Luke Littler will debut in a new tournament come June (Image: Getty)
Luke Littler is all but certain to play for England at the 2025 PDC World Cup of Darts – alongside Ally Pally adversary Luke Humphries. With a world title, crown and Grand Slam already topping The Nuke’s rapidly-filling-up mantlepiece, Littler finds himself ranked No. 2 in the PDC.
Breathing down the neck of the money-defending Cool Hand, the 17-year-old no doubt has his eyes on being No. 1, but he’s already set to reap the rewards of his astronomical rankings rise come June.
The Nuke is set to partner Humphries in England’s World Cup of Darts doubles team – decided via the two highest-ranked players from each country on the PDC Order of Merit.
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Littler’s Ally Pally triumph has him currently sitting on over £1million in prize money rankings-wise. That’s nearly £500,000 more than the only man who could feasibly catch Littler (assuming he goes on an unlikely barren streak), Rob Cross.
This almost certainly means that with Humphries and Littler both sitting comfortably at the summit of the PDC, they’ll be the two Englishmen who’ll head to Frankfurt, aiming to defend the crown won by Cool Hand and the out-of-sorts Michael Smith in 2024.
“I cannot wait,” Litter stated when asked about the competition. “Last year, people didn’t know it was based on your ranking, and everyone was asking: ‘Why is Luke Littler not in the World Cup? I was like: ‘Because I’ve only just started my career.’
“But now, obviously, the major ranking money goes on to the rankings, and I think I’m pretty much in with Luke,” the teenage prodigy admitted.
Littler will almost certainly partner Humphries in Germany (Image: Getty)
A partnership of the Bully Boy – who has dropped out of the world’s top-16 on the back of his Ally Pally upset to Kevin Doets – and Humphries battled through France, Northern Ireland and Scotland to set up a final against tournament surprise Austria last time out.
The duo averaged over 100 in the showpiece to claim the crown – England’s first since 2016 when a pairing of Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis downed Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld.
England will be seeded No. 1 again for 2025’s renewal – as the seeds are calculated via the average rank of both players – and The Nuke will be keen to add another notch to his ever-growing belt.