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2017 POY Leader Boards - Europe
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 (9759) | Fabiano Pinto | PRT | 48 | 0 | 1 | $2,766 |
| 2002 (9760) | Pedro Cavaleiro | PRT | 48 | 0 | 1 | $1,254 |
| 2003 (9761) | Jerome Richard | PRT | 48 | 0 | 1 | $4,916 |
| 2004 (9762) | Ivo Ferreira | PRT | 48 | 0 | 1 | $4,880 |
| 2005 (9763) | Mustafa Daham | FIN | 48 | 0 | 1 | $4,303 |
| 2006 (9764) | Nabil Orch | FRA | 48 | 0 | 1 | $5,480 |
| 2007 (9765) | Madis Erit | EST | 48 | 0 | 1 | $6,240 |
| 2008 (9766) | Bahtiyar Simsek | TUR | 48 | 0 | 1 | $11,415 |
| 2009 (9767) | Christophe Colantoni | FRA | 48 | 0 | 1 | $4,077 |
| 2010 (10002) | Martijn Snaet | BEL | 47 | 0 | 2 | $4,849 |
| 2011 (10003) | Elie Yammine | TUR | 47 | 0 | 2 | $8,790 |
| 2012 (10012) | Karen Azryan | RUS | 46 | 0 | 1 | $3,168 |
| 2013 (10013) | Mark Greening | GBR | 46 | 0 | 1 | $3,190 |
| 2014 (10031) | Nadal Santiago | ESP | 45 | 0 | 1 | $3,800 |
| 2015 (10032) | Jake Cody | Rochdale, England, GBR | 45 | 0 | 1 | $33,085 |
| 2016 (10033) | Francesca Pacini | ITA | 45 | 0 | 1 | $13,563 |
| 2017 (10034) | Vittore Brugnera | ITA | 45 | 0 | 1 | $13,734 |
| 2018 (10035) | Paolo Erriques | ITA | 45 | 0 | 1 | $4,548 |
| 2019 (10036) | Damit Jeff | LUX | 45 | 0 | 1 | $1,559 |
| 2020 (10037) | Viktor Shener | RUS | 45 | 0 | 1 | $3,401 |
| 2021 (10038) | Arkadiusz Liszewski | GBR | 45 | 0 | 1 | $4,291 |
| 2022 (10039) | David Dolak | CZE | 45 | 0 | 1 | $3,837 |
| 2023 (10040) | Diede van den Ouden | NLD | 45 | 0 | 1 | $2,875 |
| 2024 (10041) | Matthew Eardley | GBR | 45 | 0 | 1 | $1,868 |
| 2025 (10042) | Sebastien Grax | FRA | 45 | 0 | 1 | $2,882 |
| 2026 (10043) | Michel Mota | Montpezat, FRA | 45 | 0 | 1 | $2,753 |
| 2027 (10044) | David Charalambous | GBR | 45 | 0 | 1 | $4,720 |
| 2028 (10045) | Anthony Kendall | IRL | 45 | 0 | 1 | $3,965 |
| 2029 (10046) | Jimmy Kebe | GBR | 45 | 0 | 1 | $4,067 |
| 2030 (10047) | Matyas Csiszar | HUN | 45 | 0 | 1 | $13,589 |
| 2031 (10048) | Mario Carrascon | ITA | 45 | 0 | 1 | $17,463 |
| 2032 (10049) | Daniel Wuts | BEL | 45 | 0 | 1 | $4,676 |
| 2033 (10050) | Marcin Jaworski | POL | 45 | 0 | 1 | $3,894 |
| 2034 (10051) | Massimo Perri | GBR | 45 | 0 | 1 | $3,012 |
| 2035 (10153) | Rolf Galasen | NOR | 44 | 0 | 2 | $3,397 |
| 2036 (10154) | Romain Tardy | FRA | 44 | 0 | 1 | $3,800 |
| 2037 (10155) | Ian Williams | GBR | 44 | 0 | 1 | $2,757 |
| 2038 (10156) | Sascha Neunaber | DEU | 44 | 0 | 1 | $2,631 |
| 2039 (10157) | Alessandro Ferrari | ITA | 44 | 0 | 1 | $5,745 |
| 2040 (10158) | Vincent Sweeney | England, GBR | 44 | 0 | 1 | $3,125 |
| 2041 (10159) | Chatsiotis Sofoklis | MKD | 44 | 0 | 1 | $6,148 |
| 2042 (10160) | Sondre Sagstuen | Oslo, NOR | 44 | 0 | 1 | $3,158 |
| 2043 (10161) | George Karakousis | GRC | 44 | 0 | 1 | $2,291 |
| 2044 (10162) | Jorge Carvalho | PRT | 44 | 0 | 2 | $6,661 |
| 2045 (10163) | Roberto Roberti | ITA | 44 | 0 | 1 | $3,674 |
| 2046 (10164) | Theodoor Woolschot | NLD | 44 | 0 | 1 | $4,304 |
| 2047 (10165) | Evgeniy Afanasyev | RUS | 44 | 0 | 1 | $8,714 |
| 2048 (10166) | Daan Cobelens | NLD | 44 | 0 | 1 | $2,869 |
| 2049 (10240) | Derek Hems | NLD | 43 | 0 | 1 | $2,447 |
| 2050 (10241) | Sergey Kudryavtsev | RUS | 43 | 0 | 1 | $2,421 |