DARTS fans want to see Paul Lim take on Luke Littler after the veteran thrower’s sensational qualification for the PDC World Darts Championship.
‘The Singapore Slayer’ hasn’t featured at the World Championships since 2022.
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But he’ll be back at Ally Pally later this year after sealing his place in the top five of the PDC Asian Tour order of merit.
Darts fans were blown away by Lim’s reaching of the tournament and took to social media to express their amazement.
One wrote on X: “Made my day this.”
“Christmas just isn’t the same without seeing this legend on the telly.”
Another said: “Great news.”
And another said: “The world isn’t so bad after all.”
One remarked: Some boy.”
Another chimed in: “Some player, some legend of the game.”
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List of all-time Darts World Champions
BELOW is a list of darts world champions by year.
The list does not include winners from the pre-Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) era or BDO world champions.
That means Raymond van Barneveld, for example, is only listed once – Barney also won four BDO titles – and none of Eric Bristow’s five BDO titles are included.
- 1994 – Dennis Priestley
- 1995 – Phil Taylor
- 1996 – Phil Taylor (2)
- 1997 – Phil Taylor (3)
- 1998 – Phil Taylor (4)
- 1999 – Phil Taylor (5)
- 2000 – Phil Taylor (6)
- 2001 – Phil Taylor (7)
- 2002 – Phil Taylor (8)
- 2003 – John Part
- 2004 – Phil Taylor (9)
- 2005 – Phil Taylor (10)
- 2006 – Phil Taylor (11)
- 2007 – Raymond van Barneveld
- 2008 – John Part (2)
- 2009 – Phil Taylor (12)
- 2010 – Phil Taylor (13)
- 2011 – Adrian Lewis
- 2012 – Adrian Lewis (2)
- 2013 – Phil Taylor (14)
- 2014 – Michael van Gerwen
- 2015 – Gary Anderson
- 2016 – Gary Anderson (2)
- 2017 – Michael van Gerwen (2)
- 2018 – Rob Cross
- 2019 – Michael van Gerwen (3)
- 2020 – Peter Wright
- 2021 – Gerwyn Price
- 2022 – Peter Wright (2)
- 2023 – Michael Smith
- 2024 – Luke Humphries
- 2025 – Luke Littler
Most World Titles
- 14 – Phil Taylor
- 3 – Michael van Gerwen
- 2 – John Part, Adrian Lewis, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright
- 1 – Dennis Priestley, Raymond van Barneveld, Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Luke Humphries, Luke Littler
Some also revealed their hopes to see Lim take on defending world champion Littler.
One said: “We need and deserve Littler vs Lim for all the marbles.”
And another said: ” Luke Littler vs Paul Lim opening night of the worlds, anyone?”
Lim will compete in the winter tournament at the ripe old age of 71.
That will make him the OLDEST-EVER player to compete in darts’ showpiece competition.
Lim, however, already bagged that record three years ago with his last appearance at Ally Pally.
Lim – who famously hit a nine-darter at Ally Pally in 1990 – has well and truly rolled back the years in 2025, winning two titles on the Asian Tour.
