The 2017 Mr Green Sport Players Championship Finals was the tenth edition of the PDC darts tournament, the Players Championship Finals, which saw for the second time the top 64 players from the 22 Players Championship events of 2017 taking part. The tournament took place 24 to 26 November 2017 at Butlin's Minehead in Minehead, England.
Sixteen time world champion Phil Taylor and nine time major finalist Terry Jenkins were notable absences at the tournament after not playing in enough Players Championship events to qualify.
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after beating Dave Chisnall 11âÂÂ3 in the 2016 final, and he defended his title by defeating Jonny Clayton 11âÂÂ2 in the final.
Following Rob Cross' defeat by Jonny Clayton in the semi-finals, it was the first time since 2012 that the #1 seed did not win the tournament.
The 2017 Players Championship Finals had a total prize fund of ã460,000, an increase of ã60,000 from last year's tournament, with the winner's prize increasing from ã75,000 to ã100,000. The following is the breakdown of the fund:
The top 64 players from the Players Championships Order of Merit, which is solely based on prize money won in the twenty-two Players Championships events during the season, qualified for the tournament.
There was no draw held, all players were put in a fixed bracket by their seeding positions.