World's Best Poker Players
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2016 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Tj Crews | Edgewater, MD, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $76,967 |
| 2002 | David Tuthill | St Petersburg, FL, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $31,782 |
| 2003 | Larissa Bushman | Ca, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $20,213 |
| 2004 | Senh Man Ung | USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $57,591 |
| 2005 | Anil Kadimisetty | Stamford, CT, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $36,861 |
| 2006 | Mark Johnson | Mill Valley, CA, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $36,067 |
| 2007 | David Chiu | Rowland Heights, CA, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $89,810 |
| 2008 | Brendan Taylor | Pasadena, CA, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $29,846 |
| 2009 | Haim Gil Nagar | Cooper City, FL, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $41,288 |
| 2010 | Lawrence Colt | Orlando, FL, USA | 300 | 1 | 1 | $43,180 |
| 2011 | Leonard Sande | West Haven, CT, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $86,066 |
| 2012 | Peter Gangi | Bethel, CT, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $38,080 |
| 2013 | Dominique Mosley | Miami, FL, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $74,339 |
| 2014 | Nils Dahlin | Wilmington, NC, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $25,000 |
| 2015 | Clayton Jiang | Boston, MA, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $24,396 |
| 2016 | Tyler Newman | Ida Grove, IA, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $21,799 |
| 2017 | Cherie Wallace | USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $28,847 |
| 2018 | Maksim Kvitko | Brooklyn, NY, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $37,609 |
| 2019 | Christopher Harker | Seneca Falls, NY, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $36,555 |
| 2020 | Jason Beasley | Salem, OR, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $22,275 |
| 2021 | Garry Kalmanovich | USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $33,440 |
| 2022 | Blake Vincent | USA | 300 | 1 | 1 | $46,410 |
| 2023 | Frank Berry | Austin, TX, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $23,990 |
| 2024 | Andrew Geffen | USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $21,054 |
| 2025 | Todd Michaelson | Rockville, MD, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $18,289 |
| 2026 | John Beauprez | Denver, CO, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $34,792 |
| 2027 | Eric Steinberg | Bellmawr, NJ, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $21,000 |
| 2028 | Srihari Mupparaju | San Diego, CA, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $28,530 |
| 2029 | Chad Bradbury | Wichita, KS, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $50,500 |
| 2030 | John Duckworth | Wilton, CA, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $25,492 |
| 2031 | Karen Hodge | Noblesville, IN, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $36,042 |
| 2032 | Alexander Hencheck | Loveland, OH, USA | 300 | 0 | 2 | $35,820 |
| 2033 | Anton Dimagiba | Sacramento, CA, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $29,028 |
| 2034 | Mark Bloomberg | MN, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $28,300 |
| 2035 | Jerry Tria | USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $16,348 |
| 2036 | Steve Moreno | Miami, FL, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $22,000 |
| 2037 | Jason Nguyen | Newark, NJ, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $28,450 |
| 2038 | Bahman Jahaguiri | CA, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $22,455 |
| 2039 | Ted Lawson | Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $38,575 |
| 2040 | Derek Schroeder | Effingham, IL, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $28,608 |
| 2041 | D.J. Buckley | Eden Prarie, MN, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $19,568 |
| 2042 | Alex Nguyen | Coral Springs, FL, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $31,770 |
| 2043 | John Curcury | USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $34,630 |
| 2044 | Kenny Lay | Absecon, NJ, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $21,502 |
| 2045 | Robert Emmett | Tacoma, WA, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $34,483 |
| 2046 | Adam Wilbur | Erie, CO, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $23,765 |
| 2047 | Jose Garcia | East Brunswick, NJ, USA | 300 | 1 | 1 | $25,308 |
| 2048 | Pascal LeFrancois | Rosemere, Quebec, CAN | 300 | 1 | 1 | $96,000 |
| 2049 | Robert Pena | Taft, TX, USA | 300 | 1 | 1 | $25,998 |
| 2050 | Robert Reed | Cincinnati, OH, USA | 300 | 1 | 1 | $42,019 |