Luke Littler included 4 former world champions when naming his darts Mount Rushmore.
‘The Nuke’ listed two of his present rivals when requested to call his prime 4 gamers of all-time.
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Amongst them was Michael van Gerwen, who Littler beat within the PDC World Darts Championship last final month.
In doing so, {the teenager} turned the game’s youngest ever world champion at simply 17.
Having since turned 18, Littler appeared on the Huw Ware podcast and mentioned the game’s biggest ever gamers.
Requested for his darts Mount Rushmore, he defined: “As a fan, clearly, Phil Taylor is on the prime. Michael van Gerwen is 2.
“Raymond van Barneveld is three. I’ll say Adrian Lewis. From what I’ve watched.”
The quartet have received a mixed 26 world titles between them, with Taylor successful 16 of them.
In the meantime, Van Barneveld has 5 to compatriot Van Gerwen’s three.
And Lewis, who’s presently with out a PDC Tour card, is a two-time world champion.
Jackpot introduced he was taking a break from the game in 2023 however is about to return to the oche on the MODUS Tremendous Sequence this yr.
The 40-year-old is a four-time PDC main winner with a European Championship and UK Open to go along with his two Alexandra Palace victories.
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As for Littler, he revealed how he celebrated turning 18 in January lower than three weeks after beating Van Gerwen to win the world title.
The teenager sensation added: “Excellent. Simply went bowling with my mates. Simply performed just a few video games of bowling, just a few video games of pool after which went dwelling. I pre-planned it.
“Clearly, it was a Tuesday, so it was a half-priced drinks.
“Per week earlier than, I went in to the ten pin and I mentioned, ‘can we get birthday at 8 o’clock?’ After which there was like two-end lanes.
“So I mentioned, ‘I would like the top two lanes for 8pm’. They sorted it out. We have been out of the way in which.”
Littler and Van Gerwen have already renewed their rivalry since assembly at Ally Pally.
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The pair confronted off within the quarter-finals at evening one of many Premier League Darts in Belfast final week.
Van Gerwen bought his revenge of their first conflict since Littler’s historic last victory.
The match was additionally his first as defending Premier League champion after lifting the trophy on debut final yr.
Littler may come up in opposition to Van Gerwen once more in Glasgow this Thursday if each gamers attain the semi-finals.