Littler's run of defeats and high averagespublished at 19:13 Greenwich Mean Time 13 February
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Since winning the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship last month at Alexandra Palace, Littler has not reached the final of any of the six tournaments he has played in.
Despite the series of exits since his world title win, in five of his defeats he has averaged 100 or more.
In four of those matches, he also averaged above 105, including a 113.91 losing average against Michael van Gerwen a week ago in Belfast.
- Bahrain Darts Masters quarter-final defeat to Gerwyn Price - 105.12 average
- Dutch Darts Masters semi-final defeat to Stephen Bunting - 107.59 average
- PDC World Masters quarter-final defeat to Jonny Clayton - 108.5 average
- Premier League quarter-final defeat to Michael van Gerwen - 113.91 average
- Players Championship 1 round of 32 defeat to Joe Cullen - 87.4 average
- Players Championship 2 quarter-final defeat to Gerwyn Price - 100.88 average