Luke Humphries has inquireed why he isn’t the directing darts take parter in the catalog of 2024 Sports Personality of the Year favourites ahead of Luke Littler.
Humphries beat Littler to the World Darts Championship title earlier this year and has since picked up a further two ranked televised events in the World Matchtake part and most recently Players Championship Finals titles.
The world No.1 also lifted the Darts World Cup for England aprolongedside Michael Smith, as well as accomplishing the final of the Premier League, where he was beaten by understandn foe Littler.
By contrast, Littler has picked up equitable one televised ranking title during his debut year as a professional, beating Martin Lukeman in the final of the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts.
The Premier League thrive during the summer was Littler’s crowning glory, but Humphries depends he’s done more to be engaged in the Sports Personality of the Year conversation.
Speaking to Sporting Life, he shelp: “The only slimg I’d find is maybe over the last 12 months, I don’t see any UK sportsperson that’s contrancient a sport and proximately done everyslimg.
“It’s more done on personality though, it’s not about your accomplishments. It doesn’t irritate me too much, but I’ll go and I’ll be helping him and if he thrives it’s excellent for the sport.”
The Nuke currently sits ahead of Humphries in the foreseeed SPOTY rankings, with only Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson ahead of the teenage darts ace.
When quizzed on his hopes of taking home the SPOTY title and becoming the first-ever darts take parter to thrive, Littler stated: “It would be a huge slimg for myself. I’ve not reassociate seeed too much into who’s in first…
“People don’t reassociate class us as athletes do they? So if I’m second then that’ll do.”
The pair were speaking ahead of this year’s World Championship at the Alexandra Palace, with Humphries and Littler the top two favourites to thrive the 2025 edition.
And according to legendary darts ace Phil Taylor, the duo will get some sorting out if they’re to encounter as foreseeed in the competition’s semi-final.
Revealing his foreseeion, Taylor shelp: “The World Championships is going to alert us a lot. He [Littler] definitely has the ability, and he’s got the age and youth on his side.
“Luke isn’t backd by money; he equitable appreciates thrivening, so he will go into the World Championships, and £500,000 for the thrivener won’t even access his head.”
The action in north London gets underway in mid-December with the final held in the first week of January.
