Players Championships 2020

The Players Championships 2020 is the seventeenth edition of the darts tournament series . It is part of the PDC Pro Tour 2020 and is expected to consist of 23 tournaments, 7 fewer than in the previous year. They are relevant for the Players Championship Order of Merit , a separate ranking list that only includes the prize money from the Players Championship events from the last twelve months. This ranking determines the field of participants in the Players Championship Finals that take place at the end of the season .

After the Players Championships were suspended for the time being due to the COVID-19 pandemic , it was decided to hold 5 tournaments in a row in Milton Keynes from July 8th to 12th under the name PDC Summer Series . Since the concept of the Summer Series worked, a series of five Players Championships, the PDC Autumn Series, was also announced for the period from September 12th to 16th. A PDC Winter Series that has not yet been scheduled will also be held.

Tournaments

The following tables show the results of the Players Championships from the quarterfinals.

Players Championship 1

Date: February 8, 2020
Venue: Barnsley

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)

Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)

Final (best of 15 legs)

Brendan Dolan 92.9

6th

Maik Kuivenhoven 94.8

3

Brendan Dolan 93.4

2

Jeff Smith 99.4

7th

Jeff Smith 94.3

6th

Peter Wright 98.9

5

Jeff Smith 93.8

4th

Gary Anderson 98.0

8th

Adrian Lewis 94.3

6th

Steve Beaton 94.4

3

Adrian Lewis 97.6

3

Gary Anderson 102.2

7th

Gary Anderson 99.2

6th

Joe Cullen 95.2

2

Players Championship 2

Date: February 9, 2020
Venue: Barnsley

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)

Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)

Final (best of 15 legs)

Gabriel Clemens 82.4

6th

Jamie Hughes 82.8

2

Gabriel Clemens 99.7

0

Nathan Aspinall 103.2

7th

Nathan Aspinall 117.5

6th

Peter Wright 113.7

4th

Nathan Aspinall 101.3

8th

Gerwyn Price 97.3

3

Dirk van Duijvenbode 90.0

6th

Ross Smith 88.7

4th

Dirk van Duijvenbode 93.1

4th

Gerwyn Price 94.5

7th

Gerwyn Price 106.1

6th

Mickey Mansell 93.2

0

Players Championship 3

Date: February 15, 2020
Venue: Wigan

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)

Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)

Final (best of 15 legs)

Michael van Gerwen 98.1

6th

Chris Dobey 89.0

5

Michael van Gerwen 101.3

7th

Peter Wright 99.5

3

Peter Wright 108.4

6th

Joe Cullen 99.8

3

Michael van Gerwen 95.9

6th

Ryan Searle 97.1

8th

Jeffrey de Zwaan 94.4

6th

Danny Noppert 94.6

3

Jeffrey de Zwaan 96.0

5

Ryan Searle 101.3

7th

Ryan Searle 93.6

6th

Glen Durrant 93.5

5

Players Championship 4

Date: February 16, 2020
Venue: Wigan

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)

Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)

Final (best of 15 legs)

Danny Noppert 98.3

6th

Michael van Gerwen 94.4

4th

Danny Noppert 95.8

2

Krzysztof Ratajski 103.1

7th

Krzysztof Ratajski 106.5

6th

Gabriel Clemens 100.2

4th

Krzysztof Ratajski 98.4

8th

Ian White 99.6

7th

Ian White 97.0

6th

Scale length Suljović 97.4

Ian White 97.1

7th

Peter Wright 103.8

6th

Peter Wright 112.8

6th

Maik Kuivenhoven 87.2

2

Players Championship 5

Date: February 22nd, 2020
Venue: Wigan

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)

Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)

Final (best of 15 legs)

Devon Petersen 99.4

6th

Rob Cross 98.3

5

Devon Petersen 98.9

5

Peter Wright 104.9

7th

Peter Wright 95.2

6th

Glen Durrant 90.7

1

Peter Wright 109.6

8th

Gerwyn Price 109.2

6th

Steve Lennon 91.9

6th

Gabriel Clemens 83.3

2

Steve Lennon 97.2

6th

Gerwyn Price 94.8

7th

Gerwyn Price 106.7

6th

William O'Connor 99.7

2

Players Championship 6

Date: February 23, 2020
Venue: Wigan

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)

Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)

Final (best of 15 legs)

Michael van Gerwen 106.3

6th

James Wade 93.2

2

Michael van Gerwen 93.4

7th

Krzysztof Ratajski 91.0

6th

Krzysztof Ratajski 102.4

6th

Peter Wright 97.2

2

Michael van Gerwen 101.9

7th

Gerwyn Price 102.5

8th

Stephen Bunting 96.1

6th

Ian White 102.5

4th

Stephen Bunting 97.0

3

Gerwyn Price 102.4

7th

Gerwyn Price 102.0

6th

Steve Beaton 95.5

4th

Players Championship 7

Date: March 14, 2020
Venue: Barnsley

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)

Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)

Final (best of 15 legs)

Michael van Gerwen 87.0

1

Nathan Aspinall 93.2

6th

Nathan Aspinall 105.5

7th

Danny Noppert 103.0

3

Krzysztof Ratajski 99.0

2

Danny Noppert 101.1

6th

Nathan Aspinall 98.2

8th

Brendan Dolan 93.7

4th

Ian White 107.4

5

James Wade 103.3

6th

James Wade 91.8

1

Brendan Dolan 94.5

7th

Derk Telnekes 94.3

5

Brendan Dolan 89.8

6th

Players Championship 8

Date: March 15, 2020
Venue: Barnsley

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)

Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)

Final (best of 15 legs)

Derk Telnekes 89.8

6th

Luke Woodhouse 87.0

3

Derk Telnekes 92.2

2

James Wade 93.4

7th

James Wade 101.5

6th

Keegan Brown 89.9

4th

James Wade 88.3

3

Ian White 102.1

8th

Ian White 109.7

6th

Dave Chisnall 100.1

4th

Ian White 89.0

7th

Kim Huybrechts 82.3

4th

Kim Huybrechts 90.8

6th

Michael Smith 88.4

4th

Players Championship 9

Date: July 8th, 2020
Venue: Milton Keynes

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)

Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)

Final (best of 15 legs)

Michael van Gerwen 94.9

6th

Danny Noppert 89.4

0

Michael van Gerwen 106.8

7th

Gabriel Clemens 92.7

3

Gabriel Clemens 91.9

6th

Scale length Suljović 86.1

2

Michael van Gerwen 104.5

8th

Peter Wright 100.5

7th

Peter Wright 108.5

6th

Glen Durrant 99.0

3

Peter Wright 105.8

7th

Krzysztof Ratajski 105.3

2

Krzysztof Ratajski 95.5

6th

Dave Chisnall 93.2

3

Players Championship 10

Date: July 9, 2020
Venue: Milton Keynes

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)

Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)

Final (best of 15 legs)

Ryan Joyce 92.2

6th

Glen Durrant 94.1

5

Ryan Joyce 101.9

7th

Gary Anderson 98.6

3

Gary Anderson 95.3

6th

Jonny Clayton 89.1

4th

Ryan Joyce 100.2

8th

Dave Chisnall 94.7

7th

Nathan Aspinall 95.2

6th

Peter Wright 95.5

2

Nathan Aspinall 92.6

5

Dave Chisnall 96.4

7th

Dave Chisnall 102.1

6th

Martijn Kleermaker 89.5

2

Players Championship 11

Date: July 10, 2020
Venue: Milton Keynes

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)

Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)

Final (best of 15 legs)

José de Sousa 102.1

6th

Stephen Bunting 91.2

2

José de Sousa 105.7

7th

Daryl Gurney 98.5

3

Daryl Gurney 104.9

6th

Ian White 87.4

0

José de Sousa 97.8

3

Michael van Gerwen 102.5

8th

Jeff Smith 96.8

6th

Peter Wright 93.5

3

Jeff Smith 88.6

4th

Michael van Gerwen 97.2

7th

Michael van Gerwen 106.3

6th

Chris Dobey 106.2

4th

Players Championship 12

Date: July 11, 2020
Venue: Milton Keynes

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)

Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)

Final (best of 15 legs)

Rob Cross 101.5

6th

Jamie Hughes 96.4

5

Rob Cross 110.1

7th

Scale length Suljović 93.5

2

Scale length Suljović 95.5

6th

Daryl Gurney 100.5

4th

Rob Cross 95.7

2

James Wade 95.8

8th

James Wade 98.0

6th

Michael Smith 85.6

0

James Wade 103.2

7th

Ian White 103.4

4th

Ian White 92.1

6th

Krzysztof Ratajski 96.1

1

Players Championship 13

Date: July 12, 2020
Venue: Milton Keynes

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)

Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)

Final (best of 15 legs)

Gerwyn Price 102.3

6th

James Wade 87.6

1

Gerwyn Price 102.3

7th

Devon Petersen 113.5

6th

Devon Petersen 92.9

6th

John Henderson 90.3

3

Gerwyn Price 91.8

2

Peter Wright 99.3

8th

Peter Wright 96.9

6th

Nathan Aspinall 97.2

5

Peter Wright 109.0

7th

Wayne Jones 91.8

2

Wayne Jones 97.0

6th

Scott Baker 79.0

0

Players Championship 14

Date: September 12, 2020
Venue: Niedernhausen

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)

Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)

Final (best of 15 legs)

Players Championship 15

Date: September 13, 2020
Venue: Niedernhausen

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)

Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)

Final (best of 15 legs)

Players Championship 16

Date: September 14, 2020
Venue: Niedernhausen

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)

Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)

Final (best of 15 legs)

Players Championship 17

Date: September 15, 2020
Venue: Niedernhausen

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)

Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)

Final (best of 15 legs)

Players Championship 18

Date: September 16, 2020
Venue: Niedernhausen

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)

Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)

Final (best of 15 legs)

Players Championship 19

Date: postponed.
Venue: TBA

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)

Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)

Final (best of 15 legs)

Players Championship 20

Date: postponed.
Venue: TBA

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)

Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)

Final (best of 15 legs)

Players Championship 21

Date: postponed.
Venue: TBA

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)

Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)

Final (best of 15 legs)

Players Championship 22

Date: postponed.
Venue: TBA

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)

Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)

Final (best of 15 legs)

Players Championship 23

Date: postponed.
Venue: postponed

Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs)

Semi-finals (best of 13 legs)

Final (best of 15 legs)

Prize money

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

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

Leaderboards

Players Championship Order of Merit

The top 64 of the Players Championship Order of Merit qualify for the Players Championship Finals 2020 . (As of July 12, 2020):

space player Prize money 01 Peter Wright £ 47,750 02 Michael van Gerwen £ 41,500 03 Nathan Aspinall £ 33,750 04th Gerwyn Price £ 33,000 05 James Wade £ 31,500 06th Ian White £ 29,250 07th Krzysztof Ratajski £ 26,000 08th Gary Anderson £ 19,000 09 Glen Durrant £ 18,500 10 Danny Noppert £ 17,000 Brendan Dolan £ 17,000 12 Ryan Searle £ 16,000 13 Ryan Joyce £ 15,000 Dave Chisnall £ 15,000 15th Rob Cross £ 14,250 16 Gabriel Clemens £ 14,000 17th José de Sousa £ 13,500 18th Daryl Gurney £ 13,250 19th Michael Smith £ 12,500 Jeff Smith £ 12,500 21st Stephen Bunting £ 12,250 22nd Scale length Suljović £ 12,000 Jamie Hughes £ 12,000 24 Devon Petersen £ 11,000 25th Mickey Mansell £ 10,750 26th Jermaine Wattimena £ 10,000 Dirk van Duijvenbode £ 10,000 Adrian Lewis £ 10,000 29 Ricky Evans £ 9,500 Jason Lowe £ 9,500 31 Chris Dobey £ 9,000 Maik Kuivenhoven £ 9,000

space player Prize money 33 Martijn Kleermaker £ 8,750 34 Vincent van der Voort £ 8,500 35 Wayne Jones £ 8,000 Steve Beaton £ 8,000 37 Jonny Clayton £ 7,750 John Henderson £ 7,750 Keegan Brown £ 7,750 40 Darren Webster £ 7,500 Joe Cullen £ 7,500 42 Ross Smith £ 7,250 Derk Telnekes £ 7,250 44 Madars Razma £ 7,000 Benito van de Pas £ 7,000 46 Luke Woodhouse £ 6,750 47 Kai Fan Leung £ 6,500 Niels Zonneveld £ 6,500 Steve Lennon £ 6,500 Simon Whitlock £ 6,500 Kim Huybrechts £ 6,500 52 Mike De Decker £ 6,000 Scott Mitchell £ 6,000 Jeffrey de Zwaan £ 6,000 Luke Humphries £ 6,000 56 Robert Collins £ 5,500 Christian Bunse £ 5,500 Steve Brown £ 5,500 59 Scott Baker £ 5,250 William O'Connor £ 5,250 61 Ryan Meikle £ 5,000 Dimitri Van den Bergh £ 5,000 William Borland £ 5,000 Joe Murnan £ 5,000 Darius Labanauskas £ 5,000

PDC Summer Series Order of Merit

The PDC Summer Series Order of Merit awards a starting place for the Grand Slam of Darts 2020 to the highest placed player who has not yet qualified for the tournament in any other way. Since Peter Wright and Michael van Gerwen are already qualified, James Wade was awarded third place. (Final result: July 12, 2020)

space	player	Prize money
01	Peter Wright	£ 22,000
02	Michael van Gerwen	£ 21,500
03	James Wade	£ 16,250
04th	Ryan Joyce	£ 11,000
05	Gerwyn Price	£ 10,000
06th	José de Sousa	£ 9,500
07th	Dave Chisnall	£ 9,250
08th	Rob Cross	£ 8,000
09	Daryl Gurney	£ 7,750
	Nathan Aspinall	£ 7,750
	Krzysztof Ratajski	£ 7,750
12	Ian White	£ 6,750
	Scale length Suljović	£ 6,750
14th	Glen Durrant	£ 6,500
15th	Devon Petersen	£ 6,000
16	Martijn Kleermaker	£ 5,750

PDC Autumn Series Order of Merit

The first place in the PDC Autumn Series Order of Merit should also get a starting place at the Grand Slam of Darts 2020 .

Nine darters

The following list shows all 11 nine dart finishes of the 30 Players Championships 2020:

competition	round	player	Bottom line	opponent
1	1 round	Mickey Mansell	6: 4	Nathan Derry
1	1 round	Mike van Duivenbode	6: 5	Chris Dobey
2	1 round	Scott Baker	5: 6	Danny Noppert
2	1 round	Keegan Brown	6: 2	Krzysztof Kciuk
2	Quarter finals	Nathan Aspinall	6: 4	Peter Wright
3	1 round	Scale length Suljović	6: 5	Jeff Smith
3	2nd round	Danny Noppert	6: 2	Andy Boulton
5	3rd round	Steve Lennon	6: 1	Kai Fan Leung
6th	Round of 16	Michael van Gerwen	6: 5	Cristo Reyes
12	Semifinals	Rob Cross	7: 2	Scale length Suljović
13	1 round	Darren Webster	6: 1	Kim Huybrechts

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Live darts to return with PDC Summer Series on July 8 accessed on June 14, 2020
2. ↑ PDC organizes Autumn Series in Germany, accessed on August 4, 2020
3. ↑ Players Championship: Anderson ends long dry spell accessed on February 8, 2020
4. ↑ Players Championship: Brilliant Aspinall storms to the title, Clemens in the semi-finals accessed on February 9, 2020
5. ↑ Players Championship: Ryan Searle with first ProTour success accessed on February 15, 2020
6. ↑ Players Championship: Ratajski wrestles White, quarter-finals for Suljovic and Clemens accessed on February 16, 2020
7. ↑ Players Championship: Wright outstanding, Bunse beats van Gerwen, accessed on February 22, 2020
8. ↑ Players Championship: Price keeps MvG waiting for the first title of the season, accessed on February 23, 2020
9. ↑ Players Championship: Aspinall can no longer be stopped after defeating MvG, accessed on March 14, 2020
10. ↑ Players Championship: Ian White wins for the first time in 2020, accessed on March 15, 2020
11. ↑ Summer Series: Van Gerwen defeats Wright, semi-finals for Clemens accessed on July 8, 2020
12. ↑ Summer Series: Joyce with final victory over Chisnall, Clemens in the round of 16 accessed on July 9, 2020
13. ↑ Summer Series: Van Gerwen triumphs once more, accessed on July 10, 2020
14. ↑ Summer Series: Wade defeats Cross, 9-Darter for "Voltage" accessed on July 11, 2020
15. ↑ Summer Series: Wright Wins Tournament and Overall Standings accessed July 12, 2020
16. ↑ Players Championship Order of Merit accessed on July 12, 2020
17. ↑ 2020 Grand Slam qualification criteria confirmed, accessed on August 19, 2020
18. ↑ Wright sees off Price to end Summer Series in style.Retrieved July 12, 2020