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2006 POY Leader Boards - Europe
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 (479) | Per Ummer | Skara, SWE | 640 | 0 | 1 | $199,296 |
| 52 (482) | Marcus Naalden | Roosendaal, NLD | 640 | 0 | 1 | $45,864 |
| 53 (531) | Joakim Geigert | SWE | 600 | 0 | 1 | $175,105 |
| 54 (530) | Jonathan Gaskell | Manchester, GBR | 600 | 0 | 1 | $119,145 |
| 55 (532) | Ram Vaswani | Hendon, GBR | 600 | 0 | 1 | $117,465 |
| 56 (552) | Daniel Dodet | FRA | 594 | 0 | 1 | $139,618 |
| 57 (558) | George McKeever | IRL | 585 | 0 | 1 | $143,514 |
| 58 (606) | Peter Gould | London, GBR | 544 | 0 | 2 | $44,625 |
| 59 (622) | Brian Jensen | DNK | 530 | 0 | 1 | $260,206 |
| 60 (646) | Daniel Klein | North York, GBR | 512 | 0 | 1 | $43,815 |
| 61 (667) | Davood Mehrmand | Frankfurt, DEU | 496 | 0 | 1 | $34,897 |
| 62 (670) | Sascha Biorac | DEU | 495 | 0 | 1 | $119,673 |
| 63 (680) | Paul Foltyn | Doncaster, ENG, GBR | 480 | 0 | 1 | $83,402 |
| 64 (681) | Age Spets | Oslo, NOR | 480 | 0 | 1 | $178,296 |
| 65 (682) | Patric Martenson | SWE | 480 | 0 | 1 | $92,336 |
| 66 (788) | Robert Yong | GBR | 468 | 0 | 1 | $112,929 |
| 67 (795) | Phil Yeh | Stenungsund, SWE | 460 | 0 | 1 | $164,330 |
| 68 (812) | Patrick Bueno | Paris, FRA | 450 | 0 | 2 | $104,374 |
| 69 (826) | Kim Frederiksen | Gentofte, DNK | 440 | 0 | 1 | $63,210 |
| 70 (888) | Gareth Derbyshire | London, GBR | 400 | 0 | 1 | $16,605 |
| 71 (889) | Laurent Wisniec | Brussels, BEL | 400 | 0 | 1 | $17,070 |
| 72 (949) | Rodion Cherednichenko | RUS | 396 | 0 | 1 | $99,727 |
| 73 (1005) | Patrick Schuhl | FRA | 368 | 0 | 1 | $117,379 |
| 74 (1015) | Magnus Gustavsson | Helsingborg, SWE | 360 | 0 | 1 | $57,545 |
| 75 (1016) | Peter Hedlund | Stockholm, SWE | 360 | 0 | 1 | $46,427 |
| 76 (1050) | Peter Costa | Leicester, GBR | 353 | 0 | 1 | $60,684 |
| 77 (1051) | Nick Gibson | London, GBR | 352 | 0 | 1 | $102,460 |
| 78 (1122) | Cecilia Moller | Linkoping, SWE | 320 | 0 | 1 | $11,760 |
| 79 (1123) | Oscar Edespong | Gothenburg, SWE | 320 | 0 | 1 | $12,410 |
| 80 (1119) | Espen Saltnes | Bergen, DEU | 320 | 0 | 1 | $234,330 |
| 81 (1120) | Erik Friberg | Stockholm, SWE | 320 | 0 | 1 | $1,979,189 |
| 82 (1121) | John Buttifant | London, GBR | 320 | 0 | 1 | $35,035 |
| 83 (1213) | Mikael Thuritz | Stockholm, SWE | 312 | 0 | 1 | $118,920 |
| 84 (1247) | Paul Alterman | London, GBR | 300 | 0 | 1 | $43,155 |
| 85 (1264) | Jonas Molander | SWE | 297 | 0 | 1 | $79,782 |
| 86 (1321) | Henri Boutbourl | FRA | 276 | 0 | 1 | $93,903 |
| 87 (1353) | Jani Vilmunen | Porvoo, FIN | 264 | 0 | 1 | $81,984 |
| 88 (1381) | Lasse Ubostad | Oslo, NOR | 256 | 0 | 1 | $34,145 |
| 89 (1421) | Jes Bondo | Valby, DNK | 240 | 0 | 1 | $8,245 |
| 90 (1423) | Robin Keston | London, GBR | 240 | 0 | 1 | $87,552 |
| 91 (1424) | Stuart Nash | London, GBR | 240 | 0 | 1 | $52,300 |
| 92 (1425) | Sid Harris | Hove, GBR | 240 | 0 | 1 | $37,167 |
| 93 (1422) | Richard Hall | Nelston, GBR | 240 | 0 | 1 | $44,550 |
| 94 (1538) | Rory McHugh | Dublin, IRL | 236 | 0 | 2 | $13,580 |
| 95 (1609) | Serkan Alp | Wolfsburg, DEU | 216 | 0 | 1 | $12,460 |
| 96 (1610) | Kristian Ulriksen | NOR | 216 | 0 | 1 | $114,167 |
| 97 (1651) | Gary Jones | London, GBR | 208 | 0 | 1 | $9,100 |
| 98 (1668) | Patrik Antonius | Helsinki, FIN | 205 | 0 | 1 | $343,577 |
| 99 (1755) | Peter Eichhardt | Stockholm, SWE | 198 | 0 | 1 | $59,836 |
| 100 (1811) | Kenneth Strandli | FRA | 184 | 0 | 1 | $70,427 |