Luke Littler's staggering net worth as 18-year-old wins World Darts Championship

Luke Littler has won a pretty penny after defending the World Darts Championship title he first won last year.

The 18-year-old has racked up 10 major titles in his career, and he's not even out of his teens yet, with the prize pot for winning the WDC rising to a nifty £1 million.

Of course, he'll only see a little over half of that as the rest will go to HMRC to be spent on various things, but it's still a lot of money for the adept dart thrower.

On top of his prize money for playing darts, Littler has secured a number of sponsorship deals.

Littler has reportedly racked up £3 million in prize money over his career, but his net worth could be even higher than that, given the various deals he's got going on.

That's his name on the trophy for a second time (Warren Little/Getty Images)

It's probably worth saying that net worth doesn't mean how much money he has in the bank, since a lot of his prize money goes on tax and he has presumably spent some of it at some point.

The value of various deals he's got going on also doesn't necessarily mean he's got that amount of cash on hand.

Nevertheless, WalesOnline suggests that Littler's net worth is somewhere in the region of £6.5 million, with all his winnings, earnings and deals combining to make him one of the most lucrative darts players around.

This is only the beginning for Littler, at least according to the man himself.

He's declared that he wants 'to dominate' darts following his second WDC title in a row and many other major accolades under his belt.

He's already worth quite a lot (Warren Little/Getty Images)

"It's what dreams are made of," Littler said of reaching three finals in three years and winning the two most recent ones.

"Nothing will ever beat a first world title - for anyone, in any sport, because that's the first time you've done it. But this was all about retaining it.

"To go back-to-back feels amazing. I want to dominate everything, I want to try to win everything."

He turns 19 later on this month, so he should have a long time at the top of the sport, while only Phil Taylor and Michael van Gerwen (who Littler beat last year to win his first WDC title) have more.

van Gerwen's total is within reach for Littler as the Dutchman has three titles and the teenager has two, but it'd be the work of a career to catch up to Taylor's tally of 14 titles and possibly even surpass it.