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2026 POY Leader Boards - Europe
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 (1341) | Rene Van Krevelen | NLD | 420 | 1 | 1 | $308,000 |
| 302 (1341) | Grzegorz Kozieja | POL | 420 | 0 | 2 | $70,325 |
| 303 (1341) | Matin Talebi | DNK | 420 | 1 | 1 | $40,425 |
| 304 (1341) | Tobias Schwecht | DEU | 420 | 1 | 1 | $465,000 |
| 305 (1341) | Benedict Cullen | Nottingham, GBR | 420 | 0 | 2 | $31,684 |
| 306 (1341) | Justin Devonport | England, GBR | 420 | 0 | 2 | $47,340 |
| 307 (1341) | Matthias Lipp | Gres, AUT | 420 | 0 | 1 | $200,000 |
| 308 (1341) | Sali Elias | NLD | 420 | 1 | 1 | $71,109 |
| 309 (1341) | Ihar Soika | BLR | 420 | 0 | 1 | $222,798 |
| 310 (1341) | Alexandre Saxod | FRA | 420 | 1 | 1 | $52,522 |
| 311 (1341) | Robert Mondelaars | NLD | 420 | 1 | 1 | $54,879 |
| 312 (1341) | Gavin McGrath | IRL | 420 | 1 | 1 | $64,845 |
| 313 (1341) | Ioannis Poullos | GRC | 420 | 0 | 1 | $78,776 |
| 314 (1397) | Riccardo Saraniero | ITA | 418 | 0 | 2 | $49,353 |
| 315 (1397) | Floyd van Houwelingen | NLD | 418 | 0 | 2 | $52,577 |
| 316 (1397) | Ian Gascoigne | GBR | 418 | 0 | 3 | $76,051 |
| 317 (1409) | Simeon Tsonev | Sofia, BGR | 412 | 0 | 3 | $54,876 |
| 318 (1415) | Ilhan Alibeyoglu | TUR | 408 | 1 | 1 | $52,080 |
| 319 (1415) | Espen Oeye | NOR | 408 | 0 | 1 | $207,000 |
| 320 (1422) | Oliver Bosch | Lustenau, AUT | 406 | 1 | 2 | $75,348 |
| 321 (1430) | Koen Bijsterveldt | NLD | 402 | 0 | 3 | $52,315 |
| 322 (1430) | Andrew Dickinson | GBR | 402 | 0 | 2 | $116,711 |
| 323 (1433) | Murad Cakir | TUR | 400 | 0 | 2 | $54,400 |
| 324 (1433) | Julien Montois | FRA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $68,391 |
| 325 (1433) | Oliver Tot | SVK | 400 | 0 | 1 | $43,013 |
| 326 (1433) | Elior Sion | London, England, GBR | 400 | 0 | 1 | $95,000 |
| 327 (1433) | Lampros Vlachos | GRC | 400 | 0 | 1 | $97,750 |
| 328 (1433) | Przemyslaw Cebrat | POL | 400 | 0 | 1 | $92,575 |
| 329 (1433) | Alexander Petersen | DNK | 400 | 0 | 1 | $136,467 |
| 330 (1433) | Gianluca Cabitza | ITA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $20,893 |
| 331 (1433) | Alexis Lucarini | FRA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $55,024 |
| 332 (1433) | Markkos Ladev | EST | 400 | 0 | 1 | $700,000 |
| 333 (1490) | Fabian Niederreiter | DEU | 399 | 0 | 2 | $208,096 |
| 334 (1492) | Edgars Hauks | LVA | 396 | 1 | 2 | $20,265 |
| 335 (1497) | Ioannis Nanos | GRC | 395 | 1 | 2 | $44,852 |
| 336 (1497) | Roman Kolotyuk | RUS | 395 | 0 | 8 | $29,650 |
| 337 (1499) | Vlastimil Pustina | CZE | 394 | 0 | 2 | $129,860 |
| 338 (1501) | Manuel Ferrari | ITA | 393 | 1 | 1 | $123,412 |
| 339 (1502) | Joe Hindry | GBR | 392 | 0 | 4 | $52,873 |
| 340 (1514) | David Hu | NLD | 388 | 0 | 3 | $26,430 |
| 341 (1517) | Joshua Gebissa | DEU | 386 | 0 | 3 | $138,225 |
| 342 (1521) | Felix Kohl | DEU | 384 | 1 | 1 | $53,037 |
| 343 (1544) | Bjorge Storflor | NOR | 380 | 0 | 1 | $72,718 |
| 344 (1544) | Samuel Mather | GBR | 380 | 0 | 1 | $52,648 |
| 345 (1544) | Leo Worthington-Leese | GBR | 380 | 0 | 1 | $53,171 |
| 346 (1544) | Christos Kyprianou | GBR | 380 | 0 | 2 | $35,711 |
| 347 (1544) | Flynn Meichtry | PRT | 380 | 0 | 1 | $55,087 |
| 348 (1544) | Marius Oprea | ROU | 380 | 0 | 1 | $45,141 |
| 349 (1544) | Jose Brito | PRT | 380 | 0 | 1 | $55,640 |
| 350 (1593) | Sebastian Kotowicz | POL | 377 | 1 | 1 | $37,615 |