2017 PDC World Darts Championship

The field consisted of 72 players, including 16 in a preliminary round. Therefore, 64 players were entered into Round 1. The schedule was announced on 15 July 2016. The 72 players consist of: • Top 32 players in the PDC Main Order of Merit • Top 16 Pro Tour Order of Merit players • Top 4 European players from the Pro Tour Order of Merit • 16 International qualifiers • 4 PDPA qualifiers ==Prize money==

The prize money was £1,650,000 in total. The winner's prize money was increased from £300,000 to £350,000. Prize money for a nine-dart finish was originally set at £5,000, but the PDC increased it to £25,000 due to 'the stature of the tournament', though none were thrown. ==Qualifiers==

The draw was made on 28 November live on Sky Sports News. The preliminary round draw was made the previous night. Order of Merit • Michael van Gerwen • Gary Anderson • Peter Wright • Phil Taylor • Adrian Lewis • James Wade • Dave Chisnall • Mensur Suljović • Robert Thornton • Jelle Klaasen • Michael Smith • Raymond van Barneveld • Kim Huybrechts • Ian White • Benito van de Pas • Stephen Bunting • Simon Whitlock • Terry Jenkins • Gerwyn Price • Vincent van der Voort • Alan Norris • Mervyn King • Brendan Dolan • Daryl Gurney • Mark Webster • Justin Pipe • Steve Beaton • Kyle Anderson • Joe Cullen • Jamie Caven • Jamie Lewis • John Henderson • Cristo Reyes Pro Tour • James Wilson • Steve West • Chris Dobey • Robbie Green • Josh Payne • Jermaine Wattimena • Ronny Huybrechts • Joe Murnan • Darren Webster • Devon Petersen • • Christian Kist • Jonny Clayton • Ricky Evans • Andrew Gilding • Kevin Painter European Pro Tour • Jeffrey de Graaf • Max Hopp • • Ron Meulenkamp PDPA QualifierFirst round qualifier • Mark Frost Preliminary round qualifiers • Kevin Simm • Simon Stevenson • John Bowles International qualifiers First round qualifiers • Magnus Caris • Mick McGowan • John Michael Preliminary round qualifiers • Corey Cadby • Masumi Chino • Jerry Hendriks • Dragutin Horvat • Boris Koltsov • • Warren Parry • David Platt • Tengku Shah • Ross Snook • Sun Qiang • Gilbert Ulang ==Preliminary round==

Best of three sets. ==Main draw==

Finals Rounds 1-4 ==Final==

This table shows the highest averages achieved by players throughout the tournament. • The highest average in the history of the PDC World Championship. • The highest losing average in the history of the PDC World Championship. • The highest losing average in the final of a PDC World Championship. ==Best ever World Championship tournament average by Michael van Gerwen==

Michael van Gerwen scored a total of 75265 points scored with 2109 darts used. This gives a tournament three dart average (3DA) of 107.06, which is the highest tournament average in the history of the PDC World Championship. Note: the tournament match average reported elsewhere is 106.37 (sum of the match averages divided by number of matches), also a record. ==Representation from different countries==

This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including the preliminary round. Twenty-two countries were represented in the World Championship, one less than in the previous championship. ==Media coverage==

The tournament was available in the following countries on these channels: † Sky Sports F1 was renamed as Sky Sports Darts for the duration of the tournament. ==References==