The tenth edition of the Players Championship, first held in 2011, the event was sponsored by sports betting company Coral, and broadcast on ITV4 in the United Kingdom, and Eurosport across Europe.

The event featured 16 participants chosen from players who were the highest earners from the prior 13 ranking tournaments.

Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion after beating Neil Robertson 10–4 in the 2019 final, but he failed to qualify for the 2020 event, being 18th in the rankings before the tournament began.

With it, he equalled the record held jointly by Stephen Hendry, Ding Junhui, Mark Selby and O'Sullivan for the most ranking titles in a single season.

[1][2][3] The event had 16 participants, chosen from players with the most ranking points in the 2019–20 snooker season at the beginning of the tournament.

Points scored at events from the 2019 Riga Masters until the 2020 Snooker Shoot Out were added towards qualifying for the tournament.

[7] Qualification for the event was conducted on the basis of the one-year ranking list up to and including the 2020 Snooker Shoot Out.

[11] Both John Higgins and Yan Bingtao won their opening round matches 6–2, over Graeme Dott and Kyren Wilson, respectively.

[9] World number one Judd Trump overcame Shoot Out champion Michael Holt 6–3, the same score-line that Mark Allen defeated Thepchaiya Un-Nooh.

[19] Murphy commented that he "had a bad night", but commended Yan's attitude after his defeat at the Welsh Open semi-final.

[20] In winning the tournament, he equalled the record held jointly by Stephen Hendry, Ding Junhui, Selby and O'Sullivan for the most ranking titles in a single season.