Luke Littler’s parents are Lisa Littler and Anthony Buckley, and the public record shows that both were closely involved in the years before he became one of darts’ biggest stars. His older brother Leon Littler and sister Caitlin Littler are also independently documented. Sporting News has additionally named Harry Littler as another brother, although that detail is not corroborated to the same standard.
The family story matters because Littler’s rise was built around more than relatives cheering from the crowd. His parents helped get him to competitions, supported an intensive childhood practice schedule and encouraged him to keep playing long before his breakthrough at the PDC World Championship. As of 9 September 2026, the Warrington-raised player is 19, a two-time world champion and the PDC world No. 1.
Need to know
- Luke Littler’s mother is Lisa Littler and his father is Anthony Buckley.
- Leon Littler and Caitlin Littler are independently confirmed as his siblings.
- Sporting News also reports a brother named Harry, but that claim has less independent support.
- Littler has repeatedly credited his parents with helping his development through travel, practice and regular competition.
- Faith Millar was publicly described as his girlfriend or partner in reporting through early September 2026.
Lisa Littler
Lisa Littler became widely familiar to darts audiences during her son’s run to the 2024 PDC World Championship final, when his family regularly appeared in coverage from Alexandra Palace.
At the time of that breakthrough, Lisa was reported to work in a shop, with local reporting describing the job more specifically as work in a scented-candle shop. That is a historical description rather than a verified account of her current employment.
Her more important place in Littler’s story is the practical support she gave during his junior years. The Guardian’s profile of Littler’s early development described Lisa and Anthony as helping with the travel needed to get their son to tournaments.
Littler himself publicly credited both parents during his first World Championship run. In January 2024, he described his mum and dad as the main people supporting him and said they encouraged him to practise during lockdown.
That history gives Lisa’s later appearances at major finals more context. She was not simply part of the audience once Littler became famous; she had already been involved during the years when his darts career consisted of training sessions, junior events and repeated weekend travel.
Anthony Buckley
Anthony Buckley is Luke Littler’s father. The fact that father and son use different surnames has prompted frequent online searches, but no reliable public explanation has been established for the naming difference. It would be wrong to infer anything about marriage, paternity or wider family circumstances from their surnames alone.
During Littler’s breakthrough period, Anthony was reported to work as a taxi driver. He was also closely involved in his son’s early sporting choices.
A 2023 interview later quoted by Sporting News described Anthony encouraging Luke, then still a child, to prioritise darts over football when competitions clashed. That account fits the broader picture established independently by contemporary reporting: Anthony saw potential in his son’s game and helped create the opportunities for him to keep competing.
The family commitment could be demanding. In a June 2026 Men in Blazers interview, Littler described a childhood week built around repeated sessions in St Helens and competitions at weekends. That schedule depended on adults prepared to organise transport and give up a substantial amount of time.
Leon Littler
Leon Littler is Luke’s independently confirmed older brother.
A January 2024 Morning Advertiser report identified Leon as Luke’s brother and reported that he was 20 at the time and working at the Millhouse pub in Warrington. That employment detail should be treated as specific to January 2024 rather than assumed to be current.
Leon also provided a useful first-hand picture of Luke’s childhood interest in darts. He recalled that his younger brother played whenever he could and would often return to the board after only a short break.
Luke has separately said that one of his brothers was once as good as, or even better than, him at darts before stopping during lockdown. The strongest first-person account does not name that brother. Later secondary reporting has identified Leon, but the safer wording is simply that one of Littler’s brothers was once a strong player.
Caitlin Littler
Caitlin Littler is Luke’s sister and was publicly identified during his 2024 World Championship breakthrough.
The Morning Advertiser report that documented Leon also quoted Caitlin, while other contemporary coverage recorded her publicly expressing pride in Luke as he progressed through the tournament.
Caitlin is not primarily a public sports figure, so there is little reason to turn those appearances into a detailed personal biography. Her relevance here is straightforward: she is a confirmed member of Littler’s immediate family and was part of the support visible during his first major run at Alexandra Palace.
The reported second brother, Harry
Sporting News has reported that Littler has three siblings: Caitlin, Leon and another brother named Harry.
That claim is not supported as strongly as the information about Leon and Caitlin. A Yahoo Sports version of the same family-tree article does not provide separate confirmation because it reproduces Sporting News material rather than adding an independent reporting path.
No equally strong first-party statement, direct family quotation or independent local report confirming Harry was established in the reviewed material. For that reason, it is more accurate to say that Sporting News reports Harry as another brother than to present the full three-sibling roster as equally verified.
A childhood built around darts
The most important part of the Luke Littler family story is not the roster of names. It is the amount of work that went into his development before professional darts became a realistic career.
Littler was throwing darts at a magnetic board when he was around 18 months old. As he grew older, the game became a structured part of family life.
In his 2026 Men in Blazers interview, he described a routine involving St Helens sessions on Monday and Tuesday, usually a break on Wednesday, more practice on Thursday and Friday, then competitions at weekends. He said the work began paying off when he was around 10 or 11 and started beating much older players.
Contemporary reporting from his 2023-24 breakthrough supports that account. His parents were taking him to competitions while he was still progressing through the junior game, years before world titles, major sponsorships or television finals were guaranteed.
Littler has also described growing up in a family that was enthusiastic about darts. In January 2024, he said one of his brothers had once been at least as good as him before stepping away from the sport during lockdown.
That makes the family influence more specific than the generic description of “supportive parents” often attached to successful young athletes. In Littler’s case, the support can be traced through travel, practice time, competition schedules and repeated decisions to prioritise darts.
Breakthrough and world titles
Littler’s first appearance at the PDC World Championship changed the scale of his career almost immediately.
At 16, he reached the 2024 final at Alexandra Palace before losing 7-4 to Luke Humphries. The run turned him from an emerging youth player into one of the most recognisable figures in British sport and brought much greater attention to his family.
One year later, Littler defeated Michael van Gerwen 7-3 to become the youngest PDC world champion. He retained the title in January 2026 with a 7-1 victory over Gian van Veen.
After that second world championship, Littler told ITV Granada that the amount of money now surrounding his career was something his family had never previously experienced. The comment is useful as family context, but it should not be converted into a claim about his family’s wealth or net worth.
His sporting achievements also brought formal recognition outside darts. The 2025 Birthday Honours record appointed him an MBE for services to darts.
Faith Millar and his public personal life
Faith Millar is Littler’s publicly identified girlfriend or partner.
Sky Sports described Faith as his partner during the 2026 Premier League season, when Littler spoke about confiding in her during a difficult period. Darts World was still referring to her as his girlfriend in early September 2026 when the pair attended the Sport Bild Awards.
That makes girlfriend or partner the appropriate description based on public reporting through 2 September 2026.
A separate agency caption distributed elsewhere called Faith Littler’s wife and misspelled her surname as “Miller,” but that metadata was not independently verified and conflicts with stronger contemporary reporting. There is no reliable basis in the reviewed record for describing the couple as married.
Faith is relevant to a family profile because she forms part of Littler’s current public support network, but she is separate from the immediate-family roster of parents and siblings.
Warrington, home and family privacy
Littler remains strongly associated with Warrington. His own player profile lists Warrington as his hometown, and during a 2025 hospital visit he said simply, “Warrington is my home.”
Reliable reporting placed him living with his parents in Warrington in early 2025. His precise household arrangement in September 2026 has not been established to the same standard, so it is better not to speculate about whether he still lives with them or about specific property details.
There is also a small but genuine conflict over his exact birthplace. BBC reporting has described him as born in Runcorn, while a later NHS page called him Warrington-born. Because those accounts disagree, from Warrington or Warrington-raised is the safer description.
The same restraint applies to other family details. There is no reliable public explanation for the Littler-Buckley surname difference, and the marital status of his parents is not necessary to understand his career or family background.
Current status
As of 9 September 2026, Luke Littler is 19 and sits at the top of professional darts.
The Professional Darts Corporation lists him as world No. 1, and he is a two-time PDC world champion after winning the title in 2025 and defending it in 2026.
His latest title in the reviewed record came on 6 September 2026, when he defeated Luke Humphries 8-6 in the Czech Darts Open final. PDC Europe’s tournament report described him as the world No. 1.
That status puts his family story in perspective. The player now leading the professional rankings came through a childhood routine in which parents organised travel, weekends were built around competitions and darts was already part of family life long before the wider public knew his name.
Conclusion
Luke Littler’s family is central to understanding how his career developed. Lisa Littler and Anthony Buckley were involved in the practical work behind his junior years, while Leon and Caitlin are securely documented members of the family that accompanied his rise into the public eye. Reports of another brother named Harry are less strongly corroborated and should be treated accordingly.
By September 2026, Littler had moved from those family-supported junior competitions to two world championships and the world No. 1 ranking. The scale of the stage has changed dramatically, but the documented story of his rise still begins with a family making time for practice, travel and competition.
