| Tournament Name: | 2023 Cazoo Players Championship Finals |
| Dates: | 24–26 November 2023 |
| Venue: | Butlin's |
| Location: | Minehead |
| Organization: | Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) |
| Format: | Legs |
| Prize Fund: | £600,000 |
| Winners Share: | £120,000 |
| Nine Dart: | Michael van Gerwen |
| Prev: | 2022 |
| Next: | 2024 |
The 2023 Cazoo Players Championship Finals was the fifteenth 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.[1]
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.[2]
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 | align=center | (1) | align=center | £120,000 | |
| Runner-Up | align=center | (1) | align=center | £60,000 | |
| Semi-finalists | align=center | (2) | align=center | £30,000 | |
| Quarter-finalists | align=center | (4) | align=center | £20,000 | |
| Last 16 (Third round) | align=center | (8) | align=center | £10,000 | |
| Last 32 (Second round) | align=center | (16) | align=center | £6,500 | |
| Last 64 (First round) | align=center | (32) | align=center | £3,000 | |
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.[3]
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:[4]
There was no draw held, all players were put in a fixed bracket by their seeding positions.
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.[5]
The table lists all players who achieved an average of at least 100 in a match.[6] In the case one player has multiple records, this is indicated by the number in brackets.[7]
| 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 |