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2026 POY Leader Boards - Europe
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 (410) | Niklas Astedt | Goteborg, SWE | 918 | 1 | 2 | $1,019,958 |
| 102 (412) | Pedro Faustino | PRT | 912 | 1 | 1 | $255,036 |
| 103 (429) | Yucel Eminoglu | TUR | 902 | 2 | 5 | $160,559 |
| 104 (431) | Micheal O'Neill | IRL | 900 | 0 | 1 | $249,700 |
| 105 (431) | Arsenii Karmatckii | RUS | 900 | 0 | 1 | $103,500 |
| 106 (449) | Tom Vogelsang | NLD | 899 | 0 | 4 | $707,254 |
| 107 (451) | Georgios Vrakas | GRC | 894 | 1 | 1 | $196,713 |
| 108 (454) | Robert Cowen | England, GBR | 885 | 1 | 6 | $1,093,740 |
| 109 (455) | Fabian Gumz | DEU | 884 | 1 | 2 | $105,431 |
| 110 (457) | Vasyl Palandiuk | ITA | 880 | 0 | 1 | $293,466 |
| 111 (466) | Ryan Plant | GBR | 864 | 0 | 4 | $187,809 |
| 112 (476) | Trevor Reardon | Birmingham, GBR | 852 | 1 | 3 | $93,029 |
| 113 (477) | Orpen Kisacikoglu | TUR | 850 | 1 | 3 | $1,840,451 |
| 114 (482) | Fedor Holz | Vienna, DEU | 840 | 1 | 1 | $1,208,811 |
| 115 (482) | Manuel Carvalho | PRT | 840 | 0 | 1 | $529,835 |
| 116 (482) | Martins Adeniya | GBR | 840 | 0 | 3 | $232,950 |
| 117 (482) | Giorgio Calligaris | MCO | 840 | 0 | 1 | $126,068 |
| 118 (503) | Pedro Garcia | ESP | 837 | 0 | 4 | $134,800 |
| 119 (504) | Gor Musinayn | ARM | 836 | 0 | 3 | $53,750 |
| 120 (506) | Cristian Tabac Mihai | ROU | 832 | 0 | 2 | $172,791 |
| 121 (513) | Turlough Mchugh | IRL | 820 | 0 | 2 | $202,080 |
| 122 (515) | Andrei Ciuca | ROU | 817 | 1 | 5 | $100,925 |
| 123 (520) | Szymon Politowski | POL | 813 | 0 | 2 | $131,100 |
| 124 (521) | Marius Gierse | DEU | 811 | 0 | 2 | $392,847 |
| 125 (531) | Miroslav Alilovic | FRA | 800 | 0 | 1 | $310,500 |
| 126 (551) | Jeremy Trojand | DEU | 798 | 0 | 3 | $402,307 |
| 127 (560) | Samuel Mullur | AUT | 784 | 0 | 2 | $507,000 |
| 128 (560) | Sil Damstra | NLD | 784 | 0 | 2 | $97,928 |
| 129 (568) | Julien Duveau | FRA | 780 | 1 | 2 | $113,172 |
| 130 (570) | Onni Huttunen | FIN | 778 | 0 | 3 | $96,239 |
| 131 (575) | Nikita Kuznetsov | RUS | 770 | 0 | 1 | $528,000 |
| 132 (581) | Johan Guilbert | Sarreguemines, FRA | 765 | 0 | 1 | $870,000 |
| 133 (581) | Gruffudd Pugh Jones | GBR | 765 | 0 | 1 | $840,000 |
| 134 (586) | Patrick Barba | Maribyrnang, AUT | 760 | 0 | 1 | $194,040 |
| 135 (586) | Lorenz Freitag | DEU | 760 | 0 | 1 | $151,642 |
| 136 (586) | Maksim Pisarenko | RUS | 760 | 0 | 3 | $150,100 |
| 137 (586) | Neculai Macovei | ROU | 760 | 0 | 1 | $155,399 |
| 138 (586) | Michel Leibgorin | Paris, FRA | 760 | 0 | 1 | $126,260 |
| 139 (586) | Georgios Tsouloftas | CYP | 760 | 0 | 1 | $93,149 |
| 140 (586) | Yigal Yifrah | NLD | 760 | 0 | 1 | $149,370 |
| 141 (612) | Ivan Karatayeu | BLR | 756 | 0 | 2 | $120,629 |
| 142 (617) | Damir Gabdullin | RUS | 750 | 0 | 1 | $315,850 |
| 143 (624) | Marcin Puczylowski | POL | 744 | 1 | 2 | $152,596 |
| 144 (632) | Angelos Michael | CYP | 734 | 1 | 3 | $65,879 |
| 145 (644) | Julien Bolimowski | FRA | 720 | 0 | 1 | $189,961 |
| 146 (644) | Christian Stantchev | FRA | 720 | 0 | 1 | $177,748 |
| 147 (644) | Ciaran Mccullagh | GBR | 720 | 0 | 1 | $5,911 |
| 148 (644) | Cedric Schwaederle | FRA | 720 | 1 | 1 | $139,316 |
| 149 (644) | Daniel Custodio | PRT | 720 | 0 | 2 | $86,482 |
| 150 (679) | Panagiotis Mavritsakis | GRC | 704 | 0 | 2 | $120,656 |