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Luke Littler and Ronnie O’Sullivan agree on if 147 or nine-darter is tougher to realize


Luke Littler has provided his view on the age-old debate of whether or not a nine-dart leg in darts is a tougher feat than a 147 break in snooker, agreeing with Ronnie O’Sullivan’s evaluation

England's Luke Littler poses with the Sid Waddell Trophy after victory over Netherlands' Michael van Gerwen in the PDC World Darts Championship final, at Alexandra Palace in London on January 3, 2025. Luke Littler became darts' youngest world champion at just 17 after thrashing three-time winner Michael van Gerwen in front of an adoring home crowd at London's Alexandra Palace on Friday.
Luke Littler is in settlement with Ronnie O’Sullivan(Picture: BEN STANSALL/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)

Luke Littler agrees with Ronnie O’Sullivan {that a} 147 break in snooker is more difficult than attaining a nine-dart leg.

The 18-year-old, who celebrated his birthday on Tuesday (January 21), received the PDC World Darts Championship earlier this month by defeating Michael van Gerwen 7-3 at Alexandra Palace. Regardless of his success in darts, together with a number of nine-dart finishes final 12 months, Littler believes that the precision required for a 147 break in snooker is tougher.

“I believe it must be a 147,” he instructed BBC Sport. “I do not know the foundations of snooker. What’s it? You pot a pink ball, you pot a colored ball, and also you simply go time and again. It is actually onerous. I would say a 147 is quite a bit tougher.”

This viewpoint aligns with snooker legend O’Sullivan’s argument {that a} 147 break requires 4 instances as a lot work as a nine-dart leg. “The 147 should be tougher, I believe,” O’Sullivan instructed Eurosport in 2023.

“I believe what you guys do on a dartboard and the way in which you make it look really easy is simply unbelievable, so complete respect to you guys. Simply with the ability to make a 147 or a nine-darter is a superb achievement, however I are likely to agree – perhaps the 147 could be barely tougher, simply because it is 36 photographs and you have solely 9 to do. We’ve to do 4 instances the quantity of labor that you simply do.”

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - DECEMBER 20: Ronnie O'Sullivan of England plays a shot in the Semifinal match against Mark Allen of Northern Ireland on day three of 2024 Riyadh Season Snooker Championship at Boulevard City on December 20, 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ronnie O’Sullivan believes {that a} 147 break is way tougher than a nine-darter(Picture: Tai Chengzhe/VCG by way of Getty Photographs)

Regardless of sharing a sentiment just like that of the darts legend Raymond van Barneveld, O’Sullivan admitted that evaluating it as much as a hole-in-one could also be a harder contest. The stats would counsel the opposite, with 210 recognised max snooker breaks surpassing the 96 televised nine-darters.

Nonetheless, the bar has been raised in each sports activities. Whereas the Nineteen Eighties noticed a mere eight 147s, that quantity has rocketed to 55 since 2020.

Darts has mirrored this explosive development; from simply a few nine-dart finishes earlier than 2001, 42 have dazzled audiences because the flip of the last decade.

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