Since his only WC nine-darter on 30 December 2012, Michael van Gerwen has unsuccessfully attempted a 3-dart finish for a perfect leg 29 times.

"The screaming crowd, the blazing lights, the whole of reality seemed to dissolve in front of Luke Littler. Suddenly, as if projected on a massive screen before him, appeared the words: 'LEVEL TWO'"

What MvG averaged in every six-leg period throughout all seven of his WC finals:

Littler in the tournament: 91% Littler in the 2024 season: 83% PDC average: 75%

Littler successfully completed all 18 of the 18 checkouts under 70 which he attempted in the final. MvG completed only 10 of 17.

Seven times leaving 170 is a record in a World Championship match. Luke Littler broke his own record: he set up 170 six times against Humphries in last year's final.

Legs won on throw % for all PDC WC winners in their victorious campaigns:

Hit twice, attempted four times: - Richard Veenstra hit D17 with his second attempt on a 34 checkout - William O'Connor missed D17 for a 154 checkout - MvG hit D17 to complete a 154 checkout

Three players have begun 25 WC legs with a score of 180 in a single tournament: 2025 Luke Littler (15.1% of all legs begun with 180) 2017 Gary Anderson (14.8%) 2021 Gerwyn Price (13.2%)

32% of 180s in the PDC are thrown by a player who goes on to lose the leg. About 15% of leg losers throw a 180. Of the top 32 players, Dimitri Van den Bergh's 2024 percentage of legs won after having thrown a 180 (63%) is the lowest.

The highest individual match OChE ratings of the 2025 World Championship: 78.61 - RYDZ vs Van den Bergh (R32) 78.32 - RYDZ vs Grbavac (R96) 76.58 - WRIGHT vs Humphries (R16) 75.90 - HUMPHRIES vs Kenny (R32) 73.72 - LITTLER vs Bunting (SF) 73.44 - LITTLER vs MvG (F)

The 5 best matches of the tournament, by combined OChE rating: 𝟔𝟗.𝟐𝟓𝟒 - Van Gerwen vs Rydz, QF 𝟔𝟗.𝟐𝟓𝟐 - Wright vs Humphries, R16 𝟔𝟖.𝟐𝟔 - Littler vs Bunting, SF 𝟔𝟕.𝟓𝟖 - Littler vs Joyce, R16 𝟔𝟕.𝟒𝟗 - Littler vs Van Gerwen, F

At his current rate, Littler will have earned as much from World Championships by age 22 as Phil Taylor did in his entire career, even after adjusting for inflation.