Luke Littler into TOP 20 of PDC Order of Merit for first time as darts prodigy, 17, rakes in £364,500

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LUKE LITTLER is connected unreality 9 for yet different unthinkable reason.

A week aft clinching his ninth PDC title, the Warrington whizkid has surged into the PDC Order of Merit top 20 - aft conscionable 9 months.

Luke Littler has stormed into the apical 20 aft conscionable 9 months

Luke the Nuke, 17, has scooped £364,500 connected the circuit - and his latest accomplishment is adjacent much awesome than it mightiness sound.

That's due to the fact that the net database is based implicit 2 years, yet he's lone been at this level since a sensational tally to the World Championship final successful January.

Luke Humphries denied him past - and sits good wide successful the apical 20 connected £1.654million, with Michael Smith 2nd connected £1.06m.

But successful full Littler has won a akin sum to World No 1 Humphries.

Huge prizes similar the £275k apical prize for Premier League glory don't number successful the PDC list.

Nor bash the £40k Littler won each idiosyncratic nighttime connected his mode to the Prem play-offs - fto unsocial £80 for winning the World Series.

However, he's insisted money is not a main motivator amidst 1 of the astir astonishing debut years ever astatine the oche.

If it were, helium mightiness not person withdrawn from this weekend's Hungarian Darts Trophy astatine the eleventh hour.

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Mischievous fans wondered if his determination had thing to bash with his emotion of machine games... and the merchandise of EA FC 25.

Littler was just arsenic cheeky himself - replying to specified speculation on SportsBible Instagram with "What a coincidence" and a tongue-out emoji.

Watch classy Luke Littler observe arsenic hostile Michael Smith nets the Big Fish astatine World Series of Darts final

Fans loved that, with comments like "This is an elite response" and "He's conscionable 17, fto the antheral enjoy."

In truth, Littler mightiness beryllium refuelling up of a hectic wintertime docket - and much history-making stats.

He's good past 500 maximums successful 2024 - arsenic helium homes successful connected the record for immoderate 1 twelvemonth of 714 held by "Bully Boy" Smith.

Inside Littler's monolithic rise

LUKE LITTLER has taken the darts satellite by tempest since exploding onto the country astatine the PDC World Championship astatine the opening of the year.

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