By Alex Moss

3 APRIL 2017 • 7:30PM

Adrian Lewis ended his 14-month PDC ranking title drought this past weekend with victory in Players Championship 5 in Milton Keynes on Saturday.

It was the world number four’s first ranking title win since February 5, 2016, but on the current PDC Order of Merit there are five players in the top 16 who have gone longer without winning a ranking event.

Five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld’s last ranking tournament success came a surprising four-and-a-half years ago in October of 2013, but the Dutchman has tasted victory in the Premier League and World Cup of Darts, two televised non-ranking events, since then.

Jelle Klaasen, Michael Smith, Kim Huybrechts and Robert Thornton are the other four players on the list, with their latest ranking title wins all coming back in 2015.

Below is the current top 16 on the PDC Order of Merit and the date of their last ranking tournament win.

PDC Order of Merit (as of April 2, 2017)

Pos Player Date of last ranking title win 1 Michael van Gerwen 02/04/2017 2 Gary Anderson 26/02/2017 3 Peter Wright 26/03/2017 4 Adrian Lewis 01/04/2017 5 James Wade 15/05/2016 6 Dave Chisnall 02/07/2016 7 Phil Taylor 12/06/2016 8 Mensur Suljovic 04/09/2016 = Raymond van Barneveld 06/10/2013 10 Jelle Klaasen 27/09/2015 11 Michael Smith 13/09/2015 12 Kim Huybrechts 18/10/2015 13 Ian White 07/08/2016 14 Robert Thornton 10/10/2015 15 Benito van de Pas 22/10/2016 16 Simon Whitlock 12/03/2017

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