World's Best Poker Players
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2015 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Yosef Fox | CA, USA | 294 | 1 | 2 | $43,409 |
| 1952 | Brett Murray | Santa Rosa, CA, USA | 293 | 0 | 2 | $67,394 |
| 1953 | Yuliyan Nikolaev Kolev | BGR | 290 | 0 | 2 | $64,910 |
| 1954 | William Zaiss | Menifee, CA, USA | 290 | 0 | 2 | $27,660 |
| 1955 | Behrooz Shahrzad | Dale City, VA, USA | 289 | 0 | 4 | $19,519 |
| 1956 | Joshua Hillock | Orlando, FL, USA | 289 | 0 | 3 | $38,612 |
| 1957 | Benjamin Valder | 288 | 0 | 1 | $40,866 | |
| 1958 | Jacques Der Megreditchian | FRA | 288 | 0 | 2 | $44,592 |
| 1959 | Omar Dahmani | FRA | 288 | 1 | 1 | $36,443 |
| 1960 | Istvan Birizdo | HUN | 288 | 0 | 2 | $51,808 |
| 1961 | Nikita Lebedev | RUS | 288 | 1 | 1 | $38,073 |
| 1962 | Andrey Bondar | ITA | 288 | 0 | 1 | $69,363 |
| 1963 | Theo Jorgensen | Copenhagen, DNK | 288 | 1 | 1 | $18,634 |
| 1964 | Fabio Scepi | ITA | 288 | 0 | 1 | $28,750 |
| 1965 | Arthur Harvey | GBR | 288 | 0 | 1 | $48,944 |
| 1966 | Armen Khachatryan | RUS | 288 | 1 | 1 | $74,098 |
| 1967 | Zephyr Peling | USA | 288 | 0 | 1 | $37,282 |
| 1968 | Tieu Le | USA | 288 | 0 | 1 | $32,100 |
| 1969 | Juan Carlos | USA | 288 | 1 | 1 | $13,518 |
| 1970 | David Harting | Ft. Myers, FL, USA | 288 | 1 | 1 | $41,069 |
| 1971 | Nick Weinberg | USA | 288 | 1 | 1 | $38,625 |
| 1972 | JAMES PETOLICCHIO | Sewell, NJ, USA | 288 | 1 | 1 | $41,032 |
| 1973 | Guy Klass | Buffalo, NY, USA | 288 | 0 | 1 | $26,806 |
| 1974 | Rocco Luciano | Philadelphia, PA, USA | 288 | 0 | 2 | $56,096 |
| 1975 | Jeffrey Yanchek | Middletown, CT, USA | 288 | 0 | 2 | $25,821 |
| 1976 | Ibraim Ibraimovic | Brooklyn, NY, USA | 288 | 0 | 1 | $43,216 |
| 1977 | James Fisher | Memphis, NY, USA | 288 | 1 | 2 | $25,424 |
| 1978 | Victor Cianelli | Carnegie, PA, USA | 288 | 1 | 1 | $33,055 |
| 1979 | Aaron Gustavson | E. Northport, NY, USA | 288 | 1 | 1 | $41,426 |
| 1980 | Jeffrey Roberson | Rolla, MO, USA | 288 | 0 | 1 | $38,849 |
| 1981 | Javad Etaat | Melbourne, AUS | 288 | 0 | 2 | $54,440 |
| 1982 | Andrew Shanahan | AUS | 288 | 1 | 1 | $38,826 |
| 1983 | Andres Herrada Forestani | CHL | 288 | 1 | 1 | $37,605 |
| 1984 | Pete Chen | Sijhih City, TWN | 287 | 0 | 4 | $28,691 |
| 1985 | Warren Oberman | Madison, WI, USA | 286 | 0 | 3 | $31,535 |
| 1986 | Clyde Tjauw Foe | NLD | 285 | 0 | 1 | $76,620 |
| 1987 | Gregory Fishberg | Willow Grove, PA, USA | 285 | 0 | 1 | $45,268 |
| 1988 | Christopher Davidson | Brick, NJ, USA | 285 | 0 | 3 | $18,806 |
| 1989 | Pavel Veksler | ISR | 285 | 0 | 3 | $43,851 |
| 1990 | Aristoteles Neto | Framingham, MA, USA | 284 | 1 | 3 | $30,014 |
| 1991 | Tobias Hausen | DEU | 282 | 0 | 4 | $65,212 |
| 1992 | Klemens Binswanger | 280 | 0 | 1 | $33,146 | |
| 1993 | Noah Vaillancourt | 280 | 0 | 2 | $40,480 | |
| 1994 | Nabil Cardoso | 280 | 0 | 1 | $68,883 | |
| 1995 | Timothee Colcher | FRA | 280 | 0 | 1 | $12,543 |
| 1996 | Bastian Fischer | DEU | 280 | 0 | 1 | $34,070 |
| 1997 | Josef Gulas | CZE | 280 | 0 | 1 | $28,706 |
| 1998 | Thomas Dunwoodie | Newcastle, GBR | 280 | 0 | 1 | $72,298 |
| 1999 | Fabian Spielman | DEU | 280 | 0 | 1 | $92,336 |
| 2000 | Andras Stumpf | HUN | 280 | 0 | 1 | $33,594 |