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2025 POY Leader Boards - North America
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1851 (3793) | Sara Stohler | Raleigh, NC, USA | 320 | 0 | 2 | $22,960 |
| 1852 (3808) | John Shepherd | La Follette, TN, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $51,324 |
| 1853 (3782) | Kenneth Kinslow | Okemah, OK, USA | 320 | 0 | 0 | $33,532 |
| 1854 (3767) | Matthew LeCompte | LA, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $34,620 |
| 1855 (3805) | Jason Wheeler | Riverdale, CA, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $54,900 |
| 1856 (3798) | Angela Shade | Dayton, OH, USA | 320 | 0 | 2 | $43,098 |
| 1857 (3824) | Carter Swidler | CAN | 320 | 0 | 1 | $27,143 |
| 1858 (3803) | Alan Sternberg | N. Bellmore, NY, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $46,879 |
| 1859 (3796) | Rory Linton | MN, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $35,678 |
| 1860 (3802) | Andrew Jones | Venice, FL, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $37,920 |
| 1861 (3836) | Matthew Betti | San Jose, CA, USA | 319 | 1 | 4 | $27,720 |
| 1862 (3837) | Dinesh Purohit | Mechanicsburg, PA, USA | 319 | 0 | 3 | $29,701 |
| 1863 (3842) | Alex Bergfors | Menominee, MI, USA | 318 | 0 | 2 | $37,159 |
| 1864 (3839) | Sheldon Stewart | Brooklyn, NY, USA | 318 | 0 | 1 | $24,145 |
| 1865 (3840) | James Chavanarojrit | Alexandria, VA, USA | 318 | 0 | 5 | $41,577 |
| 1866 (3845) | Adrian Hernandez | Hastings, NE, USA | 317 | 1 | 2 | $23,124 |
| 1867 (3844) | Phillip Penn | Bell Gardens, CA, USA | 317 | 1 | 2 | $28,415 |
| 1868 (3843) | Tsung Lu | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 317 | 0 | 3 | $27,846 |
| 1869 (3846) | Spencer Smith | Fulton, MD, USA | 316 | 0 | 2 | $30,442 |
| 1870 (3849) | Zachary Reinbold | Anchorage, AK, USA | 316 | 1 | 2 | $40,658 |
| 1871 (3847) | Ali Hassan | Anaheim, CA, USA | 316 | 0 | 2 | $28,104 |
| 1872 (3854) | Clyde Maliauka | Clearwater, FL, USA | 315 | 1 | 3 | $33,885 |
| 1873 (3852) | Shannon Hamblen | USA | 315 | 0 | 3 | $25,617 |
| 1874 (3851) | Curtis Kowalk | Washington, D.C., USA | 315 | 0 | 2 | $31,080 |
| 1875 (3856) | Christopher Claassen | Potwin, KS, USA | 315 | 0 | 1 | $30,439 |
| 1876 (3859) | Joshua Field | Austin, TX, USA | 315 | 0 | 1 | $45,647 |
| 1877 (3860) | Zackary Poll | Pittsburgh, PA, USA | 315 | 0 | 3 | $36,218 |
| 1878 (3850) | Cangir Elcin | Hollywood, FL, USA | 315 | 0 | 2 | $34,867 |
| 1879 (3863) | Ian Monahoyios | CAN | 314 | 0 | 4 | $13,146 |
| 1880 (3865) | Bryan Leskowitz | Leominster, MA, USA | 313 | 0 | 2 | $55,444 |
| 1881 (3867) | Pedro Green | Lawrenceville, GA, USA | 313 | 0 | 2 | $46,371 |
| 1882 (3890) | Gina Tuttle | USA | 312 | 1 | 2 | $35,508 |
| 1883 (3872) | Jason Pasinski | Liverpool, NY, USA | 312 | 0 | 2 | $25,791 |
| 1884 (3871) | Kevin Ewald | Hartland, WI, USA | 312 | 0 | 1 | $30,000 |
| 1885 (3870) | Michael Brinkenhoff | USA | 312 | 0 | 1 | $66,375 |
| 1886 (3879) | Harpreet Gill | Abbotsford, BC, CAN | 312 | 1 | 1 | $25,227 |
| 1887 (3887) | Bradley Cohen | USA | 312 | 0 | 2 | $22,666 |
| 1888 (3873) | Gerald Kuchenmeister | Oxford, MS, USA | 312 | 0 | 2 | $35,532 |
| 1889 (3874) | Ralph Robinson | Stone Mountain, GA, USA | 312 | 0 | 3 | $36,962 |
| 1890 (3876) | Long Nguyen | Hollywood Beach, FL, USA | 312 | 1 | 5 | $27,060 |
| 1891 (3891) | Robert Salera | Pittsburgh, PA, USA | 311 | 0 | 2 | $34,880 |
| 1892 (3892) | Vuong Do | CA, USA | 310 | 0 | 2 | $74,151 |
| 1893 (3893) | Todd McLane | Orange, TX, USA | 310 | 0 | 2 | $25,870 |
| 1894 (3898) | Yuefan Wang | CA, USA | 310 | 0 | 1 | $70,909 |
| 1895 (3894) | Mohamed Lahlou | St Petersburg, FL, USA | 310 | 0 | 2 | $29,388 |
| 1896 (3905) | Stuart Pfeifer | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 309 | 0 | 2 | $22,902 |
| 1897 (3903) | Edward Pak | CA, USA | 309 | 0 | 2 | $202,844 |
| 1898 (3901) | Duke Viveros | USA | 309 | 1 | 7 | $28,294 |
| 1899 (3904) | Peter Ferderber | USA | 309 | 0 | 2 | $41,505 |
| 1900 (3908) | Norman Rodriguez | W. Hempstead, NY, USA | 308 | 0 | 3 | $40,175 |