Luke Littler walks away from debut season in World Series as No1 player despite Luke Humphries shock in New Zealand
LUKE LITTLER finished his debut season in the World Series as the top ranked player.
The teen sensation will go into the finals in Amsterdam next month as the No.1 seed.
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Littler, 17, lost to Gerwyn Price in the final of the Aussie Masters and then to Luke Humphries in the semis in New Zealand on Saturday.
But over the series, he has reached four finals in total, winning in Bahrain and Poland and also went all the way in Den Bosch.
In seven World Series tournaments, Littler managed to total a whopping 50 points for the World Series Order of Merit.
Behind Littler, Gerwyn Price finished in second place with 45 points.
The Iceman returned to form to win the Nordic Darts Masters and the Australian Darts Masters this season.
Furthermore, he was the losing finalist at the US Darts Masters.
Rob Cross captured third place with 38 points.
The ex-world champ got to lift the cup at the US Darts Masters, and finished second at the Nordic Darts Masters and Poland Darts Masters.
Luke Humphries rose to fourth in the World Series rankings by winning the New Zealand Darts Masters.
The world champ passed Michael van Gerwen, who remained in fifth place with 28 points.
MVG was missing from the two tournaments Down Under as he underwent jaw surgery after winning the Dutch Darts Masters in January.
The top eight on the World Series Order of Merit are automatically qualified for the World Series Finals.
This event will take place from Friday, September 13 to Sunday, September 15 at the AFAS Live in Amsterdam.
Inside Littler’s massive rise
LUKE LITTLER has taken the darts world by storm since exploding onto the scene at the PDC World Championship.
The Nuke reached the final on his Ally Pally debut at just 16 years of age – smashing records along the way.
He has since joined Jude Bellingham on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list.
And the teenage titan even had to snub an invite from the WWE.
The Sun exclusively revealed that Littler is plotting to create a fitness empire.
He is also cashing in away from the Oche thanks to an Instagram side hustle.
And he’s even the face of a brand new cereal.
The wonderkid has now cemented his place among the tungsten elite by winning the Premier League Darts final – and the £275k top prize.
Check out all of our latest Luke Littler stories.
