World's Best Poker Players
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2016 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Andrew Lichtenberger | East Northport, NY, USA | 2,645 | 1 | 7 | $1,105,663 |
| 52 | Tommy Le | Huntington Beach, CA, USA | 2,620 | 1 | 4 | $1,132,677 |
| 53 | Bryan Piccioli | Allegany, NY, USA | 2,531 | 1 | 5 | $784,656 |
| 54 | Joseph Cheong | La Mirada, CA, USA | 2,521 | 2 | 12 | $536,440 |
| 55 | Isaac Haxton | Syracuse, NY, USA | 2,512 | 2 | 8 | $2,122,760 |
| 56 | Garrett Greer | Hemet, CA, USA | 2,510 | 0 | 3 | $1,510,912 |
| 57 | Ryan Tosoc | Chicago, IL, USA | 2,486 | 0 | 3 | $1,281,430 |
| 58 | Darren Elias | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 2,460 | 1 | 6 | $642,570 |
| 59 | Jan Eric Schwippert | DEU | 2,424 | 3 | 6 | $1,977,742 |
| 60 | Ole Schemion | Berlin, DEU | 2,423 | 2 | 7 | $3,144,198 |
| 61 | Jason Mercier | Davie, FL, USA | 2,410 | 2 | 5 | $1,326,304 |
| 62 | Michael Tureniec | Solna, SWE | 2,409 | 3 | 4 | $688,914 |
| 63 | Jon Turner | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,349 | 1 | 4 | $654,280 |
| 64 | Pat Lyons | Redwood City, CA, USA | 2,340 | 2 | 2 | $857,046 |
| 65 | Phillip McAllister | Winchester, GBR | 2,332 | 1 | 3 | $629,780 |
| 66 | Michael Watson | Toronto, CAN | 2,324 | 1 | 2 | $897,261 |
| 67 | Jasper Meijer van Putten | NLD | 2,316 | 1 | 3 | $795,933 |
| 68 | Antoine Saout | Paris, FRA | 2,303 | 0 | 4 | $811,301 |
| 69 | James Romero | Portland, OR, USA | 2,280 | 1 | 1 | $1,938,118 |
| 70 | Sergey Lebedev | Troitsk, RUS | 2,274 | 0 | 8 | $819,656 |
| 71 | Mike Leah | Innisfil, ON, CAN | 2,262 | 2 | 7 | $362,996 |
| 72 | Paul Newey | Dorset, GBR | 2,255 | 0 | 8 | $1,997,954 |
| 73 | Jason Wheeler | Riverdale, CA, USA | 2,250 | 3 | 8 | $522,962 |
| 74 | Ryan D'Angelo | Blacksburg, VA, USA | 2,242 | 1 | 5 | $721,901 |
| 75 | Barry Hutter | Bradenton, FL, USA | 2,240 | 0 | 8 | $888,830 |
| 76 | Mukul Pahuja | North Lauderdale, FL, USA | 2,240 | 1 | 3 | $544,457 |
| 77 | Jan Bendik | Poprad, SVK | 2,224 | 1 | 6 | $1,134,608 |
| 78 | Paul Balzano | Sunrise, FL, USA | 2,220 | 1 | 11 | $393,632 |
| 79 | Benny Glaser | Southampton, GBR | 2,214 | 5 | 8 | $743,504 |
| 80 | Byron Kaverman | Cleveland, OH, USA | 2,205 | 2 | 7 | $1,129,594 |
| 81 | Justin Young | Morehead City, NC, USA | 2,204 | 2 | 2 | $814,659 |
| 82 | Mark Herm | Royersford, PA, USA | 2,200 | 1 | 3 | $802,409 |
| 83 | Joseph Cappello | New Rochelle, NY, USA | 2,198 | 2 | 4 | $595,703 |
| 84 | Sebastian Malec | Warsaw, POL | 2,160 | 1 | 1 | $1,258,210 |
| 85 | Brian Rast | Poway, CA, USA | 2,151 | 2 | 5 | $2,823,432 |
| 86 | Timothy Adams | Burlington, ONT, CAN | 2,125 | 1 | 7 | $1,469,224 |
| 87 | Viliyan Petleshkov | BGR | 2,090 | 0 | 3 | $638,949 |
| 88 | Farid Jattin | Barranquilla, COL | 2,077 | 0 | 8 | $547,571 |
| 89 | Pierre Neuville | Knokke-heist, BEL | 2,067 | 0 | 8 | $585,153 |
| 90 | Troy Quenneville | Tecumseh, CAN | 2,060 | 1 | 2 | $620,000 |
| 91 | Vinny Pahuja | New York, NY, USA | 2,028 | 1 | 8 | $322,763 |
| 92 | Maurice Hawkins | Plantation, FL, USA | 2,028 | 3 | 5 | $512,180 |
| 93 | Christian Nilles | DEU | 2,020 | 0 | 2 | $472,451 |
| 94 | Adam Geyer | Austin, TX, USA | 2,000 | 0 | 3 | $899,447 |
| 95 | Thomas Hall | Shrewsbury, GBR | 1,972 | 1 | 4 | $390,649 |
| 96 | William Kassouf | GBR | 1,965 | 1 | 1 | $892,408 |
| 97 | Je Wook Oh | Fresh Meadows, NY, USA | 1,956 | 2 | 10 | $291,391 |
| 98 | Brian Altman | Longmeadow, MA, USA | 1,954 | 3 | 7 | $280,778 |
| 99 | Sergio Aido | Aviles, ESP | 1,952 | 0 | 6 | $1,322,948 |
| 100 | Harrison Gimbel | Jupiter, FL, USA | 1,940 | 1 | 5 | $402,531 |
