Luke Littler refused to agree that he’s the best darts player in the world despite his latest Premier League win.
The 17-year-old confirmed his spot in the play-offs on Thursday night with a 6-4 win in the final against Rob Cross on night 14.
His latest victory seems him continue his meteoric rise in darts, one that started by reaching the World Championship final in January.
Littler, despite his age, exudes calmness behind the oche and many believe that he’s the best in the business so early in his career.
However, the teenager played down the sentiment that he’s the best player in the world after his victory in Aberdeen.
Speaking to Sky Sports, he was asked: “If you say yes, it’s not arrogant, it’s not anything, do you feel like you’re the best player in the world right now?”
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“No,” Littler quickly replied with a smile on his face, and when asked if world no.1 Luke Humphries is, he shrugged and said: “I don’t know, not me.”
He then laughed before collecting his trophy, one that celebrates his third victory in his debut Premier League season.
Littler first faced Nathan Aspinall on the night and shushed an area of the crowd immediately after sealing his 6-5 win.
It remains to be seen as to what caused him to react this way but it certainly didn’t seem to distract him on the rest of the night.
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In the semi-final, he thrashed Michael Smith 6-1 to set up a showdown clash with Cross in which he emerged victorious.
Such a win keeps him top of the Premier League standings on 36 points, eight ahead of Humphries with two more nights to play.
Littler’s first win came on night nine in Belfast and he made it back-to-back victories a week later in Manchester.
He then triumphed in Liverpool last week and did so once again this time in Aberdeen, with Leeds and Sheffield the final stops before the play-offs in London.
