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Luke Humphries explains incredible amount of money darts players make before even playing a game

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Published 15:17 23 Dec 2024 GMT

Luke Humphries explains incredible amount of money darts players make before even playing a game

The darts world number one revealed how much darts players make, even before getting in front of the board

Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair

Darts player Luke Humphries has revealed just how much you can make in the profession.

The sport continues to grow exponentially, with names like Luke Littler driving the popularity and fanfare around the game upwards.

Littler is ranked at just number four in the world, an impressive feat nonetheless, but what about the best in the game?

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Enter Luke Humphries.

Littler and Humphries are becoming the faces of British darts (Mike Marsland/Getty Images for Sky)
Littler and Humphries are becoming the faces of British darts (Mike Marsland/Getty Images for Sky)

The current world number one was the only player that got the best of Littler during his breakout 2024 PDC World Darts Championship run, where he went in with 66/1 odds and made the final, going viral in the process for his age.

There, he lost to Humphries 7-4, aged just 16 years and 347 days old, and has continued his upwards trajectory.

But as a world champion, Humphries has maintained his level and stayed at the top of the game, though the Brit lost out to Littler in the Premier League Darts final.

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Both are at the top of the game, with the former recently appearing on JaackMaate's Happy Hour podcast to reveal what money really looks like for a darts player.


Opening up by explaining that he had less risk when trying his hand at the sport, as he had savings, a job, and was working at home, he admitted that 'it all worked out so well' in the end.

Speaking about the first year of his career, where he played then world number two Rob Cross, Humphries admitted that he made £50k from that, adding: "That was a nice bit of lump sum in your bank again.

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"And then I did it again (the next year). Made the quarter finals again, another 50 grand, obviously winning money in between that as well," he recalled, saying it quickly adds up to six figures, taking away the pressure.

He then revealed how much he gets paid before stepping up to the board at all, saying that sponsors come in, explaining: "They're paying you like five, 10 grand for each sponsor, you're kind of getting £30/40,000 on your shirt before you've even thrown a dart!"

Humphries revealed that a lot of his income comes from sponsors (TikTok/JaackMaate)
Humphries revealed that a lot of his income comes from sponsors (TikTok/JaackMaate)

He went on: "This was like, seven years ago. That's already a year's salary, without winning anything!"

Humphries also described his first payment as 'bloody lovely', while sharing his thoughts on today's payments, calling it 'ridiculous' and 'silly money', adding: "When you see that half a million going from the worlds, that is like, 'whoa!'"

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At the speed that darts is growing, don't be too surprised if that number creeps closer to seven figures.

Featured Image Credit: TikTok/jaackmaate/Nathan Stirk/Getty Images

Topics: Money, TikTok, Sport, Luke Littler

Joshua Nair
Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair is a journalist at LADbible. Born in Malaysia and raised in Dubai, he has always been interested in writing about a range of subjects, from sports to trending pop culture news. After graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BA in Media, Journalism and Publishing, he got a job freelance writing for SPORTbible while working in marketing before landing a full-time role at LADbible. Unfortunately, he's unhealthily obsessed with Manchester United, which takes its toll on his mental and physical health. Daily.

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