Daryl Gurney has become the newest member of the top 16 in the PDC this week.

The Northern Irish number one has moved into the top 16 on the PDC Order of Merit for the first time in his career, overtaking Australia’s Simon Whitlock into 16th spot.

Gurney was just won win away from climbing into the top 16 on Sunday, losing 6-2 to Joe Cullen in the semi-finals of Players Championship 16, but has now pushed himself above Whitlock after the prize money from the 2015 European Darts Open fell off the two-year ranking list yesterday.

Elsewhere, Michael Smith has moved back into the top 10, at the expense of Jelle Klaasen, Ian White has leapfrogged Kim Huybrechts into 12th, and Benito van de Pas has climbed above 2015 European Darts Open champion Robert Thornton and up into 14th.

PDC Order of Merit (as of July 14, 2017)

Pos Name Prize Money 1 Michael van Gerwen £1,743,250 2 Gary Anderson £759,000 3 Peter Wright £687,250 4 Adrian Lewis £388,000 5 Dave Chisnall £363,000 6 James Wade £355,500 7 Mensur Suljovic £346,000 8 Phil Taylor £321,250 9 Raymond van Barneveld £319,500 10 Michael Smith £311,750 11 Jelle Klaasen £311,250 12 Ian White £282,500 13 Kim Huybrechts £278,250 14 Benito van de Pas £264,750 15 Robert Thornton £254,750 16 Daryl Gurney £249,500 17 Simon Whitlock £249,000 18 Gerwyn Price £237,000 19 Alan Norris £233,750 20 Mervyn King £188,000 21 Joe Cullen £180,750 22 Stephen Bunting £174,250 23 Mark Webster £164,000 24 Terry Jenkins £162,250 25 Steve Beaton £156,250 26 Vincent van der Voort £141,500 27 Brendan Dolan £135,500 28 Cristo Reyes £133,500 29 Darren Webster £132,500 30 Justin Pipe £129,500 31 Kyle Anderson £129,250 32 John Henderson £107,750