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2017 POY Leader Boards - Europe
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 (9642) | Nuno Cabral | PRT | 50 | 0 | 1 | $9,565 |
| 1952 (9650) | Frank Nilsen | Espeland, NOR | 50 | 0 | 1 | $4,997 |
| 1953 (9641) | Mikal Haland | NOR | 50 | 0 | 1 | $8,186 |
| 1954 (9634) | Viktor Sorokin | RUS | 50 | 0 | 1 | $3,540 |
| 1955 (9644) | 50 | 0 | 1 | $4,633 | ||
| 1956 (9647) | Mika Hallstrom | FIN | 50 | 0 | 1 | $7,316 |
| 1957 (9635) | Nasr El Nasr | DEU | 50 | 0 | 1 | $5,430 |
| 1958 (9648) | Saif Kably | NLD | 50 | 0 | 1 | $3,984 |
| 1959 (9636) | Filippo Lazzaretto | ITA | 50 | 0 | 1 | $6,313 |
| 1960 (9633) | Dean Aldred | GBR | 50 | 0 | 1 | $4,681 |
| 1961 (9640) | Janjulius Blokdijk | NLD | 50 | 0 | 1 | $1,870 |
| 1962 (9643) | Daniel Merrilees | GBR | 50 | 0 | 1 | $38,400 |
| 1963 (9649) | Adam Chalupnicek | CZE | 50 | 0 | 1 | $7,080 |
| 1964 (9645) | Moritz Retter | Holzgerlingen, DEU | 50 | 0 | 1 | $6,510 |
| 1965 (9711) | Vebjorn Monstad | NOR | 49 | 0 | 0 | $7,104 |
| 1966 (9712) | Sigurd Eskeland | Oslo, NOR | 49 | 0 | 0 | $4,440 |
| 1967 (9713) | Orjan Skommd | NOR | 49 | 0 | 0 | $4,440 |
| 1968 (9744) | Antti Karkkainen | FIN | 48 | 0 | 2 | $8,210 |
| 1969 (9745) | Ming Ju | GBR | 48 | 0 | 1 | $4,709 |
| 1970 (9732) | Seref Anar | TUR | 48 | 0 | 1 | $4,100 |
| 1971 (9742) | Yannick Bonnet | FRA | 48 | 0 | 1 | $4,240 |
| 1972 (9748) | Andreas Olympios | Manchester, EST | 48 | 0 | 1 | $7,783 |
| 1973 (9764) | Nabil Orch | FRA | 48 | 0 | 1 | $5,480 |
| 1974 (9743) | David Giorsetti | FRA | 48 | 0 | 1 | $3,270 |
| 1975 (9759) | Fabiano Pinto | PRT | 48 | 0 | 1 | $2,766 |
| 1976 (9760) | Pedro Cavaleiro | PRT | 48 | 0 | 1 | $1,254 |
| 1977 (9731) | Rasmus Glaesel | NOR | 48 | 0 | 1 | $3,820 |
| 1978 (9739) | Serban Simionescu | ROU | 48 | 0 | 1 | $3,586 |
| 1979 (9761) | Jerome Richard | PRT | 48 | 0 | 1 | $4,916 |
| 1980 (9740) | Tony Anderl | AUT | 48 | 0 | 1 | $1,951 |
| 1981 (9762) | Ivo Ferreira | PRT | 48 | 0 | 1 | $4,880 |
| 1982 (9741) | Itai Peleg | DEU | 48 | 0 | 1 | $4,229 |
| 1983 (9755) | Frederic Ayadi | FRA | 48 | 0 | 1 | $5,062 |
| 1984 (9757) | Stephane Scherrere | FRA | 48 | 0 | 1 | $6,482 |
| 1985 (9758) | Giuliano Malatesta | ITA | 48 | 0 | 1 | $3,314 |
| 1986 (9756) | Cedric Vallin | FRA | 48 | 0 | 1 | $2,995 |
| 1987 (9763) | Mustafa Daham | FIN | 48 | 0 | 1 | $4,303 |
| 1988 (9737) | Usman Ulhaq | GBR | 48 | 0 | 1 | $4,493 |
| 1989 (9765) | Madis Erit | EST | 48 | 0 | 1 | $6,240 |
| 1990 (9729) | Aleksander Pakhomov | RUS | 48 | 0 | 1 | $2,457 |
| 1991 (9735) | Davide Domina | ITA | 48 | 0 | 1 | $3,692 |
| 1992 (9766) | Bahtiyar Simsek | TUR | 48 | 0 | 1 | $11,415 |
| 1993 (9736) | Alexis Ibarrola | FRA | 48 | 0 | 1 | $4,334 |
| 1994 (9754) | Alberto Follador | ITA | 48 | 0 | 1 | $5,432 |
| 1995 (9746) | Ryan Fairweather | GBR | 48 | 0 | 1 | $4,515 |
| 1996 (9749) | Jari Mahonen | FIN | 48 | 0 | 1 | $16,933 |
| 1997 (9747) | Vincent Distribue | FRA | 48 | 0 | 1 | $3,800 |
| 1998 (9738) | Thomas Pierlot | FRA | 48 | 0 | 1 | $1,984 |
| 1999 (9728) | Alejandro Pacheon | ESP | 48 | 0 | 1 | $3,469 |
| 2000 (9726) | Steve Critchley | GBR | 48 | 0 | 1 | $3,070 |