Michael van Gerwen, Peter Wright and Glen Durrant win big at the PDC Awards

Michael van Gerwen scooped the Player of the Year prize at the annual PDC Awards, but world champion Peter Wright claimed three trophies thanks to his stunning win at Alexandra Palace.

Snakebite claimed Fans’ Player of the Year, Players’ Player of the Year and Televised Performance of the Year for his superb win over Van Gerwen in the World Championship final on New Year’s Day.

Interesting, MVG didn’t even manage a runners-up spot in the fans’ or the players’ categories, with the fans voting in Gerwyn Price in second place, while Price and Nathan Aspinall were joint second among the players.

That is despite Van Gerwen winning 14 titles over 2019 and only falling at the final hurdle in his bid to win a fourth World Championship title.

The Dutchman did pick up the ProTour Player of the Year prize and was the only player to receive a Gold Pin for a televised 9-darter over the year.

Glen Durrant thoroughly deserved his Best Newcomer award after a cracking first season in the PDC which saw him win two ProTour titles and reach the semi-finals of the Matchplay, Grand Prix and Grand Slam.

Young Player of the Year was won by Luke Humphries after he won the World Youth Championship and then enjoyed a run to the quarter-finals of the World Championship at Alexandra Palace.

2019 PDC Award Winners

Player of the Year
Winner: Michael van Gerwen

Fans’ Player of the Year
Winner: Peter Wright

PDPA Players’ Player of the Year
Winner: Peter Wright

Televised Performance of the Year
Winner: Peter Wright (World Championship Final v Michael van Gerwen)

Best Newcomer
Winner: Glen Durrant

ProTour Player of the Year
Winner: Michael van Gerwen

Young Player of the Year
Winner: Luke Humphries

Van Gerwen and Wright are in action for the first time since their World Championship meeting at the Masters this weekend.

The tournament starts on Friday night in Milton Keynes when MVG plays Jonny Clayton, while Snakebite plays his first round match on Saturday night against Joe Cullen.

The 2019 PDC Awards also saw 46 Silver Pins – the most ever – handed out for non-televised 9-darters to the following players…

Dave Chisnall (x3), Geert Nentjes (x3), Michael van Gerwen (x3), Gerwyn Price (x2), Ritchie Edhouse (x2), Ted Evetts (x2), Peter Jacques, Chris Dobey, Ricky Evans, Scott Baker, Danny Noppert, Brian Raman, James Wade, Mark McGeeney, Harry Ward, Callan Rydz, Steve Beaton, Geert De Vos, Michael Rasztovits, Robert Thornton, Madars Razma, Lourence Ilagan, Dimitri Van den Bergh, Andy Jenkins, Kyle Anderson, Boris Koltsov, Simon Preston, John Henderson, Matt Clark, Jose De Sousa, Jeffrey de Zwaan, Rob Cross, Ian White, Cody Harris, Mensur Suljovic James Beeton, Keane Barry.