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2026 POY Leader Boards - Europe
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 (212) | Nikolay Fal | RUS | 1,277 | 0 | 6 | $177,000 |
| 52 (214) | Nazar Buhaiov | UKR | 1,276 | 1 | 3 | $450,965 |
| 53 (218) | Julien Sitbon | FRA | 1,264 | 1 | 5 | $285,881 |
| 54 (219) | Malcolm Franchi | FRA | 1,260 | 0 | 2 | $338,561 |
| 55 (219) | Viacheslav Goryachev | RUS | 1,260 | 1 | 1 | $277,700 |
| 56 (224) | Paul Esau | DEU | 1,254 | 2 | 5 | $126,761 |
| 57 (226) | Pascal Vos | FRA | 1,244 | 1 | 3 | $284,159 |
| 58 (236) | Nikolai Ogoltsov | RUS | 1,200 | 1 | 1 | $523,250 |
| 59 (236) | Nikolay Bibov | POL | 1,200 | 0 | 1 | $661,250 |
| 60 (236) | Christian Pedersen | GBR | 1,200 | 1 | 1 | $690,000 |
| 61 (250) | Pavel Plesuv | Prague, CZE | 1,190 | 0 | 1 | $857,510 |
| 62 (260) | Dennis Weiss | DEU | 1,152 | 1 | 4 | $681,053 |
| 63 (261) | James Cheung | SCO | 1,150 | 1 | 2 | $304,493 |
| 64 (264) | Martin Lenoch | DEU | 1,140 | 2 | 2 | $278,127 |
| 65 (268) | Miroslav Rizov | BGR | 1,120 | 1 | 3 | $183,248 |
| 66 (286) | Alessandro Furneri | ITA | 1,082 | 0 | 3 | $214,665 |
| 67 (297) | Maxim Panyak | RUS | 1,078 | 0 | 4 | $115,050 |
| 68 (302) | Daniil Kiselev | RUS | 1,071 | 0 | 3 | $706,000 |
| 69 (305) | Herve Gouzil | FRA | 1,066 | 1 | 4 | $164,351 |
| 70 (306) | Gary Fisher | GBR | 1,064 | 0 | 3 | $178,953 |
| 71 (312) | Tornike Tchkonia | GEO | 1,050 | 0 | 1 | $220,800 |
| 72 (317) | Zdenek Zizka | CZE | 1,034 | 1 | 2 | $346,628 |
| 73 (318) | Mariusz Czech | CYP | 1,032 | 2 | 2 | $250,510 |
| 74 (320) | Per Hildebrand | Stockholm, SWE | 1,028 | 0 | 3 | $159,319 |
| 75 (322) | Santtu Leinonen | Oulu, FIN | 1,024 | 0 | 2 | $310,174 |
| 76 (324) | Christoph Vogelsang | Sassenberg, DEU | 1,020 | 1 | 1 | $1,037,858 |
| 77 (324) | Matas Cimbolas | LTU | 1,020 | 1 | 2 | $299,500 |
| 78 (324) | Kristof Segers | BEL | 1,020 | 0 | 4 | $206,420 |
| 79 (331) | Sergio Aido | Aviles, ESP | 1,010 | 0 | 3 | $396,900 |
| 80 (332) | Conor O'Driscoll | IRL | 1,008 | 2 | 6 | $162,066 |
| 81 (332) | Hannes Jeschka | NLD | 1,008 | 0 | 2 | $495,000 |
| 82 (332) | Michael Rodrigues | PRT | 1,008 | 0 | 2 | $195,496 |
| 83 (337) | Hossein Ensan | Muenster, DEU | 1,000 | 0 | 1 | $352,230 |
| 84 (337) | Michael Sklenicka | Slani, CZE | 1,000 | 0 | 1 | $333,500 |
| 85 (347) | Manuel Stojanovic | AUT | 990 | 0 | 3 | $1,501,228 |
| 86 (359) | Fausto Tantillo | ITA | 970 | 1 | 5 | $85,159 |
| 87 (362) | Dominykas Mikolaitis | LTU | 964 | 0 | 2 | $1,229,000 |
| 88 (363) | Patrick Leonard | New Castle, GBR | 960 | 1 | 2 | $481,950 |
| 89 (363) | Erdem Akmert | TUR | 960 | 0 | 1 | $200,000 |
| 90 (363) | Artur Vyborov | RUS | 960 | 1 | 1 | $450,000 |
| 91 (363) | Andrey Kalgin | RUS | 960 | 1 | 1 | $164,570 |
| 92 (363) | Daniele Degennaro | ITA | 960 | 1 | 1 | $80,320 |
| 93 (363) | Veli-Pekka Penttinen | FIN | 960 | 1 | 1 | $178,187 |
| 94 (363) | Casimir Seire | FIN | 960 | 0 | 1 | $465,097 |
| 95 (382) | Gerardo Rodriguez | ESP | 958 | 1 | 4 | $77,987 |
| 96 (389) | Bryan Taylor | SCO | 949 | 1 | 9 | $161,386 |
| 97 (394) | Jonas Kronwitter | DEU | 944 | 1 | 3 | $348,931 |
| 98 (395) | Sacha Cohen | FRA | 943 | 1 | 3 | $227,490 |
| 99 (397) | Bjorn Verbakel | NLD | 940 | 1 | 2 | $152,629 |
| 100 (402) | Fabian Wolf | DEU | 928 | 2 | 3 | $131,825 |