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2016 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 | Prashanth Mergu | ZAF | 336 | 0 | 2 | $59,992 |
| 1802 | James Bonanno | GUM | 336 | 0 | 1 | $54,200 |
| 1803 | Wenling Gao | CHN | 336 | 1 | 1 | $39,157 |
| 1804 | Tyler Reiman | Morton, IL, USA | 335 | 0 | 2 | $122,040 |
| 1805 | Kao Saechao | Damascus, OR, USA | 335 | 2 | 4 | $41,878 |
| 1806 | Timothy Weslow | Odenton, MD, USA | 335 | 0 | 3 | $29,777 |
| 1807 | Jose Ivan Montes | Bronx, NY, USA | 335 | 0 | 1 | $40,435 |
| 1808 | Darren Hicks | Aurora, CO, USA | 334 | 1 | 3 | $39,762 |
| 1809 | Mike Beasley | Hollywood, FL, USA | 333 | 0 | 1 | $46,383 |
| 1810 | Pavel Binar | CZE | 332 | 0 | 3 | $58,479 |
| 1811 | Roland Israelashvili | Forest Hills, CA, USA | 332 | 1 | 3 | $34,577 |
| 1812 | Matthew Costanzo | Miller Place, NY, USA | 332 | 0 | 2 | $52,505 |
| 1813 | Hing Yang Chow | 330 | 0 | 1 | $63,947 | |
| 1814 | Jens Lakemeier | DEU | 330 | 0 | 2 | $100,457 |
| 1815 | Niall Murray | England, GBR | 330 | 0 | 4 | $34,383 |
| 1816 | Esther Taylor | Vancouver, WA, USA | 330 | 0 | 1 | $107,551 |
| 1817 | David Valcourt Dube | CAN | 330 | 0 | 1 | $167,838 |
| 1818 | Robert Seurynck | Harrison, ID, USA | 330 | 0 | 1 | $100,000 |
| 1819 | Samer Al-Shurieki | Pensacola, FL, USA | 330 | 0 | 1 | $76,351 |
| 1820 | Marc Matz | King of Prussia, PA, USA | 330 | 0 | 1 | $114,576 |
| 1821 | Dong Zhao | CHN | 330 | 0 | 2 | $111,894 |
| 1822 | Moritz Dietrich | DEU | 328 | 1 | 2 | $44,346 |
| 1823 | Gilles Huet | Bobigny, FRA | 328 | 0 | 2 | $41,990 |
| 1824 | David Hengen | Omaha, NE, USA | 328 | 1 | 2 | $59,258 |
| 1825 | Paul Freedman | Seabrook, NH, USA | 328 | 0 | 2 | $32,095 |
| 1826 | Jerry Wee Teck Goh | SGP | 328 | 0 | 2 | $30,328 |
| 1827 | Chris Chong | SGP | 327 | 0 | 2 | $30,109 |
| 1828 | Tobias Hausen | DEU | 326 | 0 | 7 | $36,066 |
| 1829 | Andrew Badecker | Vernon, CT, USA | 326 | 0 | 2 | $38,086 |
| 1830 | Tom Nguyen | Tampa, FL, USA | 325 | 0 | 2 | $42,239 |
| 1831 | Naoufel Bennanismires | GBR | 324 | 0 | 1 | $51,471 |
| 1832 | Johnny Landreth | Lanett, AL, USA | 324 | 1 | 1 | $88,199 |
| 1833 | Wei Loong Tan | SGP | 324 | 0 | 1 | $47,580 |
| 1834 | Lester Edoc | KOR | 324 | 2 | 3 | $40,690 |
| 1835 | Thomas Zanot | Phoenix, AZ, USA | 323 | 0 | 3 | $28,186 |
| 1836 | John Cynn | Evanston, IL, USA | 321 | 0 | 1 | $710,927 |
| 1837 | J. Streicher | 320 | 0 | 1 | $35,405 | |
| 1838 | Bilal Bensahnoune | 320 | 0 | 2 | $30,212 | |
| 1839 | Morten Mortensen | DNK | 320 | 0 | 3 | $53,758 |
| 1840 | Fabio Mangano | ITA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $32,155 |
| 1841 | Tomasz Raniszewski | POL | 320 | 0 | 1 | $70,219 |
| 1842 | Quentin Dellis | BEL | 320 | 0 | 1 | $35,387 |
| 1843 | Tom Middleton | Silsden, ENG, GBR | 320 | 0 | 1 | $75,790 |
| 1844 | Jean-Baptiste Bertrand | FRA | 320 | 0 | 1 | $43,890 |
| 1845 | Robert Cowen | England, GBR | 320 | 1 | 3 | $36,798 |
| 1846 | Alexandr Vinskii | RUS | 320 | 0 | 2 | $32,320 |
| 1847 | Jeffrey Jol | NLD | 320 | 0 | 1 | $53,755 |
| 1848 | Michael Cano | AUT | 320 | 0 | 1 | $100,457 |
| 1849 | Lander Lijo Bereciartua | ESP | 320 | 0 | 1 | $61,838 |
| 1850 | Kiryl Radzivonau | BLR | 320 | 0 | 1 | $77,872 |