Daly Cherry-Evans has leapt into second place on NRL.com's unofficial Dally M leaderboard after a man-of-the-match performance for Manly against the Wests Tigers.

Cherry-Evans, who has arguably been in career-best form this season, produced a try assist, a line break, a 40/20 kick and kicked four goals in Manly's win over the Tigers to earn three points from NRL.com.

The performance moved the Sea Eagles halfback and captain into outright second place on the leaderboard on 19 points, three behind Melbourne Storm captain Cameron Smith on 22.

Returning Dragons forward Paul Vaughan was the other one of the contenders to earn a point in Round 19, moving into equal seventh place on 15 points.

While official voting is behind closed doors and won't be revealed until the official Dally M Medal night, NRL.com will continue to cast unofficial votes for the remainder of the season.

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NRL.com's unofficial Dally M leaderboard after Round 19:

Player Points Cameron Smith 22 Daly Cherry-Evans 19 Clinton Gutherson 17 Gareth Widdop 16 Paul Gallen 16 Michael Morgan 16 Mitchell Pearce 15 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 15 Paul Vaughan 15 Wade Graham 14 Luke Keary 14 Billy Slater 14



NRL.com's unofficial rankings are based on ratings attributed to players in each game by nrl.com staff following the official Dally M points going behind closed doors after Round 14. The rankings are in no way based on official Dally M points after Round 14, which will not be