2021 Players Championship Finals

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The **2021 Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals** was the fourteenth edition of the PDC darts tournament, which saw the top 64 players from the Players Championship events of 2021 taking part. The tournament took place from 26–28 November 2021 at the Butlin's Resort, Minehead, returning to its usual venue after being held behind closed doors at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry in 2020.

Michael van Gerwen was the two-time defending champion after defeating Mervyn King 11–10 in the 2020 final, but lost to Peter Wright at the quarter-final stage. This was the first time since 2014 that van Gerwen failed to reach the final.

Wright went on to win the tournament for the first time, defeating Ryan Searle 11–10 in the final.

## Prize money

The 2021 Players Championship Finals had a total prize fund of £500,000, the same amount that was available in 2019 and 2020.

The following is the breakdown of the fund:

## Qualification

The top 64 players from the Players Championships Order of Merit qualified, which is solely based on prize money won in the 30 Players Championships events during the season.

On 23 November, it was announced that Jamie Hughes was forced to withdraw after testing positive for COVID-19. His place in the draw was taken by Jelle Klaasen, who was next on the list.

The following players qualified:

*Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.*

### Top 64 in the Players Championship Order of Merit

01.    José de Sousa  *(Quarter-finals)*
02.   **Peter Wright**  **(Champion)**
03.    Jonny Clayton  *(Semi-finals)*
04.    Michael Smith  *(Second round)*
05.    Ryan Searle  *(Runner-up)*
06.    Joe Cullen  *(First round)*
07.    Michael van Gerwen  *(Quarter-finals)*
08.    Gerwyn Price  *(Third round)*
09.    Brendan Dolan  *(Semi-finals)*
10.    Dirk van Duijvenbode  *(First round)*
11.    Dimitri Van den Bergh  *(Second round)*
12.    Rob Cross  *(Third round)*
13.    Callan Rydz  *(Second round)*
14.    Ross Smith  *(Second round)*
15.    Damon Heta  *(Third round)*
16.    Chris Dobey  *(First round)*
17.    Krzysztof Ratajski  *(Second round)*
18.    Gabriel Clemens  *(Second round)*
19.    Luke Humphries  *(Third round)*
20.    James Wade  *(Third round)*
21.    Nathan Aspinall  *(Second round)*
22.    Danny Noppert  *(Third round)*
23.    Stephen Bunting  *(First round)*
24.    Dave Chisnall  *(First round)*
25.    Martin Schindler  *(Second round)*
26.    Raymond van Barneveld  *(Second round)*
27.    Vincent van der Voort  *(Quarter-finals)*
28.    Ryan Joyce  *(Second round)*
29.    Daryl Gurney  *(Quarter-finals)*
30.    Scott Mitchell  *(Second round))*
31.    Adrian Lewis  *(Second round)*
32.    Mervyn King  *(First round)*
33.    Darius Labanauskas  *(Second round)*
34.    Kim Huybrechts  *(First round)*
35.    Martijn Kleermaker  *(First round)*
36.    Alan Soutar  *(First round)*
37.    Luke Woodhouse  *(First round)*
38.   ~~Jamie Hughes~~  *(Withdrew)*
39.    Maik Kuivenhoven  *(First round)*
40.    Ian White  *(First round)*
41.    Ritchie Edhouse  *(Second round)*
42.    Gary Anderson  *(Third round)*
43.    Rowby-John Rodriguez  *(First round)*
44.    Jeff Smith  *(First round)*
45.    Ricky Evans  *(First round)*
46.    Jason Heaver  *(First round)*
47.    Steve Beaton  *(First round)*
48.    Ron Meulenkamp  *(First round)*
49.    William O'Connor  *(Third round)*
50.    Steve Lennon  *(First round)*
51.    Rusty-Jake Rodriguez  *(First round)*
52.    Mensur Suljović  *(First round)*
53.    Jermaine Wattimena  *(First round)*
54.    Madars Razma  *(First round)*
55.    Ryan Meikle  *(Second round)*
56.    Chas Barstow  *(First round)*
57.    Jason Lowe  *(First round)*
58.    Kevin Doets  *(First round)*
59.    Andy Boulton  *(Second round)*
60.    Simon Whitlock  *(First round)*
61.    William Borland  *(First round)*
62.    Alan Tabern  *(First round)*
63.    Keane Barry  *(First round)*
64.    Devon Petersen  *(First round)*
65.    Jelle Klaasen  *(First round)*

## References

1. ↑ Sixth Players Championship Finals title for Van Gerwen.
2. ↑ Wright beats Searle in thriller to win Players Championship Finals.
3. ↑ Allen, Dave. Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals. PDC. Retrieved on July 14, 2020.
4. ↑ Players Championship Order of Merit. Archived from the original on November 18, 2020. Retrieved on November 18, 2020.
5. ↑ Hughes replaced by Klaasen at Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals. Retrieved on November 23, 2021.