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2026 POY Leader Boards - Europe
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| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (7) | Jon Ander Vallinas | ESP | 4,264 | 0 | 5 | $2,563,392 |
| 2 (9) | Klemens Roiter | AUT | 4,203 | 0 | 9 | $4,649,263 |
| 3 (11) | Matthias Eibinger | Graz, AUT | 3,868 | 3 | 9 | $6,510,575 |
| 4 (15) | Christopher Nguyen | AUT | 3,386 | 2 | 4 | $4,746,665 |
| 5 (19) | Aren Bezhanyan | ARM | 3,079 | 1 | 4 | $1,893,686 |
| 6 (20) | Patrik Antonius | Helsinki, FIN | 2,992 | 0 | 9 | $3,063,500 |
| 7 (21) | Daniel Rezaei | Leibnitz, AUT | 2,984 | 1 | 5 | $3,182,065 |
| 8 (22) | Bernhard Binder | AUT | 2,928 | 2 | 4 | $3,032,531 |
| 9 (27) | Fahredin Mustafov | BGR | 2,670 | 2 | 4 | $953,840 |
| 10 (37) | Alex Kulev | Dublin, IRL | 2,490 | 2 | 6 | $4,849,444 |
| 11 (40) | Leon Sturm | DEU | 2,421 | 1 | 4 | $2,481,843 |
| 12 (41) | Philip Sternheimer | London, GBR | 2,415 | 0 | 5 | $3,286,400 |
| 13 (57) | Youness Barakat | GBR | 2,218 | 0 | 9 | $1,030,265 |
| 14 (58) | Anatoly Zlotnikov | RUS | 2,199 | 1 | 6 | $1,816,000 |
| 15 (69) | Cesar Garcia | ESP | 2,060 | 1 | 5 | $3,059,852 |
| 16 (71) | Thi Xoa Nguyen | FRA | 2,048 | 0 | 3 | $347,000 |
| 17 (74) | Joris Ruijs | NLD | 2,034 | 1 | 5 | $655,464 |
| 18 (82) | Jorge Abreu | PRT | 1,920 | 1 | 1 | $1,355,348 |
| 19 (89) | Nino Pansier | NLD | 1,851 | 1 | 4 | $1,852,402 |
| 20 (94) | Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | BLR | 1,820 | 1 | 5 | $1,640,568 |
| 21 (95) | Aliaksei Boika | BLR | 1,791 | 0 | 3 | $1,574,750 |
| 22 (100) | Jean Noel Thorel | Paris, FRA | 1,776 | 0 | 4 | $2,348,780 |
| 23 (106) | Andrew Hulme | England, GBR | 1,720 | 1 | 3 | $244,831 |
| 24 (107) | Thomas Boivin | Charleroi, BEL | 1,706 | 1 | 3 | $906,255 |
| 25 (117) | Ottomar Ladva | EST | 1,620 | 2 | 2 | $2,295,686 |
| 26 (120) | Felix Schneiders | DEU | 1,600 | 0 | 1 | $846,473 |
| 27 (123) | Davit Mikhanashvili | GEO | 1,594 | 1 | 5 | $219,427 |
| 28 (132) | Dejan Kaladjurdjevic | MNE | 1,554 | 1 | 3 | $1,546,475 |
| 29 (134) | Stephen Chidwick | Deal, GBR | 1,547 | 0 | 4 | $2,157,069 |
| 30 (135) | Richard Gryko | Essex, GBR | 1,536 | 1 | 4 | $2,762,795 |
| 31 (137) | Andro Scarpa | HRV | 1,520 | 1 | 2 | $204,881 |
| 32 (146) | Brandon Sheils | GBR | 1,488 | 2 | 5 | $431,268 |
| 33 (147) | Frank Koopmann | DEU | 1,464 | 2 | 2 | $321,041 |
| 34 (151) | Ivan Ilichev | RUS | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | $525,000 |
| 35 (151) | Lawend Mardini | SWE | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | $12,439 |
| 36 (158) | Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu | ROU | 1,422 | 1 | 3 | $397,314 |
| 37 (159) | Samuel Ju | DEU | 1,418 | 1 | 5 | $370,204 |
| 38 (164) | Danilo Velasevic | SER | 1,404 | 0 | 4 | $2,226,100 |
| 39 (168) | Thomas Eychenne | FRA | 1,380 | 0 | 4 | $911,810 |
| 40 (179) | Anatoly Nikitin | RUS | 1,356 | 1 | 4 | $370,119 |
| 41 (183) | Tobias Peters | NLD | 1,350 | 1 | 4 | $290,898 |
| 42 (192) | Sebastian Gaehl | DEU | 1,326 | 1 | 2 | $1,562,000 |
| 43 (195) | Sonny Franco | Montagnac, FRA | 1,318 | 1 | 6 | $235,371 |
| 44 (198) | Manuel Fritz | AUT | 1,311 | 0 | 3 | $572,855 |
| 45 (199) | Laszlo Bujtas | HUN | 1,307 | 0 | 5 | $1,300,000 |
| 46 (200) | Thomas Muehloecker | AUT | 1,301 | 0 | 3 | $1,702,015 |
| 47 (201) | Roope Tarmi | FIN | 1,300 | 1 | 4 | $225,026 |
| 48 (208) | Sandro Carucci | CHE | 1,280 | 1 | 2 | $337,628 |
| 49 (208) | Enrico Coppola | ITA | 1,280 | 0 | 1 | $604,632 |
| 50 (213) | Michael Zhang | GBR | 1,277 | 1 | 3 | $351,156 |
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