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2025 POY Leader Boards - Europe
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 (10754) | Vladislav Klepikov | RUS | 40 | 0 | 1 | $2,171 |
| 2002 (10755) | Carlo Braccini | ITA | 40 | 0 | 1 | $3,061 |
| 2003 (10756) | Craig Cunningham | SCO | 40 | 0 | 1 | $5,028 |
| 2004 (10757) | Bektas Oldac | TUR | 40 | 0 | 1 | $3,480 |
| 2005 (10760) | Damir Matic | HRV | 40 | 0 | 1 | $2,400 |
| 2006 (10789) | Enrico Rudelitz | DEU | 40 | 0 | 1 | $4,235 |
| 2007 (10791) | Guillaume Chiron | FRA | 40 | 0 | 1 | $6,486 |
| 2008 (10792) | Fabrice Maltez | FRA | 40 | 0 | 1 | $4,181 |
| 2009 (10793) | Nicola Grieco | ITA | 40 | 0 | 1 | $4,012 |
| 2010 (10796) | Ilkka Heikkila | FIN | 40 | 0 | 1 | $4,469 |
| 2011 (10824) | Robert Galant | NLD | 40 | 0 | 2 | $7,973 |
| 2012 (10830) | Borgki Biba | GRC | 40 | 0 | 1 | $4,649 |
| 2013 (10831) | Nikolay Savov | BGR | 40 | 0 | 1 | $3,112 |
| 2014 (10887) | Tudor Popa | ROU | 40 | 0 | 1 | $3,238 |
| 2015 (10895) | Vincent van Gool | NLD | 39 | 0 | 1 | $2,138 |
| 2016 (10896) | Berker Abaci | TUR | 39 | 0 | 2 | $3,800 |
| 2017 (10903) | Simone Maglianella | ITA | 39 | 0 | 1 | $3,480 |
| 2018 (10904) | Yoav Amit | ITA | 39 | 0 | 1 | $3,067 |
| 2019 (10908) | Nicu Oleinic | MDA | 39 | 0 | 1 | $5,157 |
| 2020 (10916) | Peter Bos | NLD | 38 | 0 | 1 | $5,261 |
| 2021 (10924) | Milan Bajmoczi | AUT | 38 | 0 | 1 | $2,573 |
| 2022 (10933) | Georgi Mektupchiyan | BGR | 38 | 0 | 1 | $6,625 |
| 2023 (10943) | Claudio Piovera | ITA | 38 | 0 | 1 | $6,431 |
| 2024 (10944) | Damien Palayer | FRA | 38 | 0 | 1 | $6,209 |
| 2025 (10947) | Khurshid Zaynutdinov | RUS | 38 | 0 | 1 | $2,084 |
| 2026 (10954) | Morten Olsen | DNK | 38 | 0 | 1 | $6,181 |
| 2027 (10965) | Marios Pavlou | CYP | 38 | 0 | 1 | $3,600 |
| 2028 (10967) | Vikram Digpal | GBR | 38 | 0 | 1 | $6,983 |
| 2029 (10971) | Anthony Philippe | FRA | 38 | 0 | 1 | $5,855 |
| 2030 (10973) | Eleftherios Papangelis | GRC | 38 | 0 | 1 | $3,488 |
| 2031 (11022) | Mirko Ciresa | ITA | 36 | 0 | 1 | $1,667 |
| 2032 (11026) | Tommy Eriksson | CHE | 36 | 0 | 1 | $2,461 |
| 2033 (11032) | Botond Barat | HUN | 36 | 0 | 1 | $3,245 |
| 2034 (11035) | Leigh Williams | WAL | 36 | 0 | 1 | $3,318 |
| 2035 (11036) | Samuel Klocker | AUT | 36 | 0 | 1 | $5,500 |
| 2036 (11041) | Mathias Subraud | FRA | 36 | 0 | 1 | $2,943 |
| 2037 (11042) | Cornelis De Moree | NLD | 36 | 0 | 1 | $3,149 |
| 2038 (11043) | Leo Schulhof | FRA | 36 | 0 | 1 | $2,925 |
| 2039 (11045) | Aklilu Laitinen | FIN | 36 | 0 | 1 | $6,798 |
| 2040 (11046) | Aliaksandr Smolski | BLR | 36 | 0 | 1 | $3,365 |
| 2041 (11048) | Martynas Brazdzionis | ESP | 36 | 0 | 1 | $2,310 |
| 2042 (11053) | Peter Onnestam | SWE | 36 | 0 | 1 | $3,305 |
| 2043 (11067) | Johann Zeitoun | FRA | 36 | 0 | 1 | $4,399 |
| 2044 (11076) | Paul Maguire | GBR | 36 | 0 | 1 | $3,560 |
| 2045 (11084) | Ilhan Alibeyoglu | TUR | 36 | 0 | 1 | $8,000 |
| 2046 (11113) | Thore Boedefeld | DEU | 36 | 0 | 1 | $5,190 |
| 2047 (11116) | Daniele Palma | ITA | 36 | 0 | 1 | $5,737 |
| 2048 (11117) | Roberto Betbese | Terredmbarro, ESP | 36 | 0 | 0 | $36,220 |
| 2049 (11119) | Michael Dwyer | IRL | 35 | 0 | 1 | $11,917 |
| 2050 (11128) | Henri Dupont | FRA | 35 | 0 | 1 | $5,370 |