World's Best Poker Players
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2015 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | Jake Abdalla | USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $89,114 |
| 1902 | Matthew Anderson | Lincoln, NE, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $14,500 |
| 1903 | Chad Geske | USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $25,410 |
| 1904 | Mike Russ | Kerrville, TX, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $25,468 |
| 1905 | Michael Burke | Cheshire, CT, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $53,835 |
| 1906 | Aaron Clark | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 300 | 1 | 1 | $45,338 |
| 1907 | Michael Lewin | USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $125,211 |
| 1908 | Kenneth Krouner | USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $21,285 |
| 1909 | David Dowdy | Canton, GA, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $27,291 |
| 1910 | DJ MacKinnon | East Amherst, NY, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $37,194 |
| 1911 | Yossi Azulay | Chicago, IL, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $25,458 |
| 1912 | Raymond Slack | Miami, FL, USA | 300 | 1 | 1 | $26,092 |
| 1913 | David Won | USA | 300 | 0 | 2 | $21,787 |
| 1914 | Kainalu McCue-Unciano | USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $34,000 |
| 1915 | Insoo Park | USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $21,730 |
| 1916 | Joshua Herr | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $37,585 |
| 1917 | Michael Kelleher | Sandown, NH, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $43,482 |
| 1918 | Craig Gold | Belmont, CA, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $32,598 |
| 1919 | JR Garcia | Henderson, NV, USA | 300 | 1 | 1 | $34,404 |
| 1920 | Jason Sirek | USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $27,427 |
| 1921 | Steve Silverstein | USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $25,524 |
| 1922 | Mark Burke | CAN | 300 | 1 | 1 | $28,140 |
| 1923 | Dominic Ricciardi | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $25,796 |
| 1924 | Gregory Wood | St Charles, MO, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $31,754 |
| 1925 | Victor Nacim | El Paso, TX, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $34,310 |
| 1926 | Hamid Feiz | Urbandale, IA, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $22,583 |
| 1927 | Minh Thy Leadao | Portland, OR, USA | 300 | 1 | 1 | $42,218 |
| 1928 | Kamal Bilal | Van Nuys, CA, USA | 300 | 1 | 1 | $32,525 |
| 1929 | Danny Wong | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $34,354 |
| 1930 | Ryan Perez | IN, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $27,474 |
| 1931 | Roongsak Griffeth | Columbus, GA, USA | 300 | 1 | 1 | $41,169 |
| 1932 | Matthew Bray | Magnolia, TX, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $21,608 |
| 1933 | Russell Garrett | USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $34,096 |
| 1934 | Rong Chen | Park City, UT, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $31,130 |
| 1935 | Michael Clemente | West Warwick, RI, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $18,695 |
| 1936 | Ryan Tyler | USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $25,901 |
| 1937 | Michael Santos | San Antonio, TX, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $33,450 |
| 1938 | Timothy Woodson | Topeka, KS, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $33,763 |
| 1939 | Joao Henrique Monteiro De Oliveira Sousa | BRA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $59,940 |
| 1940 | Shivan Abdine | AUS | 300 | 0 | 1 | $24,095 |
| 1941 | Daniel Ospina | COL | 300 | 0 | 1 | $50,260 |
| 1942 | Wei Zhao | CHN | 300 | 0 | 2 | $49,410 |
| 1943 | Valentino Konakchiev | BGR | 298 | 1 | 2 | $17,906 |
| 1944 | Edward O'Connell | Miller Place, NY, USA | 298 | 0 | 4 | $31,008 |
| 1945 | Nicola D'Anselmo | ITA | 297 | 0 | 3 | $37,422 |
| 1946 | Peter Eichhardt | Stockholm, SWE | 296 | 0 | 3 | $55,731 |
| 1947 | Sean Barker | Poulsbo, WA, USA | 296 | 0 | 2 | $32,883 |
| 1948 | Mark Awalt | West Enfield, ME, USA | 295 | 0 | 2 | $31,951 |
| 1949 | William Reynolds | Sioux City, IA, USA | 295 | 0 | 2 | $46,531 |
| 1950 | David Dibernardi | Youngstown, OH, USA | 294 | 0 | 3 | $41,309 |