Luke Littler’s incredible 2025 continued with an 11-8 win over Nathan Aspinall in the final of the Players Championship Finals at Minehead.
The victory earned the 18-year-old world number one his sixth major ranking title of the year and added his first Players Championship final crown to his growing trophy collection.
Littler has now won eight of the ten PDC majors, with only the European Championships and World Masters remaining, making him the first player in history to complete an overall sweep.
Littler reached the showpiece of the tournament with an 11-8 win over Gerwyn Price in the semi-finals, while Aspinall secured his place with an 11-2 win over Jermaine Wattimena in the last four meetings.
Littler stormed into a 5-2 lead in the final, but Aspinall continued to threaten and produced a brilliant fightback to score 127 to trail the world number one 9-8.
But Littler kept his composure and scored 88 points to secure the title.
Littler: Just two people please go.
speak more ITV Sports: “It wasn’t easy to get to this final, but I’m proud to have crossed it off the list. There are now only two competitions (European Championships and World Masters) left (for a clean sweep).
“I know I’ve played well throughout the tournament and I’m glad I got the job done. At the beginning of my career I was just myself, but now I’m starting to show a bit more emotion and it’s paying off.
“I am very proud to have been able to lift this trophy. Now all eyes are on the biggest trophy at the World Championships.”
Littler collects trophies after winning his first Players Championship Finals title.
Aspinall: I’m back where I belong
Aspinall is speaking. ITV Sports: “This was a fantastic tournament, I got back into the top 16 where I belong, which was a big goal coming into the weekend.
“I always get amazing support here at Minehead, but I have to congratulate Luke, he’s amazing.
“As everyone knows, he is a good friend of mine. What he accomplished in this match was truly amazing. It was a pleasure to be on stage with him tonight.”
How did the semifinals go?
Littler beat Gerwyn Price 11-8 in the semifinals.
Littler advanced to the finals with a 10-5 win over Chris Dobey in the last eight on Sunday afternoon.
The 18-year-old posted a high match average of nearly 108, hit a maximum of 9, and defeated fifth seed Dobey. Dobey faded away in the later stages with more scoring and clinical finishing from the world champion.
The Welshman’s 10-6 win over Daryl Gurney was followed by a meeting with Price in the semi-finals.
Littler defeated Nathan Aspinall in the final.
Littler took a commanding 5-2 lead, but Price responded with a 114 checkout to keep the pressure and cut the deficit to 7-6 in an entertaining battle.
The world number one eventually dominated the competition and advanced to the finals with an average of 108.48 points.
Aspinall held off a fierce counterattack from Josh Rock to secure a 10-8 win in the quarter-finals, leading 5-1 before the Northern Irishman rallied to level at 8-8.
He then advanced to the final with a crushing win over Wattimena. This included a 10-dart leg to take a 5-1 lead.
Prior to the Players Championship final, Gian van Veen defended his World Youth Championship title with a 6–3 win over Beau Greaves.
evening session
semifinal
Gerwin Price 8-11 Luke Little
Nathan Aspinall 11-2 Jermaine Watimena
critical
Luke Littler 11-8 Nathan Aspinall
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