Luke Littler Earns Huge Payday Despite Losing World Darts Championship Final
After beating the 2018 darts champion, Rob Cross, 16-year-old Luke Littler qualified for the long-awaited final game. It made him the youngest person to ever win this achievement. However, on January 3, he lost the final to Luke Humphries with a score of 7-4. Despite not getting the trophy, the young legend secured quite a payday.
Luke Littler’s Impressive Performance
Luke Littler was the surprise of the entire tournament and gained many new fans and followers thanks to his performance. Before participating Littler was ranked 164th in the world, yet he still managed to defeat his more experienced opponents to get to the final.

Apart from Rob Cross, Luke Littler competed against Christian Kist, Andrew Gilding, Matt Campbell, Brendan Dolan, and even his idol Raymond van Barneveld. Despite losing the final, the young man earned an impressive £200,000. That's not bad at all for a 16-year-old kid!