Luke Littler defeated Luke Humphries 6-5 in the 14th night final in Leeds, scoring a hat-trick in the win on the night and securing a record-tying sixth win of the 2026 Premier League darts season.
Humphries, a Leeds United fan, was denied his own hat-trick in the process. He won at Leeds in 2024 and 2025, but this time he was denied a hat-trick after missing a match dart when he was leading 5-4.
Humphries bounced a dart at the top and Littler won the next leg in his place, equaling his night-time win record from 2025 and opening the door for him to extend his lead at the top.
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Luke Humphries was cheered loudly by the Leeds home crowd as he appeared on ‘I Predict a Riot’ on night 14 of Premier League Darts.
The two started the match by trading throw holds, with Humphries taking a nice 132 on the bullseye, but Littler responded with a whopping 146 checkout of his own to tie the match again.
After five more held throws and another quality match, Humphries broke to take a 5-4 lead. But Littler outplayed the match darts in the 10th leg, calmly scoring a 64 checkout before making a break throw on the 14-dart leg to secure yet another victory.
Mitigating the loss for Humphries is the fact that the three points earned from quarter-final and semi-final wins over Josh Locke and Stephen Bunting mean they can at least qualify for the final play-off spot with two weeks to go.
He is fourth on 19 points, one ahead of Michael van Gerwen, who lost to Littler in the quarter-finals.
Littler: Now you can beat your own record.
Luke Littler told Sky Sports:
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Luke Littler has set a new darts record by winning the Premier League on three consecutive nights.
“It was a very good night. With the exception of the first match (Gerwyn Price vs. Johnny Clayton), all the matches went down to the deciding final leg, so the crowd tonight definitely got their money’s worth!”
“I’m very happy with myself and I can now break my own records.
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Luke Humphries checked out 132, followed by Luke Littler with 146.
“It was decisive to see Luke miss the game and I jumped on it. But it was also a good game between us.
“I’ll try to win three nights in a row! I’m fine now. I just need to stay on top.”
Bunting misses golden opportunity and Humphrey goes to playoffs
Littler beat Van Gerwen and second-placed Creighton to reach the nightly final for the fifth year in a row.
Littler and Van Gerwen’s encounter began in somewhat comical fashion, with the pair contriving to miss a total of 21 darts in a double, and eventually regaining form. Littler scored an impressive 141 checkout in the fifth leg of the match.
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Luke Littler and Michael van Gerwen missed 21 darts in a double to win the first leg of the Premier League quarter-final at Leeds, with Littler pinning D1.
As for Humphries, Locke and Bunting missed a great chance to win in the semi-final, which was probably the match of the night, but he defeated Locke and Bunting and secured a final showdown between the world’s top two for the second week in a row.
Humphries averaged 106.68 points, breaking Bunting’s 180 mark six times and averaging over 105 points.
Seventh in the standings, ‘The Bullet’ didn’t have enough time to sneak a play-off spot, but they led 5-3 until Humphries lost two throws as he won the final three legs, including the deciding chance when Bunting sparred three match darts.
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Stephen Bunting missed three match darts against Luke Humphries in the Premier League semi-final on night 14.
This means that they are six points behind the defending champion in fourth place, with Jan van Veen in sixth place, three points behind, and Van Gerwen in fifth place, one point behind.
“Bunting has to kick himself,” said Sky Sports’ John Peart. “He had a real chance to play that well and stay at the top and put it together.
“That was a very costly mistake for Bunting. It was his last chance. If you watch him play, he will be very sorry.”
Van Veen lost to Bunting in the quarterfinals, and Price lost 6-2 to Creighton in the only game of the night that did not advance to the finals. He remains in third place with 21 points, three behind MVG.
The Rock are now officially ruled out of Final Night, sitting at the bottom of the table with eight points, but with just 10 points left and 11 points left until the playoffs.
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