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2025 POY Leader Boards - Europe
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 (10300) | Mohammed Bekheira | FRA | 48 | 0 | 1 | $3,387 |
| 1952 (10301) | Nicolas Rizzuto | FRA | 48 | 0 | 1 | $3,271 |
| 1953 (10327) | Stefan Bittger | DEU | 48 | 0 | 1 | $4,350 |
| 1954 (10462) | Sergi Escote | ESP | 48 | 1 | 1 | $27,852 |
| 1955 (10328) | Andac Aykut | TUR | 48 | 0 | 1 | $2,360 |
| 1956 (10365) | Tonis Viik | EST | 48 | 0 | 1 | $4,406 |
| 1957 (10311) | Ilnur Murtazin | RUS | 48 | 0 | 1 | $4,470 |
| 1958 (10319) | Jacopo Eutizi | ITA | 48 | 0 | 1 | $7,983 |
| 1959 (10406) | Mitchel Van Der Linde | NLD | 48 | 0 | 1 | $4,207 |
| 1960 (10323) | Scott Kenyon | GBR | 48 | 0 | 1 | $4,148 |
| 1961 (10479) | Bernat Moragrega | FRA | 46 | 0 | 2 | $7,452 |
| 1962 (10493) | Patrick Stroobants | BEL | 45 | 0 | 1 | $1,388 |
| 1963 (10515) | Guy Klein-Delatte | FRA | 45 | 0 | 1 | $1,817 |
| 1964 (10519) | Erwann Pecheux | Paris, FRA | 45 | 0 | 1 | $3,415 |
| 1965 (10512) | Tamer Yelekcioglu | TUR | 45 | 0 | 1 | $1,700 |
| 1966 (10548) | James Noonan | GBR | 45 | 0 | 1 | $2,518 |
| 1967 (10484) | Tony Brown | GBR | 45 | 0 | 1 | $3,360 |
| 1968 (10503) | Krankka Tommi | FIN | 45 | 0 | 1 | $2,508 |
| 1969 (10554) | Mathijs Basteijns | NLD | 44 | 0 | 1 | $1,721 |
| 1970 (10567) | Frederik Farrington | DNK | 44 | 0 | 1 | $1,970 |
| 1971 (10566) | Willem Cate | NLD | 44 | 0 | 1 | $3,348 |
| 1972 (10580) | Jan Eric Schwippert | DEU | 44 | 0 | 1 | $3,842 |
| 1973 (10614) | Joe Brindle | GBR | 43 | 0 | 1 | $2,447 |
| 1974 (10601) | Igor Panak | SVK | 43 | 0 | 1 | $2,070 |
| 1975 (10603) | Jaska Kierzek | NLD | 43 | 0 | 1 | $3,433 |
| 1976 (10612) | Ernest Wittman | FRA | 43 | 0 | 1 | $4,225 |
| 1977 (10627) | Mark Metsla | EST | 43 | 0 | 1 | $2,157 |
| 1978 (10609) | William Atuo | BEL | 43 | 0 | 1 | $1,502 |
| 1979 (10610) | Sandeep Fuzzally | NLD | 43 | 0 | 1 | $1,589 |
| 1980 (10600) | Gianluigi Zaniboni | ITA | 43 | 0 | 2 | $2,855 |
| 1981 (10633) | Christian Steinacher | ITA | 42 | 0 | 1 | $1,568 |
| 1982 (10637) | Marek Rous | CZE | 42 | 0 | 1 | $3,438 |
| 1983 (10648) | Aladin Reskallah | FRA | 42 | 0 | 1 | $4,460 |
| 1984 (10646) | Adlan Vikayev | KAZ | 42 | 0 | 1 | $2,700 |
| 1985 (10649) | Markus Pohjola | FIN | 42 | 0 | 1 | $1,612 |
| 1986 (10653) | Laurynas Jakutis | LTU | 42 | 0 | 1 | $5,598 |
| 1987 (10639) | Metin Kaplanoglu | TUR | 42 | 0 | 1 | $1,250 |
| 1988 (10688) | Dmitriy Nikolaevich Prusov | RUS | 41 | 0 | 0 | $12,500 |
| 1989 (10695) | Andrei Piatrushchanka | BLR | 41 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| 1990 (10696) | Cristian Tabac Mihai | ROU | 41 | 0 | 0 | $12,500 |
| 1991 (10714) | Stylianos Karadaglis | GRC | 40 | 0 | 1 | $6,162 |
| 1992 (10796) | Ilkka Heikkila | FIN | 40 | 0 | 1 | $4,469 |
| 1993 (10791) | Guillaume Chiron | FRA | 40 | 0 | 1 | $6,486 |
| 1994 (10750) | Henry Ferguson | IRL | 40 | 0 | 1 | $3,836 |
| 1995 (10792) | Fabrice Maltez | FRA | 40 | 0 | 1 | $4,181 |
| 1996 (10824) | Robert Galant | NLD | 40 | 0 | 2 | $7,973 |
| 1997 (10729) | Ridvan Sare | DEU | 40 | 0 | 1 | $3,574 |
| 1998 (10793) | Nicola Grieco | ITA | 40 | 0 | 1 | $4,012 |
| 1999 (10730) | Domenico Cascasi | ITA | 40 | 0 | 1 | $2,257 |
| 2000 (10754) | Vladislav Klepikov | RUS | 40 | 0 | 1 | $2,171 |