Luke Littler’s opponent left in disbelief at teenager’s moment of genius at darts Players Championship finals
LUKE LITTLER left Ritchie Edhouse applauding him after he pulled off a genius moment in the Players Championship.
The darts sensation was taking on Edhouse in the finals of the tournament and was in great form yet again.
Littler, 17, won the tie 6-2 in a crushing defeat to his opponent.
The teenager managed to hit an incredible six 180s and averaged 105.3 throughout the game.
He also missed a double 12 to complete a nine-darter in the match.
But it was his checkout in the fifth leg that saw Edhouse step back and applaud.
With 120 left to go, Littler hit a 20 and then two bulls-eyes in a row to win the leg.
Cameras caught Edhouse’s astonished reaction as he paid respect to the impressive youngster.
Fans were also left amazed by Littler’s continued flashes of brilliance at the oche on social media.
One posted: “Double bullseye. Littler is insane.”
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A second wrote: “That is outrageous from Luke Littler!”
A third commented: “The Nuke is something else.”
Inside Littler's massive rise
LUKE LITTLER has taken the darts world by storm since exploding onto the scene at the PDC World Championship at the beginning of the year.
The Nuke reached the final on his Ally Pally debut at just 16 years of age – smashing records along the way.
He has then gone on to win a host of PDC events and the Premier League title – which he claimed at the O2 Arena by beating world champion Luke Humphries in May.
He also finished his first season in the World Series as the No1 ranked player.
He has joined Jude Bellingham on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list.
And the teenage titan even had to snub an invite from the WWE.
The Sun exclusively revealed that Littler is plotting to create a fitness empire.
He is also cashing in away from the Oche thanks to an Instagram side hustle.
And he’s even the face of a brand new cereal.
But he is newly single after splitting from girlfriend Eloise Milburn following a 10-month relationship.
Check out all of our latest Luke Littler stories.
A fourth said: “What a geeza man.”
Another added: “Luke Littler just took out 120 going 20, Bull, Bull. Filthy.”
Meanwhile, the tournament has not been a success for Chris Dobey.
The ace was defeated by Nathan Aspinall 6-2 on Friday evening.
He took to social media to apologise to his fans for the “s*** show” he put on.
List of all-time Darts World Champions
BELOW is a list of Darts world champions by year.
The list does not include winners from the pre-Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) era or BDO world champions.
That means Raymond van Barneveld, for example, is only listed once – Barney also won four BDO titles – and none of Eric Bristow’s five BDO titles are included.
- 1994 – Dennis Priestley
- 1995 – Phil Taylor
- 1996 – Phil Taylor (2)
- 1997 – Phil Taylor (3)
- 1998 – Phil Taylor (4)
- 1999 – Phil Taylor (5)
- 2000 – Phil Taylor (6)
- 2001 – Phil Taylor (7)
- 2002 – Phil Taylor (8)
- 2003 – John Part
- 2004 – Phil Taylor (9)
- 2005 – Phil Taylor (10)
- 2006 – Phil Taylor (11)
- 2007 – Raymond van Barneveld
- 2008 – John Part (2)
- 2009 – Phil Taylor (12)
- 2010 – Phil Taylor (13)
- 2011 – Adrian Lewis
- 2012 – Adrian Lewis (2)
- 2013 – Phil Taylor (14)
- 2014 – Michael van Gerwen
- 2015 – Gary Anderson
- 2016 – Gary Anderson (2)
- 2017 – Michael van Gerwen (2)
- 2018 – Rob Cross
- 2019 – Michael van Gerwen (3)
- 2020 – Peter Wright
- 2021 – Gerwyn Price
- 2022 – Peter Wright (2)
- 2023 – Michael Smith
- 2024 – Luke Humphries
Most World Titles
- 14 – Phil Taylor
- 3 – Michael van Gerwen
- 2 – John Part, Adrian Lewis, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright
- 1 – Dennis Priestley, Raymond van Barneveld, Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Luke Humphries