Littler Wins Third Straight Darts Night, Says He's Not Practising
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- Luke Littler made it three consecutive nightly Premier League Darts wins at Night 14 in Leeds, beating Luke Humphries 6-5 in the final to equal his own record of six nightly wins in the 2026 season
- Littler had been delayed in traffic and arrived at the venue less than an hour before his quarter-final against Michael van Gerwen, whom he still beat 6-5, before edging Jonny Clayton 6-5 in the semis
- Littler called a fifth-leg 141 checkout against Van Gerwen 'probably the biggest shot I've hit this year,' then backed himself in deciding legs against Humphries the same way he did the previous week in Aberdeen
- Littler told Sky Sports he is 'not really been practising' at home, saying he arrives, plays 'a few hours if that,' and produces on stage — and that his history of winning last-leg deciders is now 'in their heads'
- Littler brushed off crowd boos in Leeds, referencing the hostile reception in Rotterdam as the benchmark: 'nothing will ever top that. I think I can battle past anything now'
Why it matters: Littler is competing at the top of the Premier League while openly skipping practice, framing nightly wins as a mental rather than technical edge — a claim that matters because his next two weeks will determine whether he can break his own single-season nightly-wins record and pull clear of Humphries and Van Gerwen in the standings.
