The 2023 Cazoo Players Championship Finals was the sixteenth edition of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) darts tournament, which sees the top 64 players from the 2023 PDC Players Championship series taking part. The tournament took place from 24 to 26 November 2023 at the Butlin's Resort, Minehead.

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after defeating Rob Cross 11–6 in the 2022 final to win the title for the seventh time.

Luke Humphries won his first Players Championship Finals title and third Premier title, beating Van Gerwen 11–9 in the final. Van Gerwen hit a nine-dart finish in the final.

Prize money The 2023 Players Championship Finals had a prize fund of £600,000, up from £500,000

The following is the breakdown of the fund:

Position (no. of players) Prize money(Total: £600,000)Winner (1) £120,000Runner-Up (1) £60,000Semi-finalists (2) £30,000Quarter-finalists (4) £20,000Last 16  (Third round) (8) £10,000Last 32  (Second round) (16) £6,500Last 64  (First round) (32) £3,000

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

Ninth seed Danny Noppert withdrew prior to the tournament due to the imminent birth of his second child. Dylan Slevin came directly into the draw to replace him.

Another notable absentee was Peter Wright who failed to qualify to the PC Finals for the first time since the inaugural 2009 event.

The following players qualified:

Top 64 in the Players Championship Order of Merit

Draw There was no draw held, all players were put in a fixed bracket by their seeding positions.

Finals

Top half Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half Section 3

Section 4

Top averages The 118.52 average by Michael van Gerwen in his second round match against Ross Smith was the highest average in the Players Championship Finals since its inception in 2009.

The table lists all players who achieved an average of at least 100 in a match. In the case one player has multiple records, this is indicated by the number in brackets. # Player Round Average Result 1 2R 118.52 Won 2 2R 112.27 Lost 3 2R 109.88 Won 4 2R 107.36 Won 5 (2) QF 107.07 Won 6 2R 106.62 Won 7 (2) SF 106.26 Won 8 2R 105.66 Won 9 2R 104.54 Lost 10 (3) 3R 103.70 Won 11 2R 103.43 Lost 12 2R 103.39 Won 13 2R 103.36 Lost 14 2R 101.93 Won 15 (3) SF 101.54 Won 16 1R 101.49 Won 17 1R 100.85 Won 18 (2) QF 100.08 Lost

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