World's Best Poker Players
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2010 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | Robert Quin | Metairie, LA, USA | 324 | 1 | 1 | $18,722 |
| 1902 | Michael Doherty | CAN | 324 | 1 | 1 | $31,611 |
| 1903 | Brad McFarland | Whitehall, PA, USA | 324 | 0 | 1 | $30,000 |
| 1904 | John Dever | Ephrata, PA, USA | 324 | 1 | 1 | $31,544 |
| 1905 | Kurt Fraser | USA | 324 | 1 | 1 | $75,091 |
| 1906 | Luis Campelo | BRA | 324 | 1 | 1 | $18,481 |
| 1907 | Scott Hoffer | Carson City, NV, USA | 322 | 1 | 2 | $13,937 |
| 1908 | Kevin Marcotte | Cincinatti, OH, USA | 322 | 1 | 3 | $17,736 |
| 1909 | Tayfun Rodoplu | CYP | 321 | 1 | 2 | $57,013 |
| 1910 | Jonathan Urban | Silver Springs, MD, USA | 321 | 0 | 2 | $23,308 |
| 1911 | Robert Simpkiss | USA | 321 | 0 | 2 | $26,012 |
| 1912 | Abe Mosseri | New York, NY, USA | 321 | 0 | 1 | $265,078 |
| 1913 | Jeffrey Carris | 320 | 0 | 1 | $20,983 | |
| 1914 | Chris Hyong Chang | 320 | 0 | 1 | $41,971 | |
| 1915 | Andrew Revesz | 320 | 0 | 1 | $38,698 | |
| 1916 | Flavio Adrianzen | 320 | 0 | 1 | $29,000 | |
| 1917 | Mandy Thomas | 320 | 0 | 1 | $40,169 | |
| 1918 | Gabriel Rouleau | 320 | 0 | 1 | $18,066 | |
| 1919 | William Hickey | 320 | 0 | 1 | $19,744 | |
| 1920 | Grantel Gibbs | Lake Charles, LA, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $15,008 |
| 1921 | Peter Eastgate | Odense, DNK | 320 | 0 | 1 | $99,094 |
| 1922 | Edvard Hatle | NOR | 320 | 0 | 1 | $24,205 |
| 1923 | Jerome Zerbib | FRA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $31,864 |
| 1924 | Steve Shelley | Brighton, GBR | 320 | 0 | 1 | $111,528 |
| 1925 | Bart Spijkers | NLD | 320 | 0 | 1 | $45,378 |
| 1926 | Jesper Petersen | Aarhus, NLD | 320 | 0 | 1 | $51,610 |
| 1927 | Nico Behling | Thuriugen, DEU | 320 | 0 | 1 | $98,096 |
| 1928 | Marco Fantini | ITA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $28,447 |
| 1929 | Silvio Crisari | Rome, ITA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $32,534 |
| 1930 | Daniel van Kalkeren | NLD | 320 | 0 | 1 | $50,588 |
| 1931 | Steven Ducharme | England, GBR | 320 | 0 | 1 | $38,713 |
| 1932 | Julien Dipace | FRA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $29,527 |
| 1933 | Paul Foltyn | Doncaster, ENG, GBR | 320 | 0 | 1 | $79,957 |
| 1934 | Victor Babadzhan | RUS | 320 | 0 | 1 | $85,840 |
| 1935 | Kirill Zapletin | RUS | 320 | 0 | 2 | $97,160 |
| 1936 | Henry Nowakowski | Frankfurt, DEU | 320 | 0 | 1 | $31,748 |
| 1937 | Perica Bukara | BIH | 320 | 0 | 1 | $34,023 |
| 1938 | Anton Kouliavtsev | POL | 320 | 0 | 1 | $15,384 |
| 1939 | Per Ummer | Skara, SWE | 320 | 0 | 1 | $104,985 |
| 1940 | Dominik Heinrich | DEU | 320 | 0 | 1 | $11,661 |
| 1941 | Francesco Notaro | ITA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $95,675 |
| 1942 | Roberto Nulli | ITA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $72,124 |
| 1943 | Govert Metaal | NLD | 320 | 0 | 1 | $85,606 |
| 1944 | James Maddox | Anderson, IN, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $16,960 |
| 1945 | Peter Palisi Jr | Madisonville, LA, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $10,258 |
| 1946 | John Moore | St. George, UT, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $32,476 |
| 1947 | Jordan Lewis | USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $13,155 |
| 1948 | Eugene Fouksman | Manalapan, NJ, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $21,922 |
| 1949 | Raz Mael | Glendale, CA, USA | 320 | 0 | 3 | $16,680 |
| 1950 | Justin McMulin | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $11,991 |