2016 Players Championship Finals

The 2016 Cash Converters Players Championship Finals was the ninth edition of the PDC darts tournament, the Players Championship Finals, which saw the top 64 players from the 20 Players Championship events of 2016 taking part, doubling the number of participants. The tournament took place at Butlin's Minehead in Minehead, England, between 25–27 November 2016.

Sixteen time world champion Phil Taylor was a notable absence at the tournament after failing to qualify, having played only three out of the 20 tournaments during the year.

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion by beating Adrian Lewis 11–6 in the previous year's final, and van Gerwen would retain his Players Championship title, beating Dave Chisnall 11–3 in the final.

Alan Norris hit a nine-dart finish in his first-round match against Michael Smith, which was the first time it had ever happened in the tournament's history.

Prize money
The 2016 Players Championship Finals will have a total prize fund of £400,000, a £100,000 increase since the previous staging of the tournament. The following is the breakdown of the fund:

Qualification
The 2016 tournament will see a change in terms of qualification. The top 64 players from the Players Championships Order of Merit, which is solely based on prize money won in the twenty Players Championships events during the season, will qualify for the tournament.

These are the qualifiers after the 20 events: On 21 November, it was announced that the #23 seed Kyle Anderson was forced to withdraw, owing to problems with his visa, so all the players below him moved up one ranking place, with Andy Hamilton moving into the #64 slot.

Top 64 in the Players Championship Order of Merit
• # Michael van Gerwen (winner)

• # Benito van de Pas (first round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian White (second round)

• # 🇦🇺 Simon Whitlock (second round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Gerwyn Price (first round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dave Chisnall (runner-up)

• # Peter Wright (semi-finals)

• # 🇦🇹 Mensur Suljović (first round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Cullen (third round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stephen Bunting (first round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Wilson (first round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve West (first round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Dobey (first round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Beaton (first round)

• # 🇧🇪 Kim Huybrechts (quarter-finals)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Josh Payne (third round)

• # 🇪🇸 Cristo Reyes (first round)

• # Daryl Gurney (second round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robbie Green (quarter-finals)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alan Norris (third round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Justin Pipe (third round)

• # Jelle Klaasen (third round)

• # Gary Anderson (second round)

• # 🇧🇪 Ronny Huybrechts (first round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adrian Lewis (second round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Wade (second round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamie Caven (first round)

• # Christian Kist (quarter-finals)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Darren Webster (semi-finals)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mark Webster (first round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Murnan (first round)

• # Vincent van der Voort (second round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrew Gilding (first round)

• # Jermaine Wattimena (second round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Terry Jenkins (third round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jonny Clayton (first round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ricky Evans (first round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jamie Lewis (second round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mervyn King (first round)

• # Robert Thornton (first round)

• # 🇦🇹 Rowby-John Rodriguez (second round)

• # John Henderson (first round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Simon Stevenson (first round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Jenkins (first round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Smith (first round)

• # Devon Petersen (first round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ronnie Baxter (first round)

• # Berry van Peer (second round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Walsh (first round)

• # Mickey Mansell (first round)

• # Jeffrey de Graaf (second round)

• # 🇮🇪 Mick McGowan (second round)

• # Jan Dekker (second round)

• # Vincent Kamphuis (second round)

• # Ron Meulenkamp (third round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Brown (first round)

• # Raymond van Barneveld (quarter-finals)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jason Wilson (first round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin Painter (first round)

• # 🇧🇪 Dimitri Van den Bergh (second round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matthew Edgar (first round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Keegan Brown (first round)

• # Brendan Dolan (third round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Hamilton (first round)

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