Luke Littler's staggering 2024 earnings after debut season at 17 years old
Luke Littler has had a ridiculous year, from being ranked 164th in the world in January to becoming the youngest ever player to win the Premier League Darts in May.
The 17-year-old darts sensation has gone on to secure ten senior PDC titles, which earned him the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award last month.
And as you can imagine, his earnings have seriously gone up throughout the year, and the month-by-month journey is quite incredible, as reported by Sporting Life.
January
Before the 2024 World Championship, the Warrington lad had earned just £2,500 in prize money.
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But by 3 January, he was awarded a whopping £200,000, finishing as runner-up to Luke Humphries.
February
After making his debut in the Premier League, he made a promising start on the PDC Pro Tour with a nine-dart finish in the opening Players Championship event of the season.
Nicknamed 'The Nuke', he became the youngest ever player to achieve a perfect leg against Michele Turetta.
Then in the final, he defeated Ryan Searle 8-7, averaging 109.64.
Littler was awarded £15,000 and £4,500 across the three other events he competed in.
March
His form continued in the at the UK Open with three consecutive wins against James Wade, Martin Schindler and Dave Chisnall.
The run to the quarter final earned him £15,000, before wining double that amount a week later on the European Tour.
Littler made it al the way to the Belgian Darts Open final against Rob Cross, winning 8-7 on the night.
He was subsequently won a further £10,000 by winning nine of the Premier League matches.
April
In April it only got better for Littler, who was awarded £30,000 for winning the Austrian Darts Open against Joe Cullen in the final
After reaching the top of the Premier League table, he earned a further £20,000 on top of that.
May
His biggest payday of the year came in May after defeating world champion Luke Humphries in the Premier League final.
The massive win saw him take home a whopping £275,000 in prize money.
June
In the summer, Littler picked up his second World Series event of the season in Poland, beating Rob Cross 8-3 in the final.
July
Then in July, the teenage sensation won his seventh title of the season at Players Championship 15 with a win over Wessel Nijman.
August
Sadly, his run of winning a title every month came to an end in August despite managing to reach the World Series final in Australia.
After losing out to Luke Humphries in the New Zealand semi finals, he win a total of £15,000.
September
Littler's stellar form continued and picked up a runners-up cheque of £12,000, before earning a mega £80,000 at the World Series of Darts Finals in Amsterdam by breezing past Michael Smith in the final.
Despite early exists from three other competitions, he was still awarded £10,500.
October
After averaging 110, 117, 111 and 107 in his four games at the Czech Darts Open, it wasn't his best month, but Littler still earned £13,000 for his semi-final run at Players Championship 24.
November
Littler became the youngest winner of a PDC ranked major at the Grand Slam of Darts and broke the £1m barrier in earnings.
He beat runner-up Martin Lukeman 16-3 in around 30 minutes and successfully lifted the Eric Bristow Trophy, earning £150,000 in the process.
His total earnings then went up to £1,018,750.
December
Last month, the teenager was given the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award, which topped off an incredible year.
Topics: Luke Littler, Sport, Money
Anish Vij