Players Championships

The Players Championships are 30 qualifying tournaments in darts , in 2019 the number of tournaments was increased from 22 to 30. They are part of the PDC Pro Tour and are relevant for the Players Championship Order of Merit, a separate form of the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit , which determines the field of participants in the Players Championship Finals at the end of the season .

At the end of the season, the top 64 of this ranking are qualified for the Players Championship Finals.

List of Players Championship seasons

year	number	Player with the most wins
2004	5	Phil Taylor , Wayne Mardle , Colin Lloyd , Ronnie Baxter , Mark Dudbridge (1 each)
2005	8th	Phil Taylor (5)
2006	9	Phil Taylor (3)
2007	20th	Raymond van Barneveld , Phil Taylor (4 each)
2008	31	Phil Taylor (11)
2009	32	Phil Taylor (9)
2010	37	Simon Whitlock (6)
2011	31	Gary Anderson (5)
2012	20th	Michael van Gerwen (6)
2013	16	Robert Thornton , Michael van Gerwen , Jamie Caven , Dave Chisnall , Ian White , Brendan Dolan (2 each)
2014	20th	Gary Anderson (5)
2015	20th	Peter Wright (3)
2016	20th	Michael van Gerwen (5)
2017	22nd	Rob Cross (4)
2018	22nd	Michael van Gerwen (4)
2019	30th	James Wade (5)
2020	23

Prize money

The following prize money will be distributed to the participants at every Players Championship Event. Status: 2020

round	Players Championships
victory	£ 10,000
final	£ 6,000
Semifinals	£ 3,000
Quarter finals	£ 2,250
Round of 16	£ 1,500 each
3rd round (load 32)	£ 1,000
2nd lap (load 64)	£ 500
Total	£ 75,000