Luke Littler Faces Whopping £622,575 Tax Bill After Winning 2025 World Darts Championship

Luke Littler will have to pay a hefty tax tax bill after making over £1.5 million in his first year as a professional darts player. This comes after winning the 2025 World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace at the beginning of 2025.

How Much Did ‘The Nuke’ Make In His Debut Year?

Luke Littler took the darting world by storm a little over a year ago, and has since earned over £1.5 million in prize money.

Not only that, but he is now world champion as well as being ranked second in the PDC Order of Merit after his debut year as a professional darts player.

Winning the Grand Slam of Darts in November 2024 meant that ‘The Nuke’ won his first TV-ranked major title at just 17-years-old. This highlights the progress he has made since appearing at the 2024 World Darts Championship as an unknown youngster with nothing but a dream.

Littler of course lost in the final of the worlds that year to best UK betting sites.

Despite losing in the 2024 final last time out, Littler still made a huge profit from the competition – picking up £200,000 in his defeat to ‘Coolhand’.

Using the momentum from the 2024 World Darts Championship, Littler stunned darts fans by winning the PDC Premier League Darts, earning £315,000 in the process.

The PDC Premier League ran for 16-weeks, with Littler winning £40,000 on route to the final and the £275,000 prize money for winning the entire competition.

Several Wins In 2024 Added To Littler’s Prize Pot

Throughout the course of the year, Luke Littler impressed at a variety of tournaments and earned £91,000 from the European Tour and £71,500 from the Players Championship respectively.

Not only that but Littler also picked up nice sums of money from additional competitions, earning £80,000 from the World Series of Darts, £15,000 from the UK Open, £10,000 from World Matchplay and a further £7,500 from the World Grand Prix.

The teenage darting sensation turns 18 in February, with his almightily successful 2024 now behind him. Despite Luke Humphries still being world number one, it is Littler who will go into almost every tournament in 2025 as the outright favourite with the best UK betting apps.

Going back to his year in 2024, the Players Championship Finals in Minehead brought Luke Littler another £63,000 (£60k for finishing second and £3,000 for competing). All in all, ‘The Nuke’ has made an insane amount of money in such a short space of time.

Although he remains behind Humphries in the PDC Order of Merit, you wouldn’t put it past him from rising to number one in the next 12 months, perhaps even becoming the furst player to hit £2 million in the rankings in the process.

Luke Littler Total Prize Money 2024

Getting into specifics, the teenager won a total of £1,083,500 when combining his prize money from all of his events in 2024. This doesn’t include the £500,000 he pocketed for winning the 2025 World Darts Championship.

All in all, Luke Littler earned a total of £1,083,500 in the year 2024. That is a staggering amount of money for someone who is only 17-years-old and who only really began their darting journey right at the end of 2023.

He is a freak of nature, a darting phenomenon. There simply aren’t enough superlatives and adjectives to describe just how incredible ‘The Nuke’ really is.

Given his success on the dart board, Luke Littler’s net worth has catapulted to around £5 million in little over a year. This just goes to show how much money there is in darts at the very top level if you are good enough.

Alongside all of this, Littler is now the most followed darts player in the world, becoming the first man to accumulate over one million followers on social media platform Instagram.

See below a table of Littler’s 10 biggest paydays in darts, which includes his famous Sid Waddell Trophy triumph at the 2025 World Darts Championship as well as plenty of others too.

Luke Littler Prize Money – Top 10 Biggest Paydays:

Luke Littler winnings info per Darts Orakel

How Much Will Luke Littler Pay In Tax For 2024 Darts Prize Money Winnings?

After finishing as a runner-up at the World Darts Championship in 2024, Littler’s £200,000 prize money was taxed by 45% – so we have looked into how much tax Luke Littler will pay after his first year as a pro.

As this came in last year’s tax window, then it will not be counted towards his payment this year – which will be substantially higher.

As previously mentioned, Littler has made around £1,583,500 in prize money since his professional debut meaning he will be taxed by 45%.

Taking away the £200,000 leaves Littler on £1,383,500 and this means the 17-year-old will have to pay approximately £622,575 in tax – meaning Luke Littler will take home around £760,925 in his first full financial year as a professional darts player.

These earnings of course don’t take into consideration Littler’s huge endorsement and sponsorship deals with various global brands.

The likes of Target Darts, Xbox, Prestige Building Supplies Ltd, boohooMAN, KP Nuts and Fan Cave Memorabilia all sponsor ‘The Nuke’ in endorsement deals said to be worth another six-figures at least.

Luke Littler Tax Payment After 2025 World Darts Championship Victory – £622,575

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