World's Best Poker Players
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2017 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1001 | Norman McKeldin | Chattanooga, TN, USA | 640 | 0 | 1 | $130,305 |
| 1002 | Bradley Mercer | Burlington, NC, USA | 640 | 1 | 2 | $151,596 |
| 1003 | Altaf Motiwala | Trumbull, CT, USA | 640 | 0 | 1 | $87,847 |
| 1004 | Royce Matheson | Traverse City, MI, USA | 640 | 0 | 1 | $151,005 |
| 1005 | Apoorva Goel | IND | 640 | 0 | 1 | $151,190 |
| 1006 | Enio Bozzano | BRA | 640 | 0 | 3 | $122,434 |
| 1007 | Kitty Kuo | Taipei, TWN | 640 | 0 | 2 | $56,963 |
| 1008 | Richard Yong | Kuala Lumppur, MYS | 640 | 0 | 2 | $1,531,660 |
| 1009 | Tong Tan | SGP | 640 | 0 | 1 | $160,550 |
| 1010 | John Patchos | AUS | 640 | 0 | 1 | $136,554 |
| 1011 | Sundiata DeVore | USA | 639 | 1 | 7 | $80,082 |
| 1012 | Cary Marshall | Reno, NV, USA | 639 | 0 | 7 | $62,835 |
| 1013 | Xixiang Luo | CHN | 639 | 2 | 6 | $121,545 |
| 1014 | Jussi Nevanlinna | FIN | 638 | 3 | 4 | $97,250 |
| 1015 | Linglin Zeng | Lincoln, NE, USA | 633 | 0 | 1 | $121,123 |
| 1016 | Badih Bounahra | Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA | 633 | 0 | 1 | $201,638 |
| 1017 | Wilson Chan | CA, USA | 632 | 1 | 2 | $75,095 |
| 1018 | Hong Zhu | CHN | 632 | 0 | 2 | $313,287 |
| 1019 | Tezer Cetindag | DEU | 630 | 0 | 2 | $57,046 |
| 1020 | Artem Babakhanyan | RUS | 630 | 0 | 1 | $379,128 |
| 1021 | Grzegorz Idziak | POL | 630 | 0 | 1 | $70,800 |
| 1022 | Michael Hack | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 630 | 2 | 2 | $83,452 |
| 1023 | Kenny Nguyen | Orlando, FL, USA | 630 | 2 | 3 | $72,529 |
| 1024 | Randal Heeb | Chicago, IL, USA | 630 | 0 | 1 | $120,165 |
| 1025 | Mohammad Siddiqui | Pembroke Pines, FL, USA | 630 | 0 | 1 | $121,920 |
| 1026 | Eric Hicks | Scottsdale, AZ, USA | 630 | 0 | 1 | $101,513 |
| 1027 | Emanuel Lausen | ARG | 630 | 0 | 1 | $79,081 |
| 1028 | Gab Kim | Ilsan, KOR | 628 | 1 | 3 | $109,487 |
| 1029 | Govert Metaal | NLD | 628 | 0 | 4 | $106,590 |
| 1030 | Adones Carmona | PHL | 628 | 1 | 3 | $82,741 |
| 1031 | Danny Wong | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 625 | 0 | 1 | $126,430 |
| 1032 | Jason Ritchie | Hampton Bays, NY, USA | 623 | 0 | 2 | $121,113 |
| 1033 | Dimitrios Kalaroutis | GRC | 622 | 0 | 2 | $82,343 |
| 1034 | Andrea Benelli | ITA | 622 | 1 | 2 | $82,212 |
| 1035 | Georgios Koliofotis | Frankfurt, DNK | 622 | 1 | 4 | $150,374 |
| 1036 | Joey Weissman | Boca Raton, FL, USA | 622 | 0 | 3 | $53,522 |
| 1037 | Andrew Klein | Ocean, NJ, USA | 622 | 2 | 4 | $49,823 |
| 1038 | Jeremy Saderne | St Nitre Les Remparts, FRA | 620 | 1 | 2 | $123,934 |
| 1039 | Jessie Bryant | Conway, AR, USA | 620 | 1 | 2 | $105,149 |
| 1040 | Yulius Sepman | RUS | 618 | 0 | 1 | $103,215 |
| 1041 | Loki Abboud | Mendota Heights, MN, USA | 616 | 0 | 2 | $58,267 |
| 1042 | Amos Ben Haim | CHL | 616 | 1 | 4 | $77,234 |
| 1043 | Brandon Zuidema | CA, USA | 615 | 0 | 5 | $103,515 |
| 1044 | Ryan Himes | Beaverton, OR, USA | 615 | 0 | 2 | $71,619 |
| 1045 | Justin Harvell | Nashville, TN, USA | 615 | 0 | 4 | $75,488 |
| 1046 | John Mingus | Louisville, KY, USA | 614 | 0 | 3 | $60,420 |
| 1047 | Ricardo Alvarado | Ontario, CA, USA | 614 | 0 | 1 | $72,712 |
| 1048 | Nathanael Kogel | Pflugerville, TX, USA | 612 | 2 | 3 | $80,323 |
| 1049 | Ramiro Petrone | ARG | 612 | 1 | 2 | $111,325 |
| 1050 | Michael Truman | USA | 611 | 1 | 6 | $45,447 |
