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Luke Littler has been hailed as “the greatest darts player who has ever lived” by Luke Humphries after the 19-year-old clinched the World Masters title. Littler overcame Humphries 6-5 in an absorbing contest to add yet another trophy to his growing collection.

Littler recorded a 104.72 average and hit 13 maximums in Milton Keynes to claim his 11th major PDC title and the £100,000 prize. He thrashed Josh Rock in the quarter finals before narrowly beating Gerwyn Price 5-4 in the semi-final to reach the final.

The youngster is already the joint third most successful player in darts history, level with James Wade and behind only Michael van Gerwen (48) and Phil Taylor (79) in terms of titles won.

Littler only needs to win the European Championship to collect all of the PDC ranked titles, but Humphries has already bestowed on him a major title.

“You look back on the whole game. It's hard to pick holes in it. It's only the three at double top [he missed],” he told ITV. “That's the pressure he puts you under. He has shown that through class. He never folds under pressure. I think he's the greatest darts player who has ever lived.”

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Humphries actually averaged more than Littler, at 105.51, and led 5-4 before his opponent rallied to dominate the final two sets. “Going into the last break at 5-4 down I said to myself I have got nothing left, but I managed to dig deep,” Littler told ITV.

“I was fully focused and got the job done. It's definitely been weird and tough at times, but this is why we battle in every game and every leg. I've come out victorious. Me and Luke in the first major of the year and I'm sure it will continue throughout the year.”

Littler only just scraped into the final, with Price missing a match dart after the youngster missed 24 shots at a double. But Littler upped his game in the final, landing a 153 checkout and two 121 finishes to entertain the crowd at Arena MK.

“Of course I’m gutted not to win it, but you have to take the positives,” said Humphries. “I can go away this weekend and know that my game is in a good place again. It’s been a great tournament for me.”

Littler and Humphries are dominating the sport right now, but the younger player has certainly got the edge having claimed TV final victories over Humphries at the World Grand Prix and Grand Slam of Darts last season too.