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Littler wins Grand Slam to go fifth in world rankings

Luke Littler celebrates winning the Grand Slam of Darts in WolverhamptonKieran Cleeves/PDC

Luke Littler has won more than £900,000 in prize money in 2024

Callum Matthews
BBC Sport journalist

Teenager Luke Littler continued his sensational maiden professional year by winning the Grand Slam of Darts with a 16-3 thrashing of qualifier Martin Lukeman in Wolverhampton.

The 17-year-old trailed 2-0 after his throw was broken in the second leg but then won an incredible 15 legs on the spin to lead 15-2.

Lukeman broke the sequence and celebrated emphatically, with the crowd cheering and singing for the world number 45, who had to win four qualifying games just to reach the tournament proper.

Littler then broke Lukeman's throw in the 19th leg to win the Eric Bristow trophy and his first major ranking title.

He was serenaded in the warm-up - the crowd singing 'walking in a Littler wonderland' - and offered an apology after cheers turned to boos when spectators realised he had thrown 140 rather than 180 in one visit.

The win sees Littler move to fifth place in the PDC's Order of Merit, having been ranked 164 a year ago.

Littler takes home £150,000 for winning the title, plus £3,500 for winning this group, taking his prize money to £558,500 for the Order of Merit, which is calculated over a two-year period.

He has picked up £355,000 for winning the Premier League of Darts and World Series finals but, as those are invitational events, they do not count towards the rankings.

"I'm so glad to win it. I've been playing well all week. It's been a long week but it's paid off," Littler told Sky Sports.

"This is one of the ones I wanted to win. My major record isn't the best but I just wanted to go deep. Obviously, it's even better now I've won it and it shows I'm still here."

Littler becomes just the third player, after Phil Taylor and Michael van Gerwen, to average over 100 in every match of a Grand Slam.

He finished with an average of 107.08 - the third highest in a Grand Slam final - and a breathtaking 12 180s and another 15 140s.

Lukeman, who was the first qualifier to reach a Grand Slam final and started the tournament as a 150-1 shot, could not match Littler’s scoring power.

During the first 13 legs of Littler’s 15 in a row, Lukeman only had one dart at a finish and that came on an attempted 142 checkout.

The pair embraced at the end, with Lukeman, who wins £70,000 for finishing second, full of praise for Littler and his impact on the sport in his post-match interview.

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