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2026 POY Leader Boards - North America
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| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (1) | Alex Foxen | Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA | 7,109 | 5 | 12 | $4,229,256 |
| 2 (2) | Brandon Wilson | Chicago, IL, USA | 6,835 | 3 | 18 | $6,311,668 |
| 3 (5) | Jesse Lonis | Little Falls, NY, USA | 5,669 | 1 | 12 | $3,302,787 |
| 4 (7) | Nick Schulman | Manhattan, NY, USA | 5,281 | 2 | 11 | $1,580,847 |
| 5 (9) | Kristen Foxen | St. Catherines, CAN | 5,017 | 2 | 8 | $5,206,733 |
| 6 (12) | Justin Liberto | Fallston, MD, USA | 4,503 | 2 | 7 | $1,373,554 |
| 7 (14) | Ren Lin | Augusta, GA, USA | 4,424 | 3 | 9 | $2,379,335 |
| 8 (16) | Bryn Kenney | Long Beach, NY, USA | 4,385 | 0 | 7 | $8,967,695 |
| 9 (20) | Chino Rheem | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 3,907 | 1 | 9 | $1,037,020 |
| 10 (23) | Sean Winter | Jacksonville, FL, USA | 3,883 | 1 | 9 | $4,139,483 |
| 11 (25) | Maurice Hawkins | Plantation, FL, USA | 3,792 | 4 | 14 | $860,212 |
| 12 (26) | Shaun Deeb | Troy, NY, USA | 3,745 | 2 | 10 | $819,837 |
| 13 (29) | Martin Zamani | Boca Raton, FL, USA | 3,518 | 1 | 5 | $977,130 |
| 14 (31) | Alex Anton | FL, USA | 3,366 | 2 | 5 | $1,259,864 |
| 15 (32) | Isaac Haxton | Syracuse, NY, USA | 3,346 | 0 | 8 | $2,682,893 |
| 16 (33) | Calvin Anderson | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | 3,320 | 2 | 4 | $1,296,724 |
| 17 (36) | Michael Watson | Toronto, CAN | 3,214 | 2 | 11 | $3,456,884 |
| 18 (39) | Jason Koon | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 3,126 | 0 | 11 | $4,635,875 |
| 19 (43) | Naseem Salem | Spring Valley, CA, USA | 3,060 | 1 | 2 | $1,316,314 |
| 20 (46) | Sebastian Crema | CAN | 3,042 | 2 | 8 | $515,002 |
| 21 (47) | Darren Rabinowitz | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 3,016 | 2 | 4 | $920,687 |
| 22 (50) | Sean Rafael | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,936 | 2 | 11 | $2,190,720 |
| 23 (52) | Jeremy Ausmus | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,908 | 0 | 12 | $1,080,694 |
| 24 (55) | Qinghai Pan | Irvine, CA, USA | 2,830 | 1 | 11 | $1,049,481 |
| 25 (56) | Michael Wilklow | Minneapolis, MN, USA | 2,819 | 0 | 11 | $431,664 |
| 26 (57) | Brock Wilson | Ardsley, NY, USA | 2,787 | 4 | 8 | $974,470 |
| 27 (58) | David Mzareulov | Houston, TX, USA | 2,761 | 0 | 6 | $509,046 |
| 28 (62) | Jeremy Becker | Tampa, FL, USA | 2,735 | 3 | 13 | $560,012 |
| 29 (63) | Chahn Jung | CA, USA | 2,700 | 0 | 2 | $1,043,825 |
| 30 (64) | Nicholas Pupillo | Addison, IL, USA | 2,698 | 1 | 9 | $406,552 |
| 31 (66) | Benjamin Tollerene | Lubbock, TX, USA | 2,661 | 1 | 7 | $4,618,022 |
| 32 (73) | Marco Johnson | Walnut Creek, CA, USA | 2,552 | 2 | 4 | $727,063 |
| 33 (74) | Franco Tucci | CAN | 2,548 | 2 | 4 | $309,888 |
| 34 (75) | Nicholas Palma | New Rochelle, NY, USA | 2,534 | 0 | 5 | $848,175 |
| 35 (77) | Aaron Gao | Miami, FL, USA | 2,518 | 0 | 6 | $424,787 |
| 36 (78) | Josh Arieh | Atlanta, GA, USA | 2,505 | 0 | 5 | $1,401,726 |
| 37 (80) | Nicholas Seward | Washington, D.C., USA | 2,460 | 1 | 6 | $733,345 |
| 38 (85) | Allen Shen | CAN | 2,376 | 2 | 4 | $523,418 |
| 39 (90) | David Coleman | Livingston, NJ, USA | 2,304 | 1 | 5 | $995,780 |
| 40 (92) | Phil Hellmuth | Palo Alto, CA, USA | 2,295 | 0 | 4 | $686,800 |
| 41 (94) | Chris Brewer | Eugene, OR, USA | 2,268 | 0 | 4 | $1,135,321 |
| 42 (96) | Hamid Izadi | Atlanta, GA, USA | 2,263 | 3 | 5 | $609,262 |
| 43 (98) | Zachary Fischer | E. Northport, NY, USA | 2,234 | 2 | 8 | $515,618 |
| 44 (99) | Clemen Deng | Portland, OR, USA | 2,222 | 2 | 7 | $809,486 |
| 45 (101) | Justin Zaki | Tierra Verde, FL, USA | 2,202 | 1 | 8 | $550,972 |
| 46 (103) | Joey Weissman | Boca Raton, FL, USA | 2,171 | 0 | 8 | $1,054,101 |
| 47 (109) | Qing Liu | Pasadena, CA, USA | 2,124 | 4 | 6 | $289,260 |
| 48 (110) | Maxx Coleman | Derby, KS, USA | 2,118 | 1 | 5 | $793,757 |
| 49 (112) | Stephen Hubbard | Sandy, UT, USA | 2,100 | 1 | 4 | $346,936 |
| 50 (112) | David Peters | Toledo, OH, USA | 2,100 | 1 | 1 | $1,001,391 |
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