Darts results: Luke Littler wins his eighth title of his debut season at the World Series of Darts Finals in Amsterdam

By Chris Hammer

Darts

Mon September 16, 2024 · 3M ago

Luke Littler cruised to eighth title of his debut season in emphatic fashion at the World Series of Darts Finals by thrashing Michael Smith 11-4 in Amsterdam.

Since taking the sporting world by storm with his run to the World Championship final back in January, the 17-year-old has already proved why he was dubbed a 'generational talent' by picking up eight titles in just nine months as a PDC pro including the lucrative Premier League with victory over Luke Humphries.

Of his astonishing trophy haul - which is more than many professionals earn in their entire career - four have been on the televised stages and this latest triumph in front of a packed crowd at the AFAS Live in Amsterdam sends out another ominous warning to his rivals ahead of the busy winter of majors.

🤯 Luke Littler's debut PDC season so far! There's a lot of darts players who'd be happy with all this in an entire career pic.twitter.com/P04FZvwiU9
— Chris Hammer (@ChrisHammer180) September 15, 2024

Incredibly, Littler has managed to pick up a title in every month of the season except August, when he still reached one of his 10 finals overall in 2024, while it was also the fourth time he'd marked a tournament debut with success.

To land the £80,000 winners' cheque, Littler beat Ross Smith 6-5 (103.3 average), Raymond van Barneveld 6-4 (102.24), Chris Dobey 10-7 (102.91) in a match that he hit 10 of the 19 180s and Michael van Gerwen 11-4 (107.95) before dismantling Smith 11-4 (102.85).

Overall he averaged around 103.79 for the tournament and hit an astonishing 34 maximums in 68 legs (0.50 per leg) and 40% on his doubles.

Luke Littler's reaction to Michael Smith's 170 checkout 😃🎣pic.twitter.com/Q2oD6H9N7j
— Chris Hammer (@ChrisHammer180) September 15, 2024

Littler, who also enjoyed Smith's 170 checkout in the penultimate leg, said: "I'm just happy to be stood here with the trophy at the end of a long day. I felt relaxed tonight and I played really well across the whole weekend.

"This time last year I was playing on the Development Tour; my name was getting mentioned but at the World Championship every knew who I was.

"I'm going to keep building on this and winning more; it's a busy schedule coming up and I'm ready for it."

LUKE LITTLER IS THE WORLD SERIES FINALS CHAMPION! 🏆

Luke Littler wins the World Series of Darts Finals, beating Michael Smith 11-4, averaging 102.21 on his way to victory!

📺 https://t.co/5akEYy0Wln #WSFinals pic.twitter.com/tAlSnhT3Y3
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) September 15, 2024

"I just didn't do anything in the final," Smith admitted. "It never happened for me, but I was lucky to be in the final.

"It's another runner-up trophy, which I've collected quite a few of over the years. But this weekend puts me in good stead; I've had a bit of time off and now I'm ready to get back practicing hard for the rest of the year."

Luke Littler's frightening stats at the World Series of Darts. Thats how you make the most of surviving match darts in the opening round... pic.twitter.com/Vkt188xaTm
— Chris Hammer (@ChrisHammer180) September 15, 2024

Luke Littler's titles in 2024

* denotes televised

Bahrain Darts Masters * (World Series, January)
Luke Littler 8-5 Michael van Gerwen
Littler's World Series debut and also hit a nine-darter in the event
Players Championship 1 (ProTour, February)
Luke Littler 8-7 Ryan Searle
Littler's ProTour debut and also hit a nine-darter in the event
Belgian Darts Open (European Tour, March)
Luke Littler 8-7 Rob Cross
Littler's European Tour debut and also hit a nine-darter in the final
Austrian Darts Open (European Tour, April)
Luke Littler 8-4 Joe Cullen
Premier League Darts * (PDC Major, May)
Luke Littler 11-7 Luke Humphries
Littler's Premier League debut and also hit a nine-darter in the final
Poland Darts Masters * (World Series, June)
Luke Littler 8-3 Rob Cross
Players Championship 15 (ProTour, July)
Luke Littler 8-6 Wessel Nijman
World Series of Darts Finals * (World Series, September)
Luke Littler 11-4 Michael Smith
Luke Littler's World Series of Darts Finals debut

🤯 The stats behind how Luke Littler has won eight titles in the first nine months of his debut PDC season. Staggering... pic.twitter.com/fmP42ZrT7t
— Chris Hammer (@ChrisHammer180) September 16, 2024

A moment he is quickly getting used to... 🏆

Luke Littler lifts high the 2024 World Series of Darts Finals trophy!

How many more will he win this year? pic.twitter.com/EkbQUp0g06
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) September 15, 2024