Darts results: Luke Littler to face Michael van Gerwen in the PDC World Darts Championship final after thrashing Stephen Bunting

The 17-year-old sensation, who finished runner-up on his headline-spinning Alexandra Palace debut 12 months ago, will now face the player who currently holds the record he's attempting to break in Friday night's climax.

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Michael van Gerwen was 24 back in 2014 when he beat Peter Wright to win the first of his three world titles and he earlier thrashed Chris Dobey by the same scoreline to keep alive his hopes of ending a six-year drought for number four.

MVG would love to reestablish himself at the top of the sport after a difficult season in which he failed to win a major title and watched Littler and Luke Humphries share the limelight. finishes and 13 180s as he averaged over 100 for the fourth time out of five this tournament.

His 105 average was also the ninth time he's exceeded three figures on this stage since making his debut last year and to put that into context, only eight other players have done it more times.

WIN: LUKE LITTLER DARTS AND SIGNED FLIGHTS

On this form, Littler will start as hot favourite and MVG will need to be at his very best to stop him.

"I have gained loads of experience over the last year," claimed Littler, who boasts a tournament average of 102 across his five matches.

"Michael has been in numerous finals; this is only my second, but I know where I went wrong last year, and I'm sure I will fix it.

"It would mean everything to lift this title, but my only focus right now is winning seven sets tomorrow night.

"I felt very confident tonight. The best I felt was against Nathan in the quarter-finals, but I'm just glad I'm playing with such belief.

"I'm hitting the right shots when I need to. Stephen was right behind me throughout the game, so I couldn't afford to step off the gas."

Stephen Bunting 1-6 Luke Littler: Match stats

• Average
  Bunting: 100.1
  Littler: 105.48
• 180s
  Bunting: 9
  Littler: 13
• Checkout %
  Bunting: 36.4% (12/33)
  Littler: 44.2% (19/43)
• 100+ Checkouts
  Bunting: N/A (High: 80)
  Littler: 3 (High: 170)

Magic Mike

Michael van Gerwen showed Chris Dobey no mercy as he reached his seventh Paddy Power World Championship final at the Alexandra Palace.

The Dutchman has finished runner-up twice since he last lifted the Sid Waddell Trophy in 2019 but he's now one win away from ending his six-year wait for a fourth world title.

Van Gerwen didn't need to be at his absolute sparkling during a 6-1 thrashing as Dobey struggled to get remotely close to the form that helped him reach his maiden semi-final, but he still averaged 98.84 and hit eight of the 13 maximums in a disappointingly one-sided affair.

Dobey did managed a show-stopping 170 checkout during the set that he did win and will head back to Bedlington incredibly proud of his efforts over the past three weeks.

MVG would love to restablish himself at the top of the sport after a difficult season in which he failed to win a major title and watched Littler and Luke Humphries share the limelight.

“I have only got to the final and the final means nothing. I want to win and that’s the only thing that counts for me,” declared van Gerwen.

“For me the total package has to be right, and the train is still moving that way which is a good thing. My experience could be really important, but I haven’t won anything yet. We are still far away!”

“I think I did the right things in the most important moments,” reflected Van Gerwen, who is bidding to lift the iconic Sid Waddell Trophy for the first time in six years.

“Whether it was finishing or scoring in the right moments, that’s where I put Chris under pressure and that helped me win this game today.”

Phil Taylor is the only player to have won more World Darts Championship titles than Van Gerwen, who is hoping to add to his victories in 2013/14, 2016/17 and 2018/19 on Friday evening.

Chris Dobey 1-6 Michael van Gerwen: Match stats

• Average
  Dobey: 94.77
  MVG: 98.84
• 180s
  Dobey: 5
  MVG: 8
• Checkout %
  Dobey: 40% (10/25)
  MVG: 43% (18/43)
• 100+ Checkouts
  Dobey: 170, 120, 108
  MVG: 158, 100, 100

PDC World Darts Championship 2025: Round-by-round results

• All results laid out in draw bracket order, Seedings in brackets

SEMI-FINALS

• (8) Stephen Bunting (100.10) 1-6 (105.48) Luke Littler (4)
  Set scores: 2–3, 1–3, 2–3, 1–3, 3–1, 2–3, 1–3
• (15) Chris Dobey (94.77) 1-6 (98.84) Michael van Gerwen (3)
  Set scores: 1–3, 2–3, 3–0, 0–3, 1–3, 2–3, 1–3

QUARTER-FINALS

• (17) Peter Wright (92.41) 2-5 (95.55) Stephen Bunting (8)
  Set scores: 1–3, 1–3, 2–3, 0–3, 3–0, 3–1, 0–3
• (4) Luke Littler (101.54) 5-2 (96.31) Nathan Aspinall (12)
  Set scores: 3–0, 3–1, 2–3, 3–2, 3–1, 2–3, 3–0
• (15) Chris Dobey (95.38) 5-3 (92.74) Gerwyn Price (10)
  Set scores: 2–3, 1–3, 3–1, 3–2, 3–2, 3–0, 2–3, 3–1
• (3) Michael van Gerwen (103.10) 5-3 (103.88) Callan Rydz
  Set scores: 3–2, 0–3, 3–2, 1–3, 3–2, 3–1, 1–3, 3–2

ROUND FOUR

• (1) Luke Humphries (99.23) 1-4 (100.93) Peter Wright (17)
  Set scores: 2–3, 3–2, 2–3, 2–3, 0–3
• (8) Stephen Bunting (96.78) 4-0 (90.67) Luke Woodhouse
  Set scores: 3–0, 3–1, 3–1, 3–1
• (4) Luke Littler (103.14) 4-3 (97.73) Ryan Joyce
  Set scores: 3–1, 2–3, 3–1, 1–3, 3–1, 2–3, 3–1
• Ricardo Pietreczko (78.46) 0-4 (94.28) Nathan Aspinall (12)
  Set scores: 1–3, 0–3, 0–3, 1–3
• Kevin Doets (88.17) 3-4 (91.59) Chris Dobey (15)
  Set scores: 1–3, 3–1, 0–3, 3–2, 3–2, 1–3, 1–3
• (7) Jonny Clayton (91.73) 2-4 (92.28) Gerwyn Price (10)
  Set scores: 1–3, 1–3, 3–0, 3–1, 1–3, 1–3
• (3) Michael van Gerwen (101.98) 4-2 (91.85) Jeffrey de Graaf
  Set scores: 3–1, 3–0, 0–3, 1–3, 3–0, 3–0
• Robert Owen (94.07) 2-4 (97.38) Callan Rydz
  Set scores: 3–1, 3–2, 2–3, 0–3, 0–3, 3–1, 1–3

ROUND THREE

• (1) Luke Humphries (98.59) 4-0 (93.42) Nick Kenny
  Set scores: 3–2, 3–1, 3–1, 3–0
• Jermaine Wattimena (96.5) 2-4 (96.19) Peter Wright (17)
  Set scores: 1-3, 0-3, 3-2, 0-3, 3-0, 1-3
• (8) Stephen Bunting (100.06) 4-1 (90.92) Madars Razma
  Set scores: 3–1, 3–0, 2–3, 3–0, 3–2
• (9) Damon Heta (89.69) 3-4 (92.34) Luke Woodhouse
  Set scores: 2–3, 3–1, 3–2, 3–2, 1–3, 0–3, 0–3
• (4) Luke Littler (97.84) 4-1 (96.40) Ian White
  Set scores: 3–2, 1–3, 3–0, 3–2, 3–1
• Ryan Joyce (97.40) 4-3 (100.97) Ryan Searle (20)
  Set scores: 3–2, 3–2, 1–3, 2–3, 3–0, 2–3, 4–2
• Scott Williams (94.29) 1-4 (97.00) Ricardo Pietreczko
  Set scores: 2–3, 1–3, 3–1, 0–3, 2–3
• (12) Nathan Aspinall (92.17) 4-0 (86.65) Andrew Gilding (21)
  Set scores: 3–1, 3–2, 3–2, 3–1
• Kevin Doets (89.67) 4–3 (94.55) Krzysztof Ratajski (31)
  Set scores: 0–3, 0–3, 3–1, 3–0, 2–3, 3–2, 3–1
• (15) Chris Dobey (97.29) v (95.99) Josh Rock (18)
  Set scores: 1–3, 3–1, 1–3, 3–0, 3–2, 3–1
• (7) Jonny Clayton (90.11) 4-3 (92.60) Daryl Gurney
  Set scores: 3–2, 3–1, 3–0, 1–3, 0–3, 1–3, 3–1
• (10) Gerwyn Price (92.6) 4-3 (92.77) Joe Cullen (23)
  Set scores: 3-2, 3-2, 3-1, 1-3, 1-3, 1-3, 6-5
• (3) Michael van Gerwen (97.01) 4-2 (96.08) Brendan Dolan (30)
  Set scores: 2–3, 3–1, 3–0, 3–0, 1–3, 3–2
• Jeffrey de Graaf (89.99) 4–1 Paolo Nebrida (83.01)
  Set scores: 1–3, 3–0, 3–2, 3–1, 3–1
• Ricky Evans (86.84) 2-4 (92.92) Robert Owen
  Set scores: 3–1, 2–3, 3–2, 2–3, 2–3, 0–3
• (11) Dimitri Van den Bergh (94.79) 0-4 (105.31) Callan Rydz
  Set scores: 0–3, 2–3, 2–3, 0–3

ROUND TWO

• (1) Luke Humphries (90.79) 3-0 (85.62) Thibault Tricole
  Set scores: 3-0, 3-0, 3-0
• (32) Raymond van Barneveld (84.64) 1-3 (86.39) Nick Kenny
  Set scores: 1-3, 2-3, 3-0, 2-3
• (16) James Wade (97.01) 0-3 (99.17) Jermaine Wattimena
  Set scores: 1-3, 0-3, 1-3
• (17) Peter Wright (89.63) 3-1 (93.77) Wesley Plaisier
  Set scores: 3-2, 3-2, 0-3, 3-2
• (8) Stephen Bunting (92.12) 3-1 (89.40) Kai Gotthardt
  Set scores: 1-3, 3-2, 3-0, 3-0
• (25) Dirk van Duijvenbode 1-3 Madars Razma
  Set scores: 3–0, 2–3, 0–3, 2–3
• (9) Damon Heta (97.96) 3-1 (98.47) Connor Scutt
  Set scores: 2-3, 3-0, 3-2, 3-0
• (24) Mike de Decker (87.38) 1-3 (88.38) Luke Woodhouse
  Set scores: 0-3, 1-3, 3-0, 1-3
• (4) Luke Littler (100.85) 3-1 (91.93) Ryan Meikle
  Set scores: 3-2, 1-3, 3-1, 3-0
• (29) Ritchie Edhouse (84.19) 1-3 (88.86) Ian White
  Set scores: 3–1, 1–3, 1–3, 1–3
• (13) Danny Noppert (93.91) 1-3 (93.88) Ryan Joyce
  Set scores: 3-1, 2-3, 1-3, 2-3
• (20) Ryan Searle (99.38) 3-0 (90.66) Matt Campbell
  Set scores: 3–1, 3–0, 3–0
• (5) Rob Cross (88.64) 1-3 (87.90) Scott Williams
  Set scores: 3–2, 2–3, 1–3, 2–3
• (28) Gian van Veen (91.99) 1-3 (91.64) Ricardo Pietreczko
  Set scores: 0-3, 3-1, 0-3, 1-3
• (12) Nathan Aspinall (88.03) 3-1 (83.41) Leonard Gates
  Set scores: 3-1, 2-3, 3-1, 3-2
• (21) Andrew Gilding (92.65) 3-1 (91.28) Martin Lukeman
  Set scores: 3-0, 0-3, 3-2, 3-2
• (2) Michael Smith (96.93) 2-3 (96.90) Kevin Doets
  Set scores: 3-0, 1-3, 3-0, 0-3, 4-6
• (31) Krysztof Ratajski (95.32) 3-1 (96.39) Alexis Toylo
  Set scores: 3-1, 3-2, 2-3, 3-1
• (15) Chris Dobey (95.62) 3-1 (90.54) Alexander Merkx
  Set scores: 3-1, 3-0, 0-3, 3-1
• (18) Josh Rock (87.13) 3-0 (85.99) Rhys Griffin
  Set scores: 3-0, 3-2, 3-0
• (7) Jonny Clayton (92.45) 3-2 (84.26) Mickey Mansell
  Set scores: 2-3, 3-0, 3-0, 1-3, 6-5
• (26) Daryl Gurney (98.31) 3-2 (96.44) Florian Hempel
  Set scores: 1-3, 3-1, 0-3, 3-2, 3-1
• (10) Gerwyn Price (91.32) 3-0 (86.81) Keane Barry
  Set scores: 3-0, 3-1, 3-1
• (23) Joe Cullen (98.18) 3-0 (98.01) Wessel Nijman
  Set scores: 3–1, 3–2, 3–1
• (3) Michael van Gerwen (94.85) 3-0 (89.32) James Hurrell
  Set scores: 3-1, 3-1, 3-1
• (30) Brendan Dolan (92.02) 3-0 (83.20) Lok Yin Lee
  Set Scores: 3-2, 3-0, 3-1
• (14) Gary Anderson (92.51) 0-3 (95.56) Jeffrey de Graaf
  Set scores: 1–3, 0–3, 2–3
• (19) Ross Smith (89.79) 0-3 (91.07) Paolo Nebrida
  Set scores: 2-3, 2-3, 2-3
• (6) Dave Chisnall (95.54) 2-3 (94.30) Ricky Evans
  Set scores: 3-1, 2-3, 1-3, 3-0, 5-6
• (27) Gabriel Clemens (92.39) 1-3 (98.97) Robert Owen
  Set scores: 2-3, 0-3, 3-1, 1-3
• (11) Dimitri Van den Bergh (96) 3-0 (95.02) Dylan Slevin
  Set scores: 3–2, 3–2, 3–2
• (22) Martin Schindler (89.37) 0-3 (91.05) Callan Rydz
  Set scores: 2-3, 1-3, 0-3

ROUND ONE

• Thibault Tricole (80.61) 3-1 (81.25) Joe Comito
  Set scores: 3-1, 3-2, 2-3, 3-2
• Nick Kenny (87.66) 3-0 (87.26) Stowe Buntz
  Set scores: 3-1, 3-2, 3-1
• Jermaine Wattimena (98.54) 3-0 (92.95) Stefan Bellmont
  Set scores: 3-1, 3-1, 3-2
• Wesley Plaisier (82.56) v (79.23) Ryusei Azemoto
  Set scores: 1-3, 3-2, 1-3, 3-1, 3-0
• Alan Soutar (84.19) 1-3 (89.10) Kai Gotthardt
  Set scores: 3-2, 1-3, 0-3, 2-3
• Madars Razma (90.65) 3-1 (94.9) Christian Kist
  Set scores: 2-3, 3-1, 3-1, 3-2
• Connor Scutt (101.92) 3-0 (82.64) Ben Robb
  Set scores: 3-0, 3-1, 3-0
• Luke Woodhouse (94.38) 3-0 (81.11) Lourence Ilagan
  Set scores: 3-0, 3-0, 3-2
• Ryan Meikle (83.53) 3-2 (81.81) Fallon Sherrock
  Set scores: 0-3, 3-0, 3-0, 2-3, 3-1
• Ian White W/O v Sandro Eric Sosing
• Ryan Joyce (92.97) 3-1 (89.62) Darius Labanauskas
  Set scores: 3-0, 0-3, 3-1, 3-1
• Mensur Suljovic (88.44) 2-3 (93.31) Matt Campbell
  Set scores: 2-3, 3-2, 0-3, 3-2, 0-3
• Scott Williams (96.24) v (98.92) Niko Springer
  Set scores: 0-3, 3-1, 3-1, 3-2
• Ricardo Pietreczko (88.68) 3-0 (84.03) Zong Xiao Chen
  Set scores: 3-0, 3-2, 3-1
• Cameron Menzies (83.77) 1-3 (82.96) Leonard Gates
  Set scores: 0-3, 3-2, 0-3, 2-3
• Martin Lukeman (86.66) 3-1 (85.77) Nitin Kumar
  Set scores: 2-3, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1
• Kevin Doets (88.13) 3-1 (87.02) Noa-Lynn van Leuven
  Set scores: 1-3, 3-1, 3-1, 3-2
• Richard Veenstra (86.00) 0-3 (86.03) Alexis Toylo
  Set scores: 2-3, 2-3, 2-3
• Stephen Burton (75.63) 0-3 (78.41) Alexander Merkx
  Set scores: 1-3, 1-3, 2-3
• Karel Sedlacek (82.58) 0-3 (91.10) Rhys Griffin
  Set scores: 2-3, 2-3, 0-3
• Mickey Mansell (81.34) 3-1 (82.22) Tomoya Goto
  Set scores: 3-1, 3-2, 2-3, 3-2
• Florian Hempel (92.73) 3-1 (94.36) Jeffrey De Zwaan
  Set scores: 3-1, 3-0, 1-3, 3-1
• Kim Huybrechts (96.92) 1-3 (94.97) Keane Barry
  Set scores: 3-2, 2-3, 1-3, 1-3
• Wessel Nijman (94.83) 3-2 (95.90) Cameron Carolissen
  Set scores: 3-0, 3-2, 0-3, 2-3, 3-2
• James Hurrell (88.75) 3-0 (79.17) Jim Long
  Set scores: 3-0, 3-1, 3-0
• Chris Landman (80.71) 1-3 (84.40) Lok Yin Lee
  Set scores: 3-2, 0-3, 0-3, 0-3
• Jeffrey de Graaf (92.30) 3-1 (82.88) Rashad Sweeting
  Set scores: 1-3, 3-2, 3-0, 3-1
• Jim Williams (94.10) 2-3 (86.63) Paolo Nebrida
  Set scores: 2-3, 3-1, 1-3, 3-0, 2-3
• Ricky Evans (86.23) 3-2 (87.57) Gordon Mathews
  Set scores: 3-1, 0-3, 3-1, 1-3, 3-1
• Niels Zonneveld (93.19) 1-3 (91.64) Robert Owen
  Set scores: 3-0, 2-3, 1-3, 2-3
• William O'Connor (85.92) 1-3 (86.35) Dylan Slevin
  Set scores: 3-2, 3-1, 1-3, 3-2
• Callan Rydz (107.06) 3-0 (97.92) Romeo Grbavac
  Set scores: 3-0, 3-1, 3-1

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