Luke Littler’s meteoric rise continues together with his newest prize-winning figures eclipsing his rivals
Luke Littler and Luke Humphries, seen at Cheltenham this week, are two of darts nice rivals (Picture: PA)
Luke Littler is leaving his rivals within the mud on the PDC Order of Benefit record, with the younger star closing in on £3million. As of March 2026, ‘The Nuke’s’ prize winnings on the two-year record come out at a whopping £2.8m. The 19-year-old’s closest contender is Luke Humphries, who has earned £1.248m. In third place is Gian van Veen on £950,250 whereas Michael van Gerwen sits fourth on £700,250.
Littler’s fast rise is nothing wanting astonishing and his winnings show it. In actual fact, so nice is the teen’s haul that his take is greater than Humphries, Van Veen and Van Gerwen mixed. The younger prodigy was just about unknown when he first graced the Alexandra Palace stage at simply 16 two years in the past. His memorable debut on the 2024 World Championship earned him a spot within the closing, the place he was defeated by Humphries. A 12 months on, Littler made historical past by turning into the youngest world champion in darts, beating Van Gerwen within the closing at simply 17 years previous, earlier than successful the occasion once more in 2026.
Littler’s back-to-back World Darts Championship titles make him simply the fourth participant within the sport’s historical past to attain this feat. He’s now the reigning back-to-back Grand Slam champion and holds the present UK Open, World Matchplay, World Grand Prix and Gamers Championship titles.
Littler’s ever-growing wealth was solely aided by his £1m win over Van Veen on the World Championship. This sum, coupled with profitable endorsement offers with manufacturers corresponding to BoohooMAN, Xbox, and KP Nuts, has resulted in a formidable total web value of round £6.5m.
Talking of his ethos with regards to spending his fortune, he mentioned: “I believe I’ve been very, very smart in my life and have purchased a extremely, actually good home. Now in my favorite automotive, after all, I can afford to run it whether or not I win or not. I’m a really smart individual. It’s one thing that I can look again on now and say: You labored for that, you labored extremely laborious.”
Opening up on how he prefers to stay conservative together with his funds, he added: “When that cash goes into your enterprise account, you may’t simply withdraw 200 grand of it since you get taxed on it massively. For me, it’s essential to be smart.”
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