WARRINGTON’s Luke Littler’s remarkable 2025 continued with a thrilling 11-8 victory over Nathan Aspinall in the final at the Players Championship Finals in Minehead.
The win secured a sixth major ranking title this year for the 18‑year‑old world No. 1, as he added a first Players Championship Finals crown to his growing collection of trophies.
Littler has now claimed eight of the 10 PDC majors, with only the European Championship and World Masters remaining to enable him to become the first player in history to complete the full sweep.
Littler reached the tournament’s showpiece with an 11-8 win over Gerwyn Price in the semi-finals, while Aspinall secured his spot with a dominant 11-2 defeat of Jermaine Wattimena in their final-four meeting.
The final saw Littler storm ahead to take a 5-2 lead, but Aspinall continued to threaten and a brilliant fightback featured a 127 checkout on the way to closing in on the world No 1 to trail 9-8.
However, Littler remained calm and hit a checkout of 88 to secure the title.
Meanwhile, Littler hopes his world title defence won’t open with a clash against Beau Greaves.
The reigning champion starts his attempt for back-to-back crowns at Alexandra Palace from December 11 to January 3. He tops the list of 40 automatic qualifiers via the PDC Order of Merit. In a format change for 2025/26, every player enters at the first-round stage, with the top 32 seeds guaranteed to face opponents ranked 65-128 in the world.
This feeling never gets old❤️ players championship finals ticked off the list🫡 pic.twitter.com/oUc4ZS84e9
— Luke Littler (@LukeTheNuke180) November 23, 2025
🗣️ "I’m very proud to lift this trophy, and now it’s all eyes on the big one at the World Championship!" 👀
Luke Littler claimed his maiden Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals title with an 11-8 victory over Nathan Aspinall in Sunday’s showpiece at Minehead! 🏆
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) November 23, 2025
