The short answer · Estimate
About £4.5 million to £6.5 million
That is our estimate of Luke Littler’s net worth as of October 2026. Published estimates run from $6 million at Celebrity Net Worth, updated 27 July 2026 [2], to about £6.5 million at Unifresher in April 2026 [3]. Most of his money so far is prize money: the 2026 World Championship alone paid him £1,000,000 [11]. Littler has not published his finances, so every figure on this page is an estimate built from public sources.
Confidence: medium. Tournament prize money is published event by event [11][21], but his Target and other sponsorship payments are not, and only two published net worth estimates are available [2][3].
Luke Littler at a glance
Luke Littler is an English professional darts player, born in Warrington in 2007, who has been PDC world champion twice and is the world number one [1]. He became the youngest world champion in darts history at 17 years and 347 days [10].
| Full name | Luke Littler [1] |
|---|---|
| Nickname | The Nuke [1] |
| Born | 21 January 2007, Warrington, Cheshire, England [1] |
| Age | 19 (October 2026) [1] |
| Nationality | English [1] |
| Sport | Darts, Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) [1] |
| PDC Order of Merit | No. 1, £3,124,000 (4 October 2026) [4] |
| World titles | PDC World Champion 2025 and 2026 [1][10][11] |
| PDC titles | 14 major titles from 18 major finals; 30 PDC titles in all [1] |
| Sponsor and management | Target Darts, sponsor since he was 12 and his manager since October 2025 [1] |
How we estimate Luke Littler’s net worth
We estimate Luke Littler’s net worth by setting the two published estimates beside his tournament prize money, added up event by event, and then asking what each figure counts. None of these figures is official.
| Source | What it says | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Celebrity Net Worth [2] | Net worth $6 million | Last updated 27 July 2026 |
| Unifresher [3] | Net worth about £6.5 million; career prize money about £3.7 million | Updated 4 April 2026 |
| PDC Order of Merit (DartsRankings.com) [4] | £3,124,000 in ranking prize money over two years. This is prize money, not net worth | 4 October 2026 |
Our method
Two estimates. Celebrity Net Worth gives $6 million [2] and Unifresher about £6.5 million [3]. Both pages showed those figures on 4 October 2026 [2][3].
Prize money. Our sum of his 14 major titles and his 2024 world final is £3,700,000 before tax; each part is in the event table below with its own source [9][13][15][16][10][18][20][22][17][23][11][24][19][14][21]. The Order of Merit is lower, £3,124,000 on 4 October 2026 [4], because it counts only ranking events over the last two years [6]. Events drop off 104 weeks after they are played [4], and the Premier League, World Series of Darts events and the World Cup of Darts are unranked [6].
Live figures move. Celebrity Net Worth put his Order of Merit at £3,143,500 after the 2026 World Matchplay [2], and Dartsnews reported that the Matchplay win took him past £3 million [5]. The live table read £3,124,000 on 4 October 2026, during the World Grand Prix [4]. We use the live figure and date it.
Two prizes corrected. Celebrity Net Worth lists £200,000 for the 2025 Grand Slam of Darts and £150,000 for the 2025 World Grand Prix [2]. The event pages give £150,000 [17] and £120,000 [22] to the winner, so we use the event pages.
Sponsorship. His Target Darts deal is reported at up to £20 million over ten years from January 2026 [1], with potential earnings, bonuses and a percentage of product sales [3]. Most of it is paid over the ten years and depends on results and sales [1][3], so we do not count it as money he already has.
Costs. Prize money is paid before tax and management fees, so his net worth is lower than his gross winnings.
Our range. The low end is Celebrity Net Worth’s $6 million [2], which is roughly £4.5 million at about 75p to the dollar (our assumption; exchange rates move). The high end is Unifresher’s £6.5 million [3]. Unifresher’s figure came before he won the 2026 Premier League (£350,000) [14] and World Matchplay (£225,000) [21]. We have not raised the top for those prizes: they are gross, and no published estimate puts a higher figure on him.
We update this page when a new deal, sale or filing moves the range; the “updated” date changes only then. The same method is used for all our net worth estimates; read how we research.
Where Luke Littler’s money comes from
Luke Littler’s money comes from tournament prize money and from sponsorship, led by Target Darts [1]. Prize money is the part on public record, because each PDC event publishes its prize fund [11].
| Income stream | What is reported | Source |
|---|---|---|
| World Championship | £200,000 as runner-up in 2024 [9]; £500,000 as champion in 2025 [10]; £1,000,000 as champion in 2026 [11] | [9][10][11] |
| Other PDC majors | World Matchplay £200,000 (2025) and £225,000 (2026) [20][21]; Grand Slam of Darts £150,000 (2024 and 2025) [16][17]; UK Open £110,000 (2025) and £120,000 (2026) [18][19]; World Grand Prix £120,000 (2025) [22]; Players Championship Finals £120,000 (2025) [23]; World Masters £100,000 (2026) [24] | [20][21][16][17][18][19][22][23][24] |
| Unranked events | Premier League £275,000 (2024) and £350,000 (2026), plus £10,000 for each league night won [13][14]; World Series of Darts Finals £80,000 (2024) [15]; World Cup of Darts 2026, a £100,000 team prize shared with Luke Humphries [25]. None of these counts toward the Order of Merit [6] | [13][14][15][25][6] |
| Target Darts | Sponsor since he was 12; multi-year contract in February 2024; his manager from October 2025; ten-year deal from January 2026 reported at up to £20 million [1], including bonuses and a percentage of product sales [3] | [1][3] |
| Branded products | Signature darts, Nuke-branded dartboards and a children’s magnetic dartboard range, sold at Smyths Toys and Argos [3]. No sales figures published | [3] |
| Other partners | BoohooMAN (from February 2024, promoting the Motor Neurone Disease Association), Xbox and KP Nuts [1]; Paddy Power has also worked with him [3]. No deal values published | [1][3] |
The biggest single payment on record is the £1,000,000 for the 2026 World Championship [11]. Unifresher describes it as the first seven-figure cheque for winning a single darts tournament [3].
Sponsorship is the larger number on paper but the weaker one as evidence. The £20 million Target figure is a reported ceiling over ten years [1], and no yearly payment has been published by Target or by Littler.
Luke Littler’s PDC prize money, event by event
Luke Littler’s 14 PDC major titles and his 2024 world final paid £3,700,000 by our sum, before tax [9][13][15][16][10][18][20][22][17][23][11][24][19][14][21]. Each prize below comes from that event’s own Wikipedia page, so every figure can be checked on its own.
| Year | Event | Result | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | World Championship | Runner-up, lost 4-7 to Luke Humphries [9] | £200,000 [9] |
| 2024 | Premier League | Won, beat Luke Humphries 11-7 [13] | £275,000 [13] |
| 2024 | World Series of Darts Finals | Won, beat Michael Smith 11-4 [15] | £80,000 [15] |
| 2024 | Grand Slam of Darts | Won, beat Martin Lukeman 16-3 [16] | £150,000 [16] |
| 2025 | World Championship | Won, beat Michael van Gerwen 7-3 [10] | £500,000 [10] |
| 2025 | UK Open | Won, beat James Wade 11-2 [18] | £110,000 [18] |
| 2025 | World Matchplay | Won, beat James Wade 18-13 [20] | £200,000 [20] |
| 2025 | World Grand Prix | Won, beat Luke Humphries 6-1 [22] | £120,000 [22] |
| 2025 | Grand Slam of Darts | Won, beat Luke Humphries 16-11 [17] | £150,000 [17] |
| 2025 | Players Championship Finals | Won, beat Nathan Aspinall 11-8 [23] | £120,000 [23] |
| 2026 | World Championship | Won, beat Gian van Veen 7-1 [11] | £1,000,000 [11] |
| 2026 | World Masters | Won, beat Luke Humphries 6-5 [24] | £100,000 [24] |
| 2026 | UK Open | Won, beat James Wade 11-7 [19] | £120,000 [19] |
| 2026 | Premier League | Won, beat Luke Humphries 11-10 [14] | £350,000 [14] |
| 2026 | World Cup of Darts | Won with Luke Humphries for England, beat the Netherlands 10-5 [25] | £100,000 team prize, split not stated [25] |
| 2026 | World Matchplay | Won, beat Gerwyn Price 18-9 [21] | £225,000 [21] |
The world title cheque grew at the right time for him. It was £200,000 in 2010 and £500,000 by 2019 [7], still £500,000 when Peter Wright won in 2022 [8] and when Littler won in 2025 [10]. For 2026 the prize fund doubled to £5,000,000 and the winner’s prize to £1,000,000 [11]. Our sum for his two world titles is £1,500,000 [10][11].
The Premier League rose in the same way. The winner received £275,000 in 2024 [13] and £350,000 in 2026, when the prize fund went up to £1,250,000 [14].
Earnings timeline
Luke Littler’s earnings rose in three steps: a £200,000 world final at 16 in 2024 [9], a run of major titles through 2025, and a £1,000,000 world title plus a ten-year Target deal in January 2026 [11][1].
| Year | What happened |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Reaches the World Championship final at 16 and loses 4-7 to Luke Humphries, earning £200,000 [9]. Signs a multi-year Target contract and a BoohooMAN deal in February [1]. Wins the Premier League on debut on 23 May (£275,000) [13], the World Series of Darts Finals in September (£80,000) [15] and the Grand Slam of Darts in November (£150,000) [16]. |
| 2025 | Wins the World Championship 7-3 against Michael van Gerwen, aged 17 years and 347 days, for £500,000 [10]. Adds the UK Open (£110,000) [18], World Matchplay (£200,000) [20], World Grand Prix (£120,000) [22], Grand Slam of Darts (£150,000) [17] and Players Championship Finals (£120,000) [23]. Target becomes his manager in October [1]. |
| 2026 | Retains the world title 7-1 against Gian van Veen for £1,000,000 [11] and signs the ten-year Target deal in January [1]. Wins the World Masters (£100,000) [24], UK Open (£120,000) [19], Premier League (£350,000) [14], the World Cup of Darts with England [25] and the World Matchplay (£225,000) [21], which takes his Order of Merit past £3 million [5]. |
Property and assets reported
Luke Littler has no reported asset of his own with a published value; the one property reported is listed below and is not counted in our range [3].
| Asset | What is reported | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Five-bedroom house near Warrington | Reportedly bought for around £1 million and given to his parents. Not counted in our range | [3] |
What could change the number
The 2027 World Championship could change the number most: it runs from 11 December 2026 to 3 January 2027 at Alexandra Palace, with £1,000,000 to the winner from a £5,000,000 fund, and Littler is the defending champion [12]. In 2026 the runner-up received £400,000 [11].
The Target deal is the other big unknown. It is reported at up to £20 million over ten years [1], partly tied to bonuses and product sales [3]. If Target or Littler publishes what he is paid each year, we can count that money instead of leaving it out.
His Order of Merit will also move as old events drop off after 104 weeks and new ones are added; the 2026 World Grand Prix was being played on 4 October 2026 [4].
Related estimates on this site: Peter Wright’s net worth, Tommy Fury’s net worth and Michael Owen’s net worth.
Questions people ask
The questions below cover what Luke Littler is worth, how old he is, and how much his prize money and Target deal pay. Each answer is one or two sentences with its source.
What is Luke Littler’s net worth?
We estimate about £4.5 million to £6.5 million as of October 2026, built from Celebrity Net Worth’s $6 million [2] and Unifresher’s £6.5 million [3]. It is an estimate, not an official figure.
How much is Luke Littler worth in 2026?
The newest published estimate is $6 million, from Celebrity Net Worth’s page updated on 27 July 2026 [2]. Our range of £4.5 million to £6.5 million also takes in Unifresher’s April 2026 figure [3].
How old is Luke Littler?
He is 19, born on 21 January 2007 in Warrington, Cheshire [1].
How much prize money has Luke Littler won?
By our sum, his 14 major titles and his 2024 world final paid £3,700,000 before tax [9][13][15][16][10][18][20][22][17][23][11][24][19][14][21]. His Order of Merit, which counts only ranking events from the last two years, stood at £3,124,000 on 4 October 2026 [4].
How much did Luke Littler win at the World Championship?
£200,000 as runner-up in 2024 [9], £500,000 for his first title in 2025 [10] and £1,000,000 for his second in 2026 [11].
How much is Luke Littler’s Target deal worth?
It is reported at up to £20 million over ten years from January 2026 [1], including bonuses and a percentage of product sales [3]. It is not a single payment.
Sources
- Wikipedia, “Luke Littler”, read 4 October 2026, en.wikipedia.org.
- Celebrity Net Worth, “Luke Littler Net Worth”, last updated 27 July 2026, read 4 October 2026, www.celebritynetworth.com.
- Connor Steele, Unifresher, “Luke Littler net worth”, updated 4 April 2026, read 4 October 2026, unifresher.co.uk.
- DartsRankings.com, live PDC Order of Merit, as of 4 October 2026, www.dartsrankings.com.
- Kieran Wood, Dartsnews, “Year-to-Date Order of Merit: Luke Littler dominates 2026 prize-money ranking”, 6 August 2026, dartsnews.com.
- Wikipedia, “PDC Order of Merit”, read 4 October 2026, en.wikipedia.org.
- Wikipedia, “PDC World Darts Championship”, read 4 October 2026, en.wikipedia.org.
- Wikipedia, “2022 PDC World Darts Championship”, read 4 October 2026, en.wikipedia.org.
- Wikipedia, “2024 PDC World Darts Championship”, read 4 October 2026, en.wikipedia.org.
- Wikipedia, “2025 PDC World Darts Championship”, read 4 October 2026, en.wikipedia.org.
- Wikipedia, “2026 PDC World Darts Championship”, read 4 October 2026, en.wikipedia.org.
- Wikipedia, “2027 PDC World Darts Championship”, read 4 October 2026, en.wikipedia.org.
- Wikipedia, “2024 Premier League Darts”, read 4 October 2026, en.wikipedia.org.
- Wikipedia, “2026 Premier League Darts”, read 4 October 2026, en.wikipedia.org.
- Wikipedia, “2024 World Series of Darts Finals”, read 4 October 2026, en.wikipedia.org.
- Wikipedia, “2024 Grand Slam of Darts”, read 4 October 2026, en.wikipedia.org.
- Wikipedia, “2025 Grand Slam of Darts”, read 4 October 2026, en.wikipedia.org.
- Wikipedia, “2025 UK Open”, read 4 October 2026, en.wikipedia.org.
- Wikipedia, “2026 UK Open”, read 4 October 2026, en.wikipedia.org.
- Wikipedia, “2025 World Matchplay”, read 4 October 2026, en.wikipedia.org.
- Wikipedia, “2026 World Matchplay”, read 4 October 2026, en.wikipedia.org.
- Wikipedia, “2025 World Grand Prix (darts)”, read 4 October 2026, en.wikipedia.org.
- Wikipedia, “2025 Players Championship Finals”, read 4 October 2026, en.wikipedia.org.
- Wikipedia, “2026 PDC World Masters”, read 4 October 2026, en.wikipedia.org.
- Wikipedia, “2026 PDC World Cup of Darts”, read 4 October 2026, en.wikipedia.org.
