horvat (91.98) 6 | 4 (91.60) Martin Schindler

Jamie Hughes () W | F () Arron Monk

William O'Connor (103.16) 6 | 2 (90.47) Dirk van Duijvenbode

Scott Williams (89.83) 6 | 2 (84.78) Mario Vandenbogaerde

Luke Humphries (92.28) 6 | 2 (81.68) Lee Cocks

Krzysztof Ratajski (97.69) 6 | 3 (93.85) Dom Taylor

Jim Williams (101.49) 6 | 5 (98.12) Raymond van Barneveld

Haupai Puha (85.46) 6 | 3 (87.10) Jelle Klaasen

Gian van Veen (94.17) 6 | 1 (85.97) Ricky Evans

Kim Huybrechts (101.86) 6 | 3 (93.23) Radek Szaganski

Andrew Gilding (106.81) 6 | 2 (107.25) Karel Sedlacek

Wessel Nijman (105.33) 6 | 4 (95.27) Lukas Wenig

Luke Littler (97.83) 6 | 4 (80.65) Adam Gawlas

Jacques Labre (81.16) 6 | 5 (79.87) Graham Usher

Ritchie Edhouse (99.33) 6 | 2 (86.45) Simon Whitlock

Patrick Geeraets (82.32) 6 | 2 (79.71) Geert Nentjes

Steve Lennon (92.72) 6 | 4 (96.72) Ricardo Pietreczko

Kevin Doets (90.91) 6 | 5 (85.99) Jeffrey Sparidaans

Jermaine Wattimena (96.86) 6 | 2 (85.55) Tim Wolters

Keegan Brown (91.89) 6 | 5 (91.74) Matt Campbell

Thibault Tricole (91.08) 6 | 3 (86.51) Ross Smith

Martijn Dragt (95.39) 6 | 5 (94.06) Jeffrey De Graaf

Ryan Joyce (95.20) 6 | 3 (84.79) Danny van Trijp

Vincent van der Voort (95.73) 6 | 3 (93.88) Mensur Suljovic

Rob Cross (95.60) 6 | 2 (86.60) Adam Hunt

Connor Scutt (86.82) 6 | 5 (80.05) Michele Turetta

Callan Rydz (99.06) 6 | 1 (94.02) Brendan Dolan

Jurjen van der Velde (94.69) 6 | 2 (95.82) James Hurrell

Chris Dobey (100.86) 6 | 2 (97.50) Ryan Meikle

Dylan Slevin (95.88) 6 | 4 (87.33) Owen Roelofs

Martin Lukeman (93.79) 6 | 3 (92.61) Luke Woodhouse

Mervyn King (85.45) 6 | 1 (78.00) Boris Krcmar

Stephen Bunting (95.94) 6 | 0 (86.61) Danny Lauby

Jitse Van der Wal (92.16) 6 | 5 (94.83) Justin Hood

Gabriel Clemens (94.59) 6 | 4 (92.70) George Killington

Darren Beveridge (87.25) 6 | 5 (92.09) Nathan Aspinall

Damon Heta (98.02) 6 | 0 (95.00) Benjamin Reus

Rowby-John Rodriguez (90.37) 6 | 3 (89.50) Robert Owen

Michael Smith (95.00) 6 | 1 (89.56) Rhys Griffin

Jimmy van Schie (94.35) 6 | 1 (90.55) Maik Kuivenhoven

Gerwyn Price (103.30) 6 | 3 (91.68) Madars Razma

Jose De Sousa (81.45) 6 | 4 (83.82) Lee Evans

James Wade (104.33) 6 | 3 (89.84) Niels Zonneveld

Alan Soutar (94.71) 6 | 4 (94.40) Mickey Mansell

William Borland (96.32) 6 | 5 (99.60) Danny Noppert

Matthew Dennant (92.87) 6 | 1 (87.19) Robert Grundy

Cameron Menzies (98.08) 6 | 1 (108.46) Jeffrey De Zwaan

Wesley Plaisier (92.97) 6 | 0 (77.39) Joshua Richardson

Michael van Gerwen (109.48) 6 | 1 (94.39) John Henderson

Berry van Peer (91.25) 6 | 2 (89.16) Graham Hall