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2026 POY Leader Boards - North America
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 (474) | Danny Chang | New York, NY, USA | 853 | 2 | 6 | $86,605 |
| 202 (474) | Duane Fontenot | Geismar, LA, USA | 853 | 1 | 4 | $94,805 |
| 203 (477) | James Carroll | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 850 | 0 | 3 | $238,159 |
| 204 (479) | Duane Mitchell | USA | 849 | 0 | 2 | $198,200 |
| 205 (481) | Andrew Brinkley | Atlanta, GA, USA | 842 | 0 | 3 | $124,046 |
| 206 (482) | Taylor Black | Santa Cruz, CA, USA | 840 | 1 | 1 | $98,623 |
| 207 (482) | Cherish Andrews | St. Thomas, PA, USA | 840 | 1 | 4 | $234,647 |
| 208 (482) | Deepa Shah | Phoenix, AZ, USA | 840 | 1 | 1 | $84,151 |
| 209 (482) | Brett Goodall | ONT, CAN | 840 | 1 | 1 | $93,308 |
| 210 (482) | Harutyun Gevorgyan | Burbank, CA, USA | 840 | 2 | 2 | $84,210 |
| 211 (482) | Kevin Roche | PA, USA | 840 | 0 | 2 | $94,765 |
| 212 (482) | Karanvir Singh | Sicklerville, NJ, USA | 840 | 1 | 7 | $93,915 |
| 213 (482) | Anthony Marques | CA, USA | 840 | 1 | 1 | $187,977 |
| 214 (504) | Alen Bakovic | CAN | 836 | 0 | 4 | $152,258 |
| 215 (507) | Graham Lupton | Hamilton, Ontario, CAN | 830 | 0 | 2 | $147,844 |
| 216 (507) | Cody Brinn | Algonquin, IL, USA | 830 | 0 | 3 | $135,775 |
| 217 (507) | Niall Costigan | Lake Worth, FL, USA | 830 | 0 | 4 | $73,434 |
| 218 (510) | Ryan Awwad | Sacramento, CA, USA | 829 | 1 | 6 | $64,292 |
| 219 (514) | Eric Bunch | Collinsville, OK, USA | 819 | 2 | 8 | $86,376 |
| 220 (522) | Jalil Houssain | CA, USA | 810 | 0 | 2 | $282,186 |
| 221 (524) | John Reynolds | Tulsa, OK, USA | 806 | 0 | 3 | $80,290 |
| 222 (527) | Justin Saliba | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 804 | 2 | 2 | $333,325 |
| 223 (527) | Aaron Hendi | NJ, USA | 804 | 0 | 4 | $122,421 |
| 224 (527) | Adam Nattress | Gresham, OR, USA | 804 | 1 | 3 | $151,047 |
| 225 (527) | Zackary Estes | Alton, IL, USA | 804 | 0 | 2 | $209,651 |
| 226 (531) | John Lee | Westwood, NJ, USA | 800 | 0 | 1 | $159,868 |
| 227 (531) | Chris Lee | Clarksville, MD, USA | 800 | 0 | 1 | $176,809 |
| 228 (531) | Cero Zuccarello | Charlottesville, VA, USA | 800 | 0 | 1 | $133,892 |
| 229 (531) | William Stanford | Tupelo, MS, USA | 800 | 1 | 6 | $72,967 |
| 230 (531) | David Sathue | Levittown, NY, USA | 800 | 0 | 4 | $115,345 |
| 231 (531) | Michael Moncek | N. Barrington, IL, USA | 800 | 0 | 1 | $201,250 |
| 232 (531) | Huy Dinh | Sterling Heights, MI, USA | 800 | 0 | 1 | $172,920 |
| 233 (531) | Hengtao Zhu | Espoo, CA, USA | 800 | 0 | 1 | $368,000 |
| 234 (531) | Adam Kurnitz | NY, USA | 800 | 0 | 1 | $178,255 |
| 235 (531) | Louis George | Suwanee, GA, USA | 800 | 0 | 1 | $221,559 |
| 236 (551) | Jeffrey Gibson | Drexel Hill, PA, USA | 798 | 2 | 4 | $105,248 |
| 237 (554) | Philip Chun | CA, USA | 796 | 1 | 2 | $406,407 |
| 238 (555) | Justin Lapka | USA | 792 | 1 | 2 | $101,906 |
| 239 (555) | Calvin Lee | Mercer Island, WA, USA | 792 | 0 | 3 | $348,300 |
| 240 (557) | Spencer Wright | Jeddo, MI, USA | 791 | 0 | 3 | $126,884 |
| 241 (559) | Xu Yang | CA, USA | 788 | 0 | 3 | $721,030 |
| 242 (564) | Casey Sandretto | Sacramento, CA, USA | 782 | 0 | 2 | $130,320 |
| 243 (564) | Mauro Palmieri | Stouffville, CAN | 782 | 0 | 1 | $57,119 |
| 244 (568) | Tom Koral | Skokie, IL, USA | 780 | 0 | 2 | $129,691 |
| 245 (571) | Phil Hellmuth | Palo Alto, CA, USA | 775 | 0 | 3 | $222,514 |
| 246 (573) | Soheb Porbandarwala | Stamford, CT, USA | 772 | 1 | 4 | $99,375 |
| 247 (576) | Preston McEwen | Memphis, TN, USA | 768 | 2 | 2 | $134,244 |
| 248 (576) | Connor Steinbrook | Plano, TX, USA | 768 | 1 | 7 | $61,938 |
| 249 (576) | Christopher Weber | Chicago, IL, USA | 768 | 0 | 2 | $112,170 |
| 250 (585) | Diego Ponce | USA | 763 | 1 | 2 | $129,478 |