LUKE LITTLER has smashed his own personal best average in a dominating win over Damon Heta.
The world champion, 18, cruised to a 6-1 victory in the quarter finals of the Players Championship on Tuesday.
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Littler averaged an outrageous 122.96 over seven legs against the Australian.
It was The Nuke’s personal best average in any PDC contest since making his debut two years ago.
And he fell just agonisingly short of the world record, currently held by Peter Wright.
Snakebite holds the world’s best televised average after posting 123.53 against Krzysztof Ratajski in 2019.
Littler was just over 0.5 points away from matching Wright’s feat in Tuesday’s win.
He hit six 180s over seven legs, with a high checkout of 81.
The teenager’s worst leg was a 13-darter and he found six of his nine attempts at doubles.
Littler’s outrageous form has seen him win a remarkable 19 straight matches.
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He has won back-to-back Premier League events, lifted the UK Open title and defended his Belgian Open crown all in the space of three weeks.
One fan gasped on X after Littler’s performance: “Scary run of form he is on right now.”
Another said: “This guy is gonna destroy the sport. Next X years he will be dominating too much.”
While a third added: “He’s genuinely so much better this year than he was last year. How’s that possible?”
And a fourth commented: “Best player in the world by some distance now.”
Littler’s crazy average comes just hours after he hit a nine-darter against Adam Hunt in round two.
It was the fifth perfect leg of Littler’s professional career as he hit 180, 180, 141 going the standard route for perfection.
Inside Littler’s massive rise
LUKE LITTLER has taken the darts world by storm since exploding onto the scene at the PDC World Championship at the beginning of the year.
And The Nuke admitted earlier this month he is determined to supplant Luke Humphries as the reigning World No. 1.
Following his UK Open win, Littler said: “At the World Championship, Luke Humphries will be defending a hell of a lot of money.
“And if he doesn’t defend it, that could be my chance to shoot up to No.1.
“Obviously if I play him in any of these ranking events, I want to stop him from adding to his prize money or defending it. I think No.1 is in sight now.
“It’s another free year. I’m not defending anything. I want to add on and add on prize money to become world No.1.”
