Michael van Gerwen triumphs at Players Championship 21 for first PDC ranking title of 2024

Michael van Gerwen has finally won a ranking title for the first time this season! The 35-year-old from the Netherlands won the 21st Players Championship tournament of the 2024 season by defeating Dave Chisnall in the final.

Van Gerwen only took the title this season at the Dutch Darts Masters in Den Bosch in January. However, that tournament did not count for the world rankings. With this final victory, 'Mighty Mike' has at least strengthened his position in the top-16 of the Pro Tour Order of Merit again, which means he is provisionally seeded on the Euro Tours next season.

Van Gerwen qualified for the final by successively defeating Lee Cocks (6-4), Ryan Meikle (6-2), Karel Sedlacek (6-3), James Wade (6-3), Gian van Veen (6-3) and Maik Kuivenhoven (7-2). Chisnall reached the final of a Pro Tour tournament for the fourth time this season. The Englishman dealt with Jose de Sousa (6-1), Lee Evans (6-5), Jeffrey de Zwaan (6-3), Jonny Clayton (6-1), Stephen Bunting (6-2) and Ritchie Edhouse (7-6).

In the final, Chisnall managed to take a 2-1 lead by twice keeping his own leg, but in the fifth leg the Englishman was still broken after a 14-darter by Van Gerwen.

The Dutchman took a total of six legs in a row, including two 12-darters, to lead 7-2. Chisnall did not throw in the towel and came back to 7-4 with two 13-darters. After 'Chizzy' missed a chance to reduce the deficit further, Van Gerwen pulled the match definitively over the line via double 8.

Van Gerwen's statistics in the final are to savour. The three-time world champion recorded an average of 106.67 while notching a 47 percent finishing percentage. With this title, Van Gerwen collects the top prize of 15,000 pounds.

Michael van Gerwen (106.67) 8 | 4 (100.63) Dave Chisnall

Dave Chisnall (98.07) 7 | 6 (93.56) Ritchie Edhouse

Michael van Gerwen (96.30) 7 | 2 (88.81) Maik Kuivenhoven

Dave Chisnall (92.44) 6 | 2 (84.15) Stephen Bunting

Ritchie Edhouse (85.41) 6 | 5 (88.36) Damon Heta

Maik Kuivenhoven (86.03) 6 | 2 (82.45) Benjamin Reus

Michael van Gerwen (100.54) 6 | 3 (95.27) Gian van Veen

Dave Chisnall (99.41) 6 | 1 (81.37) Jonny Clayton

Stephen Bunting (98.59) 6 | 5 (96.25) Thibault Tricole

Damon Heta (101.59) 6 | 3 (91.70) Gerwyn Price

Ritchie Edhouse (101.86) 6 | 3 (94.69) Christian Kist

Maik Kuivenhoven (90.68) 6 | 3 (89.85) Luke Littler

Benjamin Reus (89.33) 6 | 4 (85.25) William O'Connor

Gian van Veen (91.10) 6 | 5 (94.22) Ian White

Michael van Gerwen (94.91) 6 | 3 (89.98) James Wade

Dave Chisnall (92.98) 6 | 3 (86.64) Jeffrey De Zwaan

Jonny Clayton (95.21) 6 | 4 (93.47) Daryl Gurney

Thibault Tricole (100.01) 6 | 3 (102.54) Danny Noppert

Stephen Bunting (100.65) 6 | 1 (90.91) Haupai Puha

Damon Heta (100.33) 6 | 5 (105.15) James Hurrell

Gerwyn Price (99.47) 6 | 5 (99.80) Wessel Nijman

Christian Kist (83.41) 6 | 2 (84.30) Madars Razma

Ritchie Edhouse (92.02) 6 | 0 (71.06) Mensur Suljovic

Luke Littler (104.55) 6 | 2 (99.14) Dirk van Duijvenbode

Maik Kuivenhoven (89.47) 6 | 5 (84.20) Jim Williams

Benjamin Reus (87.93) 6 | 4 (88.63) Adam Warner

William O'Connor (94.35) 6 | 4 (87.39) Mike De Decker

Ian White (101.97) 6 | 1 (94.24) Gabriel Clemens

Gian van Veen (86.77) 6 | 3 (87.69) Michael Smith

James Wade (101.24) 6 | 2 (88.73) Mario Vandenbogaerde

Michael van Gerwen (99.64) 6 | 3 (94.89) Karel Sedlacek

Dave Chisnall (90.37) 6 | 5 (85.84) Lee Evans

Jeffrey De Zwaan (90.42) 6 | 5 (95.91) Kim Huybrechts

Jonny Clayton (95.37) 6 | 5 (93.13) Keane Barry

Daryl Gurney (107.69) 6 | 1 (91.14) George Killington

Danny Noppert (101.56) 6 | 1 (82.87) Michele Turetta

Thibault Tricole (99.36) 6 | 4 (91.90) Joe Cullen

Stephen Bunting (99.38) 6 | 2 (94.32) Darren Beveridge

Haupai Puha (93.35) 6 | 3 (90.82) Luke Woodhouse

Damon Heta (104.06) 6 | 3 (92.40) Keegan Brown

James Hurrell (94.63) 6 | 3 (95.79) Jermaine Wattimena

Gerwyn Price (86.23) 6 | 3 (83.98) Jitse Van der Wal

Wessel Nijman (102.48) 6 | 0 (81.64) Jurjen van der Velde

Christian Kist (86.35) 6 | 4 (89.26) Adam Hunt

Madars Razma (102.72) 6 | 2 (98.81) Andrew Gilding

Mensur Suljovic (88.09) 6 | 3 (81.16) Josh Payne

Ritchie Edhouse (93.82) 6 | 3 (91.72) Jelle Klaasen

Luke Littler (98.85) 6 | 4 (100.72) Nick Kenny

Dirk van Duijvenbode (101.79) 6 | 2 (85.50) Martin Lukeman

Jim Williams (98.44) 6 | 3 (91.71) Mickey Mansell

Maik Kuivenhoven (91.65) 6 | 4 (84.94) Berry van Peer

Benjamin Reus (91.46) 6 | 5 (94.19) Ryan Searle

Adam Warner (90.19) 6 | 2 (83.98) Andy Baetens

William O'Connor (95.34) 6 | 4 (90.64) Andy Boulton

Mike De Decker (100.22) 6 | 5 (101.47) Graham Hall

Ian White (101.71) 6 | 5 (100.19) Ross Smith

Gabriel Clemens (102.41) 6 | 5 (89.54) Rhys Griffin

Gian van Veen (97.72) 6 | 4 (93.73) Connor Scutt

Michael Smith (87.08) 6 | 4 (100.06) Florian Hempel

Mario Vandenbogaerde (95.83) 6 | 4 (95.38) Jeffrey Sparidaans

James Wade (91.24) 6 | 5 (90.33) Scott Williams

Michael van Gerwen (99.96) 6 | 2 (97.99) Ryan Meikle

Karel Sedlacek (100.20) 6 | 3 (95.14) Cameron Menzies

Dave Chisnall (97.63) 6 | 1 (93.48) Jose De Sousa

Lee Evans (95.44) 6 | 3 (88.28) Niels Zonneveld

Jeffrey De Zwaan (85.78) 6 | 3 (87.94) Dimitri Van den Bergh

Kim Huybrechts (98.12) 6 | 4 (90.27) Vincent van der Voort

Jonny Clayton (97.86) 6 | 2 (91.60) Robert Grundy

Keane Barry (97.63) 6 | 3 (89.86) Owen Roelofs

Daryl Gurney (99.10) 6 | 4 (92.85) Wesley Plaisier

George Killington (93.34) 6 | 4 (84.68) Graham Usher

Danny Noppert (91.44) 6 | 3 (76.48) Danny van Trijp

Michele Turetta (87.13) 6 | 5 (85.85) Robert Owen

Joe Cullen (91.08) 6 | 5 (90.23) Nathan Rafferty

Thibault Tricole () 6 | 4 () Rowby-John Rodriguez

Stephen Bunting (98.24) 6 | 5 (79.55) Callum Goffin

Darren Beveridge (95.21) 6 | 1 (87.45) Justin Hood

Luke Woodhouse (87.38) 6 | 4 (89.43) Richard Veenstra

Haupai Puha (90.92) 6 | 5 (92.19) Krzysztof Ratajski

Damon Heta (101.22) 6 | 2 (97.87) Kevin Doets

Keegan Brown (89.68) 6 | 2 (90.05) Geert Nentjes

Jermaine Wattimena (92.11) 6 | 2 (84.53) Jacques Labre

James Hurrell (94.23) 6 | 4 (84.88) William Borland

Gerwyn Price (101.91) 6 | 3 (98.92) Mervyn King

Jitse Van der Wal (83.54) 6 | 3 (88.46) Dragutin Horvat

Wessel Nijman (108.74) 6 | 4 (112.71) Raymond van Barneveld

Jurjen van der Velde (81.71) 6 | 5 (86.87) Christian Perez

Christian Kist (86.56) 6 | 5 (90.15) Luke Humphries

Adam Hunt (85.39) 6 | 4 (81.42) Adam Gawlas

Andrew Gilding (99.07) 6 | 3 (85.93) Joshua Richardson

Madars Razma (92.57) 6 | 5 (95.68) Ricky Evans

Josh Payne (98.12) 6 | 1 (86.91) Ricardo Pietreczko

Mensur Suljovic (91.19) 6 | 1 (86.80) Patrick Geeraets

Ritchie Edhouse (86.74) 6 | 2 (86.10) Owen Bates

Jelle Klaasen (99.25) 6 | 3 (94.01) Darryl Pilgrim

Luke Littler (91.23) 6 | 1 (83.11) Jamie Hughes

Nick Kenny (89.19) 6 | 2 (86.45) Martijn Dragt

Dirk van Duijvenbode (93.13) 6 | 3 (88.59) Alan Soutar

Martin Lukeman (92.42) 6 | 4 (98.92) Steve Lennon

Jim Williams (100.52) 6 | 3 (92.54) Rob Cross

Mickey Mansell (99.02) 6 | 4 (91.03) Stephen Burton

Berry van Peer (89.97) 6 | 1 (82.32) Ryan Joyce

Maik Kuivenhoven (86.91) 6 | 5 (87.02) Robbie Knops

Ryan Searle (91.44) 6 | 2 (89.56) Nathan Aspinall

Benjamin Reus (97.31) 6 | 5 (93.09) Chris Landman

Adam Warner (95.19) 6 | 4 (95.32) Brendan Dolan

Andy Baetens (94.06) 6 | 3 (91.35) Matt Campbell

Andy Boulton (91.24) 6 | 3 (89.50) Martin Schindler

William O'Connor (103.17) 6 | 2 (93.32) Callan Rydz

Mike De Decker (98.93) 6 | 3 (96.43) Dom Taylor

Graham Hall (93.09) 6 | 3 (94.65) Dylan Slevin

Ross Smith (89.85) 6 | 3 (91.51) Brett Claydon

Ian White (88.15) 6 | 3 (84.15) Tim Wolters

Gabriel Clemens (95.16) 6 | 2 (92.73) John Henderson

Rhys Griffin (87.97) 6 | 2 (82.71) Arron Monk

Gian van Veen (95.88) 6 | 4 (93.73) Simon Whitlock

Connor Scutt (93.41) 6 | 3 (87.96) Boris Krcmar

Michael Smith (100.60) 6 | 4 (90.15) Jimmy van Schie

Florian Hempel (98.55) 6 | 1 (84.80) Jeffrey De Graaf

Mario Vandenbogaerde (88.46) 6 | 3 (90.08) Chris Dobey

Jeffrey Sparidaans (89.86) 6 | 4 (91.88) Steve Beaton

James Wade (99.46) 6 | 3 (88.83) Daniel Klose

Scott Williams (88.15) 6 | 2 (90.20) Lukas Wenig

Michael van Gerwen (91.95) 6 | 4 (87.51) Lee Cocks

Ryan Meikle (88.99) 6 | 5 (89.98) Danny Lauby

Cameron Menzies (87.77) 6 | 5 (81.34) Radek Szaganski

Karel Sedlacek (101.74) 6 | 4 (98.73) Matthew Dennant