Luke Littler defends World Matchplay title, sweeps all PDC majors in 2026

Teenage dart sensation Luke Littler has left the darts world questioning if anyone will ever get near him again after winning the World Matchplay Darts on Sunday.

'The Nuke' stormed to victory in Blackpool, winning the competition for the second year in a row and defeating final opponent Gerwyn Price 18-9.

Littler being in total control at a darts competition is nothing new. He has won every PDC major title in 2026 so far, and his World Matchplay performance has made it very difficult to argue he is not head and shoulders above his competitors.

Debate: Is Littler the Most Dominant Sportsperson in the World?

His mind-blowing performances have sparked debate over where he ranks in the sporting world, leading Sky Sports' Love The Darts podcast pundits — former darts player Laura Turner and darts commentator Chris Murphy — to debate whether he is indeed the most dominant sportsperson in the world right now.

Chris Murphy's View

"It's a very difficult question, how do you measure dominance?" Murphy said. "Darts seems to have more majors than any other sport, if you're doing it on major titles, but then again if you just took the top four and made it fair, he wins what you might call the Grand Slam titles.

"He holds them all and he's on course to have a clean sweep of every title so of course he does. I think yes [he is the most dominant]."

Murphy then named two other sporting stars that come close to giving Littler a run for his money — tennis world No 1 Jannik Sinner and his golf equivalent, Scottie Scheffler — but concluded neither can touch him.

"Looking at other sports, we've mentioned tennis, Sinner maybe he's in the conversation," he said. "Scheffler in golf has been No 1 for a long time, but I don't think any of them get near Littler."

Laura Turner's View

Turner agreed, pointing out how rare it is to have two English people dominating a sport in both the men's and women's editions at the same time.

"It's very hard to say no [he isn't the most dominant] isn't it," Turner said. "From a women's darts point of view actually I think [Women's World Matchplay winner] Beau Greaves is unbelievably dominant, she's just picked up the Matchplay in Blackpool. She won 17 out of the 24 titles available in that qualification process as well.

"She's been on a run of 114 consecutive wins, it took Fallon [Sherrock] at a 102 average just to stop that run. Beau is very dominant.

"In darts at the moment I personally think we're very lucky, I know Beau is on the Pro Tour as well. I can't think of another sport where at this moment in time, anyone that is dominating in the way they are."

Does Littler Edge Taylor as Darts' Greatest?

While Turner and Murphy have been wowed by Littler this month, they believe the teenager still has a while to go until he can call himself darts' greatest ever.

Asked if he is the best darts player to ever do it, Murphy replied: "No, and this is where I think we need to zoom out a little bit. Potential to be the greatest? Possibly, but I don't think it's especially close yet to be honest."

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