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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) | Brandon Wilson | Chicago, IL, USA | 7,127 | 3 | 20 | $6,378,046 |
| 2 (2) | Alex Foxen | Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA | 7,109 | 5 | 12 | $4,229,256 |
| 3 (4) | Jesse Lonis | Little Falls, NY, USA | 6,637 | 1 | 15 | $4,743,887 |
| 4 (10) | Ren Lin | Augusta, GA, USA | 5,404 | 4 | 13 | $2,938,692 |
| 5 (11) | Nick Schulman | Manhattan, NY, USA | 5,281 | 2 | 11 | $1,580,847 |
| 6 (12) | Bryn Kenney | Long Beach, NY, USA | 5,225 | 1 | 8 | $10,921,695 |
| 7 (13) | Kristen Foxen | St. Catherines, CAN | 5,017 | 2 | 8 | $5,206,733 |
| 8 (14) | Justin Liberto | Fallston, MD, USA | 4,959 | 2 | 8 | $1,456,874 |
| 9 (19) | Maurice Hawkins | Plantation, FL, USA | 4,512 | 5 | 15 | $936,592 |
| 10 (25) | Shaun Deeb | Troy, NY, USA | 3,910 | 2 | 10 | $1,230,312 |
| 11 (26) | Chino Rheem | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 3,907 | 1 | 9 | $1,037,020 |
| 12 (29) | Sean Winter | Jacksonville, FL, USA | 3,883 | 1 | 9 | $4,139,483 |
| 13 (30) | David Coleman | Livingston, NJ, USA | 3,794 | 2 | 11 | $1,841,580 |
| 14 (31) | Martin Zamani | Boca Raton, FL, USA | 3,758 | 2 | 6 | $1,006,130 |
| 15 (34) | Brock Wilson | Ardsley, NY, USA | 3,623 | 5 | 10 | $1,948,135 |
| 16 (37) | Alex Anton | FL, USA | 3,366 | 2 | 5 | $1,259,864 |
| 17 (38) | Isaac Haxton | Syracuse, NY, USA | 3,346 | 0 | 8 | $2,682,893 |
| 18 (39) | Lucas Jumalon | Spokane, WA, USA | 3,336 | 1 | 2 | $10,002,859 |
| 19 (40) | Calvin Anderson | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | 3,320 | 2 | 4 | $1,296,724 |
| 20 (47) | Michael Watson | Toronto, CAN | 3,214 | 2 | 11 | $3,456,884 |
| 21 (48) | Sebastian Crema | CAN | 3,186 | 3 | 9 | $529,991 |
| 22 (49) | Darren Rabinowitz | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 3,156 | 2 | 5 | $971,687 |
| 23 (52) | Jason Koon | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 3,126 | 0 | 11 | $4,635,875 |
| 24 (57) | Nicholas Seward | Washington, D.C., USA | 3,068 | 1 | 10 | $998,293 |
| 25 (58) | Naseem Salem | Spring Valley, CA, USA | 3,060 | 1 | 2 | $1,316,314 |
| 26 (66) | Sean Rafael | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,936 | 2 | 11 | $2,190,720 |
| 27 (69) | Justin Zaki | Tierra Verde, FL, USA | 2,912 | 2 | 11 | $996,782 |
| 28 (70) | Jeremy Ausmus | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,908 | 0 | 12 | $1,080,694 |
| 29 (71) | Jeremy Becker | Tampa, FL, USA | 2,903 | 3 | 15 | $582,129 |
| 30 (74) | Qinghai Pan | Irvine, CA, USA | 2,830 | 1 | 11 | $1,049,481 |
| 31 (75) | Michael Wilklow | Minneapolis, MN, USA | 2,819 | 0 | 11 | $431,664 |
| 32 (76) | Nicholas Palma | New Rochelle, NY, USA | 2,818 | 0 | 7 | $975,964 |
| 33 (77) | Nicholas Pupillo | Addison, IL, USA | 2,781 | 1 | 10 | $413,021 |
| 34 (78) | David Peters | Toledo, OH, USA | 2,780 | 1 | 3 | $1,150,259 |
| 35 (79) | David Mzareulov | Houston, TX, USA | 2,761 | 0 | 6 | $509,046 |
| 36 (85) | Andrew Ostapchenko | Carlsbad, CA, USA | 2,716 | 4 | 12 | $510,456 |
| 37 (86) | Chahn Jung | CA, USA | 2,700 | 0 | 2 | $1,043,825 |
| 38 (90) | Joe McKeehen | Conshohocken, PA, USA | 2,684 | 3 | 5 | $744,686 |
| 39 (91) | Benjamin Tollerene | Lubbock, TX, USA | 2,661 | 1 | 7 | $4,618,022 |
| 40 (92) | Cherish Andrews | St. Thomas, PA, USA | 2,581 | 1 | 9 | $635,205 |
| 41 (94) | Matthew Wantman | Stoneham, MA, USA | 2,573 | 1 | 11 | $796,669 |
| 42 (94) | William Givens | Denver, CO, USA | 2,573 | 0 | 7 | $761,772 |
| 43 (98) | Marco Johnson | Walnut Creek, CA, USA | 2,552 | 2 | 4 | $727,063 |
| 44 (99) | Franco Tucci | CAN | 2,548 | 2 | 4 | $309,888 |
| 45 (102) | Clemen Deng | Portland, OR, USA | 2,532 | 2 | 9 | $893,386 |
| 46 (105) | Aaron Gao | Miami, FL, USA | 2,518 | 0 | 6 | $424,787 |
| 47 (108) | Josh Arieh | Atlanta, GA, USA | 2,505 | 0 | 5 | $1,401,726 |
| 48 (111) | Jason Wheeler | Riverdale, CA, USA | 2,479 | 1 | 5 | $1,042,313 |
| 49 (112) | Matthew Higgins | Rossville, GA, USA | 2,462 | 2 | 4 | $1,203,788 |
| 50 (115) | Mehmet Siginc | CAN | 2,450 | 6 | 9 | $307,114 |
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