Warrington’s Luke Littler made it a hat-trick of nightly wins, claiming a record-equalling sixth of the 2026 Premier League Darts season as he beat Luke Humphries 6-5 in the final on Night 14 in Leeds.
Leeds United fan Humphries, in the process, was denied a hat-trick of his own as, having been victorious in 2024 and 2025 in Leeds, he was this time to be denied as he missed with a match dart when leading 5-4.
Humphries spurned a dart at tops, opening the door for Littler to instead claim victory on the next leg to equal his own nightly wins record from 2025 and further stretch his lead at the top of the table.
The pair traded holds of throw to kick off the match, before Humphries impressively took out 132 on the bullseye, only for Littler to respond with a whopping 146 checkout of his own to level proceedings again.
Five more holds of throw followed in a high-quality contest, before Humphries broke to lead 5-4. However, Littler survived his match dart in the 10th leg, cooly dispatched a 64 checkout before breaking throw with a 14-dart leg to ensure yet another nightly victory.
Littler said: “A very good night. Every game, apart from the first match [between Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton], went to a last-leg decider so the crowd definitely got their money’s worth tonight!
“I’m very happy with myself and now I can go on to break my own record.
“Seeing Luke miss for the match was crucial. I pounced on it. But it was another good game between us.
“I’ll take winning three nights in a row! I’m in the clear now and I just need to keep top spot.”
Littler made it through to a fifth-straight nightly final courtesy of victories over Van Gerwen and second-in-the-table Clayton.
Littler’s meeting with Van Gerwen had started in somewhat comical fashion as the pair contrived to miss 21 total darts at double before eventually finding their form – Littler landing an impressive 141 checkout in the fifth leg of the match.
