Luke Littler has made Premier League Darts history by becoming the first player ever to win five nightly events in a single season.
The 18-year-old sensation defeated Michael van Gerwen 6-4 in a thrilling final in Birmingham on Night 13.
Littler's fifth victory of the campaign surpasses his own personal best of four from last season.
Despite a strong challenge from Van Gerwen, who opened with a break of throw, Littler fought back impressively.
Luke Littler made Premier League history on Thursday
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The teenager averaged 102.37 against MVG's 94.31 in the final, hitting two 180s and producing a 120 checkout along the way.
Van Gerwen started strongly, taking a 3-1 lead with clinical finishing including checkouts of 74 and 72.
Littler responded with a 120 checkout to pull back to 3-2 before capitalising on a missed opportunity from MVG to level at 3-3.
A high-quality 12-darter gave Littler a 4-3 advantage as the match intensified.
The Dutchman fought back to 4-4, but Littler's superior scoring power proved decisive.
Despite MVG's resilience, Littler closed out the match 6-4 with a confident finish on double 20.
The victory strengthens Littler's position while Van Gerwen, despite the defeat, boosted his play-off hopes after earlier eliminating rival Gerwyn Price.
Earlier in the night, Littler broke another record by scoring his 129th maximum of the season during his quarter-final against Stephen Bunting.
This remarkable feat surpassed the previous record of 128 maximum 180s in a single Premier League campaign - a benchmark Littler himself had set last term.
What makes this achievement even more impressive is that there are still four nights remaining in the season, including the final at London's O2 Arena.
Luke Littler beat Michael van Gerwen in the final on Premier League Night 13
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Littler's quarter-final against Bunting proved to be a tight contest, with the teenage star eventually prevailing 6-5 in a deciding leg.
He then defeated Nathan Aspinall in the semi-finals to set up the showdown with Van Gerwen.
Prior to the night's action, Bunting had spoken about Littler's impact on the sport.
"He's such a fantastic player, he's brought a new breath of fresh air to darts," Bunting said.
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"You can see it now with the demographic of the fans that are following our sport."
Bunting highlighted how Littler has inspired younger generations to take up darts.
"I did a Bullseye Maths session the other day and the teacher asked how many people had picked up darts, and this was a group between 8 and 9, and everyone apart from one person had picked up darts."
"It just goes to show how far our sport has come in such a little time."
