Revealed: Who Luke Humphries wants to win the World Darts Championship as 'message' comes to light (and it's NOT Luke Littler!)
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Luke Humphries has revealed who he would like to succeed him as the winner of the World Darts Championship this month. The 29-year-old suffered a shock last-16 defeat by two-time winner Peter Wright at Alexandra Palace on Sunday. The world No 1 entered the tournament as favourite, while teenage sensation Luke Littler was also heavily tipped for success.
![[Teenage sensation Luke Littler progressed to the last-eight after a nail-biting win over Ryan Joyce]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/01/08/93639359-14241103-image-a-2_1735721810645.jpg)
But Humphries, who beat Littler in last year's final, is not backing the Warrington native, instead he's thrown his support behind his close Stephen Bunting, who stormed into the quarter-final after a 4-0 win over Luke Woodhouse. Humphries and Bunting are practice partners who often meet up to play each other in the build-up to competitions. After Bunting's triumph over Woodhouse, he revealed a touching message he received from Humphries.
![[Humphries had backed his close friend Stephen Bunting to go on and claim his first PDC World Darts Championship title]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/01/08/93639375-14241103-image-a-3_1735721831599.jpg)
'I spoke to him (Humphries) this morning,' said Bunting. 'He wished me luck and he said he would love to hand the crown over to me and give me his World Championship. So, that means a lot. Luke Humphries crashed out of the World Darts Championship after defeat by Peter Wright on Sunday.
Teenage sensation Luke Littler progressed to the last-eight after a nail-biting win over Ryan Joyce. Humphries had backed his close friend Stephen Bunting to go on and claim his first PDC World Darts Championship title. 'He is a massive friend of mine and we’ll continue to practice after this tournament. But, for now, I have put all friendships aside and make sure that I am 100 per cent and I know I can go all the way. It’s about doing it!'.
