Luke Littler burst onto the darts scene just under two years ago and has since become one of the most famous sportsmen in the country. But ahead of next month’s World Darts Championship, the teenage sensation declared: “I want to go back to my normal self”.

Littler grabbed the headlines at Alexandra Palace in 2023 as he reached the final of the Worlds as a 16-year-old, before losing to Luke Humphries. A year later, the youngster landed the Sid Waddell trophy at the second time of asking after thrashing Michael van Gerwen in the showpiece match. He clinched Premier League Darts silverware in 2024 and has also won a host of other titles during a feverish two years at the oche.

According to The Sun, Littler has banked an impressive £2.6million during his darts career.

And he told the publication: “It’s obviously been non-stop since I first came on to the Tour. And it’s not stopping any time soon with the schedule and stuff like that. So we’re always going to be playing week-in, week-out. I’m loving it at the minute.”

But the teenager then admitted: “I’ll say it a few times, I want to go back to my normal self. But I’ve been used to the fame and all that stuff for so long now, I think it’d be weird if I just isolated myself for a week or something. But yeah, it’s all a learning curve and I’ve been getting used to it.”

He added: “Life has changed, it’s definitely changed since that first Worlds, but performance-wise I’m not stopping any time soon.

“Well, I didn’t plan on doing all these amazing things, but it’s all come as one. It’s all thanks to myself, my sponsors, my family. Long may it continue.”

Littler has been in action at Butlins in Minehead this weekend in an attempt to taste glory on the final day of the Players Championship.

The talented ace defeated Jeffrey de Graaf, Ross Smith and Ricardo Pietreczko on Saturday to set up a quarter-final showdown with Chris Dobey.

And the Nuke overcame Dobey on Sunday afternoon as he took a step closer to claiming the main prize.

Gerwyn Price also booked his place in the semi-finals of the competition just before Littler took to the stage as he defeated Daryl Gurney. Meanwhile, Nathan Aspinall was due to face Josh Rock in the third quarter-final, with the last-eight matches rounded off by a clash between James Wade and Jermaine Wattimena.