NORMALLY a ton might be nothing special to Luke Littler.
After all, the darts whizkid is the king of the 180s and blitzing records left, right and bullseye.
But now the 17-year-old is one win away from what, even by his standards, would be a remarkable century.
And Luke the Nuke is fancied to reach the mark this weekend at the World Series of Darts Finals in Amsterdam.
The youngest ever World Championship finalist heads off to the Netherlands on 99 PDC Tour wins.
His Amsterdam opener is against World No10 Ross Smith – a tough prospect but Littler will of course be firm favourite.
The Nuke’s tally of Tour victories is clear of his rivals by an astonishingly-wide margin.
PDC king and world No1 Luke Humphries is second on the list, way back on 79 triumphs.
Scotland’s Cameron Menzies has 78, ahead of three-time world champ Michael van Gerwen with 77 and Littler’s next opponent Smith on 67.
The teen ace is also closing on other landmark stats.
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Littler is already well past 500 maximums for the season.
At this rate, he’s odds-on to pass the best-ever total of 180s for a single year – 714 by Michael Smith.
PDC stats guru Christopher Kempf pointed out Littler was the fastest in history to 500 – thanks to a record haul of 31 in one event at the German Darts Championship a fortnight ago.
It all means the Nuke ending 2024 on a bull’s high seems guaranteed.
And remember, he might still be years away from his peak!
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.
The Nuke reached the final on his Ally Pally debut at just 16 years of age – smashing records along the way.
He has then gone on to win a host of PDC events and the Premier League title – which he claimed at the O2 Arena by beating world champion Luke Humphries in May.
He also finished his first season in the World Series as the No1 ranked player.
He has joined Jude Bellingham on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list.
And the teenage titan even had to snub an invite from the WWE.
The Sun exclusively revealed that Littler is plotting to create a fitness empire.
He is also cashing in away from the Oche thanks to an Instagram side hustle.
And he’s even the face of a brand new cereal.
But he is newly single after splitting from girlfriend Eloise Milburn following a 10-month relationship.
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