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2023 POY Leader Boards - Europe

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Rank Player Location POY Points Titles Final Tables POY Winnings
1 (7) Stephen Chidwick Deal, GBR 8,779 5 24 $8,722,628
2 (11) Artur Martirosian Voronezh, RUS 6,582 2 16 $8,320,442
3 (14) Adrian Mateos Madrid, ESP 6,072 2 17 $8,697,329
4 (23) Aleksejs Ponakovs Riga, LVA 5,179 2 16 $7,680,950
5 (26) Ben Heath Brighton, GBR 5,003 0 10 $6,099,811
6 (30) Orpen Kisacikoglu TUR 4,674 4 14 $5,454,222
7 (39) Alex Kulev Dublin, IRL 4,381 2 12 $5,966,298
8 (40) Ka Kwan Lau Sheung Shui, HKG 4,320 2 2 $3,277,988
9 (42) Thomas Boivin Charleroi, BEL 4,274 2 7 $2,273,789
10 (45) Mikita Badziakouski BLR 4,210 2 10 $12,180,548
11 (48) Daniel Smiljkovic Filderstadt, DEU 4,131 0 6 $3,600,238
12 (50) Jans Arends Groningen, NLD 4,100 2 6 $4,718,036
13 (53) Alexandre Reard Beaubourg, FRA 4,060 1 8 $1,487,483
14 (55) Jean Noel Thorel Paris, FRA 4,028 0 10 $7,836,515
15 (57) Talal Shakerchi London, GBR 3,991 1 8 $9,195,001
16 (59) Niko Koop Vienna, AUT 3,861 0 12 $2,581,513
17 (72) Aliaksandr Shylko Minsk, BLR 3,630 1 2 $3,164,088
18 (80) Pavel Plesuv Prague, CZE 3,417 1 5 $1,790,400
19 (81) Leon Sturm DEU 3,383 1 9 $3,759,903
20 (82) Jon Kyte NOR 3,371 5 12 $950,470
21 (83) Carl Shaw GBR 3,345 0 7 $2,165,436
22 (84) Roman Hrabec Vienna, AUT 3,333 0 10 $1,754,029
23 (89) Samuel Mullur AUT 3,240 1 2 $2,750,403
24 (91) Eelis Parssinen FIN 3,210 1 8 $1,301,690
25 (97) Giorgiy Skhulukhiya GEO 3,127 6 9 $545,245
26 (99) Matthias Eibinger Graz, AUT 3,117 1 5 $5,261,361
27 (102) Michael Rodrigues PRT 3,078 2 8 $601,145
28 (104) Daniel Rezaei Leibnitz, AUT 3,025 0 12 $919,099
29 (105) Antoine Labat Paris, FRA 3,022 0 7 $857,544
30 (112) Kayhan Mokri Oslo, NOR 2,861 1 9 $2,558,381
31 (114) Vladas Tamasauskas LTU 2,846 3 6 $1,170,089
32 (116) Max Menzel DEU 2,800 0 1 $2,859,990
33 (118) Stanislav Halatenko UKR 2,795 0 6 $756,082
34 (121) Juan Pardo Cortilligos, ESP 2,768 1 12 $3,572,746
35 (123) Ognyan Dimov Veliko Tarnovo, BGR 2,755 2 6 $2,285,261
36 (125) Georgios Sotiropoulos GRC 2,750 0 1 $4,167,246
37 (134) Joni Jouhkimainen Helsinki, FIN 2,698 1 7 $1,056,529
38 (136) Ole Schemion Berlin, DEU 2,685 2 7 $2,512,892
39 (137) Joao Vieira Funchal, PRT 2,675 2 10 $1,697,116
40 (140) Viacheslav Buldygin RUS 2,640 1 6 $3,067,800
41 (141) Julien Sitbon FRA 2,628 0 6 $676,293
42 (143) Lautaro Guerra ESP 2,606 3 7 $1,088,003
43 (144) Fedor Holz Vienna, DEU 2,604 1 6 $3,528,259
44 (150) Max Neugebauer AUT 2,550 1 2 $1,617,000
45 (154) Ronald Keijzer Rotterdam, NLD 2,516 2 8 $718,859
46 (158) Fabrice Bigot FRA 2,478 1 3 $790,475
47 (164) Igor Yaroshevskyy Dnipropetrovsk, UKR 2,436 0 7 $1,336,122
48 (165) Leonard Maue DEU 2,429 0 5 $1,173,195
49 (168) Sergio Martinez Gonzalez ESP 2,420 0 2 $1,485,787
50 (167) Thomas Eychenne FRA 2,420 0 7 $1,392,257
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