World's Best Poker Players
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2026 POY Leader Boards - North America
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 (689) | Kyna England | Evanston, IL, USA | 700 | 0 | 1 | $66,930 |
| 302 (689) | Jason Crews | Clive, IA, USA | 700 | 0 | 1 | $64,880 |
| 303 (689) | Jonathan Jaffe | Longmeadow, MA, USA | 700 | 0 | 1 | $2,103,000 |
| 304 (689) | Philip Ardire | Kingsport, TN, USA | 700 | 1 | 2 | $178,112 |
| 305 (689) | Philip Wess | Needham, MA, USA | 700 | 0 | 1 | $107,341 |
| 306 (689) | Mikiyo Aoki | Bozeman, MT, USA | 700 | 0 | 1 | $83,000 |
| 307 (689) | Charles Sims | USA | 700 | 0 | 1 | $66,677 |
| 308 (689) | Anderson Frank-Graham | CAN | 700 | 0 | 1 | $65,418 |
| 309 (689) | David Lin | New York, NY, USA | 700 | 0 | 1 | $288,711 |
| 310 (689) | Jose Casillas | CA, USA | 700 | 0 | 1 | $127,020 |
| 311 (689) | Ben Grise | Indianapolis, IN, USA | 700 | 0 | 2 | $273,000 |
| 312 (712) | Elliott Kampen | USA | 698 | 0 | 2 | $124,494 |
| 313 (715) | Jason Nguyen | Newark, NJ, USA | 693 | 0 | 3 | $102,823 |
| 314 (718) | Justin Datloff | FL, USA | 688 | 1 | 2 | $235,253 |
| 315 (726) | Michael Khan | CAN | 680 | 0 | 3 | $53,275 |
| 316 (726) | Xiang Zou | USA | 680 | 0 | 5 | $60,486 |
| 317 (726) | Dan Smith | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 680 | 0 | 2 | $182,275 |
| 318 (726) | Roy Young | Dunnellon, FL, USA | 680 | 0 | 3 | $160,000 |
| 319 (733) | Randy Jacks | Thorp, WI, USA | 673 | 1 | 3 | $132,993 |
| 320 (734) | Josh Matti | Perham, MN, USA | 670 | 0 | 2 | $67,290 |
| 321 (739) | Quoc Le | San Gabriel, CA, USA | 666 | 0 | 7 | $72,626 |
| 322 (741) | Akash Hotwani | USA | 660 | 1 | 1 | $323,775 |
| 323 (741) | Danny Wong | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 660 | 0 | 2 | $111,540 |
| 324 (750) | Arish Nat | Elk Grove, CA, USA | 655 | 0 | 3 | $116,980 |
| 325 (756) | Ebony Kenney | Fort Myers, FL, USA | 651 | 0 | 2 | $480,000 |
| 326 (763) | Issey Maeda | USA | 640 | 0 | 1 | $279,000 |
| 327 (763) | Yutaka Morishima | Ann Arbor, MI, USA | 640 | 0 | 1 | $122,435 |
| 328 (773) | Caleb Furth | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 639 | 1 | 1 | $166,780 |
| 329 (774) | Mike Zulker | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 636 | 0 | 3 | $112,025 |
| 330 (774) | Francis Anderson | Wappinger Falls, NY, USA | 636 | 0 | 3 | $69,241 |
| 331 (777) | Jonathan Stoeber | Somerset, NJ, USA | 632 | 0 | 3 | $50,051 |
| 332 (777) | Dylan Smith | Brick, NJ, USA | 632 | 1 | 2 | $81,591 |
| 333 (780) | Michael Walker | Gilbertsville, PA, USA | 630 | 0 | 1 | $78,300 |
| 334 (780) | Joon Park | Austin, TX, USA | 630 | 1 | 1 | $169,161 |
| 335 (790) | Alexey Laptev | USA | 628 | 1 | 2 | $71,420 |
| 336 (791) | Z Stein | Washington, DC, USA | 627 | 1 | 5 | $49,977 |
| 337 (794) | Daniel Yoshiba | Chicago, IL, USA | 623 | 0 | 2 | $76,372 |
| 338 (796) | Justin Vaysman | Horsham, PA, USA | 620 | 0 | 4 | $136,420 |
| 339 (800) | Ikechukwu Nlemchi | Houston, TX, USA | 617 | 1 | 4 | $52,904 |
| 340 (804) | Daniel Jones | TX, USA | 614 | 1 | 5 | $64,456 |
| 341 (805) | Matthew Land | Acworth, GA, USA | 613 | 2 | 4 | $118,958 |
| 342 (806) | Brian Rast | Poway, CA, USA | 612 | 1 | 2 | $499,600 |
| 343 (806) | Drew Dodge | FL, USA | 612 | 0 | 2 | $61,340 |
| 344 (806) | Mykhailo Lendel | Brooklyn, NY, USA | 612 | 1 | 2 | $157,610 |
| 345 (806) | Michal Nahum | Sunnyvale, CA, USA | 612 | 1 | 3 | $77,825 |
| 346 (816) | Charles Cunha | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 608 | 0 | 1 | $90,551 |
| 347 (816) | Venkat Nagabhairava | USA | 608 | 0 | 1 | $107,360 |
| 348 (816) | Chris Jones | Saint Paul, MN, USA | 608 | 0 | 1 | $99,276 |
| 349 (816) | Kevin Gomez | Southwest Ranches, FL, USA | 608 | 0 | 1 | $67,000 |
| 350 (816) | David Shaw | Boca Raton, FL, USA | 608 | 1 | 2 | $70,691 |