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2021 POY Leader Boards - Overall

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Rank ↑	Player	Location	POY Points	Titles	Final Tables	POY Winnings

1	Ilyas Muradi	FL	1,620	1	1	$620,000
2	Fernando Rodriguez-Vazquez	Newark, DE	1,488	3	5	$283,293
3	Timothy Gilliam	Celeste, TX	1,392	2	2	$233,105
4	Robel Andemichael	Whiteplanes, MD	1,350	0	1	$545,500
5	Ankush Mandavia	Atlanta, GA	1,260	1	1	$260,000
6	Scott Stewart	Lakewood, CA	1,120	1	2	$199,167
7	Anselmo Villarreal	Greenfield, WI	1,087	1	2	$255,941
8	Ronnie Bardah	Stoneham, MA	1,080	0	1	$566,135
9	James Carroll	Las Vegas, NV	960	1	1	$180,850
10	Johnny Oshana	Los Gatos, CA	944	1	2	$131,868
11	James Kerr	Lakeland, FL	912	1	1	$228,038
11	Sung Joo Hyun		912	1	1	$208,335
13	Nicholas Pupillo	Addison, IL	911	1	4	$90,536
14	Timothy Capretta		840	0	1	$132,030
14	Chad Eveslage	Muncie, IN	840	1	1	$101,572
16	Kyrylo Kobzyev		832	0	2	$185,065
17	Francis Margaglione	FL	810	0	1	$293,510
18	Tuan Mai	CA	800	0	6	$91,832
18	John Szwelnis	Irwin, PA	800	0	1	$140,300
18	William Chao	San Pable, CA	800	0	1	$135,277

21	Asher Conniff	Brooklyn, NY	784	1	3	$135,203
22	Roman Shainiuk	Antelope, CA	760	0	1	$144,480
22	Alexandru Ivan	Palm Harbor, FL	760	0	1	$197,172
22	Jordan Cristos	Palmdale, CA	760	0	1	$119,232
25	Qing Liu	CA	737	1	4	$140,363
26	Chad Bjorkman	Stillwater, MN	720	1	1	$101,450
27	Matt Mauldin	Columbia, SC	700	0	1	$118,422
28	Daniel Swartz	Parma, OH	684	1	2	$71,324
29	Jesse Lonis	Little Falls, NY	675	0	1	$223,895
30	Brendan Shiller	Chicago , IL	672	0	3	$90,785
31	Daniel Jones	TX	640	0	1	$84,171
31	Zhen Cai	Melbourne, FL	640	0	1	$88,800
33	Kristen Bicknell	St. Catherines	630	0	1	$90,954
34	Alex Foxen	Cold Spring Harbor, NY	620	0	2	$133,877
35	Maxim Sekretarev		612	1	1	$160,694
36	Wayne Harmon		608	0	1	$93,280
36	Joris Springael	AZ	608	0	1	$85,000
38	Cory Nordstrand	International Falls, MN	600	0	1	$62,339
39	Richard Munro	Bell Canyon, CA	572	1	4	$68,996
40	Tsz Shing	Brooklyn, NY	566	0	2	$172,040

41	Kenneth Stacy	Bristol, VA	560	0	1	$87,394
41	David Berman		560	0	1	$49,885
43	Kfir Nahum	Sunnyvale, CA	540	1	3	$51,669
44	Jim Collopy	Washington D.C.	528	1	1	$141,714
44	Jeremy Becker	New City, NY	528	0	3	$68,054
46	Derek Gregory	Los Angeles, CA	525	0	1	$60,147
47	Andrey Volkov		510	0	1	$107,135
48	Gloria Jackson	Jacksonville, FL	508	0	2	$103,669
49	Bobby Sanoubane		502	1	3	$57,512
50	Scott Blackman	Webster, NY	500	0	1	$200,000