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2018 POY Leader Boards - Europe

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Rank Player Location POY Points Titles Final Tables POY Winnings
1 (2) Stephen Chidwick Deal, GBR 8,845 5 26 $9,950,805
2 (6) Adrian Mateos Madrid, ESP 6,477 3 21 $4,844,609
3 (7) Rainer Kempe Berlin, DEU 5,924 6 26 $5,464,179
4 (10) Pavel Plesuv Prague, CZE 5,626 2 8 $2,886,963
5 (13) Mikita Badziakouski BLR 4,926 5 11 $14,594,839
6 (15) Dominik Nitsche Minden, DEU 4,732 2 13 $5,371,902
7 (26) Koray Aldemir Vienna, AUT 3,900 1 10 $2,608,196
8 (27) Toby Lewis Hampshire, GBR 3,780 1 2 $1,756,835
9 (31) Manig Loeser Bad Homburg, DEU 3,696 2 14 $2,745,270
10 (40) Benjamin Pollak Paris, FRA 3,414 2 12 $3,422,703
11 (41) Matthias Eibinger Graz, AUT 3,390 3 13 $4,409,777
12 (42) Romain Lewis Wimbledon, FRA 3,370 0 5 $863,643
13 (45) Marc MacDonnell Dublin, IRL 3,308 1 4 $1,447,650
14 (49) Adam Owen Folkestone, GBR 3,194 2 6 $1,770,086
15 (50) Ognyan Dimov Veliko Tarnovo, BGR 3,140 2 4 $1,392,181
16 (51) Milos Skrbic SER 3,115 0 3 $1,434,721
17 (54) Diogo Veiga PRT 3,008 1 4 $1,485,549
18 (55) Jack Sinclair London, GBR 2,928 3 4 $1,429,280
19 (57) Patrik Antonius Helsinki, FIN 2,882 1 7 $4,950,734
20 (62) Michal Mrakes Prague, CZE 2,762 0 11 $535,300
21 (66) Jan Eric Schwippert DEU 2,672 0 6 $2,008,555
22 (71) Krasimir Yankov BGR 2,608 1 5 $866,956
23 (75) Julien Martini Paris, FRA 2,572 1 4 $808,268
24 (80) Ioannis Angelou-Konstas GRC 2,490 2 3 $1,334,550
25 (82) Mustapha Kanit Sliema, ITA 2,445 0 7 $1,529,108
26 (84) Scott Margereson GBR 2,425 1 3 $1,064,211
27 (90) Orpen Kisacikoglu TUR 2,375 0 10 $1,283,830
28 (92) Ole Schemion Berlin, DEU 2,339 1 5 $1,401,828
29 (94) Anatoly Filatov Moscow, RUS 2,319 1 4 $984,900
30 (95) Filipe Oliveira PRT 2,316 1 2 $1,532,593
31 (101) Joris Ruijs NLD 2,298 1 3 $927,343
32 (103) Andras Nemeth HUN 2,276 1 5 $1,815,619
33 (106) Ben Jones GBR 2,240 1 2 $584,424
34 (110) Alexandr Merzhvinskij RUS 2,214 0 6 $840,852
35 (113) Piotr Nurzynski POL 2,160 1 1 $1,213,418
36 (114) Martin Kabrhel CZE 2,156 2 5 $4,024,758
37 (116) Antoine Labat Paris, FRA 2,115 0 3 $1,645,025
38 (117) Gary Hasson BEL 2,106 2 4 $396,840
39 (121) Christian Rudolph DEU 2,070 0 3 $997,810
40 (123) Norbert Szecsi Budapest, HUN 2,048 1 3 $916,179
41 (124) Yiannis Liperis GBR 2,044 1 6 $363,925
42 (125) Stefan Huber CHE 2,040 0 2 $809,433
43 (128) Viktor Blom Gotheburg, SWE 2,024 1 2 $1,110,550
44 (133) Thomas Boivin Charleroi, BEL 1,980 1 5 $984,668
45 (136) Rui Cao Paris, FRA 1,950 0 4 $3,843,600
46 (139) Paul Michaelis Berlin, DEU 1,920 1 1 $957,600
47 (142) Thomas Muehloecker AUT 1,910 2 9 $928,260
48 (144) Guillaume Diaz FRA 1,900 1 5 $529,671
49 (147) Max Silver England, IRL 1,875 1 2 $730,395
50 (149) Michael Tureniec Solna, SWE 1,872 2 5 $274,430
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