Luke Littler won the 2025 Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton, beating Luke Humphries 16–11 in the final on 16 November 2025. The defending champion retained the Eric Bristow Trophy and moved to the top of the PDC world rankings. This retrospective replaces a tournament preview with the actual final, route through the knockout stages and the meaning of Littler’s victory.
Grand Slam of Darts 2025: winner and match scores
| Round | Match | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Final | Luke Littler vs Luke Humphries | 16–11 |
| Semifinal | Luke Littler vs Danny Noppert | 16–9 |
| Semifinal | Luke Humphries vs Gerwyn Price | 16–13 |
| Quarterfinal | Luke Littler vs Josh Rock | 16–12 |
The knockout scores are recorded by the Professional Darts Players Association, including the final and both semifinals. The matches listed here form a selected path to the trophy, not a full list of all group-stage fixtures.
How did Littler win the final against Humphries?
The two English players met in a final played over a maximum of 31 legs, with 16 required for victory. Humphries kept the match competitive and led for portions of the contest. Littler turned it around with sustained scoring and important combination checkouts.
A particularly notable moment was a 160 checkout that put Littler 11–9 ahead. He continued to extend the advantage and completed the match with a 96 finish for a 16–11 victory. The final score shows the scale of the win; the match report adds useful context about the momentum shift.
The event is sometimes confused with other PDC tournaments featuring the same two rivals. The Grand Slam final was played in Wolverhampton in November; the World Grand Prix and World Championship have different dates and competition formats.
Littler’s path through the group stage and knockouts
Littler defeated Karel Sedláček, Connor Scutt and Daryl Gurney in group play. He then beat Wessel Nijman in the second round, recovered against Josh Rock in the quarterfinals and defeated Danny Noppert 16–9 in the semifinal.
The semifinal was important because a defeat would have ended his title defence. Humphries reached the final by defeating Gerwyn Price 16–13. Their meeting set up a direct contest between two of the era’s leading darts players, with the world ranking position also at stake.
What did the victory mean for the world rankings?
Winning the 2025 Grand Slam was part of a remarkable season for Littler. The result helped him become the youngest player to reach world number one at that point, overtaking Humphries. He also became one of the few players to retain the Grand Slam title in successive years. This is the historical status at the November 2025 event, not a claim about who leads the rankings today.
Where was the Grand Slam held and how did it work?
The tournament ran from 8 to 16 November 2025 at the WV Active Aldersley venue in Wolverhampton, England. The 32 competitors started in round-robin groups, after which qualifying players advanced to the knockout stages. Group games and knockout matches have different lengths, so a 5–3 group score should not be directly compared with a 16–11 final.
The tournament’s 2025 total prize fund was £650,000, according to the players association, with £150,000 allocated to the champion. Prize amounts for future editions should be checked separately and not treated as unchanged.
What happened to the original predictions and TV details?
The original article discussed expected contenders, live broadcasts and dates before the matches had been played. Such details can still be relevant to understanding expectations at the time, but they cannot replace verified results. The annual 2025 permalink remains available as a historic results archive instead of a current schedule or ticket guide.
Our German-language World Series of Darts Finals 2025 review covers another separate PDC competition. It should not be confused with the Grand Slam’s Wolverhampton results.
