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2011 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Amnon Uzan | FRA | 372 | 0 | 2 | $26,141 |
| 2002 | Patrick Matsson | SWE | 372 | 0 | 1 | $24,539 |
| 2003 | Lukasz Grabowski | Ddansk, POL | 372 | 0 | 1 | $26,765 |
| 2004 | Alen Keser | SVN | 372 | 1 | 1 | $33,636 |
| 2005 | Jerenie Sarda | FRA | 372 | 0 | 1 | $31,786 |
| 2006 | Pasquale Verrengia | ITA | 372 | 1 | 1 | $37,207 |
| 2007 | Charles Tidmarsh | Simpsonville, SC, USA | 372 | 0 | 2 | $25,064 |
| 2008 | Kai Landry | Biloxi, MS, USA | 372 | 1 | 2 | $26,580 |
| 2009 | Joshua Supsak | Linwood, NJ, USA | 372 | 0 | 1 | $36,461 |
| 2010 | Christopher Blik | USA | 372 | 2 | 2 | $46,017 |
| 2011 | Robert Whalen | Fargo, ND, USA | 372 | 1 | 1 | $34,517 |
| 2012 | Steven Burkholder | Gainesville, FL, USA | 372 | 1 | 1 | $35,434 |
| 2013 | Khamsy Nuanmanee | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 372 | 1 | 1 | $21,784 |
| 2014 | Fernando Halac | Aventura, FL, USA | 372 | 0 | 2 | $26,770 |
| 2015 | Donovan Darland | Stafford, VA, USA | 372 | 0 | 1 | $35,500 |
| 2016 | Robert Alessandro | South Walpole, MA, USA | 372 | 1 | 1 | $21,436 |
| 2017 | Stephen Graner | Henderson, NV, USA | 372 | 1 | 1 | $21,473 |
| 2018 | Jason Dewitt | South Bend , IN, USA | 371 | 1 | 2 | $108,849 |
| 2019 | Timothy Begley | USA | 370 | 0 | 1 | $17,600 |
| 2020 | Jonas Bendiks | Melrose, MA, USA | 370 | 0 | 2 | $32,060 |
| 2021 | Robert Vanolinda | FL, USA | 370 | 1 | 2 | $22,359 |
| 2022 | Michael Slye | West Hills, CA, USA | 370 | 0 | 1 | $8,865 |
| 2023 | Robert Perry | Highland Beach, FL, USA | 369 | 0 | 2 | $28,458 |
| 2024 | Johannes Meyer Zu Wendischhoff | DEU | 368 | 0 | 1 | $22,700 |
| 2025 | Alexander Spachmann | DEU | 368 | 0 | 1 | $37,715 |
| 2026 | Wallace Jordan | Excello, MO, USA | 368 | 0 | 1 | $24,831 |
| 2027 | Ronald Lee | USA | 368 | 0 | 2 | $56,285 |
| 2028 | Thomas Cloutier | Richardson, TX, USA | 368 | 0 | 1 | $37,635 |
| 2029 | Christopher Felix | Riverside, CA, USA | 367 | 0 | 3 | $20,265 |
| 2030 | Gregory Hairabedian | FRA | 366 | 0 | 2 | $46,558 |
| 2031 | Paul Chanderson | Rosemead, CA, USA | 366 | 0 | 2 | $71,240 |
| 2032 | Chris Grigorian | Panorama City, CA, USA | 366 | 0 | 2 | $31,605 |
| 2033 | Mikhail Shakhnovich | RUS | 365 | 0 | 2 | $25,015 |
| 2034 | Raymond Speck | Lewisville, TX, USA | 364 | 0 | 2 | $14,305 |
| 2035 | Michael Vardeman | Laneville, TX, USA | 363 | 0 | 2 | $20,987 |
| 2036 | Kimmo Kurko | Tampere, FIN | 362 | 1 | 4 | $85,206 |
| 2037 | Yordan Mitrentsov | Varna, BGD | 362 | 0 | 2 | $28,840 |
| 2038 | Leonard Swisher | Modesto, CA, USA | 361 | 0 | 2 | $18,460 |
| 2039 | David Lestock | 360 | 0 | 1 | $39,539 | |
| 2040 | tunafish919 | 360 | 0 | 1 | $627,317 | |
| 2041 | Tony Bloom | London, GBR | 360 | 0 | 1 | $975,000 |
| 2042 | Gaetano Aera | BEL | 360 | 0 | 1 | $32,257 |
| 2043 | Dino Marsani | BEL | 360 | 0 | 1 | $48,216 |
| 2044 | Gianluca Betti | ITA | 360 | 0 | 1 | $30,025 |
| 2045 | Mykoia Chornyi | UKR | 360 | 0 | 1 | $121,376 |
| 2046 | Gianluca Marcucci | ITA | 360 | 0 | 1 | $3,901 |
| 2047 | Carlos Da Silva | FRA | 360 | 1 | 1 | $95,554 |
| 2048 | Sidney Hasson | London, GBR | 360 | 0 | 1 | $58,083 |
| 2049 | Noah Boeken | Amsterdam, NLD | 360 | 0 | 1 | $40,284 |
| 2050 | Laura Cantero | ESP | 360 | 0 | 1 | $84,660 |