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2017 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1501 | Alexander Molnar | CAN | 480 | 0 | 1 | $160,200 |
| 1502 | Adrian Stone | AUS | 480 | 1 | 1 | $32,889 |
| 1503 | Fahd Bennani Smires | MAR | 480 | 0 | 1 | $61,125 |
| 1504 | Renay Murray | AUS | 480 | 0 | 1 | $70,070 |
| 1505 | Gustavo Magalhaes | Sao Paulo, BRA | 480 | 1 | 1 | $117,585 |
| 1506 | Jack Brown | Queensland, AUS | 480 | 0 | 1 | $67,500 |
| 1507 | Yasuyuki Asakura | JPN | 480 | 0 | 1 | $40,300 |
| 1508 | Yizhak Yerushalmi | ISR | 480 | 0 | 1 | $29,510 |
| 1509 | Raphael Francisquetti | BRA | 480 | 1 | 1 | $242,279 |
| 1510 | Rodolfo Tanaka | BRA | 480 | 1 | 1 | $120,087 |
| 1511 | Xilei Li | CHN | 480 | 0 | 1 | $116,220 |
| 1512 | Nabil Edgtton | AUS | 480 | 0 | 1 | $102,656 |
| 1513 | Xiangxiang Ni | CHN | 480 | 0 | 1 | $92,647 |
| 1514 | Stephen Bierman | New Orleans, LA, USA | 479 | 0 | 4 | $35,751 |
| 1515 | Veerachai Vongxaiburana | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 479 | 1 | 4 | $57,351 |
| 1516 | Jeffrey Fogel | Pembroke Pines, CA, USA | 477 | 1 | 3 | $46,390 |
| 1517 | Dennis Berglin | SWE | 476 | 1 | 3 | $56,527 |
| 1518 | Taehoon Han | NZL | 476 | 1 | 2 | $76,779 |
| 1519 | Peter Beshay | CAN | 474 | 0 | 2 | $47,295 |
| 1520 | Soheb Porbandarwala | Stamford, CT, USA | 473 | 1 | 3 | $59,743 |
| 1521 | Narimaan Ahmadi | Alpharetta, GA, USA | 473 | 0 | 2 | $47,160 |
| 1522 | Kevin Chan | Coral Springs, FL, USA | 472 | 0 | 2 | $73,447 |
| 1523 | Iori Yogo | Nagoya, JPN | 472 | 0 | 7 | $57,029 |
| 1524 | Joris Ruijs | NLD | 470 | 1 | 2 | $252,839 |
| 1525 | Jesse Sylvia | West Tisbury, MA, USA | 470 | 0 | 1 | $56,601 |
| 1526 | Dejan Boskovic | AUS | 470 | 0 | 4 | $52,109 |
| 1527 | Adam Milewski | POL | 469 | 0 | 2 | $48,498 |
| 1528 | Donghai Lu | CAN | 469 | 0 | 2 | $44,402 |
| 1529 | Joe Johnson | GBR | 468 | 1 | 1 | $74,890 |
| 1530 | Apostolos Bechrakis | GRC | 468 | 1 | 2 | $63,113 |
| 1531 | Alexandre Viard | FRA | 468 | 1 | 1 | $86,140 |
| 1532 | Julio Novo | Sarasota, FL, USA | 468 | 0 | 5 | $65,471 |
| 1533 | Joseph Hanrahan | Amherst, NH, USA | 468 | 0 | 2 | $81,576 |
| 1534 | Adam Fincham | Pittsburgh, PA, USA | 468 | 1 | 2 | $31,287 |
| 1535 | T.M. Williams | Noblesville, IN, USA | 467 | 0 | 6 | $55,982 |
| 1536 | Raffaello Locatelli | 464 | 1 | 2 | $77,418 | |
| 1537 | John Eames | GBR | 464 | 1 | 2 | $95,708 |
| 1538 | Shola Akindele | Henderson, NV, USA | 464 | 0 | 2 | $49,379 |
| 1539 | Hsiao Liu | Indio, CA, USA | 464 | 1 | 3 | $41,131 |
| 1540 | Marco Johnson | Walnut Creek, CA, USA | 464 | 0 | 2 | $61,769 |
| 1541 | Yuki Ko | KOR | 464 | 0 | 2 | $63,322 |
| 1542 | Samoeun Mon | Pleasantville, NJ, USA | 463 | 0 | 2 | $45,311 |
| 1543 | Eric Maier | USA | 462 | 0 | 2 | $47,532 |
| 1544 | Steven Van Zadelhoff | NLD | 460 | 0 | 2 | $64,224 |
| 1545 | Michael Ung | CA, USA | 460 | 0 | 2 | $47,400 |
| 1546 | Sahar Khajavi | Toronto, ON, CAN | 460 | 0 | 2 | $49,326 |
| 1547 | Apolinar Borja | Pittsburg, CA, USA | 460 | 0 | 2 | $52,392 |
| 1548 | Joao Simao | BRA | 460 | 0 | 2 | $158,680 |
| 1549 | Chin Nguyen | USA | 459 | 2 | 3 | $37,600 |
| 1550 | Laurel Hilton | Simsbury, CT, USA | 459 | 1 | 5 | $29,892 |
