Luke Littler nominated again for BBC Sports Personality of the Year after previous second place finish
PDCThursday, 11 December 2025 at 14:30
The nominees have been announced for BBC Sports Personality of the Year with Luke Littler again getting nominated after he narrowly missed out in 2024 on the gong which is held this year on Thursday 18 December.
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Albeit Littler will no doubt decide on whether to attend depending on his chances of winning it with golfer Rory McIlroy seen as a potential shoe-in this year with bookmakers to seal the award.
Littler if he wins on opening night of the PDC World Darts Championship could in theory attends Sports Personality anyway as it takes place a mere three days before his second round and he did last year in the midst of his World title campaign.
McIlroy likely favourite for award
Albeit Littler was seen as a potential winner last year and was defeated by Olympic gold medalist Keely Hodgkinson who will not be on the shortlist this time. McIlroy is seen as the shoe-in due to him winning a Grand Slam of all four major championships in golf which has seen him achieve a feat only done by six other men in history and also given frustration and nearly misses is the encapsulation of a now glittering career.
This despite Littler sending darts into the stratosphere again in 2025. The now 18-year-old won the World title, he won the World Matchplay, World Grand Prix, UK Open, Grand Slam of Darts, Players Championship Finals alone in 2025 and heads into his title defence as a huge favourite.
Others to find their way onto the list include Hannah Hampton, England women's talisman goalkeeper as well as their Euros hero Chloe Kelly. The latter is also seen as a favourite for the award alongside Littler and McIlroy.
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As well as England Women's Rugby World Cup star, Ellie Kildunne and F1 champion Lando Norris who stopped the four-time champion Max Verstappen from winning a fifth drivers title just this past weekend in Abu Dhabi. In 2025, he became the 11th Briton to win the title emerging from the closest season in 15 years with the title to continue his incredible rise.
Alex Kay-Jelski, director of BBC Sport, said: "This has been a breathtaking year for sport, driven by athletes whose performances belong in the history books. Each one has delivered moments of pure brilliance that have defined 2025. It's been incredible to watch, and I can't wait to honour their achievements, and to see who the nation chooses as the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2025." Voting is done online on the night with the awards shown on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
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- Need to see her take part in the womens tour. She'll break the inernet.medinabello08-09-2026
- 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
- I'd happily pay for a site free of Van der Voort's every squeak and utterance.StraightArrowNoBull19-08-2026
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