Draw for the 2025 Players Championship, players who have qualified for Telford and seeding positions

A £500,000 ranking event, the Players Championship exclusively features the top 16 players from the one-year ranking list. This list is determined by the amount of cumulative prize money players have won from ranking events during this ongoing 2024/25 campaign.

The 16-player field was finalised following the conclusion of the 2025 World Grand Prix in Hong Kong, which was won by Neil Robertson.

Who are the players in the 2025 Players Championship? Who are the seeds and how does the draw work?

There is a fixed bracket for the 2025 Players Championship and no requirement for any ‘random’ draw, with seed numbers 1 v 16, 2 v 15 etc.

The top seed for the event is Judd Trump, who has earned nearly £1million from ranking competitions this season, and is over £450,000 clear of reigning World Champion Kyren Wilson who is second on the seasonal list. Trump is at the top of the draw and Wilson is at the bottom.

World Grand Prix champion Neil Robertson is the third seed, and John Higgins - winner of the recent World Open held in Yushan, China - is seed number four.

Xiao Guodong, Mark Selby, Ding Junhui and Lei Peifan - who have all won ranking tournaments this season - have also qualified.

17th-placed Ali Carter was the player on the bubble; he was dislodged from the 16 by Stuart Bingham who had a brilliant run to the final in Hong Kong.

Bingham needed to get to the final at the Kai Tak Sports Park to qualify for the Players Championship, and he did just that. Bingham will meet Robertson again, in round one.

The majority of the world’s top 16 (from the two-year list) have qualified for the 2025 Players Championship, with Ronnie O’Sullivan, Luca Brecel, Zhang Anda and Carter missing the cut.

Mark Allen is the reigning and defending champion, although he was downbeat about featuring at the latest edition following his early exit at the World Grand Prix. In one of the standout fixtures of the opening round, Allen meets Wilson.

Round one, the quarter-finals and semi-finals are the best of 11 frames, with the multi-session final being the best of 19.

This is the final chance for cueists to qualify for the third and final Players Series event of the term, the 2025 Tour Championship which is set for between March 31 to April 6 in Manchester. Only the top 12 on the one-year list will qualify for that.

The draw for the 2025 Players Championship

What is the prize money for the 2025 Players Championship?

As is the case for all three Players Series events this season, there is an increase in prize money for the latest Players Championship, with the title winner to pocket £150,000 (up £25,000).

In total, there is a prize fund of half-a-million pound, and all qualifiers are guaranteed to trouser at least £15,000.

• Champion: £150,000
• Runner-up: £70,000
• Losing semi-finalists: £35,000 (each)
• Losing quarter-finalists: £20,000 (each)
• Last 16 losers: £15,000 (each)
• Highest break of the event: £10,000
• Total prize fund: £500,000

How and where can I watch the 2025 Players Championship on TV?

The host broadcaster for the 2025 Players Championship will be ITV Sport in the United Kingdom, with live televised coverage throughout the event on ITV4 and livestreamed online on the ITVX platform.

Viewing details for fans outside of the UK will be released shortly.