Luke Humphries has been in Luke Littler's shadow for the past few years, even after Humphries won the PDC WC in 2024.

He's made many finals in majors since then and has picked up a few titles, but the attention has always been on Littler, amid his historic stretch of performances in the last three years.

With Littler early exit in the first round this week, Humphries had the opportunity to show the world what he's capable of, with the spotlight shining on him.

He proved once again this weekend why he should be valued as a contender at any event.

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Luke Humphries pulls off comeback, stuns Gerwyn Price in 2026 World Darts Grand Prix final

Humphries' journey started against Dave Chisnall in the opening round of this event, and although it wasn't pretty, he got the job done, winning 2-0 in sets.

He'd go on to prevent his next two opponents from winning a single set against him, beating Jermaine Wattimena and Niels Zonneveld 3-0 in the next two rounds.

He ran into some trouble in the semifinals, but managed to fend off James Wade, winning 5-3, with an impressive 96.83 average.

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The final on Sunday against Gerwyn Price was his toughest match yet, as he faced an early 3-0 deficit in a race to 6 sets against Price.

Price was giving Humphries few opportunities to get on the board, especially after producing an average of over 132 in set #1.

Humphries won four straight sets after trailing 3-0, but Price responded to tie the match at 4-4.

Set #9 was when the momentum really swung in 'Cool Hand's' favor, as he won a set against the darts, giving him the darts in set #10, a set in which he had the chance to win a second career WGP title.

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He managed to do just that, winning three straight legs to sweep Price in the final set, and win 6-4 in one of the most entertaining WGP finals we've ever seen.

Humphries was a runner-up the last two years at the event, so he was defending a large chunk of money from 2024 (£60,000).

After the event was underway, he provisionally dropped to world #3, but his title win lifted him back up to world #2, swapping places with Gian van Veen once again.

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Humphries is a ways away from becoming world #1 once again, but that's not a short-term goal he has, as this major could spark a desire to win another title or two to finish the year.

Humphries' title on Sunday snapped a near year and a half long drought, as the last individual ranked major he won was last year in the Premier League.

Price will still be searching for his next individual ranked major, though, but it has to be on the horizon given how well he's played, making three straight major finals in the last few months.

Price has now lost five straight major finals matches since his 2022 WSoD Finals title win.

The next major is the European Championship, which kicks off in a few weeks, after the conclusion of a pair of European Tour events that will take place on the next two weekends.

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