 He also won the final event with a 6–0 ten-minute thrashing of Mervyn King in the final, meaning he had won five of the eight Qualifiers.His sixth title of the year came a week later at the second Players Championship by beating Stuart Kellett 6–1 in the final.In the 2013 Premier League, Van Gerwen became the first player other than Phil Taylor to finish top of the league after Taylor had done it in all eight previous stagings of the event.