How Many 9 Darters Has Luke Littler Hit? After Latest Matchplay Checkout Against Josh Rock

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These days in the world of darts, it seems nine dart finishes are getting more common by the week – especially with Luke ‘The Nuke’ Littler as he fired in his latest in his World Matchplay semi-final win over Josh Rock. But, just what is the current Luke Littler 9 dart finish tally?

We tot-up all the ‘perfect finishes’ from the current world champion – since he hit his first back in July 2023.

How Many 9 Darters Has Luke Littler Thrown? 🎯

Of course, the Luke Littler 9 dart finish tally will be huge as he’s probably hit a stack in training.

But we are only interested in the ones in competition and after his latest against Josh Rock in the 2025 World Matchplay – the Luke Littler 9 dart finishes now stand at EIGHT.

Amazingly, in the most recent Littler 9 darter, Rock was ALSO on for one having hit two 180’s in the same leg – incredible.

However, Luke Littler was first to thrown in his nine-dart finish attempt and didn’t disappoint.

With many darts fans labelling as ‘the most perfect leg of darts EVER’. 

World Champion Littler went onto beat Rock 17-14 to make it to the 2025 World Matchplay final.

The Nuke faced 2007 winner James Wade in the final and after going 5-0, fought back to win 18-13 and winning his first Matchplay title.

Unfortunately there wasn’t another Luke Littler 9 darter in the final – so he remains on eight.

EVERY Luke Littler 9 Dart Finish: He’s Hit EIGHT to Date

Luke Littler, who boasts a £6m net worth now, first hit a nine-darter in 2023 against Rune van Damme in the PDC Youth/Development Tour in Leicester.

And his most recent was against Josh Rock in the 2025 PDC World Matchplay in Blackpool.

Date  Opponent Tournament
26th July 2025 Josh Rock World Matchplay 2025
20th March 2025 Michael van Gerwen Premier League 2025
11th March 2025 Adam Hunt Players Championship 2025
23rd May 2024 Luke Humphries Premier League 2024
10th March 2024 Rob Cross Belgian Darts Open 2024
12th February 2024 Michele Turetta Players Championships 2024
19th January 2024 Nathan Aspinall Bahrain Masters 2024
16th July 2023 Rune van Damme PDC Youth/Development Tour 2023

Note: The Luke Littler 9 dart finish stats are correct as 27th July 2025

Luke Littler Hit a ‘Perfect Finish’ Aged 14 (before turning pro)

There was another Luke Littler ‘perfect finish’ that was caught on camera.

What made this 9 darter even more incredible was Littler was aged just 14 at the time – when playing in the Junior Winmau MVG Masters in Gibraltar.

The First Televised 9-Dart Finish Was In 1984

You have to go back to 1984 to find the first-ever televised 9 dart finish – which achieved by John Lowe.

Lowe was playing Keith Deller in the MFI World Matchplay – hitting 3 xT20, 3xT20, T17, T18 and D18 – watch below,