Luke Littler gets brutally honest after winning £2.7m before his 19th birthday | Other | Sport

Luke Littler believes he has overachieved since bursting onto the scene at just 16 years of age. He made his World Darts Championship debut in 2024, reaching the final at his first attempt where he was beaten by Luke Humphries. Littler went on to win the Premier League in his inaugural campaign before becoming world champion for the first time last year.

The teenager retained his title earlier this month, thrashing Gian van Veen in the final. He has also won the World Matchplay, World Grand Prix, the Grand Slam twice, UK Open, Players Championship Finals, and World Series Finals over the last few years. His latest victory at the Saudi Arabia Darts Masters brought his total prize money up to a staggering £2.7million.

Simply put, it’s been a meteoric rise which hasn’t been seen at any point throughout the history of the sport. Reflecting on his incredible achievements, Littler admitted that he feels he has overachieved since breaking through at his first World Championship.

“I think I have overachieved, but I’ve definitely got better as I’ve got older and the calendar’s gone on and we’ve entered more tournaments,” he told Sky Sports.

“But we don’t stop here, we try and get better. If you ae not enjoying it then there’s no point travelling, there is no point even stepping on stage.

“Even Michael [van Gerwen] said, once that fire out of the belly goes, there’s no point playing. But I will be around for many, many years and I’m still hungry for more titles.”

One title that has eluded Littler so far is the World Masters, which gets underway next week. He made it to the quarter-finals in 2025 but will be hoping to go a few steps further when he returns to Milton Keynes later this month.

“I think after the holiday that we are going on, when I am back, I will definitely be practising because it’s a title that I’ve not picked up yet and I definitely want to go to Milton Keynes and I want to become champion,” he added.

“Last year in the Masters I think I played pretty well early on and then lost out to Jonny [Clayton]. It is what it is, that is the format and that is what we have got to get used to. I will be more than ready.”